Mixed-Use

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GILBERT, ARIZ. — Okland Capital and San Tan Development Group have broken ground on Phase I of Northside at SanTan Village, a mixed-use development in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert. The first phase will feature 37,245 square feet of retail and restaurant space spread across six buildings. Completion of phase one is slated for mid-2025, with a grand opening expected in fall 2025. The hotel component is scheduled to deliver shortly after and future uses are currently being designed. At full build-out, Northside at SanTan Village will span 20 acres and feature a 134-key hotel, retail, restaurants and community green space. Development costs were estimated at $100 million. The project team includes Okland Construction as general contractor and Aline Architecture Concepts as architect for the retail center. Bryan Babits and Alberto Caballero of Western Retail Advisors are handing leasing for the project’s retail and restaurant spaces.

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BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Tinder founder Justin Mateen, his brother Tyler Mateen and their brother-in-law Pouya Abdi have acquired Wilshire Rodeo Plaza, a Class A office and retail complex located at the corner of Rodeo Drive and Wilshire Boulevard in the posh Los Angeles suburb of Beverly Hills. Nuveen sold the asset for $211 million. The 300,000-square-foot property includes three six-story office and retail buildings along Wilshire Boulevard and a three-story office building along Rodeo Drive.  The buyers plan to rebrand the property as One Rodeo, as well as upgrade and re-program the buildings to cater to luxury retail and office tenants. Current tenants include Merrill Lynch/Bank of America, USB, William Morris Endeavor and Encore Recordings. The Mateen brothers and Abdi view the acquisition as a generational property, and hope to take advantage of the “flight to quality” in a struggling office sector with limited new Class A supply. “Iconic buildings such as One Rodeo will continue to benefit from increased demand as the trend toward high-quality assets continues to unfold in a post-COVID world,” says Tyler Mateen, who is CEO of Cannon TTM, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm. “We are grateful to be acquiring these buildings at …

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ATLANTA — Nonprofit organization City of Refuge has broken ground on its Transformation Center, a new 38,000-square-foot facility at 1343 Joseph E. Boone Blvd. on Atlanta’s west side. Scheduled to open in fall 2025, the project marks the most significant initiative within the City of Refuge “Breaking Barriers. Building Momentum.” campaign, according to the organization. Situated on the former American Legion lot near the City of Refuge campus, the $15.2 million center will comprise three stories featuring an Entrepreneurship Hub with a classroom, offices and lab; a market or grocery store; medical and mental health clinic; an onsite credit union providing financial services; and 25 multifamily residential units adjacent to the main building. The residences will include apartments in a mix of two- and three-bedroom layouts, with one four-bedroom unit. Thirteen of the units will be reserved for residents earning at or below 30 percent of the area median income (AMI). Invest Atlanta will provide a $2 million BeltLine Tax Allocation District (TAD) grant to fund the residential component. City of Refuge has also received a $3 million federal New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) through Atlanta Emerging Markets and Capital One. The Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta and TogetherATL are …

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BELGRADE, MONT. — Venture West Development is underway on Jackrabbit Crossing, a 196-acre mixed-use project in Belgrade, roughly 10 miles northwest of Bozeman. Rosauers Supermarkets, which recently signed a long-term lease, will anchor the property. Plans for the development, which is located three miles from the Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, also include a proposed 53,000-square-foot Amazon distribution center. 

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CHICAGO — The owners of the NBA’s Chicago Bulls and NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks have unveiled plans for the transformation of the area around their shared venue, the United Center. The initiative is known as The 1901 Project, and development costs are estimated at $7 billion. Michael Reinsdorf, CEO of the Bulls and son of owner Jerry Reinsdorf, formally announced the project on Tuesday, July 23. The elder Reinsdorf, along with Blackhawks owner Danny Wirtz, co-owns the United Center, where both teams have played since 1994. The name is a reference to the venue’s address at 1901 W. Madison St. The 1901 Project will be privately funded by the Reinsdorf and Wirtz families and developed in phases over approximately 10 years. The areas in question span roughly 55 acres on the city’s west side. Phase I could commence as soon as next spring, pending the completion of various permitting and approvals processes. Preliminary plans call for a mix of uses, including more than 1,000 transit-oriented residential units and a new entertainment venue that can accommodate up to 6,000 people. The residential component will feature both market-rate and affordable housing units. International architecture firm RIOS will lead design and planning. The 1901 …

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between two developers, New York-based Tishman Speyer and Minneapolis-based Ryan Cos., has topped out ATX Tower, a mixed-use tower located at 321 West St. in downtown Austin. The site is bounded by Sixth and Guadalupe streets near the Republic Square transit center. The 58-story building will house 1,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, more than 100,000 square feet of office space, 369 apartments and 440 parking spaces. Handel Architects and Austin-based Page are designing the project, with INC Architecture & Design handling interior design. Ryan Cos. is also the general contractor. Completion is slated for late 2024. Ryan Cos. announced the project in late 2019 and broke ground in spring 2022.

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DALLAS — Wildcat Management has sold a 4,800-square-foot mixed-use building located at 600 S. Harwood St. near downtown Dallas. The former Liberty State Bank Building is a historic structure that houses retail and office uses. Wildcat originally purchased the building for $1 and relocated the property brick-by-brick from its previous location on Elm Street. The buyer was not disclosed.

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HUDSON, N.Y. — Bayview PACE has provided $7 million in C-PACE financing for an adaptive reuse project in Hudson, about 35 miles south of Albany. Pocketbook Hudson is a conversion of the historic Pocketbook knitting mill factory dating to the 1890s into a 70,000-square-foot mixed-use property. Now under construction, the $42 million project will include a 40-room hotel, wellness center, lounge, restaurant, bar and café, as well as spaces devoted to artwork, affordable retail and nonprofit offices. Bayview’s long-term C-PACE  financing for Pocketbook’s energy and resiliency components was facilitated with Energy Improvement Corp., the New York State nonprofit that administers C-PACE.

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Landmark By Hillwood, Denton, Texas

DENTON, TEXAS — Hillwood, a Perot company, has unveiled plans for Landmark by Hillwood, a 3,200-acre mixed-use project in the northern Dallas suburb of Denton. The project team includes Hillwood subsidiaries Hillwood Communities and Hillwood Properties. The plans call for 900 acres of commercial space comprising 5 million square feet of retail, hospitality and entertainment space, approximately 6,000 single-family homes and more than 3,000 multifamily units. The site, which is situated at I-35W and Robson Ranch Road, was previously known as Hunter Ranch. The parcel is one of the original land holdings purchased by the Perot family in 1987. The property encompasses Pilot Knob Hill, the highest point in Denton, according to Hillwood. Once completed, Landmark by Hillwood will offer 1,100 acres of park and open space, including Pilot Knob Hill, as well as an interconnected trail system, recreation areas and public parks. Hillwood also plans to construct a series of learning parks, which aim to promote nature education and engagement and will be open to the public. Hillwood plans to break ground on the first phase of the project this September. Phase I will comprise 747 single-family lots, with models slated to open in spring 2026. Planning and leasing are already underway …

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BOSSIER CITY, LA. — The Cordish Cos. has topped off Live! Casino & Hotel Louisiana, a $270 million hospitality and gaming entertainment complex in Bossier City. The Baltimore-based retail entertainment owner and operator broke ground on the project in December 2023. Cordish Cos. and general contractor AnderCorp finished vertical construction at the property yesterday in a ceremony that included state and local officials. Scheduled to open in first-quarter 2025, the Live! Casino & Hotel Louisiana will feature more than 47,000 square feet of gaming space; a sportsbook for live betting on sporting events; an upscale 550-room hotel with a resort-style pool and fitness center; 25,000-square-foot events center; structured and surface parking; a 31-site RV park; and 30,000 square feet of dining and entertainment venues, including Cordish brands Sports & Social, PBR Cowboy Bar and Luk Fu. During the topping off ceremony, Cordish also announced two other additions to the restaurant lineup: Ridotto Grand Café and The Prime Rib steakhouse. Situated along the Red River, the project is expected to create 750 new construction jobs and 750 permanent jobs. The site was formerly home to the vacant Diamond Jacks Casino & Hotel, which Cordish Cos. acquired in 2023. Live Casino & …

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