WHEELING, ILL. — The Lynmark Group has broken ground on Wheeling Town Center, a $110 million mixed-use project in the Village of Wheeling. The development will feature over 300 luxury apartments, 100,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space and a pedestrian-friendly plaza. CMX movie theater will anchor the retail space, along with City Works Eatery and Pour House. The development, located at 351 W. Dundee Road, is adjacent to the Wheeling Park District. Completion is slated for fall 2018. CallisonRTKL designed the project, and William A. Randolph is serving as general contractor.
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HOUSTON — HFF has arranged a $66 million construction loan for Phase I of Buffalo Heights, a mixed-use development that will be located at 3663 Washington St. in Houston. Phase I will be anchored by a 90,000-square-foot H-E-B. The project will ultimately deliver 2,200 square feet of inline retail, 36,800 square feet of office space and a 232-unit luxury apartment building. Completion is slated for 2019. Colby Mueck and Matthew Putterman of HFF arranged the loan on behalf of the owner, BKR Memorial II LP, and developer, Midway. New York-based U.S. Trust, Bank of America Private Wealth Management provided the funds.
Brennan Investment Group to Develop $1B Technology Park Near O’Hare International Airport
by John Nelson
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Brennan Investment Group, a private real estate investment and development firm based in Chicago, plans to develop Elk Grove Technology Park, a new 85-acre infill development situated roughly three miles from O’Hare International Airport. The project could cost nearly $1 billion to develop, according to the Daily Herald. “Opportunities to develop near airports, in major metropolitan areas — and in scale — are virtually non-existent,” says Michael Brennan, chairman and managing principal of Brennan Investment Group. “We are confident this will become the most desirable and significant industrial development in the Chicago region, and perhaps in the United States.” Brennan Investment plans for Elk Grove Technology Park to house data centers and industrial space for digital manufacturing and robotics uses. Upon completion, four speculative industrial facilities will be built with opportunities for an additional five buildings, including sites for data centers. Brennan Investment will initially build out the infrastructure of the park with ponds, water features, sculptures, bike paths and pedestrian walkways. The site for Elk Grove Technology Park is bounded by Higgins Road to the north, Lively Road to the east, Oakton Boulevard to the south and King Street to the west. “Elk Grove …
ATLANTA — CGI Strategies has sold City Walk, a mixed-use development located at 171 Auburn Ave. N.E. in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn Avenue Historic District. The six-story property includes 144 one- and two-bedroom units and approximately 30,500 square feet of street-level retail space. Property amenities include a rooftop tennis court, poolside resident lounge and a 24-hour fitness center. CGI sold the apartment portion of the property to San-Francisco-based FPA Multifamily and the retail portion to a joint venture between Franklin Road Amoco Inc. and Southern Gas Partners LLC. Mike Kemether, Josh Goldfarb and Travis Presnell of Cushman & Wakefield represented both parties in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. At the time of sale, the retail portion was leased to Pizza Hut, Sweet Auburn Seafood and Moe’s Southwest Grill.
FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — Newstream Commercial will develop Lakeside Crossing, a 12-acre mixed-use project near the intersection of Long Prairie Road and Lake Forest Boulevard in the Dallas metro of Flower Mound. The development will include 100,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and office space, as well as 15 luxury townhomes. The project also includes a 134-room hotel with a rooftop lounge and 4,000 square feet of meeting space. Lakeside Crossing is scheduled to open in 2019.
Lincoln Property Co., Alcion Ventures Break Ground on $141.6M Phase I of Creative Office Campus in California
by Katie Sloan
ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. — Lincoln Property Co. and Alcion Ventures have broken ground on Phase I of FLIGHT at Tustin Legacy, a 38-acre creative office campus located within the master-planned community of Tustin Legacy in Orange County. ACORE Capital and iStar Inc. recently provided the joint venture with $141.6 million in construction financing for the initial phase of the development. Mark Wintner and Doug Bond of HFF secured the three-year loan on behalf of the borrowers. The mixed-use campus, at completion, will include 18 low-rise office buildings, retail and open space for gathering. The first phase of the development will offer 470,000 square feet of office space including a collection of four custom-built, incubator-style buildings dubbed Platform Campus, a 12,000-square-foot food hall and a 7,000-square-foot conference center. Campus amenities will include outdoor meeting spaces and flexible break-out rooms; indoor and outdoor fitness areas; a bike share program; dog walk and walking trails; and electric vehicle charging stations. The 12-vendor food hall, known as Mess Hall Market, will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner and offer a full-service bar. Anchor tenants for the space will be announced this fall, with the completion of Phase I slated for late 2018. The project is …
MIAMI — Miami-based investment firm Mast Capital, in a joint venture with Angelo, Gordon & Co., has purchased Conrad Miami, a mixed-use development located at 1395 Brickell Ave. in Miami, for $72 million. The tower includes 267,000 square feet of Class A office space, 203 hotel units and 116 residential units. The portion purchased by the joint venture includes the hotel units, rooftop amenity deck and a rental program with 41 out of 116 residential units participating. Renovations are planned for individual rooms and public spaces. Christian Charre, Paul Weimer and Natalie Castillo of CBRE Hotels facilitated the transaction. Kimberly LeCompte, Joel Maser, Iris Escarra, Nancy Lash, Nelson Migdal, Andrew Sharpe and Brian Dombrowski of Greenberg Traurig represented Mast Capital in the purchase, and Lauren Giovannone and Michael Bradford of Paul Hastings acted as co-counsel with Greenberg Traurig. Suzanne Amaducci-Adams and Alexander Roitman of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP represented the seller. Following the sale, the joint venture will enter into a franchise agreement with Conrad Hotels & Resorts. HEI Hotels & Resorts will manage the property.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Property Markets Group (PMG) has secured a $153.9 million construction loan for Phase I of the Fort Lauderdale Riverfront project, a mixed-use development situated along Fort Lauderdale’s New River. Eric McGlynn, Kevin O’Grady and Daniel Sheehan of Walker & Dunlop, in partnership with Steven Fischler of SRF Ventures Inc., secured the loan through Broad Street Real Estate Credit Partners III, the credit fund of Goldman Sachs & Co.’s merchant banking division. Fort Lauderdale Riverfront, which will include two apartment towers spanning 1,200 units, is being developed through PGM’s multifamily division, known as PGMx. Phase I of Riverfront will include a 36-floor residential tower with roughly 600 micro-units and multi-bedroom suites, over 100,000 square feet of communal amenity space, a public plaza on the ground floor featuring restaurants, nightlife and entertainment and approximately 18,000 square feet of retail space. Dev Motwani of Merrimac Ventures will own and manage the retail portion. PMG purchased the 2.4-acre parcel of land from Merrimac Ventures for $29 million earlier this year. The entire project is slated for completion in 2020.
NEW YORK CITY — Rosewood Realty Group has facilitated the sale of a seven-building mixed-use portfolio in the Queens neighborhoods of Flushing, Sunnyside, Astoria and Elmhurst. A&E Real Estate Holdings purchased the portfolio from Ares Management for $82.8 million. Built between 1913 and 1941, the portfolio features a total of 343 apartments and six retail spaces. The portfolio includes 40-11-40-19 79th St. and 42-29 Judge St. in Elmhurst; 41-41 44th St. and 47-07 39th St. in Sunnyside; 151-10 35th Ave. and 132-70 Sanford Ave. in Flushing; and 22-73 41st St. in Astoria. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood represented the buyer and the seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has brokered the sale of a mixed-use building located at 87 Luquer St. in the Carroll Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. An undisclosed buyer acquired the three-story, 6,875-square-foot building for $2.9 million. The property features a certificate of occupancy that allows for semi-industrial on the ground floor, office space on the second floor and residential space on the top floor. The building can also be completely rehabilitated for residential use. Dan Marks and Mike Hernandez of TerraCRG facilitated the sale. The name of the seller was not released.