MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Lowes Foods plans to anchor Cadia Village Mooresville, a mixed-use development underway in suburban Charlotte. The Winston-Salem-based grocer will open a 52,000-square-foot store that features various departments, including a craft brewery (The Beer Den), coffee shop (Boxcar Coffee) and bakery (The Cakery). The developer, Pappas Properties, plans to break ground on the new Lowes Foods store in the third quarter, aiming for delivery in 2027. Situated near Lake Norman, Cadia Village Mooresville will feature a retail center, offices, a community village green space, for-sale homes, active adult apartments and cottage townhomes. Pappas Properties broke ground on Phase I of the mixed-use project last November.
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NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between local owner-operator Gilbane Development Co., Strada Development LLC and the Center for Urban Community Services (CUCS) has unveiled plans for a $170 million affordable and supportive housing project in The Bronx. Designed by Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC and known as 1920 Turnbull, the 22-story building will be located in the borough’s Castle Hill/Soundview submarket and will house 228 affordable housing units, including 137 permanent supportive housing units for formerly homeless individuals and families. CUCS will operate a 3,500-square-foot office within 1920 Turnbull to facilitate residents’ access to onsite social support services such as case management, behavioral health support, benefits assistance, employment services and connections to community resources. Additional amenities will include outdoor recreation space, a fitness room, community room and onsite laundry facilities. Site remediation and a groundbreaking are scheduled to take place in the coming weeks, with completion slated for 2029.
BUFFALO, N.Y. — JLL has arranged $26 million in construction financing for Heritage Point, a mixed-use project in Buffalo’s Canalside district that will consist of 61 apartments and 30,000 square feet of commercial space across two six-story buildings. The financing comprises a $14.8 million senior construction loan from national lender X-Caliber and $11.2 million of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing from its affiliate, CastleGreen Finance. Jillian Mariutti led the JLL team that arranged the financing on behalf of the developer, Sinatra & Co., which expects to deliver Heritage Point in the third quarter of next year.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Local developer Triten Real Estate Partners has delivered a roughly 400,000-square-foot distribution center in the northern Houston suburb of Humble. Known as Kenswick at 1960, the property consists of two buildings that feature 36-foot clear heights, approximately 9,000 square feet of office space and “ample” trailer and car parking. The site also includes more than five acres of outdoor storage space. Method Architecture designed the project, and Harvey Cleary served as the general contractor. Grey Wolf acted as civil engineer. CBRE is the leasing agent.
HOUSTON — Local developer NewForm Real Estate has completed a 50,738-square-foot adaptive reuse project near downtown Houston. The project converted the historic, six-story Commercial National Bank Building at 917 Franklin St., which was originally constructed in 1904, into a modern office facility with 3,390 square feet of retail/restaurant space. The restoration involved exterior façade work, window repairs, masonry cleaning and upgraded lighting. Stream Realty Partners is leasing the office space, and Rebel Retail Advisors is leasing the retail/restaurant space.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — Spring Valley Construction Co. has broken ground on a 17,400-square-foot retail project in Flower Mound, located in the northern-central part of the metroplex. The project represents Phase I of the 40,000-square-foot retail component of Silveron Park, a mixed-use project that will also feature 525,000 square feet of office space and 200 apartments. Weitzman is managing the development and leasing of Silveron Park’s retail space. Thompson Realty Capital is handling the residential and office components.
ELLABELL, GA. — National retailer Burlington Stores Inc. has opened a new 2 million-square-foot distribution center in Ellabell, about 27 miles west of Savannah in Bryan County. The facility, the first distribution center in Georgia for Burlington, is expected to generate 1,500 new jobs at full capacity. In addition to climate-controlled, automated distribution space, the property will offer 40,000 square feet of office space with a full-service cafeteria, fitness center, locker room with showers, meditation room, maternity room and meeting rooms. The retailer also recently broke ground on another nearly 2 million-square-foot distribution center earlier this year in Buckeye, Ariz., a suburb of Phoenix. The new distribution centers will support the retailer’s growing network of discount apparel stores. Burlington expects to open approximately 115 net new stores nationwide by the end of fiscal 2026, which ends Jan. 30, 2027. All new stores feature Burlington’s reimagined store layout.
Partnership to Launch $280M Mixed-Use Entertainment District Surrounding Neyland Stadium in Knoxville
by John Nelson
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — A public-private partnership between the University of Tennessee and a newly formed development platform comprising Arctos, RVX Ventures and Magellan Development Group will soon begin the development of Neyland Entertainment District, a $280 million mixed-use village surrounding Neyland Stadium, the home football arena of the University of Tennessee. The waterfront development in Knoxville will feature approximately 100,000 square feet of entertainment space alongside a 24-story hotel and residences, along with a private members club. Arctos is the majority equity investor in the project and is participating as a general partner alongside a sponsor team led by RVX, Magellan and Dixon Greenwood. The construction timeline was not disclosed, but Knoxville News Sentinel reports that construction is expected to begin this summer and include the overhaul of the G10 parking garage, which is a hub of parking and tailgating on game days. The media outlet also reported that the University of Tennessee System Board of Trustees approved a 99-year lease for the development in early May.
NEW YORK CITY — Developer Nasser Freres has received a $375 million construction loan for JFK Boulevard, an 840-unit apartment tower that will be located in the Journal Square area of Jersey City. The building will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, 10 percent of which will be designated as affordable housing. Amenities will include a spa, fitness center, multi-sport court, coworking and library lounges, game and screening rooms, an outdoor pool with sun decks, dog run, pet spa and a rooftop lounge. In addition, JFK Boulevard will feature 50,000 square feet of retail space that will be anchored by an organic grocer. Keith Kurland, Aaron Appel, Adam Schwartz, Jonathan Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer, Jordan Casella, Christopher de Raet and Jack Krentzman of Walker & Dunlop arranged the floating-rate, interest-only loan through Madison Realty Capital. Completion is slated for early 2029.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $9.4 million sale of a commercial development site in Queens. The site at 28-04 41st Ave. is located in the borough’s Long Island City neighborhood and can support 25,000 to 30,000 buildable square feet of residential, commercial or mixed-use development. Sean Fopeano, Shaun Riney, Joe Koicim and David Cornejo of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed private family, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Jade Century Properties.