Development

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Subtext, along with development partner FrontRange Capital, has opened VERVE Columbia, a 697-bed student housing community located at 450 Blossom St. in Columbia, which is roughly two blocks from the University of South Carolina (USC) campus. The 223-unit, four-story property spans more than 400,000 square feet and is situated directly across from USC’s baseball arena, Founders Park. Amenities include a 24/7 fitness center, outdoor fitness stations, a sauna, meditation rooms, basketball and pickleball courts, resort-inspired pool courtyard with hot tub and sun shelf, poolside Jumbotron, cabanas and hammock swings, fire pits, grilling stations, club room with TV and game lounges, a multi-sport simulator, group and private study spaces, study pods and booths, content creation studio, a coffee bar in the lobby with cold brew on tap, pet spa, dog park, EV charging stations and bike and scooter storage with charging and repair stations. The project team includes architect Dynamik Design, interior designer Mary Cook Associates, general contractor W.M. Jordan Co. and civil engineer Davis & Floyd. CIBC arranged construction financing via a syndication of lenders. VERVE Columbia is Subtext’s first student housing community to deliver in the Columbia market, with another project under construction at 931 Senate …

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FORKS TOWNSHIP, PA. — New Jersey-based owner-operator Larkin Associates has begun leasing Phase II of Trailside Village, a 420-unit multifamily development located in the Lehigh Valley community of Forks Township. Trailside Village is a 22-building apartment community with one- and two-bedroom units that also features 27,000 square feet of commercial space that can support retail, office and healthcare uses. Residential amenities include a fitness center, resident lounge, game room, tot lot, pet salon and walking and biking trails. Leasing of Phase II commenced in August, and 26 of those 75 units are now occupied. Information on starting rents was not disclosed.

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JONESBORO, ARK. — SANY Nutrition Group, a family-owned-and-operated food manufacturer based in Jonesboro, has launched its new production facility in its home market. The 89,100-square-foot factory, located at 9401 E. Highland Drive in Jonesboro, was formerly operated by Butterball. From the newly retrofitted plant, SANY Nutrition Group is launching its flagship snack platform, Beyond Resilience, with plans to produce 500 million snack products annually. SANY’s Beyond Resilience Protein Crunch Bar is available now at Walmart stores nation-wide as well as online, and SANY plans to sell the crunch bar at additional retailers in the near future, as well as the company’s line of Crunch Pops, Prookies, Giant Clusters, Brittles, Fro-Bite and Vitamin Splash products. In addition to the factory, SANY purchased additional land surrounding the factory for future expansion opportunities.

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CULVER CITY, CALIF. — Lincoln Property Co. and McCourt Partners have received $132.7 million in construction financing from Bank OZK for ElevenOneEleven, a multifamily development in Culver City. Lou Friedel and Keith Rosso of Berkadia arranged financing on behalf of Lincoln and McCourt. Situated on 3.4 acres at 11111 Jefferson Blvd., ElevenOneEleven will feature a six-story development comprising 344 residences, including 52 affordable units, along with 2,000 square feet of retail space and 17,520 square feet of publicly accessible outdoor space. Additionally, ElevenOneEleven will include two full floors of residential amenities and 500 parking spaces. The project team includes KFA Architecture as architect and Kimley-Horn as civil engineer. Construction is slated to commence in the fourth quarter of 2026.

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OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Hunt Midwest has broken ground on Canvas, a 227-unit luxury apartment complex in Overland Park. The project will feature one- and two-bedroom residences along with more than 5,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space. The infill development at 8036 Metcalf Ave. will redevelop a now-vacant lot. Canvas is expected to open in early 2029. Amenities will include a pool with grill stations and bar area, a covered dog park with washing stations, a fitness center with yoga studio and sauna, onsite coworking space, a community clubhouse with game room and a garden room. The community will include private parking for every resident plus another 49 public parking spaces. The project team includes BRR Architecture, Brinkmann Constructors, Security Bank, REACTOR Design, Tran + Thomas Design Studio, Polsinelli and Seigfreid Bingham.

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BRYAN, TEXAS — Austin-based developer Teeple Partners has broken ground on Oaks Reserve Apartments, a 312-unit multifamily project that will be located in the Central Texas city of Bryan. Units will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and will range in size from 668 to 1,520 square feet. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, conference room, pickleball courts and multiple dog parks. Oaks Reserve, which represents the second of three phases of a larger development that will span more than 1,000 units across 53 acres, will feature multiple three- and four-story buildings. The first phase, the 315-unit Brazos Oaks, was completed this summer.

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WEST POINT, GA. — Hyundai Transys Georgia Powertrain, an automotive parts specialist in the Hyundai family of brands, has announced it will invest $560 million to expand its manufacturing operation at 6801 Kia Parkway in West Point, a west Georgia city near the Alabama border. The investment will fund upgrades to two current buildings and the construction of a third on the campus. The expansion will support added production capacity for electrified powertrains for hybrid vehicles. Hyundai Transys plans to create 320 new jobs as a result of the expansion, adding to its current total of 1,250 employees. The construction timeline was not disclosed. Civic and utility partners for the Hyundai Transys project include the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Global Commerce team, the City of West Point, Georgia Quick Start and Georgia Power.

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POOLER, GA. — SunCap Property Group has purchased 65 acres in Pooler, a western suburb of Savannah, for the development of Pine Meadow Logistics Park. Situated at Pine Meadow Drive and Pine Barren Road, the two-building development will span 959,822 square feet at full build-out. SunCap has tapped Hilary Shipley and Sebastian Findlay of Colliers Savannah to lease Pine Meadow, which sits within close proximity to I-95, I-16 and the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal. The project will comprise a 606,323-square-foot cross-dock building and a 353,499-square-foot rear-load facility. SunCap expects to deliver both buildings by October 2027.

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DECATUR, GA. — RangeWater Real Estate and Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate Co. (NSKRE) have broken ground on Ellory House, a 274-unit apartment community at Lulah Hills, a 78-acre mixed-use development underway in Decatur, an eastern suburb of Atlanta in DeKalb County. EDENS is the master developer of Lulah Hills, which is a redevelopment of the former North DeKalb Mall. EDENS is also listed as a sponsor for the Ellory House project, which will be located directly along Lulah Hills’ main street, Lulah Avenue, and across from Lemon Park, the development’s largest green space. In addition to apartments, Ellory House will feature 39,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. The construction timeline was not released. This development represents RangeWater’s first development deal with NSKRE and its 31st in the Atlanta market.

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NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $203 million construction loan for 50 Third Avenue, a 184-unit multifamily project that will be located in Manhattan’s East Village. The 17-story building will include 37 affordable housing units that will be reserved for households earning 80 percent or less of the area median income, as well as 12,529 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities will include a fitness center with a yoga studio, sauna and cold plunge, a golf simulator, coworking space, resident lounge and multiple terraces. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz, Dustin Stolly, Sean Reimer and Sean Bastian of Walker & Dunlop arranged the floating-rate, interest-only loan through Ironsand. The borrower is a joint venture between SK Development and Kinsmen Property Group.

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