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DALLAS — Conor Commercial Real Estate has broken ground on Skyline Commerce Center, a 198,000-square-foot industrial project located about seven miles from downtown Dallas. The property will feature frontage along Interstate 30 and will consist of a 135,000-square-foot building and a 62,000-square-foot building. Completion is scheduled for the fourth quarter. Stream Realty Partners is handling leasing of the project. Conor Commercial is the development and investment arm of The McShane Cos., headquarters in suburban Chicago.

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ST. FRANCIS, WIS. — M&R Development has broken ground on 4200 On The Lake, a 236-unit luxury apartment community in St. Francis, a southern suburb of Milwaukee. M&R is co-developing the project with Campbell Capital Group LLC. Completion is slated for spring 2021. Located at 4200 S. Lake Drive, the development will feature a two-story clubhouse, 24-hour coffee bar, fitness center, yoga room, business center and self-service package room. A large courtyard will include a swimming pool with views of Lake Michigan. CIBC is providing project financing. Madison-based Stevens Construction is the general contractor. RMK Management will handle leasing and property management.

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PHOENIX — A partnership between Leon Endres and Nick Conzemius, along with Ron Cuttler as project manager, is developing Senderos at South Mountain, a multifamily property located at 9700 S. Central Ave. in Phoenix at the base of South Mountain. Slated to open in May, the 156,888-square-foot community will feature 10 buildings offering a total of 96 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts with decks/patios for each unit. Apartments will feature personal electric car-charging stations in each attached garage; smart technology including thermostats, keyless door locks and light switches; and gourmet kitchens. Community amenities will include a swimming pool, spa, fire pit, fitness center/yoga studio, package lockers, clubhouse with Wi-Fi access, barbecue grills, pet wash stations, backyard pet runs and ample green space. MEB Management Services will manage the property.

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GARFIELD, N.J. — StorageBlue has opened a 650-unit self-storage facility in Garfield, a northwestern suburb of New York City. Located at 170 River Drive, the gross 60,000-square-foot facility is a redevelopment of a former macaroni factory. Piermont Bank financed the $6 million repositioning project. The company now operates five self-storage facilities, all of which are located in New Jersey and New York.

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FRONTENAC, MO. — The Desco Group has completed the development of a 36,000-square-foot office building in Frontenac, about 15 miles west of St. Louis. HDA Architects designed the Class A property, which features an all-brick exterior. The three-story building will include retail space on its first floor. The project is part of a larger $80 million mixed-use development.

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O’FALLON, ILL. — Holland Construction Services is underway on a $39 million senior living community known as Keystone Place at Richland Creek in O’Fallon, about 20 miles east of St. Louis. Upon completion, the four-story building will offer 64 independent living units, 66 assisted living units and 19 memory care units. There will also be one guest suite. The five-acre development will also feature a memory garden and a courtyard. Keystone Senior Management Services Inc. is the developer. Completion is slated for early 2021. The project is being constructed next to Parkway Lakeside Apartments, which Holland built several years ago.

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CHICAGO — Meridian Design Build has completed construction of an 84,000-square-foot USDA meat processing facility for Amylu Foods within Chicago’s Stockyards Industrial Park at 1400 W. 44th St. Amylu has relocated from its West Loop plant, where it operated for more than 95 years. The new sausage processing plant includes 56,000 square feet of production and cold storage space, a freezer, a 16,500-square-foot office space, a test kitchen and laboratory space. Meridian also installed an expandable ammonia refrigeration plant for cooling and production loads. Harris Architects and Kimley-Horn made up the project team.

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CHICAGO — Skender has topped out construction of a 45,000-square-foot office and retail building located at 1100 W. Fulton St. in Chicago’s Fulton Market district. An existing building at the site has landmark status from the city of Chicago and Skender will preserve its existing façade on the north, south and east sides of the building. Fulton St. Cos. is the developer. Herman Miller, a furniture company based in Michigan, will occupy the build-to-suit project and relocate from its existing Chicago headquarters in the Merchandise Mart. Skender will also complete the interior build-out of the showroom and office space. Completion is slated for December. Hartshorne Plunkard, CBRE and ConopCo Project Management make up the project team.

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YONKERS, N.Y. — A partnership of United Kingdom-based Great Point Capital Management and Connecticut-based National Resources will construct a $100 million film production facility for Lionsgate in Yonkers, a northern suburb of New York City. Located in the i.Park Hudson technology and office campus, the facility will feature 70,000 square feet of studio space as well as additional office space. CIT Group recently provided a $40 million construction loan for the project. Construction will begin soon, and the facility is expected to be at least partially operational by the end of the year.

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SAN FRANCISCO — The City of San Francisco has purchased a 0.27-acre mixed-use development site on two parcels located at 1939 Market St. at Duboce Avenue in San Francisco. Sheet Metal Workers Local 104 Union Hall sold the site for $12 million. As part of the transaction, Sheet Metal Workers agreed to lease back the property for 24 months. The City plans to develop a mixed-use development on the site. Upon completion, the project will offer 100 percent permanent affordable housing, which would likely serve low-income seniors, and ground-floor activation opportunities. The site currently consists of a surface parking lot and a two-story office building that will be demolished to develop the housing project. Additionally, the parcels are located at the nexus of Hayes Valley, Duboce Triangle and Mission Dolores with a zoning allowance that places no limits on unit density and allows for the construction of structures up to 85 feet in height. The City of San Francisco acquired the property with funds from the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund and would draw from the $600 million Affordable Housing Bond passed in November to finance the construction of the housing project. Jason Parr, Mark McGranahan and Scott MacDonald of Cushman …

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