Mixed-Use

SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council has unanimously approved an exclusive negotiating agreement with the Padres Development Team to negotiate terms for the previously announced acquisition and redevelopment of Tailgate Park into East Village Quarter. The site is located outside Petco Park, which Major League Baseball’s San Diego Padres call home. The Padres Development Team, including the San Diego Padres, Tishman Speyer and Ascendant Capital Partners, was selected during a public request for proposals process. The development team’s vision for East Village Quarter includes residential space, 50,000 square feet of neighborhood-serving retail, 236,000 square feet of public spaces, 1.4 million square feet of office space targeted to technology and biotechnology companies, and 1,600 parking spaces. According to media reports, the development will cost $1.4 billion. “We are excited to take another step forward to revitalize Tailgate Park and further transform the Ballpark District and downtown San Diego,” says Erik Greupner, president of business operations for the San Diego Padres. “We look forward to finalizing a deal with the City of San Diego that will result in the creation of a vibrant, inclusive, mixed-use district in East Village.”

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DALLAS — Locally based developer Hunt Realty Investments has unveiled plans for a 3.7 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Uptown Dallas, according to reports from multiple news outlets including the Dallas Business Journal and constructionreviewonline.com. According to the latter outlet, the project will be developed on an 11-acre tract between North Field and North Houston streets that currently houses Hunt Realty’s Northend Apartments. The project will include commercial and residential uses, as well as a 1.5-acre park and an urban arboretum. A construction timeline is still being finalized, according to the media outlets.  

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HOUSTON — Houston-based developer Radom Capital has topped out Montrose Collective, a 197,000-square-foot retail and office development in Houston’s Montrose District. According to the Houston Business Journal, the four-story project is valued at $105 million. JP Morgan Asset Management is serving as a joint venture equity partner on the project, which also includes 40,000 square feet of green space and 600 parking spaces. Construction began in early 2020.

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ATLANTA — Developer Jamestown has unveiled plans to expand Ponce City Market in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood by 500,000 square feet. Expansion plans for the mixed-use development include a 100,000-square-foot office building, an outdoor courtyard with 38,000 square feet of shopping and dining space, and more than 400 units of a “hospitality living” concept. Jamestown says the hospitality concept was designed to cater to the way people live and work today, with spaces available for both short-term and long-term leases at accessible price points. Residents will enjoy hotel-like services and amenities, including regular housekeeping and laundry services, a rooftop terrace and pool, and in-building storage units. The office building will offer tenants customizable floorplates with the option to create private outdoor balconies. The ground floor will house 25,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space with a direct connection to the new courtyard. The four-story building is designed to achieve LEED Gold certification and reduce embedded carbon. There will also be bike and scooter parking, designated rideshare drop-off sites, an electric bike share program and electric car charging stations. The next phase of Ponce City Market will also feature an expansion of the Central Food Hall. Jamestown plans to …

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OAKLAND, CALIF. — CIM Group and Strada Investment Group have completed Eleven Fifty Clay Street, a 288-unit apartment community in downtown Oakland. The co-developers delivered the 16-story property between 11th and 12th streets near the city’s Old Oakland neighborhood. Rents range from $2,544 for a studio apartment to $5,059 for a three-bedroom unit, with some concessions available for prospective tenants. The onsite leasing office is open five days a week. Amenities at Eleven Fifty Clay include a fitness center, lobby coffee bar, conference rooms, coworking areas and bicycle storage. A rooftop deck features open-air lounge areas, partially covered dining areas, fire pits and grills. Eleven Fifty Clay Street also features street-level retail space, as well as a large outdoor patio and a 17,000-square-foot public plaza fronting 12th Street. The publicly accessible plaza has a half basketball court, outdoor seating, specialty retail stores and a repurposed shipping container that has a full kitchen set. Nearby amenities include the 12th Street BART rail station, AC Transit bus stations, restaurants, shops, hotels, Lake Merritt and San Francisco Bay. Suffolk Construction was the general contractor for Eleven Fifty Clay Street. Greystar currently manages the property on behalf of CIM and Strada. CIM Group is …

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ATLANTA — Pellerin Real Estate has purchased the former Ramada Plaza by Wyndham Atlanta Downtown & Conference Center, a 375-room hotel in south Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood. Atlanta-based Pellerin is partnering with New York-based Life House via its management arm, Life Hospitality, to stabilize the property and explore redevelopment opportunities. The former hotel is located next to Center Parc Stadium, Georgia State University’s (GSU) football stadium that was once the Atlanta Braves home ballpark (Turner Field), as well as a site for the 1996 Summer Olympics. The property is adjacent to Summerhill, an 80-acre master development by Carter USA and GSU. Phase I will feature 306 apartments with 8,575 square feet of ground-level retail, 82,000 square feet of grocery-anchored retail, the redevelopment of 47,000 square feet along Georgia Avenue, a 676-bed student housing project, 100 townhomes and build-to-suit Class A office space. GSU recently announced a new $85 million, 8,000-seat athletic arena that will be directly across the street from the former hotel and is expected to deliver in 2022. Pellerin and Life House are partnering to grow their hospitality portfolio by a minimum of 1,000 rooms over the next 12 months. The firms are targeting 100- to 300-room midscale hotels …

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ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Lowe and USAA Real Estate have broken ground on Park + Ford, an adaptive reuse project of two former office buildings within the Park Center complex in Alexandria. The two 14-story properties will feature 435 apartments upon completion. Also on the campus is an office building at 4300 King St. that includes a 55,000-square-foot X-Sport Fitness club. Apartments will include studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans fitted with contemporary fixtures and appliances with a nod to Alexandria’s industrial history. Park + Ford will feature indoor and outdoor common areas for coworking, small gatherings or individual use. The apartment conversion is anticipated to be complete in 2021. The project team includes Bonstra | Haresign Architects and Whiting-Turner Contracting Co. Lowe will continue to manage the office building at 4300 King St. through its property management affiliate, Hospitality at Work. Lowe and USAA acquired the office campus in 2018 and financed the acquisition and conversion with a $128 million loan from Newport Beach, Calif.-based PIMCO.

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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Dwight Capital has provided a $27.4 million HUD loan for Drayton Mills Lofts, a 289-unit multifamily community in Spartanburg. The HUD 223(a)(7) loan is a refinancing of the existing HUD 221(d)(4) loan that Grandbridge Real Estate Capital financed in 2014, the same year Westbridge Partners and TMS Development purchased the 118-year-old Drayton Mill. The former textile mill now features a 60-foot saltwater lap pool, two-story fitness center, walking trails and community rooms. Individual apartments come with large mill windows and 17-foot tall natural wood ceilings in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Rental rates range from $1,088 to $1,899. Also within the 203-acre Drayton Mills complex is 60,000 square feet of commercial and event space known as Drayton Mills Marketplace. Tenants include Bareknuckle Barbershop, Bella Late, Burn Boot Camp of Spartanburg, Dray Café, Edward Jones, Holiday Brewing, 1800 Drayton Catering & Events, Pi-Squared Pizza, Sparkle City Chiropractic, Palmetto Proactive Healthcare and The Lauren Ashley Collection Salon and Bar.

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ROSWELL, GA. — Armada Hoffler Properties Inc. has purchased the interest from co-developer S.J. Collins Enterprises to fully control the development of Southern Post, a planned $80 million mixed-use development in downtown Roswell. Armada Hoffler plans to break ground on the project in spring 2021. Southern Post will offer 40,000 square feet of retail space; 90,000 square feet of loft-style, open-concept office space; 128 upscale apartments; and 10 townhomes with garages. Committed tenants include PONKO Chicken and Da Vinci’s Donuts. In addition to the Southern Post transaction, Armada Hoffler has recently completed the off-market acquisition of The Residences at Annapolis Junction in Annapolis, Md. The 416-unit apartment community was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. The Virginia Beach-based investment and development financed the acquisition using a 10-year agency loan totaling $84 million. The LEED Gold-certified property was built in 2018 by Armada Hoffler’s general contracting subsidiary, Armada Hoffler Construction Co.

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BAINBRIDGE TOWNSHIP AND AURORA, OHIO — Industrial Commercial Properties (ICP) has purchased a 377-acre tract that formerly housed the Geauga Lake Amusement Park (pronounced jee-AW-ga) and Sea World Ohio. Cedar Fair sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Located in Bainbridge Township and Aurora approximately 25 miles southeast of downtown Cleveland, the developer plans to rebrand the property as The Geauga Lake District.  Elements of the new design will pay homage to the history of the site and the former amusement park, which operated from 1887 to 2007. The master-planned development will include retail, restaurants, residential and other commercial uses alongside public green space. “We are reigniting this iconic landmark,” says Chris Semarjian, owner of ICP. “The redevelopment of this site will not only create a fully functioning district where people can live, work, dine and recreate, but it will also have a broader impact on economic development and job creation for the region.” The development will include the construction of Geauga Lake Boulevard, which will connect State Route 43 to Depot Road. “Many of us that grew up in Northeast Ohio have fond memories of the park and it was important to our development team, the Bainbridge Township trustees and …

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