Development

Tradepark East

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Trinity Capital Advisors (TCA) has begun construction of Tradepark East at Palmetto Commerce Parkway, an 850,000-square-foot, Class A industrial development in Charleston. The project is slated to be completed in 2022. Tradepark East will include four buildings. Building One, the park’s largest building, will be cross-docked and will total 342,160 square feet with 36-foot clear heights. Buildings Two and Three will total 174,720 square feet each and Building Four will span 145,600 square feet. Frampton Construction is the general contractor for Tradepark East, DMA Architecture is the design firm and Reveer Group serves as the civil engineer. Trinity Capital Advisors is a commercial real estate development and investment firm based in Charlotte, N.C.

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Beckert's Park

WASHINGTON, D.C. — BKV Group has opened Beckert’s Park, a 2.8-acre mixed-use project featuring 325 apartments and a new 60,000-square-foot Safeway grocery store, in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Located at the corner of 14th Street and D Street SE, the development has replaced a parking lot and existing Safeway store that stood on the site for nearly 50 years. BKV Group worked with developer Foulger-Pratt to create a design for the Beckert’s Park project. The building is a single structure that includes residential units, the upgraded Safeway store and 8,000 square feet of commercial space. Additionally, the property offers underground parking for residents and Safeway customers. Residences at Beckert’s Park include studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging from 495 to 1,706 square feet, some with private outdoor space. All apartment units feature quartz countertops, customizable closets and in-unit laundry, and some include moveable kitchen islands and double sinks in the primary bathrooms. Community amenities include an outdoor pool, seating, cabanas, dining areas and grilling stations. Indoor amenities include a lobby with lounge seating and coworking space; clubroom with catering kitchen; game room; fitness center; golf simulator and a pet-washing station. Also, a multifunctional indoor sport court …

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — San Francisco-based development and investment firm Jay Paul Co. has announced plans to develop Springdale Green, an 872,500-square-foot office complex in East Austin. Designed by Gensler, the 30-acre property will comprise two six-story buildings and multiple outdoor areas, as well as an onsite parking garage. About two-thirds of the site (19 acres) has been preserved and restored with native meadows, woodlands and plantings, as well as an urban creek tributary. Amenities will include an 18,000-square-foot flexible conference space; 23,000-square-foot fitness and wellness center; jogging and nature trails; and basketball and volleyball courts. A firm construction timeline has not yet been established.

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HOUSTON — A partnership between an affiliate of Atlantic Pacific Communities and the Houston Housing and Community Development Department (HCDD) have unveiled plans for Heritage Senior Residences, a mixed-income senior living community in Houston that will replace housing lost during Hurricane Harvey. About 70 percent of the units, which will feature one- and two-bedroom floor plans, will be earmarked as affordable, while the remaining units will be rented at market rates. Amenities will include a fitness center, laundry facilities, clubroom, community dining area, business center, conference room, card room and a recreational deck terrace with pavilions and grills. Construction is slated for completion in late 2022. Bank of America provided a $20.5 million construction loan for the project, and Citi Community Bank provided $9.8 million in permanent financing. The capital stack also includes $14.3 million in city-appropriated disaster relief funds and $13.8 million in low-income housing tax credit equity.

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PASADENA, TEXAS — Developer i3 Interests has broken ground on 3° Red Bluff, a 148,900-square-foot cold storage facility that will be located in the eastern Houston suburb of Pasadena. The Class A property will consist of two buildings on a 12-acre site that can be customized to fit a variety of cold storage needs, from bulk distribution to food processing. About 62 percent of the first building is preleased to Houston Meat Distributors. Colliers International is leasing the development, completion of which is slated for late in the third quarter.

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Vantage-Collection-Jersey-City

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Fisher Development Associates has begun leasing the second rental tower in The Vantage Collection, a 45-story apartment building in downtown Jersey City that houses 452 luxury units. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats and are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and in-home washers and dryers. Communal indoor amenities include a sky lounge, fitness center with a yoga studio, children’s playroom, business center, coworking lounge, game room, lobby a coffee bar and package locker systems. Outdoor amenities include two pools, a basketball court, lawn, fire pits, 12-station BBQ area, outdoor children’s play area, outdoor fitness area and a bar with a lounge and tiered seating. S9 Architecture designed The Vantage Collection, which consists of 900 apartments across two towers. The Bozzuto Group has been tapped as the leasing and management agent for the property. Rents were initially priced at more than $2,000 per month for a studio unit, but special grand opening incentives are available for a limited time.

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MALDEN, MASS. — A partnership between regional developer Quaker Lane Capital and Turnbridge Equities will develop a 160,000-square-foot building that can support traditional office or life sciences users in Malden, a northern suburb of Boston. Global architecture firm Gensler is designing the nine-story facility, which will be located within an Opportunity Zone. Construction is expected to begin in the first half of 2022 and to be complete some time in 2023.

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ELMHURST, ILL. — Sterling Bay has begun development of a 150,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in Elmhurst. PREMIER Design + Build Group is serving as general contractor for the Class A project, which is located at 545 Lamont Road. The nine-acre site currently houses a 79,600-square-foot office building that will be razed. Completion of the project is slated for January 2022.

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MAYWOOD, ILL. — Skender recently broke ground on the redevelopment of Maywood Supportive Living in Maywood, about 12 miles west of Chicago. When completed, the 133,000-square-foot, five-story supportive living facility will provide 100 housing units with substantial healthcare and nursing amenities. The existing property, which formerly housed the Central Baptist Home, was added to the State of Illinois’ National Register of Historic Places in 2017 and will be restored with the intention of preserving its historic detail. The existing building and grounds take up a full city block, and renovations will include new windows, roof replacement and restoring the first-floor lobby. NDC Corporate Equity Fund, KeyBank, US Bank and the Illinois Housing Development Authority are providing project financing. Skender is serving as general contractor and is collaborating with developer Celadon Partners and architect Gleason Architects.

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Sawyers Walk

MIAMI — Swerdlow Group has broken ground on Sawyer’s Walk, a 1.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood that will include 250,000 square feet of retail space below 578 apartments designated for low-income seniors. Swerdlow Group is collaborating with the Southeast Overtown/Park West Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA) on the $300 million project. Swerdlow Group and its partners, Delray Beach, Fla.-based SJM Partners and Miami-based Alben Duffie, acquired the 3.4-acre property at 249 NW 6th St. from the Community Redevelopment Agency for $10 million. Construction is scheduled for completion in 2023. Sawyer’s Walk will include a 50,000-square-foot Target and a 25,000-square-foot Aldi supermarket, as well as new locations for Ross Dress for Less, Five Below and Burlington. The development will provide approximately 1,000 parking spaces. Sawyer’s Walk will also feature 25,000 square feet of public space that includes outdoor seating for the project’s restaurants, a children’s playground, pedestrian promenade and dog park. The residential portion of Sawyer’s Walk will include studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments reserved for seniors earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income. Community amenities will include a rooftop pool deck, a clubhouse and entertainment lounge, meeting rooms and a complimentary health club membership …

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