FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Dayton Superior Corp., an Ohio-based concrete supplier, has signed a 51,101-square-foot industrial lease renewal at RiverPark Business Center in Fort Worth. The development consists of two buildings totaling 500,635 square feet on a 25-acre site. Michael Spain and Jason Finch of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Partners represented the landlord, an entity doing business as SCG River Park Business Center LP, in the lease negotiations. Caleb McCoy of JLL represented the tenant.
HOUSTON — Locally based brokerage and advisory firm Baker Katz has negotiated three retail leases in the Houston area for T-Mobile. The first deal is for 2,334 square feet in the northeastern suburb of Liberty; the second transaction is for a 2,000-square-foot store in Magnolia, located northwest of the city; and the final lease is for a 3,339-square-foot space in the Galleria District. Jonathan Aron of Hunington represented the landlord in the Liberty deal, and Court Richardson with Ironbridge represented ownership in the Magnolia deal. Bunny McLeod with Wulfe & Co. served as the landlord representative in the third deal.
CHARLESTOWN, MASS. — Locally based developer RISE has received approval from the Boston Planning & Development Agency for a 750,000-square-foot mixed-use project that will be located in the Charlestown area on the city’s north side. Designed by CBT Architects, the project is known as 40 Roland Street and is part of the larger redevelopment of Sullivan Square. Full plans call for 126 residential units, 20 percent of which will be earmarked as affordable housing, as well as 605,300 square feet of office and life sciences space, 31,685 square feet of retail and restaurant space and 70,799 square feet of open green space. These uses will be housed across three buildings and five parcels. The development team, which also expects the project to add about 2,000 permanent jobs to the local economy, will make infrastructural improvements to roadways and landscaping as part of the project.
CUTCHOGUE, N.Y. — Boutique financial advisory firm Talonvest Capital has arranged $27.8 million bridge loan for GoodFriend Storage North Fork, a self-storage facility located in the Long Island community of Cutchogue. The borrower, GoodFriend Storage, will use the proceeds to partially fund an expansion project, retire existing debt and support the lease-up of the expansion. The facility currently features 690 climate-controlled units, 213 non-climate-controlled units and 87 warehouse/portable units for a total of 123,174 net rentable square feet. Britt Taylor, Jim Davies, Tom Sherlock, Ivan Viramontes and Lauren Maehler of Talonvest arranged the financing through an undisclosed direct lender.
JERICHO, N.Y. — PX4 Development has purchased an 80-room hotel in the Long Island community of Jericho with plans to convert the building into a student housing community with one-, two- and three-bedroom units. To that end, PX4 has secured a long-term lease with The New York Institute of Technology, which has campuses on both Manhattan and Long Island. The development team is aiming to have the building ready for occupancy in advance of the 2024 academic year.
HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $8.3 million sale of a 40,700-square-foot industrial building in Hillsborough, located just north of Trenton. The building at 139 Stryker Lane features 30-foot clear heights, three dock-high doors and 59 parking spaces. Andrew Schwartz, Jordan Sobel, Andre Balthazard, Mark Zaziski, Patrick Decker and Dan Bottiglieri of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller and occupant, RC Fine Foods, in the deal and procured the buyer, an affiliate of The Silverman Group.
BAY SHORE, N.Y. — Nordstrom Rack, the off-price retail division of Nordstrom, will open a 24,000-square-foot store in Bay Shore, a hamlet on Long Island. The store will be situated within Gardiner Manor Mall and is scheduled to open next spring. Other tenants at the property include HomeGoods, Barnes & Noble, Michaels and Old Navy. Kite Realty Group Trust is the landlord. This location will mark the third Nordstrom Rack outpost in the state.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Phoenix-based ViaWest Group, as developer, and Willmeng Construction, as general contractor, have broken ground on The Base, Phase I. Located in Glendale, The Base will be a 144-acre industrial campus at full build out. The first phase will include seven buildings, spanning 1.2 million square feet. The buildings will range in size from 85,000 square feet to 309,000 square feet with divisibility down to approximately 20,000 square feet. The second phase is proposed to include eight buildings, totaling 780,600 square feet, and ranging in size from 41,000 square feet to 141,000 square feet. The buildings will feature heavy power, ESFR sprinkler systems, a combination of dock-high and grade-level loading, concrete truck courts, ample car parking, R-38 insulation and clear heights ranging from 28 feet to 36 feet. Completion of Phase I is slated for fourth-quarter 2024. DLR Group is serving as architect and Kimley-Horn as civil engineer for the project. CBRE will handle leasing for both phases. Will Strong, Kirk Kuller, Molly Hunt, John Alascio and TJ Sullivan of Cushman & Wakefield secured equity financing for the development. JLL Capital Markets arranged a $96.5 million construction loan for the project.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — High Street Residential (HSR), the residential subsidiary of Trammell Cros Co., has completed construction on Smith & Rio, a multifamily property located at 1979 E. Rio Salado Parkway in downtown Tempe. The five-story property features 310 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, one-plus-den and two-bedroom layouts. Community amenities include a fifth-floor sky lounge; two outdoor courtyards; a dog park; pet lounge; work-from-home area with individual workspaces; pool; spa; fitness center; clubhouse with multiple lounges and seating areas; fireplace; and demonstration kitchen.
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has completed a $91.8 million expansion of Friendship Village, a senior living campus located at 8100 Highwood Drive in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington. Lifespace Communities owns the property. Designed by SAS Architects and Planners, the 380,294-square-foot project adds a new five-story independent and assisted living building with 93 units. The expansion also includes a new three-story skilled nursing building and a three-story health center with a physical and occupational therapy gym and memory care suites. Services and amenities for assisted living and memory care include 24-hour nursing care, dedicated dining spaces, a fitness center, salon and activity rooms. Extended-stay offerings are three meals per day prepared restaurant-style, 24-hour nursing care, transportation services, a dietitian, social worker and physical, occupational and speech therapists. Rehabilitation services include chef-prepared meals, access to all Friendship Village amenities, physician and nursing care, a social worker, dietitian, salon and therapy services. Construction began in August 2019, and the new expanded spaces are slated to open in November.