FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS — Greystar is developing Elan Flower Mound, a mixed-use community that will be situated on 13 acres in the northern Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metro of Flower Mound. The property will feature 426 apartments ranging in size from 493 to 1,558 square feet, as well as 40 townhomes ranging in size from 1,309 to 1,848 square feet. Amenities will include a theater room, pool, fitness center, dog park and bike repair area. Designed by Meeks + Partners, the project will also deliver more than 15,000 square feet of retail space. Construction is already underway with a target completion date of fourth-quarter 2018.
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CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. has acquired 1280 Massachusetts Ave. in Cambridge for an undisclosed price. Located in Harvard Square, the 43,120-square-foot mixed-use building features 33,828 square feet of office space and 8,540 square feet of retail space. The seller, Boston Residential Group, developed the property in 1985. Current office tenants include Harvard University, Equity Resources Investments and Mark of the Unicorn. Retail tenants include Tatte Bakery and Café, Qdoba Mexican Eats and SEE Inc. Symmes Maini & Mckee Associates (SMMA) designed the brick and steel building, which is located at the edge of Harvard Yard at Harvard University and near the MBTA’s Red Line Harvard Square Station. Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. is an investment adviser that manages a real estate portfolio of approximately $6 billion for its clients. Boston Residential Group is a residential developer based in Boston. — Kristin Hiller
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has provided a $15 million bridge loan for a mixed-use development site located on three adjacent parcels in Brooklyn: 936 and 948 Myrtle Ave. and 258-264 Throop Ave. The borrower, a developer, has received approval for a 154,699-square-foot, three-building, mixed-use project. The developer plans to construct a residential project with rental and condominium units in three interconnected buildings with ground-floor retail space. Site excavation is nearly complete, and the borrower is moving forward with foundation work while pursuing approval for additional support through the Inclusionary Housing and Food Retail Expansion to Support Health programs.
HAPEVILLE, GA. — Architecture firm Artefact has unveiled design plans for Oak Center, a new mixed-use project in Hapeville, roughly two miles north of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The three-story development will expand and refurbish an existing two-story building on Oak Street, and will total 66,000 square feet upon completion. The project will feature ground floor retail, office space, outdoor dining, plaza areas and underground parking. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — The Kalikow Group and Steelpoint Property Group have completed the sale of a mixed-use property located at 517 Second Ave. in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $7.4 million. The four-story building features a ground-level restaurant and three floor-through, three-bedroom apartments. The partnership originally purchased the property in 2014 for $5 million and implemented a three-year renovation project.
HOUSTON — HFF has arranged the sale of Houston Center, a 4.2 million-square-foot mixed-use property located near Toyota Center and Minute Maid Park in downtown Houston. The four-building property consists of three high-rise office towers and one 16-story office building situated atop of 196,000 square feet of retail space. The asset spans 9.2 acres and was 72 percent leased at the time of sale. Houston Center offers tenants several casual and fine-dining restaurants, a fitness club and a healthcare facility. Jeff Hollinden, Scott Galloway, Mark Gibson and Trent Agnew of HFF represented the seller, a group of institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, in the transaction. Bermuda-based Brookfield Property Partners purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Transwestern has been retained to handle leasing of the property.
SAN JOSE, CALIF. — PCCP has provided a $63.8 million senior loan to Hudson Cos. for the development of Vespaio, a mixed-use project located at 138 Stockton Ave. in San Jose. The seven-story property will feature 162 residential units and 39,042 square feet of retail and commercial space. Slated for completion in 2019, the project will consist of three floors of commercial space fronting Stockton Avenue and two levels of structured parking. Amenities include a business center, fitness center, resident lounge, test kitchen, gaming area, pool, spa, outdoor cabanas, and rooftop deck with grills and a fire pit.
VICI Properties to Buy Harrah’s Las Vegas Casino from Caesars in $1.14B Sale-Leaseback Deal
by John Nelson
LAS VEGAS — An affiliate of Caesars Entertainment Corp. (NASDAQ: CZR) has agreed to sell the real estate assets of Harrah’s Las Vegas Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip for $1.14 billion. The buyer is VICI Properties Inc. (OTC: VICI), a Las Vegas-based REIT spun off last month from Caesars Entertainment Operating Co. Inc., a subsidiary of Caesars Entertainment. As part of the transaction, VICI will lease back the land and real estate to Caesars under a 15-year, triple-net lease agreement with four five-year renewal options. Harrah’s Las Vegas spans 4.1 million square feet and contains 90,600 square feet of casino space and 2,530 hotel rooms. The property features a Mardi Gras and carnival theme, with 16 restaurants and bars, retail shopping, spa services, a parking garage and 24,000 square feet of meeting space. VICI Properties also entered into a definitive agreement with Caesars to sell approximately 18.4 acres of undeveloped land located behind the LINQ Hotel & Casino and Harrah’s Las Vegas for $73.6 million. It is expected that Caesars will use the land with certain other parcels to construct a convention center adjacent to Harrah’s Las Vegas. “These transactions illustrate the growth potential provided by our …
COLUMBUS, OHIO — In spring 2009, the United States Green Building Council formally launched a new program with the vision of fundamentally changing how the country evaluated green design and development, LEED for Neighborhood Development (LEED-ND). The launch of the LEED-ND program coincided with the first phase of Columbus, Ohio-based Nationwide Realty Investors’ Grandview Yard development: a $700 million, 1.2 million-square-foot, master-planned mixed-use neighborhood located in the fast-growing Grandview Heights community, just minutes from downtown Columbus and The Ohio State University. The first standard of its kind, LEED-ND embraces principles of smart growth and new urbanism, encouraging sustainable and environmentally responsible design and development on a broad and integrated scale. Like a scene in a movie that begins with the camera tightly focused on one element before zooming out to reveal an eye-opening new perspective, LEED-ND is about acknowledging context and connection. Distinguished LEED project Grandview Yard was one of the Midwest’s first LEED-ND Silver neighborhoods. When site work began on the first phase of development of the project in September of 2009, a comprehensive and ambitious on-site reuse and recycling strategy was already in place. An extensive and highly-coordinated warehouse demolition process served as both a challenge and an …
DALLAS — The Drever, a 52-story mixed-use property in downtown Dallas, will undergo a redevelopment project valued at approximately $380 million, according to the Dallas Business Journal. The outlet also reports that developer Drever Capital Management recently landed a $67 million bridge loan through Starwood Property Trust, enabling it to move forward with the redevelopment. The project will convert the 1.5 million-square-foot building into a development comprising a 324-unit high-rise apartment tower, a 218-room Thompson hotel and undisclosed amounts of office and retail space. Dallas-based Merriman Anderson is providing architectural and design services for the project and Andres Construction is serving as general contractor. The project is expected to be complete by the end of 2018.