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Legacy Investing Completes 210,000 SF Life Sciences Conversion Project in Bridgewater, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams August 8, 2023

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Virginia-based Legacy Investing has completed a project in the Northern New Jersey community of Bridgewater that converted a 210,000-square-foot office building into a life sciences facility. The building at 77 Corporate Drive offers proximity to multiple interstates as well as Newark Liberty International Airport. A Fortune 500 global life sciences company recently signed a lease at the building, and Legacy Investing has engaged Cushman & Wakefield to market the remainder of the space for lease.

August 8, 2023

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Kraus-Anderson Begins $24M Renovation, Expansion of Central Middle School in Suburban Minneapolis

by Kristin Harlow August 8, 2023

WHITE BEAR LAKE, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson (KA) has begun a $24 million renovation and expansion of Central Middle School in White Bear Lake, a northeast suburb of Minneapolis. Designed by Wold Architects and Engineers, the 108,000-square-foot project will add a new gym and fitness area, expand the kitchen and cafeteria and renovate the former district office to create additional classroom spaces. There will also be updates to the classrooms, media center, flex areas and learning commons. Completion is slated for late summer 2025. KA is also completing a $5.8 million expansion at Oneka Elementary School in Hugo, Minn. Both of these projects are part of a $326 million building bond passed by White Bear Lake Area School District voters in 2019.

August 8, 2023

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United Group of Cos. Begins Sitework on Mixed-Use Project in Troy, New York

by Taylor Williams August 8, 2023

TROY, N.Y. — The United Group of Cos. has begun sitework on City Station North, a mixed-use project that will be located just outside Albany in Troy. City Station North will consist of 87 market-rate apartments, 40,000 square feet of office space and a 160-space covered parking garage on a one-acre site. The office building will rise four stories and house suites starting at 2,500 square feet. Residential units will come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans and range in size from 675 to 1,277 square feet, while residential amenities will include a fitness center, rooftop terrace and a community room. Demolition of existing structures on the site is underway.

August 8, 2023

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Wells Fargo Provides $780.3M in Financing for Affordable Housing Projects in New York City Metro Area

by John Nelson August 8, 2023

NEW YORK CITY AND YONKERS, N.Y. — Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) has provided $780.3 million in construction financing to fund the development of five affordable housing projects in the New York City metro area. The San Francisco-based bank provided the financing through its Community Lending and Investment (CLI) group, and all five loans closed in the month of June. The developments, which total more than 1,100 apartments, are underway and include: Peninsula Phase II, Wakefield Yards and Blondell Commons in The Bronx; Edgemere Commons Building B1 in Queens; and St. Clair in Yonkers, about 20 miles north of New York City. The Peninsula community is the second phase of the redevelopment of the former Spofford Juvenile Detention Facility located in the Hunts Point neighborhood of The Bronx. Wells Fargo CLI provided a total of $250.6 million in debt and equity financing to the borrowers: Gilbane Development Co., The Hudson Cos. and MHANY Management. The project will total 359 affordable units, all reserved for tenants earning 70 percent or less of the area median income (AMI), and 54 of the apartments will be set aside for formerly homeless tenants. The project will include a Head Start daycare facility, as well as community …

August 8, 2023

Acquisitions Content Partner Development Features Industrial Midwest NAI Northeast Southeast Texas Western

Logistics, Location, the 1.5-Year Rule Drive Industrial Tactics

by Sarah Daniels August 8, 2023

Location’s importance to commercial real estate has become a cliché. But in logistics and industrial considerations, the idea is new again — it’s not about where you are but where customers need to go and the primacy of transportation. If you’re not at the place and time that clients need, it doesn’t matter how theoretically fine the setting or how impressive the facilities are. “Transportation is roughly 12 times the cost of industrial real estate,” says Adam Roth, executive vice president at NAI Hiffman. Finished products, goods and materials are sent into and out of facilities over and over again. Shipping and trucking are a stiffly recurring expense and a much higher spend than real estate. “If I can impact your transportation spend, the real estate is a much smaller factor in the supply chain. If you can address the current concern of transportation, real estate rates almost doesn’t matter, due to a location’s supply chain advantages. Real estate can be one of the best ways to combat transportation costs.” The Rule of 1.5 In practical terms, customers’ plans for transportation are a series of changes, starting at factories, going to ports or warehouses for inventory, on to major and …

August 8, 2023

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McCord Development to Build 45-Acre Life Sciences Campus at Houston’s Generation Park

by Taylor Williams August 7, 2023

HOUSTON — McCord Development will build a 45-acre life sciences campus at Generation Park, the company’s 4,300-acre master-planned development in northeast Houston. Known as BioHub Two, the 500,000-square-foot campus represents the first phase of a larger life sciences development initiative at Generation Park and will house manufacturing, lab and traditional office space. McCord has concurrently invested $30 million in infrastructural upgrades to support the site. The construction timeline is contingent upon McCord securing a tenant or buyer for the site. Once a deal is secured, McCord could have buildings ready for occupancy within 18 to 24 months.

August 7, 2023

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LCS Completes Phase I of $75M Expansion of Seniors Housing Property in Greensboro, North Carolina

by John Nelson August 7, 2023

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Life Care Services (LCS) has completed the first phase of a $75 million expansion project at WhiteStone, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Greensboro. LCS manages the Masonic and Eastern Star community. This phase of the expansion added 67 one- and two-bedroom independent living units to the property. In addition, the Care and Wellness Center renovations include a rehabilitation gym, courtyard and gardens, and enhanced salon and spa. WhiteStone partnered with SFCS Architects and Blum Construction to execute the project. The community expects to add more than 45 new employees in Greensboro due to the expansion. The final phase of the expansion project is scheduled for completion in the fall and will include 24 assisted living residences and 12 memory care suites.

August 7, 2023

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Patterson Secures Joint Venture Equity, Debt for Industrial Project in Laurens, South Carolina

by John Nelson August 7, 2023

LAURENS, S.C. — Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group has secured an undisclosed amount of joint venture equity for the development of Building A at Hunter Industrial Park in Laurens, a new industrial development situated roughly 35 miles southeast of Greenville and Spartanburg. The financial intermediary arranged the financing through The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America on behalf of the borrower, Appian Investments/NAI Earle Furman. Patterson also arranged construction financing through First Carolina Bank on behalf of the borrower. Construction is scheduled to begin immediately.

August 7, 2023

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Arriba Capital Provides $28.5M Construction Loan for Student Housing Project in College Station

by Taylor Williams August 7, 2023

COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Arizona-based lender Arriba Capital has provided a $28.5 million construction loan for a new student housing project that will serve students at Texas A&M University in College Station. The complex will feature 339 beds across 199 units, each of which will have a full kitchen, study desks and washer and dryer. Communal amenities will include a pool, fitness center, study lounges and a game room. BKV Group is the project architect, and McGough is the general contractor. The borrower was not disclosed.

August 7, 2023

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Forman Capital Provides $22.5M Financing for Build-to-Rent Residential Community in South Georgia

by John Nelson August 7, 2023

CENTERVILLE, GA. — Forman Capital has provided a $22.5 million loan for the lot acquisition and construction of a build-to-rent (BTR) residential community located at 3930 US Highway 41 in Centerville, about 21 miles south of Macon, Ga. Upon completion, the first phase of the development will comprise 109 single-family rental homes in two-, three- and four-bedroom layouts, with monthly rents expected to range from $1,900 to $2,400. Parkland Homebuilders, an affiliate of Alpharetta, Ga.-based Parkland Communities, is the borrower and developer. Plans for the community include four phases and a total of 317 homes.

August 7, 2023

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