FRANKLIN PARK, ILL. — Principle Construction Corp. has broken ground on a 100,463-square-foot speculative industrial building at 3500 Wolf Road in Franklin Park, a western suburb of Chicago. IDI Logistics is developing the project, which will feature a clear height of up to 32 feet, 24 docks, two drive-in doors and a 130-foot truck court. The nearly seven-acre site features convenient access to I-294. Harris Architects provided design services for the project. A timeline for completion was not provided.
GREELEY, COLO. — Dallas-based Edison Equity Management has received $23 million in construction financing for the development of 55 Resort Apartments, an age-restricted multifamily property located in Greeley. Located on the former site of the Garnsey & Wheeler Ford dealership, 55 Resort Apartments will feature 84 apartments for adults aged 55 or older. Each unit will feature stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, hardwood flooring and tiled bathrooms. The four-story complex will include a business center, meeting room, fitness center, clubhouse, bike room, movie theater room, swimming pool, service coordination, a dog park, outdoor kitchen and grills, and covered and surface parking. Additionally, 55 Resort Apartments will offer exercise classes, service coordination and social activities, as well as 5,000 square feet of retail space leased to Austin’s American Grill restaurant. The development is slated to open in summer 2022. Dallas-based Hall Structured Finance closed the first lien construction loan for the borrower. Amir Giryes of Pando Cos. sourced the financing for the project.
NETCONG, N.J. — Developer CrownPoint Group LLC has completed the lease-up of 34 Bank, a 126-unit apartment complex located in the Northern New Jersey community of Netcong. Leasing of the property, which sits on 4.8 acres, began in December 2020, and construction of the community was completed this summer. Units feature one- and two-bedroom floor plans and are furnished with stainless steel appliances, tile backsplashes and quartz countertops. Amenities include a fitness center, coworking space, walking trails and grilling stations.
NEW YORK CITY — Extell Development Co. has unveiled plans to develop a 30-story medical office tower on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The 400,000-square-foot, Class A property will be located at 403 E. 79th St. The site is near several of New York City’s top hospitals and medical research centers, including NewYork-Presbyterian and the main campus of Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), an academic medical center focused on musculoskeletal health with locations throughout the tri-state area. HSS has signed a long-term lease for approximately 200,000 square feet spread across the first eight floors at the new tower. Mitti Liebersohn and Arthur Mirante of Avison Young represented HSS in the lease negotiations in collaboration with the HSS in-house team of Michael Calabrese, Stephen Bell and Stacey Malakoff. Vincent Carrega represented Extell Development. HSS will house orthopedic and rheumatology physician offices within its office space, as well as ancillary services for treatment of musculoskeletal conditions. The space will complement the expansion of HSS’ main campus, which will house the newly announced Lauder Family Spine Center that is set to open in 2024 at the HSS Kellen Tower. “We are pleased to partner with HSS, the foremost hospital for orthopedics and rheumatology, to …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The City of Charlotte and the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority (CRVA) have opened the Charlotte Convention Center in Uptown Charlotte. The $126.9 million expansion project broke ground in December 2019 and added approximately 50,000 square feet of meeting room and pre-function space, taking the venue’s total leasable space to 600,000 square feet. The number of meeting rooms increased from 41 to 55 and now includes two 10,000-square-foot spaces. New to the convention center is an exterior over street pedestrian walkway, which connects the property to the adjacent 700-room Westin Charlotte hotel and a LYNX Blue Line light rail stop. The newly expanded convention center is the anchors of Uptown Charlotte, an urban submarket that features 200-plus restaurants and more than 6,000 hotel rooms. Atlanta-based TVS, the original designer of the Charlotte Convention Center, served as the architect for the expansion project. Holder-Edison Foard-Leeper JV was the construction manager.
BATON ROUGE, LA. — Fountain Residential Partners has broken ground on The Vue on Parker, a 294-bed student housing development located near Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. The Vue on Parker will offer studio to five-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. The fully furnished units will include wood-look flooring, granite countertops, queen-sized pillowtop beds, 60-inch smart TVs, stainless steel appliances, full-sized washers and dryers and an onsite structured parking garage. Community amenities will include a swimming pool, clubhouse, strength training and cardio center and private study rooms. The project is scheduled for completion in fall 2023. Fountain Residential partially raised capital for the project using crowdfunding platform CrowdStreet. First United Bank and Trust is the construction lender for the development. The design team includes Stuart Roosth Architects, Duplantis Design Group and MW Builder.
EDEN PRAIRIE, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged $85.1 million in joint venture equity and construction financing for Paravel, a 246-unit apartment complex in the Minneapolis suburb of Eden Prairie. JLL secured a $59.5 million construction-to-permanent, fixed-rate loan through a life insurance company, and sourced $25.6 million in joint venture equity from a high-net-worth family office. Located at 8300 Commonwealth Drive, Paravel will be part of the Castle Ridge mixed-use development. The complex will include 358 underground parking stalls and 67 surface parking spaces. Josh Talberg, Brock Yaffe, Dan Linnell, Mox Gunderson, Pat McMullen, Adam Haydon, William Haass and Ken Dayton of JLL represented the borrower, Timberland Partners.
CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA — Construction is underway on Edgewood Logistics Park, a 204,000-square-foot speculative industrial building in Cedar Rapids. The 21-acre project will feature a clear height of 36 feet, 48 docks, 200 vehicle parking stalls and 130 semi-trailer parking spaces. Completion is slated for spring 2022. Dave Drown of GLD Commercial is marketing the project for lease. The development group is privately held and locally owned. Garling Construction is the general contractor.
HARRISON, N.Y. — A partnership between Dallas-based Trammell Crow Residential, a subsidiary of Crow Holdings, and Boston-based Marcus Partners is underway on construction of Alexan Harrison, a 450-unit apartment community that will be located about 25 miles north of Manhattan. Alexan Harrison will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units ranging in size from 507 to 2,135 square feet. A portion of the residences, which will feature stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and individual washers and dryers, will be reserved as affordable housing. Amenities will include two pools and clubhouses, a fitness center, dog park, walking trails, a business center with private offices, wellness center and Amazon package lockers. Construction is scheduled to be complete in April 2024.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based developer Zara Realty has broken ground on a 223-unit mixed-income project located at 153-10 88th Ave. adjacent to Rufus King Park in Queens. Thirty percent (66) of the units, which will feature studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, will be designated as affordable housing. Amenities will include a fitness center, a tenant recreational space, rooftop terrace with gardens and seating areas, electric vehicle charging stations and storage units. Ismael Leyva Architects is designing the nine-story building, and Monadnock Construction Inc. is the general contractor. Completion is slated for 2023.