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Trammell Crow Co., CBRE IM Deliver 1.5 MSF First Phase of Business Park in Pendergrass, Georgia

by John Nelson

PENDERGRASS, GA. — A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and CBRE IM has delivered Phase I of Jackson 85 North Business Park in Pendergrass, about 60 miles northeast of Atlanta. Situated on 215 acres, Phase I comprises two Class A warehouse buildings totaling 1.5 million square feet. Building 1 totals 538,450 square feet and Building 2 totals roughly 1 million square feet. The warehouses feature 40-foot clear heights, 185-foot concrete truck courts, parking space for vehicles and trailers, more than 290 dock door positions and four drive-in ramps. Additionally, the facilities include electrical service, an ESFR fire protection system, watertight roofing systems that can accommodate solar panels and 3,900 square feet of interior office space for each building. Phase II, which is currently underway, will include two warehouses spanning 210,080 square feet and 524,160 square feet. Phase II will also include a build-to-suit project up to 750,000 square feet. Wilson, Hull & Neal Real Estate is leading the marketing and leasing efforts for the project.

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University of Utah, ACC Break Ground on 1,400-Bed Student Housing Development in Salt Lake City

by Amy Works

SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah (The U) and American Campus Communities (ACC), in a public-private partnership, have broken ground on a $155 million student housing complex in Salt Lake City. The six-story residence hall will add 1,400 beds for first- and second-year students. The U will manage and program the first floor to feature common indoor and outdoor social areas, new dining facilities and fitness areas. The development is part of ACC’s American Campus Equity (ACE program), which enables universities to expand and enhance student housing without taking on additional debt. Under a 55-year lease agreement that includes two 10-year extensions for a final term of 75 years, ACC will manage and own a leasehold interest in the property. The project team includes MHTN Architects, Ayers Saint Gross and Okland Construction. The new residence hall is slated to open for occupancy in fall 2026.

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Skender Completes Construction of Fifth City Commons Affordable Housing Complex in Chicago

by Kristin Harlow

CHICAGO — Skender has completed construction of Fifth City Commons, a 43-unit affordable housing complex in Chicago’s East Garfield Park neighborhood. The units are reserved for residents with incomes ranging between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income. Additionally, all units were built to Passive House standards of sustainable energy use. The project site was vacant land for decades. As a part of the global C40 Reinventing Competition for Cities, which encourages municipalities around the world to use vacant land for sustainable, net-zero redevelopment, the City of Chicago selected the site for redevelopment in 2019. Sitting at the gateway to a part of Garfield Park called Fifth City, the 1.5-acre development was named after this geography to honor the community development organization of the same name that was active in the neighborhood throughout the 1960s. Construction on the property began in July 2023. The new three-story facility includes community rooms, a resident terrace, fitness room, laundry facilities and onsite management offices. Skender and joint venture partner Ashlaur Construction collaborated with Nia Architects and Perkins&Will, and engineering firms dbHMS, Rubinos & Mesia Engineers, Omni Ecosystems and TERRA Engineering. Tandem Ventures managed regulatory compliance and maximized community engagement to create …

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Provident Industrial to Develop 161,408 SF Project in Arlington

by Taylor Williams

ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Provident Industrial, a division of locally based firm Provident, will develop A20 Logistics Center, a 161,408-square-foot project that will be located at 5000 E. Bardin Road in Arlington. The development will feature 32-foot clear heights, 34 dock doors, two oversized drive-in doors with ramps, 130-foot truck court depths and 2,100 square feet of speculative office space. Construction will begin in the coming days and is expected to be complete in the first quarter of 2026. Provident Industrial is developing A20 Logistics Center in partnership with Humphreys Capital and Farmers Bank & Trust. JLL will market the property for lease. 

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MRA Group to Develop 127-Room Residence Inn Hotel in Wilmington, Delaware

by Taylor Williams

WILMINGTON, DEL. — Pennsylvania-based MRA Group will develop a 127-room hotel in Wilmington, Del., that will be operated under the Residence Inn by Marriott brand. The hotel will be located on the 164-acre Chestnut Run Innovation & Science Park campus and will feature food service, a full-service bar and meeting/event spaces. Construction will begin this month. A tentative completion date was not announced. Gulph Creek Hotels will manage the property, which will be the first hotel constructed in the area in nearly three years, according to MRA Group.

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Walters Completes 63-Unit Affordable Housing Complex in Chatham, New Jersey

by Taylor Williams

CHATHAM, N.J. — New Jersey-based developer Walters has completed Cornerstone at Chatham, a 63-unit affordable housing complex in Northern New Jersey. The building sits on a 3.2-acre site that formerly housed a now-defunct restaurant. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats, range in size from 807 to 1,343 square feet and are reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Amenities include a fitness center, community room and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Construction began in August 2023.

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Partnership Unveils Plans for $850M Hotel, Residential Skyscraper in Downtown Miami

by Taylor Williams

MIAMI — A partnership locally based firm Mint Developers, hospitality owner-operator Sonesta International Hotels Corp. and property manager AD1 has unveiled plans for an $850 million hotel and residential project in downtown Miami. The James Hotel & Residences in Downtown Miami will comprise 336 fully furnished, for-sale residences and roughly 200 hotel rooms. At 82 stories, the project will be the tallest skyscraper in Miami upon completion, according to the developers. Construction is scheduled to begin in the first quarter of 2026 and to be complete by early 2028, with residential sales expected to launch in the second quarter of this year. Residents and hotel guests will have access to amenities such as a spa, private cabanas with plunge pools, snow and rain rooms and onsite dining. One of the property’s restaurants will include the highest elevation luxury bar in the Americas. The project will also feature a four-story private club where members will have access to the James Hotel. Financing details were not disclosed, but Daniel Berman, president and CEO of AD1, stated that the first round of funding has been secured and that Sonesta is directly contributing to the financing of the project. Berman also said that the project …

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KERA to Open 60,000 SF Headquarters Facility in Uptown Dallas

by Taylor Williams

DALLAS — KERA will open a new 60,000-square-foot headquarters facility in Uptown Dallas. At the end of February, the public broadcasting group will relocate from 3000 Harry Hines Blvd. to a temporary space at One Arts Plaza in downtown Dallas while the new headquarters is being built. Construction of the new building, the site of which is adjacent to the Katy Trail, will begin in the fourth quarter and is slated for a late-2027 delivery. Architecture firm Corgan is designing the new facility, which will include performance spaces and podcast studios, and Kaizen Development Partners will lead construction.

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Wegmans to Open First Pittsburgh-Area Grocery Store, Hire 400-Plus People

by Taylor Williams

CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP, PA. — Wegmans, a grocer based in upstate New York, has announced plans to open its first Pittsburgh-area store. An opening date was not announced, but the store will span 115,000 square feet and will be located on a 13-acre site on Cool Springs Drive in Cranberry Township, a northern suburb of the Steel City. Wegmans plans to hire between 400 and 500 full- and part-time employees to staff the new store.

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Royal Palm, Mattoni Group to Develop 320-Unit Multifamily Project in Orlando’s Lake Nona Region

by John Nelson

ORLANDO, FLA. — A partnership between Royal Palm Cos. and Mattoni Group has announced the development of Royal Palm at Lake Nona, a 320-unit garden-style multifamily development located in southeast Orlando. Funding for the Class A project totaled $94.3 million, including a $56.6 million construction loan and $17 million in preferred equity. Situated within the 7,000-acre Lake Nona master-planned community, Royal Palm at Lake Nona will be located at 3000 Aria Circle. Upon completion, the new 16-acre development will comprise four four-story buildings and eight carriage house buildings with a unit mix of one- to three-bedrooms. Units will range from 782 square feet to 1,398 square feet in size. Additionally, more than 9,000 square feet will be dedicated to a clubhouse space that will feature a demonstration kitchen and a coworking business center with private offices. Other amenities will include a fitness center, indoor pet grooming center, resort-style pool with a jacuzzi, cabanas and electric vehicle charging stations. Forum Architecture & Interior Design is the project architect. Completion is slated for the first quarter of 2027.

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