SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Sprouts Farmers Market, a specialty grocer based in Phoenix, plans to open a new store in Sugar Land on Wednesday, Jan. 16. The 30,000-square-foot store will be located at 13550 University Blvd. and will staff roughly 140 employees. According to the Houston Chronicle, the grocery store will anchor Phase II of University Commons, a shopping center owned by Houston-based Vista Properties. Other tenants coming to the 109,000-square-foot second phase include Ulta Beauty, Luna Grill, U’Maki and Tropical Smoothie. Phase I of University Commons spans 150,000 square feet and is leased to tenants including Burlington, Michaels, CVS/pharmacy and The Tile Shop. University Commons’ design team includes O’Brien Architects and Arch-Con Construction. The new Sugar Land store will donate unsold and edible groceries to Houston Food Bank through the grocer’s Food Rescue program. Sprouts employs more than 28,000 team members and operates more than 300 stores in 19 states.
Development
SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF. — A joint venture between San Diego-based Presidio Residential Capital and Coastal Community Builders has received approval from the San Luis Obispo City Council to develop San Luis Ranch, a 131-acre mixed-use farm-to-table community. Slated to break ground the first quarter of 2019, the development will features 580 residential homes, 150,000 square feet of commercial space, 100,000 square feet of office space and a 200-room hotel. Delivery of a 10-acre multifamily site and all commercial and hotel pads is scheduled for the second and third quarters of 2019. Additionally, 281 single-family lots will be delivered for home construction commencement starting in the third quarter of 2019. The residential portion of the development will include single-family detached and multifamily housing, including a significant number of affordable housing units. The residential homes will offer a variety of energy-efficient and environmentally friendly features, including solar panels, Energy Star-certified appliances and lighting, tankless water heaters, low-flow plumbing and natural, edible landscaping. More than 50 percent of the pedestrian-oriented community will be park land, open space and agricultural land with a working organic farm and learning center, community gardens, a recreation and fitness loop, and several parks and picnic areas. Additionally, …
LOS ANGELES — Prologis is developing a two-building industrial park located at 5215 S. Boyle Ave. in Los Angeles. Dubbed Prologis Vernon Business Center 1 and 2, the asset will include a 113,952-square-foot building and a 232,229-square-foot building. Slated for completion this fall, the facilities will each feature more than 10,000 square feet of corporate office build-out space, 36-foot clearance, ESFR sprinkler system, concrete truck courts and 2.5 percent skylights. Business Center 1 will include 20 dock-high positions, 13 trailer stalls and 111 car parking spaces, while Business Center 2 will include 38 dock-high positions, 54 truck stalls and 184 car parking spaces. John McMillan, Jeff Sanita, Danny Williams and Greg Stumm of Newmark Knight Frank are handling the leasing for industrial center.
WARREN, MICH. — Flaherty & Collins Properties has been selected by the city of Warren to serve as the master developer for Warren Town Center, a $170 million project. The proposed mixed-use development will include 500 market-rate apartment units, more than 20,000 square feet of retail and dining space, a boutique hotel and a 30,000-square-foot grocery store. The project will be a public-private partnership including the city of Warren, Flaherty & Collins and General Motors. Acquest Realty Advisors will serve as the hotel development partner. The goal of the project is to create a town center that offers a high-end housing option that currently is not available in Warren, according to Brian Prince, vice president of development for Flaherty & Collins. The site formerly housed city hall and is located across the street from General Motors’ Global Tech Center, which is home to 25,000 employees. Flaherty & Collins expects to break ground on the project before the end of the year.
CHICAGO — Lendlease and The John Buck Company are developing 845 West Madison, a 586-unit luxury apartment complex in Chicago’s West Loop. The property will include two 17-story towers totaling approximately 720,000 square feet of residential space and 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Both towers will share a one-acre outdoor amenity deck, featuring green spaces, two pools and a lounge area with grills and fireplaces. Additional amenities will include a fitness center, yoga room, game room, resident lounge, coffee bar, demonstration kitchen, dog park, co-working space and parking garage. Danny Kaufman, Christopher Knight and Mary Dooley of HFF arranged $61.8 million in joint venture equity through Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. for the project.
EagleBridge Capital Secures $25.1M Construction Loan for Apartment Building in Rhode Island
by David Cohen
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — EagleBridge Capital has arranged a $25.1 million construction loan for the development of Chestnut Commons, a six-story, 116,000-square-foot apartment building in Providence. Located at 91 Chestnut St. in downtown Providence, the property consists of 92, one- and two-bedroom units as well as 6,000 square feet of street-level retail space. Amenities will include a fitness center, rooftop terraces and covered parking. Brian D. Sheehan and Ted. M. Sidel of EagleBridge secured the financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The lender was a leading Massachusetts financial institution. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Architecture and design firm DXA Studio has completed 280 St. Marks, a 31-unit condominium project in the Prospect Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. Located at 280 St. Marks Ave., the 80,000-square-foot building includes a suite of community-focused amenity spaces, including a rooftop terrace and public garden. Units include white oak floors with walnut accents and Olympian Danby stone counters.
Centennial American Properties to Break Ground on Next Phase of $200M Mixed-Use Project in Greenville
by Alex Tostado
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Centennial American Properties (CAP), the developer of Camperdown, a four-acre, $200 million mixed-use development in downtown Greenville, is set to break ground on the project’s next phase. Falls Tower, the second office tower in the development, is scheduled to begin construction in the first quarter. The 15-story building will have 10 stories of office space, topped by five floors of for-sale condominiums. At full buildout, Camperdown will have more than 200,000 square feet of office space, 18 condos, an AC Hotel and 217 apartment residences. Construction on Camperdown is expected to be complete in 2020.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Grapevine, Texas-based 2GR Equity, in a joint venture with Paravest Capital and StreetLevel Investments, will develop a 215,000-square-foot retail power center at the corner of Chisholm Trail Parkway and McPherson Road in Fort Worth. The center, which will be branded The Shops at Chisholm Trail Ranch, will be situated on 35 acres within the Chisholm Trail Ranch master-planned development. The property is 70 percent preleased to tenants such as Marshalls, Old Navy, Ulta Beauty, Five Below and Sprint. The project is scheduled for completion during the first half of 2020.
SHENANDOAH, TEXAS — Dallas-based developer Sam Moon Group is nearing completion of Metropark Square, a 175,000-square-foot mixed-use project in Shenandoah, about 30 miles north of Houston. The development will feature a 10-screen AMC movie theater, Urban Air Adventure Park, outdoor event space, Dave & Buster’s, Hyatt House hotel and other retail and restaurant options. The movie theater will open in February and Urban Air will open in March. Houston-based NewQuest Properties will handle leasing of the other retail spaces.