BRADENTON, FLA. — Madison Capital Group has secured a $47 million loan for the construction of Madison Bradenton, a 240-unit multifamily development to be located on the site of the former DeSoto Square Mall in Bradenton, a city on the south side of the Tampa Bay area. Peachtree Group provided the financing. Subsidiary Madison Communities is developing the project, which will feature five four-story buildings and two carriage homes. Amenities at the property will include a clubhouse, cyber lounge, swimming pool with cabanas, outdoor kitchen with grilling areas, fitness center and dog park. BenCo, an affiliate of Madison Capital Group, is serving as the general contractor. Slocum Platts Architects is the architect, and Cavoli Engineering will act as the engineer. Construction is scheduled to begin immediately, with completion scheduled for early 2026.
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JLL Arranges $21.5M Sale of Office Building in DC, Buyer Plans Multifamily Conversion
by John Nelson
WASHINGTON, D.C. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $21.5 million sale of an office building located at 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW in the Dupont Circle neighborhood of Washington, D.C. The 12-story building comprises 190,385 square feet of Class B office space. Tom Hall, Matt Nicholson, Kevin Byrd, Jim Meisel, Andrew Weir and Dave Baker of JLL represented the seller, a subsidiary of BrightSpire Capital, in the transaction. An affiliate of Duball acquired the property, with plans to convert the development to a 161-unit multifamily community. Plans include the utilization of the ground-floor for retail space and the addition of a pool and amenity spaces to the roof. A development timeline was not disclosed.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — EDEN Living has completed the development of EDEN at Kendall West, a 265-unit multifamily community situated on 20 acres in Jacksonville. Located at 9105 Tredinick Parkway, the property features 193 single-story apartments and 72 two-story townhomes. Each unit includes a private backyard, with a private garage accompanying each townhome. Units at EDEN at Kendall West range in size from 700 to 1,300 square feet, with one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, swimming pool, dog grooming station, dog park, club room and walking trails. Monthly rental rates at the community begin at $1,425, according to the property website.
SL Nusbaum Brokers $9M Sale of Former James River Transportation Building in Richmond
by John Nelson
RICHMOND, VA. — S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. has brokered the $9 million sale of an industrial property located at 915 N. Allen Ave. in Richmond. James River Transportation formerly occupied the property, which totals 16,560 square feet situated on 4.3 acres. Jefferson Street Partners II LLC, an affiliate of Academy Bus Lines that acquired James River Transportation last year, was the buyer. Douglas Tice III of S.L. Nusbaum represented the seller, Storyland Properties, in the transaction.
HOUSTON — Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) will relocate its headquarters from San Ramon, a suburb of San Francisco, to Houston. The oil-and-gas giant, which already employs about 7,000 people in the Houston area, intends to relocate certain executives, including chairman and CEO Mike Wirth, to the Bayou City before the end of the year. Chevron’s existing office footprint in Houston includes multiple spaces in the downtown area and a presence in the Westchase District. The company also purchased 77 acres within the Bridgeland master-planned community in the northwestern suburb of Cypress last year with plans to construct a research-and-development campus.
HOUSTON — A partnership between Standard Real Estate Investments, a development and investment firm with offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., and locally based firm Investment & Development Ventures (IDV) will develop Veterans Memorial Business Park. The 463,000-square-foot speculative industrial project will be located in northwest Houston and will consist of three front-load buildings that will span 219,000, 151,000 and 93,000 square feet. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights and will be able to accommodate users with requirements as small as 46,000 square feet. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter. JLL arranged the partnership between the two developers.
SEABROOK, TEXAS — Green Courte Partners, a private equity real estate investment firm, has acquired Chesapeake Bay, a 348-unit active adult community in Seabrook, located just south of Houston. The property offers a mix of apartments and cottages. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center, craft room, game lounge, putting green, hair and nail salon, theater and a dog park. The firm’s wholly owned operating platform, True Connection Communities, will manage the property. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged a $19.1 million construction loan for Villas at Bardin, a build-to-rent residential community that will be located in the central metroplex city of Grand Prairie. Homes will feature a mix of unit types and will be furnished with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, walk-in closets and full-size washers and dryers, as well as two-car garages and individual yards. The borrower is Dallas-based Republic Property Group. The number of units and a tentative completion date were not disclosed.
DALLAS — Law firm Cooper & Scully PC has signed a 47,900-square-foot office lease renewal at Founders Square in downtown Dallas. The seven-story 274,010-square-foot building at 900 Jackson St. was originally constructed in the early 20th century as a warehouse for the Higginbotham-Bailey-Logan Co. dry goods company and was converted to office use in 1984. Rhett Miller and Sam Bass of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Charter Holdings Inc., in the lease negotiations. John Ellerman and Jeff Ellerman of CBRE represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — Douglaston Development has received financing for a $190 million affordable housing project that will be located in the Bedford Park neighborhood of the Bronx. The building at 2868 Webster Ave. will rise 12 stories and house 277 units. The financing includes $83.4 million in tax-exempt bond proceeds and $17.4 million in subsidies allocated by The New York City Housing Development Corp. The New York City Department of Housing Preservation & Development also provided a $52.6 million subsidy under its Extremely Low- and Low-Income Affordability Program. Wells Fargo provided Low-Income Housing Tax Credits as well as a letter of credit for the project. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and will be reserved for households earning up to 70 percent of the area median income. Sixty units will be set aside as supportive units. The project represents the second phase of a two-phase development that also includes a 188-unit seniors housing complex that opened in fall 2023. Levine Builders, the general contracting affiliate of Douglaston Development, will build the community. Construction is expected to be complete in 2027.