ORLANDO, FLA. — McCraney Property Co. has chosen Lakeland, Fla.-based Macrobay Construction as the general contractor for a co-development project with Tavistock Development Co. in Orlando. The 1.3-million-square-foot project at Infinity Park is expected to break ground by the end of 2018. According to Tavistock, Infinity Park is a 200-acre mixed-use site located three miles from the Orange County Convention Center.
PLANO, TEXAS — High Street Residential, a subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co., has completed The Kincaid at Legacy, a 25-story apartment tower in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Plano. The property totals 300 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts ranging in size from 677 to 4,500 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, lounge with a media screening room, entertainment kitchen, conference room, outdoor grilling areas and a business center. ZRS Management LLC is handling leasing and management of the project.
MESQUITE, TEXAS — Centurion American Development Group will develop Iron Horse Village, a mixed-use project in the eastern Dallas suburb of Mesquite that is valued at more than $116.5 million. Iron Horse Village will consist of 336 single-family homes and a combined 130,000 square feet of restaurant, retail and office space. Construction is expected to begin in April or May of 2019.
GLEN MILLS, PA. — LCB Senior Living has broken ground on The Residence at Chadds Ford, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Glen Mills, located west of Philadelphia and north of Wilmington, Del. Once completed, the community will offer 84 luxury apartment units. The Residence at Chadds Ford will be LCB’s flagship community in the area. The property is located near a variety of shopping and recreation. LCB’s portfolio includes properties in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont and Pennsylvania.
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — NAI Capital’s Irvine, Calif., office has arranged a 99-year ground lease for a 6.8-acre affordable housing development project in Santa Ana. David Knowlton and Kirby Greenlee of NAI Capital represented the lessor, Broomell Commercial Properties, and lessee, Alexis Gevorgian of AMG & Associates, The Pacific Cos. and Jamboree Housing. Valued at $287 million, the ground lease includes three parcels located at 2110, 2114 and 2020 E. First St. in Santa Ana. The buyer plans to develop two six-story buildings featuring 552 workforce housing units and approximately 10,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Once complete, the development will be one of the largest affordable housing projects in the state of California. Construction is slated to begin in early 2019.
NEW YORK CITY — Search engine giant Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) plans to invest $1 billion to create a new office campus in Manhattan’s Hudson Square district. Situated just south of West Village, the 1.7 million-square-foot campus is a crucial next step for the company’s goal to double its New York workforce to 14,000 over the next 10 years. Google has signed two leases and a letter of intent to establish the campus, to be named Google Hudson Square. The tech firm will occupy 315 and 345 Hudson St. beginning in 2020 and move into 550 Washington St. when it wraps up construction in 2022. The campus will be the primary location for the company’s New York-based Global Business Organization. The site is located near Pier 40 at Hudson River Park and the Holland Tunnel. According to the owner of 315 Hudson, Jack Resnick & Sons, Google will occupy five full floors and portions of another at the 500,000-square-foot building. Google’s new 280,000-square-foot office space will feature open workspaces, a café, rooftop garden and event space. CBRE represented Google and Newmark Knight Frank represented the owner in the lease transaction, which brings the redeveloped office building to full occupancy. Google will …
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Atlanta-based Pope & Land has begun construction on Northwinds Summit, an office-centric, mixed-use development in Alpharetta. Phase I will include 3000 Summit Place and 5000 Summit Place, two office buildings that will span 30,000 square feet and 150,000 square feet, respectively. Other components will include a 125-room hotel, 140 multifamily units, 32 condominiums and 15,000 square feet of restaurant and amenity space. Northwinds Summit will sit on 24.3 acres about 25 miles north of Atlanta and will include more than 1 million square feet of office space at full buildout. Alpharetta-based FiberLight is the project’s first tenant, signing a 16,124-square-foot lease at 3000 Summit Place, which is expected to be complete in third-quarter 2019. Russ Jobson and Bryce Metcalf of Colliers International’s Atlanta office represented FiberLight in the lease transaction. Cooper Carry is the architect, and Brasfield & Gorrie is the general contractor.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between Oakland-based Catellus Development Corp. and investment firm Shorenstein Properties LLC will develop a 750,000-square-foot office project in Austin. The new space will be delivered across three buildings, the first of which will contain 20,000 square feet of retail space and a 985-space parking garage. The new office campus will be part of Mueller, a 700-acre mixed-use development located at the site of the former Robert Mueller Municipal Airport. Page Southerland Page Architects is handling design of the project, which includes a 985-space parking garage and is expected to be complete by late 2020. AQUILA Commercial is leasing the office portion of the project and CBRE is leasing the retail portion.
KATY, TEXAS — Clay Development & Construction Inc. has broken ground on Pederson Distribution Center I, a 621,920-square-foot speculative distribution center at Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 90 in Katy, a western suburb of Houston. The cross-dock property will be situated on 30.8 acres and is expected to be complete by August 2019. Building features will include 36-foot clear heights, 147 dock-high doors, 130-foot truck courts and up to 256 employee parking spaces and 170 trailer parking spaces. Frost Bank provided construction financing. NAI Partners will handle leasing of the property with assistance from Clay.
HOUSTON — Local firm Davis Commercial Development has acquired 34.9 acres on which to build an industrial project at the intersection of Interstate 45 and Cypress Creek Parkway in north Houston. The property will be located near ExxonMobil’s campus and George Bush Intercontinental Airport. Todd Edmonds and Michelle Soderberg of Colliers International represented the seller, Hendricks Interests LLC, in the land sale. Colliers will also market the property, which will consist of two cross-dock, single-tenant buildings.
