Ground has been broken on an eight-building, 909,553-square-foot Class A move-in ready industrial development in Mesa, Brickyards on Ellsworth, located in the Southeast Phoenix Valley in Arizona. Brickyards on Ellsworth will feature modern design from Ware Malcomb, with building sizes ranging from 250,000 square feet down to 35,000 square feet. The project team also includes Martens Development, Principal Asset Management, FCL Builders, Hunter Engineering, TLCP structural engineers and MEP engineer Peterson Associates. The CBRE team is leading the leasing on the development that’s scheduled to be delivered by second quarter 2025. Brickyards on Ellsworth is located in the Pecos Advanced … Read more
Construction Milestone Celebrated for New Downtown Huntsville Office Building
A construction milestone was recently celebrated with the topping out of a new five-story office building in downtown Huntsville, Alabama. Once complete, the five-story, 77,000-square-foot office building will provide Class A office space and ground floor retail. Bank Independent’s Madison County headquarters will anchor the building on the ground floor and will occupy offices on the second and fifth floors. The remainder will be available for lease and can be customized to meet tenant needs. Nola | VanPeursem Architects is serving as the architectural firm, Robins & Morton is the lead contractor and Colliers International | Alabama is the leasing … Read more
Build-out, Expansion Underway on 224,000-SF Project at Former Sears Building in Massachusetts
Gilbane Building Company has begun construction phase activities for the 224,000-square-foot build-out and expansion project at the former Sears building at the Cambridgeside Galleria in Massachusetts. The reimagined facility offers Class A lab and office space in the East Cambridge, Kendall neighborhood. This complex expansion project involves the removal of the top floor and roof structure of the existing building and the addition of three new floors, all while structurally reinforcing the existing steel frame to accommodate the new building loads. A new fifth-floor balcony will overlook a garden with water features and pedestrian walkways in front of the mall … Read more
Construction Begins on Converge Logistics Center in Phoenix
Work is underway on a three-building industrial development that sits along Interstate 10 in Phoenix, Arizona. ViaWest Group and its building partners Willmeng Construction, Butler Design Group and Kimley-Horn broke ground on the 512,710-square-foot Converge Logistics Center in January. ViaWest Group signed a 77-year ground lease with Kyrene School District on the 28.6-acre parcel. This infill, Class A industrial development will feature three structures, with Building A being the largest at 210,670 square feet. Building B will be 140,941 square feet and Building C will be 159,221 square feet. All three have clear heights of 32 feet, multiple drive-in bay … Read more
Skanska Builds Office Building, Movie Theater in Tysons Corner
Skanska has signed a contract with The Meridian Group & Rockefeller Group to build a new office building and movie theater in Tysons Corner in Virginia. The contract is worth $167 million. Skanska will build the new 20-story, approximately 460,000-square-feet Class A office building, and a more than 107,000-square-foot movie theater both constructed over a shared 5-level, below-grade parking garage. The office project will be seeking LEED Gold certification.