HOUSTON — Club Quarters Hotels, an owner-operator of boutique hospitality properties, has completed a 70-unit apartment hotel in downtown Houston. Rusk House Serviced Apartments offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units that feature living rooms complete with sofas, as well as desks, dining areas, fully equipped kitchens and bathroom amenities. Guests also have access to onsite dining, housecleaning and laundry services. Rates start at $199 per night.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Constellation Real Estate Partners and capital partner Northwestern Mutual plan to develop Constellation Air Commerce Park, a three-building, 972,079-square-foot industrial park in Orlando. The partnership recently acquired 75.1 acres located at 10195 Boggy Creek Road, about six miles from Orlando International Airport, for the project. Within the park, Building 100 (232,497 square feet) and Building 300 (283,580 square feet) will both have front-park/rear-load configurations and Building 200 (456,002 square feet) will have cross-dock loading. C4 Architecture and Florida Engineering Group designed Constellation Air Commerce Park to achieve LEED certification. The project will feature 36-foot clear heights, multiple points of ingress/egress with full circulation, trailer parking, ESFR sprinkler systems and LED lighting. Construction is set to begin this year with completion scheduled for the third quarter of 2025. Constellation and Northwestern Mutual have tapped Jared Bonshire, David Perez, Taylor Zambito, Ryan Hubbard, Sara Bravo and Jasmine Yarbrough of Cushman & Wakefield as the leasing agents for the project.
KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — Wawa Inc. has opened its first gas station and convenience store in the state of North Carolina. Located in the Outer Banks town of Kill Devil Hills, the store is the first of nine Wawa locations slated to open in the Tarheel state before the end of summer and 10 by year’s end. By the end of 2024, Wawa will have stores open in Kill Devil Hills, Rocky Mount, Elizabeth City, Greenville and two stores a piece in Wilson and Goldsboro. In 2025, Wawa expects to open up to 11 stores in additional counties including Robeson, Pitt, Cumberland, Onslow, Johnston, Nash, Pender, Brunswick and New Hanover. Over the next eight to 10 years, the metro Philadelphia-based company plans to build and open six to eight stores per year in North Carolina, reaching a total of 90 stores. To build each location, Wawa will invest more than $7 million per store and employ, on average, 140 contractors and local partners during the construction process. Wawa Inc., a privately held company, began in 1803. Today, Wawa stores are located in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, Florida, Washington, D.C., and now North Carolina — with nearly 1,000 …
OPA-LOCKA, FLA. — The Integral Group has broken ground on Wellspring Apartments, an affordable seniors housing community in the Miami suburb of Opa-Locka. Wellspring Apartments will feature 99 units, 67 of which are reserved for residents earning below 50 percent of the area median income (AMI), and the remaining 32 units are for residents earning below 60 percent AMI. The 81,350-square-foot property will feature a computer and library room, fitness center, community center with a full kitchen, and covered terrace. The project is a public-private partnership between Integral, Miami-Dade County, the City of Opa-Locka and local businesses. PNC Bank is also a partner on the project, providing $13.4 million in equity through Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) funds.
FREMONT, CALIF. — A joint venture between Oaktree Capital Management and Hines Interests has broken ground on Milmont Industrial, an advanced manufacturing and distribution facility in the Bay Area city of Fremont. Located at 49000 Milmont Drive, Milmont Industrial will be redeveloped from three buildings into a 267,000-square-foot industrial building with high clear heights, heavy power, ample parking and loading docks. CBRE is marketing the facility for lease.
TOLLESON, ARIZ. — Phoenix-based Haydon has broken ground on a Vanguard Truck Centers dealership in Tolleson, just west of Phoenix. The project team includes Impact Development Management as the real estate development management firm and Fitzgerald Associates as architect. Situated on 12 acres, the 60,000-square-foot facility will feature 26 service bays in an air-conditioned shop, a 24,000-square-foot parts warehouse, and a state-of-the-art showroom and office area with electric charging capabilities. The facility will also feature Volvo and Mack new truck sales, premium used truck sales, finance and insurance, Vanguard Truck Leasing and comprehensive parts and service offerings.
WINDSOR, ONTARIO AND DETROIT — The construction team for the Gordie Howe International Bridge project has begun the final steps to connect the bridge deck over the Detroit River, connecting the United States to Canada via Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. The remaining portion is 85 feet, the same width as an official NHL rink. The project team anticipates that the two sides will connect at the end of June. Crews must install one more segment on the U.S. side that measures 49 feet before work starts on the final segment, known as the mid-span closure. Once connected, the bridge deck spanning the distance between the two towers will measure 0.53 miles, making it the longest main span of any cable-stayed bridge in North America and the 10th longest in the world. It will also be the longest composite steel and concrete bridge deck for any cable-stayed bridge in the world. Even though it will appear the bridge is completed, there is still work remaining before the bridge opens in fall 2025. Crews will stress stay cables and install electrical, fire suppression and drainage systems, barriers, signage, lighting, deck paving and pavement markings, and complete the multi-use path. Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority …
VALPARAISO, IND. — Evergreen Real Estate Group has completed Green Oaks of Valparaiso, a $30 million assisted living community for low-income seniors in Valparaiso, a city in northwest Indiana. The three-story project includes 120 units and is located at 2550 W. Morthland Drive. All residences are reserved for seniors age 62 and older, with incomes at or below 60 percent of the area median income. A financial assistance program is available for qualified applicants. Evergreen Construction Co., a division of Evergreen Real Estate Group, served as the general contractor on the development, which received 90 pre-leases prior to opening. Managed by Gardant Management Solutions, Green Oaks of Valparaiso is licensed and regulated as a residential care facility by the Indiana Department of Health and approved as an assisted living Medicaid-waiver provider by the Indiana Family and Social Services Administration. The community is staffed 24 hours by certified nursing assistants who monitor and assess resident health and assist with bathing, grooming, dressing, medication management and other daily needs. Additional offerings include transportation, laundry, weekly housekeeping and onsite beauty/barber services. The onsite dining room provides residents with three meals per day plus snacks. Units include a kitchenette, individually controlled heating and …
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Lucky’s Market has opened a new 21,000-square-foot grocery store at Thurber Village in Columbus. The store opening marks the completion of the commercial component of the Thurber Village redevelopment project, which began construction in October 2022. The initial stages of the project involved the demolition of existing buildings and the construction of a new CVS store. The new Lucky’s Market will feature an extensive range of fresh produce, specialty foods and wellness products as well as a variety of grab-and-go options. CASTO is the project developer.
NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Nonprofit owner-operator Beacon Communities has broken ground on a 76-unit affordable housing project in New Haven. The project will convert a parking lot on State Street and vacant upper-floor spaces on Chapel Street into a complex with studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments and ground-floor commercial spaces. The majority (60) of the units will be affordable to households earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. The other 16 units will serve households that are currently or at risk of experiencing homelessness. Beacon Communities is financing construction of the project through a mix of federal and state tax credits, as well as local incentives and subsidies.