WYLIE, TEXAS — A partnership between Houston-based developer Lovett Industrial and Chicago-based investment firm Cresset Partners has broken ground on Wylie Business Center, a 274,416-square-foot project that will be located on the southern outskirts of Dallas. Building features will include a rear-load configuration, 36-foot clear heights, 55 dock-high doors, 185-foot truck court depths, 77 trailer parking stalls and 154 car parking spaces. Ware Malcolmb is the project architect, and Conlan Co. is the general contractor. JLL will market the property for lease. Completion is slated for December.
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EAST HANOVER, N.J. — Locally based developer KRE Group has broken ground on Valley View Park, a 239-unit multifamily project in East Hanover, about 30 miles west of Manhattan. The property will consist of five four-story buildings. Units will come in one- and two-bedroom formats, and 34 residences will be subject to income restrictions. The amenity package will comprise a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, indoor and outdoor children’s play areas, outdoor grilling and dining stations, a gaming lawn, dog park and walking trails. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
CREVE COEUR, MO. — Western Specialty Contractors is completing the final phases of restoration work on the parking garage at CityPlace Four, a 103,000-square-foot office building in the western St. Louis suburb of Creve Coeur. Constructed in 2001, the four-story office building features a 339-space parking garage. A lack of maintenance, poor drainage and leaking planter boxes on the garage’s street-level concrete topping slab and a suspended deck had resulted in severe deterioration and water seepage into a parking area below. The garage has remained open during the multi-phase project. Phase III, which focuses on the garage’s southwest corner, will be completed this year. Phase IV on the northwest corner will be completed next year. ABS Consulting is the project engineer.
BOGOTA AND RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. — A joint venture between locally based developer The Hampshire Cos. and Atlanta-based Invesco Real Estate will develop a 187,530-square-foot industrial facility in the Northern New Jersey communities of Bogota and Ridgefield Park. The site at 30 Cross St. spans 11.7 acres, and the building will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 21 dock-high doors and 268 automobile parking spaces. Michael Klein, John Rose, Jon Mikula and Ryan Carroll of JLL arranged $34.5 million in floating-rate construction financing through Texas Capital Bank on behalf of the joint venture. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
WESLEY CHAPEL, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a 48.1-acre build-to-rent development site located in Wesley Chapel. The site is approved for the construction of a 190-unit townhome community called GroveParc Townhomes. Max La Cava, Zach Nolan and Manny de Zarraga of JLL represented the seller, Blue Pointe Investors, in the transaction. Resibuilt acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Upon completion, which is scheduled for January 2025, GroveParc Townhomes will feature three- and four-bedroom townhomes with garages. Amenities will include a clubhouse, swimming pool, fitness center, playground, dog park, pickleball courts, lakeside trail and pedestrian access to the adjacent Krate & The Grove at Wesley Chapel, an open-air shopping center.
PLANTATION, FLA. — A partnership led by South Florida-based shopping center owner and developer Azor Advisory Services has begun construction on a Wawa gas station and convenience store located in Plantation, roughly 30 miles north of Miami. The partnership, which is doing business as FLA BPI LLC, broke ground on the project April 4. Located at 100 South Pine Island Road, the property is situated within the northern portion of a three-acre site acquired by the partnership in 2016. Midtown Crossing, a 6,400-square-foot retail center, occupies the southern portion. Scheduled for completion in 12 months, the Wawa will offer prepared foods, beverages, coffee, fuel services and subcharge-free ATMs.
RUTHER GLEN, VA. — Lingerfelt Development LLC has purchased 24 acres within Carmel Church Business Center in Ruther Glen, approximately 30 miles north of Richmond. The company plans to construct a 325,500-square-foot speculative, high-bay distribution warehouse facility at the property. Mark Douglas of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented Lingerfelt in the $2.6 million transaction. Virgil Nelson, also with Thalhimer, represented the seller, an entity doing business as CCBC Properties LLC.
FORNEY, TEXAS — A partnership between two California-based firms, developer Legacy Partners and investment manager Resmark Cos., has broken ground on Legacy Gateway, a 336-unit multifamily project in the eastern Dallas suburb of Forney. The community will consist of five three-story buildings on a 14-acre site. Units will come in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats and will range in size from 540 to 1,360 square feet. Amenities will include a pool, outdoor kitchen and gaming courtyard, fitness center, coworking lounge, coffee bar and two dog parks. JHP Architecture is designing the project, and BBL Building Co. is serving as the general contractor. Full completion is slated for spring 2025.
LAS VEGAS — CapRock Partners has completed construction of two industrial warehouse distribution facilities in Las Vegas totaling nearly 700,000 square feet. The first asset, Tropical Logistics Phase II, contains three single-tenant buildings totaling 442,780 square feet in the North Las Vegas submarket. The space is fully pre-leased to high-quality tenants. The second asset is Spanish Ridge Industrial Park, which contains three buildings totaling 230,899 square feet in the Southwest submarket. It is partially pre-leased to investment-grade credit tenants. Rob Lujan, Xavier Wasiak and Jason Simon of JLL represented CapRock Partners in the leasing of Spanish Ridge Industrial Park and Tropical Logistics Phase II.
LADYSMITH, WIS. — A $21 million renovation project to be completed by Kraus-Anderson is underway for the Ladysmith School District in Northwest Wisconsin. Designed by Bray Architects, the project encompasses both the middle school and high school and includes a 22,000-square-foot remodel of academic classrooms, 10,131-square-foot gym expansion, 2,764-square-foot media center addition, new roof and other building improvements. The city’s elementary school will also receive a new roof. Completion is slated for summer 2024.