Development

Austin-Centre

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Sidra Real Estate has completed the multimillion-dollar renovation of Austin Centre, a 327,619-square-foot office building located at 701 Brazos St. in the state capital’s downtown area. Renovations included upgrades to the lobby, restaurant and fitness center and the addition of a coffee bar and a mothers’ room. Sidra is also in the process of building out speculative suites on the building’s 10th floor. Tenants have direct access to amenities at the Omni Hotel, such as a rooftop pool and bar, fitness center, conference center, meeting space and a tenant lounge, as well as multiple onsite dining options. Ownership has tapped Transwestern as Austin Centre’s new leasing agent and property manager.

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Jade-Everett

EVERETT, MASS. — Greystar has begun leasing Jade, a 325-unit apartment community in the eastern Boston suburb of Everett. Jade offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that are furnished with oversized windows, stackable washers and dryers, quartz countertops, built-in pantries and spa-like bathrooms. Amenities include a music room with recording equipment, a fitness center with a yoga studio, coworking pods and a conference room, pet spa, clubroom, two courtyards, a pool and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Rents start at $2,295 per month for a studio apartment.

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Fairways-at-Cranford

CRANFORD, N.J. — Hartz Mountain Industries has completed Fairways at Cranford, a 250-unit apartment complex in Northern New Jersey. Situated on 13.5 acres, the property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and custom closets. Amenities include a fitness center, resident lounge, playroom, conference room, gaming area, theater room, landscaped courtyards and grilling stations. Minno & Wasko Architects and Planners designed the property, and March Construction served as the general contractor. Leasing began in January.

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HURON, S.D. — Kraus-Anderson has begun a $13 million expansion at Huron Regional Medical Center in South Dakota. Designed by Wold HFR Design, the 7,500-square-foot addition will feature four new operating rooms, staff lockers and a lounge. The project also includes an 11,581-square-foot renovation of the existing OR suite, endoscopy rooms and pre- and post-operating rooms; and a new 19,081-square-foot sterile processing area and support spaces. Completion is slated for November 2026.

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LA VERGNE, TENN. — Brennan Investment Group has broken ground on two distribution centers in La Vergne, a city in Nashville’s Southeast industrial submarket. Brennan plans to deliver the two Class A properties, which will total 351,200 square feet, in second-quarter 2026. The facilities will be located on a 29-acre site that is within five miles of I-24 and within 10 miles of Nashville International Airport. Chicago-based Brennan will build 167,200- and 184,000-square-foot, rear-load industrial buildings, each designed to accommodate up to four tenants with ample trailer and employee parking, 32-foot clear heights and ESFR sprinkler systems.

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RESTON, VA. — Whole Foods Market plans to open a new 46,711-square-foot grocery store at 1861 Fountain Drive in Reston on Wednesday, Aug. 6. The new store will be adjacent to Reston Town Center and is a relocation of an existing Whole Foods store at 11660 Plaza America Drive, which has served the Reston community since 1996. The new store is nearly double the square footage of the original store and will feature expanded café seating and a full-service coffee bar, among other departments. The new Whole Foods is backfilling a former Best Buy store that closed in 2020 within Spectrum at Reston Town Center, according to FFX Now. Lerner Enterprises owns and manages the 270,000-square-foot shopping center, whose tenants include Harris Teeter, The Container Store, Barnes & Noble and Cava.

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Colonial-Village-Katy

KATY, TEXAS — Concord Summit Capital, a South Florida-based financial intermediary, has arranged a $25.5 million construction loan for Colonial Village, a 103-unit build-to-rent residential project that will be located in the western Houston suburb of Katy. The development will consist of 88 two-bedroom and 15 three-bedroom duplex-style homes on a 7.9-acre site. Daniel Eidson and Ben Applebaum of Concord Summit Capital arranged the debt, which carries an 88 percent loan-to-cost ratio, on behalf of the borrower, Luminous Homes. The direct lender was not disclosed.

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LANCASTER, TEXAS — Henry S. Miller Brokerage (HSM) has negotiated the sale of a 3.4-acre self-storage development site in the southern Dallas suburb of Lancaster. The buyer, national self-storage owner-operator SAFStor Inc., plans to develop a four-story, climate-controlled facility at the site at 1032 Cedar Valley Drive. Huntley Luna and Nick Robinson of HSM internally represented the seller, HSM Equity Partners, in the transaction.

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Innovative-Urban-Village-Brooklyn

NEW YORK CITY — Gotham Organization and Monadnock Development have broken ground on Phase I of Innovative Urban Village, a 2,000-unit affordable housing project in Brooklyn. Designed by Practice for Architecture and Urbanism, the project is a conversion of the 10.5-acre campus of the Christian Cultural Center in the borough’s East New York area. Phase IA will feature 386 units that will be reserved for renters earning between 30 and 80 percent of the area median income, as well as 17,000 square feet of commercial space that will include a grocer. Phase IB will comprise 453 units across two buildings that will have 12,000 square feet of community facility space and 10,000 square feet of retail space. Completion of Phases IA and IB are slated for 2026 and late 2027, respectively.

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Smyth-District15Fifteen-Parsippany

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — A partnership between Ohio-based Stanbery Development Group, New Jersey-based Claremont Development and Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC has completed a 262-unit apartment complex in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. Smyth at District 15Fifteen is part of District 15Fifteen, a mixed-use redevelopment of a former 290,000-square-foot office campus. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 554 to 1,240 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, two central courtyards, sports simulator lounge, coworking offices, kids’ playroom and a private party room. Leasing began this spring, and the first move-ins are now underway. Rents currently start at $2,445 per month for a studio apartment.

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