PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. — Gatsby FL, a division of New York City-based family investment firm Gatsby Enterprises, plans to build PGA Tower, a 200,000-square-foot office building in Palm Beach Gardens. Chris Smith with CBRE and Darryl Kaplan of Darryl R Kaplan Co. represented Gatsby in the land acquisition. Smith will be handling leasing along with CBRE’s John Criddle and Joe Freitas. Situated on seven acres near the intersection of PGA and RCA boulevards, the eight-story office building will feature column-free, 25,000-square-foot floor plates; fine dining restaurants; 7,000 square feet of quick-serve restaurants and retail; a fitness center; and 1,000 covered garage parking spots along with EV charging stations. PGA Tower’s offices will feature 10-foot, floor-to-ceiling windows with hurricane-resistant glass, full generator back-ups and building top signage. Gatsby, which also owns the nearby DiVosta Towers and 800 Brickell in Miami, anticipates tenant delivery beginning in first-quarter 2024.
MOUNT COMFORT, IND. — Core5 Industrial Partners has broken ground on C5 Indianapolis East, a 1.2 million-square-foot speculative industrial building in the Indianapolis suburb of Mount Comfort. The project will be the largest speculative building in the Indianapolis market, according to Core5. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2023. The development will offer 635 auto parking spaces, 259 trailer spaces, 120 dock doors, two drive-in doors, electric vehicle charging stations, 12,000 square feet of office space and a clear height of 40 feet. The project is situated in Hancock County along I-70. Steve Schwegman and Brian Seitz of JLL will market the project for lease.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson (KA) has completed a $14 million renovation of the emergency department at Regions Hospital in St. Paul. The 18,000-square-foot project involved the renovation of 12 treatment rooms and the addition of new support spaces in Pod A. KA added 11 new treatment rooms as well as new support spaces in Pod B. Additionally, KA remodeled the existing X-ray room, and added a new X-ray room, CT room and control room. BWBR Architects was the project architect. Regions Hospital is a part of HealthPartners.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $134 million construction loan for 15 Hanover Place, a mixed-income residential project that will be located in downtown Brooklyn. The 34-story building will house 314 units, 95 of which will be reserved as affordable housing, as well as 9,000 square feet of commercial space. Gideon Gil, Zachary Kraft and Sebastian Sanchez of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan through Santander Bank and City National Bank on behalf of the borrower, locally based developer Lonicera Partners. A tentative completion date has not yet been established.
NEW YORK CITY — Marriott has opened a 130-room hotel at 111 E. 24th St. in Midtown Manhattan under that will be operated under the hospitality giant’s SpringHill Suites brand. According to Crain’s New York, McSam Hotel Group developed the property. Gene Kaufman Architect designed the 12-story hotel, which offers amenities such as a breakfast dining room, laundry, fitness center and dry cleaning service.
DALLAS — A partnership between two locally based firm, Mintwood Real Estate and Woods Capital, will undertake a multifamily conversion project at Santander Tower in downtown Dallas. The project will redevelop multiple floors of the 1.4 million-square-foot office building at 1601 Elm St. into 228 multifamily units, including communal amenity spaces. Units will come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities will include a pool, fitness center and other gathering and meeting spaces. Dallas-based architect WDG designed the multifamily units and indoor amenities, and Swoon provided interior design services. TBG Partners designed the exterior amenities. Adolfson & Peterson Construction is serving as the general contractor. Completion is scheduled for fall 2023.
WILMER, TEXAS — Griffin Partners, a Houston-based private equity real estate firm, has broken ground on Port 45, a 567,516-square-foot industrial development in the southern Dallas suburb of Wilmer. Port 45 will comprise two rear-load buildings that will sit on a 40-acre site along Interstate 45. Buildings will feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights, 130- to 135-foot truck court depths, roughly 350 tenant parking spaces and 192 trailer parking spaces. Project partners include Pacheco Koch Civil Engineering, design firm Alliance Architecture, general contractor Harvey Builders and leasing agent JLL. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
LINDEN AND LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Wells Fargo has provided $227 million in construction financing for two New Jersey industrial projects. In the first deal, the San Francisco-based bank provided a $142 million loan for Phase III of Linden Logistics Center, a development in the northern part of the Garden State. Phase III will consist of two buildings totaling 849,235 square feet that are scheduled for a second-quarter 2023 completion. In the second transaction, Wells Fargo provided $85 million for the third phase of Logan North Industrial Park, a project that spans 3.2 million square feet and is located in Southern New Jersey. The two buildings comprising Phase III of Logan North Industrial Park will measure 274,200 and 475,000 square feet and are also slated for delivery in the second quarter of next year. Existing tenants at Logan North include SEKO Logistics and LaserShip Logistics. John Alascio, T.J. Sullivan and Chuck Kohaut of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower and developer, a partnership between Advance Realty Investors and Greek Development.
CENTERVILLE, OHIO — Oberer Realty Services Ltd. has unveiled plans to build the final retail portion of The Cornerstone of Centerville North in Centerville, a suburb of Dayton. The 10,000-square-foot development will be known as Shoppes at the Village of Cornerstone and will be situated adjacent to a Costco location as well as Cooper’s Hawk Restaurant & Winery. Oberer plans to break ground this fall and wrap up construction in the second quarter of 2023. The desired tenant mix will include restaurant and specialty retailers either not yet in the market or looking for expansion opportunities, according to Oberer.
SEATTLE — Oxford Properties Group has completed the conversion of the 136,000-square-foot Boren Lofts office building into Boren Labs, a life sciences facility in downtown Seattle. Located at 1930 Boren Ave. in the South Lake Union neighborhood, the building features 15,000-square-foot floor plates, pre-built lab suites and move-in-ready research and development suites. The 10-story building features nine levels of labs and support office space, ground-level retail and a newly built amenity floor, which features a shared rooftop deck and conferencing center, fostering collaboration between occupants. The converted building features 15-foot floor-to-floor heights, fully upgraded MEP systems and ample subsurface parking. Each floor also features natural light and a private deck with outdoor access. Current tenants include Icosavax, Tune Therapeutics and GentiBio.