OAK BROOK, ILL. — Hines has received construction financing from New York Life Real Estate Investors and has broken ground on One Oak Brook Commons, a 17-story apartment development in Oak Brook within suburban Chicago. The Class A project will include 250 luxury apartment units and 420 parking stalls within a private parking deck. One Oak Brook Commons is situated within the larger 16.5-acre Oak Brook Commons, a $500 million mixed-use project also being developed by Hines on the site of the former McDonald’s campus. The residences will average 1,055 square feet. Amenities will include a heated pool, fitness center, clubroom, library, dog room, package facility and bike storage. Antunovich Associates is the architect and W.E. O’Neil will serve as general contractor. Occupancy is expected to begin in early 2022. Development partners include Levy Family Partners, Duchossois Capital Management and Las Americas.
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COLUMBUS, OHIO — Affordable housing developer Woda Cooper Cos., along with partners Gertrude Wood Community Foundation and LifeCare Alliance, have completed The Livingston, a 45-unit affordable and age-restricted community in the Near South area of Columbus. The three-story property is reserved for residents age 55 and older who earn up to 60 percent of the area median income. The project pays tribute to The Livingston Theater, a historic theater dating back to the 1940s. The theater’s marquee signage, terrazzo flooring and a portion of its lobby were restored and incorporated into the project. PCI Design Group served as architect. Amenities include an onsite wellness center, interior courtyard, community room, fitness center and free Wi-Fi. Nonprofit partner LifeCare Alliance will provide supportive services and health screenings. Woda Construction Inc. was the general contractor and Woda Cooper’s management division will oversee leasing and day-to-day operations. Financing for The Livingston was made possible through the allocation of low-income housing tax credits allocated by the Ohio Housing Finance Agency (OHFA). KeyBank provided a construction loan while Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust and the City of Columbus provided first and second mortgages. OHFA and Affordable Housing Trust of Columbus and Franklin County provided bridge loans.
NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has received a $1.2 billion construction loan for One Madison Avenue, a 1.4 million-square-foot office project that will be situated on a full city block between Park and Madison avenues and East 23rd and 24th streets. SL Green is developing the 27-story building in partnership with Houston-based Hines, and Kohn Pederson Kohn is serving as the project architect. The existing office building at One Madison Avenue will be demolished down to the ninth floor, and the development group will build 17 glass and steel, column-free floors above. Amenities will include new retail space, an 800-person event space, 15,000-square-foot artisanal food market, 9,000-square-foot club-style tenant lounge and a full-service fitness center. An estimated completion date was not disclosed.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Building and Land Technology (BLT), a Connecticut-based developer, is underway on the renovation of 1 Elmcroft, a 500,000-square-foot office building in Stamford. The project includes numerous design and engineering upgrades to promote health and wellness, including increased air ventilation and circulation and more efficient air filtration, as well as heightened sanitation features such as ultraviolet lighting and bipolar ionization. The latter features allow cleaner, safer passage through elevators and common areas, and BLT will also introduce touchless entry mechanisms and other technologies throughout the building. Users will also enjoy access to outdoor amenity spaces, including walking trails and water features, as well as a cafeteria, fitness center and collaboration areas that are separate from individual workstations.
HENDERSON, NEV. — Brass Cap Development has broken ground on Executive Airport Crossing, an industrial project located on Raiders Way and Dale Street in West Henderson. Totaling 70,000 square feet, Executive Airport Crossing will consist of two freestanding buildings that can be divisible from 14,446 square feet to 40,000 square feet. Both buildings include dock- and grade-level loading areas. Executive Airport Crossing received more than $5 million in investment funding in eight minutes on CrowdStreet, a real estate investing platform that gives investors direct access to individual commercial real estate investment opportunities. This is the first Brass Cap Development project funded through CrowdStreet. Las Vegas-based LM Construction Co. is serving as design-build general contractor for Executive Airport Crossing, which is slated for completion in June 2021. Paul Sweetland and Jerry Doty of Colliers International | Las Vegas will handle sales for the project.
SARANAC LAKE, N.Y. — TLG Investment Partners has opened Saranac Waterfront Lodge, a 93-room hotel and resort located in the Adirondack High Peaks in Upstate New York. The waterfront property houses two food and beverage concepts, a pool, lakeside fire pit, a private marina with 24 boat slips and 30,000 square feet of meeting and event space. Skyward Hospitality is managing the property.
SAN DIEGO — The San Diego City Council has unanimously approved the 200-acre Riverwalk San Diego mixed-use project. Developer Hines plans to transform the existing Riverwalk golf course in western Mission Valley into a transit-oriented development. Project costs are estimated at $3 billion, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune. A new San Diego Metropolitan Transit System Green Line trolley stop and town square will anchor the project. Hines expects to break ground in the second half of 2021. Of Riverwalk’s 4,300 multifamily units, 10 percent will be designated as income-qualified affordable housing. Floor plans will range from studios to three-bedroom units. The project will feature 1 million square feet of office space and 152,000 square feet of retail space. Nearly 100 acres will be dedicated to open space and a regional park. Hines will also restore the stretch of the San Diego River that runs through Riverwalk. Plans call for bike and walking paths as well as an extension of the San Diego River Trail. “Riverwalk is an opportunity to provide something really special for San Diego,” says Eric Hepfer, managing director with Hines. “Our vision from the beginning was to create a village where people would have the option …
CARY, N.C. — Hines and Columbia Development have broken ground on Fenton, a 69-acre mixed-use project in Cary that is expected to be complete in spring 2022. In addition to the groundbreaking, the developers also announced that Arhaus has preleased 17,974 square feet at Fenton. The retail portion is now 73 percent preleased and includes other retailers such as Wegmans, CMX CineBistro, Sephora, Free People and Bailey’s Fine Jewelry. Fenton is located at the intersection of Interstate 40 and Cary Towne Boulevard, three miles from downtown Cary and eight miles southwest of downtown Raleigh. At full buildout, the property will include approximately 345,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space, 170,000 square feet of office space, The Canopy at Fenton and a 175-room boutique hotel.
BOWLING GREEN, KY. — Georgia-Pacific, a manufacturer of paper and wood products, has opened a $100 million Dixie manufacturing facility in Bowling Green. Georgia-Pacific began the expansion in 2019. The project included adding an 80,000-square-foot operations building, a new industrial printer and additional plate-forming presses. More than 70 full-time jobs were added due to the expansion, bringing the number of employees at the plant to more than 200. The plant was originally built in 1991. The facility accounts for approximately 25 percent of all paper plates and bowls that Georgia-Pacific produces. The Atlanta-based company also operates a plant in Lexington, Ky.
COSTA MESA, CALIF. — Invesco Real Estate, along with Steelwave and 5_Ronin, has completed the base build for Phase I of The Press in Costa Mesa. The development team is transforming the former Los Angeles Times newsroom, printing press and distribution facility into a mixed-use creative work campus and social hall. Upon completion in fourth-quarter 2020, the project will offer 380,856 square feet of modern creative office space and 50,909 square feet of retail space. Situated on 24 acres at 1375 Sunflower Ave., the property features a 1.5-acre park and improved outdoor space, as well as accessibility to John Wayne Airport and the residential markets of Newport Beach and Irvine. Jay Nugent and George Thomson of Newmark are handling office leasing for the project. Retail Insite’s Chris Hodgman and The Lab’s Jason House are serving as leasing agents for the retail portion of the asset.