FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Wood Partners has opened Bask, an apartment community located near Port Everglades at 1919 S.E. 10th Ave. in Fort Lauderdale. Bask is an eight-story, 310-unit complex featuring one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a community demonstration kitchen, office space, fitness room, yoga room, pet spa and outdoor TV lounge.
RIALTO, CALIF. — Bridge Development has started construction of Rialto Fulfillment Center 3, a speculative Class A industrial building in Rialto. Located at 12050 Agua Mansa Road, the 505,906-square-foot building will feature 36-foot clear heights, 67 dock-high loading positions, two ground-level doors, 254 auto parking spaces, 185-foot fully secured concrete truck positions and 151 outside-of-dock trailer storage positions. Completion is slated for fourth-quarter 2019. Peter McWilliams, Mike McCrary, Ruben Goodsell and Sharon Wortmann of JLL’s Ontario, Calif., office are handling the leasing efforts for the property.
CHICAGO — Spaces Real Estate has begun pre-leasing of 1325 N. Wells, a 60-unit apartment community in Chicago’s Old Town neighborhood. Currently under development by Sedgwick Properties, the community will be managed by Laramar Group. First move-ins are scheduled for early 2019. Located between Schiller and Goethe streets, the property features one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 621 to 1,140 square feet. Monthly rents start at $2,225. Amenities include a fitness center, entertainment lounge and rooftop deck. Residents will also have access to bike storage, heated garage parking and dry cleaning service by Pressbox.
FENTON, MO. — Keystone Construction has completed the renovation of UniGroup’s headquarters in Fenton. UniGroup, the parent company of multiple transportation-related companies, is offering excess office space for lease. The campus totals approximately 450,000 square feet and is situated near the interchange of I-270 and I-44. The multi-million dollar renovation included upgrades to the HVAC system, roof, façade, windows, workout facility and cafeteria. Keystone Construction served as contractor and ACI Boland was the architect. NAI DESCO has been hired to market the 50,000-square-foot vacant space at One Premier Drive.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Dallas-based Leon Capital Group will develop Lakeyard District, a 364-unit multifamily community that will be located in the northern Dallas metro of Lewisville. Situated on 15.2 acres, the Class A property will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, outdoor grilling area, fitness center, dog park and TV lounges. LG Wade is the general contractor for the project and BGO Architects is handling design. Preleasing is expected to begin in August. The first units are slated for a November 2019 delivery.
WESTCHESTER, N.Y. — Leviathan Capital has secured a $20 million construction loan for the Grand, a transit-oriented multifamily community in Westchester. The 56,000-square-foot project will consist of 15 townhomes and nine penthouse units. The project is slated to be completed in 2021. Leviathan secured the non recourse loan with a completion and carry guaranty to the borrowers, a group that includes NBA basketball player Luol Deng. The lender was undisclosed.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Easton Town Center is undergoing a significant expansion that will feature local and national retailers, breweries, restaurants, entertainment venues, hotels and public event space. The expansion will exceed $500 million of development over the next four years. The Georgetown Company is co-developing the project alongside Steiner + Associates and L Brands. Construction is already underway on infrastructure, parking, Merchants Row, The Yard and Urban Hearth. The Yard will serve as a public green space for live music and entertainment. Urban Hearth is an industrial building that has been architecturally deconstructed to create a social space with breweries and restaurants. A Restoration Hardware gallery will anchor the expansion. The three-story, 40,000-square-foot building is expected to open in 2019. Easton Town Center is a 1,300-acre mixed-use development in northeast Columbus.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Lincoln Property Co. has completed Lincoln Logistics 40, an industrial building situated on 50 acres at Interstate 10 and Bullard Avenue in Phoenix’s West Valley. The 901,770-square-foot building is the area’s first-ever 40-foot clear height fully speculative industrial development. Located within The Airport Gateway at Goodyear, the building features 161 dock- and grade-level doors, 185 trailer storage units, 551 parking stalls (expandable to 1,340 stalls), fiber optic data and energy efficient clerestory windows in lieu of skylights. Additionally, the building offers move-in ready speculative suites with 3,202 square feet of fully built-out office space and high-end Class A finishes, 13-foot ceiling-to-floor glass, an outdoor amenity area and a functional interior layout with the ability to add office, conference room and administrative uses. The property also features a Foreign Trade Zone Magnet Site classification and direct access to the amenities of The Airport Gateway Center at Goodyear, which at build-out will include more than 2.5 million square feet of regional retail, hospitality, office and medical uses and 3 million square feet of industrial and warehouse space. The project team included Layton Construction and Butler Design Group. John Werstler, Rusty Kennedy and Cooper Fratt of CBRE are serving as …
NEW YORK CITY — S3 Capital Partners has provided a $75 million construction loan for an apartment tower in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the Bronx. Located at 210 E. 135th St., the property will include 237 residential rental apartments and 3,000 square feet of commercial space. Isaac Filler of Meridian Capital Group represented the borrower, Cheskel Schwimmer of CGS Developers. Terms of the financing were not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — IKEA U.S. has announced that it will open its first store in Manahattan. The ‘IKEA Planning Studio’ is slated to open at 999 Third Ave. in spring 2019. The Planning Studio concept will focus on smart solutions for urban living and small spaces. The New York City location is the first market in the U.S. for the concept. IKEA U.S. has recently made a number of investments to enhance its e-commerce offerings, including lower priced shipping & delivery, Click & Collect, financing and TaskRabbit assembly services. IKEA already has four locations in the metro area in Brooklyn, Elizabeth, Long Island and Paramus.
