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ST. FRANCIS, WIS. — M&R Development has broken ground on a 278-unit luxury apartment complex on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan in St. Francis, about five miles south of downtown Milwaukee. Named The Bluffs on Lake, the project will offer units ranging from studios to three bedrooms. M&R is co-developing the property with Campbell Capital Group LLC, the same firm it teamed with for the development of 42 Hundred on the Lake, a 236-unit luxury building just south of The Bluffs on Lake that opened in 2021. Located on a 21-acre site at 3700 S. Lake Drive, The Bluffs on Lake will comprise a four- and five-story building with one level of underground parking and 8,000 square feet of first-floor retail space, some of which is earmarked for a restaurant with outdoor seating. First deliveries are targeted for late 2026 with preleasing expected to start that fall. The project will feature a business center, meditation room, Zen Garden, self-service package room and two-level fitness center. A two-story clubhouse will include an entertainment lounge, coffee bar, media room, game room and pet spa. A main outdoor courtyard will comprise an infinity-edge pool, grilling stations and bocce ball court. A second courtyard …

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NOVI, MICH. — Robertson Brothers has purchased 1.8 acres of vacant land on 11 Mile Road in Novi. The local developer acquired the site with plans to build a multifamily project. Michael Murphy and Tjader Gerdom of Gerdom Realty & Investment represented the undisclosed seller.

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NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 36,651-square-foot industrial lease near JFK International Airport in Queens. The tenant, Horizon Air Freight, will occupy space at Inwood Logistics Center, a 10-building development. Rico Murtha, Helen Paul, Sonny Singh, Thomas Deluca, David Frattaroli, John Giannuzzi and Joseph Hentze Jr. of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, a partnership led by Onyx Equities, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.

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LENEXA, KAN. — Owner Copaken Brooks has unveiled two new tenants joining the District at Lenexa City Center — NEAT. Cocktail Bar and The Groom Gallery. The cocktail bar will open in winter 2025 in a 1,250-square-foot space that was formerly home to Savoy Tea. Block & Co. Inc. Realtors represented Neat Craft Cocktails in the lease. The Groom Gallery, a full-service pet grooming concept with six locations throughout the metro area, signed a lease for 1,312 square feet and anticipates opening in the first quarter of 2026. The District location will serve as a relocation of the company’s existing Lenexa site. Peak Real Estate Partners represented the tenant. Erin Johnston of Copaken Brooks was the landlord representative on both deals.

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ADDISON, ILL. — Lee & Associates of Illinois has negotiated the $1.9 million sale of a 15,524-square-foot warehouse and distribution building in Addison. Jay Farnam and Peter Spear of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Wahid Properties LLC, which will occupy the facility. Transwestern Real Estate Services represented the seller, Liberty Partners.

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ATLANTA — In today’s high-cost environment where obtaining development financing remains tricky, seniors housing builders are focused on cutting expenses — whether it be shrinking spaces or eliminating underutilized amenities altogether. That was the major takeaway from the development panel at the 12th annual InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference, which took place at the InterContinental Hotel in Atlanta on Wednesday, Aug. 27. The panel, which was titled “When Will Development Rebound? Outlook & Strategies for 2026,” included Richard Ackerman, managing partner of Big Rock Partners; Joe Jasmon, CEO of American Healthcare Management Group; Tod Petty, chief investment officer of Mainstay Senior Living; Leland Rice, president of QSL Management; Bear Mahon, president and CEO of Oaks Senior Living; and Alan Moise, chief investment officer of Thrive Senior Living. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. Moise, the panel’s moderator, kicked off the discussion by asking participants for their definition of “rebound.” For Rice, the answer was a return to a mature market with stabilized assets selling at full price. “For a long time, we had seen …

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ADDISON, TEXAS — Texas-based Quadrant Investment Properties (QIP) will develop a new, $240 million mixed-use project in Addison, a northern metro of Dallas. Earlier this week, the Addison City Council approved a development agreement with the company.  Dubbed Addison Junction, the development will span 14 acres and will feature a 155,550-square-foot office building; a 140-room boutique hotel; 30,000 square feet of entertainment space; and The Hangar, a 12,000-square-foot event venue. Plans for the project also include restaurants, a Texas-themed beer garden, rooftop patios and public plazas.  A construction timeline was not disclosed. Addison Junction will be connected to Addison Circle Park and the Cotton Belt Trail Corridor, both of which are part of a 57-mile hiking and biking path system. The property will also feature proximity to the Addison Airport, the Dallas North Tollway office corridor and the town’s bus transit center.  A new line of the Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) commuter rail system and the Addison Circle Silver Line Station are also currently underway near the development site and will offer connectivity to Plano, Richardson, Carrollton, Cypress Waters Dallas and the DFW International Airport.  “Addison Junction offers a rare canvas to provide a destination pedestrian-oriented district that will …

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DALLAS — Los Angeles-based lending and investment firm CIM Group has provided a $132.5 million construction loan for an office-to-residential conversion project in Dallas. The project represents the second phase of Peridot, a development that converted 11 floors of office space within the 50-story Santander Tower in the downtown area into 291 apartments with one- and two-bedroom floor plans. This next phase will add another 105 apartments. The borrower is a partnership between Pacific Elm Properties and Mintwood Real Estate. Santander Tower also houses the 60-room Mint House luxury hotel on floors 49 and 50, which also represents an office conversion. Adolfson & Peterson Construction is the general contractor. A tentative completion date for the next phase of Peridot was not disclosed.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hillwood will develop two speculative industrial buildings totaling 1.1 million square feet at AllianceTexas, the firm’s 27,000-acre master-planned community in North Fort Worth. Alliance Westport 15 will be a 798,494-square-foot, cross-dock structure with 40-foot clear heights, 190-foot truck court depths, parking for 360 cars and 199 trailers and land for future expansion. Alliance Gateway 34 will be a 310,036-square-foot building with 36-foot clear heights, 190-foot truck court depths and parking for 286 cars and 73 trailers. GSR Andrade designed both buildings. Frost Bank is financing construction, which is scheduled to begin this month and to be complete before the end of next year.

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HUMBLE, TEXAS — Locally based developer Triten Real Estate Partners has completed a 171,000-square-foot distribution center in Humble, a northern suburb of Houston. Known as McKay at Will Clayton Logistics Center and built on a speculative basis, the property features multiple drive-up ramps with oversized doors, fenced truck courts, 41 dock-high doors and 4,360 square feet of office space. Project partners included Method Architecture, Angler Construction and Grey Wolf Engineers. CBRE is the leasing agent. Construction began last October.

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