NEW YORK CITY — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of Slate Property Group, has provided a $140 million construction loan for a 354-unit multifamily project that will be located at 2366 Bedford Ave. in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood. Designed by S. Wieder Architect PC, the seven-story building will feature ground-floor retail space, onsite parking and amenities such as a café/business lounge, wet and dry saunas, golf simulator and a cycling studio. Leah Paskus of Landstone Capital Group arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower and developer, Clipper Equity. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2025.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University will develop two new residence halls. The first community will be developed at 700 Ostrom Ave. and will offer 450 beds upon completion. An undisclosed architect has been selected for the project, with construction expected to begin this year. The university concurrently announced plans to demolish Marion Hall, Kimmel Hall and an existing dining center on the corner of Comstock and Waverly avenues to make way for a new residence hall. A timeline for the development was not disclosed.
WALTHAM, MASS. — General contractor J. Calnan & Associates has completed a 52,000-square-foot life sciences project in the western Boston suburb of Waltham. The facility at 880 Winter St. is a build-to-suit for biotechnology user Lyra Therapeutics and features a 5,000-square-foot manufacturing space, quality control labs, support labs and office space. Perkins & Will served as the project architect, with BR&A Engineers handling that aspect of development. Boston Properties owns the building.
PEKIN, ILL. — Five Below and Maurices are joining the tenant lineup at East Court Village in Pekin, just south of Peoria in central Illinois. The retailers, which are expected to open in fall 2025, join existing tenants Tractor Supply Co., Petco, Hobby Lobby and Dunham’s Sports. A former Bergner’s store is being redeveloped to make way for Five Below and Maurices, and additional tenants will be announced. The redevelopment project totals 42,000 square feet. Cullinan Properties Ltd. owns and manages East Court Village.
NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $109 million construction loan for a 247-unit multifamily project that will be located at 1034-1042 Atlantic Ave. in Brooklyn’s Prospect Heights neighborhood. The borrower is locally based developer EMP Capital Group. The development will consist of two adjoining buildings that will create a cross-block lot between Atlantic Avenue and Pacific Street. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Levels of income restrictions for the affordable housing component of the property have not yet been fully determined. More specifically, the unit mix will comprise 45 studios, 11 studio alcoves, 95 one-bedroom apartments, 44 one-bedroom residences with home offices, 49 two-bedroom units and three two-bedroom units with home offices. Amenities will include a tenant lounge, business center, screening room, karaoke room, golf simulator, game room, multiple party rooms, kids’ playrooms, social lounges and a nearly 2,000-square-foot fitness center. The property will also feature ground-floor retail space. Keith Kurland, Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Jordan Casella and William Herring of Walker & Dunlop arranged the five-year, interest-only loan through QuadReal Property Group. Completion is scheduled for 2025. “Meticulously designed with floor plans that optimize all available square footage, …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between High Street Residential, MSD Partners and River Street Partners has topped out 700 River, a 43-story apartment tower in Austin’s Rainey Street District. The 500-foot building will house 377 units in a mix of studio to three-bedroom residences, as well as several penthouses and 3,400 square feet of retail space. In addition, 700 River will feature more than 30,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space. HKS is the project architect, and DPR Construction is the general contractor. The first move-ins will begin this fall. Construction began in fall 2022.
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — Edloe Ventures, a real estate affiliate of the Edloe Health network (formerly known as Elite Health Services), has completed a 16,100-square-foot medical office building in the southwestern Houston suburb of Sugar Land. Telfair Medical Court, which is also now home to Edloe Imaging, is located at 6927 Brisbane Court. JLL is marketing the remainder of the space for lease.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between BEB Capital, Totem, Ofer Cohen and SK Development has received $121 million in financing for a 187-unit mixed-income housing project that will be located at 737 Fourth Ave. in Brooklyn’s Sunset Park neighborhood. The financing consists of a $96 million construction loan that was co-originated by Canyon Partners and J.P. Morgan and a $25 million equity investment from Tribeca Investment Group. The 14-story building will house one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with 46 residences to be reserved for households earning roughly 50 percent or less of the area median income. The building will also feature a fitness center, game and media lounge, coworking lounge, private dining and entertainment areas, tenant storage space and a rooftop garden, as well as 6,200 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Construction is slated for a fall 2025 completion. Aaron Appel, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Keith Kurland and Michael Ianno of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing on behalf of the partnership.
HARRISBURG, PA. — Marquis Health Consulting Services has begun a multimillion-dollar renovation of The Terraces at Capitol Village and Capitol Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, a senior living and skilled nursing campus in Harrisburg. Work is set to begin this month at the 64-unit Terraces at Capitol Village and will include a complete refresh of the lobby, hallways, main dining room, activity room, theater and private dining room. At Capitol Rehabilitation & Healthcare Center, upgrades to the lobby, dining room, resident rooms and activity areas are underway, with an anticipated fall completion. The 138-bed skilled nursing facility provides post-hospital care, short-term rehab and long-term residential care.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Semi-Stow has opened a 12.5-acre semi-truck parking property at 3815 Lockbourne Industrial Parkway in Columbus. The truck yard marks Semi-Stow’s first location in metro Columbus and its second Midwest yard opening in 2024. The yard provides trucking companies and private fleets with a base for regional and intermodal freight movement. The location provides convenient access to Rickenbacker International Airport and major freight corridors including I-70, I-71, US Route 33 and the Ohio State Route 104 bypass. The property features more than 375 spaces for tractor-trailers and other heavy-duty vehicles. Daily, monthly and long-term reservations are available to owner-operators and fleets of all sizes, and larger fleets can reserve space by the acre. The yard features secure fencing with barbed wire, AI-powered gates, 4k cameras and stadium lighting. Semi-Stow maintains a portfolio of 30 truck parking locations totaling 7,000 parking spaces nationwide.