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CELINA, TEXAS — Centurion American Development Group has broken ground on Legacy Hills, a mixed-use, master-planned development that will span approximately 3,200 acres in the North Texas city of Celina. The site is located at the corner of Legacy Drive and Celina Parkway, about 40 miles north of downtown Dallas. Legacy Hills will feature more than 10,000 residential units, with current plans calling for about 7,000 single-family homes and 4,100 multifamily units. The commercial component will encompass 100 acres and will include retail, restaurant and entertainment space, though other uses within that portion of the project have not yet been announced. In addition, Centurion American has earmarked two 12-acre parcels as future sites of schools within the Celina Independent School District, as well as two seven-acre tracts that will house fire and police stations. A network of hiking and biking trails will link various pieces of the development, and Centurion has allocated 27 acres for the City of Celina to develop into a sports park. Lastly, a championship golf course, complete with a driving range, putting green and clubhouse, will run through the center of the site. The single-family homes will be spread across seven subdivisions, each of which will …

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based private equity firm Madison Realty Capital has provided a $90 million construction loan for a mixed-use project that will be located in the Flushing area of Queens. The development will comprise 150 residential condos, 202 hotel rooms, 23,000 square feet of ground-floor and below-grade retail space and 300 parking spaces. All of these uses will be housed in two adjoined buildings rising 16 and nine stories that will be set on a retail podium and will total 263,151 square feet. Residential floor plans will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom formats, and amenities will include a fitness center and outdoor terraces and courtyards. The borrower and developer is an entity doing business as 37 Ave Richouse LLC. A construction timeline was not disclosed.

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MIAMI — Locally based developer Shoma Group has purchased a 2.5-acre site located at 3650 Bird Road in Miami for $34 million. The buyer plans to build Shoma One, a $220 million mixed-use development, at the site. Configured in two 18-story towers, the development will feature 391 apartments with residences ranging in size from 375-square-foot micro studios to 1,400-square-foot, two-bedroom units. There will also be seven two-story residences ranging from 1,344 to 1,400 square feet, as well as a food hall. Amenities will include a bowling alley, lounge, daycare, yoga and spin studios, fitness center, bike room with repair station, dog park, coworking café and a spa with steam room, sauna and massage rooms. The property will also have a rooftop pool and pavilion with an outdoor grill, water features and lounge areas equipped with large projection screens for viewing parties. Shoma will link the property’s outdoor space to The Underline, a newly created linear park in Miami spanning 10 miles. Shoma plans to break ground on Shoma One in January 2023, and construction will take 18 to 24 months to complete. The site currently houses a car dealership named Deel Volvo. Michael Fay, John Crotty, David Duckworth and Brian …

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MEMPHIS, TENN. — Carlisle Corp. plans to open the first Caption by Hyatt-flagged hotel this summer in downtown Memphis. Caption by Hyatt Beale Street Memphis will anchor Carlisle’s $200 million One Beale mixed-use development, which includes three Hyatt-branded hotels and the new Renasant Convention Center. Memphis Business Journal reports that the new hotel’s development costs hovered around $41 million. Situated along Memphis’ famous Beale Street and the Mississippi River, the upscale select-service hotel will be integrated into the historic main building of Wm. C Ellis & Sons Ironworks and Machine Shop, which is one of the longest-running businesses in the city. The historic building will house the hotel’s ground and second floors, and a new 136-room tower will rise above and give guests views of the river and Memphis skyline. Designed by HBG Design, the hotel will feature dual entrances and an all-day, multi-functional lounge space dubbed Talk Shop that will include a coffee shop, cocktail lounge, workstations and sundries market on the inside and a patio and beer garden with fire pits on the outside. Hyatt Hotels Corp. collaborated with Union Square Hospitality Group on the Talk Shop concept. Hyatt plans to expand the Caption by Hyatt brand to …

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CUTLER BAY, FLA. — Electra America and BH Group have formed a joint venture to purchase Southland Mall, a 808,776-square-foot shopping mall in the Miami suburb of Cutler Bay. The buyers purchased the 80-acre site for $100.4 million with plans to reposition the mall and develop new Class A apartments on the campus. The joint venture is working closely with the Town of Cutler Bay on the redevelopment project. Located at 20505 S. Dixie Highway, Southland Mall was 80 percent leased at the time of sale to more than 100 tenants, including JC Penney, Macy’s, T.J. Maxx, LA Fitness, Regal Cinemas, Old Navy, Sephora, Kay Jewelers and Applebee’s. According to the buyers, Southland Mall is the only enclosed regional mall servicing southern Miami-Dade County through the Florida Keys. Michael Fay, John Crotty, David Duckworth and Brian de la Fé of Avison Young represented Electra America and BH Group in the land deal. The seller(s) was not disclosed. Southland Mall includes a former Sears department store and auto center that were not part of the transaction.

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $95 million sale of The Cascades, a newly built mixed-use development in downtown Tallahassee. Built in 2021, the property features 161 apartments, 44,247 square feet of office space, nearly 30,000 square feet of retail space, two plazas and a 4,914-square-foot historical building. The property also includes a 770-space parking garage and three development pads that can support 173 more apartments. Frank Carriera, Mike Regan, Joe Ayers, Cliff Taylor and Mike Harrell of CBRE represented both the buyer, Becovic Management Co., and the seller, Cincinnati-based North American Properties, which built the property in partnership with the City of Tallahassee.

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DALLAS — RREAF Communities, a division of Dallas-based RREAF Holdings, has acquired 3,173 acres at the intersection of State Highways 130 and 80 in Central Texas’ Caldwell County for the development of a master-planned community. Preliminary plans call for thousands of residential homes in various product types, as well as retail, restaurants, hotels, offices, healthcare and light industrial uses and future school sites. A construction timeline has not yet been established.

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PHOENIX — Thompson Thrift has purchased a 30-acre development site at the southwest corner of Dove Valley and 29th Avenue in Phoenix. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The company plans to develop a mixed-use property on 16 acres of the site. The remaining acreage will be left as outdoor space that is part of Skunk Creek Wash natural preserve, and will feature pedestrian amenities and running paths. Upon completion, the development will feature apartments and 35,000 square feet of retail. Oregano’s, a local pizza chain, and Twisted Sugar, a gourmet cookie shop, have pre-leased space at the development.

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FRISCO, TEXAS — A development partnership has unveiled plans for Fields West, a $2 billion mixed-use project in Frisco, a northern suburb of Dallas. The 180-acre project will be situated along the Dallas North Tollway within Fields, a 2,500-acre master-planned development that houses PGA of America’s new headquarters. The development partnership for Fields West comprises Hunt Realty Investments, Karahan Cos., Chief Partners LP, CrossTie Capital Ltd. and the heirs of Bert Fields Jr., the original landowner and namesake of the development. Dallas-based Hunt Realty purchased the site, then known as Headquarters Ranch, from the Fields estate back in 2015. While individual components for Fields West weren’t disclosed, the developers did sign an agreement with Marriott International to bring a new Ritz-Carlton hotel to anchor the development. The size and room count for the new hotel were not announced. The Dallas Morning News reports that Fields West will ultimately feature three hotels and offices totaling a combined 4 million square feet. The outlet also reported the property will feature shopping, dining and entertainment uses, as well as 2,800 apartments. Project architect Gensler announced that Fields West will be “three times” the size of Legacy West Urban Village, a retail project within …

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LAS VEGAS — UnCommons Matter Real Estate Group has broken ground on Phase II of its $400 million, 40-acre mixed-use community in southwest Las Vegas. The second phase will feature a conference center, two office buildings and an additional parking garage with nearly 750 stalls. Construction is slated for completion by summer 2023. Components of Phase II include The Assembly, a 5,000-square-foot conference center offering indoor and outdoor space accommodating meetings for 10 to 250 people; and two four-story office buildings totaling 180,000 square feet with 20,000-square-foot to 25,000-square-foot floor plates available for lease. The buildings will have connected patio balconies enabling tenants to enhance their spaces with floors that are up to 45,000 square feet. Phase II will bring UnCommons to more than 335,000 square feet of office space. Upon full build-out, the property will offer five office buildings and four parking garages.

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