CHULA VISTA, CALIF. — R.D. Olson Construction has commenced construction on Springhill Suites by Marriott in Chula Vista, a five-story hotel slated for completion by December 2023. Located at 870 Showroom Place, the $38 million, 127,628-square-foot hotel will feature 179 guest rooms, a lounge, bar, buffet, meeting room, rim flow pool, hot tub, cabanas, fire pits, activity area, pavilion, event lawn, barbecues and fitness center. Project partners include Lee & Sakahara as architect and Design Studio as interior designer.
Development
DALLAS — Two locally based firms, De La Vega Development and StreetLights Residential, have broken ground on Phase I of The Central, a 27-acre mixed-use project located at the corner of North Haskell Avenue and the North Central Expressway. The initial phase comprises a park within the center of the site, development of which will be led by De La Vega, and The Oliver, an apartment building that StreetLights will develop in partnership with Mitsui Fudosan America. Both pieces of the project are slated for December 2023 completions. Units at The Oliver will come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities will include a pool, fitness center, coworking space, resident lounge and a dog park. Additional plans for The Central ultimately call for more than 4 million square feet of office, residential and retail/restaurant space, as well as dedicated open green spaces and event areas. Steve Williamson of Transwestern arranged the land sale between De La Vega Development and Streetlights Residential.
Alliance Residential Acquires 12 Acres in Tampa for Waterfront Multifamily Development
by John Nelson
TAMPA, FLA. — Alliance Residential Co. has acquired a 12-acre property located at 5105 W. Tyson Ave. in Tampa for $15. 8 million. Mark Eilers and Ed Miller of Colliers brokered the sale on behalf of the undisclosed seller. The Arizona-based developer plans to use the site for the development of Broadstone Westshore, a 325-unit luxury apartment community. To be developed in partnership with Santander Bank, Broadstone Westshore will comprise apartments ranging in size from 593 to 1,520 square feet, as well as a clubhouse, pool, fitness center, dog park and wash station, podcast studio, business center and media lounge. Construction is scheduled to begin within the next few weeks, with the first units expected to be ready in April 2024.
GAFFNEY, S.C. — New York-based Treeline has acquired a 36-acre site in Gaffney, a city in South Carolina roughly equidistant between Greenville, S.C., and Charlotte. Treeline was self-represented in the transaction, in which they acquired the property from Hart Consumer Products Inc. The land will be used for the development of a 300,000-square-foot, $30 million industrial facility dubbed Victory Crossing. The project will mark Treeline’s third industrial facility in the Southeast. Choate Construction Co. will serve as general contractor for the development, with Warren Snowdon of Foundry Commercial acting as the exclusive leasing agent for the property, which will house manufacturing and warehouse/distribution tenants.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Merritt Properties has acquired 16 acres off of First Coast Expressway in Jacksonville for the development of a business park comprising 158,400 square feet. The development will feature four single-story, flex/light industrial buildings ranging from 21,600 to 57,600 square feet. Construction is slated to begin before the end of this year, with the first phase including three buildings along Armstrong Lane.
WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Atkins Cos. has completed the renovation of a 120,000-square-foot medical office building located in the Northern New Jersey community of West Orange. Capital improvements included the modernization of the building’s common areas and restrooms on the second, fourth and fifth floors, as well as the addition of new lighting, flooring, fixtures and decorative elements. Atkins originally developed the building, which is situated adjacent to RWJBarnabas Health’s corporate offices, in 1983.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — MassHousing has provided an $8.5 million construction loan for Rindge Commons, a 24-unit affordable housing project in Cambridge. Designed by ICON Architecture and built by Dellbrook JKS, the six-story building will house 10 one-bedroom units and 14 two-bedroom units that will be reserved for renters earning up to 30 and 60 percent of the area median income. In addition, Rindge Commons will feature a 40,000-square-foot space with education facilities and administrative offices, as well as preschool classroom spaces with priority enrollment for children of residents. The borrower and developer is nonprofit Just A Start.
MELROSE PARK, ILL. — McShane Construction Co. has completed a three-building speculative industrial development in suburban Chicago known as Industry Center at Melrose Park. The project totals 651,617 square feet. McShane also completed three interior buildouts for a transportation, trucking and railroad company, as well as a logistics and package delivery company and a portable storage and moving firm. Each of the buildings features a clear height of 36 feet. LBA Logistics was the developer and Harris Architects served as architect.
PCCP Provides $13.2M Equity Investment for Multifamily Development in Sumner, Washington
by Amy Works
SUMNER, WASH. — PCCP has provided a $13.2 million preferred equity investment to Timberland Partners to finance the construction of Sumner Apartments, a garden-style multifamily community in Sumner. Construction of the project commenced in May, with completion slated for third-quarter 2024. Situated on 5.7 acres at 16017 60th St., Sumner Apartments will offer 162 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments spread across nine three-story residential buildings. Unit interiors will feature vinyl flooring, triple-pane windows, stainless steel appliances, walk-in closets, quartz countertops, full-size washers/dryers and private patios and balconies. Community amenities will include a clubhouse and amenity center, pool, covered barbecues, dog park, picnic area, electric car charging stations and bike parking. Jake Leibsohn of Northmarq’s Seattle regional office arranged the preferred equity investment between PCCP and Timberlane Partners and sourced the project’s $35.5 million senior construction loan through a regional bank.
OKLAHOMA CITY — JLL has arranged a $100 million construction loan for OAK, a mixed-use project in Oklahoma City. Jeremy Sain of JLL arranged the financing through an undisclosed lender on behalf of the borrower, Veritas Development. At full build-out, the development will consist of 320 residential units, 260,000 square feet of office space, 250,000 square feet of retail space, a 133-room boutique hotel and 7,000 square feet of public green space, all connected by walking paths. Retail tenants that have already committed to OAK include RH, Arhaus and Capital Grille.