WINTER HAVEN, FLA. — Miller Construction is underway on the $31 million expansion of the Sherwin-Williams Distribution Service Center in Winter Haven. Using tilt-wall construction, the general contractor is adding 296,705 square feet spread across two large warehouses, a truck maintenance building, trailer maintenance building and offices. The new construction adds 298,151 square feet (including a pergola area), which is an expansion of approximately 79 percent of the existing 384,000 square-foot facility. Additionally, Miller Construction is upgrading 3,386 square feet of existing office space and expanding the existing South Building with a 49-foot clear-height ceiling and 15,120 square feet of new exterior wall, while the North Building is receiving a 28-foot clear-height ceiling and 2,904 square feet of new exterior wall. The project team includes C4 (architects and MEP), Richard Adams Engineers (structural), Structural Services Inc. (slab consultant) and Kimley-Horn (civil engineer).
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LOCUST GROVE, GA. — Cresa has arranged a 250,041-square-foot industrial lease at 3090 Highway 42 in Locust Grove, about 36 miles south of Atlanta. The tenant is Power Grid Components (PGC), a Blackstone portfolio company that manufactures and distributes advanced components for utility transmission and power distribution. The firm has locations in the Southeast, New York, the Midwest and Canada. Michael Herz and Waite Buckley of Cresa’s New York City office, along with Tom Tindall and Brooks Morris of Cresa’s Atlanta office, represented PGC in the lease negotiations. The landlord was Granite REIT.
MMCC Secures $14.5M Construction Financing for Self-Storage Project in Homestead, Florida
by John Nelson
HOMESTEAD, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has secured $14.5 million in construction financing for the development of a 1,038-unit self-storage facility at 1995 N.E. 8th St. in Homestead, about 32 miles south of Miami. The 135,800-square-foot property will operate as an Extra Space Storage facility. Robert Bhat of MMCC’s Miami office arranged the five-year loan through a local bank on behalf of the borrower, an undisclosed self-storage developer. The loan features a floating interest rate underwritten as 250 basis points above 1-month SOFR for the first three years with 36 months of interest-only payments.
LAS VEGAS — Lincoln Property Co. has completed Windsor Commerce Park, the company’s first-ever ground-up industrial development in the Las Vegas market. Situated on 86 acres, the 1.6 million-square-foot Windsor Commerce Park features eight buildings ranging from 49,920 square feet to 397,440 square feet. Buildings offer rear loading and cross-dock configurations, up to 36-foot clear heights, up to 4,000 amps of power, large clerestory windows and move-in-ready speculative office suites. The property is nearly 50 percent leased with tenants including regional, national and global operators specializing in HVAC, logistics and e-commerce. The project team includes Lee & Sakahara as architect and R&O Construction. Kevin Higgins, Garrett Toft, Jake Higgins and Kelsey Higgins of CBRE are handling leasing for the project.
ROCKLIN, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets, on behalf of Blue Coast Capital, has arranged a $27 million construction loan for Whitney Ranch Retail Center, a to-be-built, 52,200-square-foot neighborhood retail center in the Whitney Ranch community of Rocklin. The three-year construction loan was secured with U.S. Bank. Slated for completion in 2026, Whitney Ranch Retail Center will include 35,000 square feet of inline and standalone retail, as well as five ground-leased pad sites totaling 17,200 square feet. The property will be shadow anchored by Nugget Markets, an upscale supermarket chain with 16 locations across Northern California.
CenterSquare Acquires 31,871 SF North Bear Crossing Shopping Center in Lakewood, Colorado
by Amy Works
LAKEWOOD, COLO. — Conshohocken, Pa.-based CenterSquare has acquired North Bear Crossing, a 31,871-square-foot service retail property located in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. The center was 86 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Sports Clips, Domino’s Pizza, Kentucky Fried Chicken/A&W, Moe’s Original BBQ and F45 Training. North Bear Crossing marks CenterSquare’s 61st acquisition nationally.
LONE TREE, COLO. — Kaufman Hagan Commercial Real Estate has negotiated the sale of Park Meadows Village, a shopping center in Lone Tree. The asset traded for $3 million, or $392.67 per square foot. Three long-term tenants fully occupy the 7,640-square-foot retail plaza at 9447 Park Meadows Drive. Ryan Floyd and Colby Constantine of Kaufman Hagan handled the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
OSWEGO, ILL. — Lynd Development Group, a division of The Lynd Group, has received a $64 million loan from Starwood Capital to refinance Home at Ashcroft, a 178-unit, luxury build-to-rent community in the western Chicago suburb of Oswego. The new financing replaces a $66 million construction loan provided by Delaware Life and Steeprock Capital. Construction began in 2022 and is now complete. The property is more than 82 percent occupied. Home at Ashcroft features three-bedroom, single-story homes averaging 1,775 square feet. Each residence includes a two-car garage and covered patio. Monthly rents range from $2,800 to $4,000. Amenities include a clubhouse, pool, fitness center, game room, private library, grilling stations, dog park and landscaped walking trail.
SOUTH ELGIN, ILL. — Continental Properties has opened Authentix South Elgin, a 336-unit, garden-style apartment community in South Elgin. Located at 1300 N. Lancaster Road, the property features a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a resort-style pool, community clubhouse with a coffee bar, outdoor grill area, 24-hour fitness center, two pet playgrounds and a pet spa. Authentix Apartments, owned and operated by Continental Properties, is a national brand of garden-style communities.
MILWAUKEE — The Annex Group has broken ground on Union at Rose Park, a $25.8 million affordable housing community in Milwaukee. The property will offer 75 one-, two- and three-bedroom units for households earning a range of income levels starting at 30 percent of the area median income to market rate. Nine units will be targeted to veterans. Amenities will include a community room, fitness center and business center. The development will include rooftop solar panels and is designed to meet Enterprise Green Community Standards. Project partners include Ware Malcomb, raSmith, Integrity Structural Corp., Latimer Sommers & Associates, Terracon, Heartland Energy Consultants, Baker Tilly, ACC Management Group and Impact Housing Indiana, an organization dedicated to supporting residents of affordable housing communities within Annex’s portfolio. Impact Housing Indiana will have a dedicated onsite space within Union at Rose Park. Advantage Capital provided more than $9 million in federal equity and just under $3 million in state credit equity for the project. The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority allocated 4 percent tax credits, approximately $13.5 million in tax-exempt bonds and both a $1 million Vacancy-to-Vitality loan and a $125,000 Infrastructure Access Funding loan. Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust served as construction …