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Mesa Capital Breaks Ground on Apartment Community Near Tallahassee

by John Nelson

BRADFORDVILLE, FLA. — Mesa Capital Partners has broken ground on The Bradbury at Bannerman Village, an apartment community located on a 14-acre site in Bradfordville, a city located north of downtown Tallahassee. The property will be located at Bannerman and Bull Headley roads within the Bannerman Village master-planned community. Situated near a Publix and the Landon Hill for-sale homes, The Bradbury will comprise two-story carriage homes and three-story walk-up buildings. Amenities will include a clubhouse, fitness center, sundry market, resort-style pool with grilling stations, dog park, EV charging stations and garage parking. Cadence Bank and SouthState Bank provided an undisclosed amount of construction financing to Mesa Capital Partners for the project, which will begin leasing in mid-2026 and be fully delivered in early 2027. The design-build team includes general contractor The Crown Group and architect The Coursey Group.

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Spartan Investment Group Opens 660-Unit Self-Storage Facility in Central Florida

by John Nelson

GRAND ISLAND, FLA. — Spartan Investment Group has opened FreeUp Storage Eustis, a 660-unit self-storage facility located at 36536 S. Fish Camp Road near Lake Eustis in Grand Island, about 47 miles northwest of Orlando. Spartan Construction Management, a general contractor affiliate of the Colorado-based developer, broke ground on the facility in June 2024. FreeUp Storage Eustis features 340 climate-controlled units and 266 non-climate-controlled units across nearly 67,000 rentable square feet.

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IHG to Open 210-Room Kimpton Hotel in Fredericksburg, Texas

by Taylor Williams

FREDERICKSBURG, TEXAS — IHG Hotels & Resorts will open a 210-room hotel in the Central Texas city of Fredericksburg under its Kimpton brand. Designed by Merriman Anderson Architects with interiors by Curioso and developed by Houston-based DC Partners, Kimpton Fredericksburg will be located within The Meuse, a 22-acre mixed-use development. The property will feature a full-service restaurant and bar, along with a poolside bar and lounge. Additional amenities will include a 10,000-square-foot outdoor pool and deck, fitness center, café and 18,500 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting and event space. The opening is scheduled for 2027.

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Transwestern Arranges Sale of Multifamily Development Site in South Houston

by Taylor Williams

HOUSTON — Transwestern has arranged the sale of a multifamily development site in South Houston. The site at 1500 Old Spanish Trail spans 2.1 acres within the 1500 OST master-planned development. The buyer, Houston-based developer Winther Investments, plans to develop a five-story, 280-unit building on the site. Jeff Peden and Scott Miller of Transwestern represented the seller, an entity doing business as 1500 OST LLC, in the transaction.

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BLVD Group Buys Rhode Island Apartment Community for $57M, Plans Repositioning

by Taylor Williams

WOONSOCKET, R.I. — The BLVD Group, a multifamily investment firm with offices in Los Angeles and Dallas, has purchased Rock Ridge Apartments, a 152-unit multifamily complex in Woonsocket, located on the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border. The company plans to reposition the property to add 30 new affordable housing units, restricting all residences to renters earning up to 50 or 60 percent of the area median income. The acquisition and renovation are being financed through Low-Income Housing Tax Credits and tax-exempt bonds issued by Rhode Island Housing with a permanent Fannie Mae loan. Additional funding includes equity from the sale of renewable energy tax credits, a construction loan from Merchants Bank and a permanent Fannie Mae loan. The renovation will involve the replacement of the majority of the building envelope and full interior upgrades, such as modernized kitchens and baths, as well as enhanced building systems. Additional community amenities include a renovated basketball court, clubhouse and grilling stations.

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Outrigger Industrial, MetLife Investment to Develop Kennedy Logistics Center in Oakland

by Amy Works

OAKLAND, CALIF. — Outrigger Industrial, in partnership with MetLife Investment, has unveiled plans to redevelop a property at 727 Kennedy St. in Oakland into Kennedy Logistics Center. Construction is slated to begin in third-quarter 2025 with a completion date of second-quarter 2026. The initial phase of construction involves the reduction of the existing building footprint by 57,000 square feet to allow for loading dock reconfiguration — 30 new dock-high positions along with a 130-foot truck court. The 177,000-square-foot upgraded building will include numerous structural re-enforcements and visual enhancements, including new structural columns, a clear height of 32 feet, updating existing building systems to meet current codes compliance and creating a dedicated office space. The building is located immediately adjacent to the Interstate 880 between Port of Oakland and OAK Airport.

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Joint Venture Breaks Ground on 210-Unit Mixed-Income Multifamily Project in Jersey City

by Taylor Williams

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Bayfront Development Partners, which is a joint venture between Pennrose LLC and Paths Development LLC, has broken ground on Bayfront Promenade, a 210-unit mixed-income multifamily project in Jersey City. The development will be located on the Hackensack River Waterfront and will include 74 affordable housing units and 93 workforce housing units, as well as commercial and community space. Amenities will include a rooftop terrace, fitness center with a yoga room, coworking lounge and community room with a kitchen area. The New Jersey Economic Development Authority provided $64 million in tax credits for the project, a tentative completion date for which was not announced.

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Wolverine Worldwide Unveils Renovated Office Headquarters in West Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

ROCKFORD, MICH. — Footwear company Wolverine Worldwide Inc. has unveiled a major renovation of its global headquarters in Rockford within western Michigan. The centerpiece of the project is a renovation of 40,000 square feet of space to house the company’s two biggest brands, Merrell and Saucony, the latter of which Wolverine recently relocated to Rockford from Boston. Originally constructed in 1963, the space served as a footwear factory for several decades before being transitioned into office space in the 1990s. Now known as The Factory, the space features exposed structures and concrete floors, floor-to-ceiling windows, 224 individual workstations, dedicated product and marketing rooms for each brand, 31 collaboration and meeting rooms, a café and technology for product design, marketing and collaboration. The project is supported by a $1 million Michigan Business Development Program grant in collaboration with the Michigan Economic Development Center and The Right Place Inc. In all, Wolverine’s headquarters totals 300,000 square feet. Amenities include subsidized daycare and an early education center for children, fitness center, four miles of on-campus hiking and nature trails, an onsite, subsidized cafeteria and dog daycare.

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Skender Breaks Ground on $19M Ardalan Plaza Building in Carmel, Indiana

by Kristin Harlow

CARMEL, IND. — Skender Construction has broken ground on Ardalan Plaza, a $19 million development that will serve as a gateway to the City of Carmel’s Arts & Design District. Located at 311-331 W. Main St., the property will encompass 8,000 square feet of retail and gallery space on the first floor, five luxury condominiums on the second floor and a private residence with a rooftop terrace spanning the third floor. The project, which was designed to evoke the elegance of an Italian villa, is a collaboration between the Carmel Redevelopment Commission and the Ardalan family. The project team includes Studio M Architecture and Planning and KBSO Consulting Engineers. Completion is slated for 2026.

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CIM Group, Partners Open $6B Miami Worldcenter Development

by John Nelson

MIAMI — Los Angeles-based investment firm CIM Group and its development partners have officially opened Miami Worldcenter, a $6 billion mixed-use development in downtown Miami. CIM Group partnered on the project with Miami Worldcenter Associates, a development entity founded by Art Falcone and Nitin Motwani. The development spans 27 acres across 10 city blocks in the city’s Park West neighborhood and has generated nearly 9,000 jobs over the course of its construction and operation. The site formerly housed blighted properties and surface parking lots. The Miami Worldcenter master plan includes approximately $100 million in completed infrastructure; 100,000 square feet of new public space; 300,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space; and 16 high-rise towers for residential and hospitality uses, many of which are completed or underway. The development will bring approximately 11,000 residences and more than 1,000 hotel rooms to downtown Miami. “Miami Worldcenter is a game-changing development that has revitalized a dormant and distressed area of downtown Miami and repositioned it as a vital contributor to the community and the local economy,” says Shaul Kuba, co-founder and principal of CIM Group. “We joined partners Art Falcone and Nitin Motwani as the master developers in 2011 and have proudly …

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