WOOD VILLAGE, OR-A Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse and a Fred Meyer store will take up 300,000 sf of the project between Glisan Street and Arata Road near 223rd; the remaining space will include up to 17 additional retail stores.
CHICAGO-The John Buck Co.'s $160-million retail development will lift retail traffic in office-dominated south Magnificent Mile. City's first Nordstrom will anchor 386,000-sf of retail space.
AUSTIN-Susman Tisdale Gayle, a leading Austin-based architecture, planning and interior design firm, has been selected by National Instruments Corp. to design an eight-story, 370,000-sf office structure to house NIC's research and development teams.
DALLAS-Wilcox Development Services, will break ground in two weeks on an estimated $150-million, 750,000-sf expansion of its 13-acre Chase International Plaza, situated in the Far North Dallas submarket along the North Dallas Parkway in Farmers Branch. The two office towers represents the largest speculative undertaking in Dallas since the mid-1980s, says the company president.
SAN FRANCISCO-Architecture firm SMWM has released its design for the new $904-million Transbay Terminal at First and Mission Streets. It next goes for approval before the Bay Area Toll Authority.
HOUSTON-BMC Software starts 800,000-sf office complex, keeping eyes to the future for even more development. The company's new campus will be situated on 50 acres adjacent to BriarLake Plaza.
Kansas City, MO- Heinlien Schrock Architecture shows plans for its new $150 million Nationwide Arena in Columbus, OH. New facility to be home of Blue Jackets hockey franchise.
HOUSTON-Old World Venice collides with the New World economy with a 600,000-sf retail center, Portofino, prepping to open its doors for business. The $75 million project includes an arched bridge, canal with gondola taxis, waterfalls and centerpiece fountain.
HOUSTON-Without a doubt, Houston's retail market has recovered from the residual effects of a space glut that began in the 1980s. This year, new sf may hit as high as three million in all city submarkets.