DALLAS — Locally based development and investment firm Henley Capital is underway on a hotel redevelopment project near downtown Dallas. Demolition of the former City Inn & Suites hotel at 223 S. Ewing Ave., which is located adjacent to Halperin Park and about four miles south of downtown, began in mid-August. Henley Capital plans to redevelop the site into a mixed-use property with multifamily and retail components, with the potential to incorporate other uses as well. Susser Bank is financing the project, an expected completion date of which was not announced.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Newmark has arranged the recapitalization of the ownership structure at Fritz Farm, a 330,077-square-foot mixed-use destination in Lexington. Developer-operator Kimco Realty is now a preferred equity partner at the development, which Hendricks Commercial Properties purchased last year from a partnership between Swift Creek Real Estate Partners and Centennial Real Estate Management LLC. Additionally, funds managed by Blackstone provided $104 million in financing for the recapitalization. Conor Lalor of Newmark represented Hendricks Commercial in the transaction. Chris Kramer and Dan Axelson, also with Newmark, arranged the Blackstone financing. Originally called The Summit at Fritz Farm, the 36-acre campus was delivered by Birmingham, Ala.-based Bayer Properties in 2017. The property houses retail brands including Whole Foods Market, Pottery Barn, Arhaus, Orangetheory Fitness, Apple, Lovesac, Carhartt, Warby Parker, Starbucks, CRU Food & Wine Bar, Williams-Sonoma and Shake Shack, as well as apartments and offices. The property also includes approximately six acres available for future development and development rights for additional retail and residential components. Not included in the transaction were Fritz Farm’s seniors housing community and hotel.
RICHMOND, VA. — Greenberg Gibbons has signed two new anchor retail tenants — Trader Joe’s and Onelife Fitness — at Midtown64, a 64-acre mixed-use project in Richmond. The first phase of the $500 million development, which includes the project’s 130,000-square-foot retail component, is expected to be completed in 2028. Onelife Fitness, which will occupy 65,000 square feet across two levels, will offer a turf training area, indoor saltwater pool, kid’s club, recovery suite and spa-inspired locker rooms, as well as studios dedicated for boxing, Pilates and stretching. Upon completion, Midtown64 will include 300,000 square feet of office space, nearly 1,000 apartments, 194 for-sale townhomes and a hotel, in addition to the retail space.
WHEAT RIDGE, COLO. — CentrePoint Properties has completed the sale of Wilmore Center, a mixed-use property in Wheat Ridge, to HCA HealthONE for $14.5 million. Jon Hendrickson and Aaron Johnson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Situated on 5 acres at 7615 W. 38th Ave., Wilmore Center comprises two single-story multi-tenant buildings offering a total of 52,743 square feet of mixed-use space and 236 parking spaces. At the time of sale, the asset was 84 percent occupied by 15 tenants. The tenant mix includes retail, food and medical, with 68 percent of the leased area occupied by medical-related tenants.
CHICAGO — Habitat and Cabrera Capital, in partnership with the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA), have broken ground on the first residential phase of the redevelopment of the LeClaire Courts public housing community, which was completed in the 1950s and demolished in 2011. Replacing a 32-acre site in Chicago’s Garfield Ridge community, the multi-phase project will ultimately include up to 700 residential units, approximately 440,000 square feet of commercial space and publicly accessible open space. The first phase includes two six-story buildings comprising 183 apartments offered in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Ninety percent of the homes will be designated as affordable through income and rent restrictions supported by public financing for qualifying low- and moderate-income residents, while the remaining units will be offered at market rate. Funding sources for the $119 million first phase include a $27 million capital loan from CHA, $9.5 million in city multifamily program funds, $5.5 million in tax-increment financing, $33.7 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit equity, $1.3 million in Illinois Affordable Housing Tax Credit equity and a $1.2 million deferred developer fee. The financing structure brings together the CHA, the city, Bank of America and other mission-driven investment partners. …
DETROIT — Dan Gilbert, founder and chairman of mortgage giant Rocket Cos. and real estate company Bedrock, has pledged to commit roughly $1 billion in capital for the redevelopment of Renaissance Center, a landmarked mixed-use property in Detroit. The overall redevelopment cost is currently projected to be $2.2 billion. As part of the pledge, a new nonprofit organization will be formed to own, redevelop and operate the development and the surrounding Riverfront District. Bedrock will provide project management services on behalf of the nonprofit at no cost. According to the Detroit Historical Society, construction on Renaissance Center originally began in 1973. The first tower opened in 1976. General Motors purchased the development in 1996 for $73 million to serve as its global headquarters. In 2004, General Motors completed a $500 million renovation of the property. In January, the company completed its move to a new headquarters at Hudson’s Detroit. In 2024, Bedrock and General Motors established a partnership to explore redevelopment opportunities at Renaissance Center, announcing a conceptual plan for the redevelopment in November of that year. According to Crain’s Detroit Business, Renaissance Center is currently still owned by General Motors, and Dave Massaron — the company’s vice president of infrastructure and corporate citizenship — says …
GOLDEN, COLO. — AC Development, the Coor’s family development company, has completed The Pottery, an office building that is the first phase of Clayworks, a 14-acre redevelopment of the former CoorsTek ceramics manufacturing site in Golden. The project team for The Pottery includes AC Development as developer, Tryba Architects as architect and Holder Construction as general contractor. The completion of The Pottery also marks the return of CoorsTek’s global headquarters to its original location in Golden, where the company’s ceramics operation was established in 1910. The CoorsTek and AC Development teams completed their move into the 188,600-square-foot office building this month. The Pottery was created through the adaptive reuse of the former CoorsTek headquarters and manufacturing facilities with the new building incorporating historic elements, including the brick façade along Ford Street and the original kiln elements. Clayworks is transforming the former Coors industrial campus into a mixed-use neighborhood across six city blocks, with plans for office, retail, dining, public gathering areas, housing, parking and a boutique hotel that will reimagine the historic Golden High School. Sweet Bloom Coffee Roasters is the first announced retail tenant at Clayworks and is set to open on the ground floor of The Pottery later …
ANAHEIM, CALIF. — The Samueli Family and Marriott International (NASDAQ: MAR) have unveiled the design for SENA, Anaheim’s first hotel in Marriott’s Autograph Collection portfolio. Set to open in 2029, the 300-room luxury hotel will serve as the hospitality anchor of OCVIBE, a $5 billion, 100-acre master-planned entertainment and mixed-use district surrounding the Honda Center, the home arena of the Ducks. The Samueli Family, owner of the Ducks, along with its affiliate OC Sports & Entertainment, is the master developer behind OCVIBE and SENA. The hotel’s project team also includes Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (architecture and landscape architecture) and Rockwell Group (interior design), while Sage Hospitality Group will lead guest services. “SENA brings together world-class hospitality, culinary and design brands while creating something distinctly ‘Anaheim,’” says Mike Waterman, president and CEO of Visit Anaheim. “It reflects the continued evolution of Anaheim and the caliber of experiences taking shape across our destination.” At the center of the entrance to SENA, Rockwell Group is designing a circular indoor-outdoor lobby bar that will transition from bright colors during the day to warm, atmospheric colors at night. Meanwhile, the pool deck, pool bar and the indoor-outdoor lobby bar will overlook OCVIBE’s South Plaza …
CULVER CITY, CALIF. — Lincoln Property Co. and McCourt Partners have received $132.7 million in construction financing from Bank OZK for ElevenOneEleven, a multifamily development in Culver City. Lou Friedel and Keith Rosso of Berkadia arranged financing on behalf of Lincoln and McCourt. Situated on 3.4 acres at 11111 Jefferson Blvd., ElevenOneEleven will feature a six-story development comprising 344 residences, including 52 affordable units, along with 2,000 square feet of retail space and 17,520 square feet of publicly accessible outdoor space. Additionally, ElevenOneEleven will include two full floors of residential amenities and 500 parking spaces. The project team includes KFA Architecture as architect and Kimley-Horn as civil engineer. Construction is slated to commence in the fourth quarter of 2026.
PEARLAND, TEXAS — Planned Community Developers (PCD) has received approval from the City Council of Pearland, a southern suburb of Houston, and has closed on the land for a 120-acre mixed-use development. The site is located at the nexus of U.S. Highway 288 and Beltway 8, and the development will be known as The Orchard. Plans currently call for 250,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment space, 150,000 to 300,000 square feet of office space and approximately 1,100 multifamily units and 100 single-family homes. CBRE has been tapped as the leasing agent for the retail component, and JLL is handling marketing of the future office space. A construction timeline was not announced.
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