ODESSA, TEXAS — Cinergy Entertainment Group Inc. has purchased a property along State Highway 191, half a mile east of Faudree Road in the new Dorado Center in Odessa. Plans for the property include a 90,000-square-foot cinema entertainment complex. Lee Lewis Construction will break ground in the next few days. The theater, which will be called Cinergy Permian Basin featuring EPIC, will include 10 auditoriums, 18 lanes of bowling, a full-service bar, four billiard tables, a game floor with more than 110 games, redemption store, dining options and rock climbing walls.
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JENNERSVILLE, PA. — Seavest Healthcare Properties and developer Anchor Health Properties have opened Penn Medicine Southern Chester County in Jennersville, a suburb of Philadelphia. The two-story, 72,000-square-foot facility features primary and specialty care physician offices, diagnostic imaging, physical therapy and laboratory services. Penn Medicine Chester County Hospital, a University of Pennsylvania Health System hospital, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and independent physicians occupy the ambulatory care facility. Seavest, Anchor and physician-tenants own the property.
IRVING, TEXAS — Woolley’s Classic Suites is set to build in Avion Business Park, a 50-acre tract of land located along State Highway 114 and Royal Lane in Irving. KDC is developing the business park. The 250-room, full-service hotel offers amenities including an on-site restaurant and lounge, in-suite dining, 24-hour gift shop and business center, meeting spaces, laundry, fitness center and complimentary airport shuttle. Avion Business Park is the second location in the United States for the Woolley’s Classic Suites hotel brand. The first Woolley’s opened in Denver in May of 2014. Construction on Woolley’s Classic Suites will begin in fall of 2015 with completion scheduled for winter 2016.
CRAWFORDSVILLE, IND. — Flaherty & Collins Properties will break ground on Historic Whitlock Place, an apartment project located at 306 Binford St. in downtown Crawfordsville, a city northwest of Indianapolis, on Monday, June 8. An adaptive reuse of Culver Union Hospital, the project will offer 56 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartment units. Community amenities will include a community atrium, a community room with a television, a computer room with free Internet access and an exercise room with equipment. Completion is slated for late summer 2016. The project is a collaborative effort between Sustainable Solutions, Vision Communities, Flaherty & Collins, the City of Crawfordsville, Palma Architects and McKinley Development.
LOS ANGELES – The Magellan Group has broken ground on a 501,270-square-foot industrial park in the Los Angeles submarket of El Monte. The $55 million Magellan Gateway will be located at 4127-4213 Temple City Blvd. Magellan purchased the 26.8-acre site one year ago. It was one of the largest infill industrial parcels left in Greater Los Angeles at the time, according to the firm. The company also notes Magellan Gateway is the first new large-scale industrial development in El Monte since 2008. The project will offer 14 units ranging in size from 10,905 square feet to 164,284 square feet. It is scheduled for completion during the fourth quarter of this year. Magellan Gateway will be designed by HPA Architecture. Robin Dodson, John Minervini, Erik Larson and Chris Tolles of Cushman & Wakefield will serve as the project’s leasing agents.
Ridge Development, AEW Capital Break Ground on 490,000 SF Industrial Project in Lakeland
by John Nelson
LAKELAND, FLA. — Ridge Development, the industrial development arm of Transwestern Development Co., has begun construction on a 245,000-square-foot Class A distribution center — the first of two buildings in a new 46.5-acre business park called Lakeland Logistics Center. The speculative building is slated for delivery by year-end, and the second 245,000-square-foot building is being marketed as a build-to-suit opportunity. Located at 2011–2211 W. Memorial Blvd. in Lakeland, the project is owned by a joint venture between Ridge Development and AEW Capital Management. AEW is developing the project on behalf of one of its separate account clients. Lakeland Logistics Center is situated within two miles of Interstate 4 near the intersection of U.S. Highway 92 West and Wabash Avenue. Each building is divisible to 44,000 square feet and features front-load or cross-dock capability, 74 dock doors, 32-foot clear heights, 45 trailer parking spaces and a six-acre staging base for trailer storage or parking. Julia Silva Rettig, Jeff Lamm, Jared Bonshire and David Perez of Cushman & Wakefield are providing leasing services.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Hyatt Hotels Corp. has opened Hyatt Centric South Beach Miami, a 105-room hotel in Miami Beach’s South Beach neighborhood. The property is the first Hyatt Centric in the region and only the second one worldwide. The 10-story hotel is located at 1600 Collins Ave. and features a central lobby lounge, local artwork, an indoor/outdoor lobby on the third floor, fitness center and an open-air deck with a swimming pool and cabanas. Hyatt Hotels developed the hotel in conjunction with Miami-based Robert Finvarb Cos. and its partner David Martins. Architect Kobi Karp designed the hotel.
WAUKEGAN, ILL. — Bridge Development Co. has selected PREMIER Design + Build Group to construct Bridge Point North, a 240-acre business park redevelopment within McGaw Park in Waukegan. The first phase of the project includes more than 17 million cubic feet of demolition and reconfiguration of existing roadways and infrastructure and the construction of a 625,000-square-foot building and a 400,000-square-foot building. Additionally, the first phase will include the installation of a new heating system and sanitary sewers in a few of the existing structures. Plans for the second phase are currently underway and include up to seven buildings, totaling 1.1 million additional square feet. Cornerstone Architects LTD is providing architectural services and Manhard Consulting LTD is providing civil engineering services.
TOPEKA, KAN. — The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has broken ground on the $835 million National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) in the Topeka submarket of Manhattan. The 574,000-square-foot facility will be located in the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor, the largest concentration of animal health companies in the world, according to DHS. The 29-acre site will house advanced research, diagnostic testing and validation, countermeasure development and diagnostic training departments. The countermeasure development team will work to develop vaccines and anti-viral therapies at the facility, while the diagnostic training department will focus on high-consequence livestock diseases. “The NBAF laboratory will provide the nation with cutting-edge, state-of-the-art lab capabilities and help protect our food supply and the nation’s public health,” says Jeh Johnson, secretary of Homeland Security. “NBAF addresses a serious vulnerability. The economic impact of a bio agricultural threat — deliberate or natural — could have a substantial effect on the food supply of this nation and have serious human health consequences. We will soon be able to ensure availability of vaccines and other rapid response capabilities to curb an outbreak,” continues Johnson. “With the NBAF, our nation will have the first Bio Level 4 lab facility of …
HOUSTON — PM Realty Group (PMRG) has revealed the plans and name for its development of a 35-acre tract in the center of Houston’s Energy Corridor, the previous location of the ExxonMobil Chemical headquarter campus. PMRG acquired the site in 2013. Republic Square, the $1 billion-plus, high-density mixed-use development, will include a mix of restaurants, hotels, meeting space and apartments. The development is situated between I-10 and Memorial Drive, bordering Terry Hershey Park, a 500-acre public park that winds through the Energy Corridor. PMRG plans to incorporate Republic Square with Terry Hershey Park to create a pedestrian-and-eco-friendly destination.