CANTON, OHIO — Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co. (NASDAQ: HOFV) is working with multiple financial partners to obtain funding to move forward with Phase II of a massive mixed-use project surrounding the Pro Football Hall of Fame in Canton. The project is named the Hall of Fame Village Powered by Johnson Controls. Phase I included the construction of the Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium and the National Youth Football and Sports Complex. The stadium was dedicated in 2017. The developer expects to break ground on Phase II in the near future. Plans for Phase II include the following: a 75,000-square-foot office building; a premium hotel; a football-themed indoor waterpark; a 138,000-square-foot sport, event and convention facility; and a retail promenade featuring restaurants, retail and experiential entertainment offerings. Phase II is expected to take two-and-a-half to three years to complete. Hall of Fame Resort & Entertainment Co. was created in early July after a merger with Gordon Pointe Acquisition Corp. The company is now public and owns the Hall of Fame Village Powered by Johnson Controls. Mike Crawford is president and CEO. He previously led development of projects such as Downtown Disney in California and the Shanghai Disney …
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CINCINNATI — Gardner Capital has completed development of Roselawn Gardens, a 50-unit affordable seniors housing community in Cincinnati. Eligible residents must earn 30 to 60 percent of the area median income. The unit mix features 11 one-bedroom apartments and 39 two-bedroom apartments. Amenities include meal service, a media room, health and wellness clinic, community room and public transportation. Project partners include the Cincinnati Metropolitan Housing Authority and the Ohio Housing Finance Agency. Financial partners include Fifth Third Bank and Stratford Capital. Arco Construction served as the general contractor. Wallick Communities will manage the property.
NOBLESVILLE, IND. — The Opus Group has begun construction of a mid-size last mile distribution center in Noblesville, about 25 miles north of Indianapolis. The 157,500-square-foot speculative building is located on Bergen Boulevard within the Saxony Corporate Campus. CentraSep Technologies, a Trucent company specializing in centrifuges and filtration systems, has signed a lease to occupy 44,000 square feet at the building. Plans call for three front entrances, 159 auto parking stalls, 18 docks, two drive-in docks, LED lighting and a clear height of 32 feet. Construction is slated for completion in spring 2021. Opus is the developer, design-builder, architect and structural engineer. Brian Buschuk and Steve Schwegman of JLL are the leasing agents. Brian Sietz of JLL represented CentraSep.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — Captain D’s newest franchise location has opened in Champaign. Located at 1409 N. Prospect Ave., the restaurant marks Captain D’s first restaurant in central Illinois and seventh overall in the state. The Champaign restaurant is currently open for drive-thru and carryout. The dining room will remain closed for the immediate future due to COVID-19. Sunil Modi owns the Champaign restaurant. He previously owned Dunkin’ restaurants in the Champaign area. Captain D’s, known for its fast-casual seafood, says it has experienced a surge in franchise development across the Midwest since 2018. Today, there are more than 530 Captain D’s restaurants in 23 states across the country.
WALTON, KY. — Dollar General (NYSE: DG) has unveiled plans to open a 630,000-square-foot distribution facility in Walton, approximately 20 miles south of Cincinnati and the Ohio border. The $65 million investment is expected to bring 250 jobs to the city and support 800 stores. The Walton facility will serve as Dollar General’s 18th distribution center. Construction is scheduled to begin in September with operations to begin in January. Dollar General has also announced plans to build three additional DG Fresh facilities to support a shift toward self-distribution of products that require cold storage such as dairy, deli meats and frozen products. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall on a 160,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Ardmore, Oklahoma, with completion slated for spring 2021. Similarly, construction is scheduled to begin this fall on a 160,000-square-foot cold storage property in Bowling Green, Kentucky, with completion slated for summer 2021. Dollar General is currently finalizing construction of a 200,000-square-foot cold storage facility in West Sacramento, California, to complement its West Coast distribution operations. The property is scheduled to open this fall. At full capacity, each of the DG Fresh facilities are expected to create approximately 65 new jobs and support roughly 1,500 …
ATLANTA — The Home Depot will develop three distribution centers around its home city of Atlanta. The biggest of the three facilities will be a 657,600-square-foot center in Locust Grove that will supply stores in the Southeast. The Atlanta-based company expects the property to house 600 employees when operations begin in the next few months. The home improvement retailer also plans to open a “flatbed delivery service” in Stonecrest in 2021. The facility will offer same- and next-day delivery of bulk and oversized orders to both construction sites and private residences. Earlier this year, the company opened its first flatbed delivery center in Dallas, Texas. The third asset will be an order fulfillment center in East Point that is slated to open in late 2021. The facility will offer same- and next-day delivery of products primarily ordered by institutional business customers for their maintenance, repair and operations needs.
PHILADELPHIA — National Real Estate Advisors LLC (NREA) has opened a 236-room hotel under the Canopy by Hilton luxury brand in Philadelphia’s Center City neighborhood. BLT Architects designed the project, which is an adaptive reuse of Philadelphia’s historic Stephen Girard Building, which was built in 1896 as the headquarters of the Directors of City Trusts. Amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, 3,600 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space and complimentary bike service for exploring the city. Restaurant seating is currently limited due to COVID-19. Davidson Hotels & Resorts is the operator of the hotel.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between two Dallas-based firms, Rosewood Property Co. and Trinsic Residential Group, will develop Aura Avery Ranch, a 339-unit apartment community that will be located on the north side of Austin. Designed by Davies Collaborative, the property will be built on 16.1 acres and will offer amenities such as a pool, fitness center, dog park and a resident clubhouse. The first units are expected to be available for lease by spring 2021, and full completion is slated for 2022.
PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — Texas-based developer Presidium has begun leasing Presidium The Pecan District, a 272-unit apartment community in the northern Austin suburb of Pflugerville. The property represents Phase I of the Texas-based developer’s Pecan District mixed-use project, a multi-phase project that will feature more residential units, office space and retail and restaurant space. Mark Odom Studios designed the apartment community, which features one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, coworking spaces, a game lounge and an outdoor kitchen. Full completion is scheduled for September.
CHICAGO — Englewood Construction has completed a new Windy City Cannabis-branded dispensary at 923 W. Weed St. in Chicago. The facility is the second recreational dispensary within Chicago’s city limits since Illinois legalized recreational marijuana on Jan. 1. Des Plaines, Ill.-based Camburas & Theodore Ltd. served as architect. Englewood has started work on a second Windy City Cannabis location at 1413 W. North Ave. in Melrose Park, a western suburb of Chicago. The dispensary is slated to open in September. Bill Di Santo, president of Lemont, Ill.-based Englewood, says that that the construction of cannabis projects is currently a bright spot for the firm given “a strong pipeline of work.”