STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. — A joint venture between Kaplan Residential and Dune Real Estate Partners has broken ground on Avondale East, a multifamily development that will comprise 239 townhomes in Stone Mountain, roughly 10 miles east of Atlanta. Situated on 20 acres at 3940 Redan Road, the community will feature townhomes with one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Amenities will include an 8,000-square-foot clubhouse, a fitness center, coworking space, lounge, pool, walking trails, pocket parks and fire pits. Locally based Brock Built Homes is the general contractor for the project, with Niles Bolton Associates serving as the architect. Focus Design Interiors and J Lancaster Associates Inc. are providing interior design and civil engineering, respectively. Kaplan acquired the land from The Paideia School in 2021 for $6.5 million.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Vista Residential Partners and Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC) have broken ground on Riverchase Vista, a 300-unit apartment development located on 15 acres in Savannah. The community, which marks the third joint development project between the two companies, will feature homes in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, with an average size of almost 1,000 square feet. Amenities will include a clubhouse, pool, fitness center, pet park and 24/7 package concierge services. First tenants are expected to move in by early 2023, according to the developers.
SAN ANTONIO — Locally based developer Koontz Corp. has broken ground on The Savoy Apartments, a 300-unit multifamily project located at the 10.4-acre site of the former Royal Fiesta movie theater in San Antonio. Savoy will offer one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as two pools, landscaped courtyards and a dog park. Garcia + Associates is the project architect, and Pape-Dawson is the civil engineer. Koontz Corp. is also serving as the general contractor. Construction is expected to be complete before the end of 2024.
NEW YORK CITY — Bank OZK and Barings have provided $385 million in construction financing for 470 Kent Avenue, a multifamily project in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood that will add 463 rental units and 90 condos to the local supply. The 22-story building will also include 19,000 square feet of commercial space. Bank OZK supplied a $310 million senior loan, and Barings provided $75 million in mezzanine financing. Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz and Jackson Irwin of Walker & Dunlop arranged the debt on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Naftali Group and Access Industries. Construction is underway and expected to be complete in 2025.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Greystar has unveiled plans to develop a two-building apartment property in Portland’s Slabtown neighborhood. Spanning two blocks between Northwest 19th and 20th avenues, the 364-unit project is slated to break ground later this month with completion scheduled for 2024. SERA Architects designed the development, which will include a five-story, 151-unit building and a seven-story, 213-unit building, both featuring brick exteriors. The project team of Greystar, SERA and Lango Hensen worked with neighboring St. Patrick’s Catholic Church officials to ensure the new project would not overshadow the 130-year-old historic landmark. ING Capital provided an undisclosed amount of construction financing for the project.
NORTH BETHESDA, MD. — Federal Realty Investment Trust (NYSE: FRT), a real estate investment trust based in Rockville, has topped out 915 Meeting Street, an office tower underway within the company’s Pike & Rose mixed-use development in North Bethesda. The building rises 16 stories and will comprise 250,000 square feet of office space upon completion, as well as 545 parking spaces and 6,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Choice Hotels International Inc. signed a lease last year to occupy nearly half of the office tower for its new corporate headquarters. Sodexo, a food services and facilities management company based in Paris, is another notable tenant that has preleased office space at 915 Meeting Street. General contractor Clark Construction Group and architectural firm Gensler lead the development team, which is targeting LEED Gold certification for the tower. “915 Meeting Street is our newest trophy building offering to the market,” says Jay Brinson, vice president of development at Federal Realty. “This collaborative effort with our partners at Clark and Gensler has resulted in a building that is 60 percent [preleased].” Clark Construction broke ground last December on 915 Meeting Street. With vertical construction complete, the firm is focused on building out …
FORNEY, TEXAS — Houston-based developer Lovett Industrial has broken ground on Innovation Ridge Logistics Park, a 1.1 million-square-foot speculative project in the eastern Dallas suburb of Forney. The development will consist of an 817,538-square-foot cross-dock facility, a 175,092-square-foot single-load building and a 145,020-square-foot single-load structure. Ware Malcomb designed the project, and Alston Construction is serving as the general contractor. Kimley-Horn is the civil engineer. Simmons Bank provided construction financing, and Cushman & Wakefield is the leasing agent. Completion is slated for September 2023.
MURRAY, UTAH — TWG has unveiled plans for Residences at Fireclay, a $13 million affordable seniors housing community in Murray. Construction is slated to begin this year, with the first units available in 2025. Located at 152 W. 4250 South, the four-story building will feature 40 one-bedroom apartments for seniors age 62 and older. The units are also reserved for those earning up to 50 percent of the area median income, with a preference for military veterans. Additionally, the project includes four units reserved for disabled seniors and five units available for seniors who have experienced homelessness. Community amenities will include a fitness room, community-raised garden, community room with kitchen and a computer room. TWG has partnered with First Step House, a Salt Lake City-based nonprofit that addresses addiction, mental health, homelessness and criminal justice, to provide services and referrals for residences. The project was made possible with Low Income Housing Tax Credits from the Utah Housing Corp. Additional key partners include Olene Walker Housing Loan Fund, Raymond James and Horizon Bank.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Kansas City-based NorthPoint Development has broken ground on the first phase of Spartan Enterprise Park, a 310-acre industrial park in Spartanburg that will span nearly 3.3 million square feet upon completion. Phase I comprises two buildings spanning more than 1.3 million square feet, and future phases can accommodate an additional 1.9 million square feet of space. The Colliers team of Garrett Scott, Brockton Hall and Dillon Swayngim helped facilitate the land purchase and will handle all leasing for the park on behalf of NorthPoint. Preleasing for Building One and Building Two is underway, and completion is expected for fourth-quarter 2023. Spartan Enterprise Park is located at 2116 U.S. Highway 221/Chesnee Highway, which is less than one mile from I-85, four miles from downtown Spartanburg and approximately 20 miles from Inland Port Greer, Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport and BMW’s regional manufacturing plant.
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, N.J. — Connell Co. has unveiled plans for expansion at The Park, a 185-acre mixed-use campus in the Northern New Jersey community of Berkeley Heights. The latest phase of The Park will be known as The District and will comprise five new buildings that will house 328 multifamily units and 190,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space. The two multifamily buildings will total 179 and 149 units and will both feature a variety of indoor and outdoor amenities. The first of the three retail buildings will encompass 81,715 square feet and will be fully dedicated to entertainment. End users within this structure, which will also house a covered garden and event space, will include a brewery, Mexican restaurant, Italian steakhouse and a duckpin bowling concept. The other retail buildings will total 30,515 and 25,755 square feet. The District will also feature various pocket parks and open green spaces. Completion is slated for 2025.