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LOCUST GROVE, GA. — Scannell Properties has broken ground on Phase II of Gardner Logistics Park. The second phase will comprise three buildings totaling 1.1 million square feet. One of the buildings is a build-to-suit for an undisclosed tenant. Gardner Logistics Park is situated at 3150 Ga. Highway 42, 29 miles southeast of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and one mile from Interstate 75. Phase I comprises two buildings totaling 1.7 million square feet. Building I is fully leased to an undisclosed tenant and is expandable up to 318,334 square feet. James Phillpott, Lisa Pittman and Helen Cauthen of Cushman & Wakefield oversee leasing for the park.

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PELZER, S.C. — Rooker Co. will develop Pelzer Point Commerce Center Building One, a 212,500-square-foot speculative industrial property in Pelzer. The Atlanta-based developer expects to break ground Aug. 5 and deliver the property in the third quarter of 2021. Rooker expects total development costs to total $22 million. The property is situated at 1630 Easley Highway, 15 miles southwest of downtown Greenville. The asset will feature 32-foot clear heights, 50 dock doors and office space. The building will be Anderson County’s first speculative industrial building with Interstate 85 frontage, according to Colliers International. Pelzer Point can also accommodate an additional 187,000-square-foot development. Garrett Scott, John Montgomery and Brockton Hall of Colliers will lead the leasing and marketing effort on behalf of Rooker.

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HENDERSON, NEV. — TRU Development, in partnership with capital partner and real estate operating company MultiGreen Properties, has acquired a 19-acre land parcel at the southeast corner of Galleria Drive and Boulder Highway in Henderson. Terms of the acquisition were not released. The partnership plans to develop theAPEX @galleria, a 336-unit apartment community with 3.8 acres of retail development available for sale, ground lease or build to suit. Apartments will be available for lease in March 2021. The Henderson development is the first of many planned theAPEX-branded communities throughout Nevada. In the next 12 months, TRU is slated to break ground on a total of 670 units under theAPEX brand in southern Nevada, 358 units under the KAKTUSlife brand and more than 600 units under theAPEX brand in northern Nevada.

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PEMBROKE, N.C. — A joint venture titled PB Pembroke Owner LLC has broken ground on a 192-bed student housing community located near the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. The 192-bed project is Phase I of a larger development set to include 20,000 square feet of retail and a second 300-bed student housing community. Financing for the project includes $3 million in opportunity zone equity from the Woodforest CEI-Boulos Opportunity Fund, a $10.8 million loan from Self-Help Credit Union and $840,000 in developer equity. Phase I of the development is scheduled for completion in fall 2021.

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SAN PEDRO, CALIF. — Los Angeles-based Mountain Pacific Opportunity Partners, in partnership with South Bay Developers and ARK Construction & Development, has started construction 336 W. Seventh Street, a mixed-use development in San Pedro. Situated on a 14,000-square-foot opportunity zone site, the $14 million project will feature a five-story building offering 32 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, as well as two two-story penthouses. Three of units will be designated as affordable housing. Additionally, the property will feature 3,750 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and parking for 44 vehicles. Breen Engineering is providing architectural services for the project. Completion is slated for summer 2022.

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MINNEAPOLIS — The Asher, a 175-unit luxury apartment community in Minneapolis, is slated to open in October. Situated at 1125 Lagoon Ave., the property will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities will include a pool, rooftop deck, fitness center, clubroom, bike lounge and coworking stations. Reuter Walton Development and Northwestern Mutual are the project partners. Village Green will serve as property manager. Residents can currently earn two months of free rent on select apartments. Monthly rents start at $995.

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MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Craft beer producer TUPPS Brewery has received a $11.3 million grant from The McKinney Community Development Corp. to remodel a 120-year-old grain mill in the northern Dallas suburb for its new location. The brewer’s new campus will span 4.5 acres and will consist of a 25,000-square-foot production brewery and a communal shopping area. TUPPS has occupied 17,000 square feet at the historic McKinney cotton mill at 721 Anderson St. for the past five years.

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MECHANICSBURG, PA. — Pet food provider Nestlé Purina will invest $167 million in the expansion of its manufacturing and distribution facility in Mechanicsburg, located southwest of Harrisburg. The project will add new processing and packaging lines to the operation. Purina, which currently employs about 320 people at this facility, expects to hire about 95 more workers following the completion of the expansion. A construction schedule was not released.  

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ROCHELLE PARK, N.J. — Locally based development and management firm Tulfra Real Estate has begun construction of an 816-unit self-storage facility within Village Center at Rochelle Park, located northwest of New York City. The facility spans 113,000 gross square feet and is being constructed on a 1.4-acre site that formerly housed an AT&T data center. Mancini Duffy is designing the project, and The Lane Group is the general contractor. Completion is slated for the first quarter of next year.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Brasfield & Gorrie has completed the $90 million Peabody Plaza at Rolling Mill Hill, a nine-story, 280,000-square-foot office building in Nashville’s Rolling Mill Hill neighborhood. The Birmingham, Alabama-based general contractor built the project on behalf of the owner, Eakin Partners. The building sits on the site of a former surface parking lot at 10 Lea Ave., one mile south of downtown Nashville. Peabody Plaza features a 6,000-square-foot amenity deck overlooking downtown Nashville and the Cumberland River, as well as a nearly one-acre park between the building and Cumberland River. It was built with a five-story, below-grade parking deck offering 1,000 parking spaces. Tenants at the site include Concord Music, Guaranty Home Mortgage Corp. and Fourth Capital corporate offices as well as a ground-floor bank branch. Peabody Plaza also features space for a coffee shop and a full-service restaurant. There was 156,000 square feet of office space available for lease at the time of the opening. Nashville-based Hastings Architecture designed the building. Hastings also designed the interior space for Guaranty Home Mortgage and Fourth Capital. Lines Inc. was the architect for Concord. Peabody Plaza is the sixth office building that locally based Eakin Partners and Brasfield & Gorrie …

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