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FRISCO, TEXAS — Alliance Architects has completed the design of a new medical office building in Frisco. Located at 5375 Coit Road north of the Sam Rayburn Tollway, the multi-tenant medical office building features 21,000 square feet of medical office space. Tenants include Foot & Ankle Center of Frisco, Lone Star Neurology, Baylor Institute for Rehabilitation Center Outpatient Services and Texas Vein & Aesthetics. Core Construction was the general contractor.

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PHOENIXVILLE, PA. — A joint venture between Toll Brothers Apartment Living and The Davies Companies has opened Riverworks, an apartment community located on Main Street in Phoenixville. Located within walking distance to dining, shopping and recreation, the property features 349 units ranging from studio to two-bedroom layouts. Residences feature plank flooring, stainless steel appliance packages, modern kitchens, in-unit washer/dryers, USB charging stations, and exterior patios or balconies on select homes. On-site community amenities include an outdoor pool with sundeck, outdoor fire pit, lounge and grilling areas; residents’ lounge with fireplace and game room; and a fitness center with a rock climbing wall and CrossFit space.

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SAN ANTONIO — JLL has entered into an agreement to acquire Travis Commercial, a San Antonio-based real estate leader in property leasing and management, multi-market corporate services, tenant representation, investment sales and construction management. The acquisition is scheduled to close in the next few weeks, subject to customary closing conditions. Commercial principals Mark Krenger, Chuck King and Jeff Miller will join as managing directors and share leadership positions of the combined business. Senior team members Roger Hill and Lisa Mittel will join the firm along with more than 30 industry experts and staff. Krenger and King will oversee agency leasing, and Miller will lead the tenant representation and markets corporate solutions groups. The leadership trio will work under the direction of Jeff Staubach and David Carroll, president and market director of the south-central region. Travis Commercial was co-founded by Krenger and King in 1998, with Miller joining in 1999, and has since grown into a full-service commercial real estate firm.

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GRAND PRAIRIE, TEXAS — Ventures Development Group LLC has closed a $29 million loan and broke ground on a 247-unit apartment community located at 3090 Outlet Parkway in Grand Prairie. Leasing is expected to begin in spring 2017, with completion of the property expected by the following fall. The project is located at the northeastern quadrant of I-20 and Texas Highway 360. The one-, two- and three-bedroom residences will include granite countertops and in-unit washers and dryers. Amenities will include a fitness center, clubroom and tenant lounge, swimming pool and a structured parking garage with direct access to all residential units, which will range in size from 650 to 1,400 square feet. Humphreys & Partners Architects designed the project. Dallas-based Realty Capital Partners LLC provided a portion of the equity capital, and San Francisco-based Realty Shares Inc. provided the preferred equity capital. Dougherty Mortgage provided the construction and permanent financing. Stream Residential, a division of Stream Realty Partners, will manage leasing and marketing efforts.

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EL PASO, TEXAS — Dallas-based Covington Group Inc. has begun a multi-million dollar capital improvement project for the six-building, 548,629-square-foot Butterfield Trail portfolio in El Paso. Affiliates of Covington Group acquired the portfolio from Butterfield Trail Trust 1 earlier this year for an undisclosed price. Covington Group has hired Christian Perez Giese and Chad McCleskey of CBRE’s El Paso office as the portfolio’s leasing agents. The portfolio, made up of warehouse and flex buildings, was 69 percent occupied at the time of purchase. The most significant capital improvements are underway at 19 Leigh Fisher Blvd., where there is a 120,000-square-foot vacancy. Improvements include a white box inside the warehouse area, new exterior and interior lighting and exterior paint and landscaping, as well as removal of a former tenant’s manufacturing infrastructure and overall deferred maintenance to the property. Covington expects to complete improvements to the entire portfolio by the end of this summer.

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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Steve Doyle has been promoted to vice president of business operations at Hill & Wilkinson General Contractors. Doyle will serve as the firm’s general counsel and oversee all legal activities of Hill & Wilkinson, including risk management and contracts. Steve’s experience includes the application of construction law and developing an understanding of the risks in the construction industry. Prior to joining Hill & Wilkinson, Steve served as corporate counsel for Austin Industries. He earned his bachelor’s degree in architectural engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and his Juris Doctorate from the University of Texas School of Law. Steve teaches a construction law course at the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. He is a member of the construction law section of the State Bar of Texas and the American Bar Association Forum on the construction industry. He is also a past chair of the construction law section of the Dallas Bar Association.

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ITASCA, ILL. — A joint venture between M&R Development and Murphy O’Brien LLC has broken ground on The Residences at Hamilton Lakes, a 297-unit luxury apartment community adjacent to the Hamilton Lakes Business Park in Itasca, approximately 25 miles northwest of Chicago. The project, situated on 10.7 acres, is slated for completion by spring 2017. The nearby Hamilton Lakes Business Park features over 3 million square feet of office space and restaurants, as well as two hotels. The community will consist of three four-story buildings offering a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The Residences at Hamilton Lakes will also feature 7,500 square feet of amenities such as an outdoor pool, media room, fitness center with studio, event space, business center, pet spa, bike repair and storage area, and a sauna and steam room. Unit amenities will include 9-foot ceilings, quartz countertops, hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances and walk-in closets.

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PITTSBURGH — UC Funds has completed a $24.2 million adaptive reuse bridge loan for the conversion of the historic Salvation Army building into the Distrikt Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. The 183-room hotel will operate as a full-service boutique hotel with amenities including a high-end restaurant with room service, bar and lounge, fitness center and rooftop patio.

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RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Transwestern Development Co. will break ground this month on 3400 @ CityLine, a 310,000-square-foot speculative office building. Located at 3400 N. Central Expressway, the Class A building is adjacent to the 183-acre CityLine campus in Richardson. The five-story project will be developed by a joint venture including a fund advised by the real estate business of UBS Asset Management, Transwestern Development Co. and Malouf Interests. Slated for delivery in mid-2017, the building will feature design elements including floor-to-ceiling glass and 10-foot ceilings. The property will offer five parking spaces per 1,000 square feet in a parking structure. On-site amenities will include a deli and lounge area, fitness center and a 40,000-square-foot exterior courtyard. Transwestern’s Duane Henley and Nathan Durham are providing leasing services. Construction financing is being provided by a consortium led by Amegy Bank N.A., a division of Zions Bank N.A., and includes American National Bank of Texas and Commerce Bank, a Missouri bank and trust company. The consultant team includes architect BOKA Powell, structural consultant Cardno Haynes Whaley, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer DBR, civil engineer Halff & Associates and landscape architect Pacheco Koch.

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NEW YORK CITY — The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic has selected Fradkin & McAlpin Architects, in collaboration with Czech firm A69 Architekti, to redesign the 35,000-square-foot Czech Mission to the United Nations, located at 1109 Madison Ave. in New York’s Carnegie Hill Historic District. The project will include a gut-renovation of the interior and the creation of new living spaces, offices and meeting space for the staff of the mission. Construction is slated to begin in the fall of 2017. The building was originally built in 1898 as luxury apartments and features a Beaux Arts exterior.

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