RINCON, GA. — Sewon America, a subsidiary of Korean-based automotive supplier Sewon Precision Industry Co., plans to invest $300 million for a new manufacturing facility in Rincon. Situated within the Grande View industrial park, the project is expected to support 740 new jobs in the Effingham County area. Sewon America’s new manufacturing location will produce electric vehicle body parts for automotive manufacturers, including Hyundai. Operations are expected to begin in 2025. The company opened a manufacturing facility in LaGrange, Ga., in 2008, which has since doubled in size. The Sewon America development is the latest in a string of automotive suppliers announcing projects around the Hyundai Metaplant in Bryan County, representing roughly $1.8 billion in investment to-date. This announcement fulfills Hyundai’s commitment to create jobs and investment in all four of the Savannah Harbor Interstate-16 Joint Development Authority (JDA) counties.
BIXBY, OKLA. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged $14.7 million in joint venture equity for a 161-unit, build-to-rent residential community in Bixby, a southern suburb of Tulsa. The development will offer one-bed duplexes and two-, three- and four-bedroom farmhouse-style homes. Residences will feature private garages and backyards, and communal amenities will include a pool, fitness center and a clubhouse. Justin Shuart and Travis Headapohl of MMCC structured the equity on behalf of the developer, a partnership led by ACRE Development Partners.
SAN ANGELO, TEXAS — General contractor Hoar Construction has broken ground on a 142,000-square-foot healthcare project in the Central Texas city of San Angelo. The seven-story building will be an expansion of the 1.5 million-square-foot Shannon Medical Center, and the operator of that facility is also the lead developer of the project. The building will comprise three levels of parking and four levels of patient care facilities, including a 19,310-square-foot intensive care unit. Completion is slated for summer 2024.
PLAINFIELD, IND. — New City Development has broken ground on Hobbs Station, a $300 million mixed-use project in the Indianapolis suburb of Plainfield. The project is being built in partnership with Formation Properties. Shiel Sexton Cos. is the general contractor. Phase I includes 300 apartment units with 30,000 square feet of street-level retail and restaurant space. Completion is slated for the end of 2024. Phase I will also include 98 single-family homes built by Pulte Homes and Pyatt Homes along with two industrial buildings totaling nearly 500,000 square feet built by HSA Commercial. A centralized public park as part of the project will enable the community to enjoy amenities such as pickleball and bocce ball. At full buildout, Hobbs Station will include up to 240 single-family homes, 650 apartment units, 90 seniors housing units, 70,000 square feet of commercial space, 500,000 square feet of industrial space and 200,000 square feet of office space.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based development and investment firm Innovo Property Group (IPG) has topped out The Borden Complex, a 900,000-square-foot industrial project in the Long Island City area of Queens. The development will feature elevated truck courts and a vertical parking structure, as well as purpose-built film studio space. IPG acquired the site, which previously housed the warehouse of online grocer FreshDirect, in January 2019 with Atalaya Capital Management and Nan Fung Group for $75 million. Construction began in July 2022, and the development team is targeting a spring 2024 completion. Eastdil Secured arranged construction financing for the project through Starwood Property Trust and J.P. Morgan. Starwood also originally provided $155 million in project financing in early 2021.
TRUESDALE, MO. — Refresco, a global independent beverage solutions provider, is investing more than $20 million to expand capacity at its beverage manufacturing facility in Truesdale, about 58 miles west of St. Louis. Refresco plans to increase production capabilities through the installation of an additional production line. The Truesdale facility is Refresco’s fourth and largest plant in Missouri. The company maintains 74 production locations across North America, Europe and Australia.
MENIFEE, CALIF. — Patrinely Group, in partnership with affiliates of Dune Real Estate Partners, has broken ground on Gateway at Menifee, a speculative industrial project near Interstate 215 and Scott Road in Menifee. Totaling 544,114 square feet, the project will offer three Class A industrial buildings. Spanning 36.4 acres, the three rear-load buildings will feature 32- to 36-foot clear heights, 107 total dock-high doors and 130- to 190-foot court depths. The project is the second and final phase of the industrial park, which features a 229,934-square-foot building, a 220,606-square-foot building and a 93,575-square-foot building. Patrinely Group is developing the project, which KPRS will build. Ryan Bos and Colin MacMillan of KBC Advisors and Scotts Stewart and Gordon Mize of Lee & Associates will handle leasing of the project under the direction of Phillip Moore and Dennis Tarro of Patrinely Group.
MESA, ARIZ. — SkyBridge Arizona has broken ground on SkyBridge Building 109, the latest addition to SkyBridge’s 435-acre mixed-used development adjacent to the runway at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport in Mesa. Building 109 is the first of two 250,000-square-foot, Class A manufacturing/warehouse/logistics buildings that SkyBridge plans to break ground on at Gateway Airport during the first half of the year. Building 109 will feature immediate access the airport, 32-foot clear heights, 30 dock-high doors, six ground-level doors and generous power and parking. Additionally, the building is divisible to approximately 80,000 square feet, allowing it to serve a wide range of tenant types and sizes. At full build-out, SkyBridge will be the nation’s first cargo hub with a joint U.S.-Mexico Customs inspection facility on site. The project is slated for 1.3 million square feet of aeronautical development, 2.2 million square feet of non-aeronautical development and 270,000 square feet of commercial retail and office space. ADM Group is serving as architect for SkyBridge Building 109 and Graycor Construction Co. is serving as general contractor. Jackie Orcutt, Pete Wentis, Kevin Cosca, Jonathan Teeter and Alex Wentis of CBRE are the leasing brokers for the project.
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — The Collier Cos. plans to break ground this week on Atlantic One, a 303-unit luxury apartment development in the South Florida city of Pompano Beach. The mid-rise property will feature seven buildings with 10,000 square feet of commercial space on the ground level fronting East Atlantic Boulevard. Amenities will include a clubhouse, second-level resident’s lounge, modern fitness facility, resort-style outdoor pool with surrounding cabanas, private courtyards, dog walks and a rooftop plaza with a community patio and barbeque pavilion. Collier Cos. plans to begin leasing in summer/fall 2024 and to deliver Atlantic One in spring/summer 2025.
BOSTON — The Architectural Team (TAT) and Beacon Communities LLC have opened Phase III of The Anne M. Lynch Homes at Old Colony, an affordable seniors housing complex in South Boston. The property rises four stories and totals 51,000 square feet and 55 units. Dimeo Construction served as the general contractor on the project, which was also built using Passive House sustainability standards.