Milwaukee is a city known for beer, motorcycles, basketball and blue-collar workers. However, Milwaukee should also be known for having a strong retail marketplace as well. With ever-changing markets and trends, retailers are finding many ways to get creative and adapt with the trends. Due to the adaptation, the competition for prime outlots is at an all-time high and does not appear to be changing any time soon. Outlot wars It’s with absolute certainly that the Milwaukee retail market has seen a massive influx for prime outlots. So much so that the phrase “outlot wars” is regularly used when describing retail outlot developments and redevelopments. In an already saturated segment of retail real estate, we have seen many new concepts/categories pushing to secure premium outlot sites in the market. Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) and fast-casual restaurants, auto and financial institutions are the biggest participants to date. Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic in 2020, we have seen a pretty significant shift in the food category from QSR and fast-casual concepts alike. Milwaukee has seen many existing concepts continue to expand or reposition within a market, but we have also seen new concepts making a push to enter the market as …
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SANTA BARBARA, CALIF. — The student housing industry continued to show strong fundamentals in the first quarter of this year, with preleasing levels off to a robust start and annual rent growth exceeding pre-pandemic levels, according to the latest installment of Yardi’s National Student Housing Report. As of March, preleasing for fall 2022 was reported at 63.8 percent — a number that is 13.5 percent higher than the same time last year and 9.9 percent higher than March 2019 — and the average rent per-bedroom for fall 2022 is $777. These figures are based on the company’s “Yardi 200” markets, which include the top 200 investment-grade universities across all major collegiate conferences, including the Power 5 conferences and Carnegie R1 and R2 universities (research universities in the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education). A handful of university markets were almost fully preleased as of March, with Purdue University (99.9 percent preleased), the University of Pittsburgh (99.8 percent preleased) and the University of Wisconsin-Madison (98.3 percent preleased) topping the list. Few universities are struggling with fall 2022 preleasing so far, but those that are tend to have higher acceptance rates, according to the report. The University of Houston had the …
CELINA, TEXAS — Centurion American Development Group has broken ground on Legacy Hills, a mixed-use, master-planned development that will span approximately 3,200 acres in the North Texas city of Celina. The site is located at the corner of Legacy Drive and Celina Parkway, about 40 miles north of downtown Dallas. Legacy Hills will feature more than 10,000 residential units, with current plans calling for about 7,000 single-family homes and 4,100 multifamily units. The commercial component will encompass 100 acres and will include retail, restaurant and entertainment space, though other uses within that portion of the project have not yet been announced. In addition, Centurion American has earmarked two 12-acre parcels as future sites of schools within the Celina Independent School District, as well as two seven-acre tracts that will house fire and police stations. A network of hiking and biking trails will link various pieces of the development, and Centurion has allocated 27 acres for the City of Celina to develop into a sports park. Lastly, a championship golf course, complete with a driving range, putting green and clubhouse, will run through the center of the site. The single-family homes will be spread across seven subdivisions, each of which will …
HOUSTON — Tampa-based multifamily investment firm American Landmark has acquired H6, a 293-unit apartment community in Houston’s Energy Corridor area. Built in 2016, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 475 to 1,444 square feet. Apartments feature stainless steel appliances, European cabinetry, granite countertops, washers and dryers and private balconies. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, game room, business center and a Zen garden. The seller was not disclosed. American Landmark has subsequently rebranded the community as Neo at Ten.
PASADENA, TEXAS — NAI Partners has negotiated a 295,134-square-foot industrial lease at Bayport South Business Park, which is located near Port Houston in Pasadena. According to propertyshark.com, the development was built on 41.5 acres in 2020 and totals 642,994 square feet. Chris Haro of NAI Partners represented the tenant, freight transit company Frederick Trucking, in the lease negotiations. Richard Quarles, March Nicholas and Jarret Venghaus of JLL represented the undisclosed landlord.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Metro Philadelphia-based investment firm Morgan Properties has purchased parcHaus at Skyline, a 136-unit single-family rental community located on the northern outskirts of Dallas in McKinney. The newly built community features one-, two- and three-bedroom homes with garages and private backyards. The amenity package comprises a pickleball court, pool, dog park and a business center. Dallas-based Provident Realty Advisors sold the property for an undisclosed price. Morgan Properties has rebranded the community as Elevate at Skyline.
MOORE, OKLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $10 million sale of a 53,872-square-foot shopping center in Moore, a southern suburb of Oklahoma City. The property was built on 5.5 acres in 2018 and was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Ulta Beauty and Burlington. Chris Tramontano and Aaron Johnson of SRS represented the seller, an entity doing business as BlueCiel Oklahoma LLC. Agree Realty, a publicly traded REIT, purchased the asset.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Locally based developer The Woodmont Co. has broken ground on a 41,217-square-foot medical office building in Fort Worth. The Diabetic & Thyroid Center of Fort Worth will occupy 14,000 square feet of the property, which was designed by Bennett Benner Partners and will be built by Dennett Construction. The site includes an additional pad site for development and lease. Construction is slated for a January 2023 completion. Dodson Commercial Real Estate has been tapped to lease the remaining space.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based private equity firm Madison Realty Capital has provided a $90 million construction loan for a mixed-use project that will be located in the Flushing area of Queens. The development will comprise 150 residential condos, 202 hotel rooms, 23,000 square feet of ground-floor and below-grade retail space and 300 parking spaces. All of these uses will be housed in two adjoined buildings rising 16 and nine stories that will be set on a retail podium and will total 263,151 square feet. Residential floor plans will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom formats, and amenities will include a fitness center and outdoor terraces and courtyards. The borrower and developer is an entity doing business as 37 Ave Richouse LLC. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Sage Realty, a division of The William Kaufman Organization, will undertake a $53 million renovation of 767 Third Avenue, a 40-story, 320,000-square-foot office building in Manhattan. Capital improvements will include a facelift of the lobby and the revamping and introduction of new and existing amenity spaces. Upon full completion of the project in the first quarter of 2023, tenants will have access to a café, lounge, library, catering kitchen, sculpture garden and a salon meeting room. Touchless mechanisms and other features that promote wellness will also be installed throughout the property. FXCollaborative led the redesign of the lobby, and Fogarty Finger designed the amenity spaces.