ASTORIA, ORE. — Mahesh Enterprises has acquired a 1.3-acre, 57,064-square-foot land parcel located at 176 W. Marine Drive in Astoria. An undisclosed seller sold the site for $1.2 million. The buyer plans to develop a boutique hotel on the parcel, which is on the Columbia River and the Riverwalk that connects to the Port of Astoria. Charles Conrow of Portland-based Norris & Stevens represented the buyer, while Mark Carnese of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal.
ISLIP, N.Y. — Chicago-based Venture One will develop a 121,270-square-foot industrial facility in the Long Island community of Islip. The site spans 9.7 acres. Building features will include a clear height of 36 feet, 130-foot truck court depths, 131 car parking spaces and 119 trailer parking stalls. Construction is scheduled to begin in the third quarter and to last about a year. Cushman & Wakefield will be responsible for lease-up of the development.
SAN CARLOS, CALIF. — Presidio Bay Ventures has broken ground on a Class A life sciences and R&D development located at 777 Industrial Road in San Carlos. The existing 45,000-square-foot dealership building will be fully redeveloped into a four-story, 147,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility. Stanton Architecture and DES Architects & Engineers designed the building, which will be tailored toward research and development users with a heavy lab component. Potential tenants include companies working in life sciences, biotech, food tech, agricultural tech, auto tech, drone tech, robotics, and other users requiring mission-critical infrastructure. Building amenities will include e-bikes, outdoor workspaces equipped with Wi-Fi and an onsite fitness center. Approved in June 2021, the project is slated for completion in fourth-quarter 2023. Marc Pope and Ben Paul of Cushman & Wakefield are handling leasing for the building.
HYATTSVILLE, MD. — Urban Investment Partners Inc. (UIP) has secured debt and equity financing for Canvas, a $112 million mixed-use development in downtown Hyattsville. The six-story project will be located at 5300 Baltimore Ave. and feature 285 one- and two-bedroom apartments, 31,660 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 681 parking spaces. Washington, D.C.-based UIP is financing the project using $27.1 million in equity, including $19.1 million from crowd-sourced capital raised on CrowdStreet from 422 individual investors. Other financing sources included a $42.3 million loan from Parkview Financial and $42.8 million in proceeds from a land sale-leaseback agreement with Safehold. Torti Gallas + Partners designed Canvas, which is expected to begin initial occupancy in the fourth quarter of 2023.
ATLANTA — JLL Capital Markets has arranged construction financing for 1405 Spring, a 326-unit high-rise apartment tower in Midtown Atlanta. Ed Coco, Matt Casey and Kelsey Bawcombe of JLL arranged the full capital stack for the project through Manulife Investment Management on behalf of the developer, a joint venture between JPX Works and Zeller. The 31-story 1405 Spring will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as luxury penthouses. The building’s 21 residential levels will sit atop a ground-level lobby, eight-level parking garage and amenities. Features will include multiple indoor lounge areas, coworking spaces, a fitness center, yoga and meditation studio, pool, sundeck and covered outdoor lounge with firepits. 1405 Spring will be situated at the southeast corner of 18th and Spring streets, just blocks from the Arts Center MARTA station. The neighborhood is home to the Woodruff Arts Center, MODA and the Center for Puppetry Arts. The high-rise will replace a vacant, single-level commercial building that most recently served as The John Marshall Law School’s Blackburn Conference Center.
SIOUX CITY, IOWA — Cold-Link Logistics, a Miami, Florida-based cold storage warehousing firm, has broken ground on a 185,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Sioux City’s Southbridge Business Park. The project represents the first phase of development and a capital investment of nearly $60 million. Future phases of the project will more than triple the size of the building, according to Cold-Link. Completion is slated for early 2023.
DALLAS — Anthology Senior Living will develop a 121-unit community in the Highland Park area of Dallas. Anthology of Highland Park will be an 11-story building with 97 assisted living residences and 24 memory care suites, available in studio, one-bedroom and two-bedroom configurations. The 144,000-square-foot community will be located within three miles of UT Southwestern Medical Center and within one mile of the Knox Street retail corridor. Cadence McShane is the general contractor for the project, which is scheduled for completion in spring 2023.
PHILADELPHIA — Tennessee-based developer Southern Land Co. has broken ground on a 254-unit multifamily project at 1620 Sansom St. in Philadelphia’s Center City District. The development will include 22,000 square feet of flexible commercial space for restaurant or health and wellness users. The 27-story building will offer amenities such as a 12,000-square-foot rooftop deck, fitness center, pool and communal dining and entertainment spaces. Solomon Cordwell Buenz is designing the project, and Hunter Roberts Construction Group is serving as the general contractor. Completion is slated for winter 2023.
HAUPPAGE, N.Y. — Chicago-based Venture One will develop a 123,970-square-foot industrial facility in the Long Island community of Hauppage. The site spans 7.4 acres within Hauppage Innovation Park, which is home to some 1,300 businesses that employ roughly 55,000 people. Building features will include a clear height of 36 feet, 130-foot truck court depths, 131 car parking spaces and 40 trailer parking stalls. Construction is scheduled to begin in the third quarter and to last about a year. Cushman & Wakefield will lease the development.
MIAMI — Development firm LCOR has acquired 1775 Biscayne Boulevard, a development site located two blocks from Biscayne Bay in downtown Miami. Plans call for a 40-story, 540-unit residential building that will be situated on the border of the Arts & Entertainment District and Edgewater neighborhood. Units will be available in studio, one- and two-bedroom options. Construction on the condominium project is scheduled to begin in early 2024 for completion in 2026. “Miami [is] a highly competitive land market currently on the cusp of a transformational development surge,” says Brad Capas, executive director of Cushman & Wakefield Capital Markets. “Located at the center of one of Miami’s most exciting growth corridors, 1775 Biscayne will aid in producing critically needed residential offerings between the Miami World Center and Midtown districts.” Unit features will include stainless steel appliances, in-unit washers and dryers and quartz countertops. Communal amenities will feature a fitness center; rooftop pool deck; outdoor terrace and grilling space with views of Biscayne Bay and downtown Miami; tenant lounges equipped with flexible coworking spaces and conference rooms; over 600 onsite parking spaces; and package retrieval services. The project was originally proposed in 2017 and included 14,000 square feet of ground-floor retail …
