Development

7Seventy-House-Hoboken

HOBOKEN, N.J. — A partnership between locally based developer Bijou Properties and Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. has completed 7Seventy House, a 424-unit multifamily project in Hoboken. The property features studio, one- and two-bedroom units that are furnished with quartz countertops, tile backsplashes, custom cabinetry, stainless steel appliances and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, bocce court, coworking lounge, game room and a dog park, with many of the amenity spaces offering views of the Manhattan skyline. MHS Architects designed the 14-story building, which also houses 24,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and is now 70 percent leased.

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CoffeeTech-Industries

SEGUIN, TEXAS — CoffeeTech Industries, a supplier of cold- and hot-brewed instant coffee, will open a new facility in Seguin, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio, for its new office headquarters and primary manufacturing plant. The facility will span 112,000 square feet, will carry a price tag of roughly $56 million and is expected to bring about 90 new jobs to the area. The facility will be located on a 33.6-acre site just south of Interstate 10 and will have the capacity to produce about 13 million pounds of coffee per year, according to Business Facilities Magazine. Construction is expected to begin in late 2020, and the facility should be operational by 2022.

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LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Amazon will develop afive-story, 825,000-square-foot fulfillment center at the Port of Little Rock in Little Rock. Slated for delivery in 2021, the property is expected to house 1,000 employees who will work alongside Amazon Robotics to pick, pack and ship small items to customers such as books, electronics and toys. The center will sit on 80 acres along Zueber Road, which, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, an Amazon entity paid $3.2 million for. Seattle-based Amazon is also planning an 85,000-square-foot delivery station near Interstate 30. Items at the fulfillment center will be shipped to the delivery station, which will serve in the last-mile delivery effort. The station, which will be Amazon’s second in Little Rock, is expected to open by the end of this year. According to the Gazette, Amazon is spending $8 million to renovate the warehouse for the delivery station.

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CARY, N.C. — A joint venture between Hines, Columbia Development and USAA Real Estate has unveiled plans for The Canopy at Fenton, a 357-unit multifamily community situated within the 69-acre Fenton development in Cary. The property will stand six stories high and offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. In addition, 47 of the apartments will provide private terraces and loft-style units will be available on the ground floor. Communal amenities will include a fitness center, coworking lounge, clubroom, pool, pool deck and five common terraces that overlook the shops and eateries of Fenton. The developers expect to begin preleasing in spring 2022 with delivery slated for later in 2022. Construction on Fenton’s other components is expected to be completed in fall 2021. Previously announced retail tenants include anchors Wegmans and CMX CineBistro, as well as Sephora, Bailey’s Fine Jewelry, Superica and Honeysuckle Gelato. Phase I 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. The mixed-use project will be located at the intersection of Interstate 40 and Cary Towne Boulevard, three miles from downtown Cary and eight miles southwest of downtown …

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RENO, NEV. — Safeway has broken ground for a new grocery store at Damonte Ranch Town Center, located at the corner of Steamboat Parkway and Damonte Ranch Parkway in south Reno. The 62,000-square-foot store will be the grocery store chain’s third location in the Reno-Sparks market. Safeway will join RC Willey and The Home Depot as anchor tenants at the 509,000-square-foot shopping center, which Lewis Retail Centers owns. The retail center is part of the 2,000-acre Damonte Ranch master-planned community, which includes approximately 19,497 households within a three-mile radius of the shopping center.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — A partnership between New York-based Clarion Partners, investment management firm Crow Holdings Capital and developer Rob Riner Cos. has acquired 556 acres in Fort Worth for the development of a 7 million-square-foot industrial park that will be branded Carter Park East. The site is located on the city’s south side near Interstates 20 and 35 and will house both speculative and build-to-suit structures for various industrial and logistics users. Site work is scheduled to begin this month, and the first speculative buildings are expected to be complete in summer 2021. The largest area of the site will be marketed as a build-to-suit opportunity that can accommodate a user with a requirement as large as 1.8 million square feet. Stream Realty Partners is leasing the property.

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Stonemont-McKinney

MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Atlanta-based Stonemont Financial Group has broken ground on a 231,000-square-foot industrial complex in McKinney, a northern suburb of Dallas. The property will be located near McKinney National Airport and will consist of two buildings spanning approximately 107,000 and 124,000 square feet. Building features will include 28- to 30-foot clear heights, 24 dock doors and more than 230 combined parking spaces. Bob Moore Construction is the general contractor for the project, and Callaway Architecture is designing it. Lee & Associates will handle leasing, and Dallas-based Somervell Commercial Realty is serving as the development manager. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2021.

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Autumn-Ridge-Lopatcong-New-Jersey

LOPATCONG, N.J. — Development and management firm Larken Associates has begun leasing Autumn Ridge, a 198-unit apartment community in Lopatcong, located near the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border. The 14-building property consists of 148 multifamily residences and 50 units that are reserved for renters age 55 and older. Floor plans feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are equipped with quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, vinyl plank flooring and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, package concierge system, game area, conference room, fitness center, playground and a lounge with a dry bar. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy later this year.

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Mary-Stone-School-Auburn-Massachusetts

AUBURN, MASS. — Pennrose has received financing for the redevelopment of the Mary D. Stone school building in Auburn, a suburb of Worcester. The project will involve the repurposing of the three-story, 1920s-era property into a 55-unit affordable seniors housing community. Plans call for the renovation of the historic school, demolition of some later-built wings and construction of new units in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats. The property sits on 1.3 acres, and construction is set to begin before the end of the month. Eighty percent of the units will be reserved for seniors earning up to 60 percent of area median income. The remaining units will have market-rate rents. As part of the development plan, Pennrose has contributed $25,000 to the Town of Auburn for new equipment for the public playground on the property.

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ALGONQUIN, ILL. — McShane Construction Co. is underway on the construction of a new senior living development in suburban Chicago known as The Oaks at Algonquin. The 166-unit project will incorporate independent living, assisted living and memory care units. Spectrum Retirement Communities is the developer and Vessel Architecture is the architect. The three-story community will feature amenities such as three restaurants, a salon, media lounge, theater, health club, community center and doctor and therapist offices. Completion is slated for January 2022.

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