NEW YORK CITY — Los Angeles-based lender PCCP LLC has provided a $43.5 million senior construction loan for a 58,950-square-foot industrial project in The Bronx. The facility at 1100 Leggett Ave. in the Hunts Point neighborhood will be a build-to-suit for a subsidiary of Brambles, an Australian manufacturer of pallets, crates and containers. Chris Peck and Pete Rotchford of JLL placed the loan with PCCP on behalf of the borrower, Innovo Property Group.
MOUNT PLEASANT, N.Y. — Benchmark Senior Living will open Benchmark at Mount Pleasant, a community that will be located 25 miles north of Manhattan in Mount Pleasant. The community, slated for completion in spring 2024, will feature 74 assisted living units and 26 memory care units. Benchmark is partnering with Shelbourne Healthcare Development Group LLC, a development and investment firm based in Wayne, Penn., on the project. Benchmark will serve as the sole operator.
FREDERICKSON, WASH. — A joint venture between a real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital and Panattoni will develop four warehouse/distribution buildings totaling more than 2.3 million square feet in Frederickson. Located at Canyon Road East and E. 176th Street, the 310-acre FRED310 site has received its State Environmental Policy Act approval. Delivery of the new buildings is slated for no later than first-quarter 2024. The project’s Phase I will consist of four Class A buildings of 753,199 square feet, 437,360 square feet, 549,320 square feet and 614,020 square feet. The buildings will offer ample dock-high and grade loading, 36- to 40-foot clear heights, auto/trailer parking and large modern truck courts. The development team has executed a lease for 1.1 million square feet in the project’s Building C to a leading specialty retailer. Scott Alan, Patrick Mullin and Connor Cree of Cushman & Wakefield are marketing the properties for lease. Upon complete buildout, FRED310 will offer as much as 4 million square feet of Class A industrial product.
ST. LOUIS — Holland Construction Services has completed Mill Creek Flats Luxury Apartments, a $22 million apartment building in Midtown St. Louis. Located near SSM Health’s new hospital campus and St. Louis University, the six-story building features 105 units, a two-story parking garage and 10,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a fitness center, rooftop pool and pet spa. Pier Property Group was the developer. The project marks the latest addition to Pier’s Steelcote Square District, a more than $100 million investment in Midtown St. Louis. Monthly rent prices have not yet been released.
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Dollar General, the national discount merchandise retailer, has unveiled plans to develop a new $140 million distribution center in North Little Rock. The Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based company expects construction to begin this fall and wrap up by late 2023. Dollar General announced the project as part of a three-distribution center expansion in Arkansas, Colorado and Oregon that represents a total investment of $480 million. The 1 million-square-foot facility in Arkansas will be serviced by DG Private Fleet, Dollar General’s in-house freight division that launched in 2016 and currently utilizes 950 tractors and drivers. The distribution center will also be a “dual facility,” meaning it will service the traditional Dollar General merchandise as well as the DG Fresh supply chain network. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette reported that Dollar General bought the 152-acre site, which is located along U.S. Highway 70 and near an Amazon fulfillment center, from Tulip Farms Inc. for $2.4 million. The development team for the project was not released or reported. Dollar General currently employs more than 4,300 Arkansas residents, having opened its first store in the state in 1975 and now operating approximately 500 stores. Management hiring at the industrial facility is …
DAVENPORT, FLA. — A joint venture between Middleburg Communities and Parse Capital has broken ground on Mosby Citrus Ridge, a 300-unit multifamily community located at 100 Orlando Breeze Circle in Davenport. As part of the joint venture arrangement, Middleburg will serve as development manager and Parse Capital, a subsidiary of The Wolff Co., will serve as an investment partner. Situated along Highway 27 and I-4, Mosby Citrus Ridge will consist of five four-story residential buildings and feature a saltwater pool, fitness center, outdoor pavilions with fire pits and grilling stations and a yoga lawn. The community will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Middleburg and Parse Capital expect to complete the property by May 2024.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Targan, a locally based research-and-development firm serving the poultry industry, has leased 100,000 square feet at Midtown BioCenter, a life sciences conversion project in Raleigh’s Midtown district. Situated at the intersection of Six Forks and Wake Forest roads, the property was formerly a Kroger grocery store. The developer and landlord, East West Partners, plans to deliver the project in spring 2023. Upon completion, Midtown BioCenter will feature lab and biomanufacturing space, as well as office space. The project team includes general contractor ARCO Design/Build and lead architect Redline Design Group. Brad Corsmeier and Lee Clyburn of CBRE|Raleigh represented East West Partners in the lease deal. Kathryn Lawn and Deborah Boucher of Cushman & Wakefield represented Targan.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Fairway Investments and Triad Properties have formed a joint venture for the development of Huntsville West Industrial Park, a 2 million-square-foot industrial park located on Greenbrier Parkway in Huntsville. The 135-acre distribution and warehouse project will be situated near I-65/I-565, as well at the $2.3 billion Mazda-Toyota plant and distribution centers leased to Amazon, Vuteq and Target. The Fairway-Triad joint venture has closed on the land purchase and is implementing its pre-development plan for the industrial park. Building sizes will range from 250,000 to 400,000 square feet, with the site plan offering the capability to develop a 650,000-square-foot bulk distribution facility. Early this fall, Fairway and Triad plan to begin infrastructure work along with the construction of a 385,000-square-foot facility that will feature 32-foot minimum clear heights, 60-foot speed bays, ESFR sprinklers, a 185-foot minimum truck court depth and auto and trailer parking.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Thorofare Capital Inc., a Los Angeles-based affiliate of investment manager Callodine Group, has provided $28 million in construction financing for NuLu Yards, a 189-unit multifamily project in Louisville. The Class A property will anchor a larger mixed-use development in the NuLu neighborhood of Louisville. The borrower, Weyland Ventures, is also developing the first Tempo by Hilton adjacent to NuLu Yards, as well as a structured parking deck. David Perlman, Jacob Yi and Paul Kim of Thorofare Capital originated the financing. Wave Capital Partners arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower. The construction timeline was not released.
AURORA, COLO. — Dollar General has acquired a 75-acre land parcel within HighPoint Elevated, an industrial and logistics park located at the southeast corner of East 64th Ave. and E-470 in Aurora, for the development of a Class A distribution facility. The Goodlettsville, Tenn.-based discount retailer plans to invest $172 million into the Aurora facility, which will create around 400 new jobs at full capacity. Dollar General announced the project as part of a three-distribution center expansions in Arkansas, Colorado and Oregon. Hyde Development and Mortenson, the park’s development team, will build the 919,000-square-foot facility. Daniel Close, Todd Witty, Tyler Carner, Jeremy Ballenger and Jessica Osternick of CBRE represented Hyde Development in the land sale. The Dollar General project is the first build-to-suit commissioned at the park, which broke ground last year. Construction for the Dollar General facility is slated to being this summer, with completion scheduled for late 2023. At buildout, Highland Elevated will include up to 5.5 million square feet of industrial and logistics space, as well as retail space. The new Dollar General facility will anchor the east side of the park.