NEW YORK CITY — Property Resources Corp. has begun leasing The Hartby, a 205-unit multifamily adaptive reuse project in Brooklyn. The Hartby is a redevelopment of the former St. John’s College building, which was originally constructed in the borough’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood in 1870. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and 30 percent (62) of the residences are rent-stabilized and are now being leased via a lottery system. Amenities include a fitness center, private party room, business center, library, indoor/outdoor lounge, a rooftop deck with barbecue stations, pet spa and an interior courtyard. Woods Bagot served as the project architect, with interiors by Alchemy Studio. Leasing of market-rate units will begin later this summer, and move-ins will commence this fall.
Development
Holder Properties, USC Foundations to Begin Leasing 940-Bed Student Housing Community in Columbia
by John Nelson
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Construction is underway and leasing will begin next month on Gateway 737, a 940-bed student housing development located on the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia. The project is being developed by a public-private partnership between Holder Properties and the University of South Carolina Foundations and is expected for completion in August 2025. Gateway 737 is the second community developed by the partnership. The community will include 12,500 square feet of retail space, a three-story meeting and event space and dedicated parking spaces. Shared amenities will include a rooftop lounge, two-story fitness center, resort-style swimming pool, tech lounge and a game room. The community will offer fully furnished units in studio, two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations.
SAN ANTONIO — Dallas-based developer Palladium USA has broken ground on a $75 million multifamily project in San Antonio. The development will be situated on an 18-acre site on the city’s south side and will feature 288 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, conference center, dog park, business center, children’s playroom and clubroom with a mini kitchen. Cross Architects designed the community, and Brownstone Group is the general contractor. Palladium has partnered with the San Antonio Housing Trust Public Facility Corp. (SAHTPFC), which issued $35 million in tax-exempt bonds to finance the project. PNC Bank provided $33 million in equity and more than $30 million in long-term debt. The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs provided $36 million of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits. Preleasing is set to begin in winter 2025.
DENVER — Houston-based Lovett Industrial has completed construction of Broadway Logistics Center, a speculative Class A industrial building in central Denver. Located at 6795 Broadway, the 201,329-square-foot, front-park, rear-load industrial facility features a 2,250-square-foot Class A office build-out, 32-foot clear heights, six-inch reinforced concrete slab, 204 auto parking stalls, 57 dock-high doors, 130-foot truck courts and 50 trailer parks. Drew McManus, Bryan Fry and Ryan Searle of Cushman & Wakefield in Denver are marketing the facility for lease. The asset can be leased to a single tenant or multiple tenants with divisibility down to 22,360 square feet.
DALLAS — A partnership between Pacific Elm Properties and Mintwood Real Estate is nearing completion of Peridot, a 291-unit apartment property located within the 1.3 million-square-foot Santander Tower mixed-use development in downtown Dallas. Peridot occupies 11 of Santander Tower’s 50 floors and offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 700 to 1,300 square feet. Residential amenities include a pool, dog park, fitness center, game lounge and a pickleball court. Santander Tower also houses a boutique hotel and Class A offices. Rents start at roughly $2,400 per month, according to Apartments.com.
HENDERSON, NEV. — KemperSports has partnered with the City of Henderson to build and operate West Henderson Fieldhouse, a state-of-the-art athletic and entertainment facility in Henderson, a suburb southeast of Las Vegas. Slated to open in 2026, the public-private development will include capital investment, development oversight and the long-term management of the complex by KemperSports. The 180,000-square-foot facility will feature: West Henderson Fieldhouse is expected to generate $1.5 million in annual tax revenue, $39.1 million in total economic impact annually and $10.7 million in wages and salaries, according to KemperSports.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — A joint venture between Landmark Properties and Atlantic American Partners has completed The Metropolitan Tallahassee, a 702-bed student housing development located near the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee. Located at 1701 W. Pensacola St., the mid-rise project offers 217 fully furnished units in two- through four-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a swimming pool, jumbotron, outdoor recreation and grilling areas, a gaming lawn, putting green, fitness center, study spaces and onsite parking. The development team for the project included Dwell Design Studio and Landmark Construction, the in-house construction arm of Landmark Properties.
Parkland Residential Begins Vertical Construction for 114-Unit Build-to-Rent Community in Lawrenceville, Georgia
by John Nelson
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Parkland Residential has begun vertical construction at Sugarloaf Landing, a 114-unit build-to-rent residential community underway in Lawrenceville, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. Situated on 10 acres at 3440 Sugarloaf Parkway, the property will include rear-entry stacked townhomes, with each unit featuring two or three bedrooms and a one-car garage. Parkland Residential says that the townhomes will span between 1,600 for a two-bedroom home and 1,950 square feet for a three-bedroom unit, with monthly rental rates starting at $2,400. Prim Properties will begin leasing at the property in October. In addition to the townhomes, Sugarloaf Landing will feature a swimming pool with a cabana, playground, nature preserve, sidewalks and pocket parks.
ALPHA, N.J. — A partnership between locally based developer Woodmont Industrial Partners and Brookfield Properties will develop a 450,000-square-foot project in Alpha, located on the New Jersey-Pennsylvania border. Alpha 78 Logistics Center will be situated on a 33.6-acre site and feature a cross-dock configuration, clear height of 36 feet, 118 dock doors with four drive-ins, 6,000 square feet of office space and parking for 230 cars and 89 trailers. Completion is slated for the third quarter of 2025. CBRE will market the property for lease. CBRE also brokered the land deal, which closed in June and saw Woodmont sell the acreage to Brookfield.
PHILADELPHIA — PACE Loan Group (PLG) has provided $10.6 million in C-PACE financing for a 114-unit multifamily project in Philadelphia. The site at 1440 Front St. in the city’s Fishtown neighborhood is an assemblage of six vacant city lots. The project will include five studios, 95 one-bedroom units and 14 two-bedroom units, as well as a fitness center, business center and 2,083 square feet of retail space. Matthew McCormack of PLG originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Archive Development. McCormack also worked with JLL to place a $14 million construction loan with Builders Capital for the project, which is slated for a summer 2026 delivery. Commercial Property-Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) financing offers favorable loan terms to borrowers that make qualified improvements in sustainability initiatives, including energy, lighting and water usage.