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TAMPA, FLA. — LD&D has acquired a two-acre parcel located at 1101 E. Harrison St. in Tampa, where the Miami-based firm will develop a $200 million mixed-use project. LD&D purchased the vacant land, which is situated within the master-planned ENCORE! Redevelopment district, from the Tampa Housing Authority for $10 million. Luis Flores of Saul Ewing arranged the sale on behalf of LD&D, with Maxim Capital group providing a $7.1 million acquisition loan. Designed by Baker Barrios Architects, plans for the development include a 28-story multifamily building with 369 units, a 178-room hotel, a 586-space parking podium and 32,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The groundbreaking is scheduled for the fourth quarter of this year.

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PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. — Miami Jewish Health (MJH) and McDowell Housing Partners have broken ground on Douglas Gardens Residences, a 410-unit affordable seniors housing community in Pembroke Pines, approximately 20 miles north of Miami. Development costs for the project, which will combine healthcare and housing, are estimated at $137 million. Of the total units, 390 will be reserved for age- and income-qualified residents, while the remaining 20 will be market rate. The project team includes general contractor ANF Group; engineer and landscape designer Keith & Associates; REPRTWAR Architecture and Design; interior designer Jewel Toned Interiors; and law firm Nelson Mullins. Douglas Gardens Residences is scheduled for completion in late 2024. Financing for the project includes $77 million in tax-exempt bonds issued by Broward County Housing Finance Authority (HFA) via Citi Community Capital Bank, $50 million syndicated through affordable housing investment company CREA, a $14 million subordinate loan from Broward County’s Housing Trust Fund, $12 million in seller take-back financing from MJH and $12 million in developer equity contributions.

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RICHMOND HILL, GA. — Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC) have broken ground on a 302-unit apartment community in Richmond Hill, roughly 20 miles outside of Savannah. Upon completion, the property will form the multifamily component of the 7,000-acre master-planned, mixed-use development Heartwood at Richmond Hill. Designed by Humphreys & Partners Architects, the community will feature amenities including a swimming pool with cabanas, an outdoor deck with kitchen space, a fire pit, fitness center, flexible workspace, dog park, detached parking garages and carports. Classic Plains is the general contractor, and Trustmark National Bank and Atlantic Union Bank are providing financing for the project. Delivery of the first units is scheduled for the third quarter of 2024.

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ATLANTA — Portman and National Real Estate Advisors have topped out Sora at Spring Quarter, a 370-unit residential tower located at the corner of Spring and 10th streets in Atlanta’s Midtown neighborhood. Upon completion, the property will feature 11,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, an infrared sauna, fitness centers, golf simulators, outdoor lawn areas, party rooms, coworking spaces, a pet run and spa, sky lounge, swimming pool and a media room. Sora is the first phase of Portman’s larger Spring Quarter mixed-use development, which will be anchored by The Patterson, an existing funeral home that will be preserved, as well as a 525,000-square-foot office tower called 1020 Spring and 40,000 square feet of retail space. The first units of Sora are scheduled for delivery this summer.

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KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Atlanta-based brewery Monday Night Brewing will open a taproom within Kern’s Bakery Food Hall at Kern’s Bakery, a 16-acre mixed-use development currently underway in Knoxville. The taproom, which will mark Monday Night’s sixth location and second in Tennessee, will comprise 3,000 square feet with access to a patio and the 7,000-square-foot event lawn. Monday Night will also manage the primary bar for the food hall, two separate rooftop patio bars and a smaller bar near the interior performance stage. The food hall comprises the second phase of Four Stones Real Estate’s project, the first phase of which consists of a 310-unit apartment community called Flagship Kerns that opened last year.

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Unprecedented development is underway across the Baltimore metro area with more than $6.6 billion of infrastructure and major development projects in the pipeline, and office-using employment remains strong. More than 574,000 people are employed in a diverse set of employment sectors that require offices, including professional and business services, government, financial services and tech and information.  The past year, unemployment fell in each Maryland submarket, with Baltimore dropping 140 basis points, which is similar to the national unemployment rate that decreased 150 basis points.  In the second half of last year, several public sector agencies relocated into the Central Business District (CBD) from Midtown and Mount Vernon locations, pushing net absorption positive and vacancy negative. This helped state and local government tenants lead all sectors in leasing activity in the fourth quarter of 2022, accounting for 56 percent of all leases signed.  The Maryland Department of Health signed the largest lease of the quarter with its new 463,000-square-foot lease at 300 N. Greene St. Other State of Maryland relocations include Department of Labor, Office of the Comptroller, Department of Budget & Management, Department of Planning and Department of Aging. Combined, these state government tenants leased 761,000 square feet in the …

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Barings has provided a $101.5 million bridge loan for the refinancing of the existing construction loan on the Courtyard/Residence Inn by Marriott in downtown Washington, D.C. The dual-brand hotel opened in November of 2018 and features 504 rooms. Located across from the Walter E. Washington Convention Center, the 11-story property was developed by Quadrangle Development Corp. and Capstone Development LLC. The hotel’s amenities include a restaurant, fitness center, convenience store, meeting space, kitchen and complimentary breakfast for guests, according to the hotel’s website.

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AYDEN, N.C. — Frampton Construction Co. has broken ground on a build-to-suit industrial project for Pepsi-Cola franchiser Minges Bottling Group in Ayden. Upon completion, the facility will total 223,375 square feet and include warehouse space, a vending repair area, three-bay fleet maintenance shop and more than 20,000 square feet of office space. The rear-load building will feature 32-foot clear heights, 24 dock doors and 10 drive-in doors. Charlotte-based The Keith Corp. is developing the project, with Thomas & Hutton acting as the civil engineer and McMillan Pazdan Smith serving as architect. Completion of the facility is scheduled for January of next year.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Tricera Capital and Merrimac Ventures have completed the renovation of L&C Tower, a 31-story office property located at 401 Church St. in downtown Nashville. Upgrades to the building, which was originally constructed in the 1950s and acquired by the partnership last year, included the creation of speculative suites and improvements to common areas. Tenants at the tower include Warby Parker, Drive Social Media, Motiv, Castlerock Asset Management, Deacons New South and Ophelia’s Lounge. Doug Ryan and Melanie Tigrett of Colliers handle leasing at the property.

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MEMPHIS, TENN. — Rosewood Realty Group has brokered the $33.1 million sale of a three-property multifamily portfolio in Memphis totaling 802 units. Aaron Jungrels of Rosewood represented both the seller, The Chetrit Group, and the buyer, Capstone Realty and Management. The portfolio includes The Lakes at Ridgeway, a 374-unit community at 5995 Waterstone Oak Way; the 208-unit Stonegate Apartments at 4500 Stonegate Drive; and the 220-unit Reserve at Mount Moriah at 2778 Pickering Drive. Amenities at the communities include swimming pools, picnic areas with grills, dog parks, clubhouses and green spaces. Each property was built in the 1970s and comprises two stories.

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