AUSTIN, TEXAS — Buffalo, N.Y.-based developer Reger Holdings has welcomed three new tenants to East Village, a 425-acre mixed-use development in northeast Austin. Fitness International, the parent company of LA Fitness, will open a 34,000-square-foot gym under its Club Studio brand, and entertainment concept 810 Billiards & Bowling has committed to a 30,000-square-foot space. Both openings are about 12 to 24 months away. Lastly, Swish Dental will open a 3,513-square-foot clinic at East Village within the next 30 days.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Austin-based investment firm Harbor Capital has purchased a 51,710-square-foot industrial building in McKinney, a northern suburb of Dallas. The three-tenant facility at 190 Industrial Blvd. features 24-foot clear heights, grade-level doors, multiple 20-ton bridge cranes and heavy power capabilities. Harbor Capital is partnering with TIG Real Estate Services Inc. to manage the property. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
FAIRVIEW, TEXAS — Revolving Kitchen has opened a 30,000-square-foot food hall at 146 Town Place in Fairview, a northern suburb of Dallas. The food hall will feature 34 fully equipped commercial kitchen spaces ranging in size from 260 to 1,100 square feet. Operators that have already committed to Revolving Kitchen Fairview include Brooklyn Bagels, Chanko Nutrition and Emmy J’s Pizza. Lincoln Property Co. owns the building.
WATERTOWN, MASS. — A joint venture between New York City-based developer O’Connor Group, real estate private equity firm FrontRange Capital Partners and Japanese construction company Takenaka Corp. has broken ground on a 142-unit multifamily project in Watertown, a western suburb of Boston. Elysian Watertown Square will be a five-story building with retail space, and 15 percent of the units will be reserved for households earning between 65 and 80 percent of the area median income. Amenities will include a fitness center, coworking space, pet care spa and two rooftop terraces. ICON Architecture designed the project, and Dellbrook | JKS will be the general contractor. Completion is slated for summer 2026.
EAST SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Locally based financial intermediary Largo Capital has arranged a $20 million loan for the refinancing of a 530,000-square-foot industrial property in East Syracuse. The name and address of the multi-tenant property, as well as the names of the direct lender and borrower, were not disclosed. Jack Phillips of Largo originated the debt, and a portion of the proceeds will be allocated toward capital improvements for the property.
NEW YORK CITY — The National Museum of Mathematics has signed a 34,363-square-foot, long-term lease at 635 Sixth Ave. in Manhattan’s Flatiron District. The museum, which originally opened in 2012 at 11 E. 26th St., will remain at its temporary space at 225 Fifth Ave. until 2026. Lindsay Ornstein, Stephen Powers and Jake Cinti of OPEN Impact Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The landlord, Spear Street Capital, was self-represented.
RINGWOOD, N.J. — The Fresh Grocer has debuted a 31,096-square-foot store in Ringwood, located near the New York-New Jersey border. The store is located within Fieldstone Park Shopping Center, and the space was formerly occupied by Stop & Shop. The grocer plans to implement a multimillion-dollar renovation over the next year that will coincide with a larger capital improvement program to the center’s parking, landscaping and building façades and exteriors. The Azarian Group manages the property.
IRVINE, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets and HJ Sims have arranged $473 million in tax-exempt and taxable bond financing for the ground-up development of The James, a luxury rental, 350-bed seniors housing community in Irvine. The transaction is the largest tax-exempt senior living financing of the year and the largest nonprofit, single-site senior living bond issue in history, according to JLL. JLL’s Seniors Housing Capital Markets team worked on behalf of Harbert South Bay Partners, LAMB Properties, P3 Foundation and Momentum Senior Living to secure the 35-year financing with HJ Sims hired as sole underwriter of the bonds. The financing consisted of $442.1 million of publicly offered tax-exempt senior series 2024A bonds, $12.9 million in taxable senior series 2024B bonds, and $18 million in subordinate tax-exempt series 2024c and 2024d bonds. JLL also handled the land sale to the partnership on behalf of the seller. The groundbreaking for The James — the first new senior living community in the Irvine market in 28 years — will take place later this month and the target date for completion is June 2027. The community will offer 210 independent living units, 110 assisted living units and 30 memory care units with a mix of …
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — CenterSquare Investment Management has opened its new, 24,000-square-foot office headquarters in Conshohocken, a northern suburb of Philadelphia. Designed by local architecture firm Meyer, the space features a variety of workspaces, including private offices, workstations, conference rooms and collaborative areas. The facility also offers a centralized hub-style café. American Real Estate Partners owns the building.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Tishman Speyer and Mitsui Fudosan America (MFA) have started construction on the 380,000-square-foot first phase of Bake Freeway Business Park in Irvine. When fully completed, Bake Freeway will encompass 600,000 square feet of Class A industrial space with direct access to Interstate 5 and greater Orange County, Calif. The first phase will feature a 176,337-square-foot building with 186 parking stalls on 9.5 acres at 15700 Bake Parkway, and a 202,831-square-foot building with 287 parking stalls on 10 acres at 15800 Bake Parkway. The buildings will each feature 36-foot clear warehouse space, 25 dock-high doors and two ground-level doors. KPRS is serving as general contractor on the initial phase, which is slated for completion in third-quarter 2025. The joint venture acquired the fully entitled, 31.9-acre development site in December 2023. At full build-out, the park will offer four buildings ranging in size from 73,000 square feet to 203,000 square feet. To help finance the first two buildings of Bake Freeway, Tishman Speyer and MFA secured an $84.7 million construction loan from JPMorgan Chase.