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MIAMI — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $43 million in construction and acquisition financing for 1 Southside Park, a mixed-use development spanning a full city block in Miami’s Brickell district. The borrower is JDS Development Group, a development firm based in New York City. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Michael Diaz, Michael Ianno, Sean Bastian and Ian Hawk arranged the fixed-rate, interest-only loan through Atalaya Capital. Designed by SHoP Architects, 1 Southside Park will feature a 64-story apartment tower comprising 1,175 units, as well as 190,000 square feet of office space, a 200-room hotel, 10,000 square feet of retail space and 1,400 parking spaces. The project will be located near the Miami-Dade Metrorail Brickell Station as well as The Underline, a newly delivered linear park stretching from Brickell to Dadeland. Landscape architect James Corner Field Operations is working with JDS to integrate 1 Southside Park with The Underline, which was formerly a Metrorail line. The new development will feature 90,000 square feet of wellness-centric amenities such as a fitness center and spa to complement The Underline. JDS plans to break ground in the near future, according to founder and CEO Michael Stern.

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STURTEVANT, WIS. — Ashley Capital has completed the development of the third speculative industrial building at Enterprise Business Park in Sturtevant, about 30 miles south of Milwaukee. Located at 11101 Enterprise Way, the building spans 397,000 square feet and is known as Enterprise III. The Class A facility offers LED lighting, an ESFR sprinkler system, a clear height of 36 feet, cross-dock loading and build-to-suit office space. John Sharpe and Tom Boyle of Lee & Associates, along with Terry McMahon and Cody Ziegler of Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke, will market the property for lease. Existing tenants at Enterprise Business Park include Amazon, Fresenius USA Manufacturing, Andis Co. and Brown West Logistics.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Buffalo-based Reger Holdings will develop EastVillage, a 425-acre mixed-use project that will be located along the Parmer Lane tech corridor in northeast Austin. Both the Austin American-Statesman and Community Impact Newspaper put the value of the project at approximately $1 billion. Current plans call for approximately 800,000 square feet of office space, 300,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, three hotels totaling 390 rooms, 2,000 multifamily units, an active adult community and a 150-acre nature preserve. The centerpiece of the development will be a 1.5-acre village green for outdoor events and gatherings, while a network of trails will also connect the various uses. Nearby employers include Samsung, Dell, Amazon and The Home Depot Technology Center. A construction timeline was not released.  

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SUNNYVALE, TEXAS — Developers Brian Flaherty and Eric Langford, the duo behind the redevelopment of the former Raytheon industrial campus in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Garland, have broken ground on a 643,760-square-foot industrial project in nearby Sunnyvale. The development will consist of two cross-dock buildings with divisibility to 100,000 square feet and 36-foot clear heights that will be built on a speculative basis. Paladin Partners is leasing the project, which is expected to be complete this fall.

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NEW YORK CITY — Knighthead Funding, a direct lender with offices in Connecticut and South Florida, has provided a $42 million construction loan for an 84,746-square-foot medical office building that will be located in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. The borrower was a local partnership doing business as Astoria Crescent Owner LLC. Mount Sinai Health System, which has a hospital across the street, has signed a 30-year lease as the building’s anchor tenant, which brings its preleased occupancy rate to 65 percent. An expected completion date was not disclosed.

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ATLANTIC BEACH, FLA. — The Klotz Group of Cos. and KABR Group are nearing completion for The Reef, a $95 million apartment community underway in Atlantic Beach, one of metro Jacksonville’s beaches. The 456-unit community will span 530,000 square feet across two five-story buildings and a two-story, 13,500-square-foot clubhouse. Rooftop amenities will include a bar, lounge and a resort-style pool. Other amenities will include party patios, a yoga lawn, fitness center, game room, car wash center, dog park and access to nearby Hanna Park. Tierra Linda Development LLC, a subsidiary of Klotz, is the developer of the community and expects to deliver The Reef’s clubhouse in October, with apartments opening in phases afterward. The design team includes architect Dwell Design Studio, civil engineer Connelly & Wicker Inc. and general contractor Live Oak Contracting LLC.

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STAFFORD, VA. — Merritt Properties has purchased 28 acres in Stafford with plans to develop Merritt at Austin Ridge, an industrial campus featuring five light industrial buildings spanning 54,500 to 113,775 square feet each. The Ashburn, Va.-based developer expects to break ground on the project in the third quarter as site plans are still being finalized. The park is expected to offer clear heights from 18 to 32 feet, as well as rear-loaded docks, drive-in capabilities, Interstate 95 visibility and free surface parking. Preleasing is underway, and Merritt expects to deliver the property during the second quarter of 2022. Merritt Construction Services, the construction division of Merritt Cos., will manage the project’s construction. Merritt at Austin Ridge will be the developer’s second spec project in Stafford County, joining Merritt Business Park at Quantico Corporate Center that broke ground in October 2020.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Wendover Housing Partners has broken ground on Hawthorne Park, an affordable seniors housing community in Orlando’s Pine Hills neighborhood. The 120-unit development will replace a former shopping center and become the new anchor for the neighborhood’s town center. Designed for senior residents 55 and older, rents for Hawthorne Park apartments are expected to start at approximately $740 per month for one-bedroom units and $880 per month for two-bedroom units. Hawthorne Park will cost an estimated $27.6 million to develop. Financing includes a $250,000 grant from Orange County, a $317,500 loan from Orange County and $2.3 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) from Florida Housing Finance Corp. Slocum Platts Architects is designing the complex, and Roger B. Kennedy Inc. is the general contractor. Construction is expected to take 11 months to complete, with rental applications starting in June 2021. Hawthorne Park will serve as one of the key projects in the Pine Hills Neighborhood Improvement District — an initiative to revitalize the area and its working-class community of more than 60,000 residents.

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LAS VEGAS — CapRock Partners has completed the acquisition of a 12.9-acre parcel at the junction of South Riley Street and West Hacienda Avenue in Southwest Las Vegas. Additionally, the company has successfully petitioned to rezone of the site to allow for the development of a three-building industrial park. The speculative industrial park will include: A 132,450-square-foot facility with 28-foot clear heights, five grade-level doors and 26 dock-high doors A 75,836-square-foot building with 24-foot clear heights, five grade-level doors and 22 dock-high doors A 21,976-square-foot property with 24-foot clear heights, one grade-level door and two dock-high doors The industrial park will also feature a 180-foot shared truck court, more than 200 parking spaces and ESFR sprinklers. Each building is also divisible down to approximately 10,000-square-foot units. Constructed is slated to begin in early summer, with completion scheduled for early spring 2022. The project team includes Lee & Sakahara as architect, Fulcrum Construction as general contractor and Kimley Horn as civil engineer. Brendan Keating and Amy Ogden of Logic Commercial Real Estate represented the undisclosed seller, while Rob Lujan, Xavier Wasiak and Jason Simon of JLL represented CapRock in the land acquisition. Additionally, JLL is overseeing leasing of the property.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — ATCO Properties & Management and Shorenstein Properties LLC have broken ground on Phase II of Camp North End, which will include retail, office and multifamily spaces, as well as a parking garage. The mixed-used development is located on a former industrial site spanning 76 acres in Charlotte’s Druid Hills South district. S9 Architecture is the designer and BB+M Architecture is the architect of record for Camp North End’s second phase, which will include two office buildings totaling 120,000 square feet, 15,000 to 20,000 square feet of retail space and a multifamily community with a parking garage. ATCO and Shorenstein expect to deliver the second phase of construction in early 2022. Phase I was delivered in summer 2020 and includes 70,000 square feet of office and retail space and four food stalls within the Gama Goat building. Office tenants at the project include solar energy company Pine Gate Renewables, tech firm CloudGenera Inc. and Ally Bank. Retail tenants include restaurant Leah & Louise, bakery Wentworth & Fenn, Free Range Brewing, That’s Novel Books and boutique fitness center bloc. The project team is also in the preliminary planning stages for several other buildings onsite, including the renovation of the …

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