TORONTO AND MIAMI — Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM) and Elion Partners have announced a $1 billion strategic partnership. The venture will expand Toronto-based Brookfield’s logistics portfolio across core infill markets in the U.S. Through the investment, Brookfield recapitalized Elion Logistics Park 55, a master-planned industrial park in Wilmington, Illinois, approximately 60 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. Located adjacent to the BNSF railway, the property features five Class A, fully leased industrial buildings totaling 4 million square feet. The site offers the potential to develop up to 15 million square feet of additional industrial space. Park Madison Partners acted as advisor for the recapitalization. Brookfield has also committed $80 million to Elion’s latest affiliated value-add fund — Elion Real Estate Fund V — which held its final closing last month, achieving a capitalization of $500 million. A majority of the fund’s portfolio was pre-specified prior to Brookfield’s investment and includes 3.2 million square feet of logistics properties across infill coastal markets in the U.S. “Industrial logistics real estate continues to experience positive momentum and now is the logical time to seek long-term capital,” says Juan DeAngulo, managing partner at Miami-based Elion. “This partnership structure and Brookfield’s support will enable Elion …
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FARGO, N.D. — Amazon has opened its first fulfillment center in the state of North Dakota. The more than 1 million-square-foot facility opened on Sunday, Sept. 19 in Fargo and is expected to create more than 1,000 full-time jobs. Associates pick, pack and ship bulky or large-sized items such as patio furniture, outdoor equipment and rugs. Amazon also operates a delivery station in West Fargo.
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Architect Antunovich Associates and developer Hines have revealed the amenity renderings for One Oak Brook Commons, a 17-story luxury apartment building in Oak Brook. Amenities will include a pool deck, fitness center, library, rooftop, social lounge and sports simulator. The 250 units will range in size from studios to three-bedroom penthouses. Pre-leasing is slated to begin later this year with first move-ins anticipated in January 2022. Monthly rents for one-bedrooms will start at $2,395. Luxury Living Chicago Realty is completing marketing and leasing for the property, which is part of the larger Oak Brook Commons, a mixed-use development with restaurants, retail, creative office space and a new park entitled The Pitch.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — TGS Cedar Port Partners, a division of Trans-Global Solutions Inc., has broken ground on a 1.2 million-square-foot speculative industrial project within Cedar Port Industrial Park, a 15,000-acre master-planned development located near Port Houston in Baytown. Building features will include 40-foot clear heights, oversized truck courts, an ESFR sprinkler system and more than 1,000 trailer parking stalls and 1,500 car parking spaces. In addition, the property will offer office space that can be built to suit tenants’ specific needs. Powers Brown Architecture is designing the project, and E.E. Reed Construction is serving as the general contractor. Bank of Texas provided construction financing, and NAI Partners is the leasing agent. Completion is slated for the second quarter of next year.
BRIGHTON, COLO. — CP Capital US has partnered with Greystar to develop Brighton Park, a multifamily property located at the intersection of Longs Peak Street and North 42nd Avenue in Brighton, a northeast suburb of Denver. Situated on 13 acres, the three-story, garden-style property will feature 288 apartments with stainless steel appliances and stone-surface countertops. Community amenities will include a fitness center, resort-style swimming pool, dog park, detached garages and surface parking spots. Groundbreaking is slated for the fourth quarter of 2021, with the first units scheduled for delivery in early 2023. Total build out is scheduled for the second quarter of 2023. CP Capital, formerly known as HQ Capital Real Estate, has partnered with Greystar on four development projects, with the most recently projects being The Gabriel in North Pomona, Calif., and Monty in North Charleston, S.C.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Brinshore Development will build Trinity Grove, a 192-unit mixed-income community in Beaumont. Brinshore will develop the 195,000-square-foot property in partnership with the City of Beaumont Housing Authority. About half the units will be reserved for applicants earning 80 percent of the area median income or below, while the remaining 49 percent of the units will have no income restrictions. Units will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities will include a children’s play area, fitness center, outdoor gathering and grilling stations and a computer learning center. JHP Architecture is serving as project architect, and Cadence McShane is the general contractor. Completion is slated for fall 2022.
BAY SHORE, N.Y. — JLL has arranged $113 million in construction financing and $55 million in joint venture equity for the capitalization of a 418-unit multifamily project in the Long Island community of Bay Shore. The property, which will be built in two phases, will consist of 334 market-rate apartments and 84 workforce housing units, as well as 1,650 square feet of retail space. Amenities will include a pool, outdoor grilling stations, a business center and coworking lounge, fitness center, clubrooms, game room and pet washing station. Andrew Scandalios, Rob Hinckley, Jeffrey Julien and Nicco Lupo of JLL arranged the joint venture equity with institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management on behalf of the developer, TRITEC Real Estate Co. Michael Gigliotti, Geoff Goldstein, Kelly Gaines and Jackie Ferrer of JLL sourced the four-year, floating-rate construction loan through Truist Financial Corp. and Santander Bank.
NEWTON, MASS. — MassHousing has provided $23.5 million in financing for the expansion of Golda Meir House in the western Boston suburb of Newton. The project will expand the existing 199-unit affordable seniors housing property, adding 68 new apartment homes that will be reserved for renters at various income levels that fall below the area median income. The capital stack includes $17 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity allocated by the Massachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development, as well as various other subsidies. The borrower and developer is 2Life Communities. Prellwitz Chilinski Associates is the project architect, and Colantonio Inc. is the general contractor. Construction is expected to be complete in spring 2023. Golda Meir House was originally built between 1978 and 1995 and was renovated in 2018.
SAN FRANCISCO — A joint venture between Hines and the National Pension Service of Korea (NPS) has acquired the historic Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) campus in the South Financial District of downtown San Francisco. The purchase price was $800 million, according to The Wall Street Journal. The buyers plan to completely reimagine the campus with a $2.5 billion redevelopment project. The first of two office projects will consist of the restoration and renovation of a 600,000-square-foot office complex dating back to the early 1900s. Hines plans to retain the historic architecture of the building façade and the original lobby. The building systems and technological capabilities will be upgraded in order to achieve the modern functionality of a Class A property. Secondly, 77 Beale is an existing 1 million-square-foot, 34-story tower that will be repositioned and renamed 200 Mission. The building will receive new systems and aesthetics. Architectural firm Pickard Chilton is leading the design. Lastly, Hines plans to develop 50 Main, a new apartment complex with more than 600 units. A timeline for construction was not released. Upon completion, the PG&E campus will represent the largest deal along Market Street in San Francisco over the last 10 years, …
RALEIGH, N.C. — Capital Square plans to develop a 20-story multifamily tower at 320 W. South St. in Raleigh’s Warehouse District. The 297-unit development is slated for completion by June 2024. Capital Square plans to break ground on the approximately $121 million project in April 2022. The development will offer studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The apartment community will also feature 8,384 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, as well as an adjacent, standalone parking tower with 437 parking spaces. Community amenities will include a swimming pool, rooftop lounge, coworking space and a fitness center. The property is situated at the intersection of the Boylan Heights neighborhood, Dorothea Dix Park and downtown Raleigh. The apartment community will be close to the RedHat Amphitheater and Raleigh Convention Center and will be situated adjacent to U.S. Highway 70. CSRA Opportunity Zone Fund VI, Capital Square’s project-specific fund seeking to raise $48.5 million from accredited investors and a minimum investment of $100,000, will provide part of the financing for the project.