MIAMI — PMG and private equity firm Greybrook have opened the Elser Hotel & Residences, a 49-story hospitality tower in downtown Miami. Highgate is managing the property, which features 646 hotel rooms and short-term residences ranging from studios to three-bedroom suites. The tower features a 10,200-square-foot fitness center and a 19,000-square-foot sun deck, which includes eight electric grills, a pool deck, bar, poolside LED screening wall, an outdoor plunge pool and event space all overlooking Biscayne Bay. Other amenities include a cocktail bar and restaurant, a coffee shop by Café Domino and coworking space.
Development
GREENVILLE, TEXAS — Dallas-based investment and development firm Wildcatter Realty Partners has unveiled plans for The Greenbelt, a 325-acre mixed-use project that will be located northeast of Dallas in Greenville. The site is bordered by I-30, Monty Stratton Parkway, State Highway 34 and FM 1570. At full buildout, The Greenbelt will consist of approximately 1,200 single-family and multifamily units, 200,000 square feet of commercial space, seven restaurant pad sites and at least one hotel with 100 rooms and 10,000-square-foot conference center. Wildcatter recently received approval from Greenville’s Planning & Zoning Committee to rezone a 20-acre parcel from agriculture to multifamily use and plans to develop a 300-unit apartment community on that site. The Greenbelt could also include a second hotel.
WAUKEGAN, MT. PLEASANT AND KENOSHA, WIS. — HSA Commercial has begun construction on four speculative warehouses totaling 1.9 million square feet along the I-94 corridor between metro Chicago and Milwaukee. Delany Commerce Center II in Waukegan, Ill., will span 218,500 square feet. Completion is slated for July 2023. Situated adjacent to a facility that HSA developed in 2014, the building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 28 truck docks, four drive-in doors and parking for 300 cars. Harris Architects is the project architect, PREMIER Design + Build Group is the general contractor and Manhard Consulting is the civil engineer. Colliers is marketing the property for lease. Building IV at Park 94 will span 226,148 square feet in Mt. Pleasant, Wis. HSA completed its first phase of the industrial park in 2009. Scheduled for completion in July 2023, the new building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 52 truck docks, two drive-in doors and parking for 37 trailers and 286 cars. CBRE is marketing the building for lease. HSA also broke ground on the first of three planned buildings at Bristol Highlands Commerce Center West in Kenosha, Wis. The developer is scheduled to deliver the 550,647-square-foot warehouse …
MADISON, WIS. — CRG has purchased a land site near the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with plans to build a 534-bed student housing project named Chapter at Madison. Construction is expected to begin in December on the 10-story building. Completion is slated prior to the 2024-2025 academic year. Amenities will include a fitness center, private study spaces and conference rooms, a rooftop terrace and underground parking garage. The site is currently home to the former Buckingham’s Bar & Grill, Faith Community Bible Church, the former Fraboni’s Italian Specialties and Delicatessen and two rental houses. All the buildings have been acquired and are slated for demolition. Financing comes from Old National Bank, Johnson Bank and Bremer Bank.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Minneapolis-based developer United Properties has broken ground on Shelby Ranch, a 302-unit apartment community that will be located in South Austin. The project will comprise two four-story buildings on an eight-acre site at 2212 Lynbrook Drive. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and will feature stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and private patios/balconies. Amenities will include a pool, resident garden, arts and crafts studio, fitness center, coworking lounge and a dog park. Belshaw Mulholland Architects designed Shelby Ranch, which is slated for a late 2024 completion.
CHICAGO — Skender has broken ground on a 37,000-square-foot expansion of the Greater Chicago Food Depository. The food bank on Chicago’s Southwest Side provides food for families and individuals at risk of food insecurity. The new structure at 4100 W. Ann Lurie Place will add onto the food bank’s existing two-story warehouse and office. Plans call for a commercial kitchen for meal preparation and packaging as well as a demonstration kitchen for nutrition education. The Greater Chicago Food Depository aims to produce and distribute 2.5 million prepared meals annually to community members. Completion is slated for early 2024. Partners by Design is the project architect. This latest expansion as well as renovations that were completed in 2019 are phases of the Nourish Project, which was driven by a $75 million capital campaign.
CLARKSTON, MICH. — KIRCO has completed its first senior living community in Michigan, Monark Grove Clarkston. The 189,000-square-foot community is located on 17 acres in Clarkston, approximately 35 miles northwest of downtown Detroit. Beztak operates the property, which features 77 independent living units, 49 assisted living units and 22 memory care units. KIRCO was the developer and KIRCO MANIX was the builder on the project.
DALLAS — Locally based affordable housing developer and operator Palladium USA has completed Palladium Dallas Stemmons, an 87-unit mixed-income property located at 2440 Southwell Road on the northwest side of the city. The affordable housing units are reserved for renters earning between 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. Amenities include a pool, dog park, hiking trails, conference room, computer lab, kid’s playroom and a fitness center. HEDK designed the project.
LEBANON, N.H. — Colliers has arranged $79.9 million in construction debt and joint venture equity for The Marek at Lebanon, a 250-unit multifamily project that will be located near the Vermont-New Hampshire border. The property will comprise two residential buildings housing one- and two-bedroom units that will be connected by a 10,000-square-foot amenity building, all on a 17.7-acre site. The general contractor is DEW Construction Corp., with design by Market Square Architects and engineering by VHB Inc. A syndicate led by Brookline Bank provided the fixed-rate senior construction loan to the borrower, Massachusetts-based Saxon Partners. Jeff Black, Kevin Phelan, Sean Burke and Bryan Koop of Colliers placed the debt and arranged the joint venture equity partnership with Tritower Financial Group.
MANCHESTER, N.H. — Maryland-based development and investment firm Realterm and the Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) have completed a 65,000-square-foot, multi-tenant air cargo facility in Manchester, located in the southern part of the Granite State. Amazon Air has launched daily cargo service at the facility, which features three aircraft parking positions with the option to expand to a fourth.