NEW YORK CITY — JLL has brokered the $23.5 million sale of a mixed-use development site in Brooklyn. The 26,730-square-foot site at 1150 Broadway is located at the nexus of the borough’s Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick neighborhoods and is zoned for the development of apartments, retail space and/or community facilities. Brendan Maddigan, Steve Rutman, Mike Mazzara and Ethan Stanton of JLL represented the seller, A-PLUS International Realty, in the transaction. The buyer, a partnership between Brooklyn-based YS Developers and Rabsky Group, did not disclose specific development plans for the site.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A partnership between national health club chain Life Time (NYSE: LTH) and locally based development firm Dewitt Carolinas has broken ground on Life Time Living at The Exchange Raleigh, a luxury multifamily tower anchored by an 80,000-square-foot Life Time athletic club and a 40,000-square-foot rooftop beach club. The companies plan to invest more than $200 million into the 20-story tower, according to Triangle Business Journal. The residential project represents Phase II of The Exchange Raleigh, a $1 billion, 40-acre master-planned mixed-use development in the state capital’s Midtown neighborhood. The development team, along with construction manager Consigli Construction, is aiming for both NGBS Green and Fitwel certifications for the project, which is set to deliver in fourth-quarter 2028. “By bringing Life Time’s incredible athletic country club and luxury living model to our community, we are delivering on our promise to make Midtown Raleigh a destination unlike any other,” says Todd Saieed, CEO of Dewitt Carolinas. Life Time Living at The Exchange Raleigh will offer 289 luxury apartments ranging in size from 610 to 2,040 square feet. Units will come equipped with blackout curtains , walk-in closets, work-from-home space and stainless steel kitchen appliances. The Life Time athletic club …
RESTON, VA. — Comstock Holding Cos. Inc. has obtained $299.1 million for the refinancing of the first three office towers within Reston Station, a 90-acre mixed-use development that surrounds the Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station in Northern Virginia. The office towers — 1900, 1902 and 1906 Reston Metro Plaza — were fully leased at the time of loan closing to firms including Google, ICF, CARFAX, FM and Amentum. Eastdil Secured Savills arranged the financing on behalf of Comstock Partners LC, a privately held affiliate of Comstock. Bank of America served as lead manager and sole bookrunner for the refinancing, which was used to fully repay a $292.9 million loan provided by Blackstone Real Estate Debt Strategies.
NORRIDGE, ILL. — Jason Bitton of RE/MAX Commercial has arranged the $4.5 million sale of a mixed-use block totaling roughly 41,000 square feet on 1.9 acres in Norridge. A private investor was the seller. William Gold of Troy Realty Ltd. represented the buyer, Prospect Heights-based 1st Liberty Management Inc. The property includes two two-story buildings with eight ground-floor storefronts and 16 apartments above them as well as a one-story, 15,000-square-foot building.
JOHNS CREEK, GA. — Toro Development Co., a locally based development firm led by Mark Toro, has officially opened Medley, a $560 million mixed-use campus in Johns Creek, a northern suburb of Atlanta in Fulton County. Toro Development held a grand opening ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 29 for the 43-acre project, which culminated in the opening of 25 new restaurants and retailers, including Trader Joe’s, Shake Shack, Sephora, BODYROK, Kontour Med Spa, Five Daughters Bakery, Summit Coffee, Hollow Oak, Drybar and Petfolk, among others. Additionally, Medley’s office component (112,000 square feet) was built on a speculative basis but opened fully leased to tenants including Boehringer Ingelheim (73,000 square feet for its U.S. Animal Health headquarters), Brightree (17,751 square feet) and an unnamed tenant. Stream Realty Partners is leasing the office space on behalf of Toro Development, and Cushman & Wakefield represented Boehringer Ingelheim and Brightree in their lease negotiations. Medley was formerly a suburban office campus for State Farm Insurance, which relocated away from the site in 2013. In addition to offices, shops and restaurants, Medley will feature 881 luxury residences, featuring for-sale townhomes and apartments; a 25,000-square-foot plaza; and a 150-room boutique hotel set to open in 2028 that …
DALLAS — Locally based development and investment firm Henley Capital is underway on a hotel redevelopment project near downtown Dallas. Demolition of the former City Inn & Suites hotel at 223 S. Ewing Ave., which is located adjacent to Halperin Park and about four miles south of downtown, began in mid-August. Henley Capital plans to redevelop the site into a mixed-use property with multifamily and retail components, with the potential to incorporate other uses as well. Susser Bank is financing the project, an expected completion date of which was not announced.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Newmark has arranged the recapitalization of the ownership structure at Fritz Farm, a 330,077-square-foot mixed-use destination in Lexington. Developer-operator Kimco Realty is now a preferred equity partner at the development, which Hendricks Commercial Properties purchased last year from a partnership between Swift Creek Real Estate Partners and Centennial Real Estate Management LLC. Additionally, funds managed by Blackstone provided $104 million in financing for the recapitalization. Conor Lalor of Newmark represented Hendricks Commercial in the transaction. Chris Kramer and Dan Axelson, also with Newmark, arranged the Blackstone financing. Originally called The Summit at Fritz Farm, the 36-acre campus was delivered by Birmingham, Ala.-based Bayer Properties in 2017. The property houses retail brands including Whole Foods Market, Pottery Barn, Arhaus, Orangetheory Fitness, Apple, Lovesac, Carhartt, Warby Parker, Starbucks, CRU Food & Wine Bar, Williams-Sonoma and Shake Shack, as well as apartments and offices. The property also includes approximately six acres available for future development and development rights for additional retail and residential components. Not included in the transaction were Fritz Farm’s seniors housing community and hotel.
RICHMOND, VA. — Greenberg Gibbons has signed two new anchor retail tenants — Trader Joe’s and Onelife Fitness — at Midtown64, a 64-acre mixed-use project in Richmond. The first phase of the $500 million development, which includes the project’s 130,000-square-foot retail component, is expected to be completed in 2028. Onelife Fitness, which will occupy 65,000 square feet across two levels, will offer a turf training area, indoor saltwater pool, kid’s club, recovery suite and spa-inspired locker rooms, as well as studios dedicated for boxing, Pilates and stretching. Upon completion, Midtown64 will include 300,000 square feet of office space, nearly 1,000 apartments, 194 for-sale townhomes and a hotel, in addition to the retail space.
WHEAT RIDGE, COLO. — CentrePoint Properties has completed the sale of Wilmore Center, a mixed-use property in Wheat Ridge, to HCA HealthONE for $14.5 million. Jon Hendrickson and Aaron Johnson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Situated on 5 acres at 7615 W. 38th Ave., Wilmore Center comprises two single-story multi-tenant buildings offering a total of 52,743 square feet of mixed-use space and 236 parking spaces. At the time of sale, the asset was 84 percent occupied by 15 tenants. The tenant mix includes retail, food and medical, with 68 percent of the leased area occupied by medical-related tenants.
CHICAGO — Habitat and Cabrera Capital, in partnership with the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), have broken ground on the first residential phase of the redevelopment of the LeClaire Courts public housing community, which was completed in the 1950s and demolished in 2011. Replacing a 32-acre site in Chicago’s Garfield Ridge community, the multi-phase project will ultimately include up to 700 residential units, approximately 440,000 square feet of commercial space and publicly accessible open space. The first phase includes two six-story buildings comprising 183 apartments offered in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Ninety percent of the homes will be designated as affordable through income and rent restrictions supported by public financing for qualifying low- and moderate-income residents, while the remaining units will be offered at market rate. Funding sources for the $119 million first phase include a $27 million capital loan from CHA, $9.5 million in city multifamily program funds, $5.5 million in tax-increment financing, $33.7 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity, $1.3 million in Illinois Affordable Housing Tax Credit equity and a $1.2 million deferred developer fee. The financing structure brings together the CHA, the city, Bank of America and other mission-driven investment partners. …
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