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NORTH LAS VEGAS, NEV. — Harsch Investment Properties has started construction of Tropical Speedway Commerce Center in North Las Vegas. This new development will bring the company’s total holdings in metro Las Vegas to 30 properties totaling more than 10.5 million square feet. Totaling 150,000 square feet, Tropical Speedway Commerce Center will feature 28-foot to 32-foot minimum warehouse clear heights, 36 dock-high doors and eight grade-level doors, 221 parking spaces, a 130-foot minimum truck court and ESFR sprinklers. Completion is slated for second-quarter 2021. The facility will accommodate users ranging from 14,875 square feet to 150,000 square feet. The project team includes R&O Construction as general contractor and VLMK Engineering + Design and VTN Consulting Engineers as the design team. JLL’s Jason Simon, Xavier Wasiak and Rob Lujan will oversee leasing at the property.

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HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. — The City of Huntington Beach has purchased a 0.78-acre undeveloped land site located at 17631 Cameron Lane within a residential community in Huntington Beach. A private investor sold the asset for $3 million. The city plans to develop low-income housing on the site, which is currently being used as a temporary homeless shelter. Dan Blackwell and George Felix of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.

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LOS ANGELES AND FREMONT, CALIF. — Newport Beach, Calif.-based MIG Real Estate has opened escrow on two ground-up multifamily projects located within Opportunity Zones in Los Angeles and Fremont. The projects mark the firm’s entry into the Los Angeles and Bay Area markets. MIG will develop a 140-unit residential property in the core of Hollywood and a 240-unit community in Fremont. MIG is actively seeking other suitable land investment opportunities to develop and revitalize Opportunity Zone properties in primary markets throughout the West, Mountain West and Sun Belt states. Earlier this year, the firm acquired its first site in metro Denver for the development of a 114-unit apartment community, with construction slated to start later this year. The Fremont and Los Angeles projects are a continuation of MIG’s investment strategy to reposition its portfolio by purchasing and developing new projects in key urban areas. To further that goal, MIG has allocated $100 million in equity to develop Opportunity Zone sites throughout the western United States.

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COLUMBUS, OHIO — VanTrust Real Estate has broken ground on a 1 million-square-foot speculative warehouse near the Rickenbacker International Airport in Columbus. VanTrust will build the project on land that it acquired from K-Nova LLC earlier this year. The master-planned industrial park will be known as Rickenbacker Exchange at Commercial Point and encompasses more than 900 acres of shovel-ready logistics and manufacturing ground. VanTrust says it can accommodate an additional 1.2 million square feet of warehouse space at the site. Jack Tzagournis of Fortress Real Estate Cos. assisted K-Nova in the sale. Pepper Ohio, a subsidiary of Pepper Construction Group, will lead construction. RED Architecture designed the building. Michael Linder of Colliers International has been retained as listing agent.

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COLUMBUS, OHIO — Herman & Kittle Properties Inc. has opened Riverside Trail, a $50.6 million affordable housing property in Columbus. The community’s 248 units are available to residents who earn at or below 60 percent of the area median income. Located on Chatterton Road, the project features one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom layouts that range from 809 to 1,453 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, game room, dog park and outdoor grilling area.

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FREDERICK, MD. — Matan Cos. has broken ground on the first two buildings of Center 85, a speculative, 556,800-square-foot industrial park in Frederick. The company has started on Buildings I and II, which will span 116,000 square feet and 64,000 square feet, respectively. The locally based developer expects to deliver the two buildings in July 2021 with tenant improvements slated to begin in May 2021. Matan will break ground on Building III dependent on leasing activity on the first two buildings. Matan is available to begin construction on the 276,000-square-foot asset and have the same timetable as the other two buildings. The buildings will feature 30-foot clear heights, a 120-foot truck court, 50-foot speed bay and two drive-in dock doors. Morgan Keller is the general contractor of Center 85, and Powers Brown in the architect.

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ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLA. — Miller Construction has broken ground on a 114,000-square-foot, two-story showroom for Florida-based City Furniture in Altamonte Springs. The property is situated at 555 Douglas Ave., overlooking Interstate 4 and 10 miles north of downtown Orlando. Miller is constructing the asset to achieve LEED certification. The property will include interior and exterior LED lighting, a water-conserving HVAC system and seven electric car-charging stations. Deerfield Beach, Fla.-based Gallo Herbert Architects is the designer. Orlando-based Dewberry is the civil engineer. A timeline for construction was not disclosed. City Furniture operates 20 showrooms in Florida as well as 14 Ashley HomeStore showrooms in southern Florida.

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LITHIA SPRINGS, GA. — Bang Energy will invest $145 million in a 644,00-square-foot manufacturing and distribution facility in Lithia Springs. The energy and sports beverage company, which is based in Weston, Fla., expects to bring 600 jobs to the area. The property is located at 7705 Staples Drive, 16 miles west of downtown Atlanta and 19 miles northwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Once fully operational, the company will produce more than 4,000 cans per minute. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.

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SAN ANTONIO — Atlanta-based Seefried Industrial Properties will develop Project Star, a $200 million facility that has a proposed location at 6806 Cal Turner Drive on the southern side of San Antonio. The facility will span 3.8 million square feet. According to The San Antonio Express-News, the facility will be a build-to-suit project for an unspecified tenant that will operate the facility as a sortation or fulfillment center. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter and to wrap up in the first quarter of 2022.

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MARICOPA, ARIZ. — Thompson Thrift Retail Group, a wholly owned company of Indianapolis-based Thompson Thrift, has inked a deal for Sprouts Farmers Market to anchor Sonoran Creek Marketplace, the company’s $30 million retail center under development in Maricopa. The Phoenix-based specialty grocery chain is expected to open its 23,293-square-foot location in September 2021. Situated on 14 acres at the intersection of John Wayne Parkway and Edison Road, Sonoran Creek Marketplace will feature 75,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Additional recently signed tenants include The Joint Chiropractic, State Farm Insurance, Jimmy John’s Gourmet Sandwiches and Filiberto’s Mexican Food. Also included in the development are Dutch Bros, Culver’s and Fast & Friendly Express Carwash, all of which are currently open for business. This is Thompson Thrift Retail Group’s first project in Maricopa, and the company’s 2021 Southwest pipeline is projected to include more than $120 million in volume across metro Phoenix.

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