ST. PETERS, MO. — Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant has purchased a nearly two-acre site at The Shoppes of Mid Rivers in St. Peters, a northwest suburb of St. Louis. Construction is scheduled to begin immediately on the 10,000-square-foot restaurant and bar with a planned opening for next spring. This will be the third Missouri location for Downers Grove, Ill.-based Cooper’s Hawk. GBT Realty Corp. owns The Shoppes of Mid Rivers, which was completed in 2019. The 270,000-square-foot shopping center is now 95 percent leased to tenants such as Burlington, Academy Sports, HomeGoods, Marshalls, Ross Dress for Less, Ulta Beauty, Five Below, Outback Steakhouse and Pappy’s Smokehouse. Also joining the tenant roster is Gulf Shores Restaurant & Grill, a casual seafood restaurant that is currently under construction.
WILLIS, TEXAS — Texas-based investment and development firm Fidelis has begun construction on The Market at Willis, a 69.7-acre mixed-use project in Willis, located about 50 miles north of Houston. Construction of Phase I will consist of a 200,000-square-foot shopping center that will be anchored by regional grocer H-E-B. Construction of Phase II, which is scheduled to begin in the third quarter of next year, will add more retail and restaurant space and a 250-unit multifamily community. Phase I is expected to open some time in 2022.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based construction firm Omnibuild has reached the midpoint of construction of a 38-story hospitality project at 150 W. 48th St. in Midtown Manhattan that will house three hotels. The Hampton Inn, Home 2 Suites and Motto Hotel will offer a total of 1,046 rooms across the three brands. Additional features will include two ground-floor lobbies with entrances, retail space, a café and restaurant, rooftop bar and two gyms. Sam Chang of The McSam Hotel Group is developing the project, and Gene Kaufman Architects PC is designing it. Completion is slated for next fall.
PHILADELPHIA — Pacific Western Bank has funded a $30 million construction loan for a 142-unit multifamily development in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, wellness room, resident lounge, game room and private workspaces. The property will also house 10,450 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Gregg Wallace of AMA Financial placed the debt on behalf of the developer, a joint venture between Philadelphia-based Method Co. and Cimbra Partners. Completion is slated for the middle of 2023.
YONKERS, N.Y. — ACRES Capital has provided a $31.5 million construction loan for a 126-unit multifamily project located at 56 Prospect St. in Yonkers, a northern suburb of New York City. Units will feature modern appliance packages, high-end finishes and private balconies in select units, and amenities will include a rooftop terrace, courtyard and 130 parking spaces. Completion is slated for July 2023. Marty Reasoner of ACRES Capital provided the 30-month loan, and Andrew Milbank of Berko & Associates arranged the debt. The borrower was Melville, N.Y.-based Regency Apartment Ventures.
SAN DIEGO — Sterling Bay West and Harrison Street have agreed to acquire an office and life sciences portfolio in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa submarket. City Office REIT is selling the assets for an undisclosed price. Located at 10390-10445 Pacific Center Court, 5910 Pacific Center Blvd. and 9985 Pacific Heights, the portfolio comprises four life sciences lab buildings, an empty building ready for speculative office/lab space, two office buildings totaling 420,229 square feet and five acres of excess land. The buyers plan to develop up to 1.1 million square feet of ground-up, Class A life sciences campus facilities on the site. Construction is slated to begin in 2023 and will be completed in phases.
LENEXA, KAN. — Hunt Midwest has completed its fifth StorTropolis self-storage facility in the Kansas City area. The 110,670-square-foot facility is located in Lenexa and includes 760 climate-controlled units. Situated at 19585 W. 102nd St., the three-story property features drive-thru access to fully enclosed loading areas and elevators. The largest units can accommodate RV storage. Strickland Construction, a Kansas City-based construction company specializing in storage complexes, served as general contractor. Storage Asset Management, a privately owned, third-party management company specializing in self-storage, operates the facility. Hunt Midwest launched its StorTropolis brand in 2018.
ST. LOUIS PARK, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has completed a $31.4 million renovation and expansion of St. Louis Park Middle School in the western Minneapolis suburb of St. Louis Park. The scope of the project, designed by Cuningham Group Architecture, features 46,243 square feet of additions and 44,732 square feet of renovations. The project includes a new auditorium with front offices for senior staff, a remodeled kitchen, new cafeteria, new classrooms, new gathering spaces, a second-floor hallway and a remodeled media center. St. Louis Park Middle School is one of the dozens of educational construction projects undertaken by Kraus-Anderson this summer.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based construction firm Eastman Cooke & Associates has completed an adaptive reuse project that converted a warehouse at 438 W. 51st St. into an ambulatory surgery center for Sovereign Medical Group. The five-story building was originally constructed in 1905. Designed by Stonehill Taylor, the project entailed a three-story roof extension, upgrades of vital operating systems and a complete installation of infrastructure systems. The development team also worked to preserve the façade and marry the cast iron beams supporting the building with structural steel. The new medical facility features examination and diagnostic areas, four operating rooms and pre- and post-surgical rooms.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Stratus Properties Inc. (NASDAQ: STRS) has acquired land near the Texas State Capitol in downtown Austin with plans to develop Block 150, a 300-unit luxury apartment tower. Rising 400 feet at the corner of 12th and San Antonio streets, the project will span 420,000 gross square feet and include ground-floor retail space. Development costs are estimated at $185 million, according to the Austin American-Statesman. The scope of the project includes the historic A.O. Watson house, which will be renovated and expanded to offer resident amenities such as a restaurant, pool and garden. Built in 1894, the house was the personal residence of architect Arthur Osborn Watson. Construction on Block 150 is expected to begin in early 2023 with completion slated for mid-2025. Stratus Block 150 LP, a Texas limited partnership, will own the development. Financing for the land purchase and predevelopment is in place and includes a land acquisition loan in the amount of $14 million. The remaining predevelopment costs will be funded by approximately $21 million in equity contributed to the limited partnership by Stratus and private equity investors. Stratus will receive 25 percent of the limited partnership’s equity, in exchange for development costs to date …