Development

NEW ORLEANS — Gas giant Shell has signed a lease at a 142,000-square-foot office building to be constructed in the 39-acre River District mixed-use neighborhood of New Orleans. Shell’s Gulf of Mexico operations headquarters will occupy the multi-floor property. Cypress Equities and Lauricella Land Co. have formed a joint venture to develop the building, which Gensler is designing. Located on Convention Center Boulevard, the project is scheduled to begin construction in 2024. Tim Relyea and Joe Peddie of Cushman & Wakefield represented Shell in the lease negotiations.

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ATLANTA— Lincoln Property Co. has signed three retailers to join Echo Street West, its 19-acre mixed-use project currently underway in west Atlanta. Food-and-beverage concepts El Gordo Taqueria by Fuego Tortilla, Fresh Squeezed Mini Bar and Le Macaron will occupy 2,430; 1,917; and 895 square feet, respectively. Situated on the Atlanta BeltLine Westside Trail, Echo Street West is being constructed in phases, with the initial development comprising 300,000 square feet of creative office space, 50,000 square feet of retail space, 292 residential units and 3.4 acres of outdoor entertainment and greenspace. Plans for the property include additional offices, shops, residences and hotel rooms.

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PLANO, TEXAS — Granite Properties, in partnership with publicly traded REIT Highwoods Properties (NYSE: HIW), has completed a 422,109-square-foot office building located within the 90-acre Granite Park development in Plano. Designed by BOKA Powell with interiors by HKS Architects, Granite Park Six rises 19 stories and offers amenities such as a fitness center, tenant lounge, golf simulator, café and a lecture hall. The building also houses an array of health and wellness features such as dispatch elevators, touchless entry points and restroom fixtures and advanced HVAC systems that promote clean air technology. Austin Commercial served as the general contractor for the project, construction of which began in December 2021 and topped out last fall.

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BROKEN ARROW, OKLA. — Dallas-based developer Berkshire Lane Development Partners (BLDP) will build a 182-unit garden-style multifamily project in Broken Arrow, a southeastern suburb of Tulsa. Berkshire @1Eleven will offer one- and two-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, tile backsplashes and individual washers and dryers. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, and open green space. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy in summer 2025.

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LOS ANGELES — Stockdale Capital Partners has announced plans for 656 S. Vincente Boulevard, a medical office and life sciences property in Los Angeles’ Golden Triangle area. The project will be the first new medical office and life sciences building constructed in the area in more than 20 years. The 12-story property will feature 145,000 square feet of Class A medical office and life sciences space that combines both environmental sustainability and best-in-class amenities. The building will feature electric vehicle charging stations, ample bicycle parking, direct access to a major transit thoroughfare and 418 parking spaces with full valet service for tenants and patients. The project team includes Atelier R and HMC for architectural and design services. Jones Lang LaSalle’s construction management team will support pre-construction and consulting services through the design and construction phases. The building will include an integrated solar framework capable of offsetting building energy usage; recycled building materials designed to maximize energy efficiency; high-efficiency heating and cooling systems; low-water usage plumbing and mechanical systems; drop irrigation; extensive green space; and interior and exterior gardens to help optimize air quality throughout the building. Core-and-shell completion is slated for October 2026. Angie Weber and Dana Nialsi of CBRE will …

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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Cogir Senior Living and Ryan Cos. US Inc. have opened ACOYA Shea, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale. The community features 147 units in a four-story building. “ACOYA Shea is located right in the heart of Scottsdale, and residents will be able to enjoy the walkability of the community and the proximity to all that the area has to offer,” says Dave Eskenazy, chief executive officer of Cogir Management USA. Cogir Senior Living develops, owns and/or operates 60 communities throughout the United States.

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MALDEN, MASS. — Manhattan-based DH Property Holdings has completed a 94,095-square-foot industrial facility in Malden, a northern suburb of Boston. DH Property developed the facility, which features a clear height of 32 feet and parking for 197 vehicles, in a joint venture with Pugh Management. Construction began in summer 2022. Brian Pinch, Tony Coskren, Ed Jarosz, Rick Schuhwerk, Matt Pullen, Samantha Hallowell and Jim Tribble of Newmark brokered the sale of the five-acre site on which the project will be built. Newmark has also been named the leasing agent.

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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. (NYSE: ARE), an office and life sciences REIT based in Pasadena, Calif., plans to open Moderna’s (Nasdaq: MRNA) new global headquarters in Cambridge ahead of schedule. The developer will deliver the 462,100-square-foot property at 325 Binney St. in November. The building will serve as Moderna’s corporate headquarters and also house the company’s core research-and-development operations. The property will be situated within Alexandria Center at the One Kendall Square mega campus, which is located near other life sciences firms and top-tier institutions in the Greater Boston area, including Harvard University and MIT. “We value our longtime strategic relationship with Alexandria. It has been a privilege to work with their team to develop our new headquarters and science center designed to be the most sustainable laboratory building in Cambridge,” says Jamey Mock, chief financial officer of Moderna. Moderna will use the facility to continue to hone and make advances in its mRNA medicines and therapeutics to combat a wide range of diseases, including COVID-19. Alexandria Real Estate Equities is targeting for the new property to achieve LEED Zero Energy, LEED Platinum Core & Shell, Fitwel Life Science and WiredScore Platinum certifications. The property will …

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DALLAS — General contractor and construction management firm Swinerton has topped out Bridge Labs at Pegasus Park, a 135,000-square-foot life sciences project in northwest Dallas. The project represents the latest phase of the 23-acre Pegasus Park development. A partnership between Montgomery Street Partners, J. Small Investments and Lyda Hill Philanthropies owns Pegasus Park, the master plan of which also includes an 18-story tower with 538,000 square feet of office space and a brewery/restaurant. Full delivery is slated for the second quarter of 2024. Jim Curtin and Andrew Gray of JLL, along with Jason Piering of Hamilton Realty Finance, arranged financing for the redevelopment that included a five-year construction loan from Interbank and C-Pace financing through Nuveen Green Capital.

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PLAINVIEW, TEXAS — MYCON General Contractors has begun construction on a 21,910-square-foot industrial project in Plainview, located roughly midway between Lubbock and Amarillo in West Texas. The facility will consist of five pre-engineered metal buildings and a prefabricated guard shack on a 4.5-acre site and will be used to manufacture electronic-grade sulfuric acid for the cleaning and etching of computer chips. Delivery is slated for next May. The developer is a joint venture that includes Samsung.

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