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McShane to Construct 174,367 SF Manufacturing Build-to-Suit Project in Kenosha, Wisconsin

by Kristin Harlow

KENOSHA, WIS. — McShane Construction Co. will build a 174,367-square-foot manufacturing build-to-suit project in Kenosha. The undisclosed tenant will utilize the space for manufacturing and warehousing metal products. Positioned on an 86-acre site, the precast building will include 77,100 square feet of manufacturing space and 52,500 square feet of warehouse space with a clear height of 40 feet, 10 truck docks and four drive-in doors. The building will also feature 9,000 square feet of office space and 171 parking stalls. As part of the project, McShane will build a bridge, bringing railroad tracks to the site. Completion is slated for June 2026. Harris Architects Inc. is the project architect.

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AcquisitionsMidwestOhioRetail

JLL Brokers $13.8M Sale of Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center in Fairview Park, Ohio

by Kristin Harlow

FAIRVIEW PARK, OHIO — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $13.8 million sale of Fairview Centre, a 147,602-square-foot shopping center in the Cleveland suburb of Fairview Park. The grocery-anchored property consists of three buildings that are nearly 90 percent occupied by Giant Eagle, which has a 30-year tenure at the center. Additional tenants include Dollar Tree, Onyx Gyms, Goldfish Swim School, UPS and the American Cancer Society. Michael Nieder and Brian Page of JLL represented the seller, Lamar Cos. Axiom Realty purchased the asset.

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Healthcare-Adjacent Retail Development Taps Into Underserved Customer Bases

by Abby Cox

By Sean Slater, senior principal, RDC Architecture & Planning In today’s evolving retail landscape, one of the most promising — and often overlooked — opportunities lies in the land surrounding our nation’s hospitals and medical centers. As healthcare systems continue to expand and consolidate, savvy development executives recognize the immense potential of strategically positioning retail properties in locations that are adjacent to major medical facilities. Doing so combines consistent foot traffic, demographic advantages and an urgent need for community-focused amenities. This was the scenario that RDC’s placemaking design team faced at the Texas Medical Center’s (TMC) new TMC3 research and development campus south of the massive healthcare cluster near downtown Houston. On any given day at that sprawling site, more than 100,000 people — about the seating capacity of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum — come to work, while 27,400 patients visit one of the 21 associated hospitals. Many of them are international visitors staying at local hotels with significant downtime. Kristen Kupperman, TMC’s vice president of design, construction and facilities, introduced RDC’s design team to this problem, saying that there are 80,000 women who work at TMC every day, yet there is nowhere to get a manicure and nowhere …

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Franklin Crossroads Park
DevelopmentMixed-UseNortheastPennsylvaniaRetailTop Stories

IRG, PREP Funds Acquire Washington Crown Center in Suburban Pittsburgh, Plan Redevelopment

by Abby Cox

NORTH FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, PA. — A partnership between Los Angeles-based Industrial Realty Group (IRG) and Cleveland-based PREP Funds has acquired Washington Crown Center, a 450,000-square-foot mall near Pittsburgh, with plans to undertake a redevelopment. As reported by regional media outlet Observer-Reporter, as well as several other media sources, IRG and PREP Funds are jointly investing $40 million for the transformation of the former mall into a mixed-use hub for retail and business that will be called Franklin Crossroads Park. In addition, according to Pittsburgh Business Times, New York-based Kohan Retail Investment Group originally purchased the mall for $20 million in 2016 and began marketing the property for sale in 2024. Construction of Franklin Crossroads Park, which is situated 30 miles south of Pittsburgh in Washington County along I-70, is set to begin this fall. Meanwhile, a portion of the mall will remain open through the end of the year. “Our vision is to diversify the site’s use by attracting new retailers and businesses to the property,” says Chris Salata, partner at PREP Funds. “This adaptive reuse project will significantly improve the facility and bring new economic activity.”  Redevelopment plans for Franklin Crossroads Park currently call for the creation of a 100,000-square-foot retail …

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InterFace Panel: Lenders’ Sentiments on Houston Industrial Market in 2025 Reflect Pendulum-Like Movement

by Taylor Williams

HOUSTON — In the span of eight months — a blip in the life cycles of most commercial real estate deals and projects — lenders in the Houston industrial space have gone from enthusiastic to tepid to back to borderline optimistic. This pendulum-like pattern that has reflected the vacillating appetites of capital providers to deploy funds is not unique to the Houston industrial market. At the start of the year, commercial lenders across a range of asset classes and markets expressed positive expectations for 2025. A new, pro-business presidential administration, the building on short-term interest rate cuts in late 2024, a widespread sense that it was simply time to get back into the game — all of these notions played into an ebullient outlook for commercial deal volume in the new year. 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. It would not last very long. Unconventional, sweeping policies implemented by the second Trump administration, including mass layoffs of federal employees and implementation of tariffs on major American trading partners, deeply rattled investors and capital providers. Even as the administration …

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DevelopmentIndustrialTexas

Reports: Davie to Open $1B ‘Icebreaker’ Shipbuilding Factory in Galveston, Texas

by Taylor Williams

GALVESTON, TEXAS — An American affiliate of Canadian shipbuilder Davie will open a $1 billion ‘icebreaker’ factory in the southeastern coastal Texas city of Galveston, according to reports from multiple publications that cover that industry, including The Maritime Executive and Marine Insight. According to the former publication, the factory will be located within the city’s Gulf Copper Yard and will be purpose-built for manufacturing ships for the U.S. Department of Defense and its polar exploration initiatives. The latter publication reports that Davie is developing the factory in partnership with Pearlson, a Florida-based specialist in shipyard design and program management. Marine Insight also reports that the project could support more than 7,000 jobs across Texas and have a regional economic impact of about $9 billion.

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DevelopmentIndustrialTexas

Crow Holdings Underway on 446,123 SF Industrial Project in North Houston

by Taylor Williams

HOUSTON — Crow Holdings Development is underway on construction of Rushcreek Business Park, a 446,123-square-foot industrial project in North Houston. The development will consist of two front-load buildings that will span 137,588 and 308,535 square feet. The buildings will feature 32- and 36-foot clear heights, respectively, and a combined 101 dock-high doors, six drive-in ramps and 259 car parking spaces. CBRE has been tapped as the leasing agent. Construction is slated for a summer 2026 completion.

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DevelopmentIndustrialTexas

BCS Breaks Ground on 438,960 SF Industrial Project in Baytown, Texas

by Taylor Williams

BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Locally based developer BCS has broken ground on Grove Business Park, a 438,960-square-foot industrial project that will be located in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. The site spans 46 acres, and the development will feature nine buildings that will range in size from 30,000 to 120,120 square feet. Urban Cos. has been selected as the design-build firm for the project, and Altar Group will be the civil engineer. Partners Real Estate is the leasing agent. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2026.

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IndustrialLeasing ActivityTexas

Stream Realty Partners Arranges 36,340 SF Industrial Lease Expansion in Northwest Houston

by Taylor Williams

HOUSTON — Stream Realty Partners has arranged a 36,340-square-foot industrial lease expansion at 7121 Brittmoore Road in northwest Houston. Information on the property was not available on LoopNet Inc. Garret Geaccone, Boone Smith and Jack Rathe of Stream represented the landlord, DRA Advisors, in the lease negotiations. Nile Copeland of World Wide Realty represented the tenant, ChiChi Trade.

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Emultec Inc. Signs 18,675 SF Industrial Lease Renewal in Addison, Texas

by Taylor Williams

ADDISON, TEXAS — Emultec Inc. has signed an 18,675-square-foot industrial lease renewal in the northern Dallas metro of Addison. The provider of distribution services will remain a tenant at Building 1 at Marsh Business Park West. Brian Pafford of Bradford Commercial Real Estate Services represented the landlord, GKI Industrial LLC, in the lease negotiations. The tenant representative was not disclosed.

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