PHILADELPHIA — UC Funds has provided a $20.5 million construction loan for Phase II of Liberty Square, a mixed-use project in Philadelphia. Located at 236 W. Thompson St., the full build-out will include 191 residential units and 6,700 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The loan will fund the construction of 89 of the residential units and all of the retail space. Amenities will include an underground parking garage, fitness center and a landscaped plaza with dog park. The borrower was undisclosed.
HOUSTON — A partnership between San Francisco-based FPA Multifamily LLC and Southern California-based Trinity Property Consultants has acquired a mixed-use development located at the intersection of Westheimer Road and Kirby Drive in Houston. The sale includes the 397-unit Gables West Ave. apartment community, which will be rebranded Arrive River Oaks, and the 193,895-square-foot West Avenue River Oaks shopping center, which will be rebranded Shops at Arrive. Retail users at the property include TOOTSIES, Milk & Honey and Eddie V’s Prime Seafood. The new ownership will upgrade the apartment community’s amenity spaces, including the dog park, fitness center and pool area.
KAPOLEI, HAWAII — Gardena, Calif.-based Highridge Costa Cos., in partnership with Honolulu-based Coastal Rim Properties, has broken ground on Kulana Hale, a mixed-use and affordable seniors housing project in Kapolei, near Honolulu. Designed by SVA Architects, Hawaiian Dredging Construction Co. is building the property. Located at 1020 Wakea St., the $130 million project consists of three components — two 13-story towers and a single-story commercial space — to be built in three phases. The $64 million first phase will feature 154 affordable apartment units for seniors in a unit mix of 22 studio, 109 one-bedroom and 22 two-bedroom layouts, as well as a one-bedroom manager’s unit. All residential units are equipped with an oven, stove, microwave and refrigerator. Project amenities will include a community meeting room, picnic area, community workspace with high-speed internet access and neighborhood-serving retail space on the ground floor. The second phase will add a tower with 143 affordable units for families, as well as additional ground-floor retail space. Construction of the second phase is slated to start in 2019. The final phase will be a single-story retail space to serve the residents and larger community. “My administration has been working hard to expand affordable rental housing …
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2.4 million sale of a 2,100-square-foot mixed-use building in Brooklyn. The property is located at 488 Metropolitan Ave. Shaun Riney and Michael Salvatico of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The team also represented the buyer, who was undisclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Aria Development Group has purchased a land parcel located at the corner of Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street N.E. in Washington, D.C., for an undisclosed price. The buyer is planning to develop a mixed-use building, including residential space, on the 25,000-square-foot site. The purchase represents the culmination of three years of assemblage activity to connect tree-lined P Street N.E. with Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street. Additional details of the transaction were not released. This acquisition represents Aria’s eighth multifamily or mixed-use investment in Washington, D.C.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Mission Capital has arranged a $29.4 million loan for the construction of 1600 S. 1st St., an 86,700-square-foot mixed-use project that will be located in the Bouldin neighborhood of Austin. Upon completion, the project will feature 59 residential units, 22,800 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and a 321-space parking garage. Jason Parker, Steven Buchwald and Jamie Matheny of Mission Capital arranged the non-recourse loan through a local debt fund on behalf of the developer, Austin-based PSW Real Estate LLC. A timeline for groundbreaking and completion has not yet been established.
FORT LEE, N.J. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has provided a $135 million loan for the refinancing of Hudson Lights, a residential and retail mixed-use development in Fort Lee. The floating-rate loan has an initial term of three years. The borrower was an institutional investor. Built in 2016, the development includes 276 market-rate apartments, 136,000 square feet of retail space and a parking garage.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Third & Urban and FCP have acquired the former Madison Mill, located along Charlotte Avenue in Nashville, with plans to redevelop the site into a 160,000-square-foot office and retail project. Dubbed Sylvan Supply, the project will be divided into six buildings connected by open corridors and terraces, providing outdoor workspaces for tenants. The development will feature 130,000 square feet of creative office space with open floor plans, large windows and outdoor space, as well as 27,000 square feet of retail and dining space. The redevelopment will preserve the existing buildings, which were originally used for the production of high-quality wood products. Centric Architecture and landscape architect Hodgson Douglas are designing the project, and Gay Construction is the general contractor. Bo Tyler, Bill Adair and Ashley Albright of JLL are handling the office leasing, while Elliott Kyle of Equitable Property Co. is handling the retail leasing. The development team will break ground on Sylvan Supply next month, with completion scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2019.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Nauset Construction has broken ground on St. James Place, a transit-oriented, mixed-use development in the Porter Square neighborhood of Cambridge. Acorn Holdings LLC is developing the project, which is located at 2013 Massachusetts Ave. The development will include 46 condominiums, 2,000 square feet of retail space and a new parish hall for the St. James Episcopal Church. Architectural firm Dumont, Janks, Goldberg, Reed LLC designed the condominium complex.
TREO Group Receives $33M Construction Loan for Mixed-Use Waterfront Project in Miami’s Coconut Grove
MIAMI — The TREO Group has received a $33 million loan from FirstBank Florida for the construction of Regatta Harbour, a mixed-use waterfront development located in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood. The project will be located at Dinner Key, a marina complex situated along the shore of Biscayne Bay. Upon completion, the 100,000-square-foot development will include retail space, three waterfront restaurants and a rooftop event space, dubbed Harbour Terrace. Historic airplane hangars dating back to the early 1900s will be used to create approximately 40,000 square feet of space for a food hall, specialty market, fitness or entertainment concept. In addition, Regatta Harbour will include marina services with dry storage slips for more than 400 vessels, an upgraded and relocated fueling station and 700 feet of transient floating docks. Architecture firm Arquitectonica is designing the project, which will be delivered in multiple phases. The new dry-storage marina is scheduled for completion in November, the retail component in the summer of 2019 and the waterfront restaurants in 2020. Lyle Stern and Sara Wolfe of Koniver Stern Group are handling the project’s leasing assignment.