Mixed Use
Southwark Council Approves Carlyle Group’s $1B M-U Project in London
Southwark Council’s Strategic Planning Committee approved The Carlyle Group’s plans to replace two facilities located on the south bank of the River Thames – the Sampson House data center and the Ludgate House office building – with 1.4 million square feet of residential and office space.
Forest City, Greenland Strike JV Deal for Atlantic Yards
In a bid to jump-start one of the nation’s biggest development projects, a Forest City Enterprises affiliate has struck a deal with a Chinese investment company to develop the Atlantic Yards project in downtown Brooklyn.
Mack Urban, AECOM Acquire Six Acres in Los Angeles CBD
Mack Urban and AECOM Capital have teamed to acquire six acres of land in downtown Los Angeles’ South Park district, on which they plan to build a new mixed-use neighborhood.
GDS to Develop ‘Barely Visible’ Skyscraper in South Korea
GDS Architects got approved to build a skyscraper in Seoul, South Korea, that has been dubbed the Infinity Tower. Its design is said to create an optical illusion that makes the structure barely visible from certain angles.
Tishman Speyer JV to Build M-U Development in Shanghai
Tishman Speyer remains committed to development in China, announcing a new 3 million- square-foot mixed-use project in Shangai with joint venture partner Shanghai Lujiazui Group that will feature Class A offices, upscale retail and waterfront residential apartments.
Mace Opens Johnnie Walker Student Housing in London
International construction company Mace purchased a former brewery-turned-whisky-warehouse from Johnnie Walker with joint venture partner Alternative Developments and turned it into a mixed-use luxury student housing project.
V&A Waterfront Gives South Africa’s Oldest Port a ‘Green’ Facelift
The rejuvenation of Cape Town’s Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, South Africa’s oldest working port reached a poignant milestone with the completion of the project’s first phase, the No.1 Silo.
HFF Arranges $99M Financing for M-U development in DC
Washington, D.C.’s U Street/North Shaw submarket will see a former plumbing supply company transformed into a 375-unit, Class A, mixed-use development aimed at young professionals.
Tucker Secures $218M in Financing for Phase I of 1 MSF M-U Development in Fort Lee, NJ
A JV of Tucker Development, Ares Management and Kushner Real Estate has secured $218 million in financing for the initial phase of Hudson Lights, a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use redevelopment of an eight-acre site located at the base of the entrance to the George Washington Bridge in the heart of downtown Fort Lee, N.J.
Pelli to Design M-U Building for Wall Street Church
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects will design a 296,000-square-foot mixed-use development for Trinity Wall Street, the historic Episcopal parish in Lower Manhattan.