PHILADELPHIA — WinnCos., a developer and operator of affordable and market-rate housing, has purchased Carl Mackley Houses, a historic housing complex in Philadelphia, with plans to implement a $23.7 million renovation. The property, which is located on the city’s northeast side and currently houses 184 affordable housing units, originally opened during the Great Depression era. Named for Carl Mackley, a 22-year-old union worker who was shot and killed on March 6, 1930 while supporting a strike at the H.C. Aberle Co., the complex earned a spot on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 1982 and the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. The rehabilitation effort will modernize apartment kitchens and bathrooms in four residential buildings; install central air conditioning in all units; replace all windows and roofs; and upgrade common areas. The project is being financed primarily by tax-exempt bond financing and an allocation of 4 percent Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from the Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency.
LEXINGTON, MASS. — Locally based developer Greatland Realty Partners has broken ground on Revolution Labs, a 180,000-square-foot life sciences project in Lexington, a northwestern suburb of Boston. Revolution Labs will feature purpose-built laboratory infrastructure, full-service onsite amenities and multi-functional outdoor spaces. SGA is the project architect, and Callahan Construction Managers is the general contractor. JLL is handling leasing for the property. The development team expects the property to be available for occupancy by the third quarter of 2022.
FERNLEY, NEV. — Newport Beach, Calif.-based Mark IV Capital has broken ground on Victory Logistics District, a 4,300-acre, master-planned industrial district in Fernley. Mark IV Capital acquired the land in July 2019 and has since designed the multi-phased development, including infrastructure, rail facilities and industrial buildings ranging in size from 170,000 square feet to 1.5 million square feet. Slated for completion in the first quarter of 2022, Building A will offer 815,000 square feet of cross-dock industrial space designed by HPA Architects. The building will feature 40-foot clear heights, 160 dock positions measuring 9-foot by 10-foot, four 12-foot by 14-foot drive-in doors, 451 auto parking spaces, 371 trailer parking spaces, three access points (two off of Duffy Road and one off of Nevada Pacific Parkway) and 11.4 acres of additional land available for expanded parking.
LOS ANGELES — R.D. Olson Construction has broken ground for West Terrace, a sustainable affordable multifamily property located at 6576 Southwest Blvd. in South Los Angeles. R.D. Olson is partnering with A Community of Friends, a nonprofit developer, and FSY Architects for the project. Totaling 52,300 square feet, West Terrace will offer 14 studio, 29 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom units, plus one three-bedroom unit. On-site amenities will include a community room, laundry facilities, barbecue grills, a playground, bike storage, an interior courtyard and community garden. Completion is slated for summer 2022.
ATLANTA — CIM Group has completed construction of The Lofts at Centennial Yards South, an adaptive reuse apartment project within the larger $5 billion development in downtown Atlanta known as Centennial Yards. A ribbon-cutting ceremony that took place yesterday also marked the completion of the 160 Trinity offices as well as the launch of construction at 99 Ted Turner creative office, 185 Ted Turner office and the Canyon, a 740-foot-long retail, dining and event destination. Located adjacent to Atlanta’s Castleberry Hill neighborhood, Centennial Yards South comprises six acres and is the first portion to reach completion within the 50-acre Centennial Yards. A redevelopment of the former Southern Railway Freight Depot and Office Building, which served Norfolk Southern from 1982 to 2005, anchors this portion of the development. The Lofts at Centennial Yards South features 162 loft-style apartments, including 27 furnished units to accommodate corporate relocations and Atlanta’s burgeoning film industry. The apartments will be available for occupancy starting this summer. The creative office space at 99 Ted Turner will span approximately 80,000 square feet. The Canyon will serve as a pedestrian promenade below street level. LaGrange-based craft beverage company Wild Leap is slated to open a two-level brewery, distillery and …
ELGIN, ILL. — GoldCoast Logistics Group (GCLG) has broken ground on its new $15 million headquarters at 1425 Madeline Lane in Elgin, about 35 miles northwest of Chicago. The 61,888-square-foot facility will include a 38,000-square-foot warehouse and 23,000 square feet of office space. PANCOR Construction & Development LLC is the developer, architect and general contractor. NAI Hiffman assisted GCLG in its site selection. Spurred by the rise of e-commerce, GCLG was founded in 2010 and has grown from two employees in Wood Dale to 700 employees in Elgin, Florida and Arizona. The company’s truck fleet has more than quadrupled over the past three years. The new headquarters will feature a rooftop deck, two-story atrium, four break rooms, workout areas and a half-sized basketball court. There will be 26 dormitory rooms for truck drivers who need overnight accommodations. The warehouse will feature a clear height of 30 feet and parking for 40 trucks and cars. Construction is slated for completion in December.
ST. FRANCIS, WIS. — M&R Development has completed Phase I of 42 Hundred On The Lake, a 236-unit luxury apartment project in St. Francis, about five miles south of downtown Milwaukee. Located at 4200 S. Lake Shore Drive, the development overlooks Lake Michigan. Units range from 583 to 1,204 square feet. Monthly rents range from $1,208 to $3,350. Pre-leasing has begun for Phase II, with move-ins for those apartments scheduled to begin in June. Amenities include a clubhouse, coffee bar, business center, game room, fitness center, package room, pet spa and two courtyards. The pool is scheduled to open in May. M&R co-developed the project with Campbell Capital Group LLC. RMK Management will oversee leasing and property management.
ATLANTA — American Tower, a data center REIT based in Boston, has expanded its American Tower Metro Data Center facility at 55 Marietta St. in downtown Atlanta. The addition brings nearly 20,000 square feet and 2 additional megawatts of capacity to the facility. American Tower has fully integrated the data center, formerly known as Colo Atl, into the American Tower brand. American Tower hopes with the expansion to provide its customers with more power and capacity, giving them a vehicle to provide stronger connectivity options. With the completion of the expansion, American Tower Metro Data Center now has a total of about 44,500 square feet across its second, fifth and eighth floors, while the added capacity brings the total to 4 megawatts. In 2020, additional improvements were completed, including renovations on the fifth floor, the addition of a new dedicated “meet-me-area,” upgrades to the security and surveillance systems and revamped workspaces on each floor for customers.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — Aegis Living has opened Aegis Living Bellevue Overlake, located in the city of Bellevue where the company is headquartered. The community features 122 senior living apartments in the 106,000-square-foot-building. Its opening follows Aegis Living’s joint acquisition of 10 communities across California, Washington, and Nevada. Aegis has eight additional communities in development, including communities in Kirkland and the Eastlake neighborhood of Seattle. Aegis Living Bellevue Overlake is the first community Aegis Living has designed to be fully centered in the scientific benefits of biophilia and the innate connection to nature, a concept that has been shown to elicit a therapeutic response both physical and emotionally, according to Aegis. “We are delighted to open a community that is rooted in nature, bringing the outdoors in and creating an oasis in the city, particularly coming out of a year when the COVID-19 pandemic demonstrated just how important home is,” says Aegis founder, CEO and chairman Dwayne Clark.
BOULDER, COLO. — Chicago-based The John Buck Co. and Boulder-based Element Properties have broken ground for Platform, a multifamily property within S’PARK, a 6.8-acre mixed-use, mixed-income multifamily development in Boulder. Situated on 1.2 acres at 3350 Bluff St., Platform will feature 86 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as ground-level retail space. Residents of Platform will also be able to use the amenities of Timber, a sister apartment community located across the street. KTGY is designer for the project, which is slated for completion in summer 2022.