DEARBORN HEIGHTS, MICH. — Vida Clinical Studies has signed a 3,024-square-foot medical office lease at 8560 N. Silvery Lane in Dearborn Heights. James Mitchell of Dominion Real Estate Advisors LLC represented the tenant and the undisclosed landlord in the three-year lease. The tenant conducts clinical research and has over a decade of experience in the Detroit metro area.
PEMBROKE PARK, FLA. — McDowell Housing Partners has announced the commencement of construction of Ekos at Pembroke Park, a new affordable seniors housing development located in Pembroke Park. Upon completion, the $64.7 million project will total 150 units reserved for seniors earning up to 80 percent of the area median income. This marks the 16th affordable housing project in Florida for McDowell. Amenities at the community will include a clubroom, fitness center, package lockers, bike storage and six electric vehicle charging stations. Nonprofit organization Area Agency on Aging of Broward County will lease a commercial space at the property and offer onsite supportive services to residents age 60 and older. Financing for the development includes tax-exempt bonds and a loan from the Housing Finance Authority of Broward County; a loan from the Florida Housing Finance Corp.; LIHTC equity from U.S. Bank; and senior construction and permanent loans from R4 Capital.
SARASOTA, FLA. — Kolter Multifamily LLC, an affiliate of Delray Beach, Fla.-based The Kolter Group, has broken ground on Alton Sarasota, a 256-unit, garden-style apartment community in Sarasota. Kolter expects to welcome first residents in winter 2026. Alton Sarasota represents the fourth apartment development in the Sarasota-Bradenton MSA for Kolter, which broke ground on Alton Palmetto in Palmetto, Fla., earlier this year. Situated along 63rd Avenue about three miles north of University Parkway, Alton Sarasota will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 765 to 1,248 square feet. The property will also include a modern clubhouse with a fitness center, coworking office space and a coffee lounge.
PLAQUEMINE, LA. — Legacy Realty Group Advisors has negotiated the sale of Belleview Shopping Center, an 84,146-square-foot retail center located in Plaquemine, roughly 14 miles south of Baton Rouge. Rouses Supermarkets anchors the property. Additional tenants include Dollar General, Citi Trends, Hibbett Sports and AT&T. Belleview Shopping Center was built in 1992 on 7.5 acres. Jacob Baruch and Ari Warshaw of Legacy Realty Group Advisors represented the buyer in the transaction, while Zach Taylor and Eric Abbott of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller.
SALISBURY, N.C. — First National Realty Partners (FNRP) has purchased Salisbury Marketplace, a grocery-anchored shopping center located in the Charlotte suburb of Salisbury. A 31,762-square-foot Food Lion anchors the property, which also houses Citi Trends, Family Dollar and Cricket Wireless. The property offers 9,300 square feet of contiguous vacancy, according to FNRP. Tom Kolarczyk of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — A joint venture between Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners LP and Ascendant Capital Partners LP, doing business jointly as KW Kingfisher LLC, has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Sotherly Hotels Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHO), a hospitality REIT based in Williamsburg. Sotherly owns 10 upscale hotels in the Sun Belt and Mid-Atlantic totaling 2,786 hotel rooms, as well as interests in two condominium hotels and their associated rental programs. Sotherly’s portfolio includes:– The Georgian Terrace in Atlanta– The Whitehall in Houston– The DeSoto in Savannah, Ga.– Lyfe Resort & Residences in Hollywood, Fla.– Hyde Beach House in Hollywood, Fla.– DoubleTree by Hilton Hollywood Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla.– Hotel Ballast in Wilmington, N.C.– Hotel Alba in Tampa, Fla.– Hyatt Centric Arlington in Arlington, Va.– DoubleTree Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Fla.– DoubleTree by Hilton Laurel in Laurel, Md.– DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Airport “This transaction is a testament to the high-quality portfolio that Sotherly has built over the past 20-plus years as a publicly traded company, and we are confident this will pave a path toward future success for our hotels and the associates and guests who enjoy them every day,” says David Folsom, CEO of Sotherly. Under terms …
— By Todd Hamilton of Citywide Commercial Real Estate — The Phoenix industrial market has felt like a game of pause and play over the past 12 months. A year ago, the sector hit pause amid election uncertainty. Post-election hopefulness reignited activity, but tariffs triggered another slowdown. Then came summer, which is always transactionally slow in Phoenix. This pattern was especially pronounced in the mid-size industrial segment, which was dominated by properties with less than 100,000 square feet. Typically owned by mom-and-pop investors or regional players, these groups lack institutional backing and are more sensitive to factors like interest rates, rising product costs and recession chatter. Despite the unpredictability, Phoenix industrial space has maintained its trademark resilience. Rents grew 4.7 percent year over year, per CoStar’s latest market report, while 787 sales were completed in the past 12 months, at an average price of $180 per square foot. Large-scale inventory (buildings 400,000 square feet and above) has also enjoyed a recent resurgence. At the start of the year, we were wringing our hands over multiple vacant, million-plus-square-foot buildings. Since then, five of those buildings have been leased or sold, with full occupancy expected by year-end. That activity accounts for a …
By Taylor Williams DALLAS — As a metroplex, Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) has the physical sprawl, population density, pace of job growth and volume of housing development to fairly be labeled as one of the biggest consumer markets in the country, on par with New York City and Los Angeles. It’s the extent to which affordability has matured in New York City and Los Angeles that marks the key difference between DFW and the coastal behemoths. Aside from rental housing, no asset class within commercial real estate captures a given market’s affordability better than retail. Retail rents in the most sought-after corridors and districts of New York City and Los Angeles seemingly have no ceiling, and that is reflected in the prices of the products and services that are dispensed from those spaces. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. It’s fair to assume that for most households that have relocated from the coasts to DFW, housing and jobs have been the most decisive factors. Yet retail spending does account for a good chunk of the average family’s disposable …
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Texas-based developer Presidium has completed Presidium Valley View, a 338-unit multifamily project located in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. Units come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and range in size from 573 to 1,631 square feet. Residences are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, kitchen islands, built-in desks, private balconies, keyless entry mechanisms and individual washers and dryers. Indoors, the property houses a fitness center, clubroom area, coffee bar, theater lounge with a golf simulator and coworking spaces. Outdoor amenities include a pool, yoga lawns, grilling areas and a pet park/spa. Dallas-based O’Brien Architects served as the project architect. Leasing began last winter, at which point rents started at $1,585 per month for a studio apartment.
WALLISVILLE, TEXAS — A joint venture between two locally based developers, Vigavi Realty and Ley Wilson Development, as well as Chicago-based Pearlmark, will develop Wallisville Logistics Center, a 262,612-square-foot industrial facility that will be located on the eastern outskirts of Houston. Wallisville Logistics Center will consist of two buildings spanning roughly 135,000 and 128,000 square feet that will feature 32-foot clear heights. Amegy Bank is financing construction of the project. JLL arranged the construction debt and equity partnership and has also been named as the project’s leasing agent.