Development

ATLANTA — Portman has delivered Ten Twenty Spring, a new 530,000-square-foot office tower in Midtown Atlanta. The Class A office building is part of the locally based developer’s Spring Quarter mixed-use development that comprises the office tower, an apartment high-rise called Sora that opened last fall, street-level retail space and the historic H.M. Patterson Home and Gardens. Ten Twenty Spring features 32,000-square-foot floor plates and 10-foot floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as 15,000 square feet of private terraces and 20,000 square feet of amenity space. Sozou, a new Japanese restaurant from Chef Fuyuhiko Ito, will open at the office tower’s ground floor in summer 2025. The restaurant group will also open Omakase by Ito on the office tower’s eight-floor rooftop. Portman has tapped Glenn Kolker, Preston Menning and Malik Leaphart of Stream Realty Partners to lease Ten Twenty Spring.

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DE SOTO, KAN. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed a 1 million-square-foot distribution center at Flint Commerce Center in De Soto, a southwest suburb of Kansas City. Flint Development is the developer for the 370-acre industrial park. Panasonic has leased half of the building to support a nearby battery manufacturing facility under construction. Located at 10200 Edgerton Road, the cross-dock distribution center features a clear height of 40 feet. There are 98 dock doors with four drive-through doors, and parking is available for 515 cars and 251 trailers. The project team included Davidson Architecture and Engineering, BHC Civil Engineering & Surveying, PKMR Engineers, Wallace Engineering and CFS Engineers.

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GALLATIN, TENN. — Kolter Multifamily LLC, along with its affiliates, has broken ground on Alton Nexus, a 300-unit apartment community in Gallatin, a Middle Tennessee city approximately 30 miles northeast of Nashville. The project represents the first apartment development outside of Florida for Kolter Multifamily, a subsidiary of Delray Beach, Fla.-based The Kolter Group. Alton Nexus will feature a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as a resort-style swimming pool with outdoor firepits, clubroom with a bar, coworking spaces and a fitness center with a yoga studio. The project is part of the Nexus master-planned development that features a business park, shops and restaurants. Kolter Multifamily expects to deliver Alton Nexus in winter 2026.

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ALPHARETTA, GA. — RocaPoint Partners has announced that Trader Joe’s will open a new 13,500-square-foot grocery store at Halcyon, a mixed-use development in the north Atlanta region of Forsyth County. Located in Alpharetta near the Big Creek Greenway trail, the grocery store will be situated next to the new Chick-fil-A as part of the third phase of Halcyon, which recently celebrated its fifth anniversary of operation. Other committed tenants of Halcyon’s Phase III include Chewy Vet Care, Chase Bank and Five Guys. Halcyon also includes The Village Green central gathering space for events, offices for Morgan Stanley, an Embassy Suites by Hilton hotel, CMX CInebistro, X-Golf, a food hall, Cherry Street Brewpub and several shops and restaurants. The new Halcyon store will bring the number of Trader Joe’s locations in metro Atlanta to eight.

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KOKOMO, IND. — StarPlus Energy LLC, a joint venture between global automobile manufacturer Stellantis N.V. and South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI Co. Ltd., has secured a conditional commitment for federal funding to finance two new lithium-ion battery cell and module manufacturing plants underway in Kokomo. The plants were announced by the manufacturers in 2022 and 2023. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s “Investing in America” agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment for a loan of up to $7.5 billion ($6.8 billion in principal and $688 million in capitalized interest) to StarPlus Energy. The company must satisfy certain technical, legal, environmental and financial conditions before the DOE funds the loan. If finalized, the loan would be offered through LPO’s Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing (ATVM) program, which provides loans to support U.S. manufacturing of advanced technology vehicles, qualifying components and materials that improve fuel economy. The output from the Kokomo facilities will be sold to Stellantis for use in electric vehicle (EV) models that will be sold in North America. One goal of the federal funding is to help “ensure the United States can meet domestic demand and remain a global leader …

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Bohler General Contractor Approach Streamline Daniel Hines

Some commercial real estate developers work primarily with architects and engineers to establish a project’s scope and expected cost, leaving the selection of a general contractor or project manager until they are nearly ready to break ground. And by following this traditional approach, they may be leaving money on the table. A better practice is to engage contractors during project planning, industry experts advise. That’s because experienced contractors can provide practical insight into pricing and availability of materials and labor, informing critical planning decisions. Those same builders can be a sounding board for site civil engineers mapping out site preparation, utility installation, access and sequencing for the various tradespeople working on a project. “Involving a general contractor early is particularly beneficial for large-scale or phased construction projects,” says Daniel Hines, a principal in Bohler’s Charlotte office. “It enables us to approach the design more strategically, reduce costs and deliver more accurate timelines.” “The overall goal of getting a general contractor and an engineer working together is to maintain your schedule and your budget,” agrees Jeff Mitchell, director in the Charlotte, North Carolina office of Duffey Southeast Construction Inc. “Engineers are the experts at designing projects, but ultimately it is the …

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GARLAND, TEXAS — New York City-based Dwight Capital has provided a $35.2 million HUD-insured construction loan for Millennium Village, a 199-unit multifamily project that will be located in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Garland. The market-rate property will consist of four residential buildings and a parking garage on a 4.5-acre site. Residences will comprise 17 studios, 132 one-bedroom units, 35 two-bedroom apartments and 15 two-bedroom townhome residences, each with private two-car garages. Amenities will include a clubhouse, fitness center, pool, rooftop lounge with an outdoor deck, electric vehicle charging stations and a dog park. Brandon Baksh and Brian Yee of Dwight originated the debt through HUD’s 221(d)(4) program on behalf of the local developer, Pinnacle Facility Engineering.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — General contractor Citadel Development has completed a 10,000-square-foot office redevelopment project in Austin. The project converted a building that was originally constructed in 1970 into a modern creative office facility with outdoor green space and amenity areas, as well as onsite parking. Locally based architecture firm Mark Odom Studio designed the project.

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CROWN POINT, IND. — Venture One Real Estate has unveiled plans to build VenturePark65, a 135-acre logistics campus in Crown Point, a city in northwest Indiana. The development, located at the southeast corner of 101st Avenue and I-65, will encompass up to 2 million square feet of modern industrial space. Flexible building designs will accommodate large-scale users, with spaces ranging from 500,000 to 2 million square feet. Brian Vanosky and Michael O’Leary of Lee & Associates will market the property for lease.

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CHICAGO — Skender and its joint venture partner Blackwood Group have completed extensive renovations of two senior living apartment towers in partnership with the Chicago Housing Authority and Michaels Development. Canopy Architecture designed the 400,000-square-foot renovation project. Located at 3700 W. Congress Parkway in the East Garfield Park neighborhood, Irene McCoy Gaines Apartments rises 17 stories with 150 units. The property was built in 1964. All units underwent substantial renovations, including updated HVAC, electrical and plumbing systems. Skender added new amenity spaces such as a redesigned dining and community room, exterior courtyard and upgraded laundry spaces. Albany Terrace Apartments, located at 3030 W. 21st Place in the South Lawndale neighborhood, rises 17 stories with 350 units. The property was built in 1974. The building received upgrades to resident units, common spaces and HVAC systems, including electrical and plumbing systems. Skender also installed a new elevator. Each unit in both buildings received new flooring, paint, LED lights, kitchens and baths, and air conditioning and thermostats. Common areas and units received upgraded internet connectivity and Wi-Fi.

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