Mixed-Use

SkyHouse Nashville

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Batson-Cook Construction has begun building SkyHouse Nashville, a luxury mixed-use tower in midtown Nashville. Upon completion in the summer of 2016, the 25-story property will feature 352 luxury apartment residences, more than 10,000 square feet of retail space and a rooftop amenities deck. The property will be situated along Broadway, 17th Avenue and Division Street and offer panoramic views of downtown Nashville. The development’s amenity package will include an upscale clubhouse, fitness center, swimming pool and an outdoor kitchen. The design team includes co-developers Batson-Cook Development Co. and Novare Group and architect Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart. SkyHouse Nashville is the 15th SkyHouse-branded project that Batson-Cook has constructed since 2001. Earlier this year, the company delivered SkyHouse Buckhead in Atlanta, SkyHouse Channelside in Tampa and SkyHouse Raleigh in Raleigh.

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Shady Grove Road Rockville

ROCKVILLE, MD. — Lantian Development LLC and 1788 Holdings LLC have formed a joint venture to acquire a 31-acre site in Rockville from TA Associates for $50 million. The tract fronts Shady Grove Road between Choke Cherry and Gaither roads. The site currently contains seven separate two-story buildings totaling approximately 450,000 square feet of Class B office space. The joint venture intends to demolish two buildings and renovate the other five buildings in the portfolio to retain the existing tenant base and increase occupancy with new tenants. The partnership will also transform the asset into a mixed-use and multi-functional project that will eventually support 1.5 to 2 million square feet of commercial office, medical office, retail, hospitality and residential space. The joint venture intends to unveil the new branding of the project, as well as architectural renderings, by early 2016. 1788 Holdings and Lantian Development expect more than $500 million to be invested in the project during the next 10 years.

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2501 W. Armitage Ave. in Chicago

CHICAGO — Associated Bank has provided a $17 million construction loan for a new mixed-use development at 2501 W. Armitage Ave. in Logan Square. The developer is a partnership between Mario Greco and Dimitri Nassis of Spearhead Properties LLC and Chris Fifield of Fifield Construction and Realty Inc. Michael McGovern of Associated Bank’s commercial real estate division originated the loan. The LEED-certified development will include two buildings comprised of 78 apartments and 6,500 square feet of retail space along Armitage. The project will feature a private courtyard and large landscaped second-floor terraces. Eight affordable units will be made available. Once completed, the new apartments will offer tenants sleek modern finishes and an amenity package that includes an automated package room, high-speed fiber Internet service, a workout area, 55 parking spaces, bicycle parking and a 1,300-square-foot amenity space overlooking a 6,000-square-foot landscaped courtyard. Demolition is scheduled to start in early August and construction will begin soon after.

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CYPRESS, TEXAS — Three new tenants have signed leases at Caldwell Cos.’ Boardwalk at Towne Lake development, including Jaxton’s, Taisho and Copper Creek Orthodontics. The Boardwalk at Towne Lake is a 150,000-square-foot, waterfront development that is accessible by car and boat. The development will provide 40,000 square feet of waterfront office space and 60,000 square feet of retail space across four buildings. Jason Howard, the maître d’ at Tony’s Restaurant for the last eight years, is founding Jaxton’s, a new restaurant concept that will combine French and Italian cuisine. The team that has opened 11 Shogun Grill restaurants around Texas will open Taisho, a Japanese establishment that specializes in the hibachi and teppanykai style of cooking. Copper Creek Orthodontics will be relocating to a second-floor waterfront office in The Boardwalk at Towne Lake, set to open in spring 2015.

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1703-1705-Second-Ave-NYC

NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of two contiguous mixed-use properties at 1703-1705 Second Ave. on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The two five-story buildings sold for $22.2 million, or $1,498 per square foot, in an all-cash transaction. Previously home to Elaine’s restaurant, the properties, which total 15,350 square feet, feature one store unit and 16 market-rate residential units. The apartment units, which recently underwent renovation, feature stainless steel appliances, new hardwood floors, washers/dryers, new windows and new electric service. Thomas Gammino Jr. of Cushman & Wakefield handled the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.

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CHICAGO — NorthMarq Capital has secured a $13.3 million refinancing loan for the Kingsbury Center, a mixed-used property in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. The 10-year loan includes a 25-year amortization schedule. Sue Blumberg and Eric Kanz of NorthMarq Capital’s Chicago office arranged the financing for the borrower, which includes the Hochberg family, through its correspondent relationship with a life insurance company. The 135,256-square-foot property, located at 344 W. Hubbard St., was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale. Tenants in the Kingsbury Center include Petco, Ace Hardware and CVS as retailers. Related Companies and The Habitat Company hold office space.

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Elizabeth-Hospital-NJ

ELIZABETH, N.J. — CBRE Group has arranged the sale of the former Elizabeth General Hospital site in Elizabeth for an undisclosed price. Situated on five acres, the 350,000-square-foot vacant facility has been on the market for approximately 10 years, since Trinitas relocated the hospital to a new facility. The site also includes a 500-car parking structure. The private, out-of-state buyer plans to redevelop the site into a multifamily and retail complex. Charles Berger, Mark Silverman, Elli Klapper and Gil Medina of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller and the buyer in the transaction.

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North Miami Business Park

NORTH MIAMI, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap that serves institutional and major private real estate investors, has brokered the $21.3 million sale of North Miami Business Park. The 12-building, 214,318-square-foot property features office, warehouse and mini-storage facilities. The business park is located at 1922 N.E. 149th St. midway between Fort Lauderdale and Miami. Douglas Mandel and Benjamin Silver of IPA represented the seller, a fund based in Boston, in the transaction. The buyer was a limited liability company based in Coral Gables, Fla.

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ORANGE VILLAGE, OHIO — Fairmount Properties, lead developer on the $225 million mixed-use Pinecrest development in affluent Orange Village southeast of Cleveland, has teamed up with Lennar Commercial to make an initial $17 million investment in the project. The investment is being made through an advance to the partnership by Lennar Commercial’s sister company, Rialto Capital. The 58-acre development will feature 400,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, including a gourmet grocer; 150,000 square feet of office space linked to a 120-room hotel and parking garage; and 90 new apartments. Retailers that have committed to the project include REI, Pinstripes, Old Town Pourhouse and Silverspot Cinema. Pinecrest is set to open in 2017.

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CLEVELAND — Love Funding has closed on a $15.3 million loan to renovate a large, historic city block in downtown Cleveland into a loft apartment community. West 25th Street Lofts will offer 83 market-rate loft apartments in four adjacent buildings in Cleveland’s Ohio City neighborhood, including one that was originally constructed in 1866 to house the Jacob Beahr Brewery. In short, the apartments will replace a vacant group of buildings on West 25th Street. The developers of the $27.4 million project are Rick Foran of Foran Group Development LLC and Chris Smythe of Smythe Property Advisors LLC. Love Funding Midwest Regional Director Bruce Gerhart secured the financing through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s 221(d)(4) loan insurance program. The HUD program provided the development team with low-rate, non-recourse financing for the duration of construction and for a subsequent 40-year term. The loan was originally slated to be finalized in 2014, but the closing of a charter school in one of the newer buildings enabled the development team to add another 22 units to the project, according to Love Funding. Since then, the immediate area has benefited from further development, leadingUSA Today to name the area one of the 10 “up and coming” neighborhoods in the United States. …

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