CONROE, TEXAS — SurePoint Self Storage has delivered a 744-unit facility in Conroe, about 40 miles north of Houston. Operated by CubeSmart, the facility is located within Johnson Development’s Grand Central Park master-planned community and spans approximately 94,000 square feet of net rentable, climate-controlled space. The facility, which was originally announced in early 2022, is SurePoint’s 14th self-storage development in the greater Houston area.
ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — Developer IDI Logistics has completed a 310,689-square-foot industrial project in the northern Austin suburb of Round Rock. The three-building project represents Phase I of Sunrise Commerce Center, a 465,786-square-foot speculative development that will ultimately comprise five buildings on a 37-acre site. Phase I’s rear-load buildings range in size from 59,274 to 175,170 square feet. Project partners included 5G Studio Collaborative, Pacheco Koch and Adolfson & Peterson Construction. Construction began in May 2023.
TORRANCE, CALIF. — Ryan Cos. and Cogir Senior Living have open Cogir of South Bay, a seniors housing property located at 21507 Hawthorne Blvd. in Torrance. Situated two miles from the beach, the four-story community offers 158 independent living and assisted living residences. Onsite amenities include multiple dining venues, a bistro, fitness center, theater, salon, art room and an outdoor amenity deck with a pool. Ryan Cos. served as builder for the project.
MARLBORO, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer KRE Group has completed Beacon Hill, a 285-unit apartment community in the Northern New Jersey community of Marlboro. Beacon Hill consists of 14 three-story buildings on a 47-acre site. Units come exclusively in two-bedroom floor plans and are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, tile backsplashes, individual washers and dryers and private outdoor terraces. Amenities include a pool, playground, outdoor grilling and dining stations, bocce ball courts and a dog park. More than 200 leases have already been signed at Beacon Hill, with rents starting at about $3,200 per month.
EASTON, MD. — Philadelphia-based O’Donnell & Naccarato (O&N) has broken ground on UM Shore Regional Medical Center, a 408,000-square-foot hospital and outpatient facility in the coastal Maryland city of Easton. The $550 million facility is set to open in 2028 and will fully replace the Regional Medical Center’s existing facilities. The new UM Shore Regional Medical Center will comprise a six-story, 147-bed tower (325,000 square feet), a connected two-story outpatient care facility (60,000 square feet) and a central utility plant on a 230-acre campus off Longwoods Road. The new hospital and outpatient facility will operate as part of the University of Maryland (UM) Medical System. The design-build team includes HKS Architects Inc., general contractor The Whiting-Turner Contracting Co., MEP engineer Highland Associates and civil engineer Daft McCune Walker.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Geographic Society has announced plans to open a 100,000-square-foot public attraction at its campus, which currently occupies a city block in downtown Washington, D.C. Dubbed the National Geographic Museum of Exploration, the attraction is scheduled to open in 2026. Upon completion, the venue will feature curated exhibitions, immersive and educational experiences, a 400-seat theater, restaurant and a retail store. The project team will include JLL, HITT Contracting and architect Hickok Cole. Design for the public attraction will feature a focus on accessibility, with instructional text in Braille, tactile and sensory maps, American Sign Language (ASL) interpretations of media, all-gender restrooms, wellness rooms and exhibition text in both English and Spanish. “The Museum of Exploration marks a historic chapter in the Society’s mission to advance exploration, science, education and storytelling,” says Jill Tiefenthaler, CEO of the National Geographic Society.
FALLS CHURCH, VA. — Hoffman & Associates has signed two new retail tenants to join West Falls, a 10-acre mixed-use development in Falls Church that will comprise 1.2 million square feet at full build-out. The new businesses coming to the development include Dok Khao Thai Eatery and a Chase Bank branch. The restaurant is slated to open at 180 West Falls Station Blvd. in August, and the bank is set to open at 118 West Falls Station Blvd. in April. West Falls will feature more than 120,000 square feet of shops and restaurants, as well as The Alder apartments, The Reserve at Falls Church seniors housing community, a Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel, The Oak Condominiums and The Wellness Center, a medical office building.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between two locally based companies, developer Riverside and operator MML Hospitality, has broken ground on Sixth&Blanco, a mixed-use project located just west of downtown Austin. The site spans 1.6 acres at the corner of West Sixth and Blanco streets. The mass timber development will consist of 10 for-sale residences, a 57-room hotel, retail and restaurant space, art galleries and a members-only social club. Swiss architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron is designing Sixth&Blanco. Arvest Bank provided a $193 million construction loan for the project, with Prosperity Bank and Southside Bank also contributing to the financing.
MINNEAPOLIS — A partnership between locally based developer Mortenson and The University of Minnesota Foundation Real Estate Advisors (UMFREA) is in the planning stages of a 12-acre mixed-use village on the eastern edge of the University of Minnesota’s Twin Cities campus. The project, which will span 3 million square feet, is named The Minnesota Innovation Exchange, or “The MIX.” Located in Minneapolis, the development site is bounded to the north by the school’s Biomedical Discovery District and the football stadium, Huntington Bank Stadium. The MIX is bounded to the south by the university’s future clinical campus expansion. Mortensen and UMFREA, which oversees the real estate decisions of the University of Minnesota Foundation, recently selected commercial real estate services giant CBRE to lease The MIX. At full build-out, the private development will include research-and-development space, creative offices, hotel rooms, apartments, shops and restaurants. The project team, which includes architectural firm HGA, hopes to attract life sciences users to The MIX to capitalize on the Twin Cities’ reputation as a hub for health and science activity, including a concentration of medical device manufacturers headlined by Medtronic and 3M. “This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for prospective tenants to participate in the most unique …
MIAMI — OKO Group and Cain International have completed the development of 830 Brickell, a 57-story office tower located in Miami. Totaling 640,000 square feet, the fully leased building has now received its temporary certificate of occupancy (TCO) from the City of Miami. Tenants — which include Microsoft, Citadel, Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Marsh Insurance, Sidley Austin LLP, CI Financial (Corient), Thoma Bravo, Santander Bank and A-CAP — will now begin build-outs and take occupancy of their respective spaces. Roughly 20 percent of the building is already occupied and operational. The project team includes architect Adriam Smith + Gordon Gill and interior designer Iosa Ghini Associati. Amenities at the building will include a Mediterranean restaurant with a private terrace, bar and private club, health and wellness center, conference facilities, an outdoor terrace and cafés and street-level retail space. Construction of 830 Brickell began in 2020.
