Mixed-Use

BALTIMORE — KLNB has brokered four retail leases totaling 9,000 square feet within The Can Company building in Baltimore’s Canton neighborhood. Ryan Wilner led the KLNB team that represented the landlord, a joint venture between MCB Real Estate, Angelo Gordon and JMC Holdings LLC, in all four transactions. The new tenants include HalfSmoke, Kisner’s Salon & Barber, uBreakiFix and AllCare Family Medicine and Urgent Care. HalfSmoke is a Washington, D.C.-based restaurant that will occupy 4,000 square feet at The Can Company building. This will be the restaurant’s first location in Baltimore and third overall. Kisner’s will occupy 1,300 square feet, marking the second location for the 14-year-old company. This will also be the first location in Baltimore City for uBreakiFix, an electronics repair store. The chain, specializing in iPhone, Samsung, PC, Mac and other phones and tablets, has 10 stores in Maryland. Lastly, AllCare will occupy 2,275 square feet. This will be the medical office’s first site in Baltimore and sixth in Maryland. The Can Company is a 205,865-square-foot mixed-use building situated at 2400 Boston St., two miles southeast of downtown Baltimore. MCB Real Estate completed renovations at the property in 2018. The asset, which was originally built in 1895, …

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RIVERTON, UTAH — Developer CenterCal Properties has selected Okland Construction to build the second phase of Mountain View Village Phase II, an 85-acre lifestyle development in Riverton. The second phase will include five pocket parks with unique amenities; show fountains; a covered market hall-style pavilion with a collection of eateries and common indoor and outdoor seating; a 14-screen Cinemark movie theater complex; and retail, restaurant and commercial spaces. The first phase includes a Harmons Grocery Store and Fuel Shop and more than 35 retailers, businesses and dining options. Okland Construction will begin work immediately on the second phase. Upon built-out, Mountain View Village will be a community gathering place, commercial hub and residential community.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Accesso, a full-service investment manager, owner and operator, will expand a 129-acre site in Austin’s Parmer District that houses a 911,574-square-foot office complex with a variety of new uses. Plans for the expansion currently call for the development of 1,800 multifamily units, a 340-room hotel, 80,000 square feet of retail space and an additional 800,000 square feet of office space. The campus is located at 7700 Parmer Lane, adjacent to Apple’s future $1 billion campus, and currently houses a range of technology uses. Amenities include a 540-seat food hall, an onsite daycare and preschool, fitness center, running trails and outdoor volleyball and basketball courts. Accesso has received zoning approval for the project. Marc Bellet, Accesso’s national director of development, says the firm hopes to begin planning portions of the office, retail and multifamily components in the next 12 months and to begin preleasing office space in the first quarter of 2021. AQUILA Commercial is leasing the office portion of the project.

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MIAMI — Balfour Beatty has completed construction on River Landing Shops and Residences, a 2.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development along the Miami River. The Atlanta-based general contractor completed the project on behalf of real estate investment trust H&R REIT and South Florida developer Urban-X Group. Matthews Southwest provided owner representative services. River Landing Shops and Residences spans 8.1 acres of riverfront land. The development features a seven-story, 488,000-square-foot retail and commercial space housing national retailers and shops; 142,000 square feet of Class A office space; and two multifamily residential towers above a 12-story, 2,344-space parking garage. River Landing also provides boater access along the Miami River, a waterfront linear park and a 25,500-square-foot restaurant row that will accommodate up to seven fine dining to fast casual restaurants. The design team includes architects BC Architects, McNamara Salvia Structural Engineers and Steven Feller MEPFP engineers. At its peak, the job employed more than 750 Balfour Beatty workers. River Landing Shops and Residences began opening its retailers to the public in early September. The tenant roster includes national retailers T.J. Maxx, Chase Bank, AT&T, Ross Dress for Less, Burlington, Hobby Lobby, Publix, Old Navy and Chick-fil-A.

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ATLANTA — Patterson Real Estate Advisors has arranged construction financing for Phase II of Lee + White, a 423,000-square-foot mixed-use development along the Atlanta BeltLine. MetLife Investment Management provided the financing.  The borrower and developer, a partnership between Ackerman & Co. and MDH Partners, will use the undisclosed financing to build office space, a food hall, retail outlets and a multifamily community. The co-developers expect the project to cost $85 million to build. A timeline for completion was not disclosed. Existing tenants at Lee + White include Wild Haven Beer, Monday Night Brewing ASW Distillery, Honeysuckle Gelato and HopCity. The developers acquired the former industrial property in fall 2019.

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OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — The new name of the former Sprint headquarters will be Aspiria, according to owner Occidental Management. The name change will be effective Jan. 1. Occidental submitted a preliminary development plan to the city in mid-September. The mixed-use project will revitalize the existing 17 buildings housing approximately 3.5 million square feet of Class A office space. Occidental will also build an additional 60 acres into retail, restaurant, entertainment, office and multifamily space. There will be space for outdoor gatherings and events as well as expanded walking and biking trails. Occidental says it will continue to release more details about the project over the coming months. Leasing is underway for the existing buildings as well as the first new office building at the corner of 119th Street and Nall Avenue. Sprint sold the campus to Occidental in summer 2019. Sprint later merged with T-Mobile. “Aspiria reflects an innovative and transformative destination — one we are eager to watch take shape,” says Gary Oborny, CEO and chairman of Occidental. “The project is of a grand scale on the global stage, and we needed a name and brand that was representative of an environment with limitless options.”

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cousins Properties has acquired RailYard, a 328,985-square-foot office building, and an adjacent 3.4-acre plot for the development of a mixed-use project in Charlotte’s South End district. The Atlanta-based REIT paid $201 million for RailYard and $28.1 million for the land. Charlotte-based Beacon Partners delivered RailYard in 2019 and sold it to Cousins for approximately $611 per square foot. At the time of sale, the 296,392-square-foot office portion was 97 percent leased to tenants including Allstate, Parsons Corp., EY, Slalom Consulting and WeWork. RailYard also features 32,593 square feet of ground-level retail space. Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith, Will Yowell, Grayson Hawkins and Brandon McMenomy of CBRE represented Beacon Partners in the sale. Cousins Properties acquired the adjacent land, which features access to the Bland Street Metro Station, from an undisclosed seller. Cousins plans to develop a mixed-use project spanning up to 700,000 square feet that will include office and residential space.

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ATLANTA — Billionaires Funding Group (BFG) has acquired Underground Atlanta, a four-block mixed-use property in south downtown Atlanta. The Atlanta-based firm acquired the historic property from WRS Inc. for an undisclosed price. Underground Atlanta is situated between Alabama, Pryor, Central and Wall streets. BFG plans to redevelop the 400,000-square-foot asset in phases. Phase I will focus on Block Two, which will comprise multifamily units, ground-level retail and parking. The other phases will include building out retail, restaurant, entertainment and gathering spaces. Shaneel Lalani, CEO of BFG, is leading the acquisition and redevelopment of the asset, with plans to collaborate with civil engineers, urban planners, architects and potential joint venture partners. BFG intends to retain ownership in each parcel to ensure consistency throughout the project. In addition, BFG owns Alabama Street and plans to convert it into a walkable streetscape. WRS acquired Underground Atlanta in late 2014. The Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based company began construction on a 351-room Yotel-branded hotel at the site this summer. Other attractions surrounding the property include Mercedes-Benz Stadium, State Farm Arena and CIM’s $5 billion Centennial Yards development. A timeline for construction was not disclosed. Lalani is also the CEO of Lucky Fortune, a coin-operated amusement machine …

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KENOSHA, WIS. — The City of Kenosha has unveiled plans for a $400 million project known as Downtown Vision. It will include two 11-story towers to be known as the Brindisi Towers, which will feature luxury apartments and condos as well as restaurant and retail space on the ground floor. A new entertainment and performing arts center will also be built with a 1,200-seat main theater and a smaller 300-seat community theater. A gallery will be operated by the Kenosha Public Museum. The performing arts center will connect to a higher-end hotel. As part of the project, Kenosha City Hall will be relocated. The current location will be transformed into a park. A parking ramp will increase downtown parking by 356 stalls. The Downtown Vision plan will be presented for review and recommendation to the Public Works Committee, Public Safety & Welfare Committee and Finance Committee in early December. Then it will go to the Common Council for approval with the goal of receiving final project approval by the end of the year. The Downtown Vision project complements a recently released plan for the Uptown neighborhood with the development of Uptown Lofts, an $18 million project that will transform the …

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SIOUX CITY, IOWA — The Sioux City Council unanimously approved a development and minimum assessment agreement with Omaha-based Clarity Development for the redevelopment of the historic Badgerow Building in downtown Sioux City. Hunden Strategic Partners, a global real estate development advisory practice headquartered in Chicago, managed the developer solicitation and selection process on behalf of the city. Clarity plans to purchase the building from the city for $1 million and redevelop it under the name Badgerow Developer LLC. The $23 million project will transform the office building into a mixed-use property with a restaurant, cocktail lounge, Class A office space on the first two floors, 71 market-rate apartments on floors three through 11, and a health club on the top floor. Completion is slated for December 2022. The developer has committed to a minimum assessed building value of $10.9 million following the project’s completion. In return, the city will provide a grant equal to 100 percent of new incremental property taxes for 10 years and an amount equal to 75 percent of new incremental taxes for an additional five years. The city will also support the developer’s application for historic tax credits and lease nearly 200 parking spaces in the …

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