OSAGE BEACH, MO. — X Caliber Capital Holdings LLC has structured a $285 million Rural PACE-X financing for the ground-up construction and redevelopment of the Oasis at Lakeport in Osage Beach. The resort and entertainment project has a total cost of $495 million. Plans call for a Marriott hotel with 402 rooms, a conference center, indoor waterpark, amusement park and various amenities. The $285 million financing consists of $220 million of conventional senior-secured debt through an affiliate of X-Caliber Rural Capital, XRL-ALC LLC, and $65 million of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing through CastleGreen Finance. The financing marks X-Caliber’s largest Rural PACE-X transaction closed to date since the product launched in late 2024. Rural PACE-X is a proprietary financing solution that provides high-leverage financing for ground-up construction projects in micro-rural areas. The C-PACE financing is the largest to date for the state of Missouri and for CastleGreen Finance, according to X-Caliber. Gregg Delany, Ken Lorman and Gabe Mashaal of X-Caliber Advisors originated and structured the financing on behalf of Tegethoff Development Co. The project’s energy-efficiency design is estimated to save around $11 million in costs over the lifetime of the improvements. The Oasis at Lakeport is expected to …
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EDINA, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson Construction has completed a $24.1 million fire station in the Twin Cities suburb of Edina. The two-story project at 4401 W. 76th St. replaces the former facility on York Avenue. Designed by BKV Group, the 35,464-square-foot development also includes space for the Public Health Division. The fire station features an atrium and lobby, administration areas, training rooms, offices, conference rooms and a large apparatus bay for ambulances, fire and rescue vehicles as well as personal protective equipment storage. The building also features a physical conditioning room that is available to all city employees. The second floor houses dormitories, and the training tower rises five stories. Construction began in fall 2023.
BALA CYNWYD, PA. — Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT) and CBG Building Co. have begun leasing Blayr, a 217-unit multifamily redevelopment project in Bala Cynwyd, a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The project, which represents the second phase of a larger redevelopment known as Bala Cynwyd on City Avenue, is a conversion of the former 120,000-square-foot Lord & Taylor department store into an apartment complex with 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include an outdoor pool, a golf and multisport simulator and a courtyard with grills and gathering spaces. Federal Realty received zoning approval for the project in February 2024, broke ground a few months later and topped off the project this spring. The first move-ins are scheduled for March.
DURHAM AND MORRISVILLE, N.C. — Pharmaceutical developer and manufacturer Novartis (NYSE: NVS) has announced a $771 million expansion of its footprint in North Carolina’s Research Triangle. According to the company, the expansion will create 700 new jobs in Durham and Wake counties and more than 3,000 indirect jobs by the end of 2030. The North Carolina expansion is part of the Swiss company’s pledge to invest $23 billion in U.S. infrastructure over the next five years. Doubling the company’s operational presence to more than 700,000 square feet, the expansion will significantly increase manufacturing capacity. The expansion will comprise new construction as well as the renovation of existing facilities across three sites in Durham and Morrisville. The new hub will include a new site in Durham housing two new facilities for manufacturing biologics and sterile packaging and a new site in Morrisville for the production of solid dosage tablets and capsules, as well as an expansion of an existing Durham facility to support sterile filling of biologics into syringes and vials. One of the new facilities will be located at Pathway Triangle, occupying 202,000 square feet at the 1 million-square-foot campus in Morrisville. CBRE represented both Novartis and the landlord, King …
DENTON, TEXAS — Hillwood, a Perot company and the owner of the 27,000-acre AllianceTexas master-planned community in North Fort Worth, has provided updates on Landmark, the company’s $10 billion mixed-use development in the North Texas city of Denton. Announced last summer, Landmark is a 3,200-acre development at the corner of I-35 and Robson Ranch Road — land that the Perot family has owned since 1987. At full build-out, Landmark will feature 6,000 single-family homes and 3,000 apartments. The development will also include 900 acres of commercial space that will be anchored by Denton’s first H-E-B grocery store. The first 120 acres are actively being leased for retail, dining and entertainment uses. The first phase of development will feature 747 single-family lots that will house a variety of home styles and will be constructed by an array of builders. The grocery store and 600 apartments will also be built as part of the initial phase, and the grocery-anchored retail component of the development is expected to open in 2027. In addition, roughly 1,100 acres of the development will be preserved as parkland, making it one of the largest natural preserves in Texas, according to Hillwood.
DALLAS — Creation, a developer with offices in Dallas and Phoenix, and PGIM Real Estate have begun construction on 635 Exchange, a three-building, 600,000-square-foot industrial project in North Dallas. The 36-acre site at the intersection of interstates 35E and 635 formerly housed a City of Dallas landfill, and the new buildings will feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights. LGE Design Build is handling the architectural and general contracting aspects of the project. Stream Realty Partners has been tapped as the leasing agent. Completion is slated for late 2026.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — HPI Real Estate Services & Investments has broken ground on a 396-unit multifamily project in northwest Fort Worth. The project represents Phase I of a larger development that will ultimately consist of 829 units on a 55-acre site at the southeast corner of Bonds Ranch and Blue Mound roads. Units will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Arch-Con Corp. is designing the project, and Blackland Partners is serving as the general contractor. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy in early 2027.
ROCKVILLE CENTRE, N.Y. — Florida-based development and investment firm Basis Industrial has received a $27 million construction loan for a self-storage project that will be located in the Long Island community of Rockville Centre. Public Storage will operate the facility, which will comprise 121,500 gross square feet of space across 957 units. NexBank is the senior lender on the project, and NexPoint is the mezzanine lender. Construction is underway and is expected to be complete in early 2027.
PHOENIX — EMBREY has closed on the land and financing for 12th & Greenway, a Class A apartment property located near North 12th Street and Greenway Parkway in Phoenix. Construction will begin immediately, with first occupancy slated for third-quarter 2027. Situated on 7 acres, the four-story, wrap-style community will feature 340 apartments, including townhomes. Units will feature open-concept layouts with 9- to 10-foot ceilings, wood-style plank flooring, quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances. Additional features will include built-in desks, keyless entry and double vanities in select units. Onsite amenities will include a heated pool and hot tub with private cabanas, an outdoor kitchen and fireplace, fitness and yoga studios, a game room, conference and micro-office spaces and a secured 24-hour package room. Outdoor features will include several courtyards, a walking trail, dog park and shaded community spaces. Frost Bank, with support from private investors, provided financing for 12th & Greenway. EMBREY’s Garrett Karam and Jimmy McCloskey led the execution of the transaction.
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Lincoln Property Co. has completed I-10 International Phase I, the company’s first-ever ground-up industrial development in Tucson. Valued at $80 million, I-10 International Phase I sits on 79 acres at the southeast corner of Alvernon Way and Los Reales Road, two miles from an interchange at I-10 and Valencia Road, within the Tucson International Airport submarket. Totaling 373,811 square feet, the property includes the 158,944-square-foot Building B and the 214,867-square-foot Building C. A fully designed, 188,434-square-foot Building A and a 476,000-square-foot Building D will be developed in line with market demand, bringing the asset to more than 1 million square feet of Class A industrial space. Buildings at I-10 International Phase I are state-of-the-art cold capable with 32-foot clear heights, 14-foot glass entrances, full concrete truck courts, generous clerestory windows and an R-38 insulated roof deck system. The project team includes Brinkmann Constructors as general contractor and Butler Design Group and Ware Malcomb as the collaborative design team. Jesse Blum of Cushman & Wakefield | PICOR is handling leasing for the project.