CHICAGO — Summit Design + Build LLC has completed the renovation of a 13,000-square-foot retail building located at 1504 N. Fremont St. in Chicago. The project added space for up to three retail tenants and the creation of 11 new openings for storefront windows. Summit also poured new concrete floors for a future retail tenant and completed landscaping with a new sidewalk. L3 Capital LLC is the property owner. OKW Architects served as project architect.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Baylor Scott & White and the Dallas Cowboys will open their new 300,000-square-foot sports research facility at The Star in Frisco this Wednesday. Services that will be offered at the Baylor Scott & White Sports Therapy & Research at The Star include sports performance testing, a concussion center, imaging center, surgery suites, urgent care center, research space, outpatient rehabilitation and a pharmacy. Dallas-based Baylor Scott & White and the Cowboys are holding an official opening at the complex’s turf outdoor football field with the Frisco Independent School District, which is a partner in the new sports research and treatment complex.The facility was designed by the Dallas office of global architecture and design firm Perkins+Will. The Star is a 91-acre sports and entertainment district and serves as the world headquarters of the Cowboys.
CHICAGO — The Howard Hughes Corp. and Riverside Investment & Development, along with Clark Construction, have broken ground on 110 North Wacker, a 1.4 million-square-foot office tower in the heart of Chicago’s central business district. More than 30 percent of the 55-story tower is preleased to Bank of America. Designed by Goettsch Partners, the Class A building is located between the Chicago River and Wacker Drive. Amenities will include a conference center, fitness facility, retail and dining space. Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase provided a $495 million construction loan. USAA Real Estate also provided an equity investment. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter of 2020.
CHICAGO — J.C. Anderson Inc. has completed a 26,000-square-foot office build-out for Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery LLP in Chicago. The law firm chose to modernize its space on the 21st floor at 120 S. LaSalle St. The project features a new reception desk, open ceilings and private offices. Renovations also include an open layout and technology upgrades. Partners by Design provided architectural services.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Spectrum Retirement Communities has opened The Enclave at Chandler Senior Living, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in the Phoenix suburb of Chandler. The three-story, 165,000-square-foot community features a total of 90 independent living units, 45 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. The property will also offer Spectrum’s Residence Club, which offers a transitional step between assisted living and memory care. Spectrum now owns and operates seven seniors housing communities in the Phoenix metro. The developer is based in Denver.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Louisville-based Brown-Forman Corp. has opened Old Forester Distilling Co. at 119 W. Main St. on Louisville’s famed Whiskey Row. The 70,000-square-foot distillery represents a $45 million investment and is housed in the same building that the brand called home in the early 1900s. The distillery features a 44-foot-tall copper column still, designed and constructed by Vendome Copper & Brass Works. The new distillery will add production capacity of approximately 100,000 gallons annually and will be open for tours seven days a week, with tastings available in the Old Forester Tasting Room. Old Forester Distilling joins 10 other distilleries as an official member of the Kentucky Bourbon Trails tour. In addition to Old Forester, Brown-Forman Corp. produces Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey, el Jimador and Woodford Reserve.
LOS ANGELES — Primestor Development is breaking ground today for Jordan Downs Plaza, a shopping center located within the Jordan Downs project in the Watts area of Los Angeles. As part of the Jordan Downs revitalization project, the shopping center will bring 115,000 square feet of retail space to the area. Situated on 9.5 acres, the open-air project will include a full-service supermarket, fitness center and a variety of local and national retailers. Jordan Downs Plaza is a public/private partnership, and the project would not be possible without a financial investment of the federal government through its New Market Tax Credit Program and the conveyance of property by ground lease from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles. Financing for the project is provided by Federal Realty Investment Trust, Genesis LA, Chase, California Statewide Communities Development Corp. and Los Angeles Development Fund.
HOUSTON — Liberty Property Trust (NYSE: LPT) has begun work on a 727,600-square-foot distribution center in north Houston. The project is a build-to-suit for Grocers Supply, a division of C&S Wholesale Grocers, which has signed a long-term lease. The property will feature 40-foot clear heights, 65-foot speed bays, 75 dock doors and parking for 211 trailers and 667 cars. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2019. Liberty Property Trust has also sold 34 acres located adjacent to the project site to the tenant.
HOUSTON — Crow Holdings Industrial, the industrial development arm of Dallas-based Crow Holdings, has broken ground on Victory Commerce Center, a 349,050-square-foot distribution center in Houston. The tilt-wall property will feature 32-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck courts and additional outside storage space. The property is located on the city’s southeast side, near Port Houston, Beltway 8 and State Highway 225. Delivery is slated for the first quarter of 2019.
CHICAGO — Mark Goodman & Associates Inc. has unveiled plans to develop 310 N. Sangamon, a 12-story office building in Chicago’s West Loop. The property will feature 268,000 square feet of office space and 7,800 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities will include a fitness room, outdoor terrace and bike storage room. Completion for the $115 million project is slated for the first quarter of 2020. The development is the largest office building in the country to receive Passive House certification, according to Goodman. Passive House buildings follow a rigorous set of design principles that work with building systems, insulations and windows to create an airtight structure, resulting in energy efficiency and a reduced ecological footprint. Passive house-certified buildings use up to 86 percent less heating energy than standard buildings and 46 percent less cooling energy. The Passive House Institute US provides certifications. The majority of passive structures have been built in Germany and Scandinavia.
