Development

Walker & Dunlop Arranges $81.7M in Financing for Affordable Housing Projects in The Bronx

by Taylor Williams May 4, 2023

NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $81.7 million in financing for the development of three affordable housing projects totaling 179 units in The Bronx. The financing consists of $50.8 million in construction debt that was provided by CIT and $30.9 million in limited partnership equity with CBRE Investment Management. Aaron Appel, Mo Beler, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Keith Kurland and Michael Ianno of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Spaxel LLC and Atalaya Capital Management. Information on specific income restrictions and a construction schedule were not disclosed.

May 4, 2023

Arizona Data Centers Development Industrial Top Stories Western

Prime Reveals Plans for $2B Data Center Campus in Metro Phoenix

by Katie Sloan May 4, 2023

AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Prime, a global developer and operator of data centers, has announced plans for a $2 billion data center campus in Avondale, roughly 20 miles outside Phoenix. The development will include five data center buildings spanning 1.3 million square feet, generating a total of 210 megawatts of critical power upon completion. The speculative project will target occupancy by hyperscale service providers, large internet brands and global technology companies. The data centers will span 260,400 square feet across three stories, and have access to a wholesale dark fiber connectivity network. Each building will include 12 data halls and 120,000 square feet of white space — which is the space where IT equipment is placed within a data center — alongside separate infrastructure galleries. The campus will offer access to 100 percent renewable energy and a closed-loop cooling system, which is expected to save millions of gallons of water across the facilities. The first data center building is expected for completion in the third quarter of 2025. “Phoenix presents an incredible growth opportunity for Prime as a top-five, North American data center market with increasing demand from cloud and enterprise data center buyers,” says Chris Sumter, executive vice president of …

May 4, 2023

Development Loans Multifamily Washington Western

Grandview North Receives $57M in Construction Financing for Harrington Place Apartments in Ferndale, Washington

by Jeff Shaw May 3, 2023

FERNDALE, WASH. — Grandview North has received $57 million in construction financing for Harrington Place, a 350-unit, multi-phase apartment community in Ferndale, located near the Pacific Coast and the Canadian border. Construction is already underway on the property, located at 6276 Portal Way. Bayview Asset Management provided capital through Bayview PACE, which provided $12 million in Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) funding. An affiliate, Oceanview Life and Annuity Co., also brought in $45 million of construction financing. Mortgage broker Seattle-based CapNorth helped arrange the transaction.

May 3, 2023

Development Industrial Nevada Western

Alton Industries Buys 19-Acre Plot in Henderson, Nevada for New Headquarters

by Jeff Shaw May 3, 2023

HENDERSON, NEV. — Alton Industries has purchased a 19-acre parcel of land in Henderson for $13.6 million. The global manufacturer plans to build a 200,000-square-foot facility to use as its West Coast headquarters on the land. The site was a land assemblage totaling three parcels on Whitney Mesa Drive near Sunset Boulevard and Mountain Vista Street. Chris Lexis, Joe Leavitt and Scott Donaghe of Avison Young represented the sellers, Roseman University of Health Sciences and the City of Henderson.

May 3, 2023

California Development Life Sciences Western

New Stanford Research Park Office Building in Palo Alto Receives Approval

by Jeff Shaw May 3, 2023

PALO ALTO, CALIF. — A 52,000-square-foot building that will be added to Stanford Research Park in Palo Alto has received approval from the city. The building is one of the first of its size in Silicon Valley to be designed and approved for sustainable mass-timber construction. The building will be almost entirely made of wooden and glass construction. Form4 Architecture designed the project.

May 3, 2023

Development District of Columbia Multifamily Southeast

Monument Realty Delivers 14-Story Sonya Apartments in D.C.

by John Nelson May 3, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Monument Realty, along with investment partners JRE Partners and Ghitis Property Co., has opened Sonya, a 14-story apartment community in Washington, D.C.’s NoMa district. The property’s name pays homage to the surrounding South of New York Avenue neighborhood. The 321-unit community is located at 40 Patterson St. and is bounded by First Street NE and Capital Street NE. KGD Architecture designed the property to achieve LEED Silver certification. Sonya offers a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as more than 16,000 square feet of amenity space, including a rooftop pool, social club and entertainment spaces, hospitality bars and a fitness center. Rents start at $1,895 per month, according to the property website.

May 3, 2023

Development Georgia Industrial Office Southeast

Electric Owl Studios to Open 312,000 SF Film, TV Studio in Atlanta

by John Nelson May 3, 2023

ATLANTA — Electric Owl Studios plans to open a 312,000-square-foot film and TV studio in Atlanta’s DeKalb County next month. Located at 3963 Redan Road near the Indian Creek MARTA station, the production facility is the only ground-up LEED Gold-certified studio campus in the world, according to Electric Owl. With six purpose-built sound stages and ancillary and parking space, the studio is large enough to support a tentpole feature film or two large-scale TV series. Electric Owl Studios was founded by former Third Rail Studios executives Dan Rosenfelt and Michael Hah. The Atlanta property is the debut studio for Electric Owl, which is currently developing a second studio on an 18-acre site in New York that is set to open in summer 2025.

May 3, 2023

Development Hospitality Southeast Tennessee

Vision Hospitality Breaks Ground on 184-Room Embassy Suites by Hilton Hotel in Downtown Chattanooga

by John Nelson May 3, 2023

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Locally based Vision Hospitality Group Inc. has broken ground on Embassy Suites by Hilton Chattanooga Downtown, a 184-room hotel located at the corner of Broad and 4th streets. Upon completion, the hotel will offer a rooftop bar, street-level bar and coffee area, restaurant and 5,000 square feet of meeting space. The site is blocks from the Tennessee Aquarium, Hunter Museum of American Art, National Medal of Honor Heritage Museum and Tennessee Riverpark. Humphreys and Associates Contractors LLC is planning for the $54 million project to debut in summer 2025. The hotel is one of 15 projects in the development pipeline for Vision Hospitality, which currently owns 16 hotels in the greater Chattanooga area.

May 3, 2023

Acquisitions Development Industrial Midwest Wisconsin

Stream Purchases 90 Acres in Kenosha, Plans to Build 934,505 SF Spec Industrial Development

by Kristin Harlow May 3, 2023

KENOSHA, WIS. — Stream Realty Partners has purchased 90 acres at 10812 Burlington Road in Kenosha. The firm plans to build Somers Trade Center, a 934,505-square-foot speculative industrial development consisting of three buildings. The project site is less than a mile from the I-94 interchange and offers direct access to Chicagoland. Patrick Russo, Dale Todd and Drue Stoehr of Stream worked on the site selection and closing. Stream will partner with Cushman & Wakefield’s Eric Fischer, who will serve as the lead leasing broker. A timeline for completion was not provided.

May 3, 2023

Development Industrial Midwest Minnesota

United Properties Begins Development of New Headquarters for Minneapolis Glass in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

by Kristin Harlow May 3, 2023

BROOKLYN PARK, MINN. — Developer United Properties has broken ground on a new 115,000-square-foot headquarters for Minneapolis Glass Co. in Brooklyn Park, a suburb of Minneapolis. The industrial development is named 610 Junction-West. Established in 1937, Minneapolis Glass is a glass and glazing fabrication company that provides manufacturing, installation and distribution services. The new headquarters will house expanded glass and metal fabrication, global sourcing and distribution facilities, administrative offices and a consumer showroom. All 100 full-time employees will move to the new space, and the company intends to hire additional positions. Completion is slated for 2024. Project partners include the City of Brooklyn Park, Lampert Architects, Sambatek and R.J. Ryan Construction.

May 3, 2023

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