MINNEAPOLIS — Doran Construction has completed construction on Latitude 45, a luxury apartment building located at 301 Washington Ave. South for Alatus LLC. The building is 13 stories and contains 319 units, with 10,000 square feet of retail on the ground floor. The facility came in under budget and ahead of schedule. Alatus is a real estate developer with expertise in residential high-rise development, office redevelopment, parking management and single-family home redevelopment. The Doran Cos. offer commercial development, general contracting and management of multifamily residential and commercial properties.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp. has acquired a one-acre site in Hillsboro Village, a historic Nashville neighborhood, from Regions Bank with plans to develop a $45 million mixed-use project. The site is located at the corner of 21st Avenue South and Wedgewood Avenue. The plans for the development, known as Village 21 at Regions Park, include 22,000 square feet of retail space and 101 Class A apartment residences. Regions Bank will operate a 3,800-square-foot bank branch in the retail portion, which will also include a two-story, 6,000-square-foot restaurant. Regions will occupy a temporary, on-site facility during construction, which is scheduled to wrap up in spring 2017. The multifamily portion of Village 21 will feature a courtyard deck that includes a pool, outdoor grilling area and fire pit. Other amenities will include a fitness center, yoga lawn, clubroom and surface and below-grade parking totaling 250 spaces. The development team includes EOA Architects, Yates Construction, Littlejohn Engineering and Waller Law Firm.
BEE CAVE, TEXAS — Work has begun on a 126,000-square-foot, mixed-used project in the Austin suburb of Bee Cave. The first phase of the project will consist of 46,000 square feet of retail space. Construction on the first phase is expected to last 10 months. Immediately following, a second phase will begin consisting of an 80,000-square-foot office condo concept available to buy or lease. Pathfinder PFP Retail LLC is developing the project, while Austin-based brokerage firm St. Croix Capital Advisors is handling the marketing and leasing. Jay Macliver with Construction Strategies Management Group, a sister company to the brokerage house, is overseeing construction of the development. Two retailers have signed on board; Pioneer Bank will have a 3,000-square-foot branch, pending regulatory approval. Also Serasana, a day spa, will occupy 3,500 square feet. Southstar Bank is the lender for Gateway to Falconhead, IE2 is the construction firm, Land Strategies is the land planner, Gary Shaw is the architect and Garrett Ihnen is the engineer.
DALLAS — Café Victoria will join a 75-acre mixed-use development in downtown Dallas as its first coffee shop. Owned and operated by Victory Park resident Luciana Gómez, Café Victoria will serve coffee and pastries. The shop is scheduled to open in January 2016 and will be located on Victory Park Lane next to Buda Juice. Victory Park features more than 165,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space, including Buda Juice, Chad Rookstool Salon, Classic Pilates, Cook Hall, Hard Rock Café, The Hangar, Havana Social Club, House of Blues, Jimmy John’s, Kenichi, Medina Oven & Bar and Metro Tickets.
DUBLIN, OHIO — Crawford Hoying has started Phase I for the mixed-use Bridge Park development in Dublin, a suburb of Columbus. Hoying is the Ohio-based developer spearheading the $350 million project. The first of the three-phase development spans 30 acres and will include 269,000 square feet of restaurant, office, retail and personal services space, two 850-space parking garages, as well as 382 luxury apartment units and 42 condominiums. Phase I will also include more than $155 million in public improvements, of which the City of Dublin will contribute $43.1 million. Slated for a fall 2016 completion, Crawford Hoying is expected to release its first tenants for Phase I in the coming weeks. This fall, Phase II of the project is slated to break ground, with tenants and development anticipated to be coming online in early 2017. Plans for Phase II include a 150-key hotel, a 500-person event center, as well as significant additions of office, retail, and for-sale and rental residential units. Upon completion, the entire Bridge Park project will include more than 1.1 million square feet of residential space, 220,000 square feet of Class A Office, 120,000 square feet of service retail and 92,000 square feet of restaurants.
KEY WEST AND PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital’s Boca Raton office has arranged the refinancings of The Westin Key West Resort in Key West and The Atlantic at Tradition Apartments in Port St. Lucie for a combined $74.6 million. Located at 245 Front St., The Westin Key West Resort’s amenities include a swimming pool, marina, two different spa facilities, beach access and a workout fitness studio. Bill Johnson of NorthMarq arranged the 20-year, $50 million loan through a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower. Located at 10297 S.W. Village Parkway, the 252-unit Atlantic at Tradition is in close proximity to the 150-acre Tradition Center of Innovation Research Park and a VA hospital currently under construction. The property’s amenity package includes a clubhouse, swimming pool, sundeck, theater, Jacuzzi, veranda, 24-hour fitness center, business center, tennis court, dog park and lakeside walking trail. Johnson arranged the 10-year, $24.6 million loan for the apartment community through a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower. The loan features two years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.
GREENWICH, CONN. — Allied Property Group has arranged the sale of a mixed-use building located at 125 Greenwich Ave. in Greenwich. JENN Realty sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for $13.5 million. The three-story building features 16,000 rentable square feet. Thomas Torelli of Allied Property Group represented the seller, while Goldschmidt Associates represented the buyer in the transaction.
COLLEYVILLE, TEXAS — Irving-based Realty Capital Management LLC has sold a 12,000-square-foot mixed-use building located at 16 Village Lane in Colleyville to SC 16 Village Lane Investment LLC. The building is part of a larger 26-acre mixed-use development known as The Village at Colleyville, which was developed by Realty Capital in 2002. The mixed-use building was fully leased to four retail tenants on the first floor and one office tenant on the second floor. The ground floor tenants include Posh Hair Studio, The Lash Lounge, The Lodge Barbershop and Posh Body. The sole second floor tenant is Ztar Mobile. Realty Capital had owned the building since 2004 when the property was originally delivered. Russ Webb and LeAnn Brown with Silver Oak Commercial Realty represented the seller in the transaction. Holt Lunsford and Matt Carthey with Holt Lunsford Commercial represented the buyer. The Village at Colleyville is located at Main Street and Highway 26 (Colleyville Boulevard).
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has brokered the sale of a mixed-use, elevator building, located at 49 Greene St. in SoHo. The six-story property sold for $31 million, or $1,240 per square foot. The 25,000-square-foot building features seven apartment units and a 5,500-square-foot vacant retail space. Peter Hauspurg of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller, Les Pieds Nickle’s Inc., while Deborah Gutoff of Eastern and Robert Dankner of Prime Manhattan Residential represented the buyer, EMP Capital, in the transaction.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — GroundFloor Development and Prescott Group have announced plans for Saint Elmo, a mixed-use project set to open in Austin in the first quarter of 2018. Designed by Andersson-Wise Architects and located on South Congress near Ben White Boulevard, Saint Elmo will include 225,000 square feet of office space and a 40,000-square-foot indoor-outdoor marketplace. GroundFloor Development and Prescott Group are the master developers of the $120 million project. In November of last year, the Austin city council approved the rezoning request for the project. Construction is slated to begin in mid-2016. Andersson-Wise Architects is the lead architect of the project, KBGE’s Chad Kimbell is the civil engineer, David Hocker of Hocker Design is the landscape designer, Juice Consulting’s Heather Wagner Reed will oversee public relations and marketing, and Helms Workshop is the strategic brand design studio.