LAS VEGAS — Alston Construction, as general contractor, has started construction of Simmons Airpark, located at 2880 Simmons St. in Las Vegas. Situated on 9 acres, Simmons Airpark will feature a 182,184-square-foot warehouse with 36-foot clear heights, concrete tilt walls and a panelized roof structure. The project team includes Panattoni Development as owner and developer, Lee & Sakahara Architects as architect and Taney Engineering as civil engineer. The $18 million project is slated for completion in June 2024.
JOLIET, ILL. — Peak Construction Corp. is underway on Rock Run Crossing 2 within Rock Run Crossings Business Park in Joliet. The 219,041-square-foot speculative warehouse will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 24 dock doors, two drive-in doors, parking for 209 cars, 63 trailer parking stalls and 2,000 square feet of office space. Completion is slated for the end of the year. The project team includes architect Ware Malcomb, civil engineer Jacob & Hefner Associates Inc. and developer IDI Logistics.
LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. — Summit Design + Build has broken ground on Farm Foundation’s Innovation and Education Center located on the Casey family farm in Libertyville. The nonprofit will occupy a 4,000-square-foot educational barn on a 14-acre site. The project will be home to a media room, demonstration kitchen and office space. There will also be various educational programs aimed to address the critical issues shaping the future of agriculture and food systems. Kahler Slater is the architect, and JLL is the property manager.
NATICK AND MILLIS, MASS. — Anthology Senior Living has opened Anthology of Natick and Anthology of Millis, both located in western suburbs of Boston. Located just outside the city center on 5.5 acres, Anthology of Natick offers assisted living and memory care. Anthology of Millis is a luxury community offering independent living, assisted living and memory care services. Callahan Construction Managers served as the general contractor on both projects. The number of units at each property was not disclosed.
PINEVILLE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has begun the expansion of Carolina Logistics Park, a 288-acre industrial park in Pineville that currently spans more than 3.5 million square feet. The expansion will add two new buildings totaling 434,500 square feet, with build-out options starting at 21,615 square feet. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, build-to-suit offices, concrete truck courts, automobile and trailer parking and ESFR sprinkler systems. The project team includes general contractor The Conlan Co., Merriman Schmitt Architects and Orsborn Engineering Group. CIBC Bank USA is providing financing for the new buildings. Beacon Partners expects to deliver the expansion in mid-year 2024. Tim Robertson will handle the leasing assignment for the project on an internal basis. Beacon Partners recently completed a 900,000-square-foot expansion across three buildings within the park. W.W. Grainger Inc. occupies 525,624 square feet within that section. Other tenants at the overall Carolina Logistics Park include Amazon, Carolina Foods and Empire Distributors.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Atlanta-based Portman has signed two new food-and-beverage tenants to occupy commercial space at Starling, a 363-unit apartment tower underway in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood. The new tenants include Retrograde Coffee, a neighborhood coffeeshop, and Social Cantina, a modern Mexican restaurant and tequila bar. The coffeeshop will be the first café to front the Cumberland River Greenway, which Portman will expand to directly interface with the Starling tower, and the restaurant will be the first Southeast location for Social Cantina and will feature an outdoor patio. In addition to 17,000 square feet of commercial space, Starling will feature a game room, library, coworking space and a rooftop pool deck overlooking First Horizon Park. Portman plans to deliver the first units in January and fully complete the project in March. In addition to Starling, Portman’s current Nashville projects include the 1,475-unit Eleven North residential development that will break ground in 2025 and the recently delivered Moore Building in Music Row.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Dallas-based Bridgeview Multifamily will develop a 250-unit project on a 6.3-acre site at 800 W. Bardin Road in Arlington. The development, which has tentatively been dubbed Mercantile Lofts, will consist of a four-story building with three-story wings. Units will come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans and average 796 square feet, and amenities will include a pool, courtyard and a single-level parking garage. Construction is expected to begin next summer.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based real estate investor and operator Waterton has launched its new Outbound Hotels brand, a collection of hotels for travelers seeking outdoor-inspired experiences in boutique settings. The vision for Outbound Hotels began with Waterton’s acquisition of The Virginian Lodge in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Waterton acquired the property in partnership with Wyoming-based Orion Cos. and has since rebranded it as The Virginian Lodge, an Outbound Hotel. The Outbound portfolio, operated by Springboard Hospitality, was expanded in 2021 with the acquisition of Outbound Mammoth (formerly the Sierra Nevada Resort) in Mammoth, Calif., and Towne and Country Stowe in Stowe, Vt., in March 2023. Most recently, Waterton partnered with Argosy Real Estate Partners to for a redevelopment project on a 17-acre Qualified Opportunity Zone site in Oakhurst, Calif., just south of the main gate to Yosemite National Park. The property will be developed as Outbound Yosemite Resort, a 135-key hotel consisting of 108 vacation rental cabins and 14 hotel rooms located above a 12,500-square-foot clubhouse in addition to a 13-key boutique hotel currently on the site.
INDIANAPOLIS — The Life Properties, the property management and construction management affiliate of Olive Tree Holdings, is underway on a $9.9 million capital improvement program at The Life at Wood Springs, a 608-unit apartment community in Indianapolis. The project is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2025. Upgrades include interior renovations to 417 of the residences; the implementation of new windows and paint; laundry center upgrades; resident clubhouse, onsite office and roofing repairs; and improvements to the dog park, playground and asphalt. There have also been necessary repairs made to the pool, delivering an amenity back to residents that had been unavailable for years under previous ownership. Upgrades also include several sustainable and security features, including the implementation of low-flow plumbing retrofits, LED lighting and a new security camera system. The property was originally built in 1973.
HENDERSON, NEV. — Diversified Partners has completed the construction of a single-tenant building at 892 Sunset Road in Henderson. The project team includes Kitrell Jenson Contractors and RKAA Architects. Starbucks Coffee will occupy the 2,573-square-foot standalone building, which features a double drive-thru and 900-square-foot outdoor patio space. The building features the latest Starbucks prototype.