ATLANTA — A joint venture between Atlantic Residential, FIDES Development, Capital City Real Estate and Mitsui Fudosan America has broken ground on a 28-story apartment tower in Midtown Atlanta. Located at 1441 Peachtree St., the unnamed tower will comprise 350 luxury apartments and provide walkability to the Atlanta Arts MARTA station, Museum of Design Atlanta, Savannah College of Art and Design and the Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, as well as Pershing Point Park, Ansley Park and Piedmont Park. Designed by Niles Bolton Associates, the apartment tower’s amenities will include coworking spaces, a fitness center, wine bar and lounge, private dining area, pool with a sundeck and a rooftop bar and lounge, as well as two restaurants in the lobby. Apartments will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, many featuring balconies or terraces. The project team includes landscape architect and civil engineer Kimley-Horn and general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie. Gregg Shapiro and Matt Casey of JLL worked on behalf of the borrower to arrange the joint venture equity through Mitsui Fudosan America. The ownership plans to deliver the first units in June 2024.
Development
Alliance Residential Opens 264-Unit Prose Stevens Pointe Apartments in St. Cloud, Florida
by John Nelson
ST. CLOUD, FLA. — Alliance Residential has opened Prose Stevens Pointe, a 264-unit apartment community located at 3010 Camber Drive in St. Cloud. The Central Florida property features one- and two-bedroom apartments that range in size from 835 to 1,180 square feet, and monthly lease rates range from $1,500 to $1,845 per month. Units feature kitchens with white shaker-style cabinets, satin nickel hardware, granite countertops, entertainment islands, pantries and Whirlpool stainless steel appliances. All bedrooms have walk-in closets, and all bathrooms feature linen pantries. All units also include entry/coat closets, washer and dryer closets with appliances and wood-style plank flooring throughout. Amenities include a pool with sunshelves, chaise lounges, grilling stations, a dog park with a pet washing station, catering kitchen, entertainment lounge, business center with coworking spaces, fitness center and concierge services provided by Parcel Pending.
IRVING, TEXAS — Archway Properties, a developer with offices in Houston and Dallas, will build Royal 114, a 429,027-square-foot industrial project in Irving. Royal 114 will consist of four rear-load buildings that will range in size from 46,261 to 155,050 square feet and will feature 28- to 32-foot clear heights. Pross Design Group is the project architect, and Peinado Construction is the general contractor. Transwestern will lease the property. Construction is set to begin later this summer and to be complete in the first quarter of 2023.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — KeyBank Community Development Lending and Investment has provided $74.3 million in construction financing for Darby Crossing, an affordable housing property in Columbus. Indianapolis-based Kittle Property Group is the developer. The 11-building property will include 60 one-bedroom units, 92 two-bedroom units, 84 three-bedroom residences, 24 four-bedroom apartments and two cottages. All units will be restricted to residents who earn up to 60 percent of the area median income. Amenities will include a clubhouse, pool house and 48 garage parking spaces. Construction has begun and is slated for completion by August 2025. David Lacki and Greg Deeks of KeyBank structured the financing, which includes a $43.3 million construction loan to be followed by a $31 million private placement loan. Additionally, the Columbus-Franklin County Finance Authority issued $42.2 million in tax-exempt bonds and the Ohio Housing Finance Agency provided $21.3 million in low-income housing tax credits. The development also benefits from a tax abatement based on its location in a Community Reinvestment Area.
LINCOLN, NEB. — The Annex Group has broken ground on Union at Middle Creek, a $34.4 million affordable housing community in Lincoln. The property’s 192 units will be designated for residents earning up to 60 percent of the area median income. Amenities will include a clubhouse, fitness center and nature trail. The development, slated for completion in early 2024, marks Annex Group’s first in Nebraska. Project partners include R4 Capital Funding as lending partner and R4 Capital as equity partner. The project team includes Summit LIHTC Consulting, REGA Engineering Group, Wallace Architects and NP Dodge Management Co.
BOSTON — German pharmaceutical giant Bayer has opened a $140 million research and innovation center within Kendall Square, located on the Boston-Cambridge border. About 100 employees will work at the two-story, 61,200-square-foot facility, which houses a molecular oncology research center with labs and offices. In addition, the center employs a newly established research team focused on leveraging chemical biology techniques to further propel the company’s oncology drug development process.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — California-based development and investment firm KBS has completed the renovation of 1000 Continental, a 205,424-square-foot office building located in the northern Philadelphia suburb of King of Prussia. The building was originally constructed in 2007. Renovations included the addition of a conference center with casual gathering spaces, as well as upgrades to the elevators, lobbies and common corridors. KBS plans to implement further improvements to 1000 Continental as part of a strategic multi-year plan. Avison Young provided construction management services for the project.
MIAMI — OKO Group and Cain International have topped off construction at 830 Brickell, a 55-story office tower underway in Miami’s Brickell Financial District. The 724-foot building is the first standalone office tower to break ground in Brickell in over a decade, according to the developers. Project partners include general contractor Civic Construction, architectural firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill and interior designer Iosa Ghini Associati. 830 Brickell will include a rooftop bar/lounge and restaurant, as well as a health and wellness center, conferencing facilities, an outdoor terrace, cafés and street-level retail space. 830 Brickell is more than 60 percent preleased ahead of its projected completion later this year. Cushman & Wakefield has executed leases with Microsoft, Thoma Bravo, A-CAP, CI Financial, Marsh Insurance, AerCap and WeWork.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Skilken Gold has broken ground on Terra Crossing, a shopping center located on 10 acres at 2500 Terra Crossing Blvd. in Louisville. The grocery anchor, a 55,071-square-foot Publix, represents the first Publix location in Kentucky, the Lakeland, Fla.-based grocer’s eighth state of operation. The adjacent 3,200-square-foot Publix Liquors store at Terra Crossing is also the first location outside the state of Florida. Publix plans to open a second Publix grocery store and Publix Liquors store in Louisville in early 2024 at the northeast corner of Ballardsville and Brownsboro roads. In addition to the Terra Crossing groundbreaking, Publix announced it has signed a lease to anchor The Fountains at Palomar shopping center in Lexington, marking the third location announced in Kentucky for Publix. The 55,701-square-foot Publix store and 3,200-square-foot Publix Liquors store are set to open in late 2024.
MIDLAND, TEXAS — General contractor Adolfson & Peterson has broken ground on a 60,000-square-foot early education center at Midland College in West Texas. The two-story building will be an expansion of the existing pre-K campus, allowing for an enrollment increase of more than 200 students. Parkhill is designing the project, which is expected to be complete in time for the fall 2023 semester.