ST. LOUIS — Kwame Building Group Inc. has completed a $1.1 million expansion of Maryville University’s student fitness center in St. Louis. The John E. and Adaline Simon Athletic Center consists of 3,100 square feet of workout space and 4,260 square feet of athletic staff offices, which were relocated and renovated. The renovation also included the addition of a high-tech conference room for video viewing. ACI Boland provided architectural design services.
ST. LOUIS — HOK has designed a 17,000-square-foot office space for Square Inc. at the @4240 building in the Cortex Innovation Community in St. Louis. HOK and developer Wexford Science & Technology LLC previously renovated the LEED-certified building that once housed a 1940s phone factory. The new space features 16-foot ceilings, skylights, activity spaces, meeting and phone nooks, adjustable desks, acoustic panels and a micro kitchen that can accommodate various company functions. Artisan Building Co. served as the general contractor. San Francisco-based Square is a financial services and mobile payment company.
CREVE COEUR, MO. — CBRE Group Inc. has arranged three new office leases at the former SSM building in Creve Coeur, a western suburb of St. Louis. The 42,000-square-foot building had been vacant for the previous two years, but is now 95 percent leased. All but 2,100 square feet is occupied. Midwest Geriatric Management leased 15,064 square feet, Argos Family Office LLC inked a deal for 14,854 square feet and Koven Technology will occupy 9,774 square feet. Argos Family Office will be the first tenant to move into its space in May, followed by Koven Technology in June and Midwest Geriatric Management in July. DCM Management Company LLC manages the property, located at 477 N. Lindbergh Blvd. The undisclosed owner plans to upgrade the common areas, lobby and restrooms, as well as, add a fitness center and coffee bar. The building was initially constructed as the headquarters for SSM Healthcare in 1991. SSM occupied the entire building until 2013. Artie Kerckhoff of CBRE represented the landlord in the transaction.
COLUMBIA, MO. — A partnership between CA Student Living and Fields Holdings has broken ground on Rise on 9th near the University of Missouri campus in Columbia. The 10-story, 430-bed project is the sixth development by the partnership. Brinkmann Constructors is building Rise on 9th, which was designed by ACI Boland. The project is scheduled to be completed in time for the fall 2017 academic semester.
ST. LOUIS, MO., BELLEVILLE, AND O’FALLON ILL. — Love Funding has arranged two loans totaling $7.4 million to refinance three apartment properties in Missouri and Illinois. In the first transaction, Kevin Kloster refinanced Mississippi Lofts, a 36-unit community in St. Louis. The apartment building is a fully rehabilitated former shoe factory. The second loan was used to refinance Bradford Place, a 68-unit garden-style complex in Belleville and Ansley Oaks a 69-unit garden-style community in O’Fallon. Fedcar LLP was the borrower. Harry Cheatham and Brian Robertson of Love Funding arranged the financing through HUD’s 223(f) program.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Real Estate Equities Development, a Minnesota-based development and management firm, has announced plans for The Village Cooperative of Verona Hills, a 63-unit seniors housing cooperative in Kansas City. Cooperatives are a type of active adult community that allows residents to share the costs of common amenities. The three-story community is age restricted for residents 62 and older. The amenities include a community room with kitchen, guest suite, club room, reading areas, outdoor gardening beds, workshop, fitness center, an on-site manager and heated underground parking. Units range from 876 to 1,602 square feet.
O’FALLON, MO. — Baceline Investments LLC has acquired a 36,455-square-foot neighborhood retail center in O’Fallon, a west suburb of St. Louis, for $3.3 million. The Four Seasons Shopping Center, located at 2421-2509 Highway K, was 100 percent leased at the time of sale. The property was built in 1996 and renovated in 2012. The seller in the transaction was undisclosed.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Cain Brothers has arranged $51.8 million in bond financing for Kingswood Senior Living Community, a continuing care retirement community in Kansas City. The bonds will fund the repositioning of the community, which Life Care Services operates. The campus was built in 1982. LCS Development has formulated a turnaround plan that includes converting the obsolete independent living units to new assisted living and memory care units. Renovations will also be performed throughout the remaining units, common areas and amenities. In addition to the 35-year, non-rated, fixed-rate bonds, Cain Brothers arranged $2 million of mezzanine financing to execute the development plan.
ST. CHARLES, MO. — Cullinan Properties will construct a 180-room Drury Inn and Suites hotel, which will be part of the Streets of St. Charles, a 27-acre mixed-use community. In addition to the seven-story hotel, a second parking deck will be added to the development providing over 300 additional spaces. Construction of the parking deck is already underway, and work on the hotel is expected to start in April. Both projects are slated for completion by the summer of 2017. The Drury Inn and Suites at Streets of St. Charles will feature king and queen suites and deluxe two-room suites. The hotel will offer meeting space, an indoor/outdoor pool, Wi-Fi and hot breakfast. Drury Inn and Suites is the latest of several new tenants to be announced at Streets of St. Charles including Orangetheory Fitness, PF Changs, Firebirds Wood Fired Grill and Noodles & Co. which are all currently under construction and scheduled to open this summer.
FERGUSON, MO. — Love Funding has closed a $15.3 million loan for the refinancing of Christian Care Home, an assisted living and skilled nursing senior community in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson. Christian Care Home offers 178 beds in 92 units and is one of only two nursing homes in the area that provides on-site dialysis services to its residents. Christian Woman’s Benevolent Association owns the facility. Robyn Cunningham and Adrian Hartman of Love Funding’s St. Louis office secured the financing through HUD. This is the second time in less than three years that Love Funding has refinanced the property’s debt. Love originally financed the construction of the facility under HUD’s Section 232 program in June 2009.
