BOSTON — Related Beal has placed the final beam in the redevelopment of 40 Water Street, which formerly served as the Fidelity Investment headquarters. The redeveloped property, called Congress Square, will create a 24-hour mixed-use environment connecting Government Center, Faneuil Hall, Post Office Square and Downtown Crossing. The building features a glass curtainwall addition on top of the more than 320,000-square-foot office building. The redevelopment also includes preserving the landmarked property’s efficient and versatile floor plates, active rooftops and retail and restaurant space on the lower and ground floor. The redevelopment plan for the building includes office, residential, hospitality and more than 43,000 square feet of retail space, as well as the transformation of Quaker Lane into a pedestrian-oriented food and beverage destination with boutiques and cafés. Related Beal Construction and Consigli Construction Co. are general contractors for the project and Arrowstreet is serving as architect. Congress Square is slated to open in 2018.
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MIAMI — Thor Equities has broken ground on Wynwood Walk, a 63,000-square-foot restaurant and retail development located at 2800 N.W. 2nd Ave. in Miami’s Wynwood Art District. Upon completion, the project, designed by Oppenheim Architecture, will feature new retail and restaurants, a green rooftop, paseo and a landscaped terrace with outdoor seating. Construction is scheduled for completion in November 2018.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hillwood has broken ground on Parkside at Alliance Town Center, a 3.5-acre dining and entertainment destination that will be located within the 900-acre AllianceTexas development in Fort Worth. Upon completion, the property will feature a live music stage and space for outdoor games. Two restaurants, Grub Burger Park and Shell Shack, have already committed to operating within the site, with more to come. Construction for the Grub Burger Park and Shell Shack locations is expected to be complete by summer 2018.
ATLANTA — Five new eateries have inked leases at The Hub, the retail portion of downtown Atlanta’s Peachtree Center. The new restaurants are part of a project from Banyan Street Capital to renovate and modernize the mixed-use destination’s retail center. Amy Fingerhut of CBRE arranged leases with the new tenants, which will open on a rolling schedule beginning later this year and into early 2018. The new tenants include Salata, a build-your-own salad chain that will open its third location in Atlanta; Bep Eatery, a first-to-market Vietnamese concept; Beni’s Cubano, a Cuban eatery from the Southern Proper Hospitality team behind Tin Lizzy’s Cantina; Taste of India, which will offer a mix of northern and southern Indian cuisine; and Southern Candy Co., which will expand from a pop-up location in The Hub into a permanent space. All five new restaurants will open on the Gallery Level of The Hub, located directly under the courtyard and at the center of the renovation project, joining restaurants including Aviva By Kameel, Panbury’s, Chick-fil-A and Yami Yami. Construction on The Hub is slated for completion in spring 2019.
MILFORD, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Starbucks in Milford, about 15 miles northeast of Cincinnati, for $1.8 million. The 2,107-square-foot retail property was newly constructed this year and features 10 years of initial lease term. Dan Cooper represented the undisclosed seller. A California-based buyer purchased the property.
Hanley Investment, SRS Real Estate Partners Broker $3.5M Sale of McDonald’s Ground Lease in Azusa, California
by Nellie Day
AZUSA, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors and SRS Real Estate Partners have arranged the sale of a single-tenant McDonald’s ground lease in Azusa. A private 1031 exchange buyer acquired the ground lease from a Newport Beach-based private investor for $3.5 million. Built in 2017, the 4,365-square-foot property features a double drive-thru. McDonald’s occupies the property on a 20-year ground lease. Eric Wohl of Hanley Investment and Michael Walseth of SRS represented the seller, while Mark Repstad of Realty Advisory Group represented the buyer in the transaction.
ATLANTA — The Collective, a new food hall concept, is set to join the forthcoming Coda development underway at 771 Spring St. in Midtown Atlanta’s Tech Square. The Collective will include eight to 10 eateries with communal seating areas opening up into a 20,000-square-foot outdoor space. The historic three-story Crum & Forster building located on the property will serve as an 8,000-square-foot, full-service restaurant with patio seating that will transition to the outdoor space. In addition to several prospective dining options, preliminary plans include a full-service central bar that will enable patrons to take advantage of open carry that will be permitted at Coda. Under development by Portman Holdings, Coda will feature 645,000 square feet of office space, an 80,000-square-foot data center, 30,000 square feet of street-level retail and the new food hall upon completion. Adrienne Crawford and Lily Heimburger of SRS Real Estate Partners are spearheading restaurant leasing for The Collective at Coda, which is slated to open in February 2019. Portman Holdings is also developing the neighboring Anthem Technology Center, a new 21-story, 352,000-square-foot building that will rise at the corner of 4th and West Peachtree streets.
TOPEKA, KAN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 4,828-square-foot property net leased to IHOP in Topeka for $2.6 million. The restaurant is located at the intersection of U.S. Highway 24 and Topeka Boulevard. Jamie Medress, Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. Kirk Trammell, David Cutler and Joshua Johnson of Marcus & Millichap secured and represented the buyer, also a limited liability company. Richard Matricaria and Greg Bates assisted in closing the transaction.
DALLAS — Dallas-based development and asset management firm Oaxaca Interests will redevelop a warehouse located at 660 Fort Worth Ave. in west Dallas into a 10,000-square-foot retail and restaurant property. The warehouse property, which was previously occupied by W&B Refrigeration Service Co., is situated on one acre next to the Sylvan/Thirty mixed-use development. Oaxaca is targeting two to five tenants for the project, construction of which is scheduled to begin before the end of 2017 and wrap up in fall 2018.
LAS VEGAS — Pollo Campero has opened its newest restaurant in Las Vegas, marking the second Las Vegas location and 75th location nationwide. The new restaurant is the second Pollo Campero for GSK 3 Investments, which is owned by franchisees Maria Enamorado and her sons, Gurpaul and Gurdev Kular. In April, GSK 3 Investments opened Nevada’s first Pollo Campero restaurant in North Las Vegas. The latest restaurant opening is part of Pollo Campero’s strategic development plan focused on strengthening its footprint in existing markets and opening new restaurants in key cities in the United States through corporately owned and franchised units. As part of its franchising agreement, GSK 3 Investments will open a third Las Vegas Pollo Campero restaurant in the near future. Pollo Campero is a chicken restaurant brand founded in 1971 in Guatemala.