Development

MUNDELEIN, ILL. — Bridge Industrial has acquired land at 290 Townline Road in Mundelein, a northern suburb of Chicago. The developer plans to build Bridge Point Mundelein, a 320,196-square-foot speculative industrial project. Plans call for 271 car parking stalls, 101 trailer parking stalls, two drive-in doors and a clear height of 36 feet. Located in the Lake County submarket, the infill project offers direct access to the four-way intersection at I-94 and Route 60. Construction is scheduled to begin immediately with completion slated for the third quarter of 2022. Whit Heitman, Sam Badger and Jared Paff of CBRE brokered the land sale.

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NORTH AURORA, ILL. — A joint venture between PCCP and Transwestern Development Co. is building a 173,400-square-foot speculative industrial facility in North Aurora along the I-88 corridor. Construction is scheduled to begin in October with completion slated for the second quarter of 2022. Situated on nine acres at 950 Ice Cream Drive, the Class A building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 42 trailer parking stalls, car parking and exterior docks. Transwestern Development currently has 34 industrial projects totaling 18.4 million square feet under construction or in pre-development stages nationwide.

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GLEN RIDGE, N.J. — JMF Properties has begun leasing Clarus Glen Ridge, a 110-unit apartment complex in Glen Ridge, located in Northern New Jersey’s Essex County. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, theater room, parlor with a wet bar, business center, dog park and storage lockers. Rents start at roughly $2,600 per month for a one-bedroom unit. Construction began in May 2019.

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Horseshoe at Hub RTP

DURHAM, N.C. — White Point Partners has unveiled plans for a 125,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Durham called Horseshoe at Hub RTP. The name of the development emphasizes the layout of the project, with the buildings’ focus on the central plaza. Sitework at Hub RTP is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2022, while the $50 million Horseshoe mixed-use project is expected to be complete in the third quarter of 2023. Horseshoe will be at the center of Hub RTP, a two-phase, 100-acre development that the Research Triangle Foundation is master developing within Research Triangle Park. Horseshoe, being built in Phase I of Hub RTP, will feature approximately 25,000 square feet of retail space surrounding an outdoor plaza. The master plan for Hub RTP will deliver up to 1 million square feet of Class A office space, 200,000 square feet of lab and office space, 75,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, up to two hotels and 800 residential units. Horseshoe is situated between Highway 54 and Interstate 40 directly off the Davis Drive exit. The property has 16 acres of greenspace with streamside trails and boardwalks, including a splash fountain and event lawn adjacent to Horseshoe. CBRE …

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HOUSTON — National Property Holdings is nearing completion of Republic Business Center, a 157-acre industrial project located at 11333 N. Gessner Road in northwest Houston. The locally based developer has signed two Forbes 100 tenants to occupy the entirety of the property: The Home Depot has committed to 657,600 square feet, and Amazon has committed to 141,360 square feet. The opening of these two new facilities is expected to bring about 1,000 new jobs to the region. Robert Alinger of Colliers International represented the landlord in both sets of lease negotiations.

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Abode

RALEIGH, N.C. — PCCP LLC, in a joint venture with Abode Communities LLC, plans to develop three build-to-rent (BTR) communities near downtown Raleigh totaling 73 detached homes. The three infill communities will include a mix of single-family homes and townhomes, complete with a variety of neighborhood amenities. The three properties will be located within a half-mile from Raleigh’s central business district. The joint venture closed on its first site, Abode at Hargett, in August of this year. The two companies expect to acquire the remaining two sites — Abode at Courtland in Raleigh’s Mordecai District and Abode at North State in the city’s historic Oakwood district — by the beginning of 2022. Abode Communities is an operator of BTR and SFR communities and is based in Raleigh. PCCP is a real estate finance and investment management firm based in Los Angeles.

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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Woda Cooper Cos. Inc. has opened an $11 million affordable housing project named Seven45 Stocking Apartments at 745 Stocking Ave. in Grand Rapids. Residents must earn between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income to qualify for the development. The 50-unit property includes three first-floor units that offer an office suite or retail storefront for residents to utilize for their work. Those spaces were leased to three entrepreneurs, including one resident that operates a beauty bar and two others that work in digital marketing and business services. Amenities include a playground, fitness center, community room and laundry facilities. There are five units with features for those with disabilities. The Michigan State Housing Development Authority provided affordable housing tax credits to support financing for the project. Affordable housing investor CREA provided equity financing. Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust provided the first mortgage and Wells Fargo provided a construction loan. PCI Design Group was the project architect and Sol Consulting + Design served as sustainability consultant. Woda Cooper’s construction division served as the general contractor and the company’s management division will oversee leasing and day-to-day operations.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA. — JBG Smith (NYSE: JBGS), a Maryland-based developer and REIT, has broken ground on the first building within the $1 billion Virginia Tech Innovation Campus at the university’s satellite campus in the Washington, D.C. area. The development is located about 275 miles from Virginia Tech’s main campus in Blacksburg. The 300,000-square-foot building will be situated on a 3.5-acre site within the Potomac Yard development. Construction of the first building is scheduled to be complete in advance of the fall 2024 academic semester. Plans for the campus call for the construction of two more academic buildings spanning 150,000 square feet each. When completed, the new academic building will provide instruction, research, office and support spaces for graduate-level programs in computer science and computer engineering, as well as other select programs. The building will also house experiential learning spaces, including flexible multipurpose areas and research and testing labs. Sasaki and SmithGroup led the design of the academic structure. JBG Smith is the master developer of the Innovation Campus and will also serve as the property manager and leasing agent for subsequent commercial and residential buildings within Potomac Yard. “This is a vibrant district, anchored by a new Virginia Tech campus, …

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Valentine 85 Logistics

PENDERGRASS, GA. — Seefried Industrial Properties has broken ground on Valentine 85 Logistics Center Building 2, an 800,590-square-foot speculative industrial building within Valentine Farms in Pendergrass. Located at 500 Valentine Industrial Parkway about 58.5 miles north of Atlanta, the Valentine 85 Logistics Center Building 2 is situated off Interstate 85 between two interchanges at GA Highways 82 and 11, which offers direct access to the building. FCL Builders is the general contractor of the modern bulk distribution center that will feature 40-foot clear heights, 134 trailer spaces expandable to 197, 336 car parking spaces, 153 dock doors and four drive-in doors. The building is slated to open for occupancy in September 2022. Seefried completed Phase I of Valentine 85 Logistics Center, which included an approximately 1 million-square-foot spec building, in August 2018. Hillwood Investment Properties purchased the building in 2018 for an undisclosed price. Doug Smith and Joseph Kriss of Seefried, as well as Scott Plomgren and Harrison Marsteller of Colliers International, will lead marketing efforts of Valentine 85 Logistics Center Building 2.

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TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. — Woda Cooper Cos. Inc. has broken ground on Ruth Park, a $14.3 million affordable housing project in downtown Traverse City. The property will provide 58 units for singles, families and seniors who earn 30 to 80 percent of the area median income. Amenities include two community rooms, a fourth-floor outdoor terrace, fitness room, playground and laundry. There are six units with features for those with disabilities. The Michigan State Housing Development Authority provided affordable housing tax credits to support financing for the new development. Affordable housing investor Marble Cliff Capital is providing equity financing and Bellwether Enterprise is providing the first mortgage. Traverse City-based Independent Bank contributed a construction loan. The project team includes architect PCI Design Group, civil engineer Mansfield Land Use Consultants and sustainability consultant Sol Consulting + Design. Woda Cooper’s construction division is the general contractor and the company’s management division will oversee leasing and day-to-day operations. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.

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