NEW YORK CITY — PUMA has opened an 18,000-square-foot flagship store in Manhattan, the company’s first location of this kind in North America. Customers can use the store’s PUMA x YOU technology to customize clothing and accessories before purchase. Additional in-store technology includes virtual racing and soccer simulators, 3-D knitting and screens that display alternate selections and colors of in-store merchandise.
Development
PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. — The St. Joe Co. and Key International have broken ground on a 255-room Embassy Suites hotel in Panama City Beach. Hotel amenities will include a swimming pool, meeting space, fitness center, onsite restaurant and an event space on the upper level with views of the Gulf of Mexico. St. Joe Co. owns the land and will operate the hotel day-to-day upon completion, which is slated for 2021.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Dallas-based Hall Structured Finance (HSF) has funded a new first-lien loan totaling $86.5 million to finance the construction of the full-service Westin Tempe hotel, located at 11 E. Seventh St. in Tempe. The borrower, Las Vegas-based CAI Investments, is developing the project. Construction began in March, with completion slated for second-quarter 2021. The 18-story hotel will feature 290 guest rooms, a rooftop infinity pool, poolside bar, fitness center, full-service restaurant and bar, business center, Starbucks Coffee and more than 10,000 square feet of meeting space. Aden Kuh of Silver Ridge Partners sourced the financing for the project.
SAN ANTONIO — Locally based firm Concord Properties will break ground in mid-September on Concord Park III, a 101,000-square-foot office building that will be located on East Sonterra Boulevard in north-central San Antonio. Designed by Dallas-based HKS Architects, the four-story property will feature a conference center, outdoor seating areas and a deli. Concord Park III is expected to be available for occupancy in the first quarter of 2021. Endura Advisory Group LLC will handle leasing.
PORTLAND, MAINE — Koucar Management, a Michigan-based developer, has broken ground on a 102-room hotel in Portland, a city about 55 miles north of Augusta. The property is a Cambria-brand hotel from Choice Hotels International, a Maryland-based international hotel franchisor. Amenities include an indoor-outdoor rooftop bar, 2,000 square feet of event space, fitness center and a restaurant and bar. The hotel is slated to open in 2021.
Diversified Properties, 1026 Real Estate to Build 807-Unit Self-Storage Facility in Montville, New Jersey
by Alex Patton
MONTVILLE, N.J. — A joint venture between New Jersey-based developer Diversified Properties LLC and New York-based 1026 Real Estate Investors LLC will develop an 807-unit self-storage facility in Montville, a western suburb of New York City. The project will span three stories and 98,000 square feet of net rentable space. CubeSmart Self Storage will manage the property, construction of which is slated to begin September 2019.
LAKEWAY, TEXAS — Full-service real estate firm Equity has completed a 40,000-square-foot medical office building at 101 Medical Parkway in Lakeway, located northwest of Austin. The project represents Phase I of the Lakeway Medical Village development. The building is open for business and houses physician groups and outpatient service providers including Premier Family Physicians, Texas Orthopedics, Urology Austin and Texas PT Specialists.
SUN PRAIRIE, WIS. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. will develop a 141-unit senior living community to be named Talamore at Sun Prairie in suburban Madison. Ryan will develop, design and build the project and is set to begin construction in spring 2020. Great Lakes Management will operate the property. Talamore at Sun Prairie will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services. Amenities will include multiple dining venues, a library, wellness center, salon, clubroom and activity room.
EAGAN, MINN. — The Opus Group has broken ground on Dodd Road Business Center, a 152,000-square-foot industrial development in Eagan. Construction of the building is slated for the first quarter of 2020. The speculative project will sit on 10 acres and include 180 parking stalls, a clear height of 32 feet, 35 dock doors, two drive-in doors and an outdoor patio. Opus is the developer, design-builder, architect and engineer of record. Eric Rossbach and Bill Ritter of Colliers International will market the property for lease.
AURORA, COLO. — NorthPoint Development has closed on 185 acres of land that will be part of the site for Stafford Logistics Center, a 350-acre, 4.4 million-square-foot industrial and mixed-use development in Aurora. The property is located at the confluence of Interstate 70, Expressway 470, East Colfax Avenue and Picadilly Road. NorthPoint has already started construction on a 598,500-square-foot warehouse that is slated for delivery in the second quarter of 2020. Building 1 at Stafford Logistics Center will feature 136 trailer spaces, approximately 134 dock-high doors, four drive-in doors/ramps, 36-foot clear heights and ESFR sprinklers. Aaron Valdez, Tyler Smith and Alec Rhodes of Cushman & Wakefield Denver’s industrial team represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Additionally, the Cushman & Wakefield team has been retained to handle the leasing efforts of Stafford Logistics Center.