Development

CHICAGO — Skender has completed the interior buildout of 43,000 square feet of spec suites in the North building of the Old Post Office in Chicago’s West Loop. A spec suite is ready for move-in and saves tenants the time that is typically associated with office buildouts. The 11 divisible office suites provide lease options ranging from 1,000 to 7,000 square feet. The accompanying amenity space includes two conference rooms, a reading room and library. As with most of the space in the redeveloped Old Post Office, the new spec suites feature unique historic touches, including mosaic tiles and salvaged doors. Skender worked closely with building owner 601W Cos., architect Partners by Design and project manager JLL.

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CULVER CITY, CALIF. — A joint venture between The John Buck Company (JBC) and 3 Mile Radius (3MR) Capital is set to break ground on 11111 Jefferson, a $210 million mixed-use project located roughly 10 miles outside Los Angeles in Culver City.  The five-story development will include 230 units of multifamily above 55,000 square feet of retail space, 11,450 square feet of second-floor office space and parking for more than 650 vehicles.  Plans for the project also include a 13,000-square-foot open courtyard and a 30,000-square-foot public park along Machado Road. The site is currently home to retail space occupied by Coco’s restaurant, an auto repair garage and a post office.  Thorofare Capital Inc. recently provided $34.1 million in pre-development acquisition financing to the joint venture for an anticipated groundbreaking in 2022. David Perlman of Thorofare originated the loan and Jacob Yi and Paul Kim led underwriting and executed closing for the financing. JBC is a real estate investment, development and operating company focused on major U.S. markets. Since its inception, the Chicago-based company has acquired, developed or redeveloped over 47 million square feet of office, multifamily and mixed-use properties.  Los Angeles-based 3MR Capital is a privately held real estate firm …

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Research Commons

DURHAM, N.C. — New York-based Oxford Properties Group has acquired Research Commons, a life sciences campus within Research Triangle Park in Durham, as well as an adjacent parcel located at 78 TW Alexander Drive for a total of $158.6 million. By combining the two sites and building three new life sciences facilities totaling 510,000 square feet, Oxford plans to ultimately develop a 940,000-square-foot innovation campus that will house various life sciences firms. The construction timeline was not disclosed. Located at 79 TW Alexander Drive, Research Commons is a 430,000-square-foot, five-building campus with an additional 18 plus acres of developable land. The existing campus is well-leased to a diverse tenant roster across life sciences industries, and is anchored by Grifols, a Los Angeles-based global pharmaceutical manufacturer. At this site, Oxford plans to use the more than 18 acres of vacant land for the development of two dedicated life sciences buildings. Additionally, the firm plans to convert two existing buildings wholly to life sciences tenants as vacancies materialize. For 78 TW Alexander Drive, Oxford plans to build a 95,500-square-foot Current Good Manufacturing Practice (cGMP) facility to be developed on the 14.5-acre parcel of land adjacent to Research Commons.

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HOUSTON — Locally based development and investment firm The Dinerstein Cos. has opened Aspire Post Oak, a 40-story multifamily tower in Houston’s Post Oak neighborhood. The property features 383 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats and 18,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. The amenity package consists of a pool, spa, fitness center with a yoga studio, dog park, sports lounge with a golf simulator, package locker system with refrigeration capabilities, outdoor kitchens and lounges and various other gathering and event spaces. Gensler designed the project. Rents start at $1,983 per month for a one-bedroom unit.

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ELMHURST, ILL. — LMC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lennar Corp., has completed development of The Fynn in Elmhurst, a western suburb of Chicago. BKV Group designed the eight-story, 212-unit apartment development, which is located at 183 N. Addison Ave. BKV provided planning and pre-development services and led all engineering, architecture, interior design and landscape architecture. Amenities include a pool, community lounge, coworking stations, fitness center, exercise studio, dog run and sky club. Monthly rents start at $1,815. Residents can now receive up to two months of free rent.

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WEST CHICAGO, ILL. — Peak Construction Corp. has broken ground on the second phase of DuPage Business Center in West Chicago. Scannell Properties is the developer for the 250,100-square-foot speculative warehouse, which will feature a clear height of 32 feet, 30 dock positions, four drive-in doors and parking for 208 cars and 95 trailers. The facility is designed to accommodate up to four tenants. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2022. The project team includes SpaceCo, Ware Malcomb and IMEG. Cory Ramey and Shamus Conneely of John Greene Industrial will market the project for lease.

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WHEELING, ILL. — Lee & Associates has negotiated the sale of a nearly four-acre site at 231 Wheeling Road in Wheeling, a northwest suburb of Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. The buyer, General Capital, plans to build Union Apartments, a four-story multifamily property. Rick Scardino of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Palumbo Bros. David Erickson of CBRE represented the buyer.

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SIGNAL HILL, CALIF. — CenterPoint Properties has acquired nine acres of land at 2550 Orange Ave. in Signal Hill from Signal Hill Petroleum for an undisclosed price. CenterPoint plans to develop a 100,147-square-foot distribution facility with 17 dock-high doors and 73 trailer parking stalls on the former driving range site. Tom Holland, Justin Domblaser and Alex Matar represented CenterPoint in the deal.

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KANSAS CITY, MO. — Construction is underway on a new $1.5 billion terminal at Kansas City International Airport. Henderson Engineers is serving as the lead engineer and designed the technological infrastructure, which includes touchless kiosks and video walls. This infrastructure will also support a biometric verification system that will enable travelers to use their faces as boarding passes. Using three-dimensional building information modeling software, Henderson determined placement for security cameras throughout the 1 million-square-foot terminal. Siemens is assisting with innovative technology efforts. Completion of the project is slated for early 2023. The airport will transition from its current three-terminal layout to the new single terminal. Since airport operations will need to remain functional during the transition, air transport communications company SITA is designing an IT network that will prevent interruptions to security and other vital systems during the changeover. In addition to technology, Henderson’s array of building systems design services for the new terminal includes acoustics, audio-video, electrical, fire alarm, mechanical and plumbing. Skidmore Owings & Merrill is the lead architect for the project and Edgemoor Infrastructure & Real Estate is the developer.

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EVANSVILLE, IND. — The NRP Group has opened Homes of Evansville II, a 100-unit affordable housing community in the southwest Indiana town of Evansville. The project consists of 20 single-family homes, five duplexes and a 30-unit apartment building. The units are reserved for residents earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income. Twelve of the units are permanent supportive housing with services provided by ECHO Housing. HOPE of Evansville served as the joint venture partner. Additional project partners included the City of Evansville, which contributed HOME funds; Boston Financial, which provided the tax credit equity; BMO Financial Group, which provided the construction and permanent loans; and the Indiana Housing & Community Development Authority, which provided a development fund loan. Phase I of the project, completed in 2013, consisted of 40 single-family homes.

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