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HOUSTON — Provident Industrial, in partnership with Junction Commercial Real Estate, is underway on Eastex 59, a 740,404-square-foot project in North Houston. The site spans 62.5 acres and is located just east of George Bush Intercontinental Airport. The development will consist of four buildings that will range in size from 148,075 to 224,133 square feet. Three of the buildings will feature front-load configurations, and the fourth will have a cross-dock configuration. Eastex 59 will also offer users a total of 246 dock doors and parking for 522 cars and 200 trailers. Seeberger Architecture is designing the project, and Langan is providing civil engineering services. Completion is slated for late 2026.

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HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage and development firm Finial Group has completed construction of a 169,860-square-foot industrial complex in southwest Houston. The property consists of seven freestanding buildings on a 20-acre site at 6811 McHard Road that were developed in three phases over the past five years. Finial Group completed and sold the first two buildings in 2020 and subsequently broke ground on the next two buildings in 2021. Those facilities are now leased to Precision Manufacturing and TradeBlock Inc.

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FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — A joint venture between Subtext and Kayne Anderson is set to break ground on VERVE Fayetteville, an 845-bed student housing development located at 707 W. Treadwell St. near the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. The community will span 532,300 square feet and offer 272 units in one- through four-bedroom configurations. The property will feature 33,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity spaces, including open and private study areas; a coffee café; sports simulator; resort-style pool and hot tub; fire pits; and a fitness and wellness center with cardio equipment, weights, yoga rooms, private wellness rooms and a sauna. The project is scheduled for completion in August 2027. The development team includes Kennedy Wilson, Brinkmann Constructors, Modus Studio and Vida Design. Additional contributors include AJC Design Group, Viewtech, McClelland Consulting Engineers and ENGR3. John Rowland and Steve Lane of Colliers | Arkansas served as the exclusive brokers on the sale of the VERVE Fayetteville development site.

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BOZEMAN, MONT. — Grossman Development Group has signed eight new tenants to join Gallatin Valley Mall, a 315,000-square-foot regional shopping center undergoing redevelopment in Bozeman. New retailers at the $100 million multi-phase project, which will be called Gallatin Crossing, include Arhaus, lululemon, Pandora, Sephora, Anthropologie, Free People, Lovesac and Madewell. The mixed-use project’s 45,000-square-foot Medical Pavilion, which houses Intermountain Health, Ortho Montana and Gallatin Valley Surgery Center, opened in August 2024, while High Street, an outdoor retail experience, is set to open in summer 2025. Other tenants at the property include Macy’s, Barnes & Noble, Gallatin Valley Cinemas and Whole Foods Market. Additionally, interior upgrades to the existing shopping center include new lighting, carpet and refreshed common areas. Gallatin Mall Group, in partnership with Grossman Development Group, Boston Realty Advisors and The Broadway Co., is leading the project.

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COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — The Garrett Cos., as developer and contractor, has begun construction on a multifamily development in Colorado Springs. Ware Malcomb’s Denver and Chicago offices are providing architecture and civil engineering services for the project. Situated on 7.2 acres at the intersection of Barnes Road and Rio Vista Street, the garden-style property will offer 163 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Each unit will have a full-sized washer/dryer. Community amenities will include a resort-style pool and spa with cabanas, a fitness center, dog park, clubhouse with lounge, billiards and arcade games and coworking and private office spaces.

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CHICAGO — The NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks have revealed renderings for the forthcoming expansion of Fifth Third Arena. Originally opened in 2017, the facility has been undergoing renovations since May 2024. When complete in January 2026, the venue will boast more than 250,000 square feet of community hockey space and training facilities. The Blackhawks estimate that Fifth Third Arena will welcome more than 1.5 million guests per year and impact economic growth on Chicago’s West Side, solidifying the arena as a destination for youth and amateur hockey alongside new offerings for Blackhawks fans. The arena will connect to the United Center campus’ forthcoming 1901 Project. The facility remains the official training home to the Blackhawks and will also become the permanent home of Chicago Steel, the region’s United States Hockey League that was acquired by Wirtz Corp. in 2023. The expansion will transform Fifth Third Arena from a hockey facility into a versatile venue that can host events of all sizes and year-round programming. Championship Arena, one of the two new rinks, will offer stadium-style seating and hospitality areas for 2,000 spectators. As the future new home of the Chicago Steel, the arena will feature a center scoreboard, video ribbon boards …

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INDIANAPOLIS — Keystone Group is adding 57 new luxury apartments to its $124 million office-to-residential conversion project at 220 Meridian Tower, the former AT&T office located near Monument Circle in Indianapolis. Scheduled for completion in summer 2026, the additional units will range from studios to two-bedroom floor plans. Construction has commenced, following AT&T’s lease that ended on May 31. Plans call for additional outdoor deck amenities, including a dog park, and six units that will feature private patio spaces. With these additions, a total of 273 units will be brought to market. As part of the continued development, 220 Meridian Tower will also welcome Harmony Steakhouse, an Indianapolis-based Japanese-style steakhouse slated to open this month.

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ST. PAUL, MINN. — Ryan Cos. US Inc., in partnership with the Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA) for the City of St. Paul, has broken ground on new housing and retail components of Highland Bridge, a 122-acre mixed-use development at the former site of Ford Motor Co.’s Twin Cities assembly plant. The $68 million project is expected to be substantially completed by November 2026. The nearly 3-acre site at the intersection of Cretin Avenue and Ford Parkway in the city’s Highland Park neighborhood will feature five buildings. Plans call for a 97-unit multifamily building with 8,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space, three standalone retail buildings totaling 14,000 square feet and a 13,000-square-foot daycare center. The project also includes a two-level parking ramp and pedestrian access. Amenities of the apartment building will include a clubroom, outdoor patio, fitness room, coworking enclaves, a roof deck patio and secured package room. The initiative is a public-private partnership supported by the City of St. Paul and the HRA, which provided tax-increment financing (TIF) from existing TIF district budget savings. Ryan is serving as developer, builder and designer. Completed developments at Highland Bridge include The Collection, a 230-unit apartment building with a flagship Lunds …

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NEW YORK CITY — Charney Cos. and Tavros have unveiled plans to build 175 Third Street, a 1 million-square-foot apartment tower in Brooklyn’s Gowanus area. The 27-story building will feature more than 1,000 units, approximately 250 of which will be designated as affordable housing. The development cost, including the land purchase, is estimated at roughly $1 billion, according to the New York Post. The project marks the fifth building on four different sites in the new Gowanus Wharf development by Charney and Tavros. Catalyzed by the major Gowanus rezoning in 2021, the new development will feature a public park along the Gowanus Canal. According to a release, the project will contribute to the rehabilitation of the canal while supporting the continued evolution of the industrial Brooklyn neighborhood. Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) designed the new tower along with dencityworks | architecture. BIG previously completed a design for the same site in 2023 for a different owner. Charney and Tavros purchased the site in May for $160 million. “Our design for 175 Third Street in Gowanus is conceived as a three-dimensional neighborhood of building blocks stacked to frame a central park cascading down toward the canal waterfront,” says Bjarke Ingels, founder and …

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SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — The City of Sugar Land, located southwest of Houston, has approved $12.5 million in funding for the renovation and modernization of the city’s downtown commercial center, known as Sugar Land Town Square. Under the terms of the funding agreement, Building B will receive upgrades to its communal office and amenity spaces, as well as its landscaping and streetscaping. In addition, Building H will see renovations to its entryway, lobby and signage, along with updates to the garden area and new furniture, fixtures and equipment. Sugar Land Town Square, which spans 32.8 acres and opened in 2003, is currently 73 percent leased across its office, retail and restaurant components.

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