Development

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Housing Trust Group (HTG) has broken ground on Lafayette Gardens, a planned 96-unit affordable housing community in Tallahassee. The property will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with rents ranging from $315 to $930 per month. The units will be reserved for residents earning at or below 33 percent of area median income (AMI) or 60 percent of AMI. Units will range in size from 709 square feet to 1,159 square feet. Communal amenities will include a clubhouse, pool, playground, media center, fitness center and a biking/walking trail. Residents will also have access to employment assistance, financial management and literacy services onsite. Hennessy Construction Services is the general contractor, Fugleberg Koch is the architect, Inovia Group is the civil engineer, Stiles Interiors is the interior designer and Wood + Partners is the landscape architect. HTG expects to open the community in June 2021. Chase Bank provided an initial $15 million construction loan, Raymond James provided $16.1 million in 9 percent low income housing tax credit (LIHTC) equity and Walker & Dunlop provided a $4.8 million Freddie Mac permanent loan for the development.

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Herndon Square, Atlanta, GA

ATLANTA — Hunt Development Group has started construction of Phase I of Herndon Square, a 12-acre, mixed-use project in downtown Atlanta. Upon full build-out, the project will feature 700 residential units, 40,000 square feet of retail space and 20,000 square feet of community space open to the general public. The site is located on Northside Drive, approximately one mile north of Mercedes-Benz Arena, Philips Arena, Centennial Olympic Park and the other attractions in the heart of the city. The project, a redevelopment of the former Herndon Homes affordable community, will feature a mix of affordable and market-rate apartments and for-sale townhomes. Development costs are estimated at $166 million. Phase I of the project will include a five-story affordable housing building for seniors totaling 97 units, as well as an associated surface parking lot. Phase II will include a residential building and mixed-use building with a grocery store as the ground-floor anchor. Phase III will add another residential building and a second mixed-use building with ground-floor retail and apartments above, as well as the Herndon Green public outdoor area and a community supportive services building. Phase IV will add a final apartment building, while the fifth and final phase will add …

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DENVER — Southern California-based ReyLenn Properties has opened Solana Stapleton, an apartment community in Denver’s Stapleton submarket. The asset is the first market-rate rental property developed by a third party in the master-planned Stapleton community. The 280-unit property features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units, with rental rates starting at $1,549 per month. On-site amenities include a saltwater pool; spa; state-of-the-art fitness center with yoga and spin studio; indoor basketball court; high-definition golf and sports simulator; outdoor beer garden with gaming and a pizza oven; food truck court; and community gardens. Additionally, the property features standalone co-working space that is accessible for residents at discounted rates or the general public at full rates.

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LOS ANGELES — Meta Housing, as developer, and R.D. Olson Construction, as general contractor, have broken ground on Lamp Lodge, a 49,000-square-foot affordable housing community in downtown Los Angeles. Located at 660 Stanford Ave., the seven-story building will offer 74 studio units, seven one-bedroom apartments and one two-bedroom unit. All units will feature a refrigerator, dishwasher and range, as well as energy-efficient windows. Community amenities will include an on-site laundry room, community center and open residential courtyard. KFA Architecture and JAG Interiors are serving as architects for the project, which is slated for completion in first-quarter 2021. JP Morgan Bank and the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles are funding the development, which is situated on the site of a former four-story apartment community.

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DENVER — Confluent Development and Kelmore Development, the Denver-based co-owners and co-developers of the project, have topped out Exchange at Boulevard One. The 200,000-square-foot, mixed-use project is located in Boulevard One, a 70-acre parcel in Denver’s Lowry neighborhood. The developers broke ground in April 2019 and completion of the initial phase, totaling 135,000 square feet, is slated for spring 2021. Located at Lowry Boulevard and Quebec Street, the infill development will feature 500 parking spaces, including a 231-stall underground garage. The project focuses on multimodal accessibility with a mobility hub for bicycle and scooter parking, pedestrian connectivity, electric car charging stations and nearby transit lines with connections to light rail. Brinkman Construction is serving as general contractor for the project, which Open Studio Architecture designed. The Denver Urban Renewal Authority and Lowry Redevelopment Authority are supporting the development.

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LOWELL, MASS. — WinnCompanies will develop a 125-unit multifamily project in Lowell, a city 30 miles northwest of Boston, a project that is valued at $38.3 million. The company will construct two adjacent five-story buildings in the Hamilton Canal Innovation District that will be linked by an enclosed sky bridge and located near a new 900-space parking garage. The community will feature a mix of market-rate and affordable units, as well as 5,000 square feet of commercial space. Floor plans consist of 15 studio apartments, 63 one-bedroom units and 47 two-bedroom apartments. Bank of America provided a senior construction loan for the project. Construction is underway and is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2022.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Regional lender Bank OZK has provided a $26.6 million construction loan for a 91,635-square-foot office project that will be located at 4713 E. Cesar Chavez St. in one of East Austin’s opportunity zones. The five-story, Class A building will include ground-floor retail space and a 269-space parking structure. Completion is scheduled for January 2022. De’On Collins, Chris McColpin, Jayme Nelson and Alastair Barnes of JLL placed the loan on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between HN Capital Partners and Austin-based Red Bluff Partners. The developer plans to construct a boutique hotel as part of the second phase.

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WHITELAND, IND. — Mohr Capital has begun development of a 1 million-square-foot warehouse and distribution center for Cooper Tires in Whiteland within metro Indianapolis. Cooper, a tire manufacturer focused on passenger car and light vehicle replacement tires, is relocating from an 807,042-square-foot facility in Franklin, Ind. Mohr Capital, a Dallas-based real estate investment firm, worked closely with Mark Writt of CBRE on the land acquisition. Pepper Construction, Curran Architects and American StructurePoint make up the project team. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2021.

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CARMEL, IND. — Cornerstone Cos. Inc. has purchased a three-acre parcel at 12174 N. Meridian St. in Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis. Cornerstone plans to develop a 40,000-square-foot medical office building on the site. Known as Carmel Medical Arts Pavilion, the three-story project will be home to four healthcare tenants providing orthopedics, rehabilitation, primary care and pediatric dentistry services. The property will feature covered physician parking and an outdoor terrace on the third floor. Cornerstone will serve as developer, construction manager and property manager. The Indianapolis-based company specializes in healthcare real estate. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.

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CHICAGO — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC), a Texas-based developer, has unveiled plans for Fulton Labs, a 423,454-square-foot life science facility in the Fulton Market neighborhood of Chicago. Located at 400 N. Aberdeen St., Fulton Labs will span 16 floors, with 12 floors of wet or dry lab space, dependent on the tenant’s needs. The lab space will be equipped for drug, chemical and biological testing as well as digital research and analysis. The facility’s 34,000-square-foot, column-free floor plates will be able to accommodate small startups as well as multi-floor tenants. The building will also feature passenger and freight elevators, as well as chemical and equipment storage space for tenants. “With Fulton Labs’ advanced research and development infrastructure, flexible lab spaces, and full floor launchpad for early stage companies, we are confident that this facility will help to promote growth in the Midwest’s life science industry,” says Grady Hamilton, managing director of TCC’s Midwest Business Unit. The building will feature 35,000 square feet of amenity space, which will include a health and wellness center, a 190-person collaboration center, a rooftop fire lounge and two private balconies per floor. The property will offer access to interstates 90, 94 and 290, as well …

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