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American Campus Communities Underway on $631M Student Housing Project at University of Michigan

by Kristin Harlow

ANN ARBOR, MICH. — American Campus Communities (ACC) is underway on the development of a $631 million student housing project at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Plans call for a new residential community with five residence halls totaling 2,300 beds and a 900-seat dining facility, the largest of its kind among academic institutions, according to ACC. The university engaged ACC in a public-private partnership to lead the development of the project, which is situated on Central Campus between East Hoover Avenue and Hill Street. RAMSA is serving as the architect of record and Elkus Manfredi Architects is the interior architect. According to ACC, the development signifies the first Central Campus residence halls built specifically for first-year students since 1963 and will significantly alleviate a decades-long shortage of on-campus housing. “This important new student residential community allows all first-year students who want to live on the University of Michigan Central Campus to do so,” says Graham Wyatt, partner at RAMSA. “It will provide affordable and uniquely appropriate residential communities and amenities for the first- and second-year students who live there, and it will create a crucial link between Central Campus and the Athletic Campus.” To make way for the …

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Wells Fargo Plans 400,000 SF Adaptive Reuse Office Project at Hudson Yards in Manhattan

by John Nelson

NEW YORK CITY — Wells Fargo & Co. (NYSE: WFC) has announced formal plans to expand its office footprint within Hudson Yards, a mixed-use district on Manhattan’s west side. The San Francisco-based banking giant, which already occupies space within the $25 billion Hudson Yards campus, has purchased additional space from Related Cos., the master developer behind Hudson Yards along with Oxford Properties Group. Multiple media outlets have reported that Wells Fargo purchased the space at 20 Hudson Yards, which formally housed a Neiman Marcus store, for $550 million. The bank plans to convert the 400,000 square feet of space to offices in synergy with its current 500,000-square-foot footprint at 30 Hudson Yards, according to Bloomberg News. Forbes reported that the Neiman Marcus location closed in summer 2020. Wells Fargo plans to begin moving employees from its existing office space at 150 E. 42nd St. to the new Hudson Yards office beginning in late 2026. The property is expected to house 2,300 Wells Fargo employees at full operation. The 11-story building will also include a dedicated entrance on 10th Avenue and naming rights to Wells Fargo for signage on the exterior of the property. “This investment further solidifies our longstanding commitment …

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CBRE Arranges Sale of 1.1 MSF Industrial Campus in West Chicago

by Taylor Williams

CHICAGO — CBRE has arranged the sale of a two-building, 1.1 million-square-foot industrial campus located at 4700-4800 Proviso Drive and 5000 Proviso Drive in Chicago. The properties are located in the Melrose Park neighborhood on the west side of the city. The site is located roughly 10 miles from O’Hare International Airport and is also near the Union Pacific Intermodal railway and the interchange of interstates 290 and 294. According to data from CBRE, the O’Hare submarket had an industrial vacancy rate of 2.4 percent as of the third quarter. Houston-based Hines purchased the campus for an undisclosed price. Zach Graham, Michael Caprile and Joe Horrigan of CBRE represented the unnamed seller in the transaction. The campus was fully leased at the time of sale, with a single logistics user that has been in place for approximately 20 years occupying each of the three spaces. Building features include 32- and 35-foot clear heights, one dock per 5,000 square feet of space, 159 trailer parking stalls and the capacity for dual rail loading. Hines plans to implement a value-add program to make improvements at the property. “This transaction represented a compelling opportunity given its strategic infill location in the densely populated …

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Intrinsic Development Breaks Ground on $900M Discovery Park Mixed-Use Project in Lee’s Summit, Missouri

by Kristin Harlow

LEE’S SUMMIT, MO. — Intrinsic Development has broken ground on Discovery Park, a $900 million mixed-use project in Lee’s Summit, a southeast suburb of Kansas City. The 3.9 million-square-foot development will span 268 acres near I-470 and Saint Luke’s East Hospital. Two hotels, a Marriott TownePlace Suites and a Home2 Suites by Hilton, are among the first properties to be built at Discovery Park. Combined, the hotels will offer 230 rooms and are slated for completion prior to when Kansas City hosts games for the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Plans also call for 2,791 luxury apartment units within a development named Alura, as well as Class A office space, medical office buildings and retail space. Among Discovery Park’s amenities will be a riverwalk district featuring access to more than five miles of trails connected to the Nature Trail at Unity Village and seven acres of recreational lakes for kayaking and paddle boarding. The Discovery Athletic Club will be a state-of-the-art fitness facility available to both residents and employees, as well as the Poolside Day Club. Construction of Discovery Park will take place in four phases from now until 2031. The first phase is The Village, which will include the two …

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RH Opens 151-Acre Showroom and Dining Destination in Indianapolis

by John Nelson

INDIANAPOLIS — RH (NYSE: RH), a home furnishings retailer formerly operating as Restoration Hardware, has opened RH Indianapolis, The Gallery at DeHaan Estate. Located at 4501 N. Michigan Road, the 151-acre property houses a 60-room, Palladian-style villa that RH has repurposed as a unique showroom and dining destination. RH Indianapolis carries home furnishing collections from the company’s Interiors, Contemporaries, Modern and Outdoor catalogues. The estate’s east and west wings include showrooms from the various RH collections, including bedroom suites on the upper level. The RH Interior Design Studio occupies the east wing’s former billiards room. Clients are able to receive professional design services via the interior design studio space, which features a private presentation room and libraries that carry RH’s various textile, furniture and lighting finishes. RH has advanced into the food-and-beverage industry in recent years, and RH Indianapolis is the latest showcase with The Dining Room restaurant and the Wine Bar and Terrace experiences. The two dining venues open onto the estate’s 35-acre private lake. The Dining Room occupies the villa’s former ballroom space, and the Wine Bar operates from the mansion’s west wing. The Terrace experience is located off the main house and includes RH Outdoor lounge spaces. …

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MG Properties Acquires NOVO Broadway Apartments in Tempe, Arizona for $100.2M

by Taylor Williams

TEMPE, ARIZ. — San Diego-based investment firm MG Properties has acquired NOVO Broadway Apartments, a newly built apartment community in the eastern Phoenix suburb of Tempe, for $100.2 million. The seller, Evergreen Devco Inc., originally developed and delivered the property as Parc Broadway in 2022. According to Apartments.com, the property totals 324 units and features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that range in size from 632 to 1,262 square feet. Residents enjoy proximity to a number of employment centers that are anchored by large technology, manufacturing and healthcare companies. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling and dining stations, resident lounge with a TV and coffee bar, dog park and a coworking lounge. Unit amenities include stainless steel appliances, wood-style flooring, individual washers and dryers, and private balconies/patios. “NOVO Broadway Apartments is a high-quality community that is well-positioned to benefit from regional employment growth, making it an ideal fit for our long-term investment strategy,” says Jeff Gleiberman, president of MG Properties. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Milliichap, represented Evergreen Devco in the sale. Brian Eisendrath and Cameron Chalfant, also with IPA, originated an undisclosed amount of Freddie …

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EAH Housing Plans $193M Kahului Civic Center Mixed-Use Complex in Hawaii

by Jeff Shaw

KAHULUI, HAWAII — The Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corp. (HHFDC) has selected EAH Housing to develop the Kahului Civic Center Mixed-Use Complex in Kahului, on the island of Maui. The property will include a transit hub, civic center and 303 units of affordable housing. The Kahului Civic Center Mixed-Use Complex will be constructed in phases as part of a public-private partnership. EAH Housing will coordinate the development of the civic center with the State of Hawaii Department of Accounting and General Services, the transit hub with the County of Maui and the affordable housing with HHFDC. Development costs are estimated at $193 million for both phases of the project. Financing sources include 4 percent Low Income Housing Tax credits (LIHTC); Hula Mae Multi-Family Tax Exempt Bonds; State of Hawaii Rental Housing Revolving Funds (RHRF); and Dwelling Unit Revolving Funds (DURF). According to EAH Housing, the project is designed to address a critical need for affordable housing on Maui. The National Low Income Housing Coalition reports that nearly one-quarter of rental households in Hawaii report incomes at or below the national poverty guidelines. The state faces a deficit of more than 27,000 affordable housing units. “As we continually work to …

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Fulton Street, SNK Capital Break Ground on 409,000 SF Office Development in Chicago’s Fulton Market

by Katie Sloan

CHICAGO — A joint venture between Fulton Street Cos. and SNK Capital has broken ground on 919 W Fulton Street, a high-rise office development in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood. The development, which will span 409,000 square feet at 919 W. Fulton St., is Chicago’s first major new office development to commence construction in over a year, according to the joint venture. The 11-story building will feature floor-to-ceiling windows; outdoor terraces on all sides; a rooftop lounge and bar; several co-working and conference spaces; and a fitness center.  Chicago-based real estate investor Harrison Street Real Estate Capital has signed on to occupy 170,000 square feet at the property, which will also feature a ground-floor restaurant by the locally based Gibsons Restaurant Group.  The development will also include a 65-stall parking deck on the building’s lower level, which will be connected to an existing lower-level parking structure at 210 N. Peoria St. The project is scheduled for completion in 2025 and will pursue WELL and LEED Silver certifications.  Bank of the Ozarks and Manulife provided financial backing for the property. The development team includes JDL Development, Skender, FitzGerald Associates Architects, Morris Adjimi Architects, Thornton Tomasetti, Eriksson, Syska Hennessy Group and site design group …

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Norges Bank Investment Management to Acquire Interest in Two Metro Boston Life Sciences Properties for $746.4M

by Kristin Harlow

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Norges Bank Investment Management has signed an agreement to acquire a 45 percent interest in two life sciences properties in Cambridge’s Kendall Square neighborhood, just across the Charles River from Boston. BXP (NYSE: BXP) was the seller. The transaction includes 290 Binney Street, a 16-story, 570,000-square-foot property currently under construction. It is fully preleased to AstraZeneca, which expects to take occupancy in April 2026. The other property is 300 Binney Street, a six-story facility undergoing redevelopment. The Broad Institute has preleased the 240,000-square-foot building and plans to take occupancy in January 2025. Norges acquired the interest for an initial payment of $212.9 million and has committed to a total project cost of $746.4 million. Upon completion, the total value of the two buildings is projected to be $1.6 billion. The assets are unencumbered by debt, and no financing was involved in the transaction. BXP will retain the remaining 55 percent interest in the assets and will manage the properties on behalf of the partnership. Cambridge is among the largest hub of life sciences properties in the United States. The home of both Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the city hosts a slew of major …

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Hard Rock, Steinhaur to Co-Develop 31-Story Hard Rock Hotel Long Beach in Southern California

by John Nelson

LONG BEACH, CALIF. — Global hotelier Hard Rock International has partnered with development firm Steinhauer Properties to develop Hard Rock Hotel Long Beach, a 31-story hotel in downtown Long Beach. The hotel will be situated adjacent to the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center along East Ocean Boulevard. Hard Rock Hotel Long Beach will include approximately 427 rooms and suites, including a Rock Star Suite. The hotel will also feature the tallest open rooftop bar on the Southern California coast, as well as an outdoor swimming pool with an amenities deck. The co-developers plan to break ground on the hotel in summer 2024 with plans to open the property in spring 2027. The new development is expected to create approximately 3,100 construction jobs and approximately 500 permanent positions once operations begin in 2027. The hotel represents the first new full-service hotel to be built in Long Beach in 30 years and the first new Hard Rock hotel in Southern California in almost a decade, according to Hard Rock. Amenities will also include Body Rock Fitness Studio, two onsite restaurant options and a Rock Shop that will sell Hard Rock merchandise and other items. The new property will also feature a …

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