Mixed-Use

Clemmons Town Center

CLEMMONS, N.C. — Hankins Properties plans to develop Clemmons Town Center, a 246,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Clemmons, a suburb of Winston-Salem. The project will feature retail and restaurants in a Main Street layout, a 139-room hotel, office space, surface parking lot and a two-tiered parking deck. The project will anchor the 340-acre Village Point project, which features a 312-unit apartment community, Novant’s $100 million hospital complex, Morgan Elementary School, WFBMC Medical Plaza and a Publix-anchored shopping center known as Peace Haven Village. Lewisville, N.C.-based Gillon Design is the project’s architect. Winston-Salem-based Meridian Realty Group brokered the sale of the 20-acre site between Hankins and the seller, Village Pointe LLC. Hankins has retained Meridian Realty to lease and manage the project, which is slated to break ground later this summer.

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Schuylkill Yards Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — Drexel University and Brandywine Realty Trust (NYSE: BDN) will co-develop the Schuylkill Yards mixed-use community on a 14-acre site in Philadelphia. The development costs weren’t disclosed, but the Philadelphia Business Journal estimates total costs will reach $3.5 billion. Initial phases of the projected 20-year innovation development plan will consist of 5 million square feet of mixed-use real estate on a 10-acre site next to Drexel’s main campus and adjacent to Amtrak’s 30th Street Station. The master-planned neighborhood within Philadelphia’s University City submarket will feature entrepreneurial spaces, educational facilities and research laboratories, corporate offices, residential and retail spaces, hospitality, cultural venues and public open spaces. “Drexel University and Brandywine’s shared vision for the continued renaissance of University City provides a strong foundation for a long-term partnership. Together, we will create a dynamic and world-class innovation hub to attract the brightest minds to our region,” says Gerard Sweeney, president and CEO of Brandywine Realty Trust. “Schuylkill Yards will transform Philadelphia’s skyline as new towers rise on the west side of the Schuylkill River,” he continues. “Brandywine’s existing Cira Centre, EVO and FMC Tower at Cira Centre South projects in University City will provide a synergistic connection to Schuylkill Yards, creating …

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Trademark Property Co. is under contract to purchase 3.5 acres adjacent to its 278,000-square-foot WestBend mixed-use development in Fort Worth’s University District. The parcel is located on University Drive, immediately south of WestBend along the Trinity River. Conceptual planning is underway to develop additional mixed-use space including ground-floor retail with either a hotel or multifamily and condo units above. A Hawthorne Suites hotel currently occupies the site.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a development site located at 123 Linden Blvd. in Brooklyn. New York Congregational Center for Community Life sold the property for $18.5 million, or $558 per square foot. The site currently consists of a four-story, 33,145-square-foot institutional building, which most recently served as office space for several community-based organizations. The site allows for approximately 248,949 residential buildable square feet or about 316,159 buildable square feet of community facility space, along with additional development rights that were transferred from 135 Linden Boulevard. James Nelson and Matt Nickerson of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction.

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PASSAIC, N.J. — Redwood Realty Advisors has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 102 Main St. in Passaic. The asset sold for $2.3 million. The building features 25 apartments and five commercial spaces. Thomas McConnell, Kevin McCrann, Jeremy Wernick and Marco Capozzoli of Redwood Realty brokered the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.

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MAHOPAC, N.Y. — Northeast Private Client Group has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 890-908 S. Lake Blvd. in Mahopac. A Westchester, N.Y.-based investor acquired the asset from a Manhattan-based private investor for $1.8 million, or $109 per square foot and a capitalization rate of 9 percent. Comprised of two adjacent buildings, the 16,400-square-foot property features street-level retail space and second-floor office and residential space with off-street parking. Anthony Watkins of Northeast Private Client Group represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction, which closed in February.

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The Roof at Ponce City Market Atlanta

ATLANTA — Jamestown plans to open the final phase of Ponce City Market known as The Roof at Ponce City Market. Located on the roof of the mixed-use development, the project will feature boardwalk-style amusement games and rides, an 18-hole miniature golf course and a slide. On April 3, The Roof will host a miniature golf tournament organized by the Kyle Korver Foundation, Plywood People and the Jamestown Charitable Foundation. Proceeds from the event, called Putt! Putt! Putt!, will support 18 local charities in Atlanta. The Roof will open to the public in mid-2016. Jamestown hopes to pay homage to the Ponce de Leon amusement park, which was formerly situated at the site of Ponce City Market. Located along the Atlanta BeltLine in the Old Fourth Ward, Ponce City Market features 259 residential units, 550,000 square feet of Class A loft office space, 300,000 square feet of retail and restaurants and a pedestrian bridge linking the interior courtyard and public market to the BeltLine.

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MIAMI — Construction has begun on Miami Worldcenter, one of the largest urban mixed-use projects in the country, and its signature residential tower, Paramount Miami Worldcenter. This marks the start of the $1.7 billion, 27-acre development’s retail component. “You are literally going to see six blocks being developed all at the same time. This is basically step one of multiple steps in which you are going to see six buildings going vertical,” says Daniel Kodsi, developer and CEO of Paramount Miami Worldcenter. Miami Worldcenter will include Paramount and six other residential and office buildings, an 1,800-room Marriott Marquis and convention center, an intermodal hub and a retail and restaurant promenade. CoastalTishman, a joint venture between Miami-based Coastal Construction and New York-based Tishman Construction, is close to completing the installation of 400 pilings that will support the glass-clad tower designed by Elkus Manfredi Architects in collaboration with Paramount Miami Worldcenter’s in-house design team. Upon completion of the pilings, CoastalTishman will start building the tower’s foundation. The first phase of construction will focus on Paramount Miami Worldcenter, a 700-foot, 60-story residential skyscraper. The $500 million tower will feature one of the largest amenity decks in the country, spanning 90 feet above downtown …

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NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a mixed-use property located at 1623 Kings Highway in Brooklyn’s Gravesend neighborhood. The 21,960-square-foot property sold for $17 million in an all-cash transaction. The four-story building is fully occupied by Verizon Wireless, Tiger Schulman’s and Interborough Consulting. Bob Knakal, Alex Svetlakou and Jonathan Hageman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller, while Chaim Cahane of Forte Capital Management represented the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.

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ST. PAUL, MINN. — Dougherty Funding LLC has provided an $18.2 million loan for an 11-story, 155,511-square-foot mixed-use building. Lowery Building LLC will use the loan proceeds to refinance and renovate the building. Lowery Square Building was constructed in 1926. The building previously operated as the Lowery Hotel and currently contains 135 apartment units, three floors of office space leased to the Ramsey County Attorney’s Office and to-be-built first-floor and rooftop restaurants. The building is connected to the downtown St. Paul skyway system and is located in the St. Paul central business district.

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