METAIRIE, LA. — The Feil Organization has completed a $4 million renovation of the common areas at One Lakeway, an office building within the 1.2 million Lakeway office complex in Metairie. Feil partnered with AGL Commercial Interiors and AECOM Tishman on the project. The renovation included new art installations, furniture and finishes in the lobby, as well as landscaping improvements for the courtyard between One and Two Lakeway. Additionally, the overhaul included renovations to the café, rebranded now as Lakeway Café, and the installation of outdoor dining areas. Feil is underway on the lobby renovations at Two Lakeway and expects to complete construction by the end of the year.
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MIAMI — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has signed on to anchor Wynwood Plaza, a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use campus nearing completion in Miami’s Wynwood Arts District. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant will occupy 50,333 square feet within the development’s 12-story office tower that is set to deliver in the coming months. The landlords in the lease transaction are New York City-based L&L Holding Co. and Oak Row Equities, which has offices in New York City and Miami. The partners are co-developing Wynwood Plaza with Shorenstein Investment Advisors and investment partner Claure Group, which will also be a tenant in the building. The office tower will span 266,000 square feet and include an array of indoor and outdoor amenities, including an amenity hub on the second floor that will feature a fitness club with high-end equipment, showers and lockers, as well as a golf simulator and conference rooms. Other features of the tower include floor-to-ceiling windows, private tenant terraces and an expansive lobby. Office tenants will have direct access to Wynwood Plaza’s onsite parking garage and ground-level restaurants and shops, as well as a landscaped courtyard and a shaded rooftop area with flexible seating arrangements. Amazon will join other committed office tenants including Claure …
BENTONVILLE, ARK. — Walmart has debuted its new 350-acre home office campus in Bentonville that features 12 office buildings. The campus also includes the 8th & Plate food hall that will be occupied by Bentonville Bicycle Co., Flyway Brewing, Gearhead Outfitters, The Gents Place, Hatch Early Mood Food, Jamba Juice, Riserva Bar + Tapas, Swig, Walmart Pharmacy, Wright’s BBQ and Yokozuna Sushi. The campus also offers Little Squiggles onsite childcare and Onyx Coffee Lab, as well as seven miles of walking and biking paths, more than 1,000 bike parking spots, rentable bikes, 300 electric vehicle charging stations and Walton Family Whole Health & Fitness.
HITT Contracting Breaks Ground on 270,000 SF Office Headquarters in Falls Church, Virginia
by John Nelson
FALLS CHURCH, VA. — HITT Contracting has broken ground on its new headquarters facility at 7125 W. Falls Station Blvd. in Falls Church, roughly 10 miles west of Washington, D.C. The property will be a six-story building spanning 270,000 square feet of office and laboratory space, including a 40,000-square-foot research lab that HITT will operate in partnership with Virginia Tech’s Coalition for Smart Construction. The project architect, Gensler, designed the facility to achieve LEED Platinum certification. Upon completion in early 2027, the property will accommodate more than 900 local HITT team members.
Flournoy Development Completes 397-Unit Ellison Mallard Creek Apartments in Charlotte
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Flournoy Development Group has completed Ellison Mallard Creek, a multifamily community in Charlotte’s University City submarket. The property features 341 apartments, 56 for-rent townhomes and flexible retail and office space on the ground level configured in a Main Street-style setting. Monthly rental rates range from $1,400 to $2,950, according to Apartments.com. Amenities at Ellison Mallard Creek include greenspace, a resort-inspired pool and entertainment courtyard, communal and private coworking spaces, fitness and wellness center and specialty spaces such as a hobby/craft studio and a resident club room featuring gaming areas and a grab-and-go market.
Hunt Capital, Hickory Creek Open Adaptive Reuse Affordable Housing Project in Clinton, Tennessee
by John Nelson
CLINTON, TENN. — Hunt Capital Partners and Hickory Creek Capital Partners have opened Daughtery Lofts, a 39-unit affordable housing property located at 307 N. Main St. in downtown Clinton. The five-story property is an adaptive reuse of the former Daughtery Lofts Furniture Company Building, which was built in 1942 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2010. Daugherty Lofts offers one-, two- and three-bedroom loft-style apartments reserved for families earning 50 and 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). Amenities include a community room, computer lab, central laundry, lounge area and elevators. Historic features of the property include original milk doors, stone exterior, metal casement windows, rustic hardwood floors and a restored skylight on the fifth floor. Partners for Daughtery Lofts include general contractor Frizzell Construction Co., architect Goss Design Development and property manager D&K Management Inc. Financing included $9.1 million in LIHTC and $1.4 million in historic tax credits syndicated by Hunt Capital Partners; a $10.6 million construction loan and $2.1 million permanent loan from Legacy Bank & Trust; and funding from the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and River and Valley Department LLC.
DOTHAN, ALA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $7.7 million ground lease sale of a retail property located on 10.4 acres at 3489 Ross Clark Circle in Dothan. The Home Depot occupies the 128,517-square-foot retail store, which was delivered in 2004 adjacent to Northside Mall. Patrick Luther and Matthew Mousavi of SRS represented the seller, a Texas-based partnership, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investment firm based on the East Coast. Both parties requested anonymity.
In the summer of 2012, fresh out of college and starting my career in retail brokerage at KLNB, a seasoned retail broker-turned-developer warned me to consider other careers. “Retail is dying,” he said. “Why would people go to stores when it’s so easy to order online?” Well, it’s been 12 years since that moment, and I’m still waiting for the retail boogeyman to appear. As I write this, I’m happy to report he hasn’t arrived — and the data suggests he’s nowhere in sight. The Washington, D.C., metropolitan statistical area (MSA) is now in its tightest fundamental position on record due to limited new supply and continued demand from national, regional and franchised concepts. In the Washington, D.C. market, we have the second-lowest retail square footage per capita among major MSAs, with new retail supply representing just 0.4 percent of total inventory. This places the Capital Region in the bottom quartile of retail real estate inventory growth among national MSAs that have more than 100 million square feet of existing inventory. The result? Retail availability in the D.C. metro has decreased to 4.8 percent (compared to the national average of 4.7 percent), down from 5.1 percent year-over-year and 5.3 percent …
NASHVILLE, TENN. — A partnership between Hensler Development Group, Stiles and PGIM Real Estate will open Olive at Peabody Union, a 345-unit apartment community located between downtown Nashville and the Cumberland River. The community is situated in the center of the larger 125-acre mixed-use development of Peabody Union, which offers residents direct access to 50,000 square feet of combined retail and restaurant space, as well as 250,000 square feet of office space. Designed by Hastings Architecture, the 27-story tower will feature studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom penthouses — ranging from 1,179 to 2,585 square feet in size. Amenities will include a wellness center with a sauna and cold plunge, speakeasy sky lounge, pool deck and hot tub, coworking lounges and a gym. The development team, along with newly appointed property management firm Bozzuto Group, will begin preleasing in February, with initial move-ins slated for April of this year.
KENNESAW, GA — McShane Construction Co. has completed The Lacy at South Main, a 318-unit apartment complex located in downtown Kennesaw. The developer is Highpoint Development. Designed by Niles Bolton Associates, the four-story complex offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans that range from 708 to 1,505 square feet in size, according to Apartments.com. Apartments are available for lease, with monthly rental rates beginning at $1,625. Amenities include a 24/7 fitness center, lounge, coffee bar, swimming pool, two courtyards, grilling stations, coworking spaces and a pet park. Additionally, the site offers controlled-access parking and electric vehicle charging stations. Situated on 19 acres, the complex is part of a larger mixed-use community that features 44 townhomes, a retail outparcel and a linear park space.