Development

NEW YORK CITY — HFF has secured a $165 million construction loan for One Boerum Place, a 21-story, mixed-use condominium development in Brooklyn. Located in Brooklyn’s Borough Hall district, the 122-unit project will include a two-story fitness center, entertainment lounge, children’s playroom, landscaped rooftop, 24/7 doorman and concierge service, as well as a fully automated parking garage. The project is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2021. Christopher Peck, Graham Stephens, Peter Rotchford and Alex Staikos of HFF secured the floating-rate construction loan on behalf of One Boerum Development Partners LLC. The lender was a foreign pension fund. 

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PHILADELPHIA — Pembrook Capital Management has provided a $9.1 million loan for the construction of a 70-unit multifamily project in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. Located at 1427 Germantown Ave., the 53,575-square-foot property will also include ground-floor retail. Pembrook provided the financing to the undisclosed borrower, who plans to build smaller, more affordable rental housing at the project than is common in the nearby Northern Liberties and Fishtown neighborhoods. 

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SIOUX CITY, IOWA — The Warrior Hotel and neighboring Davidson Building in downtown Sioux City will undergo a $73 million restoration. A groundbreaking ceremony took place on Tuesday, Feb. 5. The 10-story hotel and six-story building are slated to open in the fall of 2020 as The Warrior Hotel and Davidson Apartments. Marriott will operate the hotel as an Autograph Collection hotel. Both the Davidson and The Warrior properties, built in 1913 and 1930, respectively, have been vacant for the past 40 years. They are listed on the National Register of Historical Places. Restoration of St. Louis is leading the renovation. BSI Contractors Inc., FEH Architects and Checkmate Design are also project partners. Funding for the project was supported by nearly $18 million in assistance approved by the Iowa Department of Economic Development, including $16.5 million in historic tax credits and $5 million in the form of loans and grants from the city. When completed, The Warrior will feature 148 guest rooms. The Davidson Apartments will house an additional 56 hotel rooms on the second through fourth floors, 20 apartment units, two lofts and street-level commercial space.

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WAIKOLOA, HAWAII — Hilton Grand Vacations has opened Ocean Tower by Hilton Grand Vacations Club, the company’s fourth property in Waikoloa and its first on Hawaii Island with direct oceanfront views. Once complete, the multi-phase project will feature 350 units in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom suites, including upgraded penthouse residences. The project’s initial phases, which are now complete, features 72 units consisting of 18 studios, 24 one-bedroom suites, 24 two-bedroom suites and six three-bedroom suites. All completed suites offer resort or ocean views, full kitchens, private balconies, walk-in showers with soaking tubs and spacious living and dining areas. At complete built out, on-site amenities will include a check-in and departure lounge and fitness center. Additionally, owners and guests will have access to the amenities of the Hilton Waikoloa Village, including three pools, a salt water lagoon, Dolphin Quest, tennis courts, a tram and boat system, resort shops, restaurants and the Kohala Spa.

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SAN DIEGO — C.W. Driver Cos. has completed the development of Mission Hills-Hillcrest Harley & Bessie Knox Public Library, located at 925 W. Washington St. in San Diego. Four times the size of the former library, the one-story, 15,000-square-foot facility will serve the Mission Hills and Hillcrest neighborhoods. Situated at the corner of West Washington and Front streets, the project includes a two-story, 30,000-square-foot underground parking structure with 85 parking spaces and the formation of an adjacent cul-de-sac at the end of Front Street. Manuel Oncina Architects and Ferguson Pape Baldwin Architects collaborated with C.W. Driver Cos. to design the library. The facility features a mission-style entry; a lobby with 25-foot ceilings featuring trusses, trellises and a skylight; and a traditional reading room. Additional offerings include a community room, 1,400-square-foot outdoor patio, 1,600-square-foot children’s area, 384-square-foot teen area, 400-square-foot garden, meeting room, four study rooms, adult computer area and an idea lab that offers 3D printing and other technologies.

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NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between local investment firm TF Cornerstone Inc. and MSD Partners, the investment advisory firm of tech billionaire Michael Dell, will redevelop the Grand Hyatt hotel in Midtown Manhattan. The property, once partially owned by The Trump Organization, will be converted into a mixed-use destination. According to the New York Daily News, the 26-story building represents one of President Donald Trump’s first major real estate deals in Manhattan. In 1978, The Trump Organization partnered with Hyatt to buy the property, then known as Hotel Commodore, and undertake $100 million in renovations. The paper reports that Trump sold his share of the property in 1996 for $140 million. The new development, located at 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue, would replace the existing building with office and retail space, as well as a new luxury hotel, totaling roughly 2 million square feet of commercial space. The project would also upgrade the infrastructure of the existing public transit at the site. “Hyatt first entered the critical New York market with the flagship Grand Hyatt New York, and the hotel has always been one of our most iconic properties and vital locations,” says Mark Pardue, senior vice president of operations and …

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DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Barton Malow will construct an 11-story, 225,000-square-foot glass building for Brown & Brown Insurance Co. in Daytona Beach. The building will be situated on more than 10 acres and will include terraces on the second and 11th floors overlooking the Halifax River. Brown & Brown has worked in the area before, having remodeled Daytona International Speedway and built Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s four-story student union. The Daytona Beach-based insurance company will house more than 600 workers at the building upon completion. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.

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FAYETTEVILLE, GA. — Pace Lynch Corp. will break ground next month on a 52,824-square-foot mixed-use building in Fayetteville. The site will offer coworking and retail space and is expected to be delivered in January 2020. The building will include ground-level restaurants and retail, three levels of coworking and medical office space and a 2,500-square-foot rooftop with a restaurant and bar. The building will be situated at the 25-acre town center within Pinewood Forest, a master-planned 235-acre development situated about 24 miles south of downtown Atlanta in Fayette County. Wakefield Beasley & Associates designed the building, and Brasfield & Gorrie is the general contractor.

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4452 Broadway, Manhattan

NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided a $52.5 construction loan for a mixed-use development in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. Located at 4452 Broadway, the seven-story, 134,475-square-foot project will include 129 residential units and 11,000 square feet of retail space. The project is being built under the Affordable New York program and will include a mix of 70 percent market-rate units and 30 percent reserved for those making a certain percentage of area median income. The property site consists of two adjacent lots totaling 24,280 square feet with 75 feet of frontage on Broadway and 303 feet on Fairview Avenue. The borrower, HAP Investment Developers, acquired the property in 2013.

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128-130 W. 23rd St. in Manhattan

NEW YORK CITY — JLL Capital Markets has arranged a $36.7 million construction loan for a mixed-use project on the border of the Chelsea and Flatiron neighborhoods of Manhattan. Located at 128-130 W. 23rd St., the 37,752-square-foot, 15-story project will include 30 residential units and 3,673 square feet of retail space. The property will also feature 2,500 square feet of amenity space including a fitness center and rooftop space. Jonathan Schwartz, Max Herzog, Brett Rosenberg and Chris Byrns of JLL Capital Markets secured financing for the borrowers, Pan-Brothers Association and Valyrian Capital. The lender was CapitalSource. Terms of the financing were not disclosed. 

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