MEDFORD, ORE. — Harry & David will operate approximately 20 pop-up stores nationwide this holiday season, in addition to its 46 year-round retail locations. The pop-up stores will open in key market areas across the United States. Harry & David holiday pop-up stores have already begun to open and are expected to close shortly after the holiday season. The specific locations were not disclosed. Headquartered in Southern Oregon, Harry & David owns and operates 20 different orchards spread over 100 square miles, featuring fresh yearly crops of handpicked fruit. The brand also currently operates 46 year-round retail locations across the United States. Harry & David is part of the 1-800-FLOWERS.COM Inc. family of brands.
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MONROVIA, CALIF. — Trader Joe’s, a Monrovia-based chain of neighborhood grocery stores, opened the last of its new locations for 2017. On Oct. 12, stores opened in Allston, Mass.; Kalamazoo, Mich.; and North Brunswick, N.J. Fourteen new locations opened this year, bringing the total number of Trader Joe’s stores to 474. Other new locations include: San Francisco; West Hollywood, Calif.; San Diego; Hoboken, N.J.; Las Vegas; Brooklyn, N.Y.; Somerville, Mass.; Los Angeles; Washington, D.C.; Coralville, Iowa; San Juan Capistrano, Calif.; and Jacksonville, Fla. For the past 10 years, Trader Joe’s has opened an average of 23 stores annually. Plans for 2018 locations are already underway. The first Trader Joe’s store opened in 1967 in the Los Angeles area. Since then, Trader Joe’s has expanded to more than 470 stores in 41 states.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Regency Centers, in partnership with ITB Holdings LLC, will break ground this month on Midtown East, a new retail center in Raleigh. A 120,000-square-foot Wegmans will anchor the property, which will include an adjacent 400-space, elevated parking deck and five additional retail buildings. Williams Co. Southeast is the project’s construction manager. Gensler designed the center, and McAdams is the project’s civil engineer. Midtown East is slated to open in the second quarter of 2019.
NEW YORK CITY — The Kalikow Group has broken ground on 2415 Church Avenue, a rental residential building located in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens neighborhood of Brooklyn. The Kalikow Group, WRS Associates and Ishay Group are joint owners of the $29 million, 67-unit property. The as-of-right property will include studio, one- and two-bedroom units priced at market rates. The units will feature luxury finishes including high ceilings, open kitchens, high-end appliances, in-unit washers/dryers, wood floors and spacious bathrooms. On-site amenities will include a fitness center, lounge and workspace, rooftop deck and a bicycle storage area. KSQ Architects is providing architectural services for the project, which is slated for completion in mid-2019.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Main Street Hub, a marketing firm that targets local businesses, will open a new, 114,000-square-foot headquarters at 2010 E. Sixth St. in downtown Austin. The company will relocate employees from its two existing Austin offices, as well as those in its New York City office, to the new office space starting in 2019. The four-story property will offer amenities such as a rooftop patio, bicycle storage, on-site showers and dedicated parking for food trucks.
CEDAR PARK, TEXAS — LA Fitness will open a 34,000-square-foot gym at Cedar Park Plaza, a retail development located at the corner of Whitestone Boulevard and Bagdad Road in the Austin metro of Cedar Park. Scheduled to open by November 2018, the Cedar Park location will be the company’s sixth gym in the Austin area. John Zikos and Jonathan Cooper of Venture Commercial, along with John Kalamaras and Ted Slaughter of RealSource Partners, represented LA Fitness in the lease negotiations. The landlord, Cedar Park Plaza LP, was self-represented.
CICERO, ILL. — PREMIER Design + Build Group LLC has broken ground on a 323,343-square-foot distribution warehouse in Cicero, about eight miles southwest of downtown Chicago. Bridge Point 290 will feature 50 exterior truck dock positions, 36-foot clear heights, 273 vehicle parking spots and 77 trailer stalls. Bridge Development Partners LLC is the project developer. The project team also includes architect Cornerstone Architects Ltd., civil engineer SPACECO Inc. and structural engineer Swift Structural Design. George Maragos, Mitch Adams and Nicole Mentone of CBRE are marketing the property for lease. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2018.
Capitol Seniors Housing to Develop $36.5M Seniors Housing Community in Andover, Massachusetts
by Amy Works
ANDOVER, MASS. — Capitol Seniors Housing is developing Stonehill of Andover, an assisted living and memory care seniors housing community in Andover. Located at 141 Elm St., the $36.5 million community will feature 96 units. Operated by The Northbridge Cos., the 81,500-square-foot community will feature a bistro, activity room, fitness room, theater, salon and courtyard. Construction will begin on the property later this month, with an opening scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2018.
SOUTHLAKE, TEXAS — United Development Co. has acquired Park Forest office complex, a three-building, 90,000-square-foot campus located in the Fort Worth metro of Southlake. The company will invest $10 million in the redevelopment of the property, which will involve razing two single-story, 10,000-square-foot buildings and repurposing them into a climate-controlled self-storage facility. Demolitions are expected to begin in January 2018.
FARMERS BRANCH, TEXAS — KWA Construction has broken ground on Phase II of Mustang Station Apartments, a 186-unit multifamily complex located at 2501 Bill Moses Parkway in the Dallas metro of Farmers Branch. The 177,106-square-foot property will consist of one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 588 to 1,400 square feet, as well as a fitness center and a pet grooming station. Phase II, which is slated for a late 2018 completion, will also include the construction of a 263-space parking garage.