INDIANAPOLIS — Hendricks Commercial Properties (HCP) has acquired the former Coca-Cola bottling plant site located at 850 Massachusetts Ave. in Indianapolis. The purchase price was not disclosed. The 12-acre site will be home to the $260 million mixed-use Bottleworks District development. Indianapolis Public Schools had previously owned the site and used it to house the school system’s bus maintenance operations. The bottling plant will soon be transformed into a development that will feature a 150-room boutique West Elm hotel, a nine-screen cinema, 180,000 square feet of office space, 200,000 square feet of retail space and a combination of apartments and condominiums. The project will occur over seven to 10 years in five phases, starting with the restoration and redevelopment of the historic Coca-Cola administration building and garages. HCP will begin phase I of Bottleworks in the spring of 2018, with plans to open the West Elm Hotel, food hall, cinema and more than 70,000 square feet of retail space by the end of 2019. The food hall will feature a community-focused marketplace, which will house independently owned Indianapolis businesses. Eppstein Uhen Architects and Indianapolis-based Ratio Architects will provide design services.
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DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. has opened a new 23,000-square-foot headquarters in Downers Grove, about 20 miles west of Chicago. Over 125 employees, area business professionals and government officials were in attendance for the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Aug. 22. Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. has moved to the office, located at 1431 Opus Place, from nearby Lombard, Ill. Staffed by over 100 employees, the Downers Grove headquarters features private and team offices, an open-concept kitchen and dining/gathering area, two conference rooms and a dedicated training room. Occupying the new office are the company’s loan processing, underwriting, closing, training, information technology, secondary shipping, accounting and human resources departments. Staff members were transitioned into the new space from the company’s previous location beginning this spring. Draper and Kramer Mortgage Corp. is a division of Draper and Kramer Inc., which is still based in Chicago.
SC Student Housing Breaks Ground on 108-Bed Community Near California State University, Chico
by Nellie Day
CHICO, CALIF. — SC Student Housing has broken ground on The Urban, a 108-bed student housing community located near the California State University, Chico campus in Chico. The property will offer three-bedroom townhome units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities will include a rooftop deck, spa, plunge pool, barbecue area and arcade. Modern Building Inc. is building the property, which Entwood Property Management will operate. Completion is slated for June 2018.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Phillips Realty Capital has arranged $61.5 million in financing for the development of 1401 Penn, a Class A apartment development located at 1401 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E. in Washington, D.C. The financing package included a $44.5 million construction loan through EagleBank and $17 million in preferred equity through EB5 Capital. Phillips Realty Capital arranged both components of the financing package on behalf of the developers, CAS Riegler Cos. and May Development. Neighborhood Restaurant Group (NRG) has preleased and will operate approximately 13,500 square feet of the 19,000 square feet of first-floor retail. The space will house restaurants, beer and cocktail bars, a food market and a coffee shop. The residential portion of the project will feature a mix of studio to three-bedroom apartments, for a total of 167 units. The community will be located roughly 50 feet from the Potomac Avenue three-line Metro Station and within walking distance to Eastern Market and Barracks Row. The project is expected to break ground early this month, with delivery slated for summer 2019. The project team also includes Tishman Construction and Antunovich Associates Architects.
TAMPA, FLA. — BTI Partners has sold a 12-acre parcel of land in Tampa’s Westshore Marina District for $13.2 million. The buyer, Wellington, Fla.-based Bainbridge Cos., plans to build a 351-unit apartment community on the property. Westshore Marina District is a master-planned community under development by BTI Partners. The company is selling portions of the 52-acre property to developers that will build residential communities in phases. Upon completion, Westshore Marina District will include approximately 1,750 residential units, a 200-room hotel, retail, restaurants and office space, 185 to 240 marina slips and a 1.5-mile waterfront park. Bainbridge’s community will feature a public park, game rooms, swimming pool, dog parks, parking garages, fitness center and a clubhouse.
CHICAGO — In partnership with Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives (CNI), Ryan Cos. Inc. has unveiled plans to develop Pullman Crossings, a 50-acre industrial park in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood. The development will support as many as 1,000 jobs and generate more than $100 million of investment, according to Ryan. The new business park, located at the intersection of I-94 and 103rd Street, will accommodate multiple industrial facilities totaling up to 1.2 million square feet. Ryan is constructing a 140,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market distribution center, slated for completion in January 2018, at the south end of the park. Pullman Crossings is part of Pullman Park, a 180-acre, mixed-use development being master developed by CNI. Walmart, Ross Dress for Less, Planet Fitness and Advocate Health Care anchor the property. Todd Heine and Brendan Kelly of Avison Young are marketing Pullman Crossings for lease. U.S. Bank owns the land site.
LINCOLN, NEB. — Nebraska Innovation Campus Development Corp. (NICDC) and Tetrad Property Group have broken ground on an 80,000-square-foot office building at Nebraska Innovation Campus in Lincoln. The three-story building will feature a business incubator and common spaces designed for collaboration. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2018. Richard Meginnis and Sally DeLair of NAI FMA Realty are marketing the building for lease. Nebraska Innovation Campus is a research campus designed to facilitate partnerships between the University of Nebraska and private sector businesses.
Alexandria Real Estate Developing 431,000 SF Office/Laboratory Space in Cambridge, Massachusetts
by Amy Works
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Alexandria Real Estate Equities is developing an office and laboratory project at 100 Binney St. in Cambridge. Slated for delivery in the fourth quarter, the property will feature 431,000 rentable square feet of office and laboratory space. The project is 100 percent pre-leased. The tenant roster includes Facebook, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Foghorn Therapeutics, Sigilon Therapeutics, Tango Therapeutics and TCR2 Therapeutics. Additionally, the company is pre-leasing for 399 Binney Street, a 164,000-square-foot ground-up development at Alexandria Center at One Kendall Square. Alexandria Real Estate acquired One Kendall Square, a 645,000-square-foot, nine-building life science and technology campus in Cambridge, in 2016.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Chicago-based CA Student Living has completed seven student housing communities comprising more than 3,600 beds. Located in six different states, the communities opened throughout August and, together, are 96 percent leased for the upcoming academic year. Recent deliveries include RISE on Apache, an 833-bed community located near Arizona State University in Tempe; Identity Reno, a 325-bed community located near the University of Nevada, Reno in Reno; and Uncommon Fort Collins, a 247-bed community located near Colorado State University in Fort Collins, among other communities. CA Student Living plans to complete another seven communities comprising 2,200 beds in 2018 and an additional eight properties with 4,100 beds in 2019.
LOS ANGELES — Casper, an online mattress retailer, has launched a multi-city retail expansion in more than a dozen locations across North America, including Los Angeles. This marks Casper’s first significant investment in a company-owned retail presence across the U.S. The new shops will showcase Casper’s offerings, including allowing shoppers to experience the mattresses, pillows and sheets. The pop-up shops are scheduled to launch in October 2017 and will be open through spring of 2018 in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago and other major metropolitan areas.