PEARLAND, TEXAS — Planned Community Developers (PCD) has received approval from the City Council of Pearland, a southern suburb of Houston, and has closed on the land for a 120-acre mixed-use development. The site is located at the nexus of U.S. Highway 288 and Beltway 8, and the development will be known as The Orchard. Plans currently call for 250,000 square feet of retail, dining and entertainment space, 150,000 to 300,000 square feet of office space and approximately 1,100 multifamily units and 100 single-family homes. CBRE has been tapped as the leasing agent for the retail component, and JLL is handling marketing of the future office space. A construction timeline was not announced.
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WATERLOO, WIS. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 10.7-acre parcel in Waterloo that will be developed into Drumlin Fields Apartments, a 96-unit, garden-style apartment community. Drumlin Fields Waterloo LLC, an affiliate of Brew City Capital Group, purchased the property from Rolling Meadows Apartments LLC for $1.1 million. Waterloo is located approximately 25 miles northeast of Madison, Wis. CBRE’s Sean Beuche, Matson Holbrook and Gretchen Richards represented the seller in the transaction. Noah Jacobson, managing principal of Brew City Capital Group, a multifamily development and investment firm based in Brookfield, Wis., says the firm is partnering with Duffek Construction, KCB Architecture & Design, and engineering firm Kapur & Associates to bring the $23.5 million Drumlin Fields Apartments to life. Unit and community amenities at Drumlin Fields Apartments will include private entrances, attached garages, in-unit washers and dryers, high-end finishes and fixtures, forced air heating and cooling, private patios or balconies, a playground, courtyards and green space. Construction is scheduled to begin Oct. 14, with completion anticipated by April 2028.
COLUMBIA, MO. — Coil Construction has broken ground on the expansion of the corporate headquarters for EquipmentShare.com Inc. (Nasdaq: EQPT), a construction technology and equipment rental company based in Columbia. The new 70,000-square-foot, two-story facility will provide space for up to 300 team members. Designed to foster collaboration and efficiency, the building will feature an executive business center, multi-purpose large meeting and event spaces, and a full-service corporate cafeteria. This expansion provides the physical room required to fulfill EquipmentShare’s previously announced commitment of bringing 500 new jobs to the region. Built with sustainability in mind, the facility is designed to accommodate photovoltaic solar panels and electric vehicle charging installations. Upon completion of the facility, EquipmentShare’s main corporate campus will encompass three facilities totaling 170,000 square feet. The campus sits near the company’s original equipment rental branch and its central distribution center, which supplies parts, technology and consumables to customers and over 430 EquipmentShare locations nationwide. EquipmentShare maintains more than 15 rental, R&D and corporate facilities operating statewide. Construction of the new facility is expected to be completed in mid-2028, with a formal grand opening event to follow.
DALLAS — Dallas-based investment firm Ridgeline Capital Partners has acquired a portfolio of four medical office buildings totaling 117,433 square feet in Texas. One building is located in the eastern Austin suburb of Bastrop, and the other three are scattered across the Houston-area cities of Montgomery, Conroe and Huntsville. The buildings were constructed between 2004 and 2010 and are home to tenants such as CHI St. Luke’s Health, Liberty Dialysis, North Pines Surgery Center and RapidCare Emergency Room. Occupancy was 86 percent at the time of sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Buc-ee’s has opened a 74,000-square-foot travel center in San Marcos, located roughly midway between Austin and San Antonio. The facility at 3245 N. I-35 features 128 fueling positions and is expected to account for the creation of more than 200 new jobs within the local economy. A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place on Wednesday, Aug. 12. Buc-ee’s, which is based in the Houston area, now operates 36 travel centers throughout Texas.
HOUSTON — Colliers has brokered the sale of Brookhollow West Service Center, an industrial complex in northwest Houston that according to LoopNet Inc. was built in 1975 and totals 32,442 square feet. Ben Condara and Jon Lindenberger of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer, local investment firm Pine Ridge Real Estate, plans to make both interior and exterior capital improvements to the property and has also retained Colliers as the leasing agent.
PERTH AMBOY, N.J. — Kurv, the industrial development and investment firm formerly known as Bridge Industrial, is underway on construction of a 471,231-square-foot project in the Northern New Jersey community of Perth Amboy. Kurv Perth Amboy III will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 69 exterior docks, two drive-in doors, 2,550 square feet of office space and parking for 243 cars and 120 trailers. The groundbreaking took place over the summer, and the space is expected to be available for occupancy early next year. CBRE is marketing the building for lease.
NEW YORK CITY — JLL has negotiated the $31 million sale of Kingswood Center, a 226,130-square-foot mixed-use property in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood. Kingswood Center is a three-story building that includes retail space that is anchored by T.J. Maxx in addition to a 257-space parking garage. Ethan Stanton, Michael Mazzara and Brendan Maddigan of JLL represented the seller, Midland Loan Services, in the transaction. Scott Aiese and Alex Staikos, also with JLL, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Bridges Development Group.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $16.6 million sale of 312 Bowery, a 22-unit apartment building in Manhattan’s NoHo neighborhood. The five-story building, which includes a 3,900-square-foot commercial space that is leased to an art gallery, was originally constructed in 1920 and converted to residential use in 2004. John Stewart and Dylan Torey of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Bremen House Inc., in the transaction and procured the buyer, Allied Realty & Development Corp.
DURHAM, N.H. — Gilbane is nearing completion of a 70,500-square-foot civic project at the University of New Hampshire, located in Durham near the Maine border. Designed by Stantec, the building will house the Center of Excellence for Operational Ocean and Great Lakes Mapping, as well as the John Olson Advanced Manufacturing Center, and will support research, applied training and technical assistance within those industries. A beam-signing ceremony took place in mid-July, and the facility is expected to be fully complete next fall.