NEW YORK CITY — Locally based private equity firm Madison Realty Capital has provided a $90 million construction loan for a mixed-use project that will be located in the Flushing area of Queens. The development will comprise 150 residential condos, 202 hotel rooms, 23,000 square feet of ground-floor and below-grade retail space and 300 parking spaces. All of these uses will be housed in two adjoined buildings rising 16 and nine stories that will be set on a retail podium and will total 263,151 square feet. Residential floor plans will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom formats, and amenities will include a fitness center and outdoor terraces and courtyards. The borrower and developer is an entity doing business as 37 Ave Richouse LLC. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Sage Realty, a division of The William Kaufman Organization, will undertake a $53 million renovation of 767 Third Avenue, a 40-story, 320,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan. Capital improvements will include a facelift of the lobby and the revamping and introduction of new and existing amenity spaces. Upon full completion of the project in the first quarter of 2023, tenants will have access to a café, lounge, library, catering kitchen, sculpture garden and a salon meeting room. Touchless mechanisms and other features that promote wellness will also be installed throughout the property. FXCollaborative led the redesign of the lobby, and Fogarty Finger designed the amenity spaces.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — A partnership between Adam America Real Estate, EPIMONI and BH Management Services has opened Olive & Wooster, a 299-unit apartment community in New Haven. Units feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, shaker cabinets and wood-style flooring. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubroom with a bar and a gaming area. Rents start at $1,258 per month.
MIAMI — Locally based developer Shoma Group has purchased a 2.5-acre site located at 3650 Bird Road in Miami for $34 million. The buyer plans to build Shoma One, a $220 million mixed-use development, at the site. Configured in two 18-story towers, the development will feature 391 apartments with residences ranging in size from 375-square-foot micro studios to 1,400-square-foot, two-bedroom units. There will also be seven two-story residences ranging from 1,344 to 1,400 square feet, as well as a food hall. Amenities will include a bowling alley, lounge, daycare, yoga and spin studios, fitness center, bike room with repair station, dog park, coworking café and a spa with steam room, sauna and massage rooms. The property will also have a rooftop pool and pavilion with an outdoor grill, water features and lounge areas equipped with large projection screens for viewing parties. Shoma will link the property’s outdoor space to The Underline, a newly created linear park in Miami spanning 10 miles. Shoma plans to break ground on Shoma One in January 2023, and construction will take 18 to 24 months to complete. The site currently houses a car dealership named Deel Volvo. Michael Fay, John Crotty, David Duckworth and Brian …
HOFFMAN ESTATES, ILL. — Kinema Fitness has opened FitLab, a 31,680-square-foot fitness facility, at Bell Works Chicagoland in Hoffman Estates. FitLab offers personal training, health coaching, nutrition consultation, state-of-the-art equipment and a range of group fitness classes. NPZ Style+Décor designed the space. Bell Works Chicagoland is the redevelopment of the former AT&T campus. Somerset Development is the owner and developer.
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.