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VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners LLC will acquire the Virginia Beach Resort Hotel & Conference Center, a 295-room hotel located at 2800 Shore Drive in Virginia Beach, for $19 million. The Richmond, Va.-based company plans to invest $25 million to renovate the property, and will rebrand it as Delta Hotel by Marriott, a hospitality brand designed for business and leisure travelers. The 263,328-square-foot property is situated on 3.6 acres along the Chesapeake Bay. Commonwealth Lodging Management LLC, Lingerfelt’s hotel management affiliate, will operate and manage the hotel. The Virginia Beach Development Authority has approved an Economic Development Investment Program grant of $200,000 based on the company’s capital investment of $25 million. The new operators will continue to run the hotel through the season and close it sometime in October to complete the 14-month renovation project, according to Warren Harris, director of Virginia Beach Economic Development.

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SAN DIEGO — Murphy Development has broken ground for the final building at its 2.1 million-square-foot Siempre Viva Business Park in San Diego’s Otay Mesa neighborhood. Located at 8500 Kerns St., the $11.9 million Building 17 will feature 79,050 square feet, 28-foot clear heights, 2,000 amps of 277/480 volt power, manufacturing sewing and water capacity, ESFR sprinklers, concrete truck courts, wide column spacing and high dock door ratios designed for distribution users. The adjacent building, Building 18, was completed in late 2016. Located at 2600 Melksee St., the 121,970-square-foot property is partially occupied by Mainfreight USA. The development team includes Gene Cipparone as architect, K&S Engineering and Lusardi Construction. Andy Irwin and Joe Anderson of JLL have been retained to market the property for lease.

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ALLEN, TEXAS — A partnership between two Dallas-based firms, Provident Realty Advisors Inc. and Glaser Retail Partners, is scheduled to break ground this week on Stacy Green, a 73-acre mixed-use project in Allen, a northern suburb of Dallas. According to the Allen City Council, the project will include an undetermined amount of retail and restaurant space, urban residential and townhome units and a mixed-use area at the center of the development. The Dallas Morning News reports that the first buildings are slated to become available for occupancy in 2019. The news of the groundbreaking comes of the heels of Howard Hughes Corp.’s announcement of a 270-acre mixed-use development in Allen, zoning of which is scheduled to begin this year.

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EDWARDSVILLE, ILL. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed a new $26 million distribution facility at Gateway Commerce Center near St. Louis. Dubbed Gateway East 594, the 593,940-square-foot property features a clear height of 36 feet, 66 dock doors and two drive-in doors. This is the fifth distribution facility jointly developed by TriStar Properties and PCCP at Gateway Commerce Center, which now spans more than 15.2 million square feet. Ed Lampitt of Cushman & Wakefield is handling lease-up of the property. Gray Design Group was the project architect while Stock & Associates Consulting Engineers Inc. was the civil engineer.

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ROLLING MEADOWS, ILL. — Krusinski Construction Co. has broken ground on a 112,505-square-foot flex facility for School Health Corp. at 5600 Apollo Drive in Rolling Meadows. School Health is a national, full-service provider of health supplies, services and solutions. Construction on the distribution, shop and office facility began May 1. Ware Malcomb is the project architect and the Trammell Crow Co. is serving as project consultant. When completed, the new structure will include a two-story, 24,700-square-foot office space, plus a state-of-the-art warehouse with a dozen dock doors, a clear height of 32 feet, LED lighting and modern material handling equipment to service more than 100,000 customer orders per year. The new LEED-certified building will be centrally located among various retail restaurants and shopping centers, with close proximity to I-290 and I-90 situated directly north. The project is scheduled for completion this fall.

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DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Edwards Cos. has broken ground on Atlantic Crossing, a $300 million mixed-use development in downtown Delray Beach. At full build-out, the project will feature six buildings and include 73,000 square feet of retail space, 83,000 square feet of office space, 261 apartment units and 82 condominium units. The first phase is expected to come on line in the fourth quarter of 2019, and the first apartment units are expected to open in 2020. Additional residential units will be added to the development in 2022, and full-build out is scheduled to take five years to complete. The project is expected to generate $2.6 million in annual tax revenues and create 600 jobs. Matthew Williams of Newmark Knight Frank arranged a senior construction loan through Fifth Third Bank for the development. CBRE will handle the project’s office leasing assignment, and Strategic Retail Advisors will handle the retail leasing component.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Arlington-based healthcare provider Texas Health Resources will undertake a $300 million expansion project at Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth. The project will include a nine-story tower that will feature 144 patient beds, 15 surgical suites and pre- and post-operative service areas. The tower will also include space for support services and two floors will be used as shell space for future expansion. Additional parking space will also be added to the hospital, which opened in 1930 and currently features 720 beds. Construction is slated to begin later this year and wrap up in late 2021.      

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TAMPA, FLA. — Crescent Communities, in conjunction with The Bromley Cos., has unveiled plans for NOVEL Midtown Tampa, a 390-unit multifamily community. The project is the residential component of Midtown Tampa, Bromley’s 1.8 million-square-foot mixed-use development. The master-planned project is located between downtown Tampa and the Westshore Business District. NOVEL Midtown Tampa will feature ground-floor retail and restaurant space and will be situated within walking distance to Midtown Tampa’s amenities, including the recently announced, 48,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market. In addition to the apartment community, at full build-out Midtown Tampa will feature more than 200,000 square feet of retail, restaurant, entertainment and outdoor space; 750,000 square feet of office space; and two boutique hotels. NOVEL Midtown Tampa is expected to open in the second half of 2020.

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CHICAGO — Belgravia Group has completed the topping-off ceremony for Renelle on the River in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. The 18-story luxury condominium building is located at 403 N. Wabash Ave. The 50-unit property, designed by bKL Architects, features five different floor plans. Listing prices start at $1.3 million. Amenities include a game room, fitness center, outdoor dog run and a 4,500-square-foot terrace. Completion is slated for early 2019.

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ALLEN, TEXAS — The Howard Hughes Corp. will develop Monarch City, a mixed-use destination that will be located at the corner of North Central Expressway and the Sam Rayburn Tollway in Allen, a northern suburb of Dallas. According to the Allen Economic Development Corp., Monarch City will span roughly 270 acres. The project will feature approximately 9 million square feet of retail, hospitality, urban residential and Class A office space surrounding a central park. Omniplan is designing the project and JLL is marketing and leasing it. Zoning is expected to begin this year.

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