RICHMOND, TEXAS — Meristem Communities has broken ground on The Filling Station, the first building at the Indigo Commons mixed-use development in Richmond, approximately 35 miles southwest of Houston. The 3,000-square-foot Filling Station property will serve as a welcome center and general store, selling fresh produce from Indigo Farm. Indigo Commons is the 12-acre, mixed-use portion of the larger project, Indigo. Upon completion, the 235-acre property will feature approximately 800 residential units, 42 acres devoted to agriculture, and a 12-acre, mixed-use town center. Borrowing inspiration from classic gas stations of the 1930s, Meristem plans for The Filling Station to be a vibrant social hub in Indigo Commons. DAHLIN Architecture | Planning | Interiors designed the building, which is scheduled for completion before the end of the year. “The start of construction at The Filling Station signifies a major milestone in Indigo’s narrative,” says Clayton Garrett, partner at Meristem Communities. “The neighborhood we originally envisioned is taking shape and the small businesses we’re looking to come to Indigo Commons will play a pivotal role in the development of Indigo’s identity, creating new energy and engagement. There is much more to come too, as Indigo is expected to be a home for …
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TAMPA, FLA. — Suffolk plans to construct Gasworx, a mixed-use development in Tampa’s Ybor City, on behalf of the co-developers, Darryl Shaw and Kettler. The project will feature up to 5,000 residences, 500,000 square feet of office space and 140,000 square feet of shops, restaurants and service retailers. Suffolk will deliver multiple projects within the Gasworx development, including a 100-000-square-foot office building and a more than 500-space parking structure wrapped with a five-story residential building. Suffolk and the development team plan to break ground this summer.
MINNEAPOLIS — Kraus-Anderson (KA) has completed construction of North Loop Green, a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use development located next to Target Field in downtown Minneapolis. Developed by Hines in partnership with AFL-CIO Building Investment Trust and Marquee Development, the project consists of a 34-story, 449-unit apartment tower; a 14-story, 365,000-square-foot office building; and a 471-stall, 225,439-square-foot parking garage with electric vehicle charging stations. The project team is pursuing a LEED Silver certification. The multifamily portion features a one-acre park known as The Green, along with sky lounge views overlooking the Minneapolis skyline, Target Field and the Mississippi River. Amenities include outdoor terraces, a fitness center and health club, pool and sauna, golf and gaming simulator, work-from-home lounges, dog lounge with washing stations and dog run, and the aforementioned park. Monthly rents start at $1,499, according to the property’s website. North Loop Green’s food-and-beverage offerings include Hope Breakfast Bar, Salt & Flour, Bassett Hound and food trucks on The Green. KA participated in a 12-month pre-construction period, working with the design team and the City of Minneapolis on permitting, constructability and sustainability planning. Additionally, KA’s special projects team is in the process of completing build-outs for several of the office tenants, including …
HOBOKEN, N.J. — Locally based developer LCOR has broken ground on Hoboken Connect, a $900 million mixed-use project in Northern New Jersey. The waterfront development will consist of a 386-unit apartment complex, a 21-story office building, 5,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and open public space. Within the multifamily component, 20 percent of the residences will be reserved as affordable housing, while the office building will total 704,355 square feet. Both of these buildings will house various Class A amenities. The development team will also make various infrastructural improvements to the site. A tentative completion date was not disclosed.
KDC Receives Approval for Two New Towers at Mixed-Use Park Center Development in Dunwoody, Georgia
by John Nelson
DUNWOODY, GA. — The Dunwoody City Council has approved the rezoning of Phase IV of Park Center, a 17-acre, transit-oriented office campus in metro Atlanta. The master developer of the project is KDC, a Dallas-based corporate development and investment firm. The amended zoning will allow KDC to change its plans from a standalone fourth office tower to a two-tower project that will comprise 175 hotel rooms, 300 residential units, 22,000 square feet of retail space and 300,000 square feet of office space. The plan includes two towers on a common podium with a 20-story apartment tower and a combined office and hotel tower, where six floors of hotel rooms will sit atop 12 levels of office space. Phase IV represents the final phase of Park Center and will occupy the last undeveloped portion of the development, which was originally conceived as a 2.2 million-square-foot East Coast hub for State Farm Insurance. The project team includes local architecture firm Cooper Carry. The current campus contains three office towers developed over the past 10 years: the 600,000-square-foot Park Center One, which is directly connected to the Dunwoody MARTA Station; the 621,000-square-foot Park Center Two with more than 39,000 square feet of retail …
HOMESTEAD, FLA. — The Estate Cos. (EIG) and Midtown Group have acquired a 20.8-acre development site located in Homestead, approximately 40 miles southwest of Miami, for $14 million. The companies received approval last September to develop Soleste Midtown, a mixed-use project, at the site. Upon completion, the development will comprise 354 residential units, as well as 43,000 square feet of commercial space. Residences will include apartments ranging from 676 to 1,131 square feet within six five-story buildings. Amenities will include a 7,000-square-foot clubhouse, swimming pool and playground. EIG will develop and own the residential portion, with Midtown Group developing and owning the commercial component of the property, which will feature six outparcels situated along a promenade.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Westside Real Estate Investors LLC, which is a partnership between Keystone Group and Larkspur Capital, has received approval from the Fort Worth Zoning Commission for a portion of a larger redevelopment project. The Dallas Business Journal and Fort Worth Report both state that the larger project is valued at $850 million. The latter publication reports that the ruling allows for 11.5 acres of the 35-acre site of the former Fort Worth Independent School District to be rezoned from industrial to mixed-use. The project was announced in January, and plans call for multifamily, hospitality, office, retail, restaurant and entertainment uses, as well as public green space. The DBJ reports that the combined footprint of these uses could be approximately 2 million square feet.
NEW YORK CITY — New York City-based developer TF Cornerstone is nearing completion on 2-20 and 2-21 Malt Drive, a 1.4 million-square-foot apartment complex in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. At full build-out, the project will deliver 1,386 apartments across two buildings, as well as retail space and a public park. 2-20 and 2-21 Malt Drive are situated on Malt Drive, a new city street that was named as a nod to the site’s history as a sugar cane processing facility that later became a beer distribution center. The project is located within the 30-acre Hunter’s Point South mixed-use development. The South building at 2-20 Malt Drive will rise 33 stories and feature 575 units. The adjacent North building will comprise 811 apartments across two towers at 2-21 Malt Drive. Thirty percent of units at both buildings will be set aside as affordable housing, which will be leased at 130 percent of the area median income. The buildings were designed by SLCE Architects. Planned amenities include on-site parking, bicycle storage, co-working space, children’s playrooms, lounges, fitness centers, shared laundry rooms as well as in-unit washers & dryers, roof decks with BBQ grills, sundecks and courtyards. 2-20 Malt Drive will also …
Portman Nears Completion of 319-Unit Vera at Savona Mill Apartments in West Charlotte
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atlanta-based Portman has announced it is nearing completion of Vera at Savona Mill, a 319-unit midrise apartment community in Charlotte’s West End. First units are set to deliver in July. Vera at Savona Mill will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom options, as well as studios, lofts and townhomes. Amenities will include a resort-style pool with cabanas, a pet spa and dog park, fitness center with a yoga studio, game room and a coworking lounge. Portman plans to launch preleasing later this month. The multifamily property is the latest component of a mixed-use, adaptive reuse of a 105-year-old former textile mill that also includes retail space, creative offices, a community plaza and the expansion of the Stewart Creek Greenway that is set to open soon. The second phase of residential at Savona Mill is anticipated to break ground next summer and include 279 multifamily units and 40 townhouses.
Greenebaum, St. John Properties Break Ground on Final Three Buildings at Maple Lawn in Fulton, Maryland
by John Nelson
FULTON, MD. — A joint venture between Greenebaum Enterprises and St. John Properties has broken ground on the final three commercial buildings at Maple Lawn, a 605-acre mixed-use development in Fulton, a city in the Baltimore-Washington corridor. The properties, all of which are being developed on a speculative basis, include two medical office buildings and an inline retail building cumulatively totaling 85,000 square feet. All three buildings are positioned along Maple Lawn’s northern entrance near Maple Lawn Boulevard and Johns Hopkins Road. Upon the expected delivery in late 2025, Maple Lawn will total 1.8 million square feet of Class A offices, industrial facilities, research-and-development space, medical offices, shops and restaurants, as well as 1,300 residences. Maple Lawn is home to a variety of businesses, including Cisco Systems, DataTribe, Johns Hopkins Medicine, KBR, Kennedy Krieger, New Day, Presidio, Raytheon and Window Nation.