AUSTIN, TEXAS — April Housing, Blackstone Real Estate’s affordable housing division, has reopened three affordable housing communities totaling 654 units in East Austin. Working in partnership with the Housing Authority of the City of Austin (HACA), April Housing completed roughly $60 million of renovations across the following properties: Heritage Point, a 240-unit senior living community for residents earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income (AMI); Eagle’s Landing, a 240-unit multifamily property for those earning 60 percent or less of AMI; and Village at Collinswood, a 174-unit senior living community for residents earning 60 percent or less of AMI. All three communities now offer updated units interiors, including bathrooms, kitchens, fixtures and appliances, as well as upgraded building systems and amenity spaces.
DALLAS — Locally based developer Larkspur Capital has begun leasing Phase I of Victoria Row, a townhome project in the Cedars District near downtown Dallas. Situated on approximately eight acres at 1100 Parker St., Victoria Row features 155 residences across 29 buildings. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, dog park and multiple courtyards. Architecture Demarest designed Victoria Row, and Acadian Group served as the general contractor. Information on starting rents was not disclosed. Larkspur also recently delivered the first units within Phase II of the development.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — JLL has arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for Signature 35, a 111,923-square-foot industrial project that will be located in the Alliance submarket of North Fort Worth. The facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, 36 dock doors, 122-foot truck court depths, two oversized ramped doors and 5.2 acres of outdoor storage space. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2027. Jarrod McCabe, Brennan Fewin and Ben Pollack of JLL arranged the financing through Simmons Bank on behalf of the developer, a partnership between Indco Partners and Holley Development Co. JLL also arranged an equity investment from an undisclosed family office as part of the project’s capitalization.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Obrecht Properties LLC has purchased 30 acres adjacent to Fort Bragg, a U.S. military base spanning 160,000 acres in central North Carolina. The Maryland-based developer plans to develop The Gateway at Military Business Park, a six-property industrial park spanning 325,550 square feet, on the site at 2755 Procurement Circle in Fayetteville. The park represents Obrecht’s entry into North Carolina. The developer plans to break ground immediately on Phase I, which will comprise two single-story buildings totaling 52,500 square feet, with plans to deliver the first phase next summer. Obrecht has tapped Neil Grant and Roger Marx of Grant-Murray Real Estate to oversee leasing at The Gateway at Military Business Park.
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Target has opened a 150,000-square-foot store in the Northern New Jersey community of West Orange. The store, which is ultimately expected to employ about 280 people, is located within West Orange Plaza, a 298,000-square-foot center that is anchored by Whole Foods Market and is currently in the midst of a redevelopment. The store is the Minneapolis-based retailer’s 55th in New Jersey and third to open in the state in the past 12 months. Levin Management Corp. is the leasing agent for West Orange Plaza.
WHEAT RIDGE, COLO. — Denver-based MGL Partners will develop an affordable seniors housing community in Wheat Ridge, approximately 10 miles outside downtown Denver. The community will be situated within the redevelopment of the former Lutheran Hospital campus. MGL Partners recently executed a purchase-and-sale agreement with E5x Management, which is leading the redevelopment of the hospital campus, for the project site. Dubbed Legacy Terrace Apartments, the community will feature 50 units for residents age 62 and older earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income. MGL Partners plans to pursue Low-Income Housing Tax Credit financing and Colorado state tax credits in February 2027. Construction is anticipated to begin following financing approvals.
LONG BRANCH, N.J. — A partnership between two local companies, Downeaster Development and TANTUM Real Estate, has broken ground on The Elbie, a 78-unit multifamily project in the Northern New Jersey community of Long Branch. Designed by Rotwein + Blake Associates, the four-story building will house one- and two-bedroom units, as well as 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities will include a fitness center, clubroom, game room, recording and podcast studio and outdoor grilling and dining stations. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy in late spring 2027.
DURHAM, N.C. — A partnership between Hines and an Ares Real Estate fund has begun construction on Parkside Commerce Center, a four-building industrial park spanning 809,141 square feet in Durham. The project will be situated along Silicon Drive and sit adjacent to Research Triangle Park. The co-developers have tapped Foundry Commercial to lead leasing and marketing at Parkside Commerce Center, which will be developed in two phases. Phase I, which is slated to deliver in fourth-quarter 2027, will include Building 1 (a 237,824-square-foot rear-load facility) and Building 2 (a 283,724-square-foot rear-load building). Both buildings will feature 36-foot clear heights and 63 trailer stalls. Phase II will include Building 3 (a 172,289-square-foot facility) and Building 4 (a 115,304-square-foot property), both of which will have 32-foot clear heights.
BALTIMORE — Bayview PACE has closed $15.7 million in C-PACE financing for Plaza Baltimore, an adaptive reuse project located at 1 S. Calvert in downtown Baltimore. The borrower, Philadelphia-based MIRA Properties, is leading the $57 million repositioning of the former bank headquarters building into 157 Class A apartments, as well as 8,162 square feet of commercial space on the ground level. Morgan State University recently announced that it will fully lease the building and operate the property for student housing. Amenities will include a rooftop deck, resident lounge, billiards, movie room and bike storage. The design-build team includes MIRA Construction, an affiliate of MIRA Properties, and locally based SETO Architects.
AURORA, ILL. — Krusinski Construction Co. has broken ground on a 32,000-square-foot addition to the Loaves & Fishes Community Services food distribution hub at 580 Exchange Court in Aurora. The project will expand the building to 62,000 square feet, enabling the nonprofit organization to meet the increasing needs of food-insecure individuals and families in DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will counties. Since 2019, food insecurity in the area served by Loaves & Fishes has increased by more than 50 percent, according to a release. The expansion project will create greater storage capacity, improved distribution efficiencies and enhanced collaboration capabilities with partner pantries. Krusinski will build new and expanded freezer and cooler space, a larger depressed dock with more efficient access for deliveries by full-size semi-trucks and trailers and an improved site layout that increases parking capacity and flow. Construction will be completed in four phases and includes increasing the capacity of utilities. The project team includes Powers Brown Architecture and Cage Civil Engineering.
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