CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Pharmaceutical firm AmerisourceBergen has opened a new office at a 300,000-square-foot office building in northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. Local firm Billingsley Co. developed the property, which offers amenities such as tech-enabled conference and business centers, specialized mother rooms, fitness and yoga centers, a coffee shop, café, micro-market and access to walking and biking trails. Gensler served as the project architect and StructureTone Southwest was the general contractor. Billingsley will also manage the property.
SAN DIEGO — PCCP has funded a $145 million senior loan to Sunroad Enterprises for the development of Sunroad Centrum Phase 6, a seven-story, Class A multifamily community in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood of San Diego. The 442-unit project is the final phase of the 24-acre Centrum master plan, which includes more than 800 multifamily units and an 11-story office tower. The new multifamily property will feature a 4,200-square-foot, two-level fitness center, pool, spa, rooftop bar with grill area and outdoor televisions, business center lounge, conference rooms, wine room with outdoor patio, game room and pet-grooming center. Aldon Cole, Tim Wright and Bharat Madan of HFF’s San Diego office arranged the financing.
SACRAMENTO — Houston-based Oakdale Communities has received an $83 million loan for the development of The Core Natomas, an apartment complex in Sacramento. Located at 2705 Orchard Lane, the 300-unit, village-style community will feature 13 two- and three-story buildings offering one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. On-site amenities will include a clubhouse, resort-style swimming pool, fitness center and outdoor kitchens. Construction is slated to begin in May. Kevin Randles, Angelica Heath, Jim Richards and Susan Speer of CBRE arranged the financing, which represents 90 percent of total needed project capital. William Ayres, also of CBRE, brokered the acquisition of the land site.
GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — Fairlife, a milk production company, plans to develop a 300,000-square-foot production and distribution facility in Goodyear. Slated to begin operations in late 2020, the $200 million facility will house product lines to accommodate growing demand. Working with the United Dairymen of Arizona to source milk from numerous dairy farmers in Goodyear, the new Fairlife plant will enable increased production of all its products, including different varieties of ultra-filtered milk, Core Power, fairlife YUP!, fairlife smart snacks and fairlife nutrition plan. Located at the corner of Cotton Lane and Thomas Road within Palm Valley 303 Business Park, the new facility will feature advanced manufacturing technologies and energy-saving equipment to reduce power consumption, while creating more than 140 local jobs.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Jenkins Organization, a Houston-based developer and operator of self-storage properties, will build a 728-unit facility in the Oak Hill neighborhood of Austin. The company recently closed on the land for the 123,000-square-foot facility and expects to complete the project by September of this year. The facility will offer both climate- and non-climate-controlled units, as well as covered loading zones, gated security entry and electronic security monitoring throughout.
SHELBYVILLE, IND. — Greenleaf Foods SPC has selected Shelbyville as the location for a new plant-based protein foods production facility. The company says it will invest $310 million in the new plant and create as many as 460 jobs by the end of 2022. The 230,000-square-foot facility will double Greenleaf’s production capacity. Greenleaf has not yet selected a general contractor for the build-to-suit project. Incentives from the city and Shelby County totaled $2.5 million. The state offered up to $5 million in conditional tax credits and as much as $1 million in training grants based on job creation plans. The state also offered up to $1.25 million from the Industrial Development Grant Fund. Greenleaf makes foods under the Lightlife Foods and Field Roast Grain Meat Co. brands. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Toronto-based Maple Leaf Foods Inc. Established in 2018, Greenleaf is headquartered in Chicago and currently operates facilities in Seattle and Turner Falls, Mass.
CONROE, TEXAS — A partnership between Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Holdings LLC, Atlanta-based Songy Highroads and Baton Rouge, La.-based The Wampold Cos. will open a 360-room Margaritaville Resort at Lake Conroe, about an hour north of Houston. The property, which will be the first Margaritaville-branded project in Texas, will be situated on a 186-acre site that is currently home to La Torretta Lake Resort & Spa. The development team will undertake a renovation project to convert two of the existing restaurants to signature Margaritaville dining concepts, and to refresh the golf course, tennis facilities, spa and outdoor pools. The opening is slated for the third quarter of 2020.
DENVER — Schnitzer West has purchased a land parcel, located at 3615 Delgany St. in Denver’s River North Art District, for an undisclosed price. The acquisition is the result of a partnership between Schnitzer West and Craft Cos., a Denver-based real estate firm. Schnitzer plans to develop a 12-story, 200,000-square-foot speculative office building on the 34,250-square-foot site. The current site design includes one level of underground parking, five levels of above-grade podium parking and seven floors of office space. The first phase of construction is scheduled to begin first-quarter 2020.
CINCINNATI — Messer Construction has purchased one-third of a development-ready industrial site from The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority. In partnership with Terrex Development and Construction, Messer plans to build a 73,000-square-foot building. A groundbreaking is slated for this summer with completion in 2020. The project team also includes BHDP Architecture, Colliers International and Fifth Third Bank. The project represents a $6.5 million investment, according to Tim Steigerwald, Messer CEO. The site was formerly home to the Cincinnati Gardens property, which The Port purchased in July 2016.
GRIMES, IOWA — R&R Realty Group has completed a 300,000-square-foot speculative warehouse in Grimes, 16 miles northwest of Des Moines. Known as Prairie III, the building is the most recent addition to Prairie Business Park, an 800,000-square-foot development located near the intersection of Highway 141 and I-80. Two other warehouses have been completed and a fourth is planned. Each building has a clear height of 32 feet and an ESFR system.