HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — FundRebel LLC is under contract to acquire Nine Hollywood, a mixed-use property currently underway in Hollywood, for $67 million. Situated on a 36,000-square-foot parcel, the development features 204 multifamily residential units, three levels of integrated parking and more than 7,000 square feet of retail space. Residences include apartments in studio, one- and two-bedroom layouts. Amenities at the property include a swimming pool, fitness center and business suites. Construction on the project is scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of this year. The seller was not disclosed.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Arizona-based Arriba Capital has provided a $20 million loan for the construction of Element by Westin, a hotel development currently underway in Charleston. Located at 4865 N. Arco Lane, the property will feature 125 rooms. Amenities will include complimentary breakfast, swimming pool, fitness center, bar, guest laundry room and sundries shop. Contender Development is the borrower and developer.
WHITE HOUSE, TENN. — The Sembler Co. has announced plans for White House Shops, a 75,000-square-foot retail center in White House, roughly 30 miles north of Nashville. Publix has signed a 48,387-square-foot lease to anchor the property, which will also feature 11,000 square feet of adjacent retail space and 9,000 square feet of shop space across two additional buildings. Completion of the project is scheduled for next summer. Sembler acquired the 20-acre site earlier this month from a private owner for an undisclosed price.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Locally based developer Avera Cos. has broken ground on Kilgore Grand Parkway, a 484,424-square-foot industrial facility in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. The cross-dock facility will be situated on a 33.9-acre site and will feature 40-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck court depths, 107 dock-high doors, an ESFR sprinkler system and ample car and trailer parking space. Avera is developing the project in partnership with AEW Capital Management. Delivery is slated for the second quarter of next year. Cushman & Wakefield is marketing the property for lease.
MARYLAND — Restaurant chain Slim Chickens has signed a deal with Phoenix Foods LLC to open eight new locations in the Maryland counties of Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll and Harford. Brad Hoag, franchisee and owner of Phoenix Foods, will operate the locations, which will join another 1,100 restaurants currently in development for the brand. Hoag, who is based in Baltimore, is a former developer and operator of 10 Qdoba Mexican Grill locations and currently operates 10 Burger King restaurants.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hillwood Multifamily has begun leasing Paloma Village, a 301-unit apartment community located within the 900-acre Alliance Town Center mixed-use development in North Fort Worth. Designed by JHP Architecture and financed by Frost Bank, Paloma Village consists of 13 buildings that house studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Residences range in size from 556 to 1,972 square feet and offer private balconies/patios. Amenities include a pool, fitness center and a pet park. Rents start at $1,290 per month for a studio apartment.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. has arranged $12.5 million in joint venture equity financing for a residential project in San Marcos, located roughly midway between Austin and San Antonio. The development will consist of 210 for-rent, freestanding “micro homes” of modular construction. Homes will come in one- and two-bedroom formats and range in size from 400 to 1,100 square feet. Construction is expected to last about 21 months. Duke Dennis of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged the equity financing and partnership on behalf of the lead developer, Casata.
DETROIT — Flux City Development has broken ground on The Ribbon, an $8.2 million affordable housing community located in Detroit’s East English Village neighborhood. Of the 18 total units, 14 will be reserved for those earning at or below 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), and four of the units will be designated for at or below 60 percent of AMI. Affordability of the apartments is guaranteed for the next 25 years. The project will also feature retail space to be occupied by local favorite Gajiza Dumplings, which will make The Ribbon its first permanent home. Demolition of a former bank building at the project site was recently completed. Completion of The Ribbon is slated for fall 2024. Project partners for The Ribbon include LISC Detroit, a local organization founded in 1990 within the Local Initiatives Support Corporation network, and Invest Detroit, a nonprofit lender, investor and partner. The project received $600,000 in loans from the Detroit Housing for the Future Fund (DHFF) as well as $338,199 in preferred equity from DHFF. The Strategic Neighborhood Fund provided a $1.4 million grant. The development also received $2.2 million from Capital Impact Partners (CIP), a CIP equitable development initiative grant …
INDIANAPOLIS — Milhaus, an Indianapolis-based multifamily developer, owner and operator, has opened a new headquarters in downtown Indianapolis. The 48,000-square-foot building along Washington Street is situated in the historic Cole-Noble neighborhood. Milhaus will operate out of 28,000 square feet on two of the three floors. The building is located next to the firm’s first Qualified Opportunity Zone development, Grid. Housing 175 apartment units, Grid is home to a fraction of the 3,000 units that Milhaus has developed in central Indiana. More than half of those units are located downtown. To date, Milhaus has developed 48 projects with $1.9 billion in assets under management. The firm also maintains regional offices in Kansas City and Austin, Texas, with additional boots on the ground in Florida and Denver.
DRESSER, WIS. — MAG Capital Partners LLC has acquired a four-building industrial property in a sale-leaseback transaction with CORE Industrial Partners. Located at 700 Kelly Ave. in Dresser, a city in Northwest Wisconsin, the property totals 107,660 square feet. The facility will continue to be fully occupied by Cadrex Manufacturing Solutions, a mechanical solutions provider. Cadrex consists of 11 complementary acquisitions that CORE has integrated into a precision manufacturing platform. The property at 700 Kelly Ave. is the longtime home of sheet metal fabricator Tenere Inc., which was acquired by Cadrex in July 2022. JC Asensio, Briggs Goldberg and Andrew Sandquist of Newmark represented CORE.