ATLANTA — Lincoln Property Co. has broken ground on the next phases of Echo Street West, a 19-acre mixed-use property located at intersection of Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway and Northside Drive in Atlanta. The multi-phase project includes 300,000 square feet of creative office space, 50,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, 292 multifamily units, an events venue, artist colony and 3.4 acres of outdoor entertainment and green space. Future phases will bring additional office, retail, residential and hotel components to the site. The total Phase I development is expected to cost $265 million. Echo Street West will have several new community amenities, including the now-open event venue Guardian Works, the soon-to-open artist colony Guardian Studios and CoLab, a neighborhood creative office and venue space led by Joan Vernon, community organizer and director of Neighborhood Engagement at Westside Future Fund. Guardian Studios is an adaptive reuse of an early 1900s-era warehouse at Echo Street West. The first phase will feature 14 rentable art studios ranging in size from 200 to 500 square feet, a 3,000-square-foot open gallery space and outdoor wall murals. The second phase will add another 26 studios, bringing the total creative community to over 40 artists. Black …
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PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — Watermark Residential, a wholly owned affiliate of Thompson Thrift, will develop Boardwalk at Tradition, a 214-unit build-to-rent multifamily community in Port St. Lucie. Watermark acquired 17.5 acres of land to develop the property, which will be a residential community featuring one- and two-story paired villa-style homes. The project is slated for completion in December 2022. Boardwalk at Tradition will be located at the southeast corner of SW Stockton Place and SW Community Boulevard. The property will offer a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts that average 1,100 square feet. Community amenities will include gourmet bar-kitchens with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, full-size washers and dryers, private backyard patios, resort style pool, professionally design and appointed clubhouses, a pickleball court, fire pits, outdoor kitchens, several dog parks and a 24-hour fitness center. Boardwalk at Tradition is part of the 8,200-acre master planned Tradition community, which has $365 million in new development in the works. The apartment community is situated close to Cleveland Clinic Tradition Hospital and sits one mile west of Interstate 95.
PHENIX CITY, ALA. — Trillium Capital Resources has arranged $14 million in refinancing for The Gardens Apartments and Post Ridge Apartments, which are both multifamily communities located in Phenix City. The Gardens Apartments has 190 units and Post Ridge Apartments has 152 units. Located at 501 16th Ave. N., Post Ridge includes one-, two- and three-bedroom units. HUD’s A7 refinance program allowed Trillium to procure a fixed interest rate of 2.75 percent for The Gardens. The 25-year loan reduces the undisclosed borrower’s mortgage insurance premium (MIP) from 0.60 percent to 0.25 percent.
SAN ANTONIO — A partnership between Chicago-based investment firm Pearlmark and Austin-based Old Three Hundred Capital LLC (OTH) has purchased Park West and Parliament Bend, two adjacent multifamily properties in San Antonio totaling 560 units. According to Apartments.com, Park West features studio, one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, volleyball court, playground and a dog park. Parliament Bend offers one- and two-bedroom units as well as fitness and business centers, outdoor grilling and picnic areas, a dog park and onsite laundry facilities. The new ownership will implement a value-add program.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — Locally based firm Darwin German Real Estate Investments has sold Villa Creek, a 161-unit apartment complex in the northern Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 1965 and features one- and two-bedroom units. Darwin German originally purchased the asset in 2016 in an off-market deal. Chris Deuillet and William Hubbard of CBRE represented the buyer, Dallas-based Blue Ocean Capital LLC, in the transaction. William Givens and Robert Siddall, also with CBRE, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the new ownership.
DALLAS — Integrity Marketing Group, a distributor of life and health insurance products, has signed a 100,000-square-foot office lease for its new headquarters at Fountain Place, a 58-story building in the Dallas Arts District. CBRE’s Josh White and Ryan Buchanan represented the tenant, which will occupy six floors at Fountain Place as part of its relocation from Coppell, in the lease negotiations. CBRE’s Fletcher Cordell, Dennis Barnes and Jackie Marshall represented the landlord, Goddard Investment Group, which recently completed a $75 million renovation at the property. That project included the addition of a 10-story parking garage, retail and restaurant space and a tenant lounge and conference center.
OKLAHOMA CITY — KeyBank’s Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) platform has provided $20.6 million in financing for the purchase and renovation of Hillcrest Green Apartments, a 96-unit affordable housing property in Oklahoma City. The financing consists of a $9.3 million construction loan, $7 million in low-income housing tax credit equity from the Key Community Development Corp. and a $4.3 million permanent loan. Units at the Section 8 property include studio, one-, two- and four-bedroom residences that are reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. The borrower was Indianapolis-based developer TWG. Kelly Frank and Ryan Olman of KeyBank’s CDLI team originated the financing.
BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 58,418-square-foot industrial building located on 5.3 acres in the South Texas city of Brownsville. The property was triple net leased to textile recycling company Martex Fiber at the time of sale. Adam Abushagur and Tyler Sharp of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was a California-based private investor. Both parties involved in the transaction requested anonymity.
Rescore Property, Nadel Architecture Complete 561,600 SF The Rise Residential/Office Project in Hollywood
by Amy Works
LOS ANGELES — Rescore Property, as developer, and Nadel Architecture + Planning, as architect, have completed construction of The Rise, a seven-story, mixed-use project located at 1331 N. Cahuegna Blvd. in Hollywood. The 561,600-square-foot property features 369 apartments, 13 live/work units and 2,570 square feet of creative office space. Consisting of five buildings linked by pedestrian bridges, The Rise offers 341,600 square feet of residential space on six levels and more than 220,000 square feet of parking space on two levels, with space for 567 cars and 410 bicycles. The project offers a mix of ADA-adaptable micro-units, studios and one- and two-bedroom layouts. Community amenities include a rooftop deck, inner open courtyard, outdoor gym, pool, barbecue grills, fire pits, dog runs with a dog wash unit and outdoor seating with TVs. Additional amenities include a clubhouse with fireplace and pool table, fitness center, lounges, conference rooms, electric-vehicle charging stations and a video screen in the main lobby that displays transit options and status. The Rise also offers a 2,000-square-foot penthouse unit on the seventh floor that can be leased for special events. The penthouse is adjacent to a party room and rooftop deck.
Consolidated Investment Breaks Ground on Two Buildings at Eastpark 70 Industrial Park in Aurora, Colorado
by Amy Works
AURORA, COLO. — Consolidated Investment Group has started construction of Building 5 and Building 6 at Eastpark 70, a currently four-building, 900,000-square-foot industrial park in northeast Aurora. Building 5 will feature 158,900 square feet, divisible to 40,000 square feet, and Building 6 will offer 77,100 square feet, divisible to 30,000 square feet. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, dock-high and drive-in loading, trailer parking and office space available to suit. Eastpark 70 is zoned M-1 industrial with approval for outside storage. Completion for Building 5 is slated for January 2022, with delivery of Building 6 scheduled soon thereafter. Todd Witty and Doug Viseur of CBRE are handling leasing for the buildings. Current tenants at Eastpark 70 include UPS, Wayfair and Benjamin Moore.