HOUSTON — Denver-based REIT Healthpeak Properties Inc. (NYSE: PEAK) will renovate West Medical One, a 168,790-square-foot medical office building located on the HCA Houston Healthcare West campus. The project will add new patient drop-off areas, dining spaces, a tenant lounge and medical spec suites, as well as upgrade the lobby and other common areas. Healthpeak is in the process of securing permits and expects to complete the renovations in the first quarter of 2022. Identity Architects is designing the project, and E.E. Reed Construction is the general contractor.
Development
DALLAS — Locally based developer M2G Ventures has completed Bogart, a 50,000-square-foot office building at 4621 Ross Ave. in East Dallas that is a redevelopment of the former Dallas Can Academy site. The property offers headquarters, studio and spec office spaces and amenities such as a tenant lounge, fitness room and an outdoor gaming area. In addition, food and beverage concept Fiction Coffee has signed a lease to open a store at the property.
ROMULUS, MICH. — Meridian Design Build is nearing completion of two speculative industrial buildings at Ecorse Commons Industrial Park in Romulus. NorthPoint Development is the developer. The scope of the projects involved the redevelopment of a 69.5-acre parcel that was previously home to a General Motors engine test facility. Building 1 spans 409,158 square feet with a clear height of 36 feet, four drive-in doors, 213 auto parking spaces and 107 trailer parking stalls. Building 2 spans 245,390 square with a clear height of 32 feet, 195 auto parking spaces and 68 trailer parking stalls. Eugene Agnone III and Lauren Scarpace of CBRE marketed the buildings, which have been fully leased. Studio North Architecture and Hennessey Engineers made up the project team.
CHICAGO — Skender has completed construction of a 45,000-square-foot office and retail building for furniture company Herman Miller in Chicago’s Fulton Market neighborhood. Located at 1100 W. Fulton St., the build-to-suit project preserved the existing building’s historical masonry while incorporating a new concrete structure to support the 100-year-old exterior. The first floor includes a Herman Miller retail showroom, café and coffee bar. Skender collaborated with architect Hartshorne Plunkard Architecture, owner’s representative CBRE, developer Fulton St. Cos. and project manager ConopCo Project Management.
WEST WHITELAND TOWNSHIP, PA. — Capitol Seniors Housing has opened Arbor Terrace Exton, an 88-unit seniors housing community in West Whiteland Township, about 30 miles west of Philadelphia. The 78,000-square-foot facility offers personal and memory care services. Amenities include a bistro, clubroom, library with children’s nook, salon, theater and a multi-purpose art room. Meyer Senior Living Studio designed the project, and IMC Construction served as the general contractor.
NEW BEDFORD, MASS. — WinnDevelopment has broken ground on the $19.2 million redevelopment of the historic Cliftex Mill building in New Bedford, about 60 miles south of Boston. The project will convert the 114-year-old building into a 71-unit mixed-income housing development for adults 55 and older. The majority of the units (56) will be reserved for renters earning 60 percent or less of the area median income. Amenities will include a fitness center and a resident lounge. Completion is slated for August.
Continental Properties, McShane Complete 192-Unit Multifamily Property in Mesa, Arizona
by Amy Works
MESA, ARIZ. — McShane Construction Co., on behalf of Continental Properties, has completed the construction of Springs at Red Mountain, a multifamily community in Mesa. Situated on 10.5 acres on North Power Road, Springs at Red Mountain features 192 apartments spread across seven two- and three-story garden-style residential buildings with a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The buildings feature wood frame construction with stucco and stone exterior. Many units offer upgraded features including vinyl plank flooring, granite countertops and wine coolers. The gated, pet-friendly community includes a clubhouse with fitness center and swimming pool; an outdoor ramada with a fire pit; a barbecue area; car wash for residential use; and on-site surface and garage parking. Phillips Partnership is the architect of record for Springs at Red Mountain.
ASHBURN, VA. — A joint venture between Novais Partners and the Hanover Co. has announced plans for Rivana at Innovation Station, a 4.4 million-square-foot mixed-use development located 30 miles outside Washington, D.C., in Ashburn. The 103-acre, transit-oriented project will be developed adjacent to Loudoun County’s extension of the Metro Silver Line, one stop from Washington-Dulles International Airport. Current plans for the project include 2,000 multifamily units; 1.8 million square feet of Class A office space; a 185,000-square-foot retail village; a 265-room boutique hotel; and a network of green and public spaces, including an 11-acre park. At the center of the project will be Rivana Village, a walkable network of retail and creative office space inspired by the communal villages that dot Virginia’s landscape. Tenants for this portion of the project will include creative, independently-owned restaurants and local retailers. The development’s office space will include hotel-quality amenities as well as post-COVID-era design and engineering, with advanced filtration systems, upgraded air filters and enhanced cleaning protocols. Each office building is targeting LEED certification. The project’s development team plans to submit a land use application next week for consideration by the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors. Pending legislative approval, Novais expects to break ground …
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Summit Pointe Realty LLC has broken ground on Mosaic, a mixed-use multifamily community in the Hampton Roads town of Chesapeake. The $68 million project will include 507,495 square feet of apartments, restaurants, shops and a public parking garage. The six-story apartment community will offer 270 one-, two- and three-bedroom residences with full balconies. Eight residences are designed as two-story lofts with street-level access. Community amenities will include a clubhouse, fitness center, concierge services, swimming pool, lap pool with infinity edge, cabanas, firepits, dog walk and a dog-wash station. Mosaic property will also have more than 30,000 square feet of street-level retail and restaurant spaces. An imbedded 515-car public parking garage comprising 185,000 square feet will also be developed as part of Mosaic. Construction will commence April 1, and delivery of the first residential and commercial spaces is anticipated in summer 2022. Mosaic is the multifamily component of Phase II of Summit Pointe, a $330 million mixed-use development situated on 69 acres along Volvo Parkway. When complete, Summit Pointe will include more than 1 million square feet of office space, up to 500,000 square feet of retail space, approximately 250,000 square feet of hospitality and conference space and …
ATLANTA — Trammell Crow Co. and High Street Residential are co-developing the remaining phases of Technology Enterprise Park (TEP) in Midtown Atlanta. Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures (GATV), a Georgia Tech-led cooperative organization that is overseeing this project, chose the two firms to deliver a mixed-use, life sciences center within TEP. Construction is slated to begin in early 2022. For each of the five planned project phases of TEP, there is a grant to establish a sustainable education and training program for residents, Georgia Tech students and teachers in surrounding neighborhoods to expose them to careers in the biomedical and life sciences industries. TEP currently has two existing buildings that house research and lab space. The property will begin the park’s long-term expansion with Phase I, which will feature two buildings that include 370,000 square feet of lab and office space and 280 residential apartments.