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Old Tucson Studios to Undergo Major Revitalization Project
Old Tucson Company has big plans with Old Tucson Studios as they will expand the facility soon to become a multi-cultural living history educational center for southern Arizona.
Albuquerque’s Area Plans Will Be Scrutinized
City Councilor Chuck Wilkins has set a new goal for the beginning of 2014. He wants to bring clarity, simplicity, and coherence in the land-use plans the city has adopted in the recent years by having them re-examined. A series of work sessions will be held in the following weeks to investigate the plans and the proposed changes.
Parkway, Hanover JV Unveils Design Plans for Massive Mixed-Use Project at Broad and Callowhill
A joint venture between the Parkway Corporation, one of the biggest parking space owners in Philadelphia, and The Hanover Company of Houston, TX has plans to transform the large public surface parking lot—a 60,140-square-foot grouping of parcels, to be more exact—between Callowhill and Wood Streets with Broad Street into a huge residential and commercial complex with hundreds of apartments and plenty of retail space.
Orion Construction, 616 Development Move Forward with Residential Projects in West Michigan
Orion Construction is working on a student housing complex in Allendale Township while 616 Development plans to convert the former Sackner Products Co. building in Grand Rapids into apartments.
Cloud-Computing Company Expedient Completes Data Center Expansion, Announces New Projects
Local cloud-computing company Expedient has recently completed a more than 7,000 square feet expansion of its data center at Allegheny Center Mall in Pittsburgh, which first opened in 2008.
$65M New Nashville Ballpark Breaks Ground
New Nashville Ballpark, the future home of the Nashville Sounds minor league baseball team, has officially broken ground.
Stream Realty Partners Acquired San Antonio Medical Office Building
The medical office building at 5109 Medical Drive has been acquired by the national real estate development and investment firm, Stream Realty Partners. The address is on the campus of Christus Santa Rosa Medical Center in the South Texas Medical Center. Details about the transaction have not been made public.
Circle Food Store, Magnolia Marketplace to Curb NOLA’s Retail Shortage
One of the most highly anticipated retail openings in the Crescent City, the second coming of the Circle Food Store in the Seventh Ward, was recently celebrated.
Hudson Pacific Agrees to $57M Fee for Merrill Place in Off-Market Transaction
A purchase agreement for an office and retail asset in Seattle’s Pioneer Square submarket was recently struck between buyer Hudson Pacific Properties and a joint venture between Angelo Gordon, Nitze-Stagen and Mile Rock Capital. According to a recently released press statement, the off-market transaction will have a value of approximately $57.7 million. That same statement pegged the closing date for the deal sometime next month.
Two More Hotels Planned for Cleveland Area
2013 was a good year for hotel construction in the Greater Cleveland area, as developers started work on an important number of projects expected to deliver hundreds of new rooms to the region in the near future. And it seems that this hotel construction boom will continue into 2014. Work will soon start on two more projects in the metro area, one in downtown Cleveland, the other in Avon.

