KITTERY, MAINE — Simon Property Group has welcomed a host of new retailers to Kittery Premium Outlets in southern Maine. Claire’s, Carter’s, OshKosh B’Gosh, Mélange Home, Perfume Palace, Limited Hype and Jack’s Country Store have all recently opened stores, and Vineyard Vines will open next spring. Simon acquired Kittery Premium Outlets, which is home to more than 50 retailers across five centers, over the course of the 2000s.
AURORA, ILL. — McShane Construction Co. has completed Fox Valley Apartments in Aurora on behalf of Housing For All LLC in collaboration with Visionary Ventures, Cordogan Clark & Associates and JTE Real Estate Services. The project includes one new building and two renovated historic school buildings to offer a total of 47 affordable housing units. McShane remodeled Lincoln Elementary School, a 39,000-square-foot building originally constructed in 1893, to accommodate 14 units. The school closed in 2007 due to low enrollment and remained vacant until construction of the apartments began. Also on that site, McShane constructed a new, two-story building to offer 22 units. Originally an elementary school, Mary A. Todd School was transformed into 11 apartment units and a healthcare clinic for uninsured or underinsured families. The building was originally constructed in the early 1900s and most recently housed West Aurora School District’s early childhood programs until the programs were moved to a new facility in 2019. During the remodeling process, McShane kept historical features of the schools, including trim, flooring, chalkboards, lockers, windows and doors. Cordogan Clark & Associates designed the units, which are offered in one- to three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a laundry room, community room, computer …
ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta, through Atlanta Urban Development (AUD), has unveiled plans for three new affordable housing projects, including the redevelopment of the Mall West End. Together, the projects will add nearly 350 affordable housing units for residents earning up to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI). At least one community is scheduled to begin lease-up by the second quarter of 2025, with the others beginning construction this fall and summer 2025. The Mall West End would be the largest of the redevelopments, transforming the 12-acre mall into a 1.7 million-square-foot mixed-use development. BRP Cos. is the developer. Key elements of the Mall West End redevelopment plan include: approximately 120,000 square feet of retail space, including a grocery store, fitness center, food and beverage, and local boutiques; 893 mixed-income rental units; 152 beds of student housing; a 150-key hotel; 12,000 square feet of medical office space; and community amenities. The project site is located steps from four Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) that make up the Atlanta University Center — Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine and Spelman College. According to a news release from the city, the Mall West End redevelopment …
Newton’s second law of physics holds that what goes up must come down, but unlike objects in freefall, retractions in real estate cycles tend to unfold with varying degrees of pace and severity. In the case of multifamily investment sales in Texas, it’s been clear for some time that the market is in a much different place than it was in late 2021 and early 2022, the latter period being when rate hikes began. In that golden era of multifamily investment sales, owners routinely achieved record highs of rent growth and brokers closed deals at legendarily high prices and low cap rates. What isn’t so clear is whether the market has bottomed out yet with regard to those metrics. Attaining clarity on that subject will remain difficult until deal volume rebounds and gives owners and brokers enough data to accurately establish trendlines. Like everything else in commercial real estate, the question of when deal volume will rebound is tied to movement in interest rates — unless maybe it isn’t. For as the world has seen over the past six months, what the Federal Reserve implies it will do and what it actually does aren’t always in sync. Some brokers …
TOMBALL, TEXAS — Locally based investment and management firm LandPark Advisors has purchased Sentinel Self Storage, a 350-unit facility located on a 4.7-acre site in the northwestern Houston suburb of Tomball. The facility, which opened in April, spans 80,195 net rentable square feet and features an automated security gate with key code access, roll-up doors, a manager’s office and video surveillance throughout the property. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Bechtel has signed a 108,724-square-foot office lease expansion in West Houston. The engineering and construction management firm is taking an additional four floors of space at Building 4 at CityWestPlace, with occupancy slated for the third quarter. Kevin Kushner and William Padon of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. J.P. Hutcheson and Rima Soroka represented the owner, a partnership between Parkway and Midway, on an internal basis.
OKLAHOMA CITY — Dallas-based Mercer Co. has completed a 101,268-square-foot industrial project in Oklahoma City. The project, which consists of nine buildings on an eight-acre site, represents Phase I of a larger development known as OrderMatic Business Park. The buildings can accommodate users with requirements from 3,321 to 88,862 square feet. Mercer Co. is also leasing the project and recently opened an office in Oklahoma City to facilitate that objective.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — PMZ Realty Capital has arranged a $19 million loan for the refinancing of a dual-branded hotel in Amarillo. The hotel opened in 2021 and totals 235 rooms under the Four Points and Fairfield Inn & Suites flags, which are part of the Sheraton and Marriott family of brands, respectively. The names of the borrower and the CMBS lender that provided the loan were not disclosed.
PARIS, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm The Multifamily Group (TMG) has negotiated the sale of The Regency, a 100-unit apartment complex in Paris, about 100 miles northeast of Dallas. Built in 1985, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units as well as a pool, onsite laundry facilities and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Yonnic Land of TMG represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — A partnership between Jefferson Apartment Group, Haverford Properties and AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust has completed a 470-unit multifamily project in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood. Rivermark Northern Liberties fronts the Delaware River and consists of two midrise residential buildings, 45,000 square feet of retail space that is anchored by a Sprouts Farmers Market and four acres of public green space. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and range in size from 527 to 1,605 square feet. Amenities include a pool, rooftop lounges with speakeasys, two fitness centers, a courtyard with fire pits and grilling stations, a lounge, game room, micro offices and a pet spa. Citizens Bank and Santander Bank financed construction of the project. Rents start at roughly $1,900 per month for a one-bedroom apartment.