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Endeavor, Granite Properties to Break Ground on 20-Story Office Tower in Nashville’s Gulch District

by Camren Skelton June 21, 2018

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Endeavor Real Estate Group, in a joint venture with Granite Properties, will break ground in early August on Gulch Union, a three-phase mixed-use development in Nashville. Located in The Gulch neighborhood, the first phase is 1222 Demonbreun, a 20-story, 329,000-square-foot office building. Designed by Dallas-based architect HKS Inc. to achieve LEED Silver certification, the office building will feature 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, a fitness center with lockers and showers, a 48-seat training room, indoor/outdoor sky lounge, catering kitchen, micro-market serving snacks and meals and onsite property management. Turner Construction Co. is the general contractor for the building, and International Bank of Commerce is providing construction financing. Austin-based Endeavor and Dallas-based Granite Properties expect to wrap up construction on 1222 Demonbreun in May 2020. Located between 12th and 13th avenues and McGavock and Demonbreun streets, Gulch Union will serve as the gateway into The Gulch, uniting South Gulch with Broadway and Music Row. Future phases of the project will include retail, residential and a boutique hotel.

June 21, 2018

Colorado Development Hospitality Western

Soul Community Planet Opens Inaugural Hotel in Colorado Springs After $6M Renovation

by Amy Works June 21, 2018

COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Soul Community Planet (SCP) has opened its first SCP Hotel. The renovated property is located in Colorado Springs. Located at the base of Pikes Peak, the 98,000-square-foot hotel features 176 guest rooms crafted with reclaimed and beetle-kill wood and sustainable elements; a 2,000-square-foot lobby with co-working spaces, a 500-square-foot meeting room and free WiFi for guests; and SCP Fit, a 12,000-square-foot full-service health and wellness club. SCP Hotels offer a holistic hospitality concept for travelers and the surrounding community through services and the extensive use of green materials, eco-friendly products, solar energy, sustainable practice and water-conserving fixtures. The hotel is in its final stages of a $6 million, nine-month renovation, with a soft opening scheduled for June 27.

June 21, 2018

Development Illinois Midwest Multifamily

CRG Breaks Ground on 12-Story Apartment Building in Chicago’s Uptown Neighborhood

by Kristin Harlow June 21, 2018

CHICAGO — CRG, Clayco’s real estate development group, has broken ground on a 12-story apartment building in Chicago’s Uptown neighborhood. The development, located at the intersection of Sheridan Road and Wilson Avenue, will feature 149 units, 5,000 square feet of retail space and 29 parking spots. Amenities will include a 2,000-square-foot rooftop deck, coffee bar, exercise facility, business center and dog salon. Completion is slated for July 2019. Clayco is serving as the design-builder and its subsidiary, BatesForum, is the project architect. Capital partners include POB Capital and Principal Real Estate Investors.

June 21, 2018

Development Illinois Industrial Midwest

Timber Hill Completes $2.8M Renovation of Industrial Property in Stickney, Illinois

by Kristin Harlow June 21, 2018

STICKNEY, ILL. — Timber Hill Group has completed a $2.8 million renovation of a two-building industrial property in Stickney, about 10 miles west of Chicago. Delta Logistics Inc. will fully occupy the property. A 25,000-square-foot building features 54 doors, 5,000 square feet of office space and two drive-through repair bays. A 13,000-square-foot maintenance facility features 12 drive-in doors and six repair bays. Renovations included new lighting, roofs, drive-in doors, windows and a new concrete floor at the maintenance building. Timber Hill, a private equity firm specializing in the acquisition and development of logistics-related industrial real estate, acquired the property early last year.

June 21, 2018

Development Industrial Texas

Phillips 66 to Undertake $1.5B Expansion of Natural Gas Plant in Southeast Texas

by Taylor Williams June 20, 2018

OLD OCEAN, TEXAS — Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX) will undertake a $1.5 billion expansion of its Sweeny Hub natural gas plant in Old Ocean, about 65 miles southeast of Houston. The project will include the construction of two fractionators capable of producing 150,000 barrels of natural gas per day, as well as additional storage facilities for the fossil fuel and various infrastructural upgrades to pipelines. The new facilities are expected to begin commercial operations in late 2020. Upon completion, the Sweeny Hub will have a fractionator capacity of 400,000 barrels per day and the capacity to store 15 million barrels.

June 20, 2018

Development Michigan Midwest Office

Ford Unveils Plans for Detroit Train Station Transformation at Public Event

by Kristin Harlow June 20, 2018

DETROIT — Employees of Ford Motor Co., city and state officials and Corktown residents gathered on Tuesday at Michigan Central Station for a celebration during which the auto giant officially announced its plan to breathe new life into the former train depot. Ford plans to transform the long-vacant property into a new Corktown campus for work on autonomous and electric vehicles, as well as design urban mobility services and solutions that includes smart, connected vehicles, roads, parking and public transit. “We at Ford want to help write the next chapter, working together in Corktown with the best startups, the smartest talent, and the thinkers, engineers, and problem-solvers who see things differently — all to shape the future of mobility and transportation,” said Bill Ford, the company’s executive chairman. The acquisition of Michigan Central Station comes alongside the company’s purchase of the former Detroit Public Schools Book Depository, two acres of vacant land, the site of an old brass factory and the recent purchase of a refurbished former factory in Corktown, now home to Ford’s electric vehicle and autonomous vehicle business teams. Ford’s campus will span at least 1.2 million square feet of space in Corktown. Approximately 2,500 Ford employees, most from the mobility team, will call Corktown …

June 20, 2018

Development Midwest Minnesota Multifamily

Doran, CSM Break Ground on $100M Luxury Apartment Project in Downtown Minneapolis

by Kristin Harlow June 20, 2018

MINNEAPOLIS — Doran Cos. and CSM Corp. have broken ground on The Expo, an apartment community in the St. Anthony Falls Historic District of downtown Minneapolis. The $100 million project calls for a 25-story, high-rise building that will include 199 units, and a lower-level building that will feature 157 apartment units and 12 townhome units. Amenities will include a pool, business center, fitness center, spa, game room, bike storage and entertainment suites. Design firm DLR Group will lead the interior design of the project. A grand opening is slated for late spring or early summer 2020.

June 20, 2018

Development Georgia Industrial Southeast

Red Rock Underway on 3 MSF Facility at Shugart Farms Industrial Park in Metro Atlanta

by Camren Skelton June 20, 2018

FAIRBURN, GA. — Red Rock Developments is underway on Shugart Farms Phase II, a three-building industrial campus totaling approximately 3 million square feet. The campus is located within Shugart Farms Industrial Park, which will eventually span 16 million square feet and 2,500 acres. The park is located along the Interstate 85 South industrial corridor in Fairburn, roughly 20 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta. Construction is currently underway on a 982,777-square-foot speculative building at the park. Two additional build-to-suit opportunities in Phase II will total roughly 1.5 million square feet and 485,381 square feet. Red Rock expects to wrap up construction on Phase II in the fourth quarter. The first phase of Shugart Farms Industrial Park was delivered last year and included two buildings totaling roughly 2 million square feet. The buildings are leased to Smucker’s and Duracell.

June 20, 2018

Arizona Development Multifamily Seniors Housing Western

Willis Development Opens 106-Unit Assisted Living Community in Tucson, Arizona

by Amy Works June 20, 2018

TUCSON, ARIZ. — Willis Development has completed construction of Sage Desert, an assisted living and memory care community in Northwest Tucson. The community features 86 assisted living units and 20 memory care units, with views of the surrounding desert and mountains. Dekel Strategic Investors provided equity capital for the development, while East West Bank provided construction financing. Milestone Retirement is operating the property. The design team included Jeffrey Demure + Associates and StudioSix5. W.E. O’Neill managed construction. This is the second senior living development project that Willis Development and Dekel have completed together, with a third in California scheduled for groundbreaking later this year.

June 20, 2018

Development Georgia Industrial Southeast

Capital Development, Greenfield Break Ground on $125M Savannah Port Logistics Center

by Camren Skelton June 19, 2018

SAVANNAH, GA. — Capital Development Partners, in a joint venture with Greenfield Partners, has broken ground on the $125 million Savannah Port Logistics Center. The 2.3 million-square-foot campus is being developed to meet the needs of Port of Savannah’s import, export and e-commerce customers. Operated by the Georgia Ports Authority, the Port of Savannah is the largest single-container port in the United States. The 190-acre Savannah Port Logistics Center will offer dual rail service via Norfolk Southern and CSX Tier 1 railroads, and will include two buildings totaling 1.1 million square feet and 1.3 million square feet. Both buildings will feature 40-foot ceiling heights and cross-dock capability. Building I is slated for completion in April 2019, and developers expect to break ground on Building II later this year. Atlanta-based Capital Development Partners is a national developer of industrial infrastructure facilities. Greenfield Partners is a private equity real estate firm headquartered in Westport, Conn., with $3.3 billion in gross assets under management. To date, the company has invested more than $5 billion in equity across multiple sectors, including 25 million square feet of industrial.

June 19, 2018

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