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RENO, NEV. — Metcalf Builders has completed construction of East Building 6 at the Comstock Commerce Center, a $24 million project within the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center (TRIC) in Reno. Locus Development Group owns the building, which is ready to support tenant operations. Located at 2200 USA Parkway, East Building 6 features 475,880 square feet of bulk industrial space designed to meet logistics, warehousing and manufacturing needs. East Building 6 is part of the Comstock Commerce Center, a master-planned industrial development within TRIC.

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MILWAUKEE — Dwight Capital has provided a $114 million HUD 221(d)(4) substantial rehabilitation loan for the conversion of 100 East Wisconsin, a 34-story office building in Milwaukee, into a 373-unit luxury apartment community. Positioned at the heart of the city’s central business district along the Milwaukee River, 100 East Wisconsin is currently the state’s third-tallest building and will become the tallest residential building upon completion, according to Dwight. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Amenities will include a fitness center, yoga studio, spa, coworking space, conference room, pet lounge, bike storage, multiple lounge and bar areas, a game room with a sports simulator and a rooftop deck with swimming pool. At 35 years old, 100 East Wisconsin is among the newest buildings ever added to the National Register of Historic Places, having been designated in January 2025 in recognition of its architectural and historic significance. The distinction qualified the project for federal and state historic tax credits. The City of Milwaukee further supported the project with a tax-increment financing package of up to $16.6 million through a newly established tax-increment district. The HUD loan was the largest multifamily HUD loan ever closed in Wisconsin; the largest …

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MOUNT PLEASANT, IOWA — Opus has broken ground on an advanced manufacturing facility for ContiTech, a group sector of Continental, at its existing plant in Mount Pleasant within eastern Iowa. At more than 80,000 square feet, the new compounding center will integrate production, warehouse and office operations to support ContiTech’s hose and belt businesses while optimizing its North American mixing footprint. The project will include a three-story, 17,472-square-foot mixing facility, an automated high-bay warehouse, shipping and receiving, bulk storage and a 4,250-square-foot office and lab space. The three-story mixing facility will support a specialized vertical manufacturing process in which raw materials are introduced on the upper level and move through advanced mixing lines to lower floors. Opus is the design-builder, Martin Gardner Architects is the architect and Raker Rhodes Engineering is the structural engineer. Completion is slated for June 2027.

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AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Prime Data Centers, a Dallas-based developer and operator of hyperscale and purpose-built data centers, has broken ground on the first three facilities at PHX01, a five-building data center campus in Avondale. The 66.5-acre park sits roughly 19 miles west of Phoenix via I-10. Each data center at PHX01 will span 267,000 square feet and offer 48 megawatts (MW) of critical IT load capacity. The 1.3 million-square-foot campus will offer 240MW of total critical power upon completion. “Breaking ground on PHX01’s first three buildings is a defining moment for Prime’s partnership with Avondale and for the greater Phoenix region,” says Michael Wall, executive vice president of product delivery at Prime Data Centers. “This first phase represents the beginning of a long-term investment in Avondale, and the infrastructure we are putting in place today is built to scale alongside the demands of our customers for years to come.” An undisclosed hyperscale user has committed to leasing the first three buildings for which construction is underway at PHX01. Prime Data Centers is marketing Buildings 4 and 5 to single or multi-tenant hyperscale users. “This more than $3 billion investment by Prime with its customers investing an average 2X more represents a …

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ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Provident Industrial, a division of locally based firm Provident, has completed A20 Logistics Center, a 161,408-square-foot project in Arlington. The development features 32-foot clear heights, 34 dock doors, two oversized drive-in doors with ramps, 130-foot truck court depths and 2,100 square feet of speculative office space. Provident developed A20 Logistics Center in partnership with Humphreys Capital and Farmers Bank & Trust. LGE Design Build handled the architectural and construction aspects of the development. JLL is marketing the property for lease.

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MARICOPA, ARIZ. — Legacy Development Partners has purchased a development site in Maricopa for a planned, ground-up retail center. Construction on the property is expected to begin immediately. Dubbed Legacy on Porter, the 6.6-acre project will deliver more than 45,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and service-oriented space. Confirmed tenants include Goodwill, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Jersey Mike’s Subs, HTeaO, Orlie’s Taproom and Swig. Leasing negotiations for the remaining shop space and pad sites are ongoing.

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BLUE SPRINGS, MO. — A second phase of Blue Springs’ first luxury apartment community, MajorLux Luxury Apartments, is slated to include 123 units and 11,732 square feet of first-floor retail space anchored by Costenio’s Price Chopper. Bill Maas and Daniel Brocato of Block & Co. Inc. Realtors are handling leasing of the retail spaces. According to Block & Co., ideal uses at MajorLux Two include full-service restaurant concepts, Yoga or Pilates studios and service tenants such as dry cleaners, salons and health users. Completion of the project is slated for summer 2027.

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THE COLONY, TEXAS — JPI has begun construction on Jefferson Grandscape II, a 277-unit multifamily project that will be located north of Dallas in The Colony. Valued at $77.8 million and located within the 433-acre mixed-use development of the same name, Jefferson Grandscape II will be a five-story building with 11 studios, 172 one-bedroom apartments, 86 two-bedroom units and eight three-bedroom residences. Amenities will include a pool, sky lounge and outdoor courtyards with fire pits. QuadReal Property Group is financing construction of the project in conjunction with Nebraska Furniture Mart, which owns Grandscape. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy by early 2028.

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MCKINNEY, TEXAS — California-based development and investment firm CapRock Partners has broken ground on McKinney Air Business Park, a 250,000-square-foot industrial project that will be located north of Dallas. McKinney Air Business Park, named for the site’s adjacency to McKinney National Airport, will be a two-building, shallow-bay development on a 15.3-acre site. Building features will include 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems, “ample” dock-high loading positions, 130-foot truck court depths and “generous” automobile parking allotments. Construction is expected to be complete early next year. Colliers is marketing the property for lease.

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NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between LDG Group LLC, Infinite Horizons, L+M Development Partners and Urbane Development Group has received $97 million in financing for a multifamily adaptive reuse project in Harlem. Designed by Curtis & Ginsberg Architects, the project involves the conversion of the former Lincoln Correctional Facility into a 105-unit affordable housing complex with units that will be reserved for households earning between 40 and 100 percent of the area median income. The new housing complex will feature amenities such as a community room, children’s playroom, coworking lounge and multiple terraces, as well as 6,000 square feet of retail space. The financing includes a construction loan from M&T Bank and a variety of public-sector subsidies. Demolitions and abatements of existing structures are set to begin in June and to last about 12 months. Full completion is expected in mid-to-late 2029.

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