Development

Avenida-Carrollton

CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Avenida Partners and Artemis Real Estate Partners will develop Avenida Carrollton, an active adult community that will be located on the northern outskirts of Dallas. The 10-acre community will feature 155 market-rate apartments with one- and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as 48 duplex and triplex cottages. The apartments will range in size 686 to 1,285 square feet. The cottages will range in size from 1,360 to 1,490 square feet and will be equipped with attached garages and front and backyards. Residents will have access to more than 35,000 square feet of interior and exterior amenities. Project partners include Meeks + Partners and KWA Construction. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.

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CHICAGO — Sterling Bay and Harrison Street have topped out construction of 1229 W. Concord Place, a 320,000-square-foot life sciences building located along the North Branch of the Chicago River. Designed by Gensler and situated in Lincoln Yards, the Class A development will feature several amenities and outdoor gathering spaces. The developers are pursuing LEED Silver certification and the WELL Health-Safety Rating. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter of this year. Power Construction is the general contractor.

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WAUSAU, WIS. — Radisson Hotel Group Americas has opened Jefferson Street Inn, a member of Radisson Individuals. Located in the Wausau River District, the seven-story hotel is home to 99 rooms and apartment-style suites. Guests have access to whirlpool tubs, room service, same-day dry cleaning service and complimentary breakfast, which is served by a local bakery. The hotel features Asian, Mexican and American restaurants along with live entertainment. Additional amenities include an 8,000-square-foot ballroom, indoor pool, business center, fitness center and adjacent day spa. Jefferson Street Inn is connected to the Third Street Lifestyle Center, a shopping and dining destination. Radisson Individuals offers independent hotels and local chains the opportunity to be part of Radisson Hotel Group Americas.

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500-Groton-Road-Windsor-Connecticut

WINDSOR, CONN. — Missouri-based NorthPoint Development will build a 750,000-square-foot speculative distribution center at 500 Groton Road in Windsor, located in southern Connecticut’s Fairfield County. The 93-acre site is situated within the I-91 corridor near the 625-acre Great Pond master-planned development. Building features will include a clear height of 40 feet, a total of 75 dock doors and parking for 150 trailers and 588 cars. Construction is set to begin in June and to be complete in April 2023. NorthPoint has tapped JLL to lease the property.  

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Heron-Pointe-Apartments-Buffalo

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Concord Summit Capital, a Miami-based financial intermediary, has arranged a $70 million bridge loan for the refinancing of Phase I of Heron Pointe Apartments, a 376-unit multifamily community in Buffalo. The borrower, Buffalo-based Rane Property Management, will use proceeds from the three-year, nonrecourse loan to pay off construction debt from the 232-unit first phase of the development. Construction of the 144-unit second phase is underway and is slated to be complete in the third quarter. Heron Pointe features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a clubhouse with a coffee room and fitness center, a pool, dog park and a playground. Kevin O’Grady, David Larson, Keegan Burger and Daniel Rojo of Concord Summit Capital arranged the loan through TPG, a San Francisco-based private equity firm previously known as Texas Pacific Group.

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MORRISTOWN, N.J. — The Silverman Group has completed the renovation of Morristown Plaza, a two-building, 122,000-square-foot office complex in Northern New Jersey. The value-add program delivered upgrades to the various common areas and amenity spaces, which now include a grab-and-go café, fitness center, conferencing facility, onsite bank branch and outdoor seating areas. The Silverman Group has retained Lee & Associates to lease the property.

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FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — Bonaventure, in partnership with Cafaro Properties, has broken ground on Attain at Spotsylvania Towne Centre in Fredericksburg, located approximately 55 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. and 50 miles north of Richmond. The 271-unit, Class A apartment development will replace a former Sears anchor store that closed in early 2020, furthering the revitalization of the Spotsylvania Towne Centre mall. The apartment project will include amenities such as a resort-style pool, artificial turf recreation area, outdoor kitchen, clubhouse, business center and fitness center. According to Bonaventure, the development of Attain is projected to create 388 new construction-related jobs and generate more than $1.1 million in real estate and other tax revenues annually. A timeline for completion and construction costs were not provided. “As an experienced local developer that owns its assets for the long term, we are committed to delivering a rental housing experience that combines best-in-class architecture, amenities and service,” says Dwight Dunton, founder and CEO of Bonaventure. “We look forward to contributing both to Fredericksburg’s housing supply and the renaissance of this well-located property.” Owned by Cafaro Co., Spotsylvania Towne Centre is home to numerous retailers and restaurants. Early last year, the Spotsylvania Board of Supervisors approved …

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University of Alabama

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Hoar Construction has topped out Phase I of the new Science and Engineering Complex at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The $76 million, 138,842-square-foot development represents Phase I of a three-part project that aims to consolidate all the basic science undergraduate and graduate studies into one complex. Construction of Phase I began in February 2021 and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2023. The first phase of the concrete structure features four levels that will house biology, chemistry and physics labs and classrooms alongside faculty and staff offices. The project will also feature specialized labs, including an optics lab and cold-growth environment rooms. Collaboration spaces will be designed to allow students across different disciplines and levels of education to mingle and work together in a cohesive learning environment. Located on 14th Street South between University Boulevard and 10th Avenue South, the property is situated 1.6 miles from downtown Birmingham. Additional project partners include Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood as lead architect; Lord Aeck Sargent as lab and research spaces consultant; MBA Engineers as structural engineers; Schoel Engineering as civil engineers; Newcomb & Boyd as mechanical engineers; and Hyde Engineering as electrical engineers.

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The Villages at Congaree Pointe

COLUMBIA, S.C. — New York City-based Exact Capital has plans to build the Villages at Congaree Pointe, a 240-unit affordable housing community in Columbia. Exact Capital is partnering with Charleston-based Armada Development. The construction timeline was not disclosed. The Villages at Congaree Pointe will be fully affordable and rented to households earning 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI). The community will offer 10 three-story buildings with a unit mix of 60 one-bedroom, 144 two-bedroom and 36 three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities will include a fitness center, playground, splash pad, cabana with porch, clubhouse with a lounge, clubroom, computer room and a common laundry room. The total capitalization of the development is approximately $51 million with construction financing provided by J.P. Morgan Chase and Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) from Stratford Capital Group and Monarch Private Capital. In addition to the initial capitalization, Berkadia arranged permanent financing in the form of a Fannie Mae Municipal Tax-Exempt Bond offering. Located on a 14.9-acre site at 2701 Atlas Road, the project will be situated 5.9 miles from downtown Columbia and 5.4 miles from the University of South Carolina.

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FORT WORTH, TEXAS — A partnership between Dallas-based private equity firm Velocis and Prime Healthcare Properties has acquired 8.5 acres in the Willow Park area of Fort Worth for the development of a medical office complex. The $35 million project will consist of two buildings that will be constructed on speculative bases and will total 100,000 square feet. Grace Hebert Curtis Architects is designing the project. Wier & Associates is the civil engineer, Brasfield & Gorrie is the general contractor. JLL will lease the buildings. Construction is slated to begin this year and to be complete in 2023.

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