Mixed-Use

Thor Equities Completes Residential Mat Foundation Pour At Kirby Collection

by Haisten Willis December 14, 2015

HOUSTON — Thor Equities has completed the residential mat foundation pour at Kirby Collection, a new mixed-use development at 3200 Kirby Drive in Houston. The foundation is seven feet thick and consists of 6,000 cubic yards of concrete with 500 tons of rebar. The continuous pour took eight hours to complete and involved 150 dedicated trucks, six pump trucks and more than 200 workers. The team involved in the mat pour included general contractor E.E. Reed Construction, Keystone Structural Concrete, Campbell Concrete & Materials, ECS Texas, HiTech Electric, Schnabel Foundation Company and developer Thor Equities. Located in the Upper Kirby District near Houston’s River Oaks neighborhood, the 1 million-square-foot project will feature a 25-story, 385,000-square-foot residential tower with 199 apartments including seven two-story townhomes, and seven two-story loft spaces with private yards. The residences will overlook a deck with more than an acre of landscaped amenities including a pool with cabanas, fire pits and a bar area. The penthouse level will feature a Skyview Suite available to all residents, offering a chef’s kitchen and views of the Houston skyline. Kirby Collection’s 13-story, 210,000-square-foot Class A office building is located near the Galleria/Uptown District, Greenway Plaza and the Texas Medical Center. …

December 14, 2015

Loans Mixed-Use North Carolina Southeast

Medalist Capital Arranges $345.6M Loan with MetLife for Ballantyne Corporate Park

by John Nelson December 14, 2015

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Medalist Capital has arranged a $345.6 million loan through MetLife Inc. for the 535-acre Ballantyne Corporate Park in Charlotte. The 2.5 million-square-foot property features Class A office space, retail, restaurants, healthcare and two hotels. Don Williams and Mary Neill McKie of Medalist Capital’s Charlotte office arranged the long-term, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, The Bissell Cos. Ballantyne Corporate Park’s tenant roster includes the headquarters of MetLife’s U.S. retail business. The loan did not involve MetLife’s offices in Charlotte.

December 14, 2015

Mixed-Use Multifamily Retail Texas

Hillwood Begins Construction on $700M Mixed-Use Project in Metro Austin

by Haisten Willis December 11, 2015

GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — Hillwood Communities has begun construction on Wolf Ranch, a $700 million mixed-use development in Georgetown, a suburb of Austin. Hillwood acquired the 755-acre tract on Highway 29 and I-35 from the Wolf family in 2014. The development will include 900 apartment units, space for new retail and restaurants, 1,600 single-family homes and 140 acres of green space. The Georgetown Independent School District will serve the new community. The transaction was conducted between Hillwood Communities and the Wolf family’s representative, Iva Wolf McLachlan. Wolf Ranch is expected to house 4,000 residents once the development is completed.

December 11, 2015

Mixed-Use Retail Texas

Retailers Join Boardwalk at Towne Lake Mixed-Use Development in Houston

by Haisten Willis December 11, 2015

HOUSTON — More retailers have signed on at Caldwell Cos.’ Boardwalk at Towne Lake development, including two food shops, The Cheese Bar and Flying Vine; restaurant Sam’s Boat; and Frontier Title. In addition to these four leases, the project includes already-signed restaurants Jaxton’s, Taisho, World of Beer, Land of Thousand Hills Coffee Co. and MOD Pizza; retailers Nails of America, Orangetheory Fitness, Massage Heights and The Reserve Salon; Texas Children’s Pediatrics and Copper Creek Orthodontics. The site is accessible by walking, driving or boating. The Cheese Bar offers artisanal cheeses alongside a cheese-focused café, wine and beer offerings. Sam’s Boat serves seafood, Tex-Mex and more. Frontier Title is a title insurance company.

December 11, 2015

District of Columbia Loans Mixed-Use Southeast

NorthMarq Capital Arranges $8.3M Loan for The Conway Center in D.C.

by John Nelson December 9, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged an $8.3 million FHA 221(d)(4) construction-to-permanent loan for The Conway Center, a $90 million, 320,000-square-foot mixed-use project in Washington, D.C. The project will be occupied by SOME (So Others Might Eat), an interfaith, community-based, tax-exempt organization. The property will occupy a full city block on Benning Road and will combine affordable housing, job training and healthcare services. The Conway Center is capitalized with public funding, tax credits, tax-exempt bonds and low-interest loans. The Conway Center will annually provide 172 homeless and low-income men and women with affordable housing and 15,000 underserved men, women and children with comprehensive care at the Medical and Dental Health Center operated by Unity Health Care. An estimated 300 adult students will receive job training at SOME’s Center for Employment Training, and 30 homeless and low-income families will be provided with affordable housing. Frank Relihan and Brendan Scanlon of NorthMarq Capital’s Washington, D.C., office arranged the loan, which contributed to the $86.7 million that has been raised for the project thus far. SOME is currently seeking the final $3.3 million to complete the development. Construction for SOME’s facility, which features staff offices and retail space, began Nov. 15 with …

December 9, 2015

Mixed-Use Texas

High Street Residential Begins Construction on M-Line Tower in Dallas

by John Nelson December 8, 2015

DALLAS — High Street Residential, the residential subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co. (TCC), in partnership with Principal Real Estate Investors (PrinREI), has broken ground on M-Line Tower, a new 20-story, 262-unit residential tower located at 3200 McKinney Ave. in Dallas. The tower will also include ground-floor retail anchored by a 5,548-square-foot Café Express and a new McKinney Avenue Transit Authority (MATA) trolley barn and executive office. Sitting on 1.3 acres at the corner of McKinney Avenue and Bowen Street, M-Line Tower will feature one- and two-bedroom luxury rental units. Resident amenities include a resort-style pool, two-story fitness center, outdoor living space, clubroom, business center and a rooftop sky lounge with unobstructed views of downtown, Uptown and Turtle Creek. High Street Residential and PrinREI will be providing MATA with an allowance for a seventh trolley car, 1,730 square feet of space, a build-out allowance for its new space and new trolley tracks and switch along Bowen Street. U.S. Bank provided construction financing for the project. Andres Construction Services LLC is serving as the project’s general contractor.

December 8, 2015

Loans Mixed-Use Southeast Virginia

HFF Arranges $65M Refinancing Loan for Mixed-Use Development in Arlington

by John Nelson December 8, 2015

ARLINGTON, VA. — HFF has arranged $65 million in financing for Tellus, a 254-unit, 16-story mixed-use development in Arlington’s Courthouse neighborhood. Tellus is located at 2009 14th St. N. two blocks from the Courthouse Metro. Completed in 2014, the transit-oriented property offers views of downtown Washington, D.C., and has studio, one- and two-bedroom units averaging 789 square feet each. The LEED Gold-certified property features a rooftop swimming pool, indoor yoga studio, fitness center, business center, oversized courtyard, cyber café, 273-space parking garage and more than 13,300 square feet of street-level retail and office space. At closing, the residential portion of the property was 93 percent occupied. Sue Carras, Walter Coker and Brian Crivella of HFF worked on behalf of the developer, a joint venture between Jefferson Apartment Group and Erkiletian Development Co., to secure the 15-year, fixed-rate loan through TIAA-CREF. Loan proceeds were used to replace construction debt on the property, which is managed by JAG Management Co.

December 8, 2015

Florida Mixed-Use Southeast

Paragon Realty Group Sells Sarasota Main Plaza for $18.1M

by John Nelson December 7, 2015

SARASOTA, FLA. — Paragon Realty Group has sold Sarasota Main Plaza, a 254,677-square-foot mixed-use retail center located at 1991 Main St. in Sarasota, for $18.1 million. Patrick Berman and Jason Donald of Cushman & Wakefield represented Paragon, and Steve Horn of Ian Black Real Estate represented the buyer, a joint venture between Baird Inc., JMB Parent LLC and GPS Industries LLC, in the transaction. The two-story center is home to tenants including Regal Cinemas, the Florida Department of Revenue, Sarasota Family YMCA, Seaside National Bank and Sarasota County municipal offices.

December 7, 2015

Healthcare Loans Mixed-Use New Jersey Northeast Retail

Procida Funding Closes Three Loans Totaling $6.3M in Central New Jersey

by Amy Works December 7, 2015

RANDOLPH, MIDDLESEX, LONG BEACH, ELIZABETH AND MARLBORO, N.J. — Procida Funding’s 100 Mile Fund, a local real estate investment vehicle, has closed three loans totaling $6.3 million for properties in Central New Jersey. In the first deal, Procida Fund secured a $1.3 million first mortgage for the acquisition and pre-construction work of a development site. The borrower, ER Real Estate Management LLC, plans to build a 12,500-square-foot medical office property on the site in Randolph. In the second transaction, the fund provided a $2.7 million bridge loan to Naval Crest Associates I & II LLC to pay off an existing mortgage loan and modify and amend a mortgage on two properties in Middlesex and Long Beach. In the final deal, Procida provided a $2.3 million bridge loan for the acquisition of three gas stations in Elizabeth and Marlboro. With these three transactions, Procida Funding has closed 19 debt investments totaling more than $100 million year-to-date.

December 7, 2015

Mixed-Use Multifamily Retail Texas

Venture Completes 43-Acre Land Assemblage for Mixed-Use Development in Metro Dallas

by Haisten Willis December 3, 2015

EULESS, TEXAS — Venture Commercial Real Estate has completed an assemblage of 43 acres of land located at the northeast quadrant of Cheek-Sparger Road and Heritage Avenue west of State Highway 121 in Euless. The buyer, Tonti Properties, is expected to break ground in spring 2016 on Trinity Union, a 457-unit multifamily community. The project has a mixture of product types including a four-story wrap-style building with structured parking and separate townhome-style buildings with direct-access garages and private yards. Trinity Union will feature an urban design, and 19 acres of the site will be devoted to retail use. John Zikos, Ken Reimer, Christopher Gibbons and Cheryl Hill of Venture worked with Tonti to acquire three separate land tracts. In the most complex of the transactions, Venture represented the seller, a family that had owned a 25-acre tract for 54 years, while Wilson Stafford of Edge Realty Capital Markets represented Tonti Properties. In the other transactions, Venture and Edge co-represented Tonti Properties.

December 3, 2015

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