DENTON, TEXAS — Austin-based developer Urban Moment is nearing completion of YardHomes Parkside, a 230-unit apartment complex located in the North Texas city of Denton. YardHomes Parkside will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans that will range in size from 635 to 1,375 square feet. Residences will be furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and smart-home technology products. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Full completion is slated for later his month.
TAMPA, FLA. — Strategic Property Partners LLC has unveiled the next phase of Water Street Tampa, the company’s $3 billion mixed-use neighborhood underway in downtown Tampa. The next phase includes three separate buildings: a residential condominium building, a build-to-suit office complex and a hospitality/entertainment destination just north of Amalie Arena, home of the NHL’s Tampa Bay Lightning. The condo tower and office buildings will be situated on an extension of Water Street Tampa that is currently under construction on East Cumberland Avenue. The third property will feature a select-service hotel, parking garage and entertainment uses, including food-and-beverage options and a live music venue. Designed by Gensler Architects with Nichols Architects acting as architect of record, the condo tower will be the tallest building within Water Street Tampa, joining other multifamily properties Asher, Cora and Heron. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox, the office complex will feature ground-floor retail space and will join Thousand & One as the second office component. The road and utility infrastructure work for these additions has already begun and is expected to be completed by spring 2025. Last year, Jeff Vinik, owner of the Tampa Bay Lightning, sold his stake in Strategic Property Partners to his co-developer, …
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Berkadia has arranged $52 million in construction financing for The ONE at Columbia, a 360-unit garden-style apartment development located at 4415 Percival Road in Columbia. Brad Williamson, Scott Wadler, Mitch Sinberg and Matt Robbins of Berkadia arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Miami-based One Real Estate Investment. North River Partners and Amzak Capital Partners provided the loan. The property will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units with custom cabinetry, quartz countertops and smart features. Amenities will include a sauna, resort-style pool and electric vehicle charging stations. The developer expects to deliver The ONE at Columbia in the fourth quarter of 2025.
VILLA RICA, GA. — Dermody Properties plans to develop LogistiCenter at Boggs Road, a two-building industrial development located in the western Atlanta suburb of Villa Rica. Hitachi Astemo Americas Inc., a global supplier of advanced mobility solutions for the automotive industry, has signed on as the sole tenant of Building 1, a 200,880-square-foot building near an existing manufacturing facility for Hitachi Astemo. Building I at LogistiCenter at Boggs Road will feature 32-foot clear heights, 72 trailer parking spaces and 99 car parking spaces. Building 2, which will total 124,740 square feet, will feature 28 dock-high doors, 23 trailer parking spaces, 94 auto spaces and 36-foot clear heights. Dermody Properties plans to open LogistiCenter at Boggs Road in the fourth quarter. Building 2 is available for prelease.
SEATTLE — Office Properties Income Trust (NASDAQ: OPI) has completed Unison Elliott Bay, a three-building, 300,000-square-foot life sciences campus located at 351, 401 and 501 Elliott Ave. West in Seattle. Unison Elliott Bay features Class A office space totaling 200,000 square feet. The buildings feature 14-foot floor-to-floor heights in two dedicated lab buildings inclusive of move-in ready lab and R&D space, with suites ranging from 12,500 square feet to 25,000 square feet. The campus includes dedicated mechanical infrastructure supported by standby generator power to accommodate lab and technological power requirements. The campus features reception areas, collaborative indoor and outdoor meeting areas, conference and training rooms, fitness and changing room facilities, and a landscaped courtyard with built-in pergola and sculptures. Additional amenities include covered and surface parking, secure bike storage and electric vehicle charging stations. The campus will also offer a chef-driven café, as well as a rotating mix of food trucks. Sonoma Biotherapeutics, a clinical-stage biotechnology company, has signed a 10-year lease for more than 83,000 square feet at the 501 building. The clinic-stage biotechnology company occupies three floors of office and lab space for its R&D and manufacturing center, which is intended for the development of engineered regulatory T …
SANTA ANA, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 0.29-acre, fully entitled multifamily development site at 1212 E. 4th St. in Santa Ana. A private seller sold the asset to an Orange County-based buyer for $1.2 million. Currently named 4G Lofts, the shovel-ready development is fully entitled for 15 studios, one- and two-bedroom apartments, with one unit designated as affordable for very-low-income residents. Additionally, the property will offer 17 parking spaces. The site is located in Orange County. Michelle Jefcoat and Dan Blackwell of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) has unveiled plans for a 1.8 million-square-foot mixed-use project in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood. Dubbed Fulton Park Campus, the development will include four buildings comprising research and development (R&D), lab, office, residential and retail space. Among the new buildings will be a 34-story residential tower, known as Flora, which will comprise 368 apartment units. Amenities at Flora will span three floors and include a club room; golf and game simulator room; fitness center and yoga studio; spa; sauna; and a dedicated work-from-home area with a sound recording booth. Additionally, the property will feature an outdoor deck with grilling stations, televisions and fire pits; a private dining space with a chef’s kitchen; and a pet wash and dog run. ESG Architects designed the residential building, which general contractor Power Construction will build. Leasing is scheduled to begin this summer. At 1105 W. Carroll, TCC will develop a 26-story commercial tower featuring 660,000 square feet of lab and office space. Upon completion, the building will offer floorplates from 19,000 to 40,000 square feet, with 17-foot ceiling heights on select floors, private balconies and advanced technical infrastructure. Amenities will include a fitness center with an indoor pickleball …
ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Coro Realty Advisors plans to develop four new self-storage facilities in Georgia. The recent developments include Auburn Avenue Storage in Columbus, Lake Lanier Storage in Flowery Branch, Ridgewalk Storage in Woodstock and Georgetown Storage in Dunwoody. Auburn Avenue Storage is a three-story building that adds 57,000 leasable square feet of climate-controlled storage space to Coro’s existing property, which the company has owned since 2018. Lake Lanier Storage is currently under construction. The two-story facility will provide 75,000 leasable square feet of climate-controlled storage and 49,000 square feet for boat and vehicle storage. Coro Realty recently acquired the land for Ridgewalk Storage, with plans to break ground on the 83,000-square-foot, two-story project this fall. Georgetown Storage, a four-story facility that will offer approximately 120,000 leasable square feet of storage space, is in the planning stage.
MOUNT VERNON, ILL. — Contegra Construction is building a 100,000-square-foot, solar-powered manufacturing plant for Manner Polymers in Mount Vernon, a city in southern Illinois. Contegra expects to complete the project in November, with the plant scheduled to be fully operational by fall 2025. Manner Polymers will use the facility to manufacture flexible PVC compounds. The property will be powered by both a roof-mounted solar array and a 15-acre solar field located on site immediately adjacent to the plant. According to Contegra, the project will expand Manner’s production capacity by 100 million pounds and is projected to create 60 new jobs. The rail-served facility offers convenient access to I-57 and I-64. Additional building features include 11 dock doors, three drive-through doors, a 55-foot tower with a three-level production platform and 5,000 square feet of office space. The project team includes Gray Design Group, Alper Audi, Jarrell Mechanical, Haier Plumbing, Bi-State Fire Protection and Clinton Electric.
CHASKA, MINN. — Kraus-Anderson (KA) has begun a $24 million renovation of Chaska Middle School West located at 140 Engler Blvd. in Chaska, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. Designed by Wold Architects and Engineers, the project will be constructed during the summer months of 2024 and 2025. The overall 145,000-square-foot renovation consists of mechanical and electrical upgrades, interior improvements and updated finishes throughout the entire school building. Renovations will be made to the gymnasium, classrooms, locker rooms, bathrooms, music spaces and other student areas. KA will also replace the parking lot and improve the existing loading dock area. Completion is slated for fall 2025.