GRESHAM, ORE. — USA Properties Fund and Northwest Housing Alternatives have completed Terracina Vista, an affordable housing community in Gresham, approximately 10 miles from downtown Portland. Located at 16503 E. Burnside St., Terracina Vista offers 92 one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments for residents earning less than 60 percent of the area median income. Apartments feature energy-efficient appliances and lighting and low-flow faucets, showers and toilets. Community amenities include a community room, computer workstations, indoor bike storage, elevators and laundry facilities. Funding for Terracina Vista was made possible by a private-public partnership with the City of Gresham, Oregon Housing and Community Services and Oregon Metro as subsidy lenders. WNC & Associates is the tax credit investor on the $43 million development. Capital One was the construction lender, with Citi Community Capital as the permanent lender.
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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL) has partnered with Nobu Hospitality, a Miami Beach, Fla.-based operator whose concept is rooted in Japanese culture, for a new hotel and restaurant on its new corporate headquarters campus in Nashville. According to local media outlet The Tennessean, Oracle’s Nashville project is valued at roughly $1.2 billion. Designed in collaboration with architecture firm Foster + Partners, the new hotel will feature 120 rooms and suites. Guests will have access to a Nobu restaurant on the lobby level, as well as flexible meeting and event spaces for both intimate gatherings and larger occasions. The hotel will also offer a lobby café, fitness center and spa facilities and a rooftop infinity rooftop pool with curated food-and-beverage service. “We’re excited to bring the Nobu lifestyle to Nashville’s East Bank, a vibrant district ready for growth,” says Trevor Horwell, CEO of Nobu Hospitality. “After much anticipation and requests from our loyal Nobu customers, partnering with Oracle is a perfect match. Nashville’s rich culture and culinary scene make it an ideal home for Nobu, and we can’t wait to create a destination that embodies the city’s spirit and our unique experience.” Oracle, an IT company known for its …
DETROIT — Bedrock has completed the 12-story office building at 1240 Woodward Ave. that is part of the Hudson’s Detroit development. Designed by SHoP Architects, the building adds more than 400,000 square feet of Class A office space, retail space, an event venue and a rooftop lounge on the 12th floor that will open in 2026. The project’s 56,000-square-foot event space, dubbed The Department at Hudson’s, opened earlier this year. Bedrock expects to open the 45-story tower component of Hudson’s Detroit in 2027. The 685-foot skyscraper, the second-tallest building in the state, will include dining space, The Detroit EDITION hotel and The Residences at The Detroit EDITION, rounding out the development’s total square footage to 1.5 million square feet. Hudson’s Detroit is the redevelopment of the former J.L. Hudson Department Store, which once stood as the tallest department store in the world, according to Bedrock. The store shuttered in 1983 and was imploded in 1998, according to Crain’s Detroit Business. Construction on Hudson’s Detroit began in December 2017. The development faced design changes, delays and project costs that ballooned to more than $1 billion. “Ten years in the making, Hudson’s Detroit is elevating downtown and creating space for the …
ELKHART, IND. — Graycor has completed a 171,000-square-foot distribution center for Amazon at 2675 Aeroplex Drive in Elkhart. The facility, dubbed DII5, will be Amazon’s first owner-occupied mass timber delivery station, with the project seeking Zero Carbon Certification from the Living Future. The 39-acre project features mass timber construction as opposed to traditional concrete and structural steel. ZGF was responsible for the building design, and Atlantic AE served as the architect of record throughout construction. More than 200 Amazon and contract employees will work at the facility handling local fulfillment.
DALLAS — New York City-based development and investment firm GTIS Partners will develop Remington 30, a 442,000-square-foot industrial project that will be situated near DFW International Airport. Building features will include a cross-dock configuration, 36-foot clear heights, 82 dock doors, four drive-in doors, 3,000 square feet of speculative office space, an ESFR sprinkler system and parking for 196 cars and 112 trailers. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter and to last about a year.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — A partnership between Columbia Residential and Renaissance Heights Foundation has broken ground on Columbia Renaissance Square III, a 100-unit affordable seniors housing project in southeast Fort Worth. The project represents the third and final phase of a larger mixed-income development. A portion of those residences will be reserved for renters earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income, and 16 units will be set aside as permanent supportive housing. Phase I of Columbia Renaissance Square totaled 140 units, and Phase II featured 120 age-restricted units.
PHILADELPHIA — Affinius Capital has provided a $170 million construction loan for a 431-unit multifamily project that will be located in Philadelphia’s Northern Liberties neighborhood. The project represents Phase II of a larger development known as Piazza Alta and will consist of two buildings that will rise eight and 16 stories. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and will be furnished with stainless steel appliances and individual washers and dryers. Amenities will include a rooftop lap and lounge pool, grilling stations, fire pits, a fitness center with a yoga studio and coworking spaces. Russell Schildkraut of Ackman-Ziff arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, locally based developer Post Brothers.
DURHAM, N.C. — ZOM Living, in partnership with AEW Capital Management, has delivered Maizon Durham, a 248-unit luxury apartment community located at 500 E. Main St. near the historic American Tobacco Campus in Durham. The project team included architecture firm Hord Coplan Macht and interior designer One Line Design. Maizon Durham offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans ranging in size from 558 to 1,450 square feet. Amenities include a swimming pool with a sundeck and lounge seating and a fitness center with a dedicated recovery room and spin studio. Additional community spaces include a pet spa, coworking areas, conference rooms, private offices, quiet zones, a resident café and a 24-hour marketplace, as well as 13,000 square feet of street-level retail space.
STATE COLLEGE, PA. — A joint venture between Georgia-based developer Landmark Properties and Liberty Mutual Investments will develop The Mark State College, a 515-bed student housing project for students at Penn State University. Designed by Cube3 Architects, The Mark State College will be a 12-story building that will be located on East College Avenue, adjacent to campus. Amenities will include a sky deck, rooftop pool and hot tub, fitness center and sauna, clubhouse, grilling area, sports simulator, study lounge, café, computer lab and fire pits. TSB Capital Advisors arranged construction financing for the project. A tentative development timeline was not announced.
Capstone Development, Colorado School of Mines Complete 1,058-Bed Student Housing Project in Golden
by Amy Works
GOLDEN, COLO. — A public-private partnership between Capstone Development Partners and the Colorado School of Mines has completed Village at Mines Park, a 1,058-bed student housing community located on the university’s campus in Golden. The property — which is the redevelopment and expansion of an existing community, Mines Park — offers affordable housing for upper-division undergraduate and graduate students, as well as students with families. Fully furnished units are offered in studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a fitness center, dining options, recreational green space, an outdoor amphitheater and community gathering and study spaces. The property is also home to residence life and management offices and features on-site parking and electric car charging spaces. The development team for the project included design-builder Milender White Construction and architectural firm SAR+. Capstone Management Partners will provide facility maintenance, custodial and asset management services for the community. The project was financed by the university.