Development

Airpark East

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Dalfen Industrial has purchased approximately 76 acres in Nashville, directly east of the Nashville International Airport. Dalfen plans to develop the land into Airpark East, a three-building industrial park totaling 739,950 square feet. Memphis-based FedEx was the seller. Airpark East will be located near Murfreesboro Pike and Interstates 24 and 40. The land is situated in close proximity to the Nashville CBD. Over the last 12 months, Dallas-based Dalfen Industrial has transacted on $1.7 billion of real estate in the United States.

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Highside Market

COLUMBUS, GA. — The Cotton Cos. is bringing Highside Market, an urban infill and adaptive reuse mixed-use development, to Columbus. The first phase of the development is expected to be open in September, and Cotton Cos. plans to fully open the project by the third quarter of 2022. Located at the intersection of 13th Street and 2nd Avenue, Highside Market will feature four retail, dining, work and gathering spaces. The mixed-use development will also include full-service, dine-in and fast-casual restaurants; 20,000 square feet of retail space; 10,300 square feet of office space; green space; and outdoor lounges. Highside Market’s flagship structure, the 211 Building, was built in 1939 and previously operated as the premier auto dealership in Columbus for 55 years. The building’s ground floor will include a bakery, two dine-in restaurants and a mix of retail market stalls with office space, pop-up space for events and workshops occupying the first floor. An adjacent, circa-1959 Brutalist Bank building will be repurposed and transformed into the 201 Building. Cotton Cos. will remodel the building to have a ground-floor restaurant, basement bar and second floor retail or art gallery space, as well as an outdoor common area. Additionally, a newly constructed building, …

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I-269 Logistics Center

MARSHALL COUNTY, MISS. — Core5 Industrial Partners plans to develop I-269 Logistics Center, a five-building industrial park in Marshall County totaling 3 million square feet. The Atlanta-based developer acquired 221 acres of fully entitled land located at Highway 302 and Interstate 269 in the Mississippi suburbs of Memphis. Core5 plans to break ground soon on I-269 Industrial Park Building D, a 957,400-square-foot cross-dock facility that is expandable to 1.7 million square feet. Delivery of the building is scheduled for the first quarter of 2022. Building D will feature 40-foot clear heights and a six-inch Ductilcrete slab. The building will accommodate trailer parking for over 391 trailers and 597 auto parking spaces. The site also offers real and personal property tax exemptions for up to 10 years based on job creation and investment.

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1500-Granville-Los-Angeles-CA

LOS ANGELES — Suffolk has completed the construction of 1500 Granville, a mixed-use building in West Los Angeles. CIM Group us developer and Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects is designer. The property offers affordable and community-focused housing options for University of California Los Angeles Medical house staff and graduate students. The five-story building features 153 units, 15,000 square feet of retail space and 308 subterranean parking spaces. Units are available in a mix of studio, one-bedroom, two-bedroom and live-work unit floor plans with 16 units set aside as affordable. Community amenities include a clubhouse, co-working space, a gym, pool area, barbecue area and multiple outdoor and courtyard areas for recreation. The ground-floor retail and restaurant spaces feature multifamily outdoor dining and recreation areas that connect the public housing to the surround community. The project is the final phase of the multi-block development that was previously occupied by car dealerships. The area includes the Elevate, a 147-unit apartment community, and three four-story buildings of The Westgate Collection. CIM Group sold 1500 Granville to a joint venture between UCLA Housing and UCLA Medical, as a housing option for UCLA Medical’s house staff (medical residents, fellows and interns), medical graduate students and other graduate students.

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EMERYVILLE, CALIF. — CIM Group has closed an $89 million construction loan for AMCAL’s development of Bayview, a seven-story multifamily property in Emeryville. Situated on 2.3 acres, Bayview will feature 186 units with studio, one-, two-, three-bedroom and townhome-style floor plans and 257 parking spaces. Community amenities will include a fitness center, co-working spaces, a clubhouse and an indoor/outdoor roof deck. Construction is slated to begin this month. Bryan Gortikov of Gortikov Capital arranged the financing.

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BENSENVILLE, ILL. — ML Realty Partners has unveiled plans to develop two speculative industrial buildings totaling 605,300 square feet in Bensenville, a suburb of Chicago. The firm expects to break ground this summer with completion slated for spring 2022. Plans call for clear heights of 40 feet along with ample car and trailer parking. Andrew Maletich, Matt Garland and Dustin Albers of Cawley Chicago represented ML in the land assemblage and will also oversee the lease-up of the buildings.

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Texas-Tower-Houston

HOUSTON — A partnership between two developers, Houston-based Hines and Montreal-based Ivanhoe Cambridge, has topped out Texas Tower, a 47-story office building located in downtown Houston. Designed by Pelli Clarke Pelli, the 1 million-square-foot building is currently 40 percent preleased to tenants such as Hines and law firms Vinson & Elkins LLP and DLA Piper. Amenities will include a fitness center, conference center, tenant lounge, lobby coworking area and rooftop gardens. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter.

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Cortland-Farmers-Market-Dallas

DALLAS — Cortland, an Atlanta-based multifamily developer, has opened Cortland Farmers Market, a $74 million apartment community located at 1011 S. Harwood St. in downtown Dallas. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include on-demand fitness and wellness classes, a 24-hour fitness and yoga studio, private resident bar, resort-style rooftop pool and a dog park. Rents start at approximately $1,500 per month for a one-bedroom unit.

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PORTLAND, TEXAS — Houston-based McLeod Sears is underway on the redevelopment of an 83,000-square-foot former Kmart store in the Gulf Coast city of Portland. Construction will soon begin on pad sites for two tenants — Chick-fil-A and Autozone — that have committed to the new center, which is located near the Port of Corpus Christi. Z Construction is the general contractor for the project.

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WALL TOWNSHIP, N.J. — KeyBank has provided $68.2 million in financing for Glen Oaks Apartments, a 120-unit mixed-income housing project that will be situated on an 11.5-acre site in Wall Township, located near the Jersey Shore. Twenty-four of the units will be reserved for renters earning up to 47.5 percent of the area median income for the ensuing 30-year period, while the remainder will be rented at market rates. Amenities will include a community room, fitness center, laundry room, clubhouse and an outdoor pool. KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) secured a $30 million construction loan on behalf of the developer, The Richman Group Development Corp. of Greenwich, Connecticut. KeyBank’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged a $38.2 million fixed-rate Freddie Mac loan comprising a tax-exempt and taxable forward permanent loan. The New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency will issue the tax-exempt proceeds. Eric Steinberg and Tabare Borbon of KeyBank originated the financing. Completion of the project is slated for May 2022.

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