CUTLER BAY, FLA. — Avison Young has negotiated the $16 million sale of Centre at Cutler Bay, a 127,072-square-foot office and retail property in Cutler Bay. The fully occupied asset is situated at 18901 SW 106th Ave., 20 miles southwest of downtown Miami. The Centre at Cutler Bay’s tenant base consists of child and adult daycare centers, a career counseling center and offices for accountants, insurance agents and real estate brokers. MMG Centre at Cutler Bay LLC, an affiliate of Miami-based MMG Equity Partners, acquired the property and has the option to develop a standalone building on the east side of the site ideal for up to seven tenants. Rosendo Caveiro, John Crotty, Michael Fay, David Duckworth, Brian de la Fe, Berkley Bloodworth and Emily Brais of Avison Young represented the seller, Cutler Center Holdings LLC, in the transaction.
PARK CITY, UTAH — Crandall Capital has started construction of The Commons, a mixed-use development in Park City. The project is scheduled for completion in October 2020. Located in the Newpark Towncenter at Kimball Junction, The Commons is the final component of the larger development’s master plan. Totaling, 37,659 square feet, The Commons will feature 38 affordable apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and 12,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space, as well as outdoor patio and dining areas overlooking Newpark Amphitheater and the 1,200-acre Swaner Nature Preserve. Zwick Construction is serving as general contractor and Stearns Bank provided financing for the project.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A joint venture between Kairoi Residential, Lincoln Property Co. and DivcoWest has secured an undisclosed amount of construction financing for 6xGuadalupe, a 66-story mixed-use tower in downtown Austin. According to the property website, 6xGuadalupe will feature ground-floor retail space, 349 multifamily units and roughly 588,000 square feet of office space. The office component also includes a 35,000-square-foot terrace and 11,500 square feet of amenities including a conference room, tenant lounge and fitness center. Construction is underway with the demolition of the existing Extended Stay hotel on the site set for Tuesday, Oct. 29. Gensler is the project architect.
MENLO PARK, CALIF. — Palo Alto, Calif.-based Greenheart Land Co. has topped off Station 1300, a three-story, transit-oriented development in downtown Menlo Park. The development is located less than one block from the Menlo Park Caltrain station San Francisco-based BAR Architects designed the project, which will feature two Class A office buildings totaling 200,000 square feet; a 20,000-square-foot public plaza; 183 multifamily units; and approximately 28,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. JETT Landscape Architecture & Design is serving as landscape architect. Todd Husak and Jon Moeller of CBRE’s Palo Alto office are the leasing agents for the office portion of the property.
ATLANTA — Selig Enterprises has secured $340 million in construction financing for 1105 West Peachtree, its three-tower, mixed-use development in Midtown Atlanta. The project will feature a 675,000-square-foot office tower, a 64-unit condominium tower, and a 178-room Epicurean Hotel. The towers will also house 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The Blackstone Group Inc. provided the construction loan, partially financing the $530 million project. “We have been fortunate enough to already garner the attention of some prominent tenants in the market including the signing of Smith, Gambrell & Russell for five floors [of the office tower],” says Chris Ahrenkiel, executive vice president of Selig Development. “The preleasing activity allowed for strong finance and equity options and also warranted an increase in the building size to over 675,000 square feet — the single largest tower to start construction in Atlanta in more than a decade.” Selig is partnering with Mainsail Lodging & Development to build The Epicurean Atlanta hotel, which will operate under the Marriott Autograph Collection banner. The hotel will offer 178 rooms, a full-service culinary program, conference and event facilities, and an outdoor terrace on the ninth floor. 40 West 12th will offer condos ranging from $600,000 to $2.2 million, in …
HOUSTON — A partnership led by Senterra Real Estate Group has acquired four acres at 3440 Richmond Ave. in Houston for the development of a mixed-use project, specific elements and construction schedules of which were not released. The site is located at the northwest corner of Buffalo Speedway across from the eastern edge of the Greenway Plaza campus and includes a pad site currently occupied by BB&T Bank. David Hightower of Midway and Davis Adams of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Midway and Cathexis RE Holdings, in the deal. Senterra was self-represented.
DALLAS — The Howard Hughes Corp. (NYSE: HHC), a mixed-use and residential real estate developer and operator with projects across the country, has announced a series of changes for the nine-year-old company. The Dallas-based firm plans to focus on its master-planned communities in Texas, Hawaii, New York, Maryland and Nevada and sell its non-core assets valued at roughly $2 billion over the next 12 to 18 months. HHC expects to net $600 million in cash proceeds from the sales. The Dallas Morning News reports that HHC will put several high-profile projects up for sale, including the Outlet Collection at Riverwalk in New Orleans, the Bridges of Mint Hill in Charlotte, Elk Grove in Sacramento and 110 North Wacker, a 56-story office tower under construction in Chicago. HHC says the office tower will deliver in October 2020 and is 69 percent preleased. HHC recently sold Cottonwood Mall in Salt Lake City for $56 million and plans to shop Monarch City, a 261-acre mixed-use project that the Allen City Council approved earlier this summer. Leadership change, HQ move Paul Layne, president of HHC’s Central region, is taking over as CEO effective immediately as David Weinreb and Grant Herlitz are stepping down from …
PORT ARANSAS, TEXAS — Sea Oats Group has begun construction on Cinnamon Shore South, a $1.3 billion mixed-use project that represents an expansion of the 300-acre Cinnamon Shore development in Port Aransas, located outside Corpus Christi on the Texas coast. In addition to luxury homes, Cinnamon Shore South will feature several commercial components, including roughly 120,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, a 12,000-square-foot health and wellness center, 175-room hotel and 40,000 square feet for office or live/work space. In addition, a 225-room hotel and convention center that can accommodate as many as 2,000 attendees will also be developed on Cinnamon Shore property, with the groundbreaking slated for February 2020 and the opening scheduled for 2021.
HOUSTON — International developer Skanska has purchased a full city block in downtown Houston for approximately $55 million with plans to develop a mixed-use project with office, multifamily and retail uses. According to The Houston Chronicle, the development timeline and additional details on the project will be determined after a master-planning process that is expected to begin by the end of the year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Community Three has broken ground on a $45 million redevelopment of the historic Grimke School in Washington, D.C., as part of the 9 1/2 Street initiative. Community Three plans for the 133,000-square-foot development to include office space, a new home for the African American Civil War Museum and residential units with ground-floor retail. The first phase, scheduled to deliver in fall 2020, includes renovating the 132-year-old Grimke School to include about 65,000 square feet of office and arts space that will house the 12,000-square-foot museum. Torti Gallas + Partners, the architect for the entire 9 1/2 Street Initiative effort, will move its international headquarters to the location. About 24,000 square feet of office space will be available for lease. The property is located on 9 1/2 Street near Vermont Avenue and U Street, a mile north of downtown D.C. Phase II, scheduled to break ground in 2021-22, will transform the Grimke School’s 1920s-era gymnasium into 40 residential units, 11 of which will be reserved for households earning less than 80 percent of median family income. The entire project is privately financed and Eagle Bank is the primary lender.