TRAVERSE CITY, MICH. — Woda Cooper Cos. Inc. has broken ground on Ruth Park, a $14.3 million affordable housing project in downtown Traverse City. The property will provide 58 units for singles, families and seniors who earn 30 to 80 percent of the area median income. Amenities include two community rooms, a fourth-floor outdoor terrace, fitness room, playground and laundry. There are six units with features for those with disabilities. The Michigan State Housing Development Authority provided affordable housing tax credits to support financing for the new development. Affordable housing investor Marble Cliff Capital is providing equity financing and Bellwether Enterprise is providing the first mortgage. Traverse City-based Independent Bank contributed a construction loan. The project team includes architect PCI Design Group, civil engineer Mansfield Land Use Consultants and sustainability consultant Sol Consulting + Design. Woda Cooper’s construction division is the general contractor and the company’s management division will oversee leasing and day-to-day operations. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.
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WICHITA, KAN. — NAI Martens has arranged the sale of four airport hangars at Wichita’s Dwight D. Eisenhower National Airport for $8.6 million. The transaction involved 96,536 square feet across the four hangars, which all include private office space. Steven Martens and Grant Glasgow of NAI Martens represented the undisclosed seller and procured two separate buyers.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Simi Capital has sold a 15-acre industrial property located on Stelzer Road in Columbus for $6.1 million. The institutional buyer plans to continue utilizing the property for industrial parking. Shortly after acquisition of the site, Simi secured the property’s entitlement for industrial use and arranged a long-term lease with CMH Parking and Repair. Simi paid $4.2 million for the site. Ryan Crossley of Kooperman Mentel Ferguson Yaross served as legal representation for Simi. Alex Marsh of The Robert Weiler Co. brokered the sale.
PENDERGRASS, GA. — Trammell Crow Co., in a partnership with CBRE Global Investors on behalf of one of its investment funds, has acquired a 287-acre development site in Pendergrass. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. At the site, the firms plan to build a 2.3 million-square-foot, Class A logistics center known as Jackson 85 North Business Park. Located in the metro Atlanta area along Interstate 85 in Jackson County, Jackson 85 North Business Park is located approximately 60 miles northeast of Atlanta and will be developed in two phases. Wilson Hull & Neal Real Estate will handle leasing for the project. Construction on Phase I is expected to begin in December with completion during the second half of 2022. Phase I will include a 538,450-square-foot cross-dock facility and a 1 million-square-foot cross-dock facility. Phase II will include a single 713,050-square-foot cross-dock facility. The construction timeline for Phase II was not disclosed. All three buildings will feature 185- to 190-foot deep concrete exterior truck courts, 40-foot clear heights and ESFR fire sprinklers.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Westside Capital Group, a Miami-based real estate investment holding firm, has purchased Campo Felice, a 24-story residential tower located in downtown Fort Myers. Westside Capital acquired Campo Felice for $55 million, or $170,000 per unit. Campo Felice was originally built as a Sheraton hotel in 1986. In 2015, The MacFarlane Group acquired and redeveloped the property into a seniors housing community. As the new owners, Westside Capital intends to invest up to $5 million in capital improvements, upgrades and professional management to convert the property to a market-rate apartment tower. Existing senior residents will be welcomed to stay and lease at the property under the new ownership, though there will no longer be an active adult component. The 323-unit property features one- and two-bedroom apartments with floor-to-ceiling windows. Community amenities include four dining venues, a pool with jet spa, a 2,200-square-foot fitness center, a 49-seat movie theater, salon, dog park, ballroom and 521 parking spaces. The property was approximately 50 percent occupied at the time of sale. Located at 2500 Edwards Drive, the property sits on a 3.2-acre site on the south bank of the Caloosahatchee River, directly behind the Fort Myers Yacht Basin, a marina …
HOUSTON — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) has broken ground on Phase I of Weiser Business Park, a speculative industrial redevelopment project located at the site of a former airport in northwest Houston. The first phase of the 130-acre development will center on the delivery of three buildings totaling 557,490 square feet. The first and smallest building will feature 28-foot clear heights and 128 vehicle parking spaces. The second and third buildings will both span more than 200,000 square feet and offer 32-foot clear heights while also having nearly 500 combined parking spaces. Completion of Phase I is scheduled for the second quarter of 2022. TCC has tapped Lee & Associates to lease the buildings. Construction of a fourth building that will span approximately 520,000 square feet and have 36-foot clear heights is set to begin early next year.
IRVING, TEXAS — Switzerland-based global investment firm Partners Group and Florida-based Accesso have sold Royal Ridge, a 505,948-square-foot office campus in Irving’s Las Colinas district, for an undisclosed price. Royal Ridge is a four-building campus that was constructed between 1998 and 2000. Tenants at the property, which has averaged a historical occupancy rate of about 94 percent during its life span, include Michaels and Honda. Todd Savage and Andrew Levy of JLL represented the partnership in the sale of the property to affiliates of Menlo Equities.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Aventon Cos. and co-developer CrossHarbor Capital Partners has broken ground on Aventon Belle Isle, a 348-unit apartment community in Orlando, about 8.8 miles south of downtown Orlando. The property will include 12 garden-style buildings on 24 acres with one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities will include a fitness center, yoga studio, remote work offices, automated package delivery, coffee bar, pet spa and a poolside social lounge. Outdoor spaces will include a private pool, cabanas with day beds, hammock garden, outdoor kitchen with grills and dining spaces, walking trails and a dog park. Located at 5051 Hoffner Ave., the property is located two miles from Orlando International Airport and about 18.7 miles from Walt Disney World Resort. Maitland, Fla.-based Scott + Cormia Architects is designing Aventon Belle Isle, and Marietta, Ga.-based Design Environments Inc. will designing the interiors. Construction is slated to be complete in the spring of 2023. With the addition of Aventon Belle Isle, Aventon Cos. now has 891 apartment units under construction in the metro Orlando area. Aventon Alaira, just east of Disney, will deliver 296 units and recently opened its clubhouse, while Aventon Gem Lake will deliver 247 units to the Winter Park …
HOUSTON — Newmark has negotiated a 181,067-square-foot industrial lease extension at Building 11 within Central Green Business Park in Houston. John Luck, Griffin Rich, Chris Mason, John Beach, Reggie Beavan III, Andy Iversen, Joshua Brown and Trace Elrod of Newmark represented the tenant, GAC Energy & Marine Services, in the lease negotiations. Liberty Property Co. owns the facility.
LAS VEGAS — The Bascom Group has completed the disposition of Fifty101, a multifamily community located at 5101 O’Bannon Drive in Las Vegas. Apartment Ventures acquired the asset for $21.6 million. The 90-unit community consists of 16 one-bedroom apartments, 50 two-bedroom units and 24 three-bedroom/two-bath layouts in a variety of floor plans. The Bascom Group had completed property-wide renovations, including capital improvements in dual-pane windows and public update upgrades and select unit renovations. Taylor Sims, Carl Sims and Brady Cleary of Cushman & Wakefield’s Multifamily Advisory Group in Las Vegas represented the seller in the transaction.