Development

COLUMBUS, OHIO — Saltbox, a flexible warehousing and small-business logistics provider, has opened a new fulfillment hub in Columbus. The 80,000-square-foot building is the sixth Saltbox location nationwide and the first in Ohio. The property is situated near John Glenn Columbus International Airport, major railroads and I-270. Saltbox says the location enables its members to reach 67 percent of the U.S. population via two-day shipping. More than 70 percent of Saltbox’s 300 members are e-commerce companies that sell physical goods directly to consumers. Saltbox plans to open more locations across the U.S. this year. Saltbox members have access to the company’s warehouses and fulfillment services to assist in their e-commerce businesses.

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VERNON HILLS, ILL. — PREMIER Design + Build Group has broken ground on a 51,950-square-foot speculative industrial facility in the northwest Chicago suburb of Vernon Hills. The building will feature a clear height of 32 feet, eight dock positions, two drive-in doors and 86 parking spaces. Completion is slated for November. JRW Property Holdings LLC is the developer, Cornerstone is the architect, Swift Structural is the structural engineer and Connelly Electric is the electrical engineer. Cushman & Wakefield will market the project for lease.

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HURON, S.D. — Kraus-Anderson has completed a $9 million renovation and expansion of Huron Regional Medical Center in Huron, a city in eastern South Dakota. The 23,500-square-foot expansion doubled the size of the clinic, providing enough space to serve more patients and house up to 20 physicians. A renovation of the emergency and imaging department added new infusion bays, treatment rooms and advanced hospital imaging, including MRI and 3D Mammography scanners. The property now rises two stories. Wold Architects was the project architect.

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VERNON, CALIF. — Prime Data Centers has released plans for a three-story, 261,000-square-foot data center in Vernon. Additionally, the company will construct an electrical substation to serve the new site. The completed facility will deliver up to 33 megawatts of power to its tenants. The new carrier-neutral facility offers opportunities for tenants to obtain wholesale dark fiber in volume to all five of the central interconnection hubs in downtown Los Angeles: One Wilshire, 600 W. Seventh Street, 530 W. Sixth Street, 900 N. Alameda and 818 W. Seventh Street. The new facility will offer dedicated office, storage and staging options, as well as secure onsite parking. Completion is slated for as early as fourth-quarter 2023. Darren Eades of JLL handled the land parcel acquisition. Terms of the deal were not released.

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POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — John Knox Village of Florida (JKV), a continuing care retirement community in the South Florida city of Pompano Beach, has broken ground on Westlake, a two-tower, $120 million expansion. The groundbreaking comes on the heels of the completion of The Pavilion, a $35 million addition that included a 380-seat cultural arts center, two restaurants and a bar. “Over the past five years, a master site plan has been developed to guide the capital improvements of our 70-acre campus and the opening of our Pavilion and, in 2024, Westlake are the next steps to accomplishing our ambitious goals,” says Gerry Stryker, CEO and president. Westlake will add 146 apartments ranging in size from 1,277 to 2,346 square feet in two towers, The Vue and The Terrace. A large component of the project is to enlarge and enhance JKV’s water views. The first-floor common area lobby of the towers will boast new amenities, including a projection theater, technology hub, business center, art studio, spiritual space, club room, library and two dining venues. The project team includes John Knox Village residents and staff, its board of directors, Gallo Herbert Architects, Moss Construction, Keith & Associates Engineers, EDSA Landscape Architects, …

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CHICAGO — Skender has completed construction of a two-story, 54,000-square-foot lab and office buildout for Hazel Technologies at 320 N. Sangamon St. in Chicago’s Fulton Market. Hazel is a USDA-funded technology company that develops solutions to extend the shelf life of fresh produce. The company is one of the first tenants to move into the new 13-story office building developed by Tishman Speyer and Mark Goodman & Associates. Hazel is moving from its current location at University Technology Park at Illinois Tech and plans to double its local workforce to approximately 100 employees this year. The buildout includes space for open research laboratory and lab support, 10,000 square feet of administrative and office space and 5,000 square feet of collaboration space. The project team included architect Perkins & Will, engineer Cosentini Associates and tenant representative CBRE.

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CHICAGO — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) is set to open its Science Ready Lab Suites at Fulton Labs, a life sciences development in Chicago. These fully built out, move-in ready spaces span 3,000 to 7,000 square feet and provide advanced research and development space. Celadyne Technologies Inc. has signed a lease as the first tenant to occupy the Science Ready Lab Suites. The suites, which are available for occupancy beginning in August, will provide tenants with flexible lease terms and access to a shared lab equipment room. Fulton Labs is a two-building life sciences campus from TCC that spans 725,000 square feet. Jonathan Metzl of Cushman & Wakefield represented Celadyne Technologies in its lease.

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CELINA, TEXAS — Texas-based general contractor Arch-Con Corp. has broken ground on Highfield Preston, a 251-unit multifamily project that will be situated on a 7.9-acre site in the North Texas city of Celina. Niles Bolton Associates designed the project for Houston-based developer i3. The three-building property will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, yoga studio, conference room and a resident clubhouse. Completion is slated for August 2023.

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HOUSTON — Avenue, a locally based affordable housing owner-operator, has opened a 30,500-square-foot community resource center in Houston’s Near Northside neighborhood. Global architecture firm Page designed the three-story facility, which houses a community health clinic that provides an array of general and specialty services, as well as a YMCA Children’s Academy. The facility opened in phases beginning last year and now has all services fully operational.

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EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has negotiated the sale of a multifamily development site in the Northern New Jersey community of Orange that is fully entitled for 103 market-rate units. The five-story complex will be known as Orange Valley Lofts and will include onsite parking, a lobby, bike room, terrace and an amenity room. Julie Gralla of Kislak represented the seller, Tritop Realty, in the land deal. Joni Sweetwood, also with Kislak, represented the buyer, an affiliate of Reynolds Asset Management. The sales price and a construction timeline were not disclosed.

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