Development

Miami Springs Town Center

MIAMI SPRINGS, FLA. — CIP Miami Springs and LV Lending have broken ground on Miami Springs Town Center, a 120,225-square-foot mixed-use project located at 1 Curtiss Parkway in Miami Springs, about 10 miles outside of downtown Miami. The project is scheduled to be complete in the second quarter of 2022. Designed by Cabrera Ramos Architects, Miami Springs Town Center will feature a 50,725-square-foot, three-story residential building with 51 apartments, 23,500 square feet of retail space on the ground floor and a parking garage with 124 spaces. Additional on-street parking will be available. Situated on 1.1 acres, Miami Springs Town Center will house two- and three-bedroom units spanning 975 to 1,075 square feet. Rents will start in the $1,850s. Benito Carmona at US Century Bank originated a $14.6 million construction loan for the project. Orlando-based Crossman & Co. is the retail leasing broker for the project. Miami-based LV Lending is a private lender focused on investment purpose loans for acquiring and developing residential, commercial and land projects.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based developer Stratus Properties (NASDAQ: STRS) will build The Saint June, a 182-unit multifamily project that will be located in Austin’s Barton Creek area. The garden-style property will be situated on 36 acres and will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities will include a pool, resident clubhouse and communal green space. Construction is expected to begin before the end of the quarter, and the first move-ins are scheduled for late 2022.

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BOSTON — Nauset Construction has broken ground on 1180 Boylston Street, a 50-unit multifamily project located at the site of a former gas station in the Brookline area of Boston. Designed by CBT Architects and developed by Chestnut Hill Investments LLC, the six-story building will also house 6,500 square feet of retail space. The property will feature a unit mix of 15 one-bedrooms, 33 two-bedrooms and two three-bedrooms. All units in the building are age-restricted; one resident in each unit must be 55 years or older. In addition, 10 units are reserved for households earning 50 percent or less of the area median income.

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WAUKEGAN, ILL. — McShane Construction Co. has completed Phase II construction at Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan. McShane expanded the existing 115,000-square-foot building by an additional 42,000 square feet. The expansion includes four new classrooms, a chapel, office and meeting space, fitness center, locker rooms and a gymnasium with a performing arts stage. JGMA Architects provided architectural services. Part of the Cristo Rey Network of schools, the facility offers a Catholic education for families with limited financial resources. The school utilizes a work-study program that covers most tuition costs for students. In 2018, McShane completed Phase I of the project, which involved the transformation of a vacant Kmart store into the educational facility. The project included 18 classrooms, three science laboratories, offices, a cafeteria and library.

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DALLAS — Locally based firm Larkspur Capital LLC will develop The Willow, a 190-unit apartment complex that will be located at 3900 Commerce St. in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas. Omniplan is designing the eight-story, 171,575-square-foot building, which will offer amenities such as a pool, fitness center, rooftop sky lounge, indoor and outdoor coworking spaces, bike workshop and a coffee bar. Construction is underway and expected to last 18 to 24 months.

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Amberlin-Georgetown

GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — Austin-based developer Sparrow Partners and Ohio-based REIT Welltower (NYSE: WELL) have broken ground on Amberlin Georgetown, a 188-unit active adult community in Georgetown, a northern suburb of Austin. The property will feature one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 615 to 1,285 square feet and equipped with private terraces or fenced-in backyards. Amenities will include bocce and pickleball courts, a resort-style pool and sundeck, a fenced-in dog park, fitness center, game lounge, media lounge, community garden, library and a coffee bar. Each unit will rent for approximately $1,500 to $2,500 per month. The first move-ins are scheduled to begin next summer.

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Infield Apartments

KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Los Angeles-based The Latigo Group plans to develop Infield Apartments, a 384-unit multifamily community in Kissimmee. The $82 million property will feature 192 one-bedroom, 168 two-bedroom and 24 three-bedroom units. Community amenities will include a two-story clubhouse, fitness center with a dry sauna, golf simulator and a resort-style pool. The property will be built on the site of a former county softball field at 1900 Ball Park Road. Construction will begin in July and initial occupancy is expected for late summer 2022. Greystar, a multifamily development and management firm based in Charleston, will manage the property. Principal Life Insurance Co. provided $45 million in construction debt for the project. Additionally, there was $22.6 million in investor equity, with $10 million coming from 207 individual CrowdStreet investors. There was also $15.7 million in preferred equity provided. The Latigo Group is a privately owned residential and mixed-use development and investment company. Latigo acquired the 25-acre site for Infield Apartments with an option to develop a second phase of apartments. The firm has two other ground-up projects under development in Central Florida, and currently owns an apartment property in Orlando.

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NEW YORK CITY — JLL has brokered the $31.7 million sale of a 57,035-square-foot multifamily development site in the Forest Hills neighborhood of Queens. Stephen Palmese, Brendan Maddigan, Michael Mazzara, Winfield Clifford, Ethan Stanton and Patrick Madigan of JLL represented the seller, Jasper Venture Group, in the deal. The buyer, a partnership between Top Rock Holdings, RJ Capital Group and SYU Properties, plans to develop a 235,679-square-foot market-rate project and an 82,559-square-foot senior affordable living development on the site.

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SPARKS, NEV. — A joint venture between Foothill Partners and Belay Investment Group has purchased a vacant, 209,000-square-foot former Lowe’s Home Improvement Warehouse property in Sparks for an undisclosed price. The partnership plans to redevelop the site into an environmental, social and corporate governance, arts-based technology, flex and research and development campus named The Oddie District. Located at 2450 Oddie Blvd., the vacant property will be repurposed into creative office, flex-tech R&D, lab and maker spaces, as well as food and beverage tenant space and work-live studios for artists and entrepreneurs. Construction is slated to start later this year, with a planned opening date of the project’s first phase in August 2022. The partnership has already signed two tenants: The Generator and The Innovation Collective. The Generator, a nonprofit maker space that serves as a creative resource for Northern Nevada community members, will occupy 35,000 square feet of the project. The Innovative Collection, a Coeur d’Alene, Idaho-based business accelerator and collaborative co-working space for technology companies, will occupy 12,500 square feet at The Oddie District. Another 100,000 square feet of flex-tech space will be available to technology, research, engineering, software and design companies complemented by 16,000 square feet of restaurant …

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CINCINNATI — Trinitas Ventures and its partner Crawford Hoying have received approval from the Cincinnati City Council for the development of The District at Clifton Heights, a $500 million mixed-use project near the University of Cincinnati campus. The development will be completed in two phases. Phase I of the project will include The Deacon, an existing 1,029-bed student housing community; The Hub at Cincinnati, a 1,112-bed student housing development featuring 2,300 square feet of commercial space; a 175-room hotel with 22,000 square feet of retail space; a new Delta Delta Delta sorority house; and a 169-space public parking garage. The first phase of the project is scheduled for completion in October 2024 and is estimated at $315 million in development costs. Phase II, set to total $185 million in development costs, will consist of 45,000 square feet of commercial space; 170 seniors housing units with a private parking garage; 350 multifamily units; and a public parking garage. The second phase of development is scheduled for completion by the end of 2025. The project will also include the addition of public infrastructure, utility improvements and streetscape enhancements funded through $80 million of tax-increment financing. In total, the development will house over …

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