PONTOON BEACH, ILL. — Contegra Construction Co. is underway on a 933,656-square-foot distribution center at Gateway Tradeport in Pontoon Beach, a northeast suburb of St. Louis. Completion is slated for spring 2026. Developed by NorthPoint Development, the project marks the fifth distribution center built by Contegra at the 600-acre master-planned Gateway Tradeport. The industrial development debuted in 2019 and will host more than 3.6 million square feet of space once Contegra’s latest project is completed. The newest addition is a build-to-suit called Gateway Tradeport VI. Located on a 104-acre site, Gateway Tradeport VI will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 175 dock doors, 830 trailer parking spaces and 985 car parking spaces. There will also be a 19,928-square-foot mezzanine and nearly 54,000 square feet of finished space with offices, breakrooms and restrooms.
CHICAGO — Sterling Bay and Affinius Capital have completed Pulaski 55 Logistics Center, an industrial facility located at 4510 W. Ann Lurie Place in Chicago’s Archer Heights neighborhood. The 147,500-square-foot property is situated within Crawford Industrial Park with convenient access to I-55, I-94 and downtown Chicago. The project is located in an Enterprise Zone with an approved 6B real estate tax incentive, providing financial relief for future tenants. Pulaski 55 Logistics Center features 10 loading docks, 102 car parking spaces and adjacent retail options. The project is certified LEED Silver. Colliers is handling leasing efforts for the property.
INDIANAPOLIS — Skender has completed interior construction on a new 15,370-square-foot office for advisory, tax and assurance firm Baker Tilly in Indianapolis. Located at 9229 Delegates Row within the 19-story Keystone Office Park, the workspace features a mix of private offices, open workstations, collaboration areas, conference rooms and a lounge/café. Notable elements include water vapor fireplaces accented by swinging lights, cutting-edge audio/visual technology and integrated security systems. Skender completed the build-out in 21 weeks. Partners by Design served as architect, a d a Design Associates provided design services, COFCO provided furniture, Automation Arts completed audio/visual technology and Southern Lighting designed the lighting.
WAYNE, NEB. — Darland Construction Co. has completed a renovation and addition for Providence Medical Center (PMC), a critical access hospital in Wayne. The first phase of the project included a 20,000-square-foot addition on the hospital’s south side, designed to accommodate the rapidly expanding imaging and specialty outpatient services. The second phase included a new campus main entry and central registration, consolidating radiology services into a unified location. A new concourse connects this area to the remodeled spaces. A dedicated outpatient clinic houses infusion rooms, stress testing, psychiatry, counseling and staff support areas. Following the completion of the addition, Darland transitioned to a 20,000-square-foot remodel, transforming the surgical suite with two new operating rooms, converting an existing OR into an endoscopy suite and adding private pre-op and recovery spaces. Areas for materials management, wound care, cardiac rehab and administrative offices were also updated. A third phase included the installation of a supplemental air handling unit and a renovation of the hospital’s pharmacy.
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JLL: U.S. Retail Sector Remains Optimistic as Market Conditions Shift
CHICAGO — Retail closures are at a cyclical high, totaling a whopping 9,900 business shutdowns in 2024, according to JLL’s fourth-quarter 2024 retail report entitled “United States Retail Market Dynamics.” For the first time in several years, store closures outpaced store openings in a calendar year. Fabric and crafts retailer JOANN, who filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection twice within a year, is shuttering all 800 stores, while major department store chain Macy’s will close 150 stores over the next three years, with 66 closures anticipated in 2025 alone. The highest number of store closures resulted from discount and dollar stores like Family Dollar, CVS Health and Big Lots, as well as specialty retailers like Party City. Retail closures are represented across different size brackets, with more than 55 percent of announced closures identifying with footprints ranging from 5,000 square feet to 20,000 square feet. Expanding retailers such as Dollar General, O’Reilly Automotive and Five Below align with these vacant boxes, while larger, major closures like Bed Bath & Beyond and Toys “R” Us occupy more “desirable” locations. On the flip side, between 2024 and 2025, there were roughly 7,700 new retail store openings announced. Nearly 3,000 of these openings …
BASTROP, TEXAS — Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) plans to invest $280 million for the expansion of its semiconductor research-and-development (R&D) and advanced packaging facility in Bastrop, about 33 miles southeast of Austin. The company received its fifth Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant, totaling $17.3 million, from the State of Texas to help fund the expansion. Over the next three years, SpaceX plans to expand the square footage of its Bastrop facility by 1 million square feet to produce Starlink kits and their adjacent parts, as well as advanced silicon products. The facility expansion will focus on developing printed circuit boards (PCBs), a semiconductor failure analysis lab and advanced packaging for panel level packaging (PLP). Starlink is an international satellite internet provider owned and operated by SpaceX. Upon completion of the project, the Bastrop facility will be the largest PCB and PLP facility in North America. “This grant will help continue to expand Bastrop’s manufacturing for Starlink to help connect even more people across the state and around the world with high-speed, low-latency internet,” says Gwynne Shotwell, president and chief operating officer of SpaceX. Texas’ Semiconductor Innovation Fund was assembled in 2023 through the Texas CHIPS Act, which developed a …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tishman Speyer, along with property management firm Bozzuto, has launched preleasing at Residences at Mazza, a mixed-use development located at 5300 Wisconsin Ave. NW in Washington, D.C. Upon completion, the property will feature 321 apartments, townhomes and penthouses, as well as a 70,000-square-foot retail concourse that will soon be home to T.J. Maxx and Total Wine & More. Amenities will include a coworking lounge, rooftop sky lounge, fitness center, central courtyard with a lap pool and a media room. Monthly rental rates at Residences at Mazza range from $2,300 to $7,479, according to the property website. The development is situated within a block from the Friendship Heights Metro station and represents the first new apartment community to be built in D.C.’s Friendship Heights neighborhood since 2009, according to Tishman Speyer. The design team includes Danish architectural firm 3XN, landscape architect Parker Rodriguez and interior designer Michaelis Boyd.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — The Cordish Cos., a Baltimore-based developer and operator specializing in sports-themed entertainment projects, has completed One Rangers Way, a 300-unit multifamily project in Arlington. The community is located near Globe Life Field, home of the MLB’s Texas Rangers, and within Cordish’s Arlington Entertainment District. Designed by Hord Coplan Macht, One Rangers Way offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units, as well as penthouses, across more than 50 different floor plans. The property also features a 423-space parking garage and 43,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities. Specifically, amenities include a pool, fitness center, coworking spaces, indoor and outdoor lounges and concierge services. Cordish announced the project in May 2022, launched the leasing campaign in July 2023 and topped out construction in June 2024. Rents start at $1,400 per month for a studio apartment.
CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — A partnership between Indiana-based Great Lakes Capital, Nebraska Furniture Mart and the City of Cedar Park, located north of Austin, will develop a 300-room hotel and 30,000-square-foot convention center. The Marriott-branded hotel will anchor the CedarView mixed-use development and will offer a pool, full-service restaurant and a breakfast café. Construction is slated to begin in May, with an anticipated opening date of early 2027.
LEWIS CENTER, OHIO — A joint venture between Buckingham and Onyx+East has broken ground on a 120-unit build-to-rent (BTR) community in Lewis Center within Orange Township. Named Mural Lewis Center, the development is part of Buckingham’s Mural Collection. The two- to four-bedroom homes will range from 902 to 2,685 square feet and include attached two-car garages and private outdoor spaces. All home and yard maintenance is included, and residents can enjoy a playground, pavilion, dog park, community garden, fire pit and walking trails. The first units will be available for rent beginning in December. Mural Lewis Center comes on the heels of Onyx+East and Buckingham’s first BTR project, Mural Brownsburg, located in suburban Indianapolis.