Mixed-Use

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VACAVILLE, CALIF. — Triad Lagoon Valley, a Washington limited liability company affiliated with Seattle-based Triad Development, has purchased 840 acres from Lennar Corp. for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to develop Lagoon Valley, a mixed-use community on the site. Lagoon Valley is approved as a conservation community, balancing jobs and housing, with more than 80 percent of its specific plan area entitled for open space/recreational use. Site grading is slated to commence in May, with building construction scheduled to begin in early 2021. Lagoon Valley will include Class A office space, 12 residential neighborhoods and a variety of recreational components. The office portion — Ascend @ Lagoon Valley — will feature seven four-story buildings ranging in size from 700,000 square feet to potentially 1 million square feet. Additionally, Ascend will offer a 30,000-square-foot amenity building with a fitness center, food and recreation space. Outdoor amenities at the property will include an amphitheater, sports courts and field space. Lagoon Valley is also surrounded by 2,000 acres of protected open space, including a 470-acre Lagoon Valley Park, 100-acre lake, a centrally located eight-acre public park and numerous neighborhood parks. The community will also include a fire station, a 50,000-square-foot town center …

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NEW YORK CITY — Progress Capital has arranged an $85 million loan to refinance Union Crossing, a 275,000-square-foot mixed-use development in the Port Morris neighborhood of the Bronx. LibreMax Capital provided the floating-rate loan, which will be used to replace the original construction loan and fund potential tenant improvements and leasing commissions during lease-up. Located at 825 East 141st St., the building was originally constructed in 1916 as a major baking facility for the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. A partnership of the Bluestone Group, the Altmark Group, Madison Realty Capital and Galil Management purchased and redeveloped the property in 2016 to include retail, office and industrial space. Nonprofit affordable housing developer Westhab is the property’s first office tenant, taking 8,233 square feet of space. Brad Dominico of Progress Capital arranged the loan.

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REDMOND, WASH. — Los Angeles-based Lowe has completed the development of Talisman, an apartment property located at Redmond Town Center, a mixed-use lifestyle center in Redmond. As the first apartment building to be completed at the 1.2 million-square-foot Redmond Town Center, Talisman features 286 apartments and 9,400 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Row House, F45, Musashi and The Airrosti Chiropractic occupy the retail portion. The apartment community offers a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts with loft-inspired designs and high-end finishes, including keyless entry, stainless steel appliances, custom flooring and quartz countertops. Community amenities include a lobby, co-working space, a community sports bar with kegerator, resident lounge, two-level fitness center with yoga room, rooftop deck, outdoor kitchen, fire pit and a maker space where tenants can meet to create, invent and learn. Pre-leasing is underway, with the first occupancies slated for February. The project team includes Compass Construction as general contractor, Encore Architects as architect, Ankrom Moisan as interior designer, Communita Atelier as landscape architect, KPFF as civil engineer and BCQ as structural engineer. Greystar will serve as property manager, and JSH is handling leasing of the retail portion.

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MIAMI — Berkadia has secured a $76 million bridge loan for the construction of Gateway at Wynwood, an approximately 230,000-square-foot office and retail complex at 2916 N. Miami Ave. in Miami’s Wynwood district. Charles Foschini of Berkadia arranged the financing through Miami-based 3650 REIT on behalf of the borrower and developer, New York-based Rose & Berg Realty Group LLC. Designed by architect Kobi Karp, Gateway at Wynwood will be situated near Miami’s central business district (CBD), Midtown, the Arts and Entertainment District, Miami Beach and mass transit options including the Miami Metrorail and new Virgin Trains commuter rail line. The project will feature approximately 220,000 square feet of office space, with roughly 27,700 square feet of space on each floor, as well as 25,900 square feet of retail space. The site is ready for the foundation work and vertical construction to commence. Gateway at Wynwood is projected to open in the second half of 2021. Colliers International is handling Gateway at Wynwood’s office leasing assignment, and CBRE is marketing the property’s retail space.

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DALLAS — Metropolitan Capital Advisors (MCA) has arranged two loans to finance RedBird Development Group’s redevelopment of RedBird Mall, an enclosed regional mall in southwest Dallas formerly known as Southwest Center Mall. MCA arranged a $7.1 million acquisition loan through Dallas-based Graham Mortgage for the mall’s former Sears department store. The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (UT Southwestern) has agreed to lease the entire 150,000-square-foot wing of the mall. The new RedBird Medical Center is slated to open in 2021. MCA also arranged a $12.7 million construction loan to finance the redevelopment of the former Dillard’s department store that will be occupied by medical office and job training users including Parkland Hospital, Work Ready U and Work Force Solutions. Origin Bank provided the construction loan. The Growth South Fund, a private equity fund that targets south Dallas, also provided financing for RedBird’s Mall redevelopment. RedBird Development Group is an entity headed by Peter Brodsky, Terrence Maiden and Jon Cochran. The new RedBird Mall will feature 300,000 square feet of office space, 400,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, apartments and a Courtyard by Marriott. Palladium USA is building the multifamily component, according to The Dallas Morning News.

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HERNDON, VA. — Washington D.C.-based Penzance Management LLC has purchased The Mark, a 169-unit mixed-use apartment community in Herndon, a Washington, D.C., suburb in Northern Virginia. Jeff Kim and Allen Manesh of Ideal Realty Group (IRG) represented Penzance in the off-market transaction. Located at 2323 Dulles Station Blvd., The Mark is situated in the Dulles Technology Corridor and within walking distance of the future Innovation Center Metro Station. The Mark features more than 15,000 square feet of retail space leased to tenants such as Alo Vietnam, Neo Smiles Dental, Kabobi by The Helmand and Edward Jones Investments. The property also has a 311-space secured parking garage and a resident-only pool and fitness center. Built in 2007, the building offers one- and two-bedroom units, as well as a clubhouse, business center, Zen garden and a barbecue and picnic area.

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NEW YORK CITY — JLL has brokered the $150 million sale of River Street Assemblage, a 3.2-acre waterfront development site in the North Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, to Two Trees Management Co. LLC. Located at One River Street, the property includes 285,020 square feet of buildable space and is zoned M3-1 for a variety of retail, office, manufacturing and mixed-use projects. The site also includes a portion of water, piers and platforms along the East River and River Street. Brendan Maddigan and Stephen Palmese led a JLL team that represented the seller, Con Edison, in the transaction.

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ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Third & Urban LLC and Chevy Chase, Md.-based FCP have acquired 15.2 acres along the Atlanta BeltLine. The joint venture partnership will develop a 275,000-square-foot mixed-use project at 950 W. Marietta St. The seller and price of the property were not disclosed. Designed by Perkins and Will, the development will focus primarily on converting an existing warehouse on the site into adaptive reuse space featuring both offices and retail. The project is directly across from the King Plow Arts Center, adjacent to The Foundry at Puritan Mill and near the Westside Park at Bellwood Quarry, which will be Atlanta’s largest green space after its planned opening in spring 2020. Construction is expected to begin in the third quarter of 2020, with an anticipated occupancy in the third quarter of 2021. Atlanta Paper Co., which was originally Elsas, May Paper Co., built the warehouse on West Marietta Street in the 1940s. It was once used to create packaging for The Coca-Cola Co. Later, it was owned and operated by Atlanta-based WestRock, a corrugated packaging company.

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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Sunchase Holdings has completed the disposition of Scottsdale Entrada, a 30-acre former auto mall at the northeast corner of 64th Street and McDowell Road in Scottsdale. Los Angeles-based Banyan Residential acquired the site for an undisclosed price through a qualified Opportunity Zone fund. Banyan Residential plans to redevelop the site into a speculative mixed-use development, which is slated to break ground in April 2020 and deliver mid-2021. Scottsdale Entrada will feature 735 multifamily units, 7,000 square feet of retail space, and a three-story, 245,000-square-foot office building. The office plans call for floor plates of approximately 80,000 square feet, high ceilings, full-height windows and indoor-outdoor space. Office amenities will include an on-site fitness center, game lawns, dog park, pedestrian walkways with direct access to the Arizona Crosscut Canal and tunnel access to Papago Park. Tom Adelson and Erin McClure of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) handled the transaction. Mike Garlick and Jimmy Hoselton of Newmark Knight Frank will represent the project’s office leasing. DPC Cos. is serving as developer for the project.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Minneapolis-based Ryan Cos. will develop a 60-story mixed-use tower at 311 and 321 W. 6th St. in downtown Austin. Designed by Page, the building will rise 770 feet and span 530,371 square feet. Levels 12 through 17 will comprise 120,000 square feet of Class A office space. Levels 20 through 60 will consist of 363 multifamily units, 75 percent of which will be studio and one-bedroom residences. The remainder will be two- and three-bedroom units. The other floors will be reserved for parking and retail. Residential amenities will include a pool, fitness center, media room, pet park and a 3,000-square-foot clubhouse on the top floor. A construction timeline was not released, but Ryan Cos. plans to propose the project to the Austin City Council before the end of the year. BBVA currently occupies a bank branch at the Sixth Street site and plans to lease 4,000 square feet in the new development. CBRE advised BBVA on this project.

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