Mixed-Use

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ATLANTA — Selig Enterprises has secured $340 million in construction financing for 1105 West Peachtree, its three-tower, mixed-use development in Midtown Atlanta. The project will feature a 675,000-square-foot office tower, a 64-unit condominium tower, and a 178-room Epicurean Hotel. The towers will also house 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The Blackstone Group Inc. provided the construction loan, partially financing the $530 million project. “We have been fortunate enough to already garner the attention of some prominent tenants in the market including the signing of Smith, Gambrell & Russell for five floors [of the office tower],” says Chris Ahrenkiel, executive vice president of Selig Development. “The preleasing activity allowed for strong finance and equity options and also warranted an increase in the building size to over 675,000 square feet — the single largest tower to start construction in Atlanta in more than a decade.” Selig is partnering with Mainsail Lodging & Development to build The Epicurean Atlanta hotel, which will operate under the Marriott Autograph Collection banner. The hotel will offer 178 rooms, a full-service culinary program, conference and event facilities, and an outdoor terrace on the ninth floor. 40 West 12th will offer condos ranging from $600,000 to $2.2 million, in …

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HOUSTON — A partnership led by Senterra Real Estate Group has acquired four acres at 3440 Richmond Ave. in Houston for the development of a mixed-use project, specific elements and construction schedules of which were not released. The site is located at the northwest corner of Buffalo Speedway across from the eastern edge of the Greenway Plaza campus and includes a pad site currently occupied by BB&T Bank. David Hightower of Midway and Davis Adams of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Midway and Cathexis RE Holdings, in the deal. Senterra was self-represented.

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DALLAS — The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHC), a mixed-use and residential real estate developer and operator with projects across the country, has announced a series of changes for the nine-year-old company. The Dallas-based firm plans to focus on its master-planned communities in Texas, Hawaii, New York, Maryland and Nevada and sell its non-core assets valued at roughly $2 billion over the next 12 to 18 months. HHC expects to net $600 million in cash proceeds from the sales. The Dallas Morning News reports that HHC will put several high-profile projects up for sale, including the Outlet Collection at Riverwalk in New Orleans, the Bridges of Mint Hill in Charlotte, Elk Grove in Sacramento and 110 North Wacker, a 56-story office tower under construction in Chicago. HHC says the office tower will deliver in October 2020 and is 69 percent preleased. HHC recently sold Cottonwood Mall in Salt Lake City for $56 million and plans to shop Monarch City, a 261-acre mixed-use project that the Allen City Council approved earlier this summer. Leadership change, HQ move Paul Layne, president of HHC’s Central region, is taking over as CEO effective immediately as David Weinreb and Grant Herlitz are stepping down from …

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PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS — Sea Oats Group has begun construction on Cinnamon Shore South, a $1.3 billion mixed-use project that represents an expansion of the 300-acre Cinnamon Shore development in Port Aransas, located outside Corpus Christi on the Texas coast. In addition to luxury homes, Cinnamon Shore South will feature several commercial components, including roughly 120,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a 12,000-square-foot health and wellness center, 175-room hotel and 40,000 square feet for office or live/work space. In addition, a 225-room hotel and convention center that can accommodate as many as 2,000 attendees will also be developed on Cinnamon Shore property, with the groundbreaking slated for February 2020 and the opening scheduled for 2021.

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HOUSTON — International developer Skanska has purchased a full city block in downtown Houston for approximately $55 million with plans to develop a mixed-use project with office, multifamily and retail uses. According to The Houston Chronicle, the development timeline and additional details on the project will be determined after a master-planning process that is expected to begin by the end of the year.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Community Three has broken ground on a $45 million redevelopment of the historic Grimke School in Washington, D.C., as part of the 9 1/2 Street initiative. Community Three plans for the 133,000-square-foot development to include office space, a new home for the African American Civil War Museum and residential units with ground-floor retail. The first phase, scheduled to deliver in fall 2020, includes renovating the 132-year-old Grimke School to include about 65,000 square feet of office and arts space that will house the 12,000-square-foot museum. Torti Gallas + Partners, the architect for the entire 9 1/2 Street Initiative effort, will move its international headquarters to the location. About 24,000 square feet of office space will be available for lease. The property is located on 9 1/2 Street near Vermont Avenue and U Street, a mile north of downtown D.C. Phase II, scheduled to break ground in 2021-22, will transform the Grimke School’s 1920s-era gymnasium into 40 residential units, 11 of which will be reserved for households earning less than 80 percent of median family income. The entire project is privately financed and Eagle Bank is the primary lender.

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PHOENIX — CA Residential and Diamond Realty Investments have opened the first phase of The LINK PHX, a 30-story mixed-use development located in downtown Phoenix. Shepley Bulfinch served as architect, and Katerra served as general contractor for the project. Located at 330 E. Pierce St., the first phase of The LINK PHX features 257 apartments in a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts ranging in size from 450 square feet to 1,450 square feet, as well as 7,000 square feet of retail space. Each apartment features nine-foot ceilings; kitchen with European-style, soft-close cabinetry; quartz countertops; stainless steel appliances and designer fixtures; and full-size washers and dryers. At complete build-out, the three-phase development will bring more than 600 rental residences and 21,000 square feet of retail space to the Roosevelt Row Arts District over the next decade.

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GLENDALE, WIS. — Cypress Equities has acquired the 1.2 million-square-foot Bayshore Town Center in Glendale near Milwaukee. The purchase price was not disclosed. Cypress plans to reposition the property into an entertainment, shopping, dining and mixed-use project. Once complete, the re-envisioned center will include new architecture, landscaping and art by local creatives. Plans call for more retailers, restaurants, a select-service hotel, 300 new residential units, Class A office space and coworking space. The park area will be upgraded and include programmed, year-round entertainment. The project will be completed in phases through late 2020.

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WOODBRIDGE, VA. — Grace Street Properties has acquired Station Plaza, a 158,000-square-foot retail center spanning 13 acres. Grace Street plans to convert the site into a 2 million-square-foot mixed-use development. The Prince William Board of County Supervisors approved the master-planned project, which will be located within walking distance of the VRE/Amtrak station, four stops from the future site of Amazon’s HQ2. Grace Street plans to deliver residential units, commercial space, outdoor space and more retail. Grace Street plans to immediately begin site work. George Boosalis of Boosalis Properties represented the buyer in the land acquisition, which sold for $19.1 million, a 7.6 percent cap rate. David Choi of Greysteel represented the undisclosed seller.

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BOISE — The Opus Group has started construction of a mixed-use project in downtown Boise. River Caddis Development and Standard Capital, a division of Standard Cos., are developing the project. Slated for completion in summer 2021, the eight-story, 285,000-square-foot project will feature 173 apartments in a mix of micro, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as 3,000 square feet of street-level retail space. The second, third and fourth floors will primarily serve as parking with 400 parking stalls and bike storage that will be privately managed by Ada County, Idaho. The remaining floors will consist of apartments, a fitness center and a landscaped rooftop courtyard. The development is located at the corner of South Third and West Myrtle streets. Opus is serving as design-builder, interior designer, architect and structural engineer of record. River Caddis and Standard Capital are co-developers and co-owners and GGLO is the design architect of the project.

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