DENVER-Come January, Denver-based Murray Motor Imports will start construction on a $1.5-million BMW franchise to market vehicles that haven't been sold in the US since 1967. The Mini is a specialty vehicle built in Oxford, England.
AUSTIN-MediaPrise, a leading brand resource management solution for multi-channel marketing, is on the move, signing for 9,000 sf at its same location in Austin's Northwest Hills. The expansion includes hiring of a senior management team with combined experience of more than 50 years in corporate operations.
SAN JOSE, CA-The century-old downtown canning plant is being converted into loft-style homes and an adjacent apartment community by San Mateo-based developer the Castle Group.
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.