LOCUST GROVE, GA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged financing for the construction of a 500,220-square-foot speculative industrial building in Locust Grove, roughly 40 miles southeast of Atlanta. Dubbed Building C, the property will be situated at 600 Price Drive within The Cubes at Locust Grove, a master-planned industrial park. The building will feature 40-foot clear heights, 156 trailer parking spaces and 120 docks. John Alascio, Walker Brown, T.J. Sullivan, Claire Oster, Stewart Calhoun, Casey Masters and Ryan Bellows of Cushman & Wakefield secured the financing through Bank OZK on behalf of the borrower. A construction timeline for Building C at The Cubes at Locust Grove was not disclosed.
Development
HOMESTEAD, FLA. — The Estate Cos. (EIG) and Midtown Group have acquired a 20.8-acre development site located in Homestead, approximately 40 miles southwest of Miami, for $14 million. The companies received approval last September to develop Soleste Midtown, a mixed-use project, at the site. Upon completion, the development will comprise 354 residential units, as well as 43,000 square feet of commercial space. Residences will include apartments ranging from 676 to 1,131 square feet within six five-story buildings. Amenities will include a 7,000-square-foot clubhouse, swimming pool and playground. EIG will develop and own the residential portion, with Midtown Group developing and owning the commercial component of the property, which will feature six outparcels situated along a promenade.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Westside Real Estate Investors LLC, which is a partnership between Keystone Group and Larkspur Capital, has received approval from the Fort Worth Zoning Commission for a portion of a larger redevelopment project. The Dallas Business Journal and Fort Worth Report both state that the larger project is valued at $850 million. The latter publication reports that the ruling allows for 11.5 acres of the 35-acre site of the former Fort Worth Independent School District to be rezoned from industrial to mixed-use. The project was announced in January, and plans call for multifamily, hospitality, office, retail, restaurant and entertainment uses, as well as public green space. The DBJ reports that the combined footprint of these uses could be approximately 2 million square feet.
Baker Development Receives Zoning Approval for 72-Acre AZUL Corporate Campus in Phoenix
by Amy Works
PHOENIX — Baker Development has received zoning approval for AZUL, a 72-acre project on the former ON Semiconductor site at 52nd Street and Loop 202 in Phoenix. The site is now zoned for a wide variety of commercial and industrial uses, including corporate headquarters, advanced manufacturing, logistics, hospitals, hyperscales and other quantum computing users. Demolition of the former semiconductor factory is underway and scheduled for completion by fourth-quarter 2024. AZUL plans to develop up to 2 million square feet of corporate campus space on the site.
VERNON, CALIF. — ARCO National Construction’s Pacific Coast division is providing design-build services for a 116,766-square-foot cold storage facility renovation project for Alpine Food Distributing. The site is located in Vernon, a first-ring suburb of Los Angeles. The project includes more than 40,000 square feet of freezer/cooler space, including nearly 10,000 square feet of convertible space capable of accommodating temperatures ranging from negative 10 degrees Fahrenheit to 40 degrees Fahrenheit. There are also 2,455 square feet of production cooler available for produce processing, as well as more than 50,000 square feet of ambient storage. Additional construction details will include a carbon-dioxide refrigeration system, 15 dock positions, 26.5-foot clear heights and nearly 10,000 square feet of office space and break rooms. Alpine Foods plans to begin operations within the facility before the end of this year.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment and development firm Innovo Property Group is underway on construction of a 736,000-square-foot industrial project located at 28-90 Review Ave. in the Long Island City area of Queens. The six-story building, which is designed to accommodate two tenants per floor, will feature a clear height of 32 feet and parking for 166 cars and 118 trailers. Last summer, Innovo received $354 million in construction financing from Axos Bank and Cerberus Capital Management and equity from Goldman Sachs Asset Management. JLL arranged the financing, although details about the amount of each component within the capital stack were not disclosed. The topping out of the complex is slated for later this year. Full completion is scheduled for 2025.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Locally based developer Halpern Real Estate Ventures has completed Birch House, a 337-unit apartment community located at 49 Fisk St. in Jersey City’s West Side neighborhood. Designed by Minno & Wasko Architects & Planners, the six-story building houses studio, one- and two-bedroom units and roughly 50,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenity space. Other project partners included JRM Construction Management and The Corcoran Group, which is marketing the property for lease. Construction began in late 2021 and topped out in spring 2023.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Developer Griffin | Swinerton has broken ground on a 40,000-square-foot hangar building at the 745-acre McKinney National Airport in metro Dallas. The project includes the construction of a 3,200-square-foot inspections building that will expedite the customs process for international travelers. Project partners include architecture firm JRMA, engineering firm Garver and general contractor Swinerton, which is an affiliate of the developer. Completion is slated for May 2025.
Berkadia Secures HUD-Insured Financing for $72M Affordable Seniors Housing Development in Atlanta
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — Berkadia has arranged financing for Englewood Senior, a 160-unit affordable seniors housing development in Atlanta. Located at 413 Englewood Ave. SE, the proposed $72 million development would offer independent living units for seniors earning 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI). Planned amenities at the property include a fitness center, movie theater, community room and an outdoor courtyard. Carolyn Whatley and Angela Folkers of Berkadia FHA/HUD secured the construction and permanent financing through HUD’s 221(d)(4) program. The undisclosed developer has also received low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity and municipal funding.
COLUMBUS, GA. — Alliance Residential Co. has opened Prose Columbus, a 340-unit apartment community located at 6700 River Road in Columbus. Situated less than 80 miles southwest of Atlanta via I-85, the multifamily development features one- and two-bedroom floor plans averaging 960 square feet in size. Monthly rental rates begin at $1,470, according to the property website. Designed by architect Dynamik Design, amenities include a resort-style, saltwater pool with tanning shelves and in-pool loungers, two grilling stations and a resident clubroom with an entertainment kitchen. Additional features include a 24-hour fitness center with Precor equipment, mailroom with Luxor parcel lockers, business center with coworking space and a fenced dog park. Prose Columbus represents the fourth Prose-branded community to open in Georgia. Alliance Residential recently completed Prose LaGrange as well and is under construction on its sixth and seventh Prose developments in the state: Prose Gainesville and Prose McDonough.