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 …
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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 …
CapRock Partners Sells First Phase of 1.5 MSF Tropical Logistics Complex in North Las Vegas
by Amy Works
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.
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As Affordability Crisis Deepens, Policies and Market Shift to Assist the Underserved
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 …
Lincoln Property, FCP Plan 450,000 SF Colorado Research Exchange Life Sciences Campus in Broomfield
by Jeff Shaw
BROOMFIELD, COLO. — Lincoln Property Co. (LPC) and FCP, both privately held real estate investment companies, have unveiled plans for the Colorado Research Exchange (CoRE), a 450,000-square-foot life sciences campus in Broomfield. Construction is scheduled to begin this fall for completion in early 2024. Located approximately midway between Denver and Boulder, CoRE will comprise four buildings, three of which will be four- to five-story tenant buildings ranging from approximately 110,000 to nearly 200,000 square feet. The fourth property, a shared amenity center for all tenants, will total 15,960 square feet and feature a fitness center, locker rooms, bike storage, tenant lounge with fireplace, outdoor terrace, conference/training facility and a food market. Each tenant building boasts views of the Front Range section of the Rocky Mountains, while green space connects each of the properties. Development cost estimates were not disclosed. The developers selected Broomfield due to its highly educated workforce and close proximity to two major metro areas. Current demand for life sciences space in this area has reached over 1.4 million square feet and continues to grow as companies focus on the market for its access to talent, capital and business-friendly environment, according to the developers. The partnership expects CoRE …
Majestic Realty, Sunroad Enterprises Start Construction of 1.1 MSF Spec Industrial Expansion in San Diego
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — Majestic Realty Co. and Sunroad Enterprises have started construction on the second half of their four-building Landmark at Otay development, located at the intersection of state routes 905 and 125 in San Diego. Construction is underway on 50 acres of the 67-acre master-planned development, including a 240,975-square-foot building at 1610 Landmark Road and a 235,085-square-foot building at 1910 Landmark Road. Both buildings will feature 36-foot ceiling clearance and 185-foot secure truck courtyards with individual trailer storage. Additionally, the buildings will offer ESFR fire systems, 51 trailer parking stalls, 40 dock-high doors and two ground-level doors with ramps, as well as Superflat warehouse floors and building-wide clerestory windows. Mark Lewkowitz, Chris Holder and Will Holder of Colliers San Diego are marketing and leasing Phase II of the project. Completion is slated for February 2023. The development team plans to break ground on Phase III, a two-building component including 150,000-square-foot and 115,000-square-foot buildings, this summer.
Halftery Development, Trinity Investors Receive $39.4M Construction Loan for Shopping Center in French Valley, California
by Amy Works
FRENCH VALLEY, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has secured $39.4 million in construction financing for French Valley Marketplace, a grocery-anchored shopping center development in French Valley. The nonrecourse loan will provide funds to complete the horizontal and vertical construction of the project. A partnership between Texas-based Trinity Investors and Pasadena-based Halftery Development Co. are leading the fully entitled, 22-acre project. Current tenants include Grocery Outlet, Rite Aid, EoS Fitness, McDonald’s, AutoZone and 7-Eleven. Brandon Wilhite of MMCC and Sunny Sajnani and Todd McNeill of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, arranged the financing. The origination team is based out of MMCC’s Dallas office. Trez Capital operated as the lender for the transaction.
SCHERTZ, TEXAS — Atlanta-based Core5 Industrial Partners has acquired 164 acres in Schertz, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio, for the development of a 1.8 million-square-foot project. Construction of Phase I, which will comprise two buildings totaling roughly 1 million square feet, is set to begin later this year. Carlos Marquez and Brett Lum of NAI Partners represented Core5 Industrial in its acquisition of the land and have also been retained to lease the development. Corbin Barker of Endura Advisory Group represented the land seller, an entity doing business as Boeck Farm Co. Ltd.
NEW YORK CITY — Los Angeles-based Parkview Financial has provided a $92 million construction loan for a 215,379-square-foot office building that will be located at 1498-1538 Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood. The project will include 51,000 square feet of retail space and a 267-space automated parking structure. Construction is underway and expected to be complete in October 2023. Between the office and retail components, the building is 30 percent preleased. Aaron Birnbaum and Elliott Kunstlinger of Meridian Capital Group arranged the loan through Parkview on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of locally based developer Baruch Singer.