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CHARLESTOWN, MASS. — A partnership between Leggat McCall Properties, Joseph J. Corcoran Co. and the Boston Housing Authority has received $172 million in financing for a mixed-income housing redevelopment in Charlestown, located north of Boston. The financing consists of a $122 million construction loan from Los Angeles-based Cottonwood Group and a $50 million equity investment from the City of Boston’s Housing Accelerator Fund. The partnership will use the proceeds to fund the redevelopment of the 266-unit Building F of the Bunker Hill Housing Redevelopment, which rises nine stories and comprises 208 market-rate units and 58 affordable housing units. The project is part of a larger initiative that aims to redevelop the entire Bunker Hill public housing community over the next decade, creating a total of 2,699 units of housing through both repositioning of existing affordable housing units and the addition of market-rate homes. 

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Gateway Jax plans to break ground next year on 655 Pearl, a six-story trophy office building that will anchor the Pearl Square mixed-use development underway in downtown Jacksonville. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and BDG Architects, the property will offer 100,000 square feet of offices and amenity spaces and 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Gateway Jax has tapped Michael Loftin, Jesse Shimp and Mack Keasler of JLL to lead the leasing efforts at 655 Pearl, which is the only office component within the first collection of buildings at Pearl Square. There are currently five buildings under construction, including the redevelopment of the 110-room Ambassador Hotel. At full build-out, the 2 million-square-foot mixed-use development will span nine city blocks and include 655 Pearl, the Ambassador Hotel, 1,250 apartments, more than a dozen restaurants and shops and a Publix grocery store. Gateway Jax plans to deliver 655 Pearl in 2028.

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — A joint venture between Park7 Group and PGIM has broken ground on an 804-bed student housing development located near the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee. The nine-story community will offer 230 units alongside shared amenities including a rooftop pool and terrace, fitness center and collaborative study lounges. The project is scheduled for completion in fall 2028.

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PHOENIX — On behalf of Merit Partners, Phoenix-based Stevens-Leinweber Construction (SLC) has completed the construction of Merit 27 Buckeye, an industrial infill redevelopment in Phoenix’s 27th Avenue Corridor. The development team transformed a former and vacant Murphy Elementary School District campus into a modern, two-building industrial property totaling 256,813 square feet. The property is situated on 18 acres at the southeast corner of 27th Avenue and Buckeye Road. Merit 27 Buckeye features a 191,227-square-foot Building A at 1515 S. 27th Ave. and a 65,586-square-foot Building B at 2675 W. Buckeye Road. The buildings offers 32- to 36-foot clear heights, 59 total dock-high and eight total drive-in doors, ESFR sprinklers and secure auto and truck parking. Energy-efficient features include LED lighting, R-38 and R-11 insulation, exterior canopies for heat mitigation and clerestory windows to increase natural interior light. Daikin fully occupies Building A, and Mazak, Reliable Garage Doors, Hajoca and Impilo Inc. occupy Building B. The project team included SLC as general contractor, and Butler Design Group served as architect. Jackie Orcutt, John Werstler, Cooper Fratt and Jonathan Teeter of CBRE are handling leasing for Merit 27 Buckeye.

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BIRMINGHAM, MICH. — REDICO is leading the redevelopment of the Fred Lavery Porsche dealership in Birmingham, following the completed demolition of the dealership’s former facility at 34350 Woodward Ave. Construction is underway on a new, three-story dealership that is slated to open in 2027. During construction, the Porsche sales and service operations have been temporarily relocated to Fred Lavery’s other dealership, Audi Birmingham at 34602 Woodward Ave. The redevelopment project expands the showroom, service operations and onsite parking. The project also includes the demolition of adjacent structures along Haynes Street, enabling a reconfigured layout. The project team includes Sachse Construction as general contractor and Albert Kahn Associates and LZG as architects. The new development will embody the “Destination Porsche” global design philosophy.

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KATY, TEXAS — NewQuest, a local commercial development and services firm, has broken ground on the multi-tenant retail component of Texas Heritage Marketplace, a $400 million mixed-use development in Katy, a western suburb of Houston. The project represents the largest cluster of retail space in the history of Waller County, according to NewQuest. “As it stands, Waller and surrounding rural counties have been unserved by major retailers,” says Austin Alvis, president and chief development officer for NewQuest. “Texas Heritage Marketplace will fill in that gap.” Situated in the center of Texas Heritage Marketplace, the retail space that is now under construction is leased to tenants including Academy Sports + Outdoors (51,068 square feet), Burlington (22,147 square feet), Spec’s Fine Wines & Spirits (16,806 square feet) and Ulta Beauty (10,000 square feet). NewQuest plans to deliver the junior retail anchors in first-quarter 2027. The groundbreaking also includes Heritage Grove, a green space component that will span five acres at the center of the development. The park-like common space will be surrounded by the junior retailers and an additional 35,000 square feet of retail space planned for restaurants and service retailers, as well as a 40,000-square-foot EoS Fitness location. NewQuest plans for Heritage …

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RINGGOLD, GA. — McCarthy Building Cos. has delivered CommonSpirit – Memorial Hospital, a 134,000-square-foot hospital located in Ringgold, a city in Catoosa County along the Georgia-Tennessee border. The $90 million project marks the first new hospital to be delivered to the community in seven decades. The 64-bed inpatient hospital replaces the 70-year-old Hutcheson Medical Center and connects to the existing physician office building, serving as an anchor for its medical campus. The hospital features an emergency department that includes critical care services, imaging services, operating rooms, a GI department, pharmacy, modernized kitchen and server, laboratory and a sterile processing department, as well as a chapel provided by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The facility also houses eight ICU rooms and 56 medical and surgery rooms, including five isolation rooms. The site also houses Rees Skillern Cancer Institute and MaryEllen Locher Breast Cancer Center, where additional renovations were also completed to enhance patient access and operational efficiency across the campus. The Cancer Center includes a new waiting room, patient registration area, storage, stretcher alcove and a new southern entrance, while the physician office building features new administrative offices, an office for the director of nursing and a dedicated command center. Hoefer Welker …

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ANAHEIM, CALIF. — Western Realco has purchased a fully entitled, 12.1-acre industrial site on East Vermont Avenue in Anaheim from Rexford Industrial for $40.7 million. The buyer will immediately begin demolition and construction to develop a 256,046-square-foot Class A industrial building. Completion is slated for late 2027. The new industrial building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 39 dock-high doors, an ESFR sprinkler system, 4,000 amps of power and a fully enclosed truck court. Zach Niles, Louis Tomaselli and Steve Wagner of JLL represented the seller and buyer in the deal. Additionally, JLL was retained to market the new development for lease.

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WORCESTER, MASS. — MassDevelopment has provided $38 million in tax-exempt bond financing for an affordable housing project in Worcester. The project is a redevelopment of Lakeside Apartments, a two-building complex that was constructed in 1949. The developer, a partnership between an affiliate of Tremont Development Partners and E3 Development, plans to construct two new buildings with a total of 116 units, 61 of which will replace outdated residences. Of the 116 units, 29 will be rented to households earning 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI), and the other 87 will be reserved for households at 30 percent or less of AMI. Construction is underway and is expected to be complete in August 2027. Eastern Bank purchased the bond, with participation from Webster Bank. The Worcester Housing Authority is also a partner on the project.

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NORTH BERGEN, N.J. — Safely Store has purchased a self-storage redevelopment site in North Bergen, located across the Hudson River from New York City. The site at 3131 Kennedy Blvd. houses a vacant, 73,398-square-foot building that was originally constructed in 1999 and previously functioned as a movie theater. Safely Store plans to convert the building into a four story self-storage facility with 103,000 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. Jose Cruz, Nicholas Stefans, Jason Lundy and Luke Ceccoli of JLL represented the seller, Madison International Realty, in the transaction.

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