VESTAL, N.Y. — Georgia-based Landmark Properties will develop The Retreat at Bunn Hill, a 700-bed student housing project that will be located near the State University of New York (SUNY) Binghamton campus in Vestal. The 314,300-square-foot, cottage-style property will offer 161 units in 15 configurations ranging from two- to five-bedrooms with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities will include a 12,000-square-foot clubhouse, heated outdoor pool, fire pits, a fitness center and access to an off-campus shuttle bus. Landmark Construction, the in-house general contractor for Landmark Properties, will manage construction of the community, which is slated for a summer 2026 completion.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Penzance has submitted plans to Arlington County for the development of One Rosslyn, a three-tower multifamily development located in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood. The Baupost Group is serving as a project partner for Penzance on the development. One Rosslyn will comprise a 30-story tower with 461 residential units, a 27-story tower with 319 apartments and an 82-unit condo tower. STUDIOS Architecture and Hickok Cole designed the project to span 900,000 square feet and offer upscale residences, amenities and neighborhood-serving retail space. Located at the intersection of Fort Myer Drive and Langston Boulevard, the project is designed around a 30,000-square-foot private landscaped terrace that will overlook the adjacent Gateway Park, which Arlington County is revamping. With the plans submitted, the county has formally begun the site plan review process. Penzance says One Rosslyn could break ground as soon as late 2026.
ATLANTA — The Flying Biscuit Café, an Atlanta-based breakfast and brunch restaurant chain, plans to open 15 new locations in 2025. Founded in 1993, Flying Biscuit Café currently operates 35 locations, with a strong presence in Georgia, Texas, Alabama, Florida and the Carolinas. In 2025, the company will open restaurants in new markets, including Spartanburg, S.C.; Huntsville, Ala.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Tallahassee, Fla.; and Jonesboro, Ark. The Flying Biscuit Café opened five restaurants in 2024, which brought more than 150 jobs to local communities in Charleston and throughout Texas.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — PEBB Enterprises and Banyan Development have acquired a 23-acre parcel in Port St. Lucie with plans to develop a retail project at the site. Dubbed the Shoppes at Southern Grove, the retail center will be situated within the Tradition master-planned community. This marks the second retail development within Tradition for the joint venture, which acquired the site from an entity doing business as Mattamy Palm Beach LLC for $7.5 million. Upon completion, the project will feature a shopping center on 14.2 acres with additional outparcels available for ground lease ranging in size from 1 to 2.4 acres.
ROSEMONT, ILL. — Bradford Allen Hospitality has begun a $25 million renovation of its Hyatt Rosemont Chicago O’Hare hotel to transform it into a Hyatt Centric full-service lifestyle hotel. The property is located at 6350 N. River Road across the street from Rivers Casino in the Chicago suburb of Rosemont. The renovations entail a full gut rehab of the property, which will result in 206 completely remodeled guest rooms, 12,000 square feet of modernized meeting space, an improved fitness center and a ballroom with capacity for up to 500 people. What was once an American eatery will be transformed into Cima, an upscale, beverage-forward restaurant with outdoor seating. Maverick Hotels & Restaurants will continue to oversee operations of the property.
DETROIT — Nonprofit organization Kintsugi Village has purchased the former St. Vincent Middle School property in Detroit’s Corktown neighborhood for $3.4 million. Next Cities Investment Group sold the property, which also included a vacant lot next to the building for a total of 1.6 acres. Constructed in 1962, the school building totals roughly 38,000 square feet. It closed in 2010 and then operated as a coworking space. The facility has been vacant for the last four years. Kintsugi Village is working with Sachse Construction and plans to break ground soon on converting the property into an early childhood education center, artist residency and retreat center. The nonprofit expects to open in fall 2025.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — IQE Inc., a global semiconductor manufacturer based in Wales, has announced plans to invest $305 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Greensboro to produce next-generation compound semiconductor material. The investment is subject to customer commitments and funding from the federal CHIPS Act. The expansion is expected to create 109 new jobs in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region, which sits between Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham along I-85. “IQE’s major reinvestment in Guilford County is a testament to the quality of our world-class workforce, the strength of our business climate and our leadership in clean energy and technology,” says North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. Operating in Greensboro for more than a decade and with 72 employees, IQE manufactures “epi wafers” using molecular beam epitaxy for the defense and aerospace industries. The new investment would add a complementary epitaxy called metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) and would provide a new clean technology for semiconductor chip production to help serve the electric vehicle (EV) market. North Carolina is growing its EV manufacturing base. For example, VinFast, an EV manufacturer based in Vietnam, is currently building out a $4 billion factory in nearby Chatham County.
GASTON, S.C. — Red Rock Developments has delivered a 519,792-square-foot speculative industrial facility located at 201 Integrity Way in Gaston, a suburb of Columbia. The cross-dock warehouse is situated along I-26 in Calhoun County within the 760-acre Sandy Run Industrial Park, a portion of which also lies within Lexington County. Chuck Salley, Thomas Beard and John Peebles of Colliers are marketing the property to an industrial user for sale or lease on behalf of Red Rock. Colliers has also been retained for property management services. The design-build team includes Miller Valentine Construction, MCA Architecture, Alliance Consulting Engineers and S&ME. The facility, which is expandable to nearly 1.2 million square feet, is the only available industrial building in Central South Carolina with 40-foot clear heights, according to Red Rock.
HOUSTON — Clay Development will build a two-building, 495,360-square-foot speculative industrial project in northwest Houston. The buildings, which will span 425,360 and 70,000 square feet, represent Phase I of Northwest 99 Business Park, a 172-acre, 2.3 million-square-foot development at the intersection of Grand Parkway and Mueschke Road. The larger of the two buildings, Northwest 99 Distribution Center I, will feature a cross-dock configuration, 36-foot clear height ceilings, 110 dock-high doors, four drive-in ramps, 220 employee parking spots and the option for additional trailer parking. The building is designed to accommodate up to four different users. The smaller building, dubbed Northwest 99 Spec I, will be a single-tenant manufacturing building with 125-foot truck court depths, up to 45 employee parking spots and two acres for a future stabilized lay-down yard. JLL and CBRE have been tapped as leasing agents for the larger and smaller buildings, respectively, and their efforts will be aided by those of Clay Development’s Copeland Rhea. Construction is scheduled to begin by the end of the year and to be complete in the third quarter of 2025.
ROCKWALL, TEXAS — Locally based brokerage firm DuWest Realty has negotiated the sale of an 85,116-square-foot hospitality development site in Rockwall, a northeastern suburb of Dallas. Shiv Hospitality Group purchased the two-acre site at 600 Cooke Drive with plans to develop a 130-room hotel that will be operated under the Tempo by Hilton brand. The hotel will be a component of Sapphire Bay, a mixed-use waterfront development. Giancarlo Carriero and Scott Rodgers of DuWest Realty brokered the deal.