CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Alliance Residential Co. has acquired 25.5 acres in southeast Charlotte for the development of Broadstone Lemmond Farm, a 336-unit apartment community. Situated at the intersection of Interstate 485 and Albermarle Road, the community will anchor the Lemmond Farm master-planned development that the Helms family and Stanchion Asset Partners are co-developing. In addition to apartments, Lemmond Farm will include 50,000 square feet of retail and office space. Alliance Residential plans to begin construction later this year and open the community in 2020. Cline Design Associates designed Broadstone Lemmond Farm, which will feature a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 924 square feet.
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BELLEVUE, WASH. — Holly Yang and Mike Yeh of Kidder Mathews have negotiated the $11.3 million sale of a 16,674-square-foot multifamily development site at 10050 NE 10th St. in downtown Bellevue. Binjiang Limited Partnership and The Molasky Group of Companies purchased the property. Binjiang is a subsidiary of Binjiang Real Estate, a Chinese publicly traded real estate company. Aotong Bellevue 10th Street LLC, a private real estate investor located in Kirkland, Wash., was the seller. Aotong and architecture firm Link Design Group obtained approval in February for a seven-story, 102-unit residential apartment building with underground parking for 111 vehicles. A demolition permit has also been issued.
Irvine Investment Co. Begins Construction of 540,000 SF Irvine Office Park in Metro Salt Lake City
by Jeff Shaw
DRAPER, UTAH — Irvine Investment Co. has started construction of Irvine Office Park in the Salt Lake City suburb of Draper. Upon completion, the 540,000-square-foot park will include three buildings at the intersection of I-15 and Bangerter Highway. Building one will finish completion in early 2020, spanning six stories and 180,000 square feet. Colliers is handling leasing.
HAILEY, IDAHO — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment (CDLI), along with KeyBank Real Estate Capital (KBREC), has secured $27 million to refinance and renovate Balmoral Apartments. The property is located in Hailey, a small city in central Idaho approximately 125 miles east of Boise. The financing included $10.1 million provided by CDLI, as well as $17.3 million from Freddie Mac arranged by KBREC’s commercial mortgage group. Completed in 2002, the property is a 192-unit, affordable garden-style apartment complex on four acres. Balmoral comprises 19 two- and three-story buildings offering five different floor plans with one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Site amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, playground, picnic areas and access to an adjacent park with a soccer field and basketball courts. Dominium, which acquired the property in 2015, intends to moderately rehabilitate the property with a construction budget estimated at $52,000 per unit. The renovations will be conducted during a nine-month period while tenants are in place. Balmoral operates under the Section 42 LIHTC Program with seven units reseved for residents making up to 30 percent of area median income (AMI), 11 units at 40 percent AMI and 174 units at 60 percent AMI. Kelly Frank of Key’s …
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Dallas-based GenCap Partners Inc. has begun construction on The Sarah at Lake Houston, a 350-unit multifamily project in the northern Houston suburb of Humble. Situated on 17 acres, the community will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 560 to 1,616 square feet. Units will feature nine-foot ceilings, wood-style flooring, quartz countertops with tile backsplashes, custom cabinets and stainless steel appliances. Amenities will include a club area with flat-screen TVs, a private party room, fitness center, pool with a sundeck and cabanas, an onsite spa and a pet park. Completion is slated for the second quarter of 2020. JHP Architects is designing the project, and Oden Hughes Taylor Construction is the general contractor. Amegy Bank provided construction financing. Chris Bergmann Jr. of JLL, along with Anne Vickery & Associates, represented GenCap Partners in the land acquisition.
BALTIMORE — The Mary Harvin Transformation Center Community Development Corp. and Southern Baptist Church are leading the development of the Southern Streams Health and Wellness Center, a 120,000-square-foot project in Baltimore’s Broadway East neighborhood. This is the third project co-sponsored by the two organizations. Johns Hopkins Health Systems has signed a lease to occupy approximately 22,000 square feet of space within the building. The health center will include a 125-car parking garage. The developers expect to break ground late this year and deliver the shell building in early 2021. Trout Daniel & Associates has been retained to market available space for lease. The project is part of the master plan known as the East Baltimore Revitalization Plan.
Norwich Partners Breaks Ground on Marriott-Branded Hotel Within Sawgrass Mills in South Florida
by Alex Tostado
SUNRISE, FLA. — Norwich Partners has broken ground on AC Hotel by Marriott, a 174-room hotel that is expected to be complete in late 2020. The eight-story hotel will be situated within Sawgrass Mills, an outdoor and value retail shopping center in Sunrise, 35 miles north of downtown Miami. The hotel’s delivery will coincide with the mall’s 30th anniversary celebration. AC Hotel will feature the AC Lounge, a communal creative space that features a full bar serving local beers and hand-crafted cocktails, including the brand’s signature Gintonic, along with tapas plates. The hotel will also provide a European-style breakfast for guests and a 24-hour fitness center. Simon is the owner and developer of Sawgrass Mills.
HOUSTON — Wood Partners, a multifamily development and investment firm with offices around the country, has broken ground on Alta West Alabama, a 304-unit apartment community that will be located between the River Oaks and Greenway/Upper Kirby neighborhoods in Houston. The property will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, tile backsplashes and individual washer and dryers. Amenities will include a pool, outdoor kitchen area, resident clubroom, business center, gaming lounge and a conference space. The opening is slated for the third quarter of 2020.
UTICA, N.Y. — Doyle Hardware LLC has completed a $15 million adaptive reuse project in Utica that involved the conversion of a vacant industrial building into a property that houses 56 apartments and 17,700 of ground-floor commercial space. Floor plans include 15 studio units, 26 one-bedroom apartments, two one-bedroom residences with lofts and 12 two-bedroom units. Amenities include a fitness center and a theater room. Five Star Bank and The Community Preservation Corp. respectively provided construction and permanent financing for the project. Utica is located in Upstate New York, about 55 miles east of Syracuse.
WHITING, IND. — Holladay Properties plans to break ground on an apartment project known as The Illiana on Monday, July 8 in Whiting, which is about 16 miles south of Chicago. The project will feature 32 apartment units and 4,000 square feet of first-floor commercial space. The development, located at the southeast corner of 119th Street and Atchison Avenue, is named for the Illiana Hotel, which stood at the site from 1928 until it was demolished in 2018. Holladay is the owner and developer. Curran Architecture is the project architect and Holladay Construction Group LLC is the general contractor. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.