ATLANTA — Newport RE has received $75 million in debt financing in order to redevelop 222 Mitchell, a 330,000-square-foot mixed-use campus in downtown Atlanta. JLL Capital Markets arranged the financing through Miami-based BridgeInvest on behalf of Newport. General contractor Balfour Beatty has started construction for 222 Mitchell, which is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2023. 222 Mitchell, which will include office and retail space, is a redevelopment of a brick building built in 1909, as well as two mid-century modern buildings spanning a full city block. The property will include a new park and a 27,000-square-foot rooftop. Newport plans to keep the historical elements of the property while redeveloping the buildings to make it more modern. Some planned tenants for the development include Pins Mechanical, an Ohio-based arcade and game bar, as well as an Atlanta-based Slater Hospitality that will be designed as a modern diner with a cocktail lounge.Some planned tenants for the development include Pins Mechanical, an Ohio-based arcade and game bar, as well as an Atlanta-based Slater Hospitality that will be designed as a modern diner with a cocktail lounge. Brooke Dewey and David Horne of JLL are leading the preleasing of the 250,000-square-foot …
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LAS VEGAS — Beverly Hills, Calif.-based 3D Investments has purchased Tivoli Village, an open-air, mixed-use property located at 400 S. Rampart Blvd. in Las Vegas. Property and Building Corp. and IDB Group USA sold the asset for $216 million. Built in 2009 and 2016, Tivoli Village features 669,406 square feet of Class A office, retail and restaurant space across 28 acres. Additionally, the property includes an 8.3-acre development parcel entitled for more than 300 residential units. Marlene Fujita Winkel of Cushman & Wakefield’s Las Vegas office represented the seller in the deal. Dave Alleman of Marquis Aurbach Coffing served as counsel for the seller.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Nebraska-based investment and development firm Goldenrod Cos. will build a new mixed-use project in Fort Worth’s West Seventh District that will consist of 147 multifamily units, 99,400 square feet of office space and 11,600 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Known as The Van Zandt, the development will include the first speculative office project built in Fort Worth since 2017. Residential amenities will include a pool and a fitness center, as well as indoor and outdoor lounges and meeting areas. Construction is slated to begin during the first quarter. Stream Realty Partners has been tapped to lease the office space.
PUEBLO, COLO. — Avison Young has brokered the sale of 9.1 acres of vacant land located at the southwest quadrant of US Highway 50 and Interstate 25 in Pueblo. 610 RLLLP sold the property to Conifer, Colo.-based BEP Pueblo LLC, an affiliate of Blueline Equity Partners, for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to develop of the land into a mixed-use project, including residential, hospitality and possibly retail space. Completion is slated for 2023. Rick Egitto of Avison Young’s Denver office represented the seller in the deal.
HOUSTON — Fowler Property Acquisitions, a San Francisco-based investment firm, has purchased The Kirby Collection, a mixed-use property in Houston that consists of 199 multifamily units and roughly 291,000 square feet of commercial space, for $182 million. Built in 2018 on the city’s west side, The Kirby Collection comprises a 25-story apartment complex, a 182,000-square-foot office building and a 60,000-square-foot retail building. Thor Equities sold the property for a per-unit price of approximately $425,000 and a per-square-foot price of $400. Fowler will implement a capital improvement program and rebrand the development as Arrive Upper Kirby.
NEW YORK CITY — The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHC) has received approval from the City of New York for the development of an $850 million mixed-use project in Manhattan’s Seaport District. The 26-story building at 250 Water St. will house office, retail and multifamily uses, with the housing component comprising 80 percent market-rate and 20 percent affordable units. The residential element of the project will also include for-sale and for-rent units. More specifically, current plans for the 324-foot-tall building call for 270 multifamily units to be developed above five stories of office and retail space. The site currently houses a parking lot that spans a full city block. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is the architect of the project, which was originally announced in October 2020. The Dallas-based developer estimates that the project will generate more than $1 billion in economic impact, including the creation of more than 3,000 construction and permanent jobs. Howard Hughes Corp. plans to begin remediation of the site this year, with the commencement of vertical construction to occur after that process is completed. “This project will play a vital role in New York City’s recovery through the creation of a new mixed-income rental building, office …
ST. LOUIS — New + Found is scheduled to break ground on the second phase of City Foundry STL in January. The $125 million project will include a 272-unit apartment tower, 83,000-square-foot office building, 25,000 square feet of retail space and a 481-car parking garage. Lawrence Group is the lead architect and interior design firm for the project. ARCO/Murray will construct the apartment building, while Lawrence Group’s construction team will build the timber office building. Completion is slated for early 2024. CliftonLarsonAllen LLP secured $49.7 million in joint venture equity funding for the project. City Foundry STL is the transformation of the former Federal-Mogul foundry site into a mixed-use development. Phase I includes a food hall as well as creative office, retail and entertainment space.
MALDEN, MASS. — A joint venture between Boston-based Berkeley Investments and Chicago-based Singerman Real Estate has begun construction on Exchange 200, a 352,000-square-foot mixed-use redevelopment in the northern Boston suburb of Malden. The project will convert a four-story office building into a life sciences and lab facility that will continue to house retail space. As part of the conversion, the joint venture will upgrade the building’s utility systems. Dellbrook JKS is the general contractor for the project, and TRIA is the architect. JLL is handling leasing. The development team expects for prospective tenants to be able to take occupancy by next October.
MIAMI — Avison Young has arranged the $105 million sale of approximately three acres called Biscayne Place in Miami for a future mixed-use development. Michael Fay, John Crotty, David Duckworth, Brian de la Fe and Berkley Bloodworth of Avison Young represented the seller, Midgard Group. Joel Rodriguez of Global Investments Realty represented the buyer, Miami-based Melo Group. Construction has not started and the development timeline was not disclosed. Melo Group plans to build apartments, condominiums and retail across four 60-story towers at the Biscayne Place land site. Located within an opportunity zone at 1700 Biscayne Blvd., Biscayne Place will be situated near Miami’s Arts & Entertainment District between Biscayne Boulevard and Northeast Second Avenue. The site is currently home to a Burger King, a two-story mixed-use commercial building, parking lots and several vacant parcels.
WAUWATOSA, WIS. — Irgens has received approval from the Milwaukee Regional Innovation Center Inc. for its redevelopment of the former United Healthcare office building located at 10701 Research Drive in Wauwatosa near Milwaukee. Irgens will transform the nearly 14-acre site into a mixed-use development fronting Mayfair Road at the entrance to the Milwaukee County Research Park. In addition to significant renovations to the current office building on the site, the revitalization will include new retail, medical office and residential components. The United Healthcare office building was the inaugural project at the Milwaukee County Research Park in 1995, according to Irgens. Construction inside the five-story, 130,000-square-foot building is scheduled to commence in January. Interior improvements will include a new lobby, renovated restrooms, new building amenities and updated finishes. Exterior improvements will start in late spring and will include new and reconfigured parking areas as well as extensive landscape upgrades. Irgens plans to subdivide the remaining land. The retail component will consist of an 8,000-square-foot, single-story building. A planned medical office building will rise two stories and span 43,000 square feet. Lastly, the multifamily component will include 185 apartment units. Municipal approval is still required and a timeframe for that is yet …