BEAUMONT, CALIF. — USAA Real Estate and McDonald Property Group has broken ground on a 1.8 million-square-foot distribution center in Beaumont for United Legwear & Apparel Co. (ULAC). Located at Phase II of the Crossroads Logistics Center, the building will be used to accommodate ULAC’s global design/manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution. The facility will contain assembly, racking and material handling conveyor automation systems, as well as 30,000 square feet of office space. The development team includes HPA Architecture and Fullmer Construction Co. Luke McDaniel, Cameron Driscoll, Jeff Bellitti and Mac Hewett of JLL represented ULAC. David Consani, Jim Koenig, Darla Longo and Barbara Emmons of CBRE, along with Rick John of Daum, represented McDonald Property Group and USAA in the lease transaction, which was signed in July 2022.
SAN DIEGO — Liberty National Corp. has acquired a 15,000-square-foot site at the corner of Fourth Avenue and Ash Street in downtown San Diego from Nellis Corp. for an undisclosed price. Liberty plans to develop SkyLine West, a mixed-use tower with residential, retail and restaurant space, on the site. The 37-story tower will offer more than 250 apartments in one-, two- and three-bedroom designs, ranging from 550 square feet to 1,600 square feet. Residences will feature energy-efficient appliances, private balconies and high-end finishes. On-site amenities will include a fitness center, swimming pool, spa, lounge, conference rooms, business center, library, pet grooming room and billiards. Additionally, the development will feature sustainable components and be built using LEED standards. The company plans to submit development plans to the City of San Diego by summer 2023, with construction commencement scheduled for summer 2024.
LOVELAND, COLO. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $12.5 million in construction financing for the development of Boyd Lake Commerce Center Phase I, a Class A outdoor storage project situated on 95 acres in Loveland. The borrower is BLCC One, an affiliate of co-developers Saunders Commercial Development Co. and Winslow Investments. Leon McBroom led the JLL Capital Markets team in arranging the three-year, non-recourse, floating-rate loan through a regional bank. Once completed, the 100,000-square-foot building will offer 28-foot clear heights, 28 loading docks, 188 parking spaces, ESFR sprinkler systems, glass storefront and LED lighting. Additionally, the property will include four acres of outdoor yard space. Boyd Lake Commerce Center is a master-planned development that is expected to include five additional industrial buildings, one office building and one flex project with numerous build-to-unit opportunities throughout.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Judge Commercial has welcomed six new commercial tenants at West Broad, a mixed-use redevelopment of the historic 300 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in west Savannah. The new tenants include Savannah Square Pops, Origin Coffee Bar, Chewning Interiors, AMPT-Savannah, Smithereens and National Marine Sanctuary Foundation. Existing tenants at West Broad include Forsight Eye Care, Rethink Design and Sweet Peach Cosmetic Tattoo. West Broad’s first floor is fully leased and there are commercial and coworking spaces available for lease on the second and third floors, according to Judge Commercial. The 300 block was originally constructed between 1910 and 1922 and housed the landmark Thrifty Supply Center hardware store for 60 years. Urban design and civic architecture firm Sottile and Sottile oversaw the redesign of the four-story, 60,000-square-foot adaptive reuse project.
BENSENVILLE, ILL. — DSV Air & Sea Inc. has preleased a 307,378-square-foot industrial building in the Chicago suburb of Bensenville. The property at 1401 Devon Ave. is slated for completion in spring 2023. ML Realty Partners owns the development along with an adjacent 297,238-square-foot building that was leased by Apex Logistics International Inc. last winter. Both buildings feature a clear height of 40 feet and are situated in DuPage County. The site is less than one-half mile north of Illinois Route 390. Kevin Segerson of CBRE represented DSV Air & Sea in the lease. Andrew Maletich, Matt Garland and Dustin Albers of Cawley Chicago represented ML Realty Partners.
MANSFIELD, OHIO — Adena Corp. has completed a 160,000-square-foot speculative industrial facility in Mansfield, a city about midway between Columbus and Cleveland. Located at the intersection of Bowman Street and Cairns Road, the project features a clear height of 32 feet, 17 docks, eight drive-in doors, a 36-space concrete parking lot and 1,400 square feet of office space. The property is situated adjacent to Mansfield Lahm Regional Airport. Weston Devore of CBRE is handling the marketing and leasing.
TYLER, TEXAS — Colorado-based investment firm Spartan Investment Group is underway on construction of a 314-unit expansion project at FreeUp Storage, a self-storage facility located about 100 miles east of Dallas in Tyler. The facility currently spans 77,342 net rentable square feet across 517 units, and the expansion will increase the size of the property by 26,700 net rentable square feet. The new building will feature climate-controlled and boat/RV storage space. Spartan Investment Group plans to begin leasing the new units later this month.
HOUSTON — Dallas-based Civitas Capital Group has broken ground on UNITi Montrose, a 238-unit multifamily project in Houston. The site spans a full acre, and the building will rise six stories atop a three-story parking garage. Amenities will include a pool, coworking space and a courtyard, as well as 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Meeks + Partners is designing the project, and Arch-Con Corp. is serving as the general contractor. Completion is slated for late summer 2024.
WOBURN, MASS. — An affiliate of San Diego-based developer Fairfield Residential has purchased land at 316 New Boston St. in Woburn, a northern suburb of Boston, for the development of a 425-unit multifamily project. Of those units, 15 percent will be reserved as affordable housing for renters earning 80 percent or less of the area median income. A construction timeline was not disclosed. Simon Butler, Biria St. John and John McLaughlin of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller and Fairfield in the $23.4 million sale of the land.
LEICESTER, MASS. — A partnership between The Brennan Group, John M. Corcoran & Co. and Berkeley Partners has broken ground on Gateway Central, a 267,600-square-foot industrial facility in Leicester, located outside of Worcester in the central part of the state. Building features will include a clear height of 36 feet, 45 overhead doors, three drive-in doors, 299 vehicle parking spaces and 59 trailer parking stalls. Completion is slated for the second quarter of next year. Newmark has been tapped as the leasing agent in conjunction with Kelleher & Sadowsky. HarborOne Bank provided construction financing.