MAPLE GROVE, MINN. — Davis will develop Maple Grove Specialty Center, a 44,000-square-foot medical office building in Maple Grove, a northwest suburb of the Twin Cities. Construction of the two-story project is scheduled to begin in late July. MNGI Digestive Health has signed a lease to occupy the entire 22,000-square-foot second floor. Davis will own the building and provide property management and leasing services. Completion is slated for August 2022. The project team includes Plymouth-based Timco Construction Inc. and Minneapolis-based Synergy Architecture Studio. Davis is a national healthcare real estate firm.
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ATLANTA — Juneau Construction Co. has broken ground on Hub Atlanta, a student housing high-rise property located at 960 Spring St. in Midtown Atlanta. The property, developed by Core Spaces, is meant to be an off-campus housing option for students attending nearby Georgia Tech. Hub Atlanta will provide housing for almost 800 students beginning in the summer of 2023. The new development will be located close to the Midtown MARTA station and will comprise studios up to six-bedroom units. Standing 19 stories tall, Hub Atlanta will have 5,600 square feet of ground-level retail space along Spring Street. Community amenities will include a fitness center, study lounge, coworking space, pool deck with a hot tub, library and dog run and wash area. Additionally, Hub Atlanta residents will have access to four stories of garage parking with bicycle parking and electric vehicle charging stations. Core Spaces is a real estate investment firm that focuses on acquiring, developing and managing residential properties. Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture is also part of the project team and is a Chicago-based architecture and design firm. Juneau Construction is an Atlanta-based construction firm.
BUDA, TEXAS — Minneapolis-based developer United Properties has broken ground on Phase I of Buda Midway, a project that will add 474,000 square feet of industrial space to the local supply. The site is located at the junction of Interstate 35 and State Highway 45 on the southern outskirts of Austin. Phase I will comprise three buildings — two rear-load facilities each totaling 115,090 square feet and one cross-dock facility totaling 244,285 square feet — on 35.9 acres. Completion of Phase I is slated for early 2022. Project partners include Aquila Commercial, Kimley-Horn Design and Engineering Consultants, Powers Brown Architecture, RC Page Construction and Hitchcock Design Group. Phase II of Buda Midway will include up to three buildings totaling 326,000 square feet. Once finished, the buildings will provide 30- to 36-foot clear heights, ample trailer parking and 200-plus automobile parking spots.
TULSA, OKLA. — Saint Francis Health System will undertake a $250 million renovation and expansion of its Saint Francis Hospital South campus in Tulsa. The healthcare provider has tapped Cushman & Wakefield’s project development and services team to lead the project. Specifically, the team plans to deliver a 51,000-square-foot renovation of imaging spaces and four operating rooms and a 232,600-square-foot expansion that will add four operating rooms, a six-story tower with 124 patient rooms and a 600-space parking garage. Completion of the renovation and expansion is slated for March 2025.
Pastakia & Associates Acquires South Lake Union Multifamily Development Site in Seattle for $10.2M
by Amy Works
SEATTLE — Pastakia & Associates has purchased a development site located at 1405 Dexter Ave. North in Seattle’s South Lake Union area for $10.2 million. The buyer has finalized entitlements and permitting for an eight-story apartment project on the site. The community will feature 160 units and a 62-stall parking structure. Dylan Simon, Jerrid Anderson and Matt Laird of The Simon and Anderson Team, a multifamily investment team based in Kidder Mathews’ Seattle headquarters, represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
CINCINNATI — Grandin Properties has renovated The Strietmann Center in Cincinnati’s Over the Rhine district. Located at 231 W. 12th St., the building includes 77,434 square feet of Class A office space and 13,848 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Originally built in 1899, the property is now LEED Gold certified and includes the first solar panels installed in Cincinnati’s urban core. Tenants can now enjoy a rooftop terrace, bike storage, showers and access to a newly renovated YMCA adjacent to the property. Michelle Klingenbert of JLL is leading leasing efforts for the office portion.
Majestic Realty Co. Breaks Ground on 629,274 SF Spec Industrial Project in Tejon Ranch, California
by Amy Works
TEJON RANCH, CALIF. — Majestic Realty Co., in its fourth joint-venture partnership agreement with Tejon Ranch Co., has broken ground on a Class A speculative industrial building located at 5151 Wheeler Ridge Road at Tejon Ranch Commerce Center located at the junction of Interstate 5 and Highway 99 in Tejon Ranch. Designed for single- or multi-tenant use, the 629,274-square-foot building will feature 36-foot clear heights, a minimum seven-inch floor slab, 136 dock-high doors, 185-foot cross-dock truck courts and an ESFR sprinkler system. Occupancy is slated for mid-2022. Mike McCrary of JLL represented the developers for the project. Tejon Ranch Commerce Center is a 1,450-acre master-planned commercial/industrial development in Kern County, Calif.
JEFFERSON, GA. — Trammell Crow Co. and its joint venture partner Clarion Partners LLC have released plans for a new distribution center for Ace Hardware Corp. as part of the Jefferson Mill Business Park in Atlanta’s I-85 Northeast submarket. Ace Hardware, a retailer of convenience hardware products based in Oak Brook, Ill., will lease a 1.1 million-square-foot building when construction is complete in the second quarter of 2022. Located at 1231 Hog Mountain Road in Jefferson, the build-to-suit facility will include 28,000 square feet of office space, 400 car parking spaces and 300 trailer parking spaces. The building will be expandable by an additional 460,000 square feet, and the property will serve as one of Ace Hardware’s retail support centers. David Lind of CBRE represented Ace Hardware in the lease negotiations. Ben Logue and Price Weaver of Colliers International represented the landlords.
ATLANTA — Developer North American Properties (NAP) has opened Politan Row, a new food hall at Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta. The food hall is located at the corner of 14th and Peachtree streets and features space for 11 independent food and beverage concepts, a central bar, an event space and a hidden bar. An entity known as Politan Group operates the food hall. The nine open purveyors at Politan Row include Belli Pizzeria, Bun Mi Grill, Federal Burger, Gekko, Locale Cafe, Pretty Little Tacos, Tandoori Pizza and Wing Co., Unbeliebubble and YŌM. The last two concepts are still in the planning stages and more information about them will be released later. Politan Row at Colony Square’s interior space, which can seat 250 guests, makes up approximately 20,000 square feet. Colony Square’s outdoor space encompasses 22,000 square feet and includes three designated areas known as The Plaza, The Patio and The Grove. The Plaza will host Colony Square’s 200 plus annual events. The Patio features a variety of covered seating, an outdoor bar and shuffleboards. The Grove includes seating underneath a canopy of trees. Anchoring the new food hall is Bar Politan, a 40-seat bar whose program includes craft cocktails, …
BETHESDA, MD. — Foulger-Pratt will develop The Rae at Westlake, a five-story, 343-unit multifamily property in Bethesda. The community will include 299 market-rate apartments and 44 affordable housing units. The developer expects the property to cost $119.5 million to bring on line. Located at 10401 Motor City Drive, Rae at Westlake will be situated across from Westfield Montgomery Mall, which has 750,000 square feet of retail space with more than 40 dining places, theaters and a bowling alley. The mall is currently undergoing renovations. The mixed-income apartment property will be located off Interstate 270 and close to federal government operations, including the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Additionally, the project will be located across from the Montgomery Mall Transit Center, which provides bus access to three Metrorail stations. The Rae will feature 46 studio, 170 one-bedroom and 127 two-bedroom units. Community amenities will include a dedicated dog run and pet spa, 24-hour fitness center, bocce ball courts, pedestrian trail, two courtyards with pool and grilling, coworking space and community event space. The project is slated to be open by the end of 2023. The apartment project was funded by $42.7 million sponsor and investor …