CHICAGO — Skender has completed the 83,000-square-foot build-out of Harrison Street Asset Management’s headquarters at The Fulton, an office property located at 919 W. Fulton Market in Chicago. The real estate and infrastructure investment management firm is relocating from its prior location at 444 W. Lake St. Harrison Street’s three-floor build-out features an atrium stair, dedicated executive suite, a mix of private offices and open work areas as well as large terrace spaces. A central café is equipped with a full bar and built-in audiovisual system to accommodate meetings. SCB was the architect. Skender also served as the base building general contractor for the 535,000-square-foot development, which wrapped construction in April. In addition to office tenants, the property is home to Gibson’s Steakhouse and Equinox Fitness.
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AUBURN, ALA. — Morrison Avenue Capital Partners has completed Hilltop Auburn, a 128-bed student housing property located near the Auburn University campus in Alabama. The community offers four- and five-bedroom townhomes with bed-to-bath parity and attached garages. The development team for the project included Lauderdale Architecture + Development and Reed Construction. 360 Property Management operates Hilltop Auburn on behalf of Morrison Avenue.
Landmark Properties Completes 397-Bed Student Housing Development Near Colorado State University
by Amy Works
FORT COLLINS, COLO. — Landmark Properties has completed The Mark Fort Collins, a 397-bed student housing development located at 255 Johnson Drive near the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins. The six-story community was developed in partnership with Silverpeak Real Estate Partners and Peninsula Investments. The property offers 193 fully furnished units in a mix of studio through four-bedroom configurations with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include a heated outdoor pool, sky deck and lounge, gaming lawn, hammock grove, fitness center, coffee bar, sports simulator, private study and coworking rooms, three courtyards, multiple fire pits with seating areas, outdoor grilling space and a wellness center. The development team for the project included Mode 3 Architecture and Landmark Construction.
BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — Local owner-operator Clay Development & Construction Inc. has broken ground on two industrial buildings totaling 552,240 square feet in Brookshire, a western suburb of Houston. The 291,720-square-foot Twinwood Distribution Center IV and the 260,520-square-foot Twinwood Distribution Center V are both part of the 200-acre first phase of Uplands Twinwood Business Park. The buildings both feature 36-foot clear heights, 69 dock-high doors, four drive-in ramps and 2,600 square feet of office space, in addition to a combined 342 car parking spaces and 120 trailer parking spaces. Completion is slated for the first quarter of next year. KBC Advisors has been tapped as the third-party leasing agency for the two buildings.
NEW YORK CITY — Affinius Capital has provided a $40.7 million construction loan for an 84-unit multifamily project in Upper Manhattan. The borrower is Haussmann Development. The site is located within a Qualified Opportunity Zone at 16–20 Convent Ave., adjacent to Columbia University’s campus, and the mixed-income project will be developed pursuant to New York City’s 485-x tax abatement program. Information on floor plans, income restrictions and amenities was not disclosed. NDKazalas Architecture PC is designing the project, which is slated for an early 2028 completion.
Joint Venture Delivers 265-Bed Student Housing Development Near University of California, Berkeley
by Amy Works
BERKELEY, CALIF. — A joint venture between Canyon Partners Real Estate, The Martin Group and Valiance Capital has delivered The Valiant, a 265-bed student housing development located near the University of California, Berkeley campus. The eight-story building spans 80,500 square feet and offers 83 units in a mix of studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations. The property also features ground floor retail space. Shared amenities include a lobby and social lounge, 24-hour fitness center, group study space and a rooftop lounge. Studio KDA designed the project.
Agora Realty Completes Construction of 90,750 SF Grocery-Anchored Retail Center in North Las Vegas
by Amy Works
LAS VEGAS — Agora Realty has completed construction of Hylo Park South, a 90,750-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center located in North Las Vegas. The property will serve as the central gathering place for Hylo Park, a 73-acre master-planned community that is currently under development. Cardenas Markets anchors the 11-acre center, which was delivered 95 percent leased. Tenants include Ross Dress for Less, Starbucks Coffee, Chipotle Mexican Grill, In-N-Out Burger, PDS Health, AT&T, The UPS Store, Chase Bank, Allstate, Sourdough & Co. and Tesla.
MINNEAPOLIS — Design firm HGA and general contractor Mortenson have completed the Richard M. Schulze Surgical and Critical Care Center, a 10-story, 620,000-square-foot addition to Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis. The largest construction project in Allina Health’s history includes 190 private inpatient rooms. The project team worked with Allina Health to integrate new critical care spaces, including 30 advanced operating rooms purpose-built for complex procedures, into the campus’s existing facilities. HGA implemented several infrastructure and planning improvements, including a new consolidated front entrance; the renovation of 200,000 square feet within the existing hospital to integrate new and existing spaces while modernizing critical areas such as operating rooms; and new roadways to improve circulation for the hospital’s emergency department. The hospital remained fully operational throughout the construction project. The project team included multidisciplinary engineering and specialty consultants, including Jacobs. The Schulze Building will welcome its first patients on Saturday, Aug. 29.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture between Houston-based Hines and locally based Harris Land Co. plans to develop The Gallery SouthPark, a mixed-use campus located along Carnegie Boulevard in Charlotte’s SouthPark district. The mixed-use property will comprise a 250,000-square-foot, Class A office building; 19-story, 302-unit residential building; shops and restaurants on the ground level of the two buildings; and an activated plaza displaying public art. The co-developers have tapped John Ball, Karah Tanneberger and Claiborne Mulhern of JLL to lead the office leasing efforts at The Gallery SouthPark. The project represents the first planned ground-up development in the Charlotte market for Hines.
HOUSTON — Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), a global pharmaceutical company best known for manufacturing treatments and medications such as Opdivo and Eliquis, will open a $2.3 billion manufacturing campus in Houston. The Princeton, N.J.-based firm chose a site within McCord Development’s 4,300-acre Generation Park for the approximately 600,000-square-foot project. “This investment reflects our confidence in America’s continued leadership in biopharmaceutical innovation,” says Christopher Boerner, board chair and CEO of Bristol Myers Squibb. “As part of our $40 billion commitment to the United States, we’re building the domestic manufacturing capabilities needed to deliver the next generation of medicines and support future scientific breakthroughs. Houston and the state of Texas offer the talent, infrastructure and partnership needed to help bring that vision to life.” Situated in northeast Houston, Bristol Myers Squibb’s new campus will be designed to be both modular and multi-modal, allowing the company to reconfigure manufacturing capacity for multiple types of medicines — including small molecules, biologics and antibody-drug conjugates — as needs arise. The new campus is estimated to create nearly 500 skilled jobs in the Houston area for roles including operations technicians, production specialists, maintenance and engineering professionals, quality control/assurance experts and administration. Bristol Myers Squibb also anticipates …