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Hamilton Development Breaks Ground on 2.1 MSF Spec Industrial Park in Clarksville, Tennessee

by Kristin Harlow

CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Hamilton Development has broken ground on NorthPark Logistics, a 2.1 million-square-foot industrial park in Clarksville, a city in northern Tennessee. The project marks the first Class A speculative industrial park in Clarksville, according to the Nashville-based developer. The 200-acre site at 4175 Guthrie Highway will feature 14 buildings at full build-out. Located within 50 miles of Nashville, the NorthPark Logistics site is directly served by R.J. Corman rail, offers immediate access to I-24, is within an hour’s drive from both Clarksville Regional Airport and Nashville International Airport and is adjacent to the $3.2 billion LG Chem plant. In addition to LG Electronics, Clarksville is home to industrial tenants such as Hankook Tire, Google, Bridgestone and Amazon. “As industrial employers continue to invest billions of dollars in the area, we believe there will be increasing demand for institutional-quality industrial space,” says Whitfield Hamilton, CEO of Hamilton Development. NorthPark Logistics will feature opportunities for flexible build-to-suit or speculative space, with the ability to accommodate tenants ranging from 18,200 to 1.2 million square feet. Hamilton Development has begun construction on the first phase of the development, which encompasses four buildings totaling nearly 550,000 square feet. Building 1, a 206,752-square-foot property, …

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Mapletree to Sell Sun Belt Industrial Portfolio to EQT Real Estate for $241.2M

by John Nelson

SINGAPORE AND CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — Mapletree Investments Pte Ltd., a global real estate investment and management firm based in Singapore, has agreed to sell a portfolio of 10 bulk warehouse facilities that are located across various Sun Belt markets. Metro Philadelphia-based industrial development firm EQT Real Estate is purchasing the portfolio, which features properties in Georgia, Florida and Texas, for $241.2 million. Specific properties were not released, but a source familiar with the transaction says the assets are situated in suburban Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Orlando and South Florida. Mapletree owns the warehouse facilities under Mapletree US & EU Logistics Private Trust, a closed-end private fund that was launched in 2019. Mapletree recently sold another portfolio within the $4.3 billion fund — a 1.8 million-square-foot portfolio that Faropoint purchased for $328 million. Clayton Skistimas, Christina Buhl, Marc Alfert, Mark Chu and Steve Silk of Eastdil Secured represented Mapletree in the transaction with EQT. The deal is expected to close by late 2025. “This divestment represents a strong outcome for our investors and affirms the value we’ve created across our U.S. industrial portfolio,” says Richard Prokup, CEO of Mapletree’s U.S. division. “As we look ahead, we remain focused on reinvesting in premier …

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SCALE Lending Provides $305M Construction Loan for Bronx Multifamily Project

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — SCALE Lending, the debt financing arm of New York City-based Slate Property Group, has provided a $305 million construction loan for a new multifamily project in the Mott Haven area of The Bronx. The borrower is locally based development and investment firm The Beitel Group. The unnamed project will comprise two interconnected buildings that will rise 40 and 26 floors and house 755 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Amenities will include an outdoor pool, large outdoor terrace, gym with sauna and steam room, pickleball court, golf simulator, coworking area, party room and children’s play room, as well as 11,500 square feet of retail space. Beitel Group bought the land at 355 Exterior St., which is situated along the Harlem River, last fall and subsequently demolished all existing structures. Prestige Construction NY is serving as the general contractor for the project, which has been vested into the city’s 421a program for inclusion of an affordable housing component. Landstone Capital Group arranged the construction loan, which carries an 18-month term with two six-month extension options, through SCALE Lending on behalf of Beitel Group. Construction is slated for a June 2026 completion. “The Mott Haven submarket of New York …

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Rivian Selects Atlanta for New East Coast Headquarters, Plans 500 Jobs Near the BeltLine

by Kristin Harlow

ATLANTA — Electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Rivian has selected Atlanta for its new East Coast headquarters. Rivian will occupy the top floor and lobby of Portman Holdings’ Junction Krog Street office building, which is located at 667 Auburn Ave. NE along the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail. The office, which will span approximately 45,000 square feet, is expected to open in late 2025 and will house roughly 500 employees upon full build-out. Portman delivered Junction Krog Street in fall 2023. Situated near the popular Krog Street Market food hall in the city’s Inman Park neighborhood, the mixed-use building features 135,000 square feet of creative office space, a rooftop deck, outdoor balconies on every level and ground-level retail space housing eateries Yuji, Brash Coffee and YEPPA&co. The headquarters will operate within a short drive to Rivian’s new $5 billion EV production facility situated within the 1,600-acre master-planned community of Stanton Springs North near Social Circle, Ga. Construction of the 7,500-person manufacturing plant is expected to begin in 2026. Rivian received financing from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program for the manufacturing facility, which will build the R2, a midsize SUV, and the R3, a midsize crossover. The …

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Starwood Property Trust to Acquire Fundamental Income Properties for $2.2B

by Hayden Spiess

MIAMI BEACH, FLA. AND PHOENIX — Starwood Property Trust (NYSE: STWD), an affiliate of global private investment firm Starwood Capital Group with a core focus on real estate and infrastructure, has announced plans to acquire Fundamental Income Properties for roughly $2.2 billion.  Starwood Property Trust has entered into a definitive agreement with Fundamental, a fully integrated net lease real estate owner and operator based in Phoenix. The transaction is expected to close on July 23, subject to customary closing conditions. Fundamental is currently owned by New York City-based Brookfield Asset Management.  Fundamental’s portfolio totals 12 million square feet across 467 properties in 44 states. The properties feature a weighted average lease term (WALT) of 17 years, with 2.2 percent average annual rent escalations. The portfolio was fully occupied by 92 tenants across 56 industries at the time of the agreement with Starwood.  As part of the acquisition, Starwood will assume Fundamental’s existing financing facilities, which total $1.3 billion, including $900 million of asset-backed security debt. Starwood plans to fund the remainder of the purchase price with a combination of cash and debt and equity capital.  Fundamental’s management team, which comprises 28 employees, will be retained by Starwood Property Trust. BofA …

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CoreWeave to Invest $6B for AI-Based Data Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania

by Abby Cox

LANCASTER, PA. — CoreWeave (NASDAQ: CRWV), a New Jersey-based data center owner-operator, plans to invest “more than $6 billion” in a new purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI) data center in Lancaster, about 80 miles west of Philadelphia. CoreWeave plans to lease the site, which will be co-developed by Chirisa Technology Parks and Machine Investment Group. Located at 216 Greenfield Rd. and 1375 Harrisburg Pike, the Lancaster facility will replace the former LSC Communications and R.R. Donnelley printing plants, which comprises a combined 1.5 million square feet of industrial space across 144 acres, according to Lancaster Online. The data center will have the capacity to consume 100 megawatts (MW) of power, with the potential to expand to 300 MW, representing one of the first large-scale data centers of its kind in the region, according to CoreWeave. CoreWeave’s announcement came during the CEO roundtable with President Donald Trump at Senator Dave McCormick’s inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit, hosted at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “This Energy and Innovation Summit is a powerful testament to Pennsylvania’s readiness and ability to lead — to generate thousands of good-paying jobs, to unleash our incredible energy resources and to power the next AI and economic revolution, further …

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Vantage Data Centers to Invest $3B for New Campus in Sparks, Nevada

by John Nelson

SPARKS, NEV. — Vantage Data Centers is entering the Nevada market with a new $3 billion campus in Sparks, located outside of Reno in Storey County. The campus, dubbed NV1, will sit on 137 acres and offer a total 224 megawatts (MW) of critical IT load. Upon completion, the NV1 campus will house four multi-story data centers totaling 1.1 million square feet. The property will be designed with densities ranging from 360 watts to 720 watts per square foot in order to accommodate the “unique needs of AI deployments,” according to Vantage. Vantage will utilize a closed-loop chiller system to reduce water usage, with the ability to employ both traditional air-cooled compute loads and liquid cooling to support next-generation GPU (graphics processing unit) loads. Vantage is aiming to achieve LEED certification for the development. Vantage expects to employ more than 1,200 individuals across the construction and ongoing operations of the campus. The first two data centers to come on line at NV1 are fully preleased to undisclosed tenants. The first facility is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2026. NV1 will be situated within Tahoe-Reno Industrial Center, which also houses Tesla Gigafactory 1 and operations for tech companies …

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Vanbarton Group Receives $250M in Financing for Manhattan Multifamily Conversion Project

by Taylor Williams

NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment and development firm Vanbarton Group has received $250 million in financing for an office-to-residential conversion project at 1011 First Ave. in Manhattan. An affiliate of Eldridge Capital Management provided the debt. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, which had housed its headquarters within the 20-story, 400,000-square-foot building since 1973, sold the property to Vanbarton Group for $103 million. The archdiocese has since relocated to 488 Madison Ave. The building is located within the Sutton Place submarket in Midtown Manhattan and is known locally as the Cardinal Terrence Cooke Center. Vanbarton plans to convert the property into a 420-unit multifamily property that will offer approximately 8,000 square feet of street-level retail space and more than 55,000 square feet of amenity space. Of the 420 units, 25 percent (105) will be reserved as affordable housing, though specific income restrictions were not disclosed. “The addition of 1011 First Avenue to our portfolio marks a significant step in expanding our office-to-residential conversion efforts, building on the success of nearly two decades of converting underutilized real estate and encompassing over 5 million square feet and 5,000 residences,” said Joey Chilelli, Principal at Vanbarton Group. CBRE’s Doug Middleton …

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Joint Venture Acquires Verdant Fort Greene Apartments in Brooklyn for $209M

by Abby Cox

NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Fetner Properties, MCB Real Estate and Farallon Capital Management has acquired Verdant Fort Greene, a residential building located within the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, for $209 million. M&T Realty Capital Corp. (MTRCC) provided a $141.5 million senior loan for the transaction. Situated at 240 Willoughby St., the 30-story, mixed-income complex features 463 units, 147 of which are designated for affordable housing. The joint venture purchased Verdant Fort Greene and assumed the ground lease at construction completion and prior to lease-up. The property was 25 percent leased at the time of sale, according to Fetner. “We’re very bullish on New York City, and this acquisition is another step in our continued commitment to provide quality affordable and market-rate housing to the city,” says Hal Fetner, president and CEO of Fetner Properties. The complex, which is located directly across from Fort Green Park, offers studios, one- and two -bedroom floorplans ranging in size from 370 square feet to 792 square feet, with the top four floors featuring penthouse suites. Apartments also offer private terraces, floor-to-ceiling windows, custom integrated Bluetooth speaker systems and in-unit washers/dryers.   Additionally, Verdant Fort Greene features more than 30,000 …

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Hunt Realty, Karahan Receive $425M Construction Loan for Fields West Mixed-Use Development in Frisco, Texas

by Taylor Williams

FRISCO, TEXAS — A partnership between Hunt Realty Investments and The Karahan Cos. has received a $425 million construction loan for Fields West, a 55-acre mixed-use project in Frisco, a northern suburb of Dallas. A consortium of Bank of America, J.P. Morgan Chase and Prosperity Bank provided the financing. Additionally, as part of the development agreement, the City of Frisco recently sold $70 million in municipal bonds as its contribution to the financing of Fields West. Fields West, which was announced in 2022 as a $2 billion development, will be an urban village within the 2,500-acre Fields master-planned community. Plans currently call for 350,000 square feet of shopping, dining and entertainment space and 325,000 square feet of Class A office space. Gensler is the master plan architect of the development. Construction of the retail, restaurant and entertainment space is now underway. The opening of this element of the project will be staggered between the third quarter of 2027 and into 2028. That space is 70 percent preleased to a variety of national brands, boutique retailers and first-to-market operators, such as Bloomie’s (a Bloomingdale’s concept), Alo Yoga, Arhaus, Kendra Scott, Pottery Barn, Sephora and Williams Sonoma. On the restaurant front, concepts …

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