PERRIS, CALIF. — Westport Properties has released plans for a Class A industrial building at the corner of Ramona Expressway and Brennan Avenue in Perris. The company acquired the land in September 2022. Construction for the single-tenant, 99,910-square-foot facility is slated to begin in third-quarter 2023. The building will feature 36-foot clear heights, secured truck court, ESFR sprinklers, 11 dock doors and 6,000 square feet of office space. Completion is scheduled for third-quarter 2024. Alex Smith and Herrick Johnson of Lee & Associates are handling leasing for the property.
GARNER, N.C. — Gantry has arranged $180 million in construction financing for the development of a 250,000-square-foot medical office facility in Garner, a suburb just south of Raleigh. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has fully pre-leased the property as a community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in a long-term agreement. Construction at the 17-acre site is scheduled to begin early next year. Gantry’s George Mitsanas, Peter Hillakas and Austin Ridge secured the construction-to-permanent loan on behalf of a private real estate investment company. One of Gantry’s correspondent life company lenders provided the 22-year loan, which features a fixed rate for the entirety of the loan. The rate was locked earlier this year at time of application. Gantry will act as the loan servicer throughout the loan term. The loan is the fifth in a series of financings this year that Gantry secured on behalf of a sponsor specializing in the construction of VA medical centers, with new loans totaling nearly $500 million in 2022. During the past three years, Gantry has completed over $1.1 billion of project financings for VA medical facilities with various borrowers. “The VA facilities program is part of a strategic effort to expand access to and …
By Chip Colvill, executive vice president, Cushman & Wakefield Like many U.S. cities in the post-pandemic world, Houston’s office sector faces a long road to recovery. Historically, office demand follows office job creation — and job growth has been a bright spot of the Houston economy in 2022. Unfortunately, the U.S. economy seems to be slowing, and the outlook remains highly uncertain. Odds of a recession have risen; inflation and wage pressures remain elevated, and higher interest rates are impacting various parts of the economy, including commercial real estate. Throughout the United States as well as in Houston, the correlation between job growth and office demand is tenuous, given that many businesses are still recalibrating workplace strategies to allow remote and hybrid work schedules. However, new jobs — even more flexible, hybrid jobs — will necessitate various types of workspaces, including demand for office and flexible office space. Newer office buildings across Houston have thrived despite the market’s elevated Class A vacancy rate of approximately 26 percent. Each new quarter of data continues to confirm the flight-to-quality trend and the existence of a bifurcated office sector between older and newer office product. Higher-quality and newer office space is dominating as …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A joint venture between Houston-based Hines and New York-based investment firm Galesi Group will develop a 1.7 million-square-foot industrial park in northeast Austin. The site at the corner of Harris Branch Parkway and Parmer Lane spans 150 acres. Powers Brown Architecture is designing the project, the first phase of which will consist of three buildings totaling 315,000 square feet. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
EDGEWATER, FLA. — Tampa-based Onicx Group has acquired 83 acres of industrial land in Edgewater in a joint venture with Aries Capital. The companies, which acquired the site for $4.2 million, will develop a 1 million-square-foot industrial park called Space Coast Industrial Park at Parktowne. Groundbreaking for the development is expected in January 2023. Phase I will include the construction of two buildings comprising 133,500 and 176,000 square feet, for a total 309,500 square feet. Completion of the first phase is anticipated for the first quarter of 2025. Orlando-based C4 Architecture will serve as the project’s architect. Scott Claiborne of Onicx led the site identification and development approval process, with Neil Freeman, Matt Carney and Brandon Perdeck of Aries overseeing the land acquisition and transaction structure and financing.
DALLAS — Chicago-based brokerage firm Triad Real Estate Partners and Worldwide Commercial have arranged the sale of McCallum Communities, a 419-unit multifamily property in North Dallas. The property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, playground and outdoor grilling and dining areas. A Texas-based private investment firm sold the property to a New Hampshire-based owner-operator for an undisclosed price.
STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. — A joint venture between Kaplan Residential and Dune Real Estate Partners has broken ground on Avondale East, a multifamily development that will comprise 239 townhomes in Stone Mountain, roughly 10 miles east of Atlanta. Situated on 20 acres at 3940 Redan Road, the community will feature townhomes with one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Amenities will include an 8,000-square-foot clubhouse, a fitness center, coworking space, lounge, pool, walking trails, pocket parks and fire pits. Locally based Brock Built Homes is the general contractor for the project, with Niles Bolton Associates serving as the architect. Focus Design Interiors and J Lancaster Associates Inc. are providing interior design and civil engineering, respectively. Kaplan acquired the land from The Paideia School in 2021 for $6.5 million.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Vista Residential Partners and Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC) have broken ground on Riverchase Vista, a 300-unit apartment development located on 15 acres in Savannah. The community, which marks the third joint development project between the two companies, will feature homes in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, with an average size of almost 1,000 square feet. Amenities will include a clubhouse, pool, fitness center, pet park and 24/7 package concierge services. First tenants are expected to move in by early 2023, according to the developers.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ram Realty Advisors has purchased South End Business Park, a 377,000-sqaure-foot office park located in Charlotte’s South End district. Patrick Nally, Hunter Barron and Alexis Kaiser of JLL arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Stockbridge. Built in phases from 1979 to 1984, the property was expanded in 2017 with the addition of a new, 50,000-square-foot building. Ram Realty plans to redevelop the business park but did not disclose a timeline.
LUTZ, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the sale of a 4,854-square-foot, single-tenant retail building in Lutz, approximately 15 miles north of Tampa. Chick-fil-A occupies the property via a ground lease and plans to open next month. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, Ferber Development, in the $2.7 million transaction. A private Florida-based investor acquired the property, which is located at 17693 Harpers Run and is an outparcel to Cypress Ranch, a 164-acre mixed-use development project.