NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Witkoff Group, Maefield Development, Infinity Urban Century and New Valley LLC has completed the $430 million acquisition of a development site at 701 Seventh Ave. in Times Square. The companies plan to build a 340,000-square-foot multi-use complex that will include retail, a hotel and the nation's largest single LED screen. The $800 million project is expected to be operational within two years and fully complete in three years. Starwood Capital is providing $475 million in combined acquisition and construction financing for the project. An existing 11-story office building at the site will be partially demolished to make way for the complex.
AURORA, COLO. — Southlands Town Center, a 900,000-square-foot, mixed-use development in Aurora, has sold to Northwood Investors for an undisclosed sum. The outdoor lifestyle center contains 730,000 square feet of retail space and 170,000 square feet of office space. Notable retail tenants include AMC Theaters, Bed Bath & Beyond, Sports Authority, Ross, Barnes & Noble, Ulta, Victoria’s Secret, White House Black Market, American Eagle Outfitters ad Gymboree. This is Northwood’s first Colorado-based investment. Northwood Retail, a Northwood Investors subsidiary, will lease and manage the center.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cathedral Commons, a 264,272-square-foot mixed-use development at 3336 Wisconsin Ave. in Washington, D.C.’s Cathedral Heights neighborhood, has secured $91 million in construction and permanent financing. The project will include 137 luxury multifamily rental units, eight luxury townhomes, and 128,852 square feet of ground-floor retail space anchored by a 56,000-square-foot Giant Food grocery store. Mark Remington and Daniel McIntyre of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Giant of Maryland and The Bozzuto Group, to secure the 13-year, fixed-rate loan through Northwestern Mutual.
HOUSTON — Arch-Con Construction has commenced construction on the 23,500-square-foot Museum Point Professional Building, a Class A medical office building with a retail component located at 1401 Binz St. in Houston's Museum District. The ground floor will be designated for retail and healthcare tenants such as the Dermatological Association of Texas and The Center for Clinical Studies will occupy the second floor. Dermedica Property Group is the project's developer.
DALLAS — NorthMarq Capital has secured $2 million in first mortgage financing for the 41,000-square-foot Harry Empire Ltd. building, an office/warehouse/restaurant property located at Harry Hines Boulevard and Empire Central in Dallas. Bart Dickinson of NorthMarq's Dallas office arranged the 25-year loan with a 25-year amortization schedule through a life insurance company lender.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-based Pappas Properties and Allen Tate Co. have finalized plans for Phase II of Sharon Square. The $52 million Phase II will include 239 luxury residences and 22,000 square feet of retail space at the corner of Sharon and Fairview roads, adjacent to Phillips Place, in Charlotte. Phase II is scheduled to open in the fall of 2013. LS3P and Niles Bolton Architects designed Sharon Square, and Adolfson and Peterson is the general contractor. Charlotte’s first Whole Foods Market opened in the first phase of the project.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Skanska USA Commercial Development Inc. and Grosvenor Americas are planning to develop a 650,000-square-foot mixed-use complex in Washington, D.C.’s Capitol Riverfront district. It will be located between M and N streets, fronted by First Street, and close to the new Washington Nationals baseball park and the Navy Yard station on Metrorail’s Green Line. Skanska USA will develop an 11-story, 224,000-square-foot office building with 11,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, and Grosvenor Americas will develop the remainder with a mix of residential and retail space. Gensler Architects will design the office building, which is aiming for LEED Platinum certification, and Skanska USA Building will be the construction manager. McCaffery Interests will oversee construction of Grosvenor Americas’ portion of the mixed-use development.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — A joint venture between Inland Diversified Real Estate Trust and affiliates of Cappelli Group, acquired the majority interest in City Center Retail, a 381,905-square-foot mixed-use property in White Plains. The sale was valued at approximately $166.4 million. City Center is anchored by ShopRite Supermarkets, Nordstorm Rack and New York Sports Club. The property also contains 24 apartment units. City Center is adjacent to the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and the Trump Tower at City Center. The joint ventures includes 99-year air rights over the apartments and parking garage portion of City Center. Jeff Dunne, Steven Bardsley and David Gavin of CBRE Group represented Cappelli Group in the transaction.
LOWELL, MASS. — Fantini & Gorga served as lead advisor on a financing package for the $36.4 million Boott Mills West construction project in the National Historic Park in Lowell. The project used three kinds of tax credits — federal, state and new market — as well as a $19.1 million loan placed by Fantini & Gorga. A joint venture between Winn Development and Rees-Larkin Development is transforming a 19th century mill into 77 apartments and 42,684 square feet of office space. Boott Mills West is located at 141 John St. and is the last undeveloped phase in the Boott Mills complex, which includes the Boott Cotton Mills Museum, the Tsongas Industrial History Center and The Apartments at Boott Mills. Joe Eddy and Tim O'Donnell of Fantini & Gorga handled the assignment.
ATLANTA — The $100 million Emory Point project, a mixed-use development located near Emory University and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in Atlanta, has signed three new restaurants and two new retailers, including Burgerfi, Bonefish Grill, Paradise Biryani Pointe, LOFT and Francesca’s Collections. Emory Pointe is 82 percent committed with the addition of these five tenants. Retailers, restaurants and other services are expected to open at Emory Pointe this November. Atlanta-based Cousins Properties Inc. and Gables Residential are collaborating for the first time on Emory Pointe.