Development

HIALEAH, FLA. — Terra plans to break ground early next year on 1,369 multifamily units across three master-planned subdivisions in Hialeah, about 20 miles northwest of downtown Miami. Prologis sold the land to Terra for $52 million. The 70-acre development site is situated along NW 170th Street near the border of Miami-Dade and Broward counties. The project will include a series of garden-style apartment buildings with each subdivision centered around a communal clubhouse with pools, resident amenities and fitness centers, while a network of green spaces will create outdoor recreation areas. Pascual, Perez, Kiliddjian Architecture (PPK) is designing the development’s master plan. Brian Smith of JLL represented Prologis in the land transaction. Jason Shapiro and Sean Harrington of Aztec Group arranged a $43 million acquisition loan through Synovus on behalf of Terra.

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DALLAS — Locally based multifamily developer JPI has secured an undisclosed amount of construction financing for Jefferson Central, a 430-unit community in the Uptown neighborhood of Dallas. Scheduled to open in fall 2021, the property’s units will feature a minimum of 10-foot ceilings in every unit, island kitchens and hardwood-style flooring. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center with spin and yoga studios, business center, demonstration kitchen, a pet park with grooming station and a 1,675-square-foot lounge with views of downtown Dallas. BB&T served as the senior lender on the construction loan, specific terms of which were not disclosed.

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HOUSTON — Leasing activity is underway at Broadstone Summer Street, a 375-unit apartment community by Alliance Residential that is located in the Washington Arts District of Houston. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units averaging 793 square feet and featuring stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and wood-plank flooring. Amenities include a pool, outdoor kitchen, gaming area and theater screening room. The property also offers 536 parking spaces.

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EAST PASADENA, CALIF. — Bolour Associates has completed the disposition of an entitled land site in East Pasadena for $8.5 million. Los Angeles-based APPA Real Estate acquired the land parcel for the development of a transit-oriented, mixed-use project. The parcel is the first development under Los Angeles County’s updated zoning supporting high-density development near metro retail sites. From 2015 to 2018, Bolour worked with county officials to re-entitle the site, located at 3768 E. Colorado Blvd., under the new zoning code. Upon completion, the project will feature 5,800 square feet ground-floor commercial space, 100 multifamily units, a private gym, co-working space, rooftop barbecue, decks, courtyards, a dog run and on-site parcel lockers. Additionally, the property will offer two levels of subterranean parking. Construction is scheduled to begin in early 2020, with an opening slated for early to mid-2022. The land transaction was a direct sale between Bolour and APPA, with all details handled in-house by both parties.

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SAN DIEGO — Parkview Financial has provided a $7 million loan to San Francisco-based India & Beech for the acquisition of a land parcel and the first phase of construction funding for a high-rise residential and retail tower in downtown San Diego. Located at 1460 India St. within the Little Italy neighborhood, the 10,019-square-foot site is currently being used as a parking lot. The borrower recently acquired the property for $7.1 million, using Parkview’s loan in conjunction with cash on hand. The buyer plans to develop a fully entitled, 28-story, mixed-use urban infill project. The proposed development will feature 150 apartments, 11,724 square feet of retail space and two levels of above-grade parking totaling 150 spots. Construction is slated to begin in 2020, with completion scheduled for 2022.

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CHINO, CALIF. — United Trust Realty Corp. (UTRC) has purchased 7.53 acres of commercially zoned land within College Park Master Planned Community in Chino. Lennar Homes sold the land parcel for $2.9 million. The site is the last remaining piece to be developed within the 710-acre community that includes 2,500 residential units featuring a mix of single-family and multifamily residences, a clubhouse, fitness center, picnic areas and trails. Chino Hills, Calif.-based UTRC plans to develop Village Center, a mixed-use project, at the site. The development will include 15,000 square feet of retail and food uses, a day care and a church. In addition to the residents of College Park and neighboring communities, the property is positioned to serve the adjacent Chaffey College satellite campus and the 140-acre Ruben S. Ayala Park. UTRC plans to request development permits from the City of Chino and Chaffey College in the upcoming months. Chris Lindholm of Progressive Real Estate Partners represented the buyer and seller in the deal.

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HAZELWOOD, MO. — Panattoni Development is developing two new industrial buildings at Aviator Business Park in Hazelwood. Construction is underway on the speculative buildings, which will total 640,182 square feet. Aviator 8 will span 224,089 square feet and Aviator 9 will measure 416,093 square feet. Both buildings are slated for completion in summer 2020. The Class A distribution facilities will feature clear heights of 32 feet and can be occupied by a single tenant or divided into spaces as small as 38,000 square feet. Aviator Business Park, located one mile north of St. Louis-Lambert International Airport, is served by Norfolk Southern Railroad. The park is 90 percent leased to tenants such as International Foods, Weekends Only and Silgan Plastics. Katie Haywood and John Frith of CBRE will market the properties for lease on behalf of Panattoni. St. Louis-based Kadean Construction is the general contractor. Kadean previously constructed buildings 3, 4, 7 and 10 in Aviator Business Park.

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TYSONS, VA. — Pacific Coast Capital Partners LLC (PCCP) has provided a senior construction loan for a joint venture between Foulger-Pratt and USAA Real Estate to finance the speculative development of Tysons Central. The property is a 25-story, 388,077-square-foot office tower in the Tysons Corner submarket of Washington, D.C. Construction has begun on the fully entitled project, located at 1750 Tysons Central St., and completion is scheduled for March 2022. Details of the financing were not disclosed. Tysons Central is a LEED Gold-certified, Gensler-designed office tower near the Greensboro Metro station. Amenities will include a sky lobby, fitness center, lounge and shared conference spaces. The property will also offer 14,738 square feet of ground floor retail space, as well as three floors of below-grade parking and six floors of above-grade parking totaling 754 spaces.

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PORT WENTWORTH, GA. — Chesterfield, a Winter Park, Fla.-based real estate developer, has completed a 778,000-square-foot facility for carpet manufacturer Shaw Industries Group Inc. in Port Wentworth, 12 miles northwest of downtown Savannah. Built in just seven months, the Shaw facility is now part of Chesterfield’s Georgia International Trade Center (GITC), a light industrial and manufacturing park spanning 1,150 acres. The general contractor for the Shaw facility is Omega Construction and the project architect is Atlas Collaborative. Stonemont Financial Group served as Chesterfield’s capital partner. The GITC is master planned for up to 7.2 million square feet. Located less than 10 miles from the Port of Savannah, the GITC has nearby access to the CSX Railway.

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MEBANE, N.C. — Illinois-based medical supply manufacturer and distributor Medline Industries Inc. has purchased 220 acres in Mebane for a planned 1.2 million-square-foot distribution center. The $65 million distribution center will be built on West Ten Road in Orange County, approximately 17 miles northwest of Durham. It will be located in the Buckhorn Economic Development District, near Interstates 40 and 85. Medline paid a total of $8.1 million for all eight parcels involved in the transaction. Medline says the distribution center will initially create 250 new full-time jobs and at full capacity the company anticipates creating as many as 600 jobs. Pickett Sprouse’s Mark O’Neal represented the sellers of five of the eight sites involved in the transaction.

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