SALT LAKE CITY — The Domain Cos., in partnership with Cottonwood Group, has closed on $102 million in financing for the development of hotel at 370 S. West Temple in downtown Salt Lake City. Completion is slated for first-quarter 2028. Slated to operate under IHG Hotels & Resorts’ Kimpton brand, the 10-story hotel will feature 216 guest rooms, food-and-beverage options, including upscale and casual dining and a rooftop bar. Additional hotel amenities will include a fitness center, 7,000 square feet of meeting space, valet parking and indoor and outdoor terraces for year-round social and corporate gatherings. The hotel will be within walking distance of major city landmarks, such as Delta Center, Salt Pace Convention Center, City Creek Center and Restaurant Row. The project team includes Solomon Cordwell Buenz as project architect, Goodrich and Studio Mainer as interior designer and Wadman as general contractor. Stonebridge Cos. will manage the project. Matt Weiner, Jay Morrow and Dustin Stolly of Walker & Dunlop handled the financing transaction.
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KANSAS CITY, MO. — The Kansas City Symphony has unveiled plans to develop a new live music venue in the city’s South Plaza district. The indoor venue, designed for audiences of up to 4,600 guests and targeted to open in 2028, will host touring artists across genres and support a limited number of Symphony performances that benefit from amplified or enhanced production formats. The project will also be designed to support the live performance of films with orchestra, which regularly rank among the Symphony’s most in-demand offerings. Populous and McCownGordon are the project’s design and construction build teams, respectively. The development at 4901 Main St. will be walkable to the Country Club Plaza. While Helzberg Hall at the Kauffman Center will remain the definitive orchestral home of the Symphony, the new venue will expand its reach. Managed by Music and Event Management Inc. (MEMI), the property will host over 100 annual events. The Symphony will wholly own the new venue and will contract with MEMI to operate it. MEMI, a subsidiary of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, has measured a growing demand from artists and audiences for 4,000 to 6,000-seat venues that hit a “sweet spot” between intimate experience and major …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Trilogy Investment Co., a residential developer based in metro Atlanta, has broken ground on REV3 at Walnut Creek, a 190-unit build-to-rent residential project in northeast Austin. The property will exclusively feature three-bedroom, townhome-style units with an average size of 1,493 square feet that will include a one-car attached garage. Leasing is anticipated to begin in the third quarter of 2027, with full completion slated for mid-2028.
SHORELINE, WASH. — Evergreen Point Group has received $88 million in construction financing for Leeway, an apartment project in Shoreline. Steve Petrie, Seth Heikkila, Tom Wilson and Jake Davidson of JLL Capital Markets secured the loans through a regional bank on behalf of the borrower. Located at 142 N.E. 147th St., the seven-story property will feature 360 apartments and 3,371 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Community amenities will include a fitness center, rooftop lounge and deck, coworking spaces, a pet spa and secure parking spanning two stories of subterranean parking with 224 spaces and 49 electric vehicle charging stations. Designed as a transit-oriented development, Leeway will be connected to the Shoreline South Light Rail Station via a pedestrian bridge, being built by the city of Shoreline, across Interstate 5. Additionally, the property will participate in Shoreline’s 12-year Multifamily Tax Exemption program, with 20 percent of units restricted to affordable housing at 70 percent to 80 percent of area median income limits. The program includes a 12-year extension option.
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Mullin 306 Receive Approval for Costco Development in Scottsdale
by Amy Works
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC) and Scottsdale-based Mullin 360 have received approval to develop a Costco at 4499 N. Pima Road in Scottsdale. The project will be the first-ever Costco store on tribal land in the United States. Spanning 21.5 acres, the project will include a 162,000-square-foot retail building and approximately 994 parking stalls. The store will include an expanded ready-to-eat section with a wide selection of grab-and-go meals, as well as a food court. A formal groundbreaking will be planned for June 2026.
Omega Construction Breaks Ground on 801,000 SF Distribution Center in Macon, Georgia for Bob’s Discount Furniture
by Abby Cox
MACON, GA. — Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Omega Construction has broken ground on an 801,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility for in Macon for Bob’s Discount Furniture. Situated roughly 85 miles southeast of Atlanta in Central Georgia, the facility will serve as a major logistics hub to support the retail furniture chain’s growth across the Southeast. Further details of the development were not disclosed. Needham, Mass.-based Onyx Partners is leading the development, with Omega Construction serving as the design-build general contractor, in partnership with Falcon Design Consultants, Atlas Collaborative and HGA. As of early 2026, Bob’s Discount Furniture operates more than 200 stores across the U.S.
STATE COLLEGE, PA. — An affiliate of New Jersey-based intermediary Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $40 million construction loan for a 70-room hotel and condo project in State College. The site is located at the gateway to Penn State University’s campus, and the building will include ground-floor retail space. Residences/hotel rooms will feature premium finishes, and residents will have access to 24/7 security, concierge and housekeeping services, as well as use of a fitness center. An undisclosed national lender provided the nonrecourse loan to the borrower, which also requested anonymity.
PARAMUS, N.J. — Regional brokerage firm Hudson Atlantic Realty has negotiated the $9.2 million sale of a multifamily development site in the Northern New Jersey community of Paramus. The 9.9-acre site at 731 Pascack Road is fully approved for the development of a 162-unit, age-restricted project that will be known as The Residences at Joy Farms. Units will come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities will include a fitness center, bar/kitchen area and indoor/outdoor social spaces. Adam Zweibel of Hudson Atlantic brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
PHOENIX — A partnership between Mack Real Estate Group and McCourt Partners has broken ground on Halo Vista, a $7 billion mixed-use development in North Phoenix that has been billed as a “city within a city.” Situated adjacent to the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. (TSMC) campus, the 2,300-acre master-planned project is designed to be a global hub for science, innovation and community. The initial phase of construction will focus on crucial horizontal infrastructure and site preparation, with work led by Phoenix-based Willmeng Construction. The master plan for the site includes nearly 30 million square feet of industrial, office, retail, residential and educational uses. Companies that have already committed to Halo Vista include Costco and Marriott, which plans to develop a five-story, dual-branded hotel under the Courtyard and Residence Inn brands. Those announcements came in October. In addition, DeRito Partners is planning an “auto mall” at Halo Vista that will feature approximately 10 dealership facilities. These developments are part of the first phase of commercial space that is planned along I-17 and Dove Valley Road and is designed to serve the thousands of workers and residents anticipated to join the Halo Vista community. “Northwest Phoenix has always had strong neighborhoods and a …
HOUSTON — Skanska USA has completed a 20,772-square-foot adaptive reuse project in Houston’s Third Ward. The project converted the historic Riverside General Hospital, which originally opened in 1926, into the new home of the Harris County Public Health Department. The work encompassed renovations to the main hospital building, former nursing school and adjacent utility structure. The project team also integrated new mechanical, electrical and life-safety systems throughout.