CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Alliance Residential Co. has purchased a 3.5-acre site at 120 Matheson Ave. in Charlotte’s NoDa neighborhood with plans to develop a 302-unit apartment community. Dubbed Prose NoDa, the community will feature one- and two-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 663 to 1,058 square feet. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy in the fall of 2024. Amenities will include a resort-style pool, outdoor kitchen, grilling areas, access-controlled garage parking, dog park, private coworking offices, fitness center and a clubroom. The design-build team includes architect Cline Design and civil engineer McAdams. Prose NoDa is Alliance Residential’s sixth active project underway in the Charlotte area.
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Newmark Arranges $30M Construction Loan for Medical Office Development in Madison, Mississippi
by John Nelson
MADISON, MISS. — Newmark has arranged a $30 million construction loan for a new four-story, approximately 99,000-square-foot medical office building development in Madison, about 15 miles north of Jackson, Miss. Jay Miele, John Nero, Ben Appel and Michael Greeley of Newmark’s Healthcare Capital Markets group placed the loan through a regional bank on behalf of the borrower, Boldt Healthcare Real Estate Development. Adam Goss and Ron Ott of Newmark provided transactional support. The healthcare facility will be located on Baptist Memorial Health Care Corp.’s medical campus and is anticipated to be completed in the first quarter of 2024.
FRANKLIN, TENN. — In-N-Out Burger, a popular fast-food chain based in California, has announced plans to expand to Tennessee, beginning with a regional office in the Nashville suburb of Franklin. The company plans to open its first Tennessee restaurant in the Nashville area by 2026, which represents the furthest east location for In-N-Out. “We are very excited to provide Tennesseans with our quality burgers, fries and shakes,” says Lynsi Snyder, In-N-Out owner and president. “This expansion is significant for our company. For many years, we’ve heard requests from our customers in Tennessee to consider opening locations near them, further east than we’ve ever been. We very much look forward to serving them in years to come and becoming part of the wonderful communities in The Volunteer State.” In-N-Out was founded in 1948 by Harry and Esther Snyder as a small hamburger stand in Baldwin Park, Calif. The building is considered California’s first drive-thru hamburger stand. Today, In-N-Out operates 385 locations in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Texas and Utah. The company, which has headquarters in Baldwin Park and Irvine, Calif., employs about 35,000 associates and does not franchise any of its locations.
HENDERSON, NEV. — DIV Industrial, a newly formed institutional investor and developer of industrial real estate, has acquired 94 acres of land in Henderson’s El Dorado Valley submarket for the development of El Dorado Valley Logistics Center. Terms of the acquisition were not released. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer. The 1.7 million-square-foot El Dorado Valley Logistics Center will feature two buildings, ranging in size from 600,000 square feet to 1 million square feet, with 42-foot clear heights, flat floors and an ESFR sprinkler system. The development site is located at the intersection of Highway 95 and Roger Ray Road, providing access to the entire Las Vegas Valley. The City of Henderson recently annexed the site. DIV’s development partners include HPA Architecture and Kimley-Horn. Cushman & Wakefield’s Alderson Tassi team, led by Donna Alderson and Greg Tassi, represented DIV, while Amy Ogden SIOR of LOGIC Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, IndiCap, in the sale and assignment of the complex land transaction. DIV acquired the land in an unimproved condition with entitlements in process. El Dorado Valley Logistics Center is the first significant development project for DIV Industrial, which was established in late summer 2022 by real estate veterans …
KeyBank Provides $42M Construction Financing for Affordable Housing Property in La Mesa, California
by Amy Works
LA MESA, CALIF. — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI) has provided a $31.9 million construction loan and a $10.9 million bridge loan to USA Properties Fund for the construction of an affordable housing community in La Mesa. Jeremiah Drake and Keven Ruf of KeyBank structured the financing. The property, 8181 Allison Apartments, will feature 147 one- and two-bedroom residences that meet income restriction requirements of 30 percent, 50 percent and 70 percent or less of the area median income. Onsite amenities will include social services to assist in income, employment and stabilization. The property will also include a two-bedroom, non-revenue manager unit. Additional funding included a $25.3 million federal low-income housing tax credit provided by WNC and $7 million in subsidy financing and $20.7 million in permanent financing from the California Housing Financing Agency Mixed Income Program. The City of San Diego provided a cost-free lease of the land for 65 years, valued at $6.6 million.
Keith Corp. to Break Ground on 400,000 SF Adaptive Reuse Project in Rock Hill, South Carolina
by John Nelson
ROCK HILL, S.C. — The Keith Corp., with partners Springsteen Properties and Capitol Broadcasting Co., will break ground Tuesday, Jan. 17 on The Thread, a 400,000-square-foot adaptive reuse project located in Rock Hill, roughly 30 miles southwest of Charlotte. Built in 1946, the property originally housed a textile mill and warehouse. Upon completion, the first phase of development will feature 170,000 square feet of office space and 30,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Delivery is scheduled for January 2024. Horizon Bank is providing construction financing. A second phase — construction of which will commence upon completion of the first — will include 200,000 square feet of residential and retail space, with apartments in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts.
Cushman & Wakefield Brokers Sale of 438,144 SF Office Property in Charlotte, Buyer Plans Life Sciences Conversion
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of The Commons at the Park, an adaptive reuse campus located at 6800 Solectron Drive in Charlotte. The property comprises a 438,144-square-foot office building and two additional land parcels. The buyer, Albemarle U.S. Inc., a specialty chemicals company, will utilize the property as a lithium research and development center. Completion of the project, dubbed Albemarle Technology Park, is scheduled for late 2026. Keith Bell, Matt Treble, Dirk Riekse and Eric Sorenson of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer in the transaction. Jessica Brown, David Dorsch and Jordan Williams of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a Shorenstein Properties entity doing business as 6800 Solectron Owner LP.
NORMAL, ILL. — An affiliate of Phoenix Investors has completed a two-phase redevelopment project totaling 1 million square feet in North Normal Industrial Park in Normal, about 38 miles southeast of Peoria. Phoenix acquired the 92-acre property in June 2020 from Wildwood Industries Inc. The original 500,000-square-foot industrial facility served as Phase I of the project and now features 84 exterior docks and cross-dock capabilities. Phase II included a 500,000-square-foot addition with 50 exterior docks and cross-dock capabilities. Rivian will occupy both facilities. PJ Hoerr served as general contractor.
ELY, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson has completed a $21.4 million renovation and expansion project for Ely Public Schools in Ely, a city in Northwest Minnesota. The district is comprised of Ely Memorial High School and Washington Elementary and serves approximately 550 students. Designed by Architectural Resources Inc., the project consisted of a renovation of the two existing schools. Kraus-Anderson added a 39,000-square-foot common area that connects both the schools. The addition houses new classrooms, a gymnasium, media center, music room, metals shop, wood shop and a cafeteria with commercial kitchen equipment. Both schools now feature upgraded HVAC systems. New locker rooms were added to the high school and an early family childhood education area was added to the elementary school.
LOCUST GROVE, GA. — Stonemont Financial Group has purchased an infill, 113-acre site in Locust Grove with plans to develop a 903,200-square-foot industrial park. The development will break ground in the first quarter, with an expected completion of first-quarter 2024. Called Stonemont Park 75 South, the development will include three rear-load speculative warehouses ranging in sizes from 124,800 square feet to 538,720 square feet. Clear heights will vary from 32 feet to 40 feet, and the property will also include 316 trailer parking stalls and 612 car parking stalls, as well as 2,000 linear feet of frontage along I-75. Stonemont Park 75 South will sit along Highway 42 within Atlanta’s I-75 South industrial submarket. The design-build team will include Ware Malcomb (architect), Eberly & Associates (civil engineer) and Alston Construction (general contractor). Wilson Hull & Neal will serve as the leasing agent for the park on behalf of Stonemont Financial.