BRISTOL, WIS. — HSA Commercial Real Estate, in partnership with Washington Capital Management, has broken ground on the first phase of the 68-acre Bristol Highlands Commerce Center in Bristol near I-94 and the Wisconsin-Illinois border. The first two speculative buildings are slated for completion in the fourth quarter. One is a 157,656-square-foot warehouse with 31 truck docks, and the other is a 472,216-square-foot distribution center with 72 truck docks. Jeff Hoffman and Chad Vande Zande of Cushman & Wakefield | Boerke, along with Eric Fischer of Cushman & Wakefield in Chicago, are marketing the facilities for lease. Premier Design + Build Group is the general contractor, Partners in Design Architects is the architect and Pinnacle Engineering is the civil engineer.
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EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. — Meridian Design Build has completed the construction of a 673,920-square-foot speculative industrial building in Edwardsville within metro St. Louis. Exeter Property Group was the developer. The new facility is located on a 135-acre parcel within Gateway Commerce Center. The building features a clear height of 36 feet, 132 loading docks, four drive-in doors, 398 auto parking stalls and 171 exterior trailer stalls. JRA Architecture and Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. made up the project team.
EAST PEORIA, ILL. — Panera Bread has opened a new location at The Levee District in East Peoria in central Illinois. The 4,380-square-foot restaurant is located at 496 W. Washington St., across from Target. Panera Bread relocated from Camp Street Crossing. The new location features a drive-thru and outdoor patio. While full access to the dining room is not yet available due to COVID-19 restrictions, the restaurant is offering curbside pickup, contactless delivery, drive-thru and catering. Cullinan Properties Ltd. owns The Levee District.
HIALEAH GARDENS, FLA. — Easton Group will develop a 266,000-square-foot warehouse in Hialeah Gardens near Miami. An affiliate of Easton acquired an 8.5-acre site for $8.2 million. In September, a different Easton affiliate bought an adjacent 8.5-acre site for $5.6 million. Easton will develop the 266,000-square-foot property across the entire 17-acre site, which is located on NW 107th Street near the Florida Turnpike. The facility will feature 32-foot clear heights and 75 trailer parking spaces. Construction is expected to start in the first quarter of 2021, and leasing efforts are already underway. Ware Malcomb designed the property. Dalton Easton internally represented the buyer in both land transactions. The seller(s) was not disclosed.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Dallas-based industrial developer Hunt Southwest will enter the El Paso market with Rojas East Distribution Center, a 370,000-square-foot speculative project that will be located about 15 miles southeast of the downtown area. The two-building complex will offer proximity to Interstate 10 and the Zaragoza International Bridge, which connects El Paso to its sister city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Building features will include parking for up to 292 automobiles and 42 trailers, as well as 28- to 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems and build-to-suit office spaces. PSRBB Industrial Group Inc. is handling design services for the development, and Conlan Co. is the general contractor. Sonny Brown & Associates will handle leasing of the project. Construction is underway and expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2021.
LAS VEGAS — Dermody Properties has acquired a 9.5-acre land site for the development of LogistiCenter at Sunset. Situated at Sunset Road and Bruce Street in Las Vegas, the 151,200-square-foot, e-commerce-ready property is slated for completion in first-quarter 2021. Currently under construction, the building will be divisible to 20,000 square feet and offer build-to-suit office space, 33 dock-high doors, six drive-in doors, 32-foot clear heights, a 135-foot truck court, LED warehouse lighting, tilt-up concrete panel construction and an ESFR fire protection system. LogistiCenter at Sunset will be located approximately one mile from the Interstate 215/Interstate 15 interchange, five miles from the Resort Corridor and within 10 miles of major FedEx and UPS distribution hubs. Additionally, the facility will be adjacent to McCarran International Airport. Kevin Higgins, Garrett Toft, Jake Higgins and Sean Zaher of CBRE represented Dermody in the land acquisition and will be the leasing agents for the completed project. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released.
Aligned Energy Breaks Ground on 513,000 SF Data Center Extension in Northern Virginia
by Alex Tostado
ASHBURN, VA. — Aligned Energy has broken ground on a 513,000-square-foot extension of its hyperscale data center in Ashburn. Phase I, which was completed in 2019, comprises 370,000 square feet and has a 60-megawatt capacity. Upon completion of Phase II, the data center’s capacity will double to have 120-megawatt capacity. Upon full buildout, the data center will have 180-megawatt capacity and span 1 million square feet. Aligned Energy expects to deliver Phase II by the end of 2020. The facility is located at 21890 Uunet Drive, 30 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. The colocation property offers access to more than 50 carriers in the region. Plano, Texas-based Aligned Energy has data centers in Ashburn, Phoenix, Dallas and Salt Lake City that offer innovative, sustainable and adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers.
Capstone Development Closes on Financing for $23.5M Student Housing Project at San Diego State University
by Amy Works
SAN DIEGO — Capstone Development Partners has closed on traditional debt and equity financing for the development of VIVA 5750, a new on-campus student housing community at San Diego State University in San Diego. Situated on ground leased by Capstone, the four-story, 80,000-square-foot community will house approximately 182 students in a mix of apartment-style units. Additionally, the project will feature indoor and outdoor amenities. Construction of the $23.5 million project commenced in May, with completion slated for the fall 2021 semester. Capstone, JWDA Architects and Cannon Constructors collaborated with the San Diego State University Research Foundation’s project stakeholders to design the new apartment property to meet the university’s goals and objectives relative to upper-division and graduate student housing options. VIVA 5750 is Capstone’s second P3 partnership with the San Diego States University Research Foundation.
HOUSTON — Locally based developer Gulf Coast Commercial Group is underway on construction of Block 14 at Garden Oaks, an 18,000-square-foot retail project the Garden Oaks neighborhood of Houston. The project is being developed on a 1.7-acre site just north of Loop 610 and is expected to be complete in July. Tenants that have already signed leases include McAlister’s Deli and Salata.
CINCINNATI — COhatch is expanding its Cincinnati presence to Hyde Park. The coworking startup has purchased a 13,000-square-foot building at 2727 Erie Ave. for $2 million and plans to repurpose the three-story property to house coworking and event space. COhatch will occupy the second and third floors of the building. Italian and Argentine restaurant Alfio’s Buon Cibo will continue to occupy the first floor. North High Brewing Co. will move into an adjacent first-floor space that Keegan’s Seafood Market previously leased. COhatch expects to open the Hyde Park facility in the fall. It will predominantly feature private offices along with a handful of meeting rooms. The company’s Deerfield Towne Center location is slated to open in July. There are currently 15 COhatch locations open or under development in the Midwest.