CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Beechwood Carolinas, a subsidiary of The Beechwood Organization, has received approval from the Town of Chapel Hill to develop a 43-acre residential district on the city’s south side. Known as South Creek by Beechwood, the development will include market-rate and affordable housing apartments and townhomes, for-sale condominiums, 21,000 to 52,000 square feet of commercial and retail space and open gathering areas. Total housing units will total 815 residences, a vast majority of which will be condominiums. The development will be situated along the 15-501 corridor at 4511 S. Columbia St., about two miles south of University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Council members unanimously approved the site’s rezoning in early June. Beechwood Carolinas plans to break ground in late 2024 and anticipates first occupancy in 2025. The developer’s project partners include architectural firm FMK Architects and Lee Bowman of Legion Land & Development.
Mixed-Use
RocaPoint Signs Perch Kitchen & Tap to Lease at $1B Greenville County Square Development
by John Nelson
GREENVILLE, S.C. — RocaPoint Partners has signed Perch Kitchen & Tap to open a restaurant and brewery at Greenville County Square, a $1 billion mixed-use development in Greenville. Perch Kitchen & Tap is the first committed food-and-beverage tenant and will join Whole Foods Market in the development’s first phase. Charleston-based Palmetto Brewing Co. is partnering with Perch to operate the restaurant’s brewery portion. Perch is based in Chicago and is part of the 4 Star Restaurant Group. The new restaurant and brewery will feature 7,200 square feet of indoor dining and kitchen space and a 2,100-square-foot outdoor patio. Additionally, the new 250,000-square-foot Greenville County administrative building is set to open soon at the development.
Brand Atlantic, Wheelock Street Capital Complete Redevelopment of Office Building in Downtown West Palm Beach
by John Nelson
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Brand Atlantic Real Estate Partners and Wheelock Street Capital have completed the redevelopment of 111 Olive, a boutique office building in downtown West Palm Beach. The building is the first phase of Banyan & Olive, a Class A mixed-use development within the city’s Clematis Waterfront District. 111 Olive features newly renovated offices with 14-foot ceilings and pine timber wood ceilings. The building offers two 9,000-square feet suites and two 5,000-square feet suites, with one of the smaller suites fully built out for immediate move-in. Tenant amenities include a golf simulator lounge and clubroom seating; art installations throughout the main lobby, elevator lobby lounges and office corridors; shower cabana changing rooms with private lockers and towel service; dedicated parking at 300 Banyan garage with direct connection from the main lobby; concierge attendant at main lobby desk for security, guest registry, mail, package storage and tenant requests; and club-level amenities at 300 Banyan, featuring an indoor/outdoor fitness center, open-air lounge and reservable outdoor event space.
Citivas Provides Construction Financing for 25,000-SF Mixed-Use Project in Santa Monica, California
by Jeff Shaw
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Citivas Capital Group has provided a senior construction loan for the development of a mixed-use project at Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. Upon completion, the space, which will include retail and office space, will feature floor-to-ceiling windows and a 4,000-square-foot outdoor roof terrace. Blatteis & Schnur was the borrower. Jorge Adler of Citivas arranged the financing.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Northpond Partners has acquired Chadbourn Mill, an adaptive reuse project underway at a 1930s-era textile mill located within Charlotte’s Mill District. Northpond purchased the property from Federal Capital Partners (FCP) for $12.5 million, with plans to develop retail and restaurant space. Renovations will include the addition of two 7,000-square-foot patios and the installation of garage doors on the 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space at the property’s main building. Plans also include the addition of a lawn adjacent to the secondary, 2,100-square-foot retail building. The corporate headquarters for software developer Ekos will continue to occupy the second floor of the main building. Southwick Architecture + Interiors will serve as architect, and White Point Partners remains a partner on the development. Construction is expected to be complete in 2024. Stream Realty Partners arranged the sale on behalf of FCP and White Point.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. AND RICHMOND, VA. — Hoffman & Associates plans to expand into two new markets, Charlotte and Richmond, with the development of three new multifamily projects totaling 1,108 apartments. The developments, which will exceed 1 million square feet in size and $433 million in total investment, will include two assets in Charlotte’s South End neighborhood and a $133 million development in the Scott’s Addition neighborhood of Richmond. The Washington, D.C. -based developer plans to break ground on 2500 Distribution Street in Charlotte (330 apartments) in spring 2024 and deliver the project in fall 2026. Down the street, Hoffman plans to begin construction on 2401 Distribution Street (410 apartments) in spring 2025 and wrap up construction in summer 2027. Lastly, 3200 W Moore Street in Richmond (368 apartments) will break ground in late 2024 and deliver in late 2026.
APEX, N.C. — Beacon Partners has broken ground on the first phase of Apex Gateway, a 380-acre master-planned development in Apex, approximately 15 miles west of Raleigh. The project surrounds the intersection of U.S. Highway 64 and N.C. Highway 751 and will feature a mix of industrial, life sciences, retail and medical office space. Phase I will feature three light industrial buildings totaling 480,000 square feet, including a 172,150-square-foot headquarters facility for Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Al Williams and Matt Winter of JLL are handling leasing for Apex Gateway’s speculative developments. The project team also includes general contractor The Conlan Co., architect HagerSmith Design and engineer Advanced Civil Design. Truist Bank is providing construction financing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Whole Foods Market plans to open a new 47,000-square-foot store as part of the Parks at Walter Reed development in northwest Washington, D.C. The store, which will open on June 28, will anchor the 3.1 million-square-foot redevelopment of the historic, 66-acre Walter Reed Army Medical Center. The new Whole Foods will be located at 7130 12th St. NW in The Hartley apartment building. The grocer signed the lease with the ownership group — Hines, Urban Atlantic and Triden Development — in 2019. Whole Foods currently operates more than 500 stores in the United States, Canada and the UK.
The pandemic has done a lot to the office sector, not the least of which is convince employees they don’t need to sit in a cubicle eight hours a day, five days a week. Turns out, unsurprisingly, many people appreciate the freedom and flexibility that comes with working from home. The average U.S. office vacancy rate was 18.6 percent in the first quarter of 2023, according to Cushman & Wakefield. This was 5.9 percentage points higher than fourth-quarter 2019. Three California regions are also listed on the “Bottom 10 Performers of 2022” list (according to vacancy rate) put out by the National Association of Realtors. These include San Rafael (19.3 percent vacancy), San Francisco (16.4 percent) and Los Angeles (14.4 percent). Yet, leases are still getting signed, particularly at urban mixed-use projects throughout the state. Sean Slater, senior principal in RDC’s San Diego office, thinks this type of environment is a no-brainer for companies looking to bring employees back to the office. “Office workers want choice, especially with the current work-from-anywhere trend,” he says. “For a long time, suburban office parks have lacked choice of food and beverage, a diverse population of tenants, and a meaningful connection to their community. …
McBride Cohen Receives Financing for First Phase of 3.2 MSF Mixed-Use Project in Tempe, Arizona
by Jeff Shaw
TEMPE, ARIZ. — The McBride Cohen Co. has received a $53.2 million mezzanine loan to develop the first phase of South Pier at Tempe Town Lake, a waterfront mixed-use project in Tempe. South Pier is a seven-phase project that will span 18 acres and 3.2 million square feet along the southern shoreline of Tempe Town Lake. The first phase of South Pier will consist of 724 multifamily units across three towers, as well as parking garage with 850 spaces, 280 spaces of surface parking and 26,500 square feet of ground-floor commercial space. Construction on the first phase began in January and is slated for completion by spring 2026. The Davis Experience is the architect for the project and Clayco is the general contractor. At full build-out, South Pier will offer 18 total buildings, including thousands of housing units, 600,000 square feet of high-rise office space, two hotels and South Pier Isle, an entertainment district providing dining, retail, night life and entertainment venues. South Pier Isle also includes the Arizona Amazing Wheel, an 80-meter-tall observation wheel. The development site is located adjacent to the main campus of Arizona State University. Pearlmark originated the mezzanine loan on behalf of Pearlmark Mezzanine Realty …