Development

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BOSTON — A partnership between American Campus Communities (ACC) and Northeastern University has opened LightView, an 825-bed student housing community in Boston. The 20-story development offers four-bedroom units with shared or private accommodations. Amenities include social and recreational lounges, a fitness center, 24-hour academic success center and 2,000 square feet of retail. ACC will own and operate the building. The project — designed by CUBE 3 and Elkus Manfredi Architects — was fully leased prior to opening.

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TRUMBULL, CONN. — Resort Lifestyle Communities (RLC) will soon break ground on River Valley, an independent living seniors housing property in Trumbull, located approximately 50 miles southwest of Hartford. The 180,000-square-foot community will offer one- and two-bedroom units, though the number of units is not yet disclosed. The property will provide cooking, cleaning and valet parking services, as well as fitness classes and community events. River Valley will be the second RLC location in Connecticut.

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CHICAGO — The Concord at Sheridan, a 111-unit mixed-income development, has opened in Chicago’s Rogers Park community. Located at 6438 N. Sheridan Road, the site was formerly a surface parking lot. Of the 111 apartments, 65 are designated as affordable for low-income residents and will be leased to renters from the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) wait list. The other 46 units will be leased as market rate. The project includes 29,400 square feet of retail space, including a 23,200-square-foot Target. Common area amenities include a lounge, game area, fitness center, conference room, amenity terrace and coworking space. The development has a walk score of 92. The seven-story project is the result of a public-private partnership including the CHA and co-developers Three Corners Development, Iceberg Development, Lightengale Group and Cubit Development Group. Market-rate rents begin at $1,041 while the affordable rents are based on a resident’s income. Renters must earn up to 60 percent of the area median income to qualify. Architecture firm GREC designed the project, while Riteway Madison LLC served as the general contractor.

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INDIANAPOLIS — Meridian Design Build has broken ground on a 367,808-square-foot speculative industrial building on behalf of developer Exeter Property Group in Indianapolis. The new facility will be situated on a 31.7-acre site at 5325 Seerley Road. The development will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 80 dock positions, four drive-in doors, 304 car parking stalls and 41 exterior trailer stalls. This is Meridian’s fourth project in the Indianapolis market. The project team includes JRA Architecture and Banning Engineering.

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WICHITA, KAN. — TGC Group plans to break ground this fall on a 95-room Home2 Suites hotel in Wichita’s Delano District. TGC Hospitality Management will manage the hotel, located at 200 N. Sycamore St. The four-story development is slated for completion in winter 2020. All suites will feature separate living and bedroom space. The pet-friendly hotel will include complimentary breakfast and WiFi.

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ATLANTA — Peak Campus Development and investment partner Blue Vista Capital Management have completed Theory West Midtown, a 525-bed student housing community located near the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. The property offers fully furnished studio, one-, two-, three- four- and five-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include a resort-style swimming pool with a sundeck, outdoor grilling area, 24-hour fitness center, computer lab, study lounges, game room with billiards, outdoor lounge with a fire pit, roof deck with seating and grilling stations, business center and 10,500 square feet of retail space. The property was designed by Niles Bolton Associates Inc. and built by Summit Contracting Group.

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MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Hotel developer Urbanica has acquired a one-acre plot of land in Miami Beach for $40 million from China City Construction (CCC). Urbanica plans to develop a 200-room, beachfront hotel on the site. The plot is the last undeveloped beachfront lot in North Beach, located between the Deauville Beach Resort and Sterling Condominium buildings on Collins Avenue. Urbanica expects to break ground immediately. Slated to open in approximately two years, the hotel will feature a restaurant helmed by the Urbanica’s partner, chef Fernando Trocca, an indoor bar, pool bar and beach service.

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CHICAGO — Skender has completed construction of LinkedIn’s 46,000-square-foot Chicago headquarters expansion at 525 W. Monroe. A staircase now connects the existing space via two floors. The project includes large collaboration areas, open workstations, a salon, mother’s room as well as a fifth-floor amenity space with a garden lounge, game room and music room. California-based LinkedIn’s total footprint in the building is now 185,077 square feet. Skender collaborated with Gensler, ESD Global and Avison Young for the project.

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PLANO, TEXAS — Granite Properties, a commercial investment and development firm with five offices around the country, will develop Granite Park Six, an 18-story, 415,000-square-foot office building within the 90-acre Granite Park mixed-use development in Plano. Designed by BOKA Powell, the Class A property will front State Highway 121 and feature a market café, customer lounge with coffee service, a bar, golf simulator, lecture hall, three conference centers and an outdoor amenity deck on the fifth floor. Balfour Beatty is serving as the general contractor for the project, construction of which could begin as early as the first quarter of 2020.

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DENVER — Bradbury Properties and Confluent Development have broken ground on three additional buildings at HighField Business Park, an industrial park located at the intersection of E-470 and Peoria Street southeast of Centennial Airport in metro Denver. Upon completion, the three projects will bring the 100-acre near to full build-out, spanning approximately 10 years and totaling 1.25 million square feet of industrial space. Only 12 acres on the park’s north end will remain undeveloped. The new buildings include a 202,000-square-foot, single-story facility, slated for completion in second-quarter 2020; and 160,000-square-foot and 130,000-square-foot speculative buildings, slated for completion in first-quarter 2020. Brinkman Construction and Ware Malcomb are serving as general contractor and architect, respectively, for the FedEx property. Murray & Stafford and Intergroup Architects comprise the project team for the spec buildings. The spec facilities will feature front-park, rear-load design with shared truck courts. HighField Business Park currently features 750,000 square feet of fully leased industrial space. Upon completion of this phase of development, the park will consist of six buildings totaling 800,000 square feet of space. Current tenants at the park include Charter Communications, Gateway Classic Cars, EdgeConneX, Linn Star Transfer and Liteye Systems. Jim Bolt of CBRE leads the …

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