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Shipley Do-Nuts, Sweet Paris to Open Flagship Restaurants at Nashville Yards

by John Nelson

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Southwest Value Partners, AEG and Virentes Hospitality have announced that Shipley Do-Nuts and Sweet Paris Crêperie & Café will be opening new flagship locations at Nashville Yards in 2025. Nick Gross and Brian Ashby of CBRE represented Virentes Hospitality, which will operate both Shipley and Sweet Paris. Set to open in May, Shipley will be located within the mixed-use development’s creative office building fronting Church Street, which is anchored by CAA. The 11-story tower will feature three levels of retail, dining and entertainment leased to tenants including Iconix Fitness, EVO Entertainment, Fogo de Chão and Ocean Prime. In June, Sweet Paris will open along Signal Street on the first level of The Pinnacle, which is Nashville Yards’ indoor live music and events venue that will open in February with a Kacey Musgraves concert. Nashville Yards will be the first location in Tennessee for Sweet Paris and the brand’s 20th overall.

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Salty Donut to Join Fenton Mixed-Use Development in Cary, North Carolina

by John Nelson

CARY, N.C. — Hines and Columbia Development Group, in partnership with Affinius Capital, are announcing a nearly 19,000-square-foot wave of retail leases at Fenton, including The Salty Donut, which plans to open its newest location in 2025. Located in the Raleigh suburb of Cary, the 92-acre mixed-use development is located along Cary Towne Boulevard near I-40 and the Research Triangle Park. Other retailers and restaurants that have opened recently at Fenton, or will in 2025, include Brewery Bhavana, Kendra Scott, Vega Vitality, Crawford Brothers Steakhouse and Doc B’s. Full construction of the property will feature 2.5 million square feet of residential, retail, office and entertainment spaces, as well as a seven-story hotel announced earlier this year. The Salty Donut was founded as a pop-up in Miami in 2015 and has since grown to multiple locations in Florida and Texas, as well as restaurants in Charlotte, Denver, Nashville and metropolitan Washington, D.C.

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DevelopmentMixed-UseTexas

Partnership to Develop $200M Water-Themed Mixed-Use Project in McKinney, Texas

by Taylor Williams

MCKINNEY, TEXAS — A partnership between the City of McKinney, located north of Dallas, and developer Cole Cannon will build a $200 million water-themed mixed-use project on a 35-acre site at the northeast corner of Stacy Road and State Highway 121. Known as Cannon Beach, the development will comprise a four-acre surf lagoon and resort-style hotel, as well as dining, entertainment and other commercial spaces. The hotel will feature a rooftop pool area that can support private events, as well as lounge areas and cabanas with food service and will connect to the surf lagoon and other water-focused attractions, including cliff diving and a stationary surf wave. The McKinney Economic Development Corp. and the McKinney Community Development Corp. are also partners on the project, conceptual terms of which are being finalized along with a site plan and agreements for infrastructure assistance, tax rebates and land acquisition. The first phase of Cannon Beach could open as early as 2026, and the development team estimates that the project could create as many as 700 new jobs and generate as much as $2 billion in regional economic impact over the next 20 years.

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DevelopmentHospitalityTexas

Pointe Vista, Hard Rock Unveil Plans for Hospitality Project in Kingston, Oklahoma

by Taylor Williams

KINGSTON, OKLA. — Pointe Vista Holding Co. and Hard Rock International have unveiled plans for Hard Rock Hotel & Residences Lake Texoma, a hospitality project that will be located near the Oklahoma-Texas border in Kingston. The development represents the first hospitality component within the 2,700-acre Pointe Vista master-planned community, which fronts Lake Texoma, and will have 189 hotel rooms (including 25 dedicated suites), an 18,000-square-foot conference center and an event lawn. The property’s residential component will entail 306 residences. Pointe Vista will ultimately comprise more than 2,000 lakefront homes, three destination resort hotels, an 11-acre Caribbean Bay, indoor waterpark, adventure park, family entertainment center and a waterfront town center.

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Aaron’s Signs 170,509 SF Industrial Lease in Benbrook, Texas

by Taylor Williams

BENBROOK, TEXAS — Aaron’s has signed a 170,509-square-foot industrial lease in Benbrook, located southwest of Fort Worth. The home appliances, furniture and electronics retailer relocated and expanded from Grand Prairie to Building 2 of Chisholm 20, a four-building, 917,374-square-foot development. Steve Koldyke, Kacy Jones and Brian Gilcrest of CBRE represented the landlord, locally based developer Jackson-Shaw, in the lease negotiations. David Eseke and Andrew DeLamielleure with Cushman Wakefield represented Atlanta-based Aaron’s, which operates 144 stores in Texas.

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Balcones Recycling to Open 134,905 SF Materials Recovery Facility in Frisco

by Taylor Williams

FRISCO, TEXAS — Balcones Recycling will open a 134,905-square-foot materials recovery facility in Frisco. Located on PGA Parkway between Dallas North Tollway and Preston Road, the facility will integrate modern recycling technology with employee wellness features and community engagement programs. Houston-based design-build firm KDW is handling the architectural and general contracting aspects of the project, construction of which began recently and is expected to be complete in spring 2026. Balcones Recycling first opened in the metroplex in 1995 with a facility in Farmers Branch.

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Avison Young Negotiates 57,120 SF Industrial Lease in Conroe, Texas

by Taylor Williams

CONROE, TEXAS — Avison Young has negotiated a 57,120-square-foot industrial lease in Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston. The tenant is industrial machinery provider Unimacts, and the space is located within NorthStar Industrial Park, a five-building, 79-acre development. Drew Coupe and Dawson Smith of Avison Young represented the landlord, BAUER Group, in the lease negotiations. The tenant was self-represented.

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Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $48M Sale of Two Office, Retail Buildings in Midtown Manhattan

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $48 million sale of two office and retail buildings totaling 144,251 square feet — 128,032 square feet of office space and 16,219 square feet of retail space — in Midtown Manhattan. The buildings are located at 303 W. 42nd St. and 300 W. 43rd St. in the Times Square area and were recently renovated. Retail users include Chick-fil-A, Smashburger, 7-Eleven, Little Italy Pizza and Dunkin’. Andrew Berry and Charlie Gravina of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, a pair of limited liability companies, in the transaction. The buyer was a partnership between Blake Partners, JAM Real Estate Partners and The Straus Group.

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AcquisitionsMultifamilyWashingtonWestern

AvalonBay Communities Sells AVA Ballard Multifamily Property in Seattle for $105.5M

by Amy Works

SEATTLE — AvalonBay Communities has completed the sale of AVA Ballard, a multifamily asset located at 5555 14th Ave. NW in Seattle’s Ballard neighborhood, to an undisclosed buyer for $105.5 million. Built in 2013, AVA Ballard offers 265 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments averaging 717 square feet. Units feature quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, plank hardwood-style flooring and washers and dryers. Community amenities include a rooftop lounge, barbecues and a dog run; a clubroom with media lounge, arcade games and lounge seating; a fitness studio; inner courtyards with barbecues, fire pits and lounge seating; rentable storage units; and electrical vehicle charging, as well as 12,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Eli Hanacek, Mark Washington and Kyle Yamamoto of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.

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MonticelloAM Provides $87.2M Bridge Loan for Assisted Living Portfolio in Fresno, California

by Amy Works

FRESNO, CALIF. — MonticelloAM has provided an $87.2 million bridge loan for an assisted living portfolio in Fresno. The portfolio totals 39 communities. Proceeds from the loan will be used to refinance the existing debt on the properties, and the undisclosed borrower plans to secure long-term financing. 

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