ST. PAUL, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has completed the interior buildout of the new office for Pope Design Group in St. Paul. The design firm, formerly known as Pope Architects Inc., now occupies a 16,760-square-foot office at the historic Case Building located at 767 N. Eustis St. The open floor plan was designed to maximize collaboration among employees. Kraus-Anderson and Pope have worked together on hundreds of projects over the past 50 years.
ATLANTA — A joint venture between Brand Properties LLC, Highwoods Properties Inc. and Batson-Cook Development Co. has broken ground on 2827 Peachtree, a boutique office building in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The 135,000-square-foot property, which will feature 11,000 square feet of retail space, is 62 percent preleased. Designed by Atlas Collaborative, the project will include large, elevated patios with Wi-Fi access and private balconies for select offices. The main entrance will feature an archway with a valet drop-off, and amenities will include a fitness center, boardroom, covered parking and efficient operating systems. The project team includes civil engineer Planners and Engineers Collaborative and general contractor Batson-Cook Construction. The joint venture expects construction of 2827 Peachtree to be completed by the third quarter of 2023.
PORT ROYAL, S.C. — Vivo Living has purchased a hotel located at 1660 Ribaut Road in Port Royal, a coastal town situated north of Hilton Head, S.C. The California-based buyer plans to convert the hotel into an apartment community named Vivo Port Royal. This will be Vivo’s third adaptive reuse multifamily project in South Carolina. The property will feature a living room lobby with complimentary Wi-Fi, lounge areas, a pool and a fitness center. Vivo Living says that the property will command a 10 to 20 percent discount compared with market-rate rents in the trade area. The seller was not disclosed.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — LPC Desert West, the Southwest arm of Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co., has purchased a 140-acre development site in Glendale for $53 million. The company plans to develop Luke Field, a $515 million industrial project, on the site. The property’s borders are Litchfield Road, Northern Avenue, Northern Parkway and Luke Air Force Base. Upon completion, the 2.3 million-square-foot Luke Field will include three buildings totaling 1.26 million square feet, 604,000 square feet and 416,000 square feet. All buildings will feature 40-foot clear heights, touchless technology, 25-foot glass entries, 3,000 amps of power, automated dock doors, steel moment frame shear bracing and five-foot by 10-foot clerestory windows on all elevations. Additionally, the project will offer barbecue stations, a shaded outdoor eating area and employee collaboration spaces, as well as extensive car and secure trailer parking. Construction is slated to begin fourth-quarter 2022, with completion slated for first-quarter 2024. All three buildings will be constructed in a single phase. Butler Design Group is serving as architect. A general contractor has not yet been selected.
LOS ANGELES — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital (BWE) has closed a $77 million nonrecourse construction loan for a flex office campus in northern Los Angeles. The borrower plans to develop a 204,600-square-foot building with 35-foot clear heights, specialized office build-out and onsite trailer storage space. Additionally, a new parking structure will be constructed on the site. Tom Kenny, Josh Boehling and Alex Gregoire of BWE’s Irvine, Calif., office originated the financing on behalf of the borrower. The financing was arranged with a bank lender for an initial three-year term, with an optional extension.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Butters Group and BentallGreenOak have partnered to develop Gulf Landing Logistics Center, a 2.2 million-square-foot speculative industrial park in Fort Myers. The project will be situated on 284 acres. The partnership anticipates developing the Class A property in several phases, with the first phase consisting of seven buildings totaling 740,000 square feet. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall, with completion of the first buildings slated for the third quarter of 2023. “With the tremendous growth in Southwest Florida, we recognized an opportunity to produce a first-class logistics facility with the flexibility to meet the needs of many different types of users,” says Kyle Jones, director of investments at Butters. The current plan for Gulf Landing Logistics Center includes 14 buildings of various sizes and configurations. A portion of the site plan offers flex space for light industrial and office users, while the remainder of the site is geared toward bulk distribution, e-commerce and other light industrial users. Build-to-suit opportunities are available. Florida-based Butters, a vertically integrated real estate company engaged in construction, development, leasing and property management, has developed more than 22 million square feet totaling over $2 billion. BentallGreenOak is a global real estate …
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Carlisle Corp. plans to open the first Caption by Hyatt-flagged hotel this summer in downtown Memphis. Caption by Hyatt Beale Street Memphis will anchor Carlisle’s $200 million One Beale mixed-use development, which includes three Hyatt-branded hotels and the new Renasant Convention Center. Memphis Business Journal reports that the new hotel’s development costs hovered around $41 million. Situated along Memphis’ famous Beale Street and the Mississippi River, the upscale select-service hotel will be integrated into the historic main building of Wm. C Ellis & Sons Ironworks and Machine Shop, which is one of the longest-running businesses in the city. The historic building will house the hotel’s ground and second floors, and a new 136-room tower will rise above and give guests views of the river and Memphis skyline. Designed by HBG Design, the hotel will feature dual entrances and an all-day, multi-functional lounge space dubbed Talk Shop that will include a coffee shop, cocktail lounge, workstations and sundries market on the inside and a patio and beer garden with fire pits on the outside. Hyatt Hotels Corp. collaborated with Union Square Hospitality Group on the Talk Shop concept. Hyatt plans to expand the Caption by Hyatt brand to …
NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — CapRock Partners has completed the disposition of CapRock Tropical Logistics Phase I, a recently completed core industrial logistics facility in North Las Vegas. Terms of the sale were not released. Phase I consists of two Class A warehouse buildings totaling 1.1 million square feet on an 83-acre site. Developed by CapRock, the two buildings are 100 percent leased to three investment-grade credit tenants, including a Fortune 100 ecommerce company. The single-tenant building at 5802 E. Tropical Parkway features 857,000 square feet, 40-foot clear heights, 171 dock-high doors, 8,000 amps of power, 300 trailer stalls and 679 auto parking stalls. Located at 5902 E. Tropical Parkway, the second building features 271,000 square feet, 32-foot clear heights, 54 dock-high doors, 3,000 amps of power, 159 trailer stalls and 162 auto park stalls. Cushman & Wakefield’s Jeff Chiate, Jeff Cole, Mike Adey, Ed Hernandez and Brad Brandenburg, along with JLL’s Rob Lujan, Xavier Wasiak and Jason Simon, arranged the sale. Additionally, CapRock has broken ground on Phase II of the development, located at 6185, 6215 and 6325 N. Beesley Drive. The expansion will include Building 1 with 249,000 square feet, 28 dock-high loading doors, two drive-in doors, a …
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Trinity Church Wall Street, Norges Bank Investment Management and Hines has topped out 555 Greenwich, a 16-story office building in Lower Manhattan. Designed by COOKFOX Architects, the 270,000-square-foot building, which is located in the Hudson Square neighborhood, will include ground-floor retail space and 33,000 square feet of outdoor amenity space via 11 terraces. Completion is slated for 2023.
By Omar Eltorai, Arbor Realty Trust To understand the affordable housing market in spring 2022, one needs to first assess how this sector weathered the pandemic and then assess the current state of housing affordability across the country. In-depth findings on these trends are included in the Arbor Realty Trust-Chandan Economics Affordable Housing Trends Report, from which this article is excerpted. Weathering the Pandemic When it comes to the pandemic response, federal policymakers proved effective at defusing a large-scale increase in homelessness from financially insecure households. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) eviction moratorium, while unpopular among industry advocates, prevented an estimated 1.6 million evictions, according to an analysis by Eviction Lab. After the Supreme Court struck down the federal moratorium in August 2021[1], the wave of evictions that many were forecasting did not immediately materialize. Nationally, tracked eviction filings ticked up but remained well below their pre-pandemic averages, according to Eviction Lab. A key reason why many at-risk renters have remained in their homes is the deployment of funds allocated in the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA) — a funding pool designed to assist households that are unable to pay rent or utilities. The ERA Program was …
