HEBER VALLEY, UTAH — Angstrom Development Group has announced plans for The Slope, a new mixed-use resort project in Heber Valley, roughly 50 miles southeast from Salt Lake City International Airport. Situated along the Provo River, the development will feature an 86-room resort and more than 100,000 square feet of retail space. The Slope will also include 200 hotel-branded residences, which will be available for purchase or for short-term rentals. Residences at the project will be fully furnished, with rentals operated by the hotel brand’s professional management program. In addition to two- and three-bedroom condos located within the hotel, residential units will include four-bedroom, multistory villas. The villas will feature expansive patios and rooftop decks with hot tubs and saunas. Waterways, bike paths and pedestrian alleys will connect the development, and the resort will offer access to skiing, mountain biking, hiking trails, golfing and boating. Austin, Texas-based Angstrom Development Group develops high-end residential, mixed-use and resort projects across premier markets. — Hayden Spiess
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MCKINNEY, TEXAS — California-based development and investment firm CapRock Partners has acquired 15.3 acres in McKinney, located north of Dallas, with plans to construct a 250,000-square-foot industrial project. McKinney Air Business Park, named for the site’s adjacency to McKinney National Airport, will be a two-building, shallow-bay development. Construction is scheduled to begin early next year. Colliers represented the undisclosed seller in the land deal and has also been retained by CapRock as the project’s leasing agent.
MINNEAPOLIS — Landmark Properties has opened The Standard at Dinkytown, a 17-story student housing project comprising 1,021 beds in Minneapolis. The 17-story community marks the first student housing development in Minnesota for Athens, Ga.-based Landmark. BKV Group served as the architect, and Landmark Construction was the general contractor. The property’s 323 units range from studios to five bedrooms. Each apartment is fully furnished and wired for high-speed internet and cable. Amenities include an outdoor pool area with a jumbotron, sun deck, cabanas, grilling stations and rooftop hot tub. Students also have access to an interior courtyard area, fitness center, clubhouse with computer lab, gaming lounge, study lounge with café and Amazon package lockers.
Deven Group Breaks Ground on 386-Bed Student Housing Community Near University of Virginia
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Development Ventures Group (Deven Group) has broken ground on a 386-bed, on-campus student housing community situated adjacent to Scott Stadium, home arena of the University of Virginia football team. Located at 2005 Jefferson Park Ave. in Charlottesville, the seven-story, $63 million community will offer 119 units with a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom layouts. Each unit will include walk-in closets, keyless entry and smart TVs, with select units offering private terraces. Amenities at the 240,000-square-foot property will include an elevated amenity deck with mountain views; a heated plunge pool; firepit, grilling stations and hammock and game lawns; clubroom with a coffee bar and event kitchen; group and private study rooms; fitness center with yoga and spin studios; EV chargers; and bike and parcel storage. Deven Group plans to deliver the unnamed community in summer 2027. Capital partners on the project include Marble Capital, BOK Financial and Clairmont Capital Group. Breeden Construction is the general contractor and is currently constructing a project within University of Virginia’s Fontaine Research Park. Deven Group, the U.S. development arm of Kajima Corp., a 180-year-old Japanese construction company, has approximately $300 million of projects set to break ground this year.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Colliers has negotiated the $46.3 million sale of a 168.3-acre site on Wetherbee Road near Orlando International Airport. Orlando Utilities Commission sold the parcel on the south side of the city to developer Seefried Industrial Properties and its equity partner Clarion Partners. Joe Rossi, Lee Morris, Jeff Morris and Bret Felberg of Colliers represented the seller in the land transaction. Seefried was self-represented in the deal and has selected Morris to lease the development, which is dubbed Orlando Infill Logistics Center. The project will span 1.5 million square feet of new development across a maximum of nine buildings. Seefried plans to begin construction in the first quarter on the first three buildings, which are being developed on a speculative basis. Build-to-suit opportunities are also being entertained at the site, according to Colliers. Orlando Infill Logistics Center will feature up to 1,500 automobile parking spaces and 600 trailer spaces at full build-out.
NEW YORK CITY — Douglaston Development has topped out Rialto West, a 158-unit affordable housing project in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood. The eight-story building will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that will be reserved for households earning up to 140 percent of the area median income. In addition, 15 percent of the units will be dedicated to serving formerly homeless households. Rialto West will also feature a fitness center, onsite laundry facilities and a bike storage area. Levine Builders, a Douglaston affiliate, is the general contractor for the project, full completion of which is slated for the fourth quarter of next year.
UNION, N.J. — Local developer LANDMARK has begun leasing CENTURION Union Center, an 85-unit multifamily project located in Northern New Jersey. Designed by Comito Associates PC with interiors by Lita Dirks & Co., CENTURION Union Center rises five stories and offers one- and two-bedroom units, as well as 107 parking spaces. The first move-ins are scheduled to commence in October. Specific amenities and starting rents are still being finalized.
NEW YORK CITY — Lendlease has begun preleasing and revealed new renderings for The Riverie, an 834-unit apartment development in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. The project is slated to open in October. Of the total unit count, 30 percent are designated as affordable housing. The development will also feature 13,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, state-of-the-art amenities and new public greenspace. Spanning an entire city block along the East River, The Riverie features two towers rising 37 and 20 stories, as well as a mid-rise podium with frontages along India, West and Java streets. Residences range from studios to three bedrooms, including select penthouses and townhomes. Marvel was the project architect. INC Architecture & Design handled the interior design, while Crème designed the townhomes. At the core of The Riverie’s sustainability strategy is its vertical closed-loop geothermal system, comprised of 320 boreholes beneath the site. This feature makes it the largest geothermal residential building in New York state and is believed to be the largest high-rise geoexchange system in the country, according to Lendlease. Combined with its fully electric design, The Riverie is expected to reduce annual carbon emissions from heating and cooling by 53 percent when …
STRAWN, TEXAS — An entity doing business as Big Bear Partners LP has begun construction on Phase I of an 80-acre mixed-use project in Strawn, about 75 miles west of Fort Worth. The larger development will be known as Big Bear Crossing, and the first phase, which will be known as Big Bear Travel Center, will feature hospitality, retail and industrial uses, as well as an RV park and a 12,000-square-foot fueling station. Completion of Phase I is slated for next summer. Avison Young is marketing various parcels of Big Bear Crossing for sale and build-to-suit development opportunities.
Centennial Bank Provides $73M Construction Loan for Elysian Apartments in Winter Garden, Florida
by John Nelson
WINTER GARDEN, FLA. — Centennial Bank has provided a $73 million construction loan for Elysian, a 323-unit luxury apartment development in the Orlando suburb of Winter Garden. Robby Barrows and David Druey of Centennial Bank originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Unicorp National Developments Inc. The locally based developer plans to break ground on Elysian soon and wrap up construction in approximately 18 months. Site clearing is complete and pipe installation is currently underway. Designed by Krieger Klatt Architects, Elysian’s amenities will include a wine bar; fitness center with yoga, Pilates and cycling studios; steam room with a sauna; resort-style pool with cabanas; and a clubhouse with a fireplace and movie theater. Information on the property’s floorplans was not released. The Elysian loan grows the financing relationship between Centennial Bank and Unicorp to more than $500 million.