LAS VEGAS — Red Ridge Development is underway on Origin at Symphony Park, a 6-acre mixed-use project located in downtown Las Vegas. The development will feature 100,000 square feet of retail space, a 32-story residential tower, mid-rise apartment building, outdoor promenade and office space upon completion, which is scheduled for 2026. The McGarey Group, a division of the Divaris Group, will manage leasing for the retail space at the project in partnership with Paragon Commercial Group.
AURORA, COLO. — Grovewood Community Development has broken ground on Sapling Grove Apartments, a four-story, mixed-income apartment community in Aurora that is slated for completion in late 2024. Located at 10151 E. Jewell Ave., the first phase of the property will feature 81 units in a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, a rooftop deck and lounge, work pods, an exercise room and an onsite community resource center offering health- and wellness-focused resident programs and services. The property will also feature community spaces for resident gatherings, intergenerational lifelong learning workshops, outdoor recreation via walking trails, a fenced playground, an outdoor exercise stations and gardens. The project is being financed through 22 grant, loan and equity sources provided collectively by the City of Aurora, Arapahoe County, the Colorado Division of Housing, the Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, Impact Development Fund, the Aurora Housing Authority, National Development Council and Sugar Creek Capital. Additional funding includes a four-year grant awarded by The Colorado Health Foundation. BC Builders is serving as the project’s general contractor, and Santulan Architecture is serving as architect.
KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. — Ziegler, a Chicago-based investment bank, has arranged $212.9 million in bond financing for Seafields at Kiawah Island, a seniors housing project in coastal South Carolina. The borrower and developer is a local entity doing business as Kiawah Life Plan Village Inc. BRP Senior Housing Management will operate the property. Sitework is underway, and the development team expects to open the community in fall 2025. Seafields at Kiawah Island will be located on an eight-acre site about 25 miles south of Charleston. This site is adjacent to Freshfields Village, an open-air pedestrian village with a variety of stores, restaurants and entertainment options. The community will feature 90 independent living units and 16 assisted living units. In addition to full-service dining, amenities will include a bar, bistro, outdoor pool, fitness center, yoga studio, salon, wellness center, theater and various multipurpose rooms. The South Carolina Jobs-Economic Development Authority issued the bond financing. Specifically, the package consists of $87.1 million of long-term, fixed-rate bonds and $125.8 million of tax-exempt and taxable securities with mandatory paydown requirements. “Ziegler is very proud to help provide construction financing for Seafields at Kiawah Island in a very challenging capital markets environment,” says Rob Gall, Ziegler’s …
New income limits for low-income and very-low-income housing in 2023 represent a mixed blessing for the industry’s providers, who gain more potential renters but face ubiquitous caps that restrain their ability to adjust rents. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) publishes the income limits annually based on changes in each housing area’s median income, and typically places caps on outlier markets to prevent wide year-to-year swings. From 2010 through 2021, about 10 percent of areas were capped each year. Also in that period, the caps predictably checked the increase in an area’s qualifying income levels to no more than double the annual percent change in national median income. HUD published national median income based on three-year-trailing American Community Survey (ACS) data that HUD adjusted forward using the Consumer Price Index (CPI). In 2022, however, HUD omitted the CPI factor and based limits on historical survey data alone, producing lower results for median incomes and a smaller percentage change to be doubled into a cap. Even so, calculated incomes rose significantly, spurring HUD to cap increases in 57 percent of areas. Industry experts had predicted HUD would add the CPI adjustment back into its calculations in 2023, resulting …
SAN ANTONIO — A partnership between OCI Development, Atlantic Pacific Cos. and Opportunity Home San Antonio has broken ground on Vista at Silver Oaks, a 76-unit affordable housing project that will be located on the city’s north-central side. Residences will feature two- and three-bedroom layouts and will be entirely reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. In addition to business and fitness centers, residents will have access to services such as monthly social events, tax preparation classes, health and wellness programming and afterschool care. PNC Bank and Stellar Bank both contributed to the financing of the project, specifics of which were not disclosed. Delivery is slated for summer 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Akridge and National Real Estate Development (National Development) have topped out Phase I of The Stacks, a 2.7 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Washington, D.C. Situated in the city’s Capitol Riverfront district and within the Buzzard Point neighborhood, Phase I of the project is dubbed Building B, which is one of three 14-story residential towers coming to the development. The first phase will feature 1,100 apartments, 35,000 square feet of retail space, 300,000 square feet of below-grade parking and loading and a 15,000-square-foot public park. General contractor Clark Construction has finished vertical construction on Building B and will now pivot to finishing concrete operations on Buildings A and C. Bank OZK provided construction financing for the project. The Stacks is jointly owned by Akridge, National Development, Bridge Investment Group, Blue Coast Capital and institutional funds managed by National Real Estate Advisors. The project team expects to fully deliver The Stacks by the end of 2025.
INDEPENDENCE, KY. — Kroger has opened a new “spoke” industrial facility in Independence that will grow the grocer’s delivery presence in Northern Kentucky. The new facility will work in concert with Kroger’s existing customer fulfillment center in Monroe, Ohio, which is roughly 45 miles north of the spoke facility via I-75. Kroger associates will assemble orders at the Monroe facility, which will then be trucked to the Independence property and sorted and shipped out to customers in refrigerated delivery vans. At full operating capacity, the Independence facility will employ 100 associates. The property is the second spoke facility in Kentucky, joining a Louisville property that opened in May 2022.
HARRISON, N.J. — Locally based developer Advance Realty Investors has completed The Wyldes, a 399-unit multifamily project in the Northern New Jersey community of Harrison. The five-story building houses studio, one- and two-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, custom cabinetry and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a rooftop lounge with a bar and TVs; landscaped courtyard with fire pits and gaming areas; resort-style pool with grilling and dining stations; commercial-grade demonstration kitchen; coworking lounge with private offices and conference facilities; a billiards room with a media lounge and kitchenette; and a two-level fitness center with a yoga studio. Roughly 25 percent of the units are preleased, with rents starting in the mid-$2,000s per month.
PHILADELPHIA — Developer EQT Exeter has begun leasing The Clark, a 327-unit apartment community located in Philadelphia’s University City submarket. The Clark features studio, one- and two-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, tile backsplashes and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a fitness center, game lounge, coworking space and a rooftop terrace. Greystar manages the property. The first move-ins will begin later this month. Rents start at $1,500 per month for a studio apartment.
DECATUR, MARION AND DANVILLE, ILL. — Meridian Design Build has completed construction of three industrial build-to-suit projects in Illinois. A global shipping and information services provider will occupy all three buildings. The first project is a 317,518-square-foot facility in Decatur. Scannell Properties developed the building, which features 10,920 square feet of office space, 174 interior van loading positions, 78 loading docks and a 607-car employee parking lot. Cornerstone Architects and civil engineer Spaceco made up the project team. SunCap Property Group served as the developer of a similar 251,000-square-foot building in Marion. The property features 11,411 square feet of office space, 147 interior van loading positions, 68 loading docks and a 537-car employee parking lot. Architect Ware Malcomb and civil engineer Manhard Consulting made up the project team. The third facility totals 217,323 square feet in Danville. Jones Development was the developer on the project, which features 10,500 square feet of office space, 119 interior van loading positions, 56 loading docks and a 390-car employee parking lot. The project team included Ware Malcomb and civil engineer Farnsworth Group.
