NEW YORK CITY — Bold Charter School will open a 10,000-square-foot learning center at 1093 Southern Blvd. in The Bronx. The school, which will open in time for the 2022-2023 academic year, will have eight classrooms and will be able to support about 240 students in grades K-4. Stephen Powers and Lindsay Ornstein of OPEN Impact Real Estate, along with Tom Hines and Casey Noel of Transwestern, represented Bold Charter School in its site selection and lease negotiations. David Israeli and Joseph Israeli represented the landlord, Meyerson Management LLC, on an internal basis.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Reno, Nev.-based Dermody Properties has signed a lease for a 208,320-square-foot space in LogistiCenterSM at Louisville Airport Building 3. Leasing the space is Fisher & Paykel Healthcare, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of products and systems for use in acute and chronic respiratory care, surgery and the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea. Kevin Grove of CBRE represented Fisher & Paykel Healthcare in the lease transaction, and Tom Sims of CBRE represented Dermody Properties. Beginning this summer, Fisher & Paykel will occupy the entire building to use as a distribution hub. The firm will be relocating jobs from within the region to this new location. The building is situated on 41 acres within the Louisville Renaissance Zone, which is home to many logistics and manufacturing companies including UPS Worldport and Ford Motor Co. The property is located within two miles of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. Across from the property is Dermody’s LogistiCenter at Louisville Airport Building 2, which offers 203,840 square feet of logistics space.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — PBR x Lockhart Smokehouse is opening this year at Bridge Street Town Center, a mixed-use development in Huntsville. The dining concept is a partnership between the Professional Bull Riders (PBR) Cowboy Bar, Lockhart Smokehouse and Live! Concepts. Bayer Properties is the developer for the Bridge Street Town Center. PBR Cowboy Bar’s Country-Western experience will be joined with Lockhart Smokehouse’s Texas barbecue in the dining concept. The location at Bridge Street Town Center will be Lockhart Smokehouse’s first location outside of Texas. PBR x Lockhart Smokehouse will take up 8,121 square feet of space. Bridge Street Town Centre features over 50 tenants including Apple, Athleta, H&M and Sephora. The development recently added The Cheesecake Factory and soon will open Main Event. The property is also home to more than 207,000 square feet of Class A office space that is fully leased, as well as a 232-room Westin hotel, 150-room Element by Westin hotel, 244-unit Seleno apartment complex and a 131-room Hyatt Place Hotel.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Colliers has secured an 11,500-square-foot office lease at 1 Landmark Square in Stamford, located in the southern coastal part of the state. Jeffrey Williams and Hollis Pugh of Colliers represented the tenant, law firm Silver Golub & Teitell LLP, which will occupy the 15th floor of the 299,000-square-foot building, in the lease negotiations. Larry Kwiat of Reckson Associates Realty represented the landlord, SL Green.
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Single-Family/Build-to-Rent: Changing Renter Demographics Fuel Growth
Demand for all forms of housing has been on the rise in recent years, a trend that is expected to continue in 2022. One segment of the market that is attracting significant attention is single-family/build-to-rent (SFR/BTR), as a series of economic and demographic shifts increase the attractiveness of an alternative to traditional apartments. Developers are ramping up activity on thousands of new units, particularly in the high-growth southern U.S. markets. Dozens of projects totaling more than $1.5 billion sold in 2021. Meanwhile, billions of dollars of debt and equity capital continue to move into this increasingly attractive investment class. Northmarq’s National Multifamily 2022 Outlook covers the record-setting momentum that multifamily properties across the United States saw last year and projects what the market may see in 2022. Northmarq’s full report is available here (with further rundowns on factors like the overall economy, rent trends, the investment market and financing climate). Their analysis on the SFR/BTR market below breaks down the trends and opportunities for growth in this burgeoning sector. Reasons for Growth Several factors are prompting the development of SFR/BTR. A primary influence is the changing mix of renters; today’s renters are generally older and more affluent than in the past. These …
DETROIT — LM Manufacturing, a joint venture between automotive suppliers Magna and LAN Manufacturing, has leased 296,000 square feet of manufacturing space in Detroit’s Delray neighborhood. The tenant is leasing space within the former Sakthi Industrial Campus, which Bedrock acquired in September 2020. The campus includes roughly 529,000 square feet of industrial space, 89,000 square feet of office space and 10 acres of developable land. LM Manufacturing’s lease will commence in May.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Kroger (NYSE: KR) will open a 50,000-square-foot distribution center at 8801 N. Interstate 35 Service Road in Oklahoma City. The cross-dock facility, which is expected to come on line later this year and to employ up to 191 full-time associates, will serve as a last-mile, or “spoke,” distribution point for customers within a 200-mile radius. This territory includes Dallas, where Kroger and its partner in rolling out spoke facilities, United Kingdom-based logistics firm Ocado Group, have also launched a 350,000-square-foot fulfillment center.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 9,000-square-foot retail lease at Greenwood Place, an 18,000-square-foot, newly constructed commercial building located near the intersection of State Highway 105 and FM 3083 in Houston. Jason Gaines of NAI Partners represented the landlord, an entity doing business as Greenwood Place LLC, in the lease negotiations. Elena Bakina of Colliers represented the tenant, Action Behavior Center LLC, a provider of mental health services.
FRANKLIN, MASS. — Colliers has negotiated an 81,293-square-foot industrial sublease in Franklin, located southeast of Boston in Norfolk County. Stephen Woelfel, Kevin Brawley, P.J. Foster, John Real and Glenne Bachman of Colliers represented the original tenant, medical device manufacturer Tegra Medical, in the lease negotiations. Tim Lahey, Perry Beal and John Lashar of CBRE represented the sublessee, biopharmaceutical company Lyndra Therapeutics.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT) has announced a slate of new retailers and restaurants at Cherry Hill Mall, located outside of Philadelphia in Southern New Jersey. Upscale seafood concept Eddie V’s will open its first restaurant in the area this fall, while Marc Cain, a women’s apparel brand based in Germany, will join the lineup of soft goods retailers with a March opening. Other upcoming additions to the tenant roster include Warby Parker and Amazon 4-Star.