GREENVILLE, S.C. — Topgolf has opened its 50th venue in the United States this past Friday in Greenville. The three-tier, 55,000-square-foot driving range and bar is located at 201 Clifton Court, 10 miles from downtown Greenville and directly off Interstate 85. The new Topgolf features a chef-driven menu, top-shelf drinks, big screen TVs, flexible private event spaces and music in climate-controlled hitting bays. More than 350 full- and part-time employees were hired in advance of the opening. The new Topgolf will host a summer academy for children ages 6 through 12 as well as events like College Night for local college students.
Development
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Vermillion Development, a Chicago-based real estate firm, has opened Silver Birch Fort Wayne, an affordable seniors housing community in Fort Wayne. Design and engineering firm HED partnered on the project. The 97,000-square-foot community sits on 4.2 acres and features 119 units. The assisted living facility offers studio and one-bedroom units for older adults in need of supportive housing. Silver Birch Fort Wayne is the eighth facility opened by Silver Birch Living, which is the operational arm of Vermillion. The property is adjacent to a golf course, which was recently acquired by a nearby university to be repurposed as a fitness center.
PHOENIX — PCCP has formed a joint venture with Hopewell Development to develop a three-building speculative industrial project in Phoenix’s Southwest Valley submarket. The buildings will be located on two fully entitled sites and completion is slated for late 2019. Two buildings — offering 78,150 square feet and 84,708 square feet — will be situated on a 10.6-acre parcel along 67th Avenue. The third building will be located on a 4.8-acre site along 43rd Avenue. Each building will feature 28-foot to 32-foot clear heights, between 17 and 25 dock-high doors in addition to grade-level doors, and one speculative office build-out space. Additionally, both sites will feature direct frontage to an intersection, multiple access points and easy freeway access to both the Interstate 10 and the future Loop 202 extension, which is scheduled for completion in late 2019. Bo Mills and Mark Detmer of JLL sourced the joint venture equity for the partnership.
NEW YORK CITY — A pair of real estate lenders provided a $664.1 million construction loan that will allow JDS Development Group to build the tallest building in Brooklyn. Situated at 9 DeKalb Ave. in the borough’s downtown district, the tower will rise 1,066 feet and will include 425 rental apartments, 150 for-sale condominiums and 120,000 square feet of retail space. JDS and development partner The Chetrit Group expect to deliver the 73-story residential tower in 2022. About 30 percent of the rental units at 9 DeKalb will be capped below market rates. The lenders include New York-based Silverstein Capital Partners and Montreal-based Otera Capital Inc., a subsidiary of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), one of Canada’s leading institutional fund managers. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Michael Diaz, Mark Fisherand, Matthew Collins and Sean Bastian of JLL arranged the financing, details of which were not disclosed. SHoP architects is designing the residential tower’s façade to be clad in bronze and glass. New York-based JDS and Chetrit Group originally acquired the 9 DeKalb site in 2016 for $90 million, including air rights for the future development. On the site is a 70,000-square-foot, five-story property that once housed …
Coral Rock, Arena Capital Break Ground on Nine-Acre Mixed-Use Project in South Florida
by John Nelson
HIALEAH, FLA. — Coral Rock Development Group and Arena Capital Holdings have broken ground on Pura Vida Hialeah, a nine-acre mixed-use project in the Miami suburb of Hialeah. The Miami-based co-developers plan to deliver the project in 2020. Situated at the corner of West 16th Avenue and West 29th Street, Pura Vida will comprise three eight-story residential towers and three outparcel retailers spanning roughly 40,000 square feet. The outparcel retailers will include a Wawa gas station and convenience store, a two-story YouFit Health Club and a Taco Bell restaurant. Residences at Pura Vida Hialeah will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging from 538 square feet to 1,099 square feet. Amenities will include a resort-style pool, gym, barbecue area, dog park, and 24-hour security staff. The residential towers will also feature approximately 11,000 square feet of retail space, including a Dollar Tree store.
NAP Begins Vertical Construction at Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta, Announces May Openings
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — North American Properties (NAP) has begun vertical construction on the redevelopment of Colony Square, a massive mixed-use campus in Midtown Atlanta. The two components going vertical include the Main & Main food hall operated by Oz Rey and the new IPIC movie theater. In May, NAP plans to open a new 10,000-square-foot urban park named The Grove and a new Starbucks in Building 100. Reopenings at Colony Square in May include a Chick-fil-A, the bike house C-Cycle for Colony Square’s office tenants, the lobby of Building 400 and Establishment, which will debut its patio and outdoor bar this summer. Opening later this year is sushi restaurant Sukoshi, and NAP has commissioned an all-female team to paint a mural titled “Moon Goddess” that front Peachtree Street. Colony Square at full buildout will include 912,000 square feet of Class A office space, 160,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, a 466-room W hotel, outdoor space and 262 luxury residences. NAP is planning for Colony Square’s grand opening in May 2020. Colony Square’s project team includes office leasing firm Cushman & Wakefield, architect of record Lord Aeck Sargent, lead design firm Beyer Blinder Belle, landscape architect Site Solutions, general contractor Hoar …
BOLINGBROOK, ILL. — CA Senior Living LLC, the senior housing investment and development division of Chicago-based CA Ventures, has completed the development of Atria at River Trail, a 128-unit seniors housing community in the Chicago suburb of Bolingbrook. The Chicago office of Harley Ellis Devereaux designed the property. Located on 5.8 acres, the two-story community offers 86 assisted living units and 42 memory care units in a 123,482-square-foot building. Louisville, Ky.-based Atria Senior Living will operate the community. Atria operates approximately 200 communities across the United States and Canada.
Graycor Starts Construction of 135,745 SF Industrial Building at Gilbert Spectrum in Arizona
by Amy Works
GILBERT, ARIZ. — Graycor Construction Co., on behalf of SunCap Property Group, has started construction of a flex industrial building at the Gilbert Spectrum industrial project in Gilbert. The building is the is the first development in the southern portion of the 63-acre project, which is situated at the southwest corner of Elliot and McQueen roads. Known as Building One, the 135,745-square-foot facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, 40 dock-high and four grade-level loading doors, and ESFR sprinklers. Completion is slated for late July. SDHQ Off Road, an off-road vehicle supplier, will occupy 28,000 square feet in the building, with the additional space being developed on a speculative basis and divisible down to 15,000 square feet. Gilbert Spectrum is already home to a 58,289-square-foot, built-to-suit “Satellite Engineering Building” for Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems (formerly Orbital/ATK). Built by Graycor in 2017, the one-story, Class A office building mixes open collaborative areas and task-specific work zones. Building One is one of five new buildings — totaling more than 435,000 square feet — that SunCorp will develop at Gilbert Spectrum as the market demands. At build-out, Gilbert Spectrum will include more than 800,000 square feet in eight to 10 buildings that range in …
UPLAND, CALIF. — Wood Partners has broken ground on Alta Upland, a multifamily property located at 1160 E. 19th St. in Upland. The property is located on the last undeveloped parcel at The Colonies at San Antonio masterplan and is adjacent to The Colonies Crossroads, a retail development. Slated to open in fall 2020, Alta Upland will features 203 apartments in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities will include a pool, spa, clubhouse and fitness center.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Wood Partners, a multifamily investment and development firm with offices around the country, has broken ground on Alta Champions Circle, a 285-unit multifamily project in north Fort Worth. The community will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 957 square feet. Units will feature custom granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and individual washers and dryers. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center and outdoor grilling stations. Completion is slated for summer 2020.