CHICAGO — Good Eating Co. has leased 5,000 square feet at 77 W. Wacker Drive, a 51-story office tower totaling 960,000 square feet in Chicago’s Central Loop. The restaurant is slated to open in the first quarter of 2024 and will occupy space on the first floor. Good Eating Co. focuses on organic, locally sourced dishes. Transwestern Real Estate Services represented the undisclosed landlord. Transwestern leases and manages the property. Amenities at the building include a 12,000-square-foot wellness center with a basketball court, conferencing center and outdoor plaza.
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — New York City-based developer Tishman Speyer has received a $300 million construction loan from Otera Capital for a 58-story multifamily tower in Jersey City. With financing in place, Tishman Speyer plans to begin construction later this month and deliver the building in early 2027. The property will be located at 55 Hudson St. along the Hudson River in the Paulus Hook neighborhood, less than a block from the Paulus Hook Pier, which offers ferry service to various New York City metro locations. Plans call for 1,017 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. The building will also feature 75,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor amenities and 60,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. The development of 55 Hudson will be followed by 50 Hudson, a 48-story apartment tower that will include comparable indoor and outdoor amenities. When completed, the two-building development will boast nearly 2,000 new apartments, over 70,000 square feet of retail space and a 32,000-square-foot waterfront plaza. The plaza, which will provide a direct connection to Jersey City’s esplanade, will be available for community events. The design team for the project includes Handel Architects, Marchetto Higgins Stieve Architects, landscape architects Hollander Design …
By Mark Taylor, managing director, residential, American Real Estate Partners For young families across the country, the dream of homeownership has been delayed due to high mortgage rates, low supply and rising build costs. Many millennials, particularly those with growing families, are ready to move into their first homes but cannot afford either the down payment or the increased mortgage payment. According to Pew Research Center, 65 percent of Americans under the age of 35 still rent, as opposed to a market average of around 33 percent. That’s why build-to-rent (BTR) homes are booming; they offer residents the space and privacy of a house with a lower price tag, alongside the extensive amenities and institutional property management services of rental apartment living. For most people, rent is by far their largest monthly expense. Ideally, they want to live somewhere that is safe, stylish and comfortable — all things that BTR homes offer. Here are some of the reasons BTR is taking the real estate industry by storm. The Economics BTR appeals to investors as well as residents. Whether townhouses or single-family, BTR homes are typically larger than traditional apartment units and generally include an attached garage. The trunk rent, or …
The volatility in the capital markets over the past 12 to 18 months has wreaked havoc on many aspects of the economy, and real estate has not gone unscathed. Unlike the retail and office sectors whereby there is a fundamental shift in how people work and shop, housing is a basic need. The equilibrium between supply and demand in metro New Orleans’ multifamily market is still in sync. It would however be naïve to suggest there are no challenges that are affecting our real estate market. The “three dreaded Is” (i.e. inflation, interest rates, insurance) is not a Halloween mask but a euphemism that crystallizes the challenges multifamily owners are faced with both locally and nationally. Each of these factors singularly are powerful forces, yet the trifecta is playing a role in the current state of our metro market. However, despite these challenges, the regional multifamily market has stable occupancy with most submarkets reporting levels in the 92 to 94 percent range. Overall monthly rental rates average $1,263 with rents ranging from a low of $1,000 in Eastern New Orleans and Algiers to rents in the Downtown market as high as $3,000. Once again, the barriers to entry (lack of …
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Texas-based developer Presidium will undertake a redevelopment project in McKinney, a northern suburb of Dallas, that will convert the 28-acre site of a former cotton mill and textile manufacturing facility that was built in 1910 into a mixed-unit development. Plans for Presidium Cotton Mill include approximately 1,200 multifamily units that will be housed across four buildings ranging in height from five to seven stories. The project will also feature 200,000 square feet of office space, as well as retail and restaurant space, open green space and a boutique hotel. Residential amenities will include pools, outdoor grilling and dining stations, fitness centers, coworking spaces, game rooms and lounge areas. The development team is aiming to break ground in mid-2024 and expects the entire project to take about six years to fully complete.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between Atlanta-based developer NitNeil Partners and locally based investment firm Seamless Capital will develop a 923-unit self-storage facility in East Austin. The existing structure on the 1.5-acre site at 853 Airport Blvd. will be redeveloped into a facility that spans 112,000 gross square feet and 83,000 net rentable square feet of climate-controlled space. LifeStorage will operate the property. Completion is slated for late 2024.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated the sale of a 50,566-square-foot industrial building in Grand Prairie, located roughly midway between Dallas and Fort Worth. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant building at 1922-1938 N. Great Southwest Parkway was built on 2.1 acres in 1981 and features 18-foot clear heights and 16 exterior dock doors. Colton Rhodes of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Texas-based investment firm Stonelake Capital Partners, in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — California-based brokerage firm Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has arranged the sale of a 48-site mobile home park in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. Lewisville Mobile Home Park spans 217,800 square feet and consists of 31 mobile home lots, 17 RV lots and one single-family residence. Arthur Varela, Kevin Puder, and Chad Kurz of Matthews represented the buyer, which acquired the property via a 1031 exchange, in the off-market transaction. The property was fully occupied at the time of sale.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — PNH Properties has acquired 211 Commerce, an office tower located on the corner of Commerce Street and 3rd Avenue in downtown Nashville, for $75 million. Built in 2000, the property comprises 233,314 square feet of office space across 11 stories and features ground-floor restaurant and retail space. J. Roscoe High and Morgan Hillenmeyer of CBRE represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller, a joint venture between Velocis and Lincoln Property Co. doing business as Velocis Lincoln Commerce SPE LLC, recently implemented $16 million of capital improvements to the property. Renovations included the addition of a new conference center, fitness center and windows and updates to the lobby, tenant lounge, elevators, an outdoor plaza and building façade.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — A joint venture between a CBRE Investment Management fund (CBRE Strategic Partners US Value 9) and Fairbourne Properties has acquired Paddock Shops, a retail center located at 4055 Summit Plaza Drive in Louisville. The property, which was 88 percent leased at the time of sale, comprises 353,665 square feet and features 1,976 parking spaces. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. According to the property website, tenants at Paddock Shops include Barnes & Noble, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Five Guys, Gap, Mitchell’s Fish Market, Orangetheory Fitness, Orvis, Pottery Barn, Starbucks, Total Wine & More and West Elm, among others.