Development

Legacy-Midtown-Park-Dallas

DALLAS — Legacy Senior Communities (LSC) has delivered The Legacy Midtown Park, a seniors housing community in North Dallas. Located on a 12-acre plot, the property features 184 independent living apartments, 51 assisted living apartments, 36 memory support residences and 54 private skilled nursing and rehabilitation suites. Development costs were estimated at $186 million. Construction began in 2018, with the final building, Aaron Towers Independent Living, receiving a temporary certificate of occupancy in December 2020. Aaron Towers offers 40,000 square feet of amenities and common space designed by local D2 Architecture with interiors by Austin-based StudioSix5. Apartments range in size from 800-square-foot studios to 2,600-square-foot penthouses.

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DETROIT — Barbat Holdings LLC, a West Bloomfield-based development firm, has completed the transformation and revitalization of 305 Michigan Ave. in Detroit. Now known as Gabriel Houze, the 100,000-square-foot, 10-story property is located in the city’s central business district across from the Westin Book Cadillac. Built in 1915 and formerly known as the Gabriel Richard Building, the property housed the Archdiocese of Detroit for over 50 years. Furniture store Weil & Co. first occupied the property upon its opening. CIBC financed the project in partnership with Invest Detroit. Sonder USA Inc., a residential hospitality concept that offers short-term rentals, has leased the entire building except for 8,000 square feet of retail space on the ground floor. Sonder will offer 125 units for lease. The Houze Living brand is a subsidiary of Barbat Holdings. The developer expects to complete Montgomery Houze in Ann Arbor and Birmingham Houze in Birmingham this summer.

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The-Margo-Frisco

FRISCO, TEXAS — Locally based developer StreetLights Residential has completed The Margo, a 358-unit apartment community located at 4545 Mission Ave. in the northern Dallas suburb of Frisco. The Margo features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that range in size from 507 to 2,094 square feet and that feature custom cabinetry, wood-style flooring and individual washers and dryers. Private balconies and yards are also available in select units. Communal amenities include a pool with cabanas and a sun deck, coworking spaces, a pet lawn and spa, outdoor kitchen and a media lounge. Gables Residential is managing the property. Rents start at $1,145 per month for a studio unit, according to Apartments.com.

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Waterview-Apartments-Richmond

RICHMOND, TEXAS — A joint venture between Houston-based Read King Commercial Real Estate and Austin-based Wayfinder Real Estate has broken ground on The Waterview, a 295-unit apartment community in the southwestern Houston suburb of Richmond. The property will be located within the 135-acre Waterview Town Center mixed-use development and will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, private spa and a resident clubhouse. Houston-based W. Partnership Inc. designed the project, and Austin-based Oden Hughes is serving as the general contractor. The opening is slated for the first quarter of 2022. Read King is also the master developer of Waterview Town Center.

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Tracy-Logistics-Park-Tracy-CA

TRACY, CALIF. — Seefried Industrial Properties, in a joint venture with Clarion Partners, has broken ground on Tracy Logistics Park, a more than 1 million-square-foot speculative office and warehouse project in East Tracy. Seefried and Clarion originally purchased the 76-acre site in January for an undisclosed amount. Located at the northeast corner of Grant Line and Chrisman roads, Tracy Logistics Park will feature a 210,000-square-foot building, a 507,800-square-foot building and a 309,000-square-foot building. Tenants will have the opportunity to occupy space ranging from 20,000 square feet to 500,000 square feet. The buildings will feature tilt-up construction, clear heights ranging from 32 feet to 36 feet, 180-foot- to 185-foot-deep truck courts, a combined 236 trailer spaces, ESFR sprinkler systems and ample parking. Completion is slated for fourth quarter of this year. HPA is serving as architect, K&W as civil engineer and Alston Construction as general contractor. Mike Goldstein and John Steinbuch of Colliers International will handle marketing and leasing efforts for the project.

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ViaVerde-Albuquerque-NM

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Trez Capital has closed on a $52 million construction loan for ViaVerde, a 171-unit for-rent townhome project, and ViaVerde II, a 154-unit garden-style apartment community, in Albuquerque. Sonata Green, a joint venture between Sonata Trails and MultiGreen Properties, is developing the rental townhome community, which is located within The Trails, a 400-acre, mixed-use, master-planned community. Situated on 11.6 acres on Universe Boulevard NW, ViaVerde is the first phase within the residential development that will include more than 1,000 rental units at build-out. Designed to reach LEED Gold certification, ViaVerde offers units with Energy Star-rated appliances, WaterSense plumbing fixtures and 16+ SEER air conditioning units, as well as other measures to help residents reduce monthly utility bills. The property will also feature smart home technologies, including smart parking, smart lighting, thermostat control, entry access to units and common areas, leak detection and smart parcel lockers. Upon completion, The Trails will comprise more than 2,200 apartment units, 1,600 single-family units, 120,000 square feet of office and retail space, a hospital urgent care center, parks, trails, three schools and a church. Wexford Construction is serving as construction manager for the project.

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ACCS-Anchorage-AK

ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — Alaska Cargo and Cold Storage (ACCS) and the State of Alaska have executed a 55-year ground lease agreement at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) for the development of a climate-controlled warehouse facility at the airport. Located on Great Circle Route, the 700,000-square-foot facility will offer 32.5 million cubic feet of capacity, providing the airport, which is the world’s sixth-busiest cargo airport, with a critical piece of infrastructure. ANC is situated within 9.5 hours of 90 percent of key markets in Asia, Europe and North America. In September 2020, the U.S. Department of Transportation awarded the Alaska Energy Authority a $21 million BUILD grant to administer in support of the ACCS project. The facility will be built in phases, with construction of the 190,0000-square-foot first phase slated to begin in the second half of this year. When fully complete, the facility will offer cold and warm storage, quick cargo, general warehousing options, logistics services and auxiliary space for tenant offices. ACCS is a joint venture of industrialist Chad Brownstein and McKinley Capital Management, which is led by Rob Gillam. David Norrie and Katrin Gist of CBRE, along with Paul Schilling of Schilling Commercial Real Estate, will market …

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Callahan-Hanover

HANOVER, MASS. — Callahan Construction Managers has broken ground on a 114-bed assisted living community in Hanover, located southeast of Boston. Benchmark Senior Living will operate the property, which will comprise 97 units and 91,000 square feet. Amenities will include a library, activity rooms, salons, wellness rooms and outdoor courtyards. Completion is slated for summer 2022. The project marks Callahan’s fourth assisted living project with Benchmark in New England.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Stonelake Capital Partners plans to build a 50-story, 465,000-square-foot office and multifamily tower on a half-acre site that it has acquired at the corner of West Fifth and Colorado streets in downtown Austin. Named “5th & Colorado,” plans call for 318 luxury apartments above 100,000 square feet of high-end office space. Stonelake tentatively expects to break ground in first quarter of 2022 with completion slated for early 2025. “Now more than ever, both companies and people are moving to Austin,” says Will Jenkins, the Stonelake principal leading the development. “5th & Colorado’s design will reflect the next generation of vertical mixed-use development, placing emphasis on quality, generous living areas, dedicated workspace and multiple open-air amenity offerings with panoramic views.” Austin was the No. 3 metro area as far as maintaining employment levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, posting a job loss of 1 percent from December 2019 to December 2020, according to the Austin Chamber of Commerce. By contrast, four major metro areas lost more than 10 percent of their jobs in that span. Apartments at 5th & Colorado will average 1,150 square feet, and office floor plates will total 20,000 square feet around a central core. The …

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Mill Creek Residential will develop a mixed-use apartment community known as Modera Gulch. The 15-story development will feature 378 apartment homes and approximately 18,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Modera Gulch will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 901 square feet and select den layouts. Community amenities will include an amenity deck of the sixth floor, outdoor swimming pool, rooftop dog park and observation deck, barbecue area with picnic tables, pet spa, clubhouse, game room, cyber café, conference room and a coffee bar. The apartment’s fitness center will include a yoga/Pilates studio, TRX System and individual training options. Residents will have access to controlled-access garage parking, dedicated bike storage and additional storage. Modera Gulch will be situated at 810 Division St. in Nashville’s Gulch neighborhood. The apartment community will be located less than one mile from Amazon’s new Operations Center of Excellence in Nashville Yards and near attractions including the Frist Art Museum, Country Music Hall of Fame and the city’s famed Lower Broadway district. The community is also less than two miles from Nissan Stadium, home of the Tennessee Titans. Mill Creek Residential is a national rental housing company …

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