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FRISCO, TEXAS — Dallas-based developer StreetLights Residential and its partners have unveiled plans for The Mix, a $3 billion mixed-use development that will be located at the intersection of Dallas Parkway and Lebanon Road in Frisco. The 112-acre project is set to include 2 million square feet of office space; 375,000 square feet of retail space, including a grocery store; a 400-key business hotel and 200-key boutique hotel; and 3 million square feet of residential development.  The development will also include a central park designed by OJB Landscape Architecture, the landscape firm behind Klyde Warren Park in Dallas. The park will include an event lawn and performance pavilion, playground, promenades and a pond for a total of 20 acres of communal green space.  The development team includes master architects Torti Gallas + Partners and CallisonRTKL, with Kimley-Horn providing planning and design engineering services. The Retail Connection will handle leasing for the retail component, and JLL has been appointed to lease the office and medical space. The groundbreaking of Phase I took place in December, and full completion of the project is slated for 2026.   The Mix joins a number of large-scale mixed-use developments underway in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex, …

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By Steve Roppel, Senior Vice President, Allied Commercial Real Estate Encompassing 62 square miles, San Bernardino is the governmental seat of San Bernardino County, the largest county in the world at more than 21,000 square miles. About 86,000 people alone work within the city, per the 2020 Census. The largest industries are retail (12,280 people), transportation and warehousing (11,164 people) and health (9,603 people).  Of the six largest office buildings, only one is occupied by traditional multiple commercial tenants. The others are occupied by the county, city, courts, non-profits and the University of Loma Linda. The only large office building presently proposed is a county office building of 307,000 square feet. San Bernardino was historically a vibrant metropolitan whose image has become tarnished over the years. It is famous for its affiliation with Route 66, which runs through the city and allowed many people to emigrate to the Golden State. The first original McDonald’s restaurant – now a museum – was opened in San Bernardino in 1940. To restore the former luster and recognize the potential for San Bernardino, local governments have pulled together on several fronts. Multiple recent infrastructure improvements and redevelopments were completed and planned for San Bernardino, …

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ZUG, SWITZERLAND — IWG plc, a Swiss coworking provider, plans to open five new Regus-branded flexible offices in North and South Carolina. The five locations include 3511 Shannon Road in Durham; 8024 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh; 140 Stoneridge Drive in Columbia, S.C.; 222 N Lafayette St. in Shelby, N.C. (Charlotte suburb); and 900 Trail Ridge Road in Aiken, S.C. (Augusta suburb). All five locations will offer IWG’s full suite of services, including private offices, coworking and collaboration spaces, meeting rooms and a host of tech services, including IT support. The new Carolinas locations are part of IWG’s plan to add more than 500 locations throughout the United States.

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DALLAS — Morning Calm Management, an investment and management firm based in South Florida, has purchased Towers at Park Central, an 875,000-square-foot office complex located at the corner of LBJ Freeway and U.S. Highway 75 in North Dallas. Towers at Park Central features a conference facility with training rooms, fitness center, tenant lounge and onsite food options, and the undisclosed seller previously invested more than $7 million in capital improvements during its hold period. Tenants include SCP Health, foodmaker Daisy Brand and insurance company Arthur J. Gallagher. Morning Calm Management has tapped Newmark to lease the complex.

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MELVILLE, N.Y. — Northmarq has arranged a $32 million loan for the refinancing of a 273,103-square-foot office building located on the Long Island community of Melville. The four-story building at 445 Broadhollow Road was constructed in 1981 and renovated in 2021. Ernest DesRochers, Charles Cotsalas and Robert Delitsky of Northmarq arranged the 10-year, nonrecourse loan, which carried a fixed interest rate and a 25-year amortization schedule, on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. The direct lender was also not disclosed.

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WAYNE, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $22.2 million sale of Oak Hill Park, a 122,600-square-foot medical and office complex in Wayne, about 25 miles west of New York City. The two-building complex was recently renovated and was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. Frank DiTommaso, David Bernhaut, Andy Merin, Gary Gabriel and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Chopp Holdings, in the transaction. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the undisclosed buyer.

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DENVER — Broe Real Estate Group has unveiled plans for the second phase of its $200 million Cherry Creek North redevelopment project in Denver. 250 Clayton, an eight-story, 175,000-square-foot mixed-use building, will complement 200 Clayton, the company’s eight-story, 76,000-square-foot first phase. Fully preleased, 200 Clayton is on track for delivery in spring 2023. The Beck Group designed 250 Clayton, which will feature retail space and institutional-quality commercial office space with floor plates as large as 27,000 square feet. Construction of the second phase is scheduled to begin in fourth-quarter 2023.

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CHICAGO — Transwestern Real Estate Services has negotiated two office leases totaling 36,000 square feet at 191 N. Wacker Drive, a 37-story, 733,759-square-foot building in Chicago’s West Loop. Katie Steele and Kathleen Bertrand of Transwestern represented ownership, Manulife Investment Management. Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, an international business litigation law firm, expanded its lease from 18,864 square feet to 26,300 square feet. Kyle Kamin of CBRE represented the tenant. Maron Marvel Bradley Anderson & Tardy LLC, a national litigation defense law firm, inked a new lease for 10,121 square feet within a spec suite. Jeff Liljeberg of JLL represented the tenant.  

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DALLAS — California-based investment firm Vertical Ventures has acquired the DFW Financial Services Office Portfolio, a duo of buildings totaling 233,110 square feet in Dallas. The buildings are located at 4950 Amon Carter Blvd. and 14800 Trinity Blvd. in the CentrePort submarket. Mike Hardage, Brooks Creech and Angela Heidman of Transwestern brokered the deal. The seller was not disclosed.

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SEATTLE — Seattle-based Evolution Projects has received $109 million in construction financing for the development of 35 Stone, a pre-leased office building in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. Canyon Partners Real Estate provided a mezzanine loan to finance the development, concurrent with the closing of a senior construction loan from The Union Labor Life Insurance Co. Slated for delivery in third-quarter 2024, the five-story building will offer 112,700 square feet of office space and 7,500 square feet of retail space. Onsite amenities will include a roof deck, bike parking, locker and shower suites, a central lobby with retail space and 135 parking stalls. Designed to meet Living Building Pilot Program standards, the property will reduce energy usage by at least 25 percent compared to other office buildings and is anticipated to be one of the most energy efficient and sustainable office buildings in Seattle. Brooks Running will occupy the office space in 35 Stone, which is situated within the master-planned Campus Seattle development. Brian Kelly and Eric Lonergan of Savills represented Brooks Running in the lease transaction. Kaden Eichmeier and Bruce Ganong of JLL represented the borrower in the financing.

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