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OpenAI Plans $20B Data Center Development Near Savannah, Georgia

by Hayden Spiess July 23, 2026

EFFINGHAM COUNTY, GA. — OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) research and deployment company best known for ChatGPT, has announced plans for a new data center campus in Effingham County, approximately 30 miles northwest of Savannah. Dubbed Project Camellia, the data center campus will cost at least $20 billion to develop in order for OpenAI to receive incentives, according to multiple news outlets. Bloomberg reports that the San Francisco-based company plans to spend as much as $30 billion on the project. The site is located within Savannah Gateway Industrial Hub (SGIH), a master-planned industrial park by Broe Real Estate Group and OmniTRAX spanning 2,700 acres. SGIH is served by both CSX and Norfolk Southern rail lines. OpenAI has entered into a 25-year agreement with utilities provider Georgia Power Co., which will supply 3.2 gigawatts of power to the project. According to the two companies, OpenAI will pay all infrastructure and electric-service costs for the data center campus. Additionally, OpenAI has pledged to provide $80 million in community benefits over the life of the project, as well as $71 million in Codex credits for eligible Georgia students. (Codex is OpenAI’s agentic coding tool that assists in building software and technical projects.) OpenAI also reports …

July 23, 2026

Features Multifamily

The Middle-Income Housing Gap Is Hiding in Plain Sight: Buildings We’ve Already Built

by Taylor Williams July 23, 2026

By Danny Fishman, CEO, co-founder, GAIA Real Estate The country’s broader middle class is facing a housing crisis: a growing gap in available, high-quality rental options. High-demand markets like Miami and New York City are now appearing in headlines on two lists at once. Miami is called out as oversupplied but is also pointed to as one of the least affordable rental markets in the country. New York City has a supply shortage with population decreasing in recent years, and still rents go up. The new supply of rental units flooding Sun Belt markets are mostly in Class A buildings with full amenities. Therefore, less quality options are available to middle-income renters. Much of the industry is shying away from this gap, but it’s crucial that developers, cities and states start pushing toward it. Major institutional investors have historically chased luxury or affordable housing at the extremes, partially due to the real estate market’s — both private and public sectors — failure to foresee the widening income gap. As the economy split, households got pushed toward the higher and lower ends, while the middle thinned out. At the same time, renters and buyers were looking for apartments with nice …

July 23, 2026

Development Mixed-Use Texas

JLL Arranges Construction Debt, Joint Venture Equity for Dallas Mixed-Use Project

by Taylor Williams July 22, 2026

DALLAS — JLL has arranged undisclosed amounts of construction debt and joint venture equity for 8300 Douglas, a mixed-use project that will be located in the Preston Center submarket of Dallas. Designed by HKS Architects, 8300 Douglas will consist of a 12-story, 300,000-square-foot office building that will be the future regional headquarters of Fifth Third Bank; a 17-story, 147-unit apartment building; 24,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space; and a 35,000-square-foot rooftop park. RAMROCK Real Estate is leading development of 8300 Douglas in partnership with Lincoln Property Co. and Willow Bridge Property Co. Mark Gibson, Jim Curtin, John Rose, Clint Coe, Ryan Pollack and Campbell Swango of JLL structured both components of the capitalization.

July 22, 2026

Development Industrial Texas

Urban Logistics Realty to Develop Two Industrial Projects Totaling 341,000 SF in North Houston

by Taylor Williams July 22, 2026

HOUSTON — Urban Logistics Realty will develop two industrial projects totaling 341,000 square feet in North Houston. Urban NXS Fallbrook will be a 182,400-square-foot, cross-dock industrial building, and Urban NXS West will be a 158,600-square-foot, front-load building. Urban Logistics Realty is developing both projects in a joint venture with Principal Asset Management. First United Bank & Trust is financing construction, which is slated to begin before the end of the summer and to be complete in the second quarter of 2027.

July 22, 2026

Acquisitions Industrial Texas

Realterm Buys 40-Acre Industrial Outdoor Storage Facility in Laredo, Texas

by Taylor Williams July 22, 2026

LAREDO, TEXAS — Realterm, a global investment manager focused on transit-oriented properties, has purchased a 40-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in the South Texas city of Laredo. The facility at 14610 Mines Road features 25.3 concrete-paved acres that house a 22,250-square-foot check-in station, a 6,800-square-foot office and a 3,000-square-foot wash bay. This portion of the facility was leased to transit firm Heartland Express at the time of sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

July 22, 2026

Development Healthcare Texas

Hoar Construction Breaks Ground on 32,000 SF Medical Office Building in East Austin

by Taylor Williams July 22, 2026

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Alabama-based general contractor Hoar Construction has broken ground on Colony Park Health & Wellness Center, a 32,000-square-foot medical office building in East Austin. Designed by HKS Architects, the four-story building will house the utilities and mechanical equipment on the first floor, a pharmacy, lab and kitchen on the second floor, patient care rooms on the third floor and a dental office on the fourth floor. Central Health is the owner. Construction is slated for a summer 2027 completion.

July 22, 2026

Acquisitions Northeast Retail Rhode Island

Partnership Agrees to Acquire Providence Place Mall in Rhode Island for $133M

by Taylor Williams July 22, 2026

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A partnership between Syracuse-based Pyramid Management Group, Paolino Properties and DW Partners has agreed to acquire Providence Place Mall, a 1.4 million-square-foot lifestyle center, for $133 million. The 13.2-acre property has been in court-ordered receivership for multiple years following a loan default by the previous owner, Brookfield Properties. Tenants at Providence Place include Dave & Buster’s, Abercrombie & Fitch, American Eagle, Aldo, Apple, Bath & Body Works, Brooks Brothers, Champs Sports, Cyclebar, DSW, Five Below and Garage. The new ownership plans to completes an ongoing repositioning program at the property.

July 22, 2026

Acquisitions New Jersey Northeast Retail

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $8.8M Sale of Retail Building in Edison, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams July 22, 2026

EDISON, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $8.8 million sale of a 5,585-square-foot retail building in the Central New Jersey community of Edison. Convenience store operator Wawa occupies the single-tenant building at 1095 U.S. Route 1, which was built last year and includes a fuel station, on a triple-net basis. Alan Cafiero, Brent Hyldahl and Vincent Pennino of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.

July 22, 2026

Acquisitions Massachusetts Northeast Retail

JLL Negotiates $8.5M Sale of Grocery Building in Beverly, Massachusetts

by Taylor Williams July 22, 2026

BEVERLY, MASS. — JLL has negotiated the $8.5 million sale of a 60,666-square-foot grocery building in Beverly, a northeastern suburb of Boston, that is fully leased to regional operator Stop & Shop. The freestanding building sits on a 4.9-acre site that originally served as the site of the first Marshalls store in the United States (circa 1956). Alex Quinn, Zach Nitsche, Sam Wiesman and Joe Marinaro of JLL represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.

July 22, 2026

Leasing Activity Massachusetts Northeast Office

Corbus Pharmaceuticals Signs 36,471 SF Office Lease Renewal in Norwood, Massachusetts

by Taylor Williams July 22, 2026

NORWOOD, MASS. — Corbus Pharmaceuticals has signed a 36,471-square-foot office lease renewal in Norwood, a southern suburb of Boston. The space is located within the building at 500 River Ridge Drive, which according to LoopNet Inc. was constructed in 1988 (renovated in 2016) and totals 100,261 square feet. Curtis Cole, Sean Hannigan and Tim Allen of Colliers represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Nat Kessler led a JLL team that represented the landlord.

July 22, 2026

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