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LAREDO, TEXAS — California-based Majestic Realty Co. will develop a 423,280-square-foot warehouse within Port Grande, a 1,992-acre, master-planned business park located in the south Texas city of Laredo. The project represents Phase II of development and follows the delivery of 366,080-square-foot building that still has 200,000 square feet available for lease. The new building will feature 32-foot clear heights, 120 dock-high doors, four ground-level doors, 242 trailer parking spaces and 208 automobile parking spaces. A firm timetable for construction has not yet been established.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hunt Southwest will develop a 300,000-square-foot cold storage facility in southern Fort Worth. The property, which is being built on a speculative basis, will be located within Carter Industrial Park with convenient access to Interstates 35 West and 20. Features of the rail-served building will include 45-foot clear heights, LED lighting, ample automobile and trailer parking and the capacity to accommodate one or two tenants. Hunt Southwest expects to obtain a building permit in approximately two months and deliver the facility within nine months of starting construction.  

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PHILADELPHIA — Southern Land Co. is developing The Laurel, a $300 million mixed-use property located at 1911 Walnut St. in Philadelphia. Designed by Solomon Cordwell Buenz, the 565,000-square-foot tower will feature 54 condominiums and 241 long- and short-term residences with separate lobbies and entrances. Additionally, the 48-story tower will feature 24,000 square feet of retail space. Amenity space at the property will include indoor and outdoor pools, fitness clubs, a game room with demonstration kitchen/bar, a library and music room.

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OMAHA, NEB. — The Noddle Cos. has been selected to develop the new corporate headquarters for Kiewit Corp. in north downtown Omaha. The office building will range from 165,000 to 185,000 square feet. HDR designed the project, which also includes a parking garage for 650 cars. Construction costs are estimated at $76 million. The new headquarters for the construction and engineering organization will be situated across the street from Kiewit University. Construction is scheduled to begin in October and finish in 2020.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — JBG Smith has formed a joint venture with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) to develop and own 1900 N Street, a $225 million office development under construction in Washington, D.C.’s central business district. CPPIB will invest approximately $101 million in the 11-story building, giving it a 45 percent stake in the project. JBG Smith will continue to develop, manage and lease the asset. The property was 29.6 percent preleased as of the third quarter of 2017. International law firm Goodwin Procter LLP has preleased 80,329 square feet at the building, according to the Washington Business Journal. JBG Smith’s portfolio comprises more than 20 million square feet of office, multifamily and retail assets in the D.C. area. As of Dec. 31, 2017, the CPP Fund totaled $337.1 billion.

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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Greycor Construction Co. Inc. has completed the 324,480-square-foot expansion of a manufacturing and distribution facility in Huntersville leased to Pactiv LLC, a food packaging company. Prairie Brookwood LLC owns the facility, which is located at 14201 Meacham Farm Drive, roughly 15 miles north of Charlotte. The facility remained fully operational during the expansion, which more than doubled the size of the building. The $14 million expansion included eight concrete placements of roughly 40,000 square feet each, 70 concrete tilt-up walls, structural steel, metal decking, TPO roofing and 35 new loading docks. In addition, the build-out created new jobs in the area. The original facility was constructed more than 10 years ago and was the first building within Commerce Station Park, a public-private partnership between Prairie Brookwood and the towns of Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Aquila Commercial will develop a 92,000-square-foot athletic complex on a 69-acre site at 8921 W. U.S. Highway 290 in southwest Austin. The Austin Business Journal reports that the project has a price tag of about $34 million. The facility will feature two pools, 12 beach volleyball courts, four outdoor soccer fields, 12 indoor sports courts, running trails and a strength and conditioning room. Runa Workshop designed the complex, and Harvey Cleary Builders is serving as general contractor. The groundbreaking is set for March and completion is slated for mid-2019.  

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ROCKWALL, TEXAS — SWBC Real Estate LLC has acquired 21.3 acres in the northeastern Dallas metro of Rockwall for the development of The Remington at Rockwall Downs, a 295-unit multifamily community. Designed by Plano-based Cross Architects, the Class A property will be built in two 295-unit phases. Units of Phase I will average about 1,006 square feet per residence. Amenities will include a resort-style pool and spa, fitness center with spin studio, jogging trails and a dog park. Construction of Phase I is expected to begin in May and wrap up by January 2020.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hillwood has broken ground on a 200,000-square-foot office building for Mercedes-Benz Financial in Fort Worth. The build-to-suit property is located within the AllianceTexas master-planned community and will serve as the company’s national business operations center. Mercedes-Benz Financial has operated out of AllianceTexas since 2007, and the development of this property ensures that roughly 900 direct and indirect jobs will be retained in Fort Worth.  

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PHOENIX — Prologis has completed 710,000 square feet of tenant improvements and shell space in Phoenix. The new space is situated within Prologis Riverside Distribution Center and Prologis Park Riverside. Prologis Riverside Distribution Center received a 115,000-square-foot build-out for bathroom refurbishment company Home Brand, which is expanding and relocating within metro Phoenix. In addition, the property received a 115,000-square-foot build-out for video game accessory company Performance Designed Products (PDP), which relocated from California to Arizona. The tenants occupy the entire 230,000-square-foot Prologis Riverside Building II. Shell construction was also completed on the 480,000-square-foot Building III at Prologis Park Riverside, an industrial distribution center at 55th Avenue and Lower Buckeye Road. The project also included a 15-week, $15 million tenant improvement for a national e-commerce tenant. Building III sits adjacent to Prologis Park Riverside Building II, which is fully occupied by StitchFix, and Prologis Park Riverside Building I, which is fully occupied by Marshalls. Graycor Construction Co. completed construction on all the projects.

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