MOORESTOWN, N.J. — Acts Retirement-Life Communities has begun a $10 million renovation and expansion project at The Evergreens, a senior living community in Moorestown, a suburb of Philadelphia. The renovations feature new construction and upgrades to existing common areas throughout the property, which is home to approximately 216 residents. The project is scheduled to take approximately two years to complete. The Evergreens’ 32-acre campus includes 200 independent living apartment homes, an onsite healthcare center with 66 assisted living suites and a 34-bed skilled nursing center.
INDEPENDENCE, MO. — A Block & Co. Inc. Realtors investment group has repurposed a former FedEx facility in Independence into multi-tenant retail space. Block acquired the 8,385-square-foot property, located at 3721 Noland Road, in March 2020. It now features four tenant spaces, three of which have been leased to Little Caesars, Cricket Wireless and Grassroots Dispensary. The project also included the construction of a new parking lot and building façade. Phil Peck and Marshal Blount of Block led the investment group.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jamestown, an Atlanta-based developer and owner of adaptive mixed-use developments around the world, has partnered with Southeast real estate developers William Cogswell and Jay Weaver to redevelop the 45-acre North Charleston Navy Yard. Decommissioned in 1996 but still home to dozens of companies, the waterfront campus will be reimagined into a 1.2 million-square-foot mixed-use neighborhood called Navy Yard Charleston. The project will add new office space, residences, shopping and dining to the nearby Park Circle neighborhood, as well as new green spaces, a concert hall and an outdoor events venue. The development team expects to break ground and begin renovations this year. No other construction timelines or associated costs were disclosed. While Navy Yard Charleston will go through extensive renovations, the team has made a commitment to preserve the area’s architectural detail and history, and bring new amenities to the community. The team also plans to establish a neighborhood employment program, which will reserve project-specific positions for local residents who live within the neighborhood and include a training program to help job seekers enhance their skills. Beginning its operation as a working dry dock in 1901, the Navy Yard maintained a naval presence on the North …
SANTA ROSA, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged financing for development of The Lodge at Piner Road, a 92-unit seniors housing community. Blue Mountain Enterprises and Calson Management are developing the property, located in Santa Rosa, part of Sonoma County. Although the amount of the financing was undisclosed, it represents a 75 percent loan-to-cost ratio. A private lender provided the funds. The Class A property will total 37,762 square feet and consist of 66 assisted living units and 26 private memory care units. The property is adjacent to both a local bus stop and a Sonoma-Marin Rail Transit (SMART) station, which was recently completed in 2017, to allow connectivity to both Santa Rosa and San Francisco. Bercut Smith led the JLL Capital Markets team in the financing.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Marsh Properties and Aston Properties are co-developing 2825 South, a Class A office building in Charlotte’s South End. The development is expected to break ground in September. 2825 South will be a six-story building located on South Boulevard at Elmhurst and Marsh roads. The property will total 138,780 square feet with 20,440 square feet of ground-level retail and four floors of office space atop a parking deck. Aston Properties will occupy 8,000 square feet of office space in 2825 South. The project’s general contractor, Samet Corp., plans to occupy 12,000 square feet. There is currently 77,000 square feet of office space available for lease. Designed by LS3P, 2825 South will include touchless automatic building entry doors, large main and elevator lobby suited for social distancing, UV CleanAir elevator air sanitization and filtration system and touchless restroom doors and fixtures, as well as advanced HVAC and air filtration systems. Aston Properties will handle leasing duties.
FRISCO, TEXAS — General contractor Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP Construction) has reached the midpoint of the development of PGA of America’s 106,622-square-foot headquarters building in Frisco. The building will be situated on a 6.2-acre tract within the new 660-acre campus, which will also include two new championship golf courses, a 500-room Omni PGA Frisco Resort and a golf entertainment district. Approximately 150 employees will work in the four-story headquarters building, which is scheduled to be fully complete in the first quarter of 2022. PGA of America originally announced its relocation from South Florida to Frisco in December 2018. At the time, the organization projected an initial investment of $500 million in the local economy, a figure that is anticipated to grow to $2.5 billion over the next 15 to 20 years.
PHILADELPHIA — American Real Estate Partners (AREP) has completed the $15 million renovation of 1600 Market Street, a 39-story, 825,968-square-foot office tower in Philadelphia’s Center City neighborhood. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1980 and initially renovated in 1997. The project included a number of health and wellness upgrades, such as elevating exterior air settings to maximize HVAC exchanges of fresh air, using MERV 13 air filters throughout and installing ultraviolet light and ion technology air purifiers in elevators. AREP originally acquired the asset in 2018 and began this renovation project in December 2019.
PLAINVIEW, N.Y. — Capitol Seniors Housing has opened The Residences at Plainview, a 114-unit independent living community in the Long Island hamlet of Plainview. Chelsea Senior Living operates the 150,000-square-foot community, the site of which formerly housed a Residence Inn by Marriott hotel prior to its conversion to seniors housing. Meyer Senior Living Studio was the designer for the project, while E.W. Howell Construction Group was the general contractor.
NEW YORK CITY — Progress Capital has arranged a $15 million acquisition loan for a development site located at 124-132 E. 125th St. in Harlem. The site is situated near public transit outlets and several recreational areas such as McNair Park, Alice Kornegay Triangle and Harlem Art Park. The borrower, locally based developer Maddd Equities, plans to construct a building of an undisclosed size that will feature retail and other types of commercial space. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital arranged the loan, terms of which included two years of interest-only payments, through Metropolitan Bank.
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between locally based REIT Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) and the Pennsylvania Biotechnology Center (PABC) will develop a 50,000-square-foot life sciences project in Philadelphia. The property will be located adjacent to Brandywine’s Schuylkill Yards mixed-use development in the University City area. Construction is scheduled to begin immediately and to be complete in the fourth quarter.