KANSAS CITY, MO. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has arranged a $4.3 million Freddie Mac loan for Cloverleaf Apartments in Kansas City. The 204-unit affordable housing complex is located near US Highway 71 and features a mix of two- and three-bedroom apartments. Jeff Lawrence and Matt Baptiste of Walker & Dunlop arranged the fixed-rate loan with a 10-year term, two years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Walker & Dunlop arranged the acquisition loan on behalf of the borrower, Stonebridge Global Partners, a commercial real estate company focusing on acquiring and managing multifamily Section 8 housing projects across the United States.
CHESTERFIELD, MO. — DTZ has arranged a 117,618-square-foot office lease for St. Louis-based Centene Corp. at Timberlake Corporate Center II, located at 1370 Timberlake Manor Parkway in Chesterfield. Centene provides a portfolio of services to government-sponsored healthcare programs. Built in 1999 and owned by Franklin Street Properties, Timberlake Corporate Center II is one of three buildings on the campus. Timberlake II features custom-designed suites and covered parking. Before the end of the year, the landlord expects the property to feature a full amenity package, including food service, conference/training room and a fully equipped fitness center. DTZ serves as the property manager. Scott Bazoian of DTZ represented Centene in the lease transaction. Jim Mosby, D.J. Fuchs, and Danielle Grubbs represented Wakefield, Mass.-based Franklin Street Properties.
ST. LOUIS — Maryville University has selected KWAME Building Group Inc. to serve as construction project manager on a $1.1 million expansion and athletic office renovation at the university’s John E. and Adaline Simon Athletic Center in St. Louis. The 3,100-square-foot student fitness center will feature new exercise equipment and a new workout room. The 4,260-square-foot athletic staff offices will be relocated to a completely renovated space in the John E. and Adaline Simon Athletic Center and include a conference room for video viewing. The project is scheduled for completion in January 2016. ACI Boland is the project architect.
WAYNESVILLE, MO. — McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has completed construction of the $18 million, four-story Phelps County Regional Medical Center (PCRMC) Waynesville Medical Plaza in Waynesville. The new facility, visible from I-44 and located next to the Veteran’s Primary Care Clinic in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks, enables PCRMC to offer expanded healthcare services to Pulaski County. Services include a walk-in clinic, a full imaging suite, cardiac testing services, physicians’ offices, physical therapy and a sleep lab. It also provides a physicians’ clinic with 23 exam rooms and space for various services. The Waynesville Medical Plaza is part of a five-year master plan that PCRMC began implementing in 2013 in an effort to expand and improve patient care in the area. As part of the plan, McCarthy also completed the renovation of the pharmacy and cardiac rehabilitation departments at the main medical center in Rolla and broke ground on the new Delbert Day Cancer Institute at PCRMC this spring.
BRIDGETON, MO. — HREC has arranged the sale of a 163-room, full-service Embassy Suites St. Louis Airport Hotel in Bridgeton, located about 20 miles northwest of St. Louis. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The hotel is situated immediately off I-70 and is less than two miles from Lambert-St. Louis International Airport, a major hub for Southwest Airlines. Monty Levy, Jeff Preston and Scott Stephens of HREC represented the seller, Fairwood Capital LLC, in the transaction. The property was purchased by an institutional buyer and will be managed by Schulte Hospitality Group.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Marcus Corporation has agreed to sell the historic Hotel Phillips in Kansas City to an affiliate of Chicago-based Arbor Lodging Partners, a national owner and manager of hotels. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The Marcus Corporation has owned and managed the 217-room Hotel Phillips for 14 years. The hotel, which dates back to 1929, offers over 11,000 square feet of meeting and function space, as well as a restaurant and lounge. The official sale and transition of management will take place Sept. 1.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC), in partnership with Clarion Partners, has broken ground on a 432,640-square-foot distribution center on a speculative basis at the KCI Intermodal Business Centre. LogisticsCentre IV will consist of light manufacturing, warehouse and distribution space situated on approximately 26 acres. According to Trammell Crow, demand for industrial space in the Kansas City metro area continues to be driven by a strong automotive manufacturing commitment from General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co., plus significant investments in rail intermodal facilities. The total cost of the development is projected to exceed $216 million. The project, which is slated for completion in March 2016, is located at the crossroads of I-29 and I-435.
HAZELWOOD, MO. — Wiegmann Associates has begun construction of an $800,000 tenant build-out at Aviator Business Park in Hazelwood, 17 miles northwest of St. Louis. Project details include installing a mechanical system infrastructure for the 535,000-square-foot space at Lot #7 that will house Silgan Plastics’ St. Louis production facility, a Weekends Only storage warehouse, and a shell warehouse. Wiegmann is also installing the HVAC system for a 75,000 square-foot shell warehouse at Lot #3. Construction is scheduled for completion in December 2015. The general contractor is Kadean Construction Company. Aviator Business Park is a 155-acre development located one mile north of Lambert-St. Louis International Airport on the site of the former Ford Hazelwood Assembly Plant. The business park houses commercial, industrial and warehousing tenants.
ST. LOUIS — McGrath & Associates has begun construction on a $6.5 million energy center expansion at Des Peres Hospital in St. Louis. The architect for the project is ACI Bolland Architects. The 3,475-square-foot expansion is expected to increase capacity and reliability of the hospital’s heating, cooling and emergency power systems. The expanded center will house a new chiller, boilers, switchgear, and automatic transfer switches. A new cooling tower and fuel tanks will be installed adjacent to the expansion. When completed, the Des Peres Hospital energy center will total 8,875 square feet. The project will be completed in phases to allow the hospital and its heating, cooling and emergency power systems to remain fully operational throughout construction, which is scheduled for completion in the spring of 2016.
BEVERLY HILLS, MO. — Kwame Building Group Inc. (KWAME) is serving as project manager for a new $5.7 million firehouse, located at 7100 Natural Bridge Road in Beverly Hills, a city in St. Louis County. The Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District (NEAFPD) has contracted with KWAME on the project. The architect is JEMA. The 27,500-square-foot, two-story brick and stone firehouse will include five vehicle bays and a two-story structure for the District headquarters office. The facility will also house training and community classroom space. Built to resist seismic and high-wind events, the facility will serve as a natural disaster relief center for local residents. An employee-owned company, St. Louis-based KWAME provides estimating, scheduling, project planning, value engineering and other project management services as an independent advocate for owners and developers.