OAK ISLAND, N.C. — Halpern Enterprises has delivered Oak Island Market Place, a 35,800-square-foot, Publix-anchored property in Oak Island. Publix occupies 28,800 square feet. The remaining restaurant and retail space is available for lease. The property is situated at 5001 E. Oak Island Drive, 36 miles south of downtown Wilmington. This is the ninth shopping center Halpern has developed or redeveloped with a Publix anchor and the fourth in North Carolina.
LA JOLLA, CALIF. — Belmont Village Senior Living and Greystar have broken ground on Belmont Village Senior Living of La Jolla. The development is Belmont Village’s 32nd community and its third in San Diego County. The project is Belmont’s first in partnership with another developer. “A mutual colleague brought us together — Greystar had sourced a terrific location with an entitlement history that made it a perfect opportunity for licensed seniors housing,” says Patricia Will, Belmont Village founder and CEO. “We saw the potential of the site, and of bringing our mutual expertise together to create something really unique in independent and assisted living.” Belmont Village and Greystar jointly purchased the land in March and closed on a construction loan in April. The partners have collaborated to develop the project since late 2017. Belmont Village La Jolla will be a 17-story high-rise with 180 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. The architect on the 209,000 square foot building is Joseph Wong Design Associates and project contractor is Suffolk Construction, both based in San Diego. The development is Belmont Village’s seventh project with equity partner Harrison Street Real Estate Capital.
SEATTLE — Local developer Wright Runstad & Co., in partnership with Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., has broken ground on 400 University @ Rainier Square. The 10-story, Class A office building will be located at the southwest corner of University Street and Fourth Avenue in downtown Seattle. Totaling 122,000 square feet, the development will feature 110,000 square feet of office space above 12,000 square feet of street-level restaurant and lounge space. Additional features will include a subgrade mezzanine level, a 6,000-square-foot rooftop deck, third-floor terrace, bike storage, locker rooms with showers and dedicated tenant parking. The plans also include an underground concourse that connects to the Washington Athletic Club, Seattle Hilton, Union Square and the Washington State Convention Center. Upon completion in July 2021, the NBBJ-designed building will complete Rainier Square, a 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use project Wright Runstad developed. Jeffery Weber and Jason Flynn of Eastdil Secured’s San Francisco office arranged the secured the joint venture partnership. Greg Inglin and David Abbott of Colliers International represent the office leasing team.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Hines, along with funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management, has selected Graycor Construction’s Southwest Division as general contractor for Phase I of Glendale 303 (G303), a Class A industrial development along the Loop 303 corridor in Glendale. The industrial park will be constructed in two phases, with two buildings each totaling 569,520 square feet. To accommodate needs of a major tenant, G303 will offer the flexibility to convert into a single, 1.2 million-square-foot building. Graycor will manage grading for the full project site and build G303’s first 569,520-square-foot building. Construction is slated to begin in July, with completion scheduled for first-quarter 2021. Ware Malcomb is serving as architect for G303. Bill Honsaker and John Lydon of JLL are serving as leasing brokers for the project.
BRISTOL, WIS. — HSA Commercial Real Estate, in partnership with Washington Capital Management, has broken ground on the first phase of the 68-acre Bristol Highlands Commerce Center in Bristol near I-94 and the Wisconsin-Illinois border. The first two speculative buildings are slated for completion in the fourth quarter. One is a 157,656-square-foot warehouse with 31 truck docks, and the other is a 472,216-square-foot distribution center with 72 truck docks. Jeff Hoffman and Chad Vande Zande of Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke, along with Eric Fischer of Cushman & Wakefield in Chicago, are marketing the facilities for lease. Premier Design + Build Group is the general contractor, Partners in Design Architects is the architect and Pinnacle Engineering is the civil engineer.
EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. — Meridian Design Build has completed the construction of a 673,920-square-foot speculative industrial building in Edwardsville within metro St. Louis. Exeter Property Group was the developer. The new facility is located on a 135-acre parcel within Gateway Commerce Center. The building features a clear height of 36 feet, 132 loading docks, four drive-in doors, 398 auto parking stalls and 171 exterior trailer stalls. JRA Architecture and Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. made up the project team.
EAST PEORIA, ILL. — Panera Bread has opened a new location at The Levee District in East Peoria in central Illinois. The 4,380-square-foot restaurant is located at 496 W. Washington St., across from Target. Panera Bread relocated from Camp Street Crossing. The new location features a drive-thru and outdoor patio. While full access to the dining room is not yet available due to COVID-19 restrictions, the restaurant is offering curbside pickup, contactless delivery, drive-thru and catering. Cullinan Properties Ltd. owns The Levee District.
BOULDER, COLO. — AGC Biologics has acquired a vacant, 300,000-square-foot pharmaceutical plant in Boulder from AstraZeneca. The Japan-based company plans to invest $100 million in the plant and create 280 jobs, according to multiple news outlets. The facility will provide AGC with additional capacity and significantly larger production scale. AGC expects to move into the facility in April 2021, 18 months sooner than it would take to build a new facility, according to the company. In February, the Colorado Economic Development Commission approved a tax credit on the property worth up to $6.4 million. AstraZeneca vacated the 20-acre property in January 2019, according to the Denver Post. The sales price was not disclosed, though the Boulder Daily Camera reports the property traded for $40 million. The Camera also reports jobs at the plant will pay an average of $96,253 per year. “This facility will enable us to continue to advance the development, manufacturing and commercial functions within our dynamic global company,” says AGC Biologics CEO Patricio Massera. Although the specific drugs and research planned for the facility were not disclosed, Massera made reference to “mammalian projects,” suggesting that animal research will take place there. The property is located at 5550 Airport …
DURHAM, N.C. — Grail Inc. will invest $100 million at a new laboratory facility in Durham’s Research Triangle Park, a project that is expected to create about 400 new jobs. Menlo Park, Calif.-based Grail will be able to detect more than 50 types of cancer from a single blood sample at the facility. The average salary at the cancer center will be in line with Durham’s average household income of $71,756 per year, according to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. Over the course of 12 years, the project is estimated to grow the state’s economy by $1.2 billion. The North Carolina Economic Investment Committee approved a Job Development Investment grant, which authorizes the potential reimbursement of $5.2 million to Grail if the company meets specific job creation measures and investment targets. This will mark Grail’s first production lab outside of California. Jay Phillips, Wayne Kumagai, Ben Stern and Doug Brock of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented Grail in the land transaction. Alan Reeves, Joe Gioino, Ramya Sannananjegowda and Bob Hess, also of NKF, advised the buyer on the site selection. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.
HIALEAH GARDENS, FLA. — Easton Group will develop a 266,000-square-foot warehouse in Hialeah Gardens near Miami. An affiliate of Easton acquired an 8.5-acre site for $8.2 million. In September, a different Easton affiliate bought an adjacent 8.5-acre site for $5.6 million. Easton will develop the 266,000-square-foot property across the entire 17-acre site, which is located on NW 107th Street near the Florida Turnpike. The facility will feature 32-foot clear heights and 75 trailer parking spaces. Construction is expected to start in the first quarter of 2021, and leasing efforts are already underway. Ware Malcomb designed the property. Dalton Easton internally represented the buyer in both land transactions. The seller(s) was not disclosed.
