BRANSON, MO. — Midas Hospitality and Bryan Properties have opened a 123-room Element Hotel by Westin in Branson. The asset is owned by Bryan Properties and managed by Midas Hospitality. Located at 511 Pat Nash Drive, the hotel is situated near Ballparks of America and the adjacent Branson Theater District. The 73,637-square-foot property offers a fitness center, outdoor saline pool, fire pits and complimentary breakfast.
DAVENPORT, IOWA — Woda Cooper Cos. Inc. and co-developer Parallel Housing Inc. have broken ground on Timber Ridge, a 52-unit affordable housing community for seniors age 62 and older in Davenport. Units are targeted for renters who earn up to 60 percent of the area median income. The three-story building will offer 32 one-bedroom units and 20 two-bedroom apartments. Projected rents are $565 to $975 per month, depending on unit size and income restriction. Amenities will include a multipurpose room, dog park and outdoor seating. Timber Ridge will be ENERGY STAR certified. The City of Davenport approved a HOME loan as part of the project’s financing. Primary financing was supported by the allocation of 9 percent housing tax credits by the Iowa Finance Authority. KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment provided the construction loan and tax credit equity investment. Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust is providing a permanent mortgage. Timber Ridge marks Woda Cooper’s eighth affordable housing community in Iowa and its first in Davenport. Hooker DeJong Inc. is the architect, Woda Construction Inc. is the general contractor and IMEG Corp. is the civil engineer. Woda Management & Real Estate LLC will handle leasing and property management.
WHEATON, ILL. — eXp Commercial, a division of eXp World Holdings Inc., has arranged the $1.5 million sale of a multifamily redevelopment property at 100 W. Roosevelt Road in Wheaton. The property includes two 12,000-square-foot office buildings on 1.2 acres. The buyer, a local developer, plans to redevelop the site into 22 multifamily units following successful rezoning from office to residential use. Randolph Taylor of eXp represented the undisclosed seller.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Hillwood, the Fort Worth-based company that owns AllianceTexas, has broken ground on Bonham & Baker, a 410-unit multifamily project that will be located within the 242-acre Frisco Station mixed-use development on the northern outskirts of Dallas. Bonham & Baker will feature one- and two-bedroom apartments and two- and three-bedroom, two-story townhomes. Amenities will include two pools, resident lounge and coffee bar, wine lounge, coworking space with private offices and a conference room, two fitness centers, a dog park, game room, wine bar, sports lounges and outdoor grilling and dining areas. Good Fulton & Farrell is serving as the project architect, and Rampart Multifamily is the general contractor. J.P. Morgan is financing construction. Preleasing is expected to begin in the spring of 2027, with the first units set to be available for occupancy in summer 2027. Full completion is slated for spring 2028.
HOUSTON — A partnership that includes Blazer Real Estate Services, CVS Health and the Harris County Housing and Community Development Department has completed Hartwood at Spring Shadows, a $33 million affordable housing project located in the Spring Branch area of West Houston. The 125-unit building offers 112 residences that are reserved for households earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income as well as 13 market-rate apartments. Residences come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, outdoor grilling stations, dog park, playground, fitness center, package lockers, multi-purpose room, business center and a conference room. Mucasey & Associates designed the project, and Blazer Building served as general contractor. Other project partners include the Harris County Housing Finance Corp. (HCHFC), Amegy Bank, the Memorial Hermann Foundation and Boston Financial Investment Management.
TULSA, OKLA. — TruCore Industrial, an Oklahoma-based investment firm founded by executives of net-lease brokerage group Stan Johnson Co., is nearing completion of a 90,000-square-foot project in Tulsa. Midtown Industrial Park consists of four buildings that feature 20-foot-plus clear heights, shared dock access and ESFR sprinkler systems. Leasing is currently underway.
NEW YORK CITY — Affordable housing owner-operator Tredway has completed the renovation of Greene Clermont Houses, a 97-unit affordable seniors housing complex in Brooklyn. Built in 1985, the seven-story complex is located in the borough’s Fort Greene neighborhood and houses units that are reserved for renters earning 50 percent or less of the area median income. Renovations upgraded units’ flooring, lighting, kitchens and bathrooms, and the community room has been enhanced to include a new kitchen, wellness room, nurse’s station and resident services coordinator office. Tredway partnered with the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development on the project, which also served to preserve the property’s affordability status for another 40 years.
SALINE TOWNSHIP, MICH. — OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, has unveiled plans to build a new Stargate campus in Saline Township near Ann Arbor as part of its 4.5-gigawatt partnership with Oracle. Combined with capacity from OpenAI’s six previously announced U.S. Stargate sites with Oracle and SoftBank, this project brings Stargate to more than 8 gigawatts of planned capacity and more than $450 billion in investment over the next three years. In January, the company announced a $500 billion, 10-gigawatt commitment. Related Digital is developing the Stargate Michigan campus. Construction is expected to begin in early 2026 and create more than 2,500 union construction jobs. DTE Energy will serve the campus using existing excess transmission capacity, avoiding impacts on local energy supply. OpenAI says that any upgrades required to support operations will be funded by the project and not local ratepayers. The project will span 1.6 million square feet across three buildings, according to Crain’s Detroit Busienss. OpenAI has previously announced Stargate sites in Texas, New Mexico, Wisconsin and Ohio.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Twelfth Street Heritage Development Corp. and Flaherty & Collins Properties have broken ground on the $300 million redevelopment of Parade Park Homes, one of the country’s oldest Black-owned housing cooperatives that is located in Kansas City. Plans call for nearly 1,100 multifamily units, 200 of which will be reserved for low-income families and 80 for seniors housing. Additionally, the project will include 27 acres of open green space and 15,000 square feet of community-centered commercial space. Block & Co. Inc. Realtors will serve as the exclusive retail broker for the project. The restoration will include three phases, with Phase I projected to be finished by 2027. The project marks the largest development in East Kansas City’s history, according to Block & Co.
BARTLETT AND JOLIET, ILL. — Mapletree Investments has broken ground on two industrial facilities in metro Chicago. The projects are located at 1360 Schiferl Road in Bartlett and 3600 Houbolt Road (formerly 23551 Vetter Road) in Joliet. Completion is slated for summer 2026. The Bartlett Commerce Center will total 149,100 square feet within the Brewster Creek Business Park. It will be located on an 8.2-acre parcel adjacent to Mapletree’s existing 400,000-square-foot warehouse. Plans call for a clear height of 36 feet, 42 dock doors, two drive-in doors and 181 car parking spaces. Morgan/Harbour Construction is the general contractor. Ryan O’Leary, Jonathan Postweiler and Jeff Fischer of KBC Advisors are overseeing leasing. Situated along the I-80 and I-55 interchange, the 18.1-acre project in Joliet provides direct connectivity to the Joliet Intermodal Center. Upon delivery, the 312,306-square-foot warehouse will meet LEED Silver standards and include a clear height of 40 feet, 59 dock doors, 76 trailer stalls and 204 parking stalls. Keeley Construction is the general contractor. Sean Henrick and Jason West of Cushman & Wakefield are overseeing leasing efforts.
