CHICAGO — IDI Logistics has purchased an 11.7-acre land site located at 3700 S. Morgan St. in Chicago’s Stockyards Industrial Park. The purchase price was undisclosed. IDI plans to build a 178,000-square-foot industrial facility on the site with parking for 212 cars. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2022. The site provides convenient access to I-55, I-290 and I-90, and is within four miles of the BNSF Intermodal. Matthew Stauber, Evan Djikas, Tom Rodeno and Patrick Turner of Colliers International represented the seller, Joslyn Manufacturing Co., which is a subsidiary of Danaher Corp. IDI has retained Colliers to market the new development for lease.
WESTBURY, N.Y. — Empire Adventure Park, an entertainment concept that features trampolines, climbing walls, ropes and obstacle course and augmented reality games, will open a 35,572-square-foot center in the Long Island village of Westbury. The center will be situated within Samanea New York, a new, 750,000-square-foot shopping, dining and entertainment destination. The lease with Empire Adventure Park brings the property’s occupancy to 60 percent. Empire Adventure Park joins a tenant roster at Samanea New York that includes Dave & Buster’s, The Cheesecake Factory, Bloomingdale’s Furniture Outlet and 99 Ranch Supermarket. Dominic Coluccio represented the landlord, Lesso Mall Development, in the lease negotiations on an internal basis along with Colliers International brokers Matthew Kucker and Jordan Barch. Construction of the Empire Adventure Park center is scheduled to begin in January, with a target opening date of late 2022.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke Energy will open its new corporate headquarters at Duke Energy Plaza, a 40-floor office tower currently under construction in Uptown Charlotte. Formerly known as Metro Tower, Duke Energy Plaza will house approximately 4,400 employees. Childress Klein Properties is the developer of Duke Energy Plaza, which will have 25,000 square feet of retail square footage and seven levels of above-ground parking totaling 1,100 spaces. Construction on the new Duke Energy Plaza is on schedule to be completed by the end of 2022 with interior work extending into 2023. Approximately 1,000 craftsman and trade workers will be employed during the three-year construction period. Duke Energy plans to exit its Charlotte offices, including Duke Energy Center located at 550 South Tryon St. and Piedmont Town Center in South Park. Once the new tower is complete, the company plans to sell its 526 Church St. and 401 College St. facilities and exit the 400 South Tryon St. facility. The plan is to consolidate the spaces the company occupies in the Charlotte area from approximately 2.5 million square feet to approximately 1 million square feet. The company expects this decision will result in $85 million to $90 million in savings over …
MIAMI — Developers 13th Floor Investments and Adler Group have opened leasing for CORE Link at Douglas, a new 312-unit residential tower underway in Miami. Slated to open in August at 3060 SW 37th Ave., CORE will become the first tower to open at Link at Douglas, a seven-acre mixed-use development located adjacent to Miami’s Metrorail and The Underline linear park. Global investment manager Barings is a partner on the project. Located along US-1 and Douglas Road, CORE is situated between Coral Gables and Coconut Grove. The property is less than two miles away from the University of Miami. The 22-story residential building will feature studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Leasing rates will start at $1,690 for studios, $2,090 for one-bedrooms and $2,790 for two-bedrooms. Community amenities will include a rooftop pool deck, poolside grilling and private cabanas, as well as a fitness center with a yoga studio, business center and media room. A social lounge will come complete with billiards, shuffleboard, ping pong and a furnished seating area centered around a fireplace. Other amenities will include secured package room, bike storage and Wi-Fi in all common areas. Apartments will feature private balconies, floor-to-ceiling windows, granite countertops, modern kitchen hardware …
MESQUITE, TEXAS — The City Council of Mesquite, located east of Dallas, has passed a resolution to approve terms and conditions for the development of a $60 million industrial project that will be known as Mesquite 635. A partnership between Phoenix-based investment and development firm Creation Equity and a fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital is developing the 555,000-square-foot project. Mesquite 635 will be situated about 11 miles east of Dallas at the southeast corner of Interstate 35 and U.S. Highway 80 and will consist of two rear-load buildings and one front-load building. LGE Design Group and its affiliate, LGE Design Build, are respectively serving as the architect and general contractor for the project. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter and to be complete by late 2022/early 2023.
MENIFEE, CALIF. — Newport Beach, Calif.-based Jupiter Holdings has released plans for Scott Road Commerce Center, an industrial center located at 33380 Zeiders Road in Menifee. Totaling 702,147 square feet on 40.5 acres, Scott Road Commerce Center will include one existing, fully leased industrial building and four to-be-constructed buildings. The first phase of construction includes buildings one and two, with an estimated groundbreaking on building two in August 2021 for completion in mid-2022. The second phase will include buildings three, four and five with a tentative groundbreaking in early 2022 and completion slated for year-end 2022. The completed complex will offer buildings ranging from 73,000 square feet to 230,000 square feet. Tucker Hohenstein, Steve Bellitti and Joey Jones of Colliers International, in partnership with Gordon Mize of Lee & Associates, will handle marketing efforts for the development.
SAN DIEGO — San Diego-based Cisterra Development is developing Radian, a planned 255,000-square-foot retail and residential high-rise tower in the Ballpark District of San Diego’s East Village neighborhood. Located along G Street between 9th and 10th avenues, the 22-story tower will feature 241 apartments and ground-floor retail space, which a 36,000-square-foot Target will occupy. Residential amenities will include an indoor/outdoor fitness center, game room, event/dining room, business center/lounge, dog park/wash, outdoor theater and a rooftop pool/hot tub area with views of Petco Park, the Pacific Ocean, San Diego Bay and Coronado. Project partners include San Diego-based Carrier Johnston + CULTURE as building architect, Gensler for interior design and Swinerton as the general contractor. ACORE Capital provided construction financing, which CBRE procured, while Berkadia arranged a private family office as a joint-venture partner. The Koman Group and Wermers Properties are also joint-venture partners on the project.
CHICAGO — Detroit-based City Club Apartments has opened Phase II of the MDA building in downtown Chicago’s Loop District. Phase II is a seven-story building with 81 units. The project is the first of two new developments opening in the next 18 months that are part of City Club’s “apartment hotel” strategy, whereby residents are able to choose between short- and long-term leases. Amenities include a rooftop sky park with a pool, outdoor theater, grill station and lounge seating. The second floor houses an entertainment and conference room that connects to Phase I via a sixth-floor skybridge. Residents have access to amenities at both buildings, including the onsite restaurant Elephant & Castle, a fitness center, Zen garden, bicycle room, bark park and business center. The 23-story Phase I features 190 units. That building dates back to 1927 and was redeveloped into apartments in 2006. Monthly rents start around $1,500 for studios.
LIBERTY, MO. — BCB Development is building a 167,000-square-foot cold storage facility in Liberty, a suburb of Kansas City. The Class A property will be located in the Heartland Meadows Industrial Park. Construction is set to begin in July and wrap up in the second quarter of 2022. Plans call for a fully insulated building and specialized floor slabs to maintain refrigeration and freezer temperatures. John Stafford, Chris Cummins and Turner Wisehart of Colliers International will market the project for lease. The facility will be the first cold storage building in the Kansas City market, according to Colliers.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based lender CIT Group Inc. has provided a $35.7 million construction loan for a 17-story mixed-income project located in the Clinton Hill area of Brooklyn. Designed by DXA Studio, the property will total 138 units in one- and two-bedroom floor plans with private balconies or yards, about 40 of which will be designated as affordable housing. Communal amenities will include a dog run, fitness center, business center and a recreational lounge. The borrower, Quinlan Development Group, expects to complete the project in early 2023. Specific information on income restrictions was not disclosed.