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Top Execs at RECon Weigh In on Retail’s Prospects
Leaders from JLL, Inland Group and Avison Young offered insights into the challenges, opportunities and misconceptions that mark retail real estate.
Trammell Crow, Clarion Team Up on Cali Logistics Center
RGA Architecture will serve as the project architect and Fullmer Construction is the general contractor. JP Morgan Chase provided financing for the project.
Big Tex Builds New Self-Storage Facility in Houston
The self-storage services provider will open the new 100,000-square-foot space in June 2018. The structure is being built adjacent to the newly renovated Ella Plaza.
Walmart to Invest $450M in Florida
The company’s expansion includes nine new stores, the opening of a 150-acre eCommerce distribution campus in Davenport and the construction of a distribution center in Cocoa.
MetLife Taps Highwoods for NC Expansion
After having wrapped up construction on MetLife’s $125 million global technology headquarters in Cary in 2015, Highwoods Properties was selected to spearhead the development of a third building at the Weston Lakefront office park.
W Hotels Opens First W Sound Suite in North America
The company, together with its partner Coca-Cola, opened a private recording studio and creative space at W Seattle. Josh Held Design designed the Sound Suite concept.
A&S Building Systems Relocates to David Jones Industrial Park
The NCI Buildings Group division moved from Caryville, Tenn., to an Andersonville, Tenn., industrial park located 16 miles away. The Hollingsworth Cos. developed A&S Building Systems’ new facility.
TEI Goes Shopping in Tenn.
Spanning more than 700,000 square feet in total, Time Equities Inc. expanded its southeastern retail footprint with the $53.5 million acquisition of College Square Mall and Foothills Mall.
Automotive Supplier to Open New Plant in Alexander County
Borealis Compounds Inc. intends to invest $15 million in a production facility in Taylorsville, N.C. The Austrian company will create 37 jobs.
Nashville Hyatt Hotel Gets $41M Citizens Bank Construction Loan
A partnership between Songy Highroads LLC and an affiliate of Hyatt Hotels Corp. will build the 201-key hotel in Nashville’s West End.