Mixed-Use

CUMMING, GA. — Green Brick Partners Inc., a homebuilding and land development firm, has purchased 152 acres in the Atlanta suburb of Cumming. The Plano, Texas-based company plans to develop a mixed-use campus valued at $400 million at the site named Sawnee Village. The development will include 474 detached and attached homes built by Atlanta-based Providence Group, as well as more than 250 apartments, 220,000 square feet of seniors housing and office and retail space spanning 106,000 square feet. The master-planned campus will be situated near Ga. Highway 400 and Lake Lanier, as well as close to the New Cumming City Center, Avalon, Halcyon and Northside Forsyth Hospital. Nelson Architecture is designing Sawnee Village, and Providence Group is managing the overall development. Green Brick, which owns a controlling interest in Providence Group, plans to break ground on Sawnee Village this summer.

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SEATTLE — Cushman & Wakefield has procured a $193 million development funding package on behalf of Seattle-based Security Properties. The package includes a $65.2 million joint venture equity investment with MetLife Investment Management and $115.3 million in construction financing from Bank OZK for The Confidential, a 29-story, 212-unit, 374,000-square-foot mixed-use building being developed in the Belltown submarket Located at 2315 Fourth Ave., at the corner of Bell Street, The Confidential will feature 212 apartments, 17,500 square feet of office space, 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 243 parking spaces. Planned community amenities include a fitness center, lounge and theater. Currently under construction, The Confidential is expected to open in 2024. Design of The Confidential is being provided by VIA Architecture. Communita Atelier is the landscape architect and Exxel Pacific is the general contractor.

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MIAMI — JDS Development Group has received $86 million in acquisition and construction financing for 1 Southside Park, a 64-story mixed-use project in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood. Plans call for 1,175 apartment units, 190,000 square feet of office space, a 200-room hotel, 10,000 square feet of retail space and 1,400 parking spaces. The development will include the country’s first Treehouse Hotel, along with multiple food and beverage outlets and public spaces. As part of the Brickell Rapid Transit Zone, the project will enhance access to public transportation, provide direct connection to The Underline and reinvigorate Southside Park, according to JDS. The Underline is a 10-mile linear park, urban trail and public destination being built on land below Miami’s Metrorail that is opening in phases through 2025. Southside Park’s proposed design enhancements include an enclosed dog run, seating areas, water features, opportunities for public art, playgrounds, a new basketball court and space for active programming such as movie nights and community sports events. A Walker & Dunlop team led by Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz and Adam Schwartz arranged the financing through Maxim Capital Group. An existing land acquisition loan was replaced with a bridge construction loan at a lower interest …

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CHICAGO — A joint venture between CRG and Shapack Partners has acquired the former Bridgford Foods Corp. food processing facility in Chicago’s Fulton Market district with plans to redevelop the site into a 750,000-square-foot mixed-use project. The development is slated to feature 250 apartment units, 350,000 square feet of Class A office space, 150 boutique hotel rooms and 40,000 square feet of retail space. Located at 170 N. Green St., the project site spans nearly an entire city block near the Chicago Transit Authority Pink Line and Green Line station at Lake and Morgan streets. CRG’s parent company, Clayco, will serve as general contractor and its subsidiary, Lamar Johnson Collaborative, is the architect. Paige O’Neil and Annie Kwasigroch of Shapack will oversee lease-up of the office and retail space. CRG anticipates that construction could begin as early as this fall. A timeline for completion was not provided. “This location is a tailor-made opportunity to meet the overwhelming trend of flight to quality we are seeing in the city,” says CBRE’s Keely Polczynski, who represented Bridgford in the sale. “Employers are investing in upgraded spaces to boost employee engagement as well as attract and retain talent.” According to CBRE, 60 office …

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ROSWELL, GA. — A joint venture between ECI Group and Phoenix Capital has broken ground on Averly East Village, a $101 million luxury apartment and townhome community in the Atlanta suburb of Roswell. The developers expect to deliver the property in late 2024. Truist Financial provided construction financing for the project, which Rule Joy Trammell Rubio Architects designed. The multifamily project is part of a mixed-use redevelopment of East Village Shopping Center, and Ardent Cos. will continue to own the retail component. Amenities will include a pool with a sun shelf, pool deck with cabanas, two outdoor kitchens, clubroom, synthetic turf dog park and dog spa, two-story fitness center, outdoor gym, coffee lounge with individual work spaces and secure bicycle storage. At full buildout Averly East Village will include one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and townhomes, as well as 75,000 square feet of retail space and a large central green space.

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DORAVILLE, GA. — Gray Television Inc. has entered into an operations agreement with NBCUniversal Media LLC to lease and operate a new studio campus spanning 43 acres in metro Atlanta. The Assembly Studios facilities will be situated within Gray’s Assembly Atlanta project, a 135-acre mixed-use development in Doraville that once housed GM’s Assembly plant. NBCUniversal’s lease with Gray will include a suite of facilities needed to support TV and film production. The new facilities will include multiple soundstages, production office space, warehouses and mill space, as well as parking and other necessary amenities. Adjacent to the Assembly Studios complex is Third Rail Studios, a movie and TV production facility spanning seven acres that opened in 2016 and that Gray acquired in September 2021. NBCUniversal will manage all studios onsite, including Gray’s own studio facilities and Third Rail Studios. Construction began on roadways and infrastructure throughout Assembly Studios last summer, and construction began on studio buildings for Gray’s Swirl Films late last year. Construction on NBCUniversal’s facilities is expected to begin this summer. At that time, Gray expects over 1,200 individuals will be employed in construction jobs onsite and that the Assembly Studios complex will be completed in the second half …

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ATLANTA — PMG and Toronto-based Greybrook Realty Partners have broken ground on Society Atlanta, a 31-story mixed-use development at 811 Peachtree St. in Midtown Atlanta. Designed by Cooper Carry, the mixed-use property will feature 460 residential units, 81,000 square feet of office space and 16,500 square feet of retail space. Juneau Construction Co. is serving as general contractor for project, which is slated to open in late 2024. Society Atlanta will offer traditional layouts alongside “rent-by-bedroom” (also known as co-living) options. Community amenities will include a rooftop pool and restaurant, a coworking lab with private conference rooms, a gym and a fitness studio. The property is the first of PMG’s Society Living multifamily platform to enter the Atlanta market.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm Ariel Property Advisors has arranged the $9.9 million sale of a mixed-use building located in the Mount Hope area of The Bronx. The property comprises five market-rate apartments, 10,600 square feet of vacant office/community space and ground-floor retail space that is leased to T-Mobile and a regional pharmacy. Vanbarton Group sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer. Jason Gold, Victor Sozio and Daniel Mahfar of Ariel Property Advisors brokered the deal.

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Michael Jacobs NAI Retail Challenges

Although the pandemic wreaked havoc on the retail sector in general, the culling of weak concepts has left space for strong retailers to flourish. The retail industry is seeing an explosion in experiential retail, medical/dental space is ubiquitous and non-traditional tenants are jumping at opportunities to secure prime locations. As a result, shopping centers have proven very resilient, says George Macoubray, vice president of retail brokerage with NAI Elliott in Portland, Oregon. “Today’s centers continue to evolve and to address what consumers need in terms of a place for people to congregate and participate in the activities that are important to them.” The entertainment sector was hit hard by the pandemic, he notes. “But now those operators seem to be out looking for locations, and they’re seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. People want to gather. They want to be entertained. They want to go out and do activities. Those kinds of experiences are happening more and more often in shopping centers — and you can’t buy those activities on Amazon.” Exciting new in-person experiences are helping to elevate shopping centers. “There’s an influx of experiential retail. From golf simulator experiences to ping-pong places to axe-throwing activities, …

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HYATTSVILLE, MD. — Urban Investment Partners Inc. (UIP) has secured debt and equity financing for Canvas, a $112 million mixed-use development in downtown Hyattsville. The six-story project will be located at 5300 Baltimore Ave. and feature 285 one- and two-bedroom apartments, 31,660 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 681 parking spaces. Washington, D.C.-based UIP is financing the project using $27.1 million in equity, including $19.1 million from crowd-sourced capital raised on CrowdStreet from 422 individual investors. Other financing sources included a $42.3 million loan from Parkview Financial and $42.8 million in proceeds from a land sale-leaseback agreement with Safehold. Torti Gallas + Partners designed Canvas, which is expected to begin initial occupancy in the fourth quarter of 2023.

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