DETROIT — Related Cos. and Olympia Development of Michigan have proposed a $1.5 billion mixed-use project at The District Detroit, a sports and entertainment development spanning 50 blocks in downtown Detroit. The companies have begun a Community Benefits Ordinance (CBO) process with the City of Detroit, marking the next phase of plans to build new office, retail, residential with affordable housing, hotel and public space across 10 properties. The first meeting for residents in the areas surrounding the development will take place Tuesday, Nov. 29. The proposed development includes the construction of six new buildings and the renovation and adaptive reuse of four historic buildings. The type of development reflects initial feedback from the community, including more than 250 community engagement meetings to date, which will continue through the city-led CBO process. The new projects would include 695 mixed-income residential units, 20 percent of which would be reserved for those who earn up to 50 percent of the area median income, as well as 1.2 million square feet of office space, 100,000 square feet of retail space and 467 hotel rooms.
JOLIET, ILL. — Peak Construction Corp. is underway on a 1 million-square-foot speculative building at NorthPoint Development’s Third Coast Logistics Park in Joliet. The facility will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 103 dock doors, four drive-in doors and 264 trailer parking stalls. Peak will also construct a second speculative building at the industrial park. Plans call for a 1.2 million-square-foot facility with a clear height of 40 feet, 120 dock doors, four drive-in doors and 247 trailer parking stalls. Completion of both buildings is slated for fall 2023. The project team includes architect studioNorth Architecture and civil engineer Jacob & Hefner Associates.
SHAKOPEE, MINN. — The Opus Group has broken ground on River Valley Business Park in Shakopee, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. The speculative project will include a 150,000-square-foot building and a 300,000-square-foot building on 51 acres. The smaller facility will feature 42 dock doors, up to 214 auto parking stalls and a clear height of 28 feet. The larger building will include 74 dock doors, up to 413 auto parking stalls and a clear height of 32 feet. Completion is slated for late 2023. Opus is the developer, design-builder, architect and structural engineer for the project. Kris Smeltzer and Danny McNamara of Cushman & Wakefield will market the development for lease.
OAK LAWN, ILL. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the sale of a 13,000-square-foot retail building in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn for $3.5 million. Built in the mid-2000s and known as 51st Avenue Station, the property is fully leased to Chiro One, Miracle One, Cold Stone Creamery and other local and national tenants. Chad Firsel and Brett Berlin of Quantum represented the seller, a private fund based in Illinois. The Illinois-based private buyer completed a 1031 exchange.
VERNON HILLS, ILL. — Perry’s Restaurants, a Texas-based boutique restaurant group, is opening its third Chicago-area location. Perry’s Steakhouse & Grille is set to debut at Hawthorn Mall in Vernon Hills in late 2023. The 11,000-square-foot restaurant will include a main dining room and four private dining rooms. Chicago-based Aria Group Architects Inc. designed the Vernon Hills restaurant, which will accommodate up to 350 people. Perry’s also operates locations in Oak Brook and Schaumburg.
The cancellation of the NMHC Student Housing Conference due to Hurricane Ian took some wind out of the student housing investment sales market this fall. The annual event is where many dealmaking meetings are held. Activity was a little slower during the third quarter due to changes in the capital markets climate, but is expected to pick up as the year draws to a close and more sellers bring properties to market. “August was a little bit slower, but now that we have the rent rolls for fall 2022 we are seeing a lot of assets hit the market,” says Teddy Leatherman, senior managing director, capital markets, with JLL. “Our team has never been busier from a broker’s opinion of value (BOV) or RFP standpoint.” The investment sales market, overall, has had a strong year. Even removing Blackstone’s $13 billion acquisition of American Campus Communities from the market, the student housing sector has had a robust year. Add that transaction in the mix, and the industry will likely have a record year in 2022. “The first three quarters of 2022 surpassed 2021’s volume and broke 2018’s record for annual transaction volume,” says Timothy Bradley, founder of TSB Capital Advisors and …
Centennial Yards Breaks Ground on Two High-Rise Buildings in Downtown Atlanta as Part of $5B Project
ATLANTA — Centennial Yards Co. has broken ground on two high-rise towers in downtown Atlanta as the next phase of the development plan that will turn the city’s Gulch district into a $5 billion multi-phase area known as Centennial Yards. One tower will be an 18-story, full-service, boutique hotel called Anthem, which will feature guest rooms averaging over 400 square feet, a pool deck with a bar and event room, an 8,000-square-foot ballroom and a rooftop restaurant and bar. The second tower, also rising 18 stories, will be an apartment building. The multifamily community will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and include features such a pool with an event lawn and grilling stations, on-site co-working space, a dog run, a fitness center and multiple lounges for residents. Individual units will feature interior design by Atlanta-based design firm TVS Architecture + Design. The two towers are adjacent to Mercedes-Benz Stadium and State Farm Arena, the sports venues that are home to the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, NFL’s Atlanta Falcons and MLS’ Atlanta United. Atlanta-based architecture firm Goode Van Slyke Architects designed both buildings. The towers are slated for completion in 2025, ahead of the recently announced 2026 FIFA World …
By Brian O’Connor, Executive Director, Valuation & Advisory, Cushman & Wakefield The Seattle Metro apartment market has been surprisingly resilient. The market quickly bounced back from the COVID downturn at a robust clip and has continued moving at a healthy pace. During the first six months of 2022, metro Seattle absorbed more than 12,600 units. That already surpasses a typical full year of demand by several thousand units. From January 2022 through June, the market absorbed 3,779 newly constructed units — a respectable level. If you also factor in the decline in existing units, then the market absorbed another 8,886 units. That tells us that the supply of new units was too low…or demand was much stronger than we expected. The market had rebounded to a metro-wide vacancy rate of only 1.33 percent at mid-year 2022, an astoundingly low level. From year-end 2021 to June 2022, overall apartment vacancies declined from 3 percent to 1.33 percent. We do, however, expect vacancies to begin increasing slightly. These rates typically see an uptick as we head into winter. Rent growth also slows during this time. We expect to see the metro-wide vacancy rate start to rise just a bit by year-end 2022, to …
ST. GEORGE, S.C. — A joint venture between Janko Group and Cresset Partners has broken ground on Port 95, a business park project in St. George that will span nearly 1.5 million square feet. The campus will feature three buildings: Building 1 will comprise 978,120 square feet, Building 2 will comprise 242,000 square feet and Building 3 will be 240,000 square feet in size. The first two buildings, which will be constructed simultaneously, are expected to be complete in spring 2024. Bridge Commercial will serve as the exclusive leasing agent on behalf of the ownership. Peak Construction Corp. is acting as the designer and builder for the site work, the first two buildings and the widening of Highway 78. Architects LS3P and McMillan Pazdan Smith will design Building 1 and Building 2, respectively. Seamon Whiteside is acting as the civil engineer for both buildings, as well as for the site work and highway widening.
SMYRNA, TENN. — Foundry Commercial has broken ground on Creekside Logistics, a three-building, 43-acre industrial project located in Smyrna, roughly 25 miles southeast of Nashville. Building 1 will comprise 88,400 square feet, with Buildings 2 and 3 spanning 147,209 square feet and 135,200 square feet, respectively. Completion of the single-phase development is scheduled for late 2023. Synovus Bank is providing financing for the project, and Layton Construction is serving as the general contractor.