ST. LOUIS — Kwame Building Group Inc. has completed a $1.1 million expansion of Maryville University’s student fitness center in St. Louis. The John E. and Adaline Simon Athletic Center consists of 3,100 square feet of workout space and 4,260 square feet of athletic staff offices, which were relocated and renovated. The renovation also included the addition of a high-tech conference room for video viewing. ACI Boland provided architectural design services.
JONESTOWN, PA. — Ridgeline Property Group has broken ground on Crossroads Logistics Center, a speculative industrial building located on MSC Drive in Jonestown. Expandable to 450,000 square feet, the 398,250-square-foot building will feature 36-foot clear heights, 85 dock doors in a cross-docked configuration, four drive-in doors, 55-foot by 56-foot column spacing, ESFR sprinkler systems, 206 auto parking spaces and 116 trailer storage stalls. Completion is slated for December. CBRE has been retained to market the property for lease.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Carr Properties has broken ground on Midtown Center, a Class A, 862,000-square-foot trophy office development in Washington, D.C. The LEED Gold-certified project will be located at the corner of 15th and L streets, a 90,000-square-foot site that served as the headquarters location for The Washington Post for over 50 years. Fannie Mae will anchor the 14-story development with its new national headquarters upon completion, which is slated for June 2018. Fannie Mae will pay roughly $38 million annually to occupy Midtown Center, according to the Washington Business Journal. The project team includes architect SHoP Architects and general contractor Clark Construction. The groundbreaking ceremony took place on Thursday, May 12 and was attended by Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and Councilmember Jack Evans. Midtown Center will feature two office towers separated by a European-style public plaza. The amenities will include three levels of below-grade parking, an 8,300-square-foot fitness center, 1,300-square-foot bike room, 1,000-square-foot rooftop conference center and 50,000 square feet of retail space.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Misuma Holdings and Peak Financial Partners Inc. have announced plans to begin a $30 million redevelopment of Myrtle Beach Mall. The redevelopment will de-mall the property to create an open-air retail, restaurant and entertainment district. The project, which is being leased by Avison Young and managed by JLL, will include the redevelopment of more than 375,000 square feet of space, major architectural renovations, significant landscaping, lighting and facilities improvements and the addition of more than a dozen new tenants. The owners plan to begin the redevelopment in 2017. Existing tenants at the center include Belk, J.C. Penney, Carmike Cinema 12 and Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World.
SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — Construction has commenced on Santa Monica Gateway, a 200,000-square-foot creative office campus in Santa Monica. The project will be located at 2834 Colorado Ave. The property offers 10,600- to 36,000-square-foot floor plates in a two-building, four-story campus with a three-level subterranean garage. The campus will be ready for occupancy in late 2017. DRDS and Gruen Associates are designing the project. JLL’s Carl Muhlstein and Tom Cherry are leading the leasing efforts. The firm is also handling project and development management.
WACO, TEXAS — Caddis, a national healthcare real estate firm headquartered in Dallas, has opened the 81-unit, 70,000-square-foot Heartis Waco seniors housing community at 5317 Speegleville Road in Waco. Caddis owns the community and Frontier Management will manage it. Heartis Waco offers amenities including a bistro, Internet café, fitness center, salon and spa, barber shop, two interior courtyards, dining room, arts and crafts room, media room, library, indoor and outdoor walking paths, 24-hour emergency call system and personal transportation. Austin-based Katus LLC was the architect for the project, and EBCO General Contractor Ltd. was the general contractor.
NORTH EAST, MD. — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) has partnered with Diamond Realty Investments Inc. to develop Principio Commerce Center I, a 1.2 million-square-foot distribution center in North East. The property will be built on a 100-acre parcel within the 6 million-square-foot Principio Business Park. Home to existing tenants such as Restoration Hardware and General Electric, the industrial park is located adjacent to Route 40 and less than five miles from I-95. Principio Commerce Center I will feature a cross-dock design with 190-foot truck courts, 283 trailer stalls, up to 216 dock doors, 36-foot clear heights and an ESFR sprinkler system. Dave Dannenfelser of JLL and Mike Zerbe of Colliers International are handling Principio Commerce Center I’s leasing. Conewago is the project’s general contractor, and KSS Architects provided design services. PCCP provided a construction loan to TCC and Diamond Realty, which plan to deliver the asset in spring 2017.
LEBANON, TENN. — HSA Commercial Real Estate has partnered with Boston-based Great Point Investors LLC to co-develop a 652,000-square-foot speculative industrial building at Commerce Farms Business Center in Lebanon, a suburb of Nashville. Situated on 41 acres at the junction of State Route 840 and Highway 109, the distribution center will feature 32-foot clear heights, 116 truck docks, two drive-in doors and parking for 84 trailers and 257 cars. The partnership is scheduled to break ground on the facility later this month, with delivery planned in the first quarter of 2017. HSA Commercial and Great Point Investors have retained NorthStar Real Estate Advisors to oversee the marketing and leasing of the distribution center. The design team includes Chicago-based general contractor Premier Design + Build and architect Harris Architects Inc. HSA Commercial previously partnered with Great Point Investors to build a 220,000-square-foot distribution center near Indianapolis and a 218,500-square-foot spec industrial facility in north suburban Chicago.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — Pollack Shores Real Estate Group plans to develop 425 apartment units and 10,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space neighboring the Palisades office park in Sandy Springs. Pollack Shores purchased a site adjacent to the office park at 5901 Peachtree-Dunwoody Road for an undisclosed amount. Upon completion, the one-, two- and three-bedroom units will feature plank flooring, kitchen islands, granite and quartz countertops, under mount sinks and pendant lighting. The redevelopment is expected to be complete by winter 2018. Matrix Residential, the multifamily residential management division of Pollack Shores, will manage the residential portion of the property. Pollack Shores is also absorbing most of the costs for infrastructure improvements in the area, including the addition of an east-west connector between Peachtree-Dunwoody Road and Perimeter Center Parkway that will allow traffic to directly access the new 2.2 million-square-foot State Farm Insurance regional headquarters expected to open in late 2016.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — The Cordish Cos. has signed a lease with celebrity chef Guy Fieri for his new dining concept, Guy Fieri’s Smokehouse. The new barbecue restaurant will open to the public in September at Fourth Street Live!, a 350,000-square-foot dining and entertainment destination in downtown Louisville. Designed by Boston-based Niemitz Design Group and Louisville-based Bravura Architects, the restaurant will feature 6,700 square feet of dining space, 117 interior seats, 79 outdoor patio seats, two large meat smokers and an indoor/outdoor bar. Other dining concepts at Fourth Street Live! include Birracibo by Junior Bridgeman, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, Bourbon Raw, Goose Island Beer Bridge, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Brazeiros Churrascaria Brazilian Steakhouse and Eddie Merlot’s.
