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Mast Capital, Rockpoint Underway on Nine-Story Multifamily Project in Miami Beach

by John Nelson March 15, 2023

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Mast Capital, in partnership with Rockpoint, is underway on a nine-story, 178-unit multifamily development located at 3900 Alton Road in Miami Beach. Designed by Arquitectonica, the unnamed apartment community will consist of units ranging from studios to three-bedroom apartments sized from 560 square feet to 1,410 square feet. Amenities will include an elevated pool deck, barbecue area, outdoor gaming area, fitness and yoga studio, resident lounge, coworking spaces and a pet washing station. After securing a $64 million construction loan from PNC Bank in Nov. 2022, Mast Capital and Rockpoint broke ground on the development in February 2023 and plan to open the community by fall 2024.

March 15, 2023

Development Florida Multifamily Southeast

Madison Communities Breaks Ground on 292-Unit Apartment Development on Florida’s Space Coast

by John Nelson March 15, 2023

ROCKLEDGE, FLA. — Madison Communities, a subsidiary of Madison Capital Group, has broken ground on Madison Grove, a 292-unit apartment community in Rockledge. Madison Grove will comprise six four-story apartment buildings and several carriage homes. Amenities will include a clubhouse, fitness center, outdoor lounge with a summer kitchen, resort-style pool and pool deck with grilling stations, recreation areas and cabanas. Madison Grove, located on Rockledge Boulevard, will serve Florida’s Space Coast, a growing region known for its collection of aerospace, engineering and defense industries. Winter Park, Fla-based general contractor Walker & Co. will deliver the property. Madison Communities funded the project through a partnership with Marble Capital and via a construction loan from SouthState Bank. Madison Communities recently acquired sites throughout Florida for future developments, including Bonita Springs, Ruskin, Bradenton, Orlando, St. Augustine, Palm Coast and Jacksonville. Additionally, the developer has new communities under construction in Charlotte, Asheville Charleston and Savannah.

March 15, 2023

Development Georgia Office Restaurant Retail Southeast

Ardent to Develop Food-and-Beverage District at Piedmont Center Office Campus in Atlanta

by John Nelson March 15, 2023

ATLANTA — Ardent Cos. plans to add a food-and-beverage destination within its Piedmont Center office campus in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Dubbed Oxton, the project will transform 35,000 square feet of ground-level office space along Piedmont Road to a collection of eateries that will spill into Piedmont Center’s tree-lined courtyard. Atlanta-based Square Feet Studio Architects is leading the design that will span about an acre of the campus. Ardent plans to break ground in the third quarter. Piedmont Center comprises about 2 million square feet of offices and connects to PATH400, a greenway connecting various neighborhoods in the Buckhead area. Along with consulting on Oxton, Bridger Properties will handle the retail leasing assignment. Westbridge is also a consultant for the project.

March 15, 2023

Acquisitions Florida Multifamily Southeast

Northmarq Brokers Sale of 150-Unit Apartment Community in St. Petersburg, Florida

by John Nelson March 15, 2023

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Northmarq has brokered the sale of Aura @ 4th, a 150-unit garden-style apartment community in St. Petersburg. McCann Investments, a Tampa-based investment firm, sold the community to TRIG Investment Group, a California-based private multifamily investment company, for an undisclosed price. Luis Elorza, Justin Hofford and Kevin Mosher of Northmarq’s Tampa office brokered the transaction. Aura @ 4th was constructed in 2016 and features a unit mix that consists of 40 percent one-bedroom and 60-percent two-bedroom units at an average unit size of 1,087 square feet. The property’s amenity package includes a resort-style pool, clubhouse, 24-hour fitness center, outdoor covered lounge area, stainless steel Weber grills, picnic areas, bark park and a cyber café.

March 15, 2023

Development Illinois Midwest Mixed-Use Top Stories

Development Team Moves Forward With $895M Mixed-Use Project in Chicago’s Woodlawn Neighborhood

by Kristin Harlow March 15, 2023

CHICAGO — Woodlawn Central LLC is moving forward with the development of Woodlawn Central, an $895 million mixed-use project spanning eight acres in Chicago’s Woodlawn neighborhood. The development team recently hired Transwestern Real Estate Services as its commercial real estate services provider. Woodlawn Central is poised to transform the area into a walkable, transit-oriented district with easy access to civic amenities such as the Obama Presidential Center, Jackson Park, the Museum of Science and Industry and the University of Chicago. Woodlawn’s Apostolic Church of God conceived and planned the project. The Network of Woodlawn, which was founded in 2009 to improve the neighborhood’s quality of life by building infrastructure to support better education, safety, health and economics, gave substantial input on the project. In addition to 870 homes ranging from affordable workforce options to market rate, luxury and seniors housing, Woodlawn Central will support a diverse range of Black businesses, creators, innovators and residents with much-needed community assets. Plans call for a 154-room hotel, small performance theater, vertical greenhouse and microgrid energy facility. The retail, hospitality, cultural, service, tech and transit options have been planned to nurture Black-owned businesses and generate employment opportunities for residents. According to the development team, …

March 15, 2023

California Market Reports Office Western Western Market Reports

Orange County’s Office Market is on Divergent Paths as it Looks to Find Balance

by Jeff Shaw March 14, 2023

— Scott Wetzel, Executive Vice President, JLL — Tenants and debt remain the most important drivers of the Orange County office ecosystem — both having undergone major evolutions in recent history. Maybe unexpectedly, leasing velocity improved year over year, despite the never-ending drumbeat of a pending recession. Conversely, investment markets were much more cautious as debt cost spiked and investors pumped the brakes. Leasing From Bob Iger to Howard Schultz, prominent executives are voicing frustration over the state of the office market…and rightfully so. We watched the pendulum swing from end to end as office tenants went from fully “in office” pre-pandemic, to 100 percent remote for the better part of 2020 and 2021. Today, the national office usage rate still hovers around 50 percent, according to the most recent Kastle Systems report. Orange County reflects this national trend, meaning it’s stuck in the middle between in-office and in-home. Tenants are also on divergent paths as some seek quality, while others prioritize value. New Orange County office developments like Flight (Lincoln Property Company), Boardwalk (AEW) and Spectrum Terrace (the Irvine Company) are fully leased and have achieved premium rental rates, typically 70 percent-plus above average market lease rates. Large contiguous …

March 14, 2023

Colorado Development Multifamily Western

Legacy Partners, Griffin Capital Break Ground on 380-Unit Multifamily Development in Aurora, Colorado

by Jeff Shaw March 14, 2023

AURORA, COLO. — A joint venture between Legacy Partners and Griffin Capital has broken ground on Legacy Metro 525, a 380-unit apartment community in Aurora. The transit-oriented development will be adjacent to the Sable light rail station and near I-225 and Highway 83. Legacy Metro 525 will offer a mix of 380 studio to three-bedroom apartments, with an average unit size of 846 square feet. It is scheduled for completion near the end of 2025. Legacy and Griffin Capital closed on the construction financing with a loan from Poppy Bank of Santa Rosa, Calif. The developers purchased the site, located at 525 S. Dawson St. in southern Aurora, in September 2022. Cushman & Wakefield’s team of Wade Fletcher, Jim Capecelatro, and Mike Kboudi brokered the sale transaction.

March 14, 2023

California Development Industrial Loans Western

Lovett Industrial Receives $24.9M Construction Financing for Rialto, California Project

by Jeff Shaw March 14, 2023

RIALTO, CALIF. — Lovett Industrial has received $24.9 million in construction financing to develop Rialto II, a 114,115-square-foot, Class A industrial development in Rialto. Once completed, Rialto II will feature 36-foot clear heights, two grade-level doors, 12 dock-high doors, a 130-foot truck court and 90 parking stalls. The six-acre site is located at 1910 W. Renaissance Parkway. The three-year, fixed-rate loan is through American Realty Advisors. Peter Thompson, Samuel Godfrey and Jordan Leake led the JLL Capital Markets debt advisory team.

March 14, 2023

Acquisitions California Office Western

Buchanan Street Partners Sells Newport Beach Office Space for $20.4M

by Jeff Shaw March 14, 2023

NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — Buchanan Street Partners has sold a two-building, 42,697-square-foot office property to a private Newport Beach real estate firm for $20.4 million. Buchanan purchased the offices in 2020 for $11.5 million. Located at 1400 and 1420 Bristol St. N., the property was 22 percent leased at the time of sale. Buchanan had initially planned to carry out an adaptive reuse initiative at the property until the buyer, a residential developer, showed interest.

March 14, 2023

Acquisitions California Multifamily Western

Keller Williams Brokers $11.5M Sale of Glendon Apartments in West Los Angeles

by Jeff Shaw March 14, 2023

LOS ANGELES — Keller Williams Commercial has negotiated the sale of The Glendon, a 27-unit apartment building in the Palms submarket of West Los Angeles. Glendon LP acquired the asset for $11.5 million. Built in 1986, the community is located at 3724 Glendon Ave. Matthew Kanner of Keller Williams Commercial and president of the Kanner Group, represented both the buyer and the seller, JEB Properties, in this transaction. The closing cap rate was 3.84 percent, with price per unit of $427,778.

March 14, 2023

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