MAGNOLIA, TEXAS — Gulf Coast Commercial is finalizing plans for Magnolia Village, a 60-acre mixed-use project that will feature residential, office, retail and restaurant uses in Magnolia, located northwest of Houston. Magnolia Village will be located directly across Spur 149 from Stratus Properties’ proposed 120-acre Magnolia Place mixed-use development, where construction of a new H-E-B grocery store is scheduled to begin in June. Phase I of Magnolia Village will span 36 acres and include both retail and office elements, as well as 300 multifamily units. Completion of Phase I is slated for fall 2022. Ironbridge Realty will market the retail and restaurant space for lease. Gulf Coast is purchasing the site from Parkside Capital, a Houston-based land fund that has expedited development of the intersection by designing a regional detention facility for the surrounding 150 acres and obtaining a planned development ordinance from the City of Magnolia.
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AUSTIN, TEXAS — StreetLights Residential has broken ground on a 377-unit multifamily community in the Lakeline neighborhood of northwest Austin. The project represents the Dallas-based firm’s third phase of its larger Presidio project. Units will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats and range in size from 676 to 1,763 square feet. Residences will be furnished with custom cabinetry, granite countertops and tile backsplashes. Amenities will include a pool, yoga lawn, coworking spaces, coffee bar, fitness center, pet wash and spa and lounge with space for personal projects or art classes. The first two phases of the Presidio development, The Elizabeth and The Michael, opened in 2019 and 2016, respectively. StreetLights Creative Studio is the architect of record for the project and is handling all interior design in-house. SLR Construction LLC is the general contractor. A tentative completion date for the third phase was not released.
PLACERVILLE, CALIF. — The Neenan Company has broken ground for El Dorado Community Health Center (EDCHC), a medical clinic at 4212 Missouri Flat Road in Placerville that will serve residents throughout El Dorado County. Designed by Neenan, the 30,600-square-foot facility will feature 40 primary care exam rooms, 10 behavioral health exam and substance abuse treatment rooms, seven dental exam rooms and four optical exam rooms, as well as space to provide telehealth treatment. Slated for completion in spring 2022, the new facility will replace EDCHC’s current Placerville and Diamond Springs clinics. EDCHC will own and operate the completed facility and the organization received financing for the project, as well as a Health Resources and Services Administration grant to mitigate future weather-related issues.
Cavan Cos. Receives $62M Construction Loan for Multifamily Project in Glendale, Arizona
by Amy Works
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Cavan Cos. has received a $62 million construction loan for the development of Bungalows on Cotton Lane, a built-to-rent community in Glendale. Jeremy Korer and Kristian Brown of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt & Structured Finance Group in Phoenix arranged the financing for the borrower, while ACRES Capital originated the financing. Situated on 35 acres, the gated community will feature 336 single-story one-, two- and three-bedroom residences and more than 850 parking spaces.
SAN FRANCISCO — CBRE Capital Markets has secured construction financing for The Maclac Building, a five-story, 108,161-square-foot property located at 192-198 Utah St. and 151-191 Potrero Ave. in San Francisco. The borrower, a joint venture between affiliates of Comstock Realty Partners and Dune Real Estate Partners, plans to redevelop the asset, which is zoned as a production, distribution and repair (PDR). PDR refers to a variety of businesses encompassing dent and repair shops, marketing and advertising companies, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers and others, and according to the San Francisco Planning Department is used “instead of industrial to avoid conjuring images of heavy, ‘smoke-stack’ industry, such as large manufacturing plants, smelting operations and refineries.” Mike Walker and Brad Zampa of CBRE’s San Francisco office arranged the five-year, floating-rate, full-term interest-only financing for the borrower. The property spans five interconnected buildings over two parcels and half a city block in San Francisco’s SOMA Potrero District. Redevelopment started in May 2020 and is being completed in phases, with delivery expected for third-quarter 2022. The joint venture plans to reconfigure, upgrade and expand the current structures with 4,000 amps of power, updated building systems, green roof terraces and a multi-story glass atrium lobby tying the …
WHITELAND, IND. — Mohr Capital, a Dallas-based privately held real estate investment firm, has started construction on a new speculative industrial development within Mohr Logistics Park in Whiteland. The 827,000-square-foot development will feature a clear height of 32 feet. Mohr is also scheduled to break ground on a 1 million-square-foot project within the logistics park in the next 60 days. The 827,000-square-foot building is slated for completion in October, while the 1 million-square-foot project is scheduled to wrap up in January.
CHICAGO — James McHugh Construction Co. and Brown & Momen Inc. have broken ground on 508 Pershing at Oakwood Shores, a 53-unit mixed-income development in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. As part of a public-private partnership led by The Community Builders, the residential and retail building marks the latest phase of the larger Oakwood Shores project, which will span more than 100 acres. Located at 508 E. Pershing Road, the four-story building will include 50 one-bedroom units and three two-bedroom units. There will be 7,000 square feet of amenity space and management offices as well as 3,500 square feet of street-level retail space. Completion of the $17.1 million project is slated for February 2022. Nia Architects and Antunovich Associates are the architects. Of the 53 units, 36 will be low-income housing tax credit units for households earning up to 80 percent of the area median income. The remaining 17 units will be market rate. National Affordable Housing Trust provided project funding in partnership with investor UnitedHealth Group. The project is situated on land formerly occupied by the Chicago Housing Authority’s Ida B. Wells, Madden Park and Clarence Darrow Homes. All told, Oakwood Shores will be home to more than 2,000 rental and …
CHICAGO — Food and beverage concept The Luminary has opened at 303 E. Wacker, a 30-story office building in Chicago’s East Loop. The café will offer coffee, tea, pastries, salads, sandwiches and snacks. Cocktails and chef-crafted bites will follow later this year. Infuse Hospitality will operate The Luminary. Infuse is also the team behind Fairgrounds Craft Coffee & Tea. Beacon Capital Partners, the owner of 303 E. Wacker, recently completed a renovation of the 944,000-square-foot building. Designed by architectural firm Norman Kelley, the lobby design now features new flooring, seating, a lighting installation and bar area.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has provided financing from local and federal resources to develop 54 affordable housing units in Wards 4 at the Abrams Hall Senior Apartments in Washington, D.C. Abrams Hall Senior LP, a joint venture between Urban Atlantic and nonprofit organization Housing Up, received $2.4 million from the District’s Housing Production Trust Fund (HPTF) to develop the assisted living facility located at 1320 Main Drive NW. The project also received a $1.1 million allocation of 9 percent low income housing tax credits (LIHTC) from DHCD. The project will receive an annual subsidy from the Local Rent Supplement Program, which is administered by the D.C. Housing Authority (DCHA). All units at Abrams Hall Senior Apartments will be available for low-income seniors — those with annual household income at or below $26,500 — who are formerly homeless and have a need for assisted living services. Additionally, the residents will access Medicaid subsidies through the Department of Health Care Finance (DHCF). The Abrams Hall Senior Apartments building will feature studio apartments to accommodate assisted living facilities for seniors who may require medical, dental, rehabilitative and counseling services, along with 24-hour supervision to ensure resident …
SUNNYVALE, CALIF. — STC Ventures, a joint venture between Sares Regis Group of Northern California and Hunter Properties, received approval from the Sunnyvale Planning Commission to develop two office buildings totaling 500,000 square feet on the former Macy’s parcel in downtown Sunnyvale. Situated between Taaffe and Murphy avenues, the buildings will be separated by a public pedestrian plaza and each offer 250,000 square feet of office space, 25,000 square feet of ground-level retail space for restaurant and entertainment uses and 13,000 square feet of outdoor space, including terraces and step backs. Additionally, the adjacent properties will offer an underground parking structure with 786 spaces. The office buildings are designed for post-COVID work environments and will feature mechanical systems that will provide employees access to fresh air and ample outdoor space. The buildings are also targeting LEED Gold certification. The office project is the latest portion of the second phase of CityLine Sunnyvale, the redevelopment of four parcels in Sunnyvale’s downtown core that will add residences, ground-level retail and office space. The development team recently received approval for a 12-story mixed-use project at 200 S. Taaffe St. that will include 479 residences, 30,000 square feet of retail space and a public …