MADISON, ILL. — Design-build firm IMPACT Strategies has begun interior and exterior renovations of the Oval Tower Suites at World Wide Technology Raceway in Madison, about nine miles northeast of St. Louis. The project includes improvements to the private viewing area, including the rooftop space and 28 private suites. The motorsport racing facility is undergoing a multi-million-dollar renovation plan leading up to the 2022 NASCAR Cup Series on June 5.
HOUSTON — Dallas-based Hunt Southwest will develop I-10 West Trade Center, a 1 million-square-foot speculative industrial project in West Houston. The cross-dock facility will be situated on a 68-acre site near the junction of Interstate 10 and Woods Road. Building features will include 40-foot clear heights, 206 dock-high doors, 190-foot truck court depths, an ESFR sprinkler system and parking for 330 trucks and 354 cars. Construction is scheduled to begin by the end of the month and to be complete by early 2023. CBRE will handle leasing of the property. The announcement follows Hunt Southwest’s execution of a full-building industrial lease with Walmart at the 1 million-square-foot Cedar Port Trade Center near Port Houston.
SANTA FE SPRINGS, CALIF. — SVA Architects, along with development partners The Richman Group Inc., The Whole Child and Habitat for Humanity, has received entitlements for the construction of Lakeland & Laurel, an intergenerational affordable housing community in the Los Angeles suburb of Santa Fe Springs. The project encompasses more than an entire city block and will feature three distinct housing communities consisting of intergenerational affordable apartments, interim transitional housing and for-sale townhomes. The development will cost the city approximately $110,000 per unit for 139 units and is scheduled to break ground in April. The Richman Group, based in Newport Beach, Calif., is developing the three-building intergenerational portion of the project. This part of the development will total 102 affordable apartment homes on nearly four acres. The first building, at four stories tall, will provide homes to 50 seniors. The other two buildings will be three stories tall and offer 52 family apartments. These homes will also share a 1,000-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness facility, laundry room, mail room and clubroom. The Whole Child is developing the three-story interim housing, which will serve up to 40 homeless families at any given time. Habitat for Humanity will build the 18 for-sale …
WENTZVILLE, MO. — Houston-based developer Vault Partners has broken ground on Corporate Parkway Business Center in Wentzville, a western suburb of St. Louis. The 75,000-square-foot industrial flex building will feature a clear height of 24 feet and a rear truck court. Completion of the speculative property is slated for the fourth quarter of this year. Dial Architects designed the project. Joe Schneider and Keith Schneider of Cushman & Wakefield will market the property for lease. The project marks Vault’s first development in the St. Louis market.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Charlotte-based The Keith Corp. and its Chicago-based partner Singerman Real Estate has completed a 1 million-square-foot industrial property in Summerville. The concrete tilt-wall and steel frame industrial building was built as part of the three-million-square-foot, 230-acre Charleston Trade Center campus. Twin Star Home, a designer and manufacturer of indoor and outdoor living products, will lease the building. Twin Star Home’s new cross-docked facility features 40-foot clear heights, 120 dock doors, two drive-in doors and 4,000 square feet of upfit office space. Construction began in January 2021 and was completed in less than 12 months. McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture designed the project, Frampton Construction was the general contractor and Alliance Consulting Engineers was the civil engineer. Lee Allen and Kevin Coats of JLL handled the marketing and leasing for the development team.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — San Francisco-based Legacy Partners will develop Merit, a 296-unit apartment community in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The development will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units that will range in size from 630 to 1,500 square feet and will be furnished with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, work-from-home spaces and private balconies or patios. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, dog park, coworking space, outdoor gaming area and a 24-hour convenience mart. Dallas-based JHP Architecture is designing Merit, and Provident General Contractors is building the community. Chinmay Bhatt, Cody Kirkpatrick and Noam Franklin of Berkadia secured a $20.2 million equity investment from Pondmoon Capital Holdings USA for the project. Completion is slated for mid-2023.
FAIRFIELD, CALIF. — StoragePRO Management has opened a new multi-level self-storage facility situated on five acres at 475 Lopes Road in Fairfield. The 131,000-square-foot facility offers 930 indoor storage units and a two-story RV, boat and vehicle storage on the ground floor with secure, drive-up access. The property also features a property-wide 24-hour surveillance video system, electronic smart locks on each unit, entry and exit property access keypads, fenced and gated property perimeters, motion-censored interior and exterior LED lighting, fire sprinklers and onsite managers, as well as a leasing office and no-contact online rentals and bill pay. Elk Grove-based GC Construction and Development served as the project’s general contractor.
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Patrinely Group has begun renovations at Columbus Center, a 263,000-square-foot office and retail complex in Coral Gables. USAA Real Estate, Columbus Center’s majority owner, has partnered up with Patrinely Group to remodel the building’s common areas. Renovations will include updating the front entrance and main lobby, activating the outdoor terrace and modernizing the conference centers. Patrinely Group assumed property management operations at the property in 2020. The firm also oversees leasing, along with Maggie Kurtz, Kevin Gonzalez and Jake Freeman of CBRE. Located at 1 Alhambra Plaza, Columbus Center is situated 5.3 miles from downtown Miami, 3.1 miles from the University of Miami and 4.7 miles from Miami International Airport. The property is also situated 11.9 miles from Miami Beach.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — South Carolina-based developer Greystar has broken ground on 25 North Lex, a 500-unit multifamily project located in the downtown area of White Plains, a northern suburb of New York City. Designed by Handel Architects LLP, the transit-served, high-rise property will house one-, two- and three-bedroom units, as well as 19,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities will include a fitness center with yoga/spin studios, study rooms, a children’s play area, sports/media lounge, pet run and spa and a rooftop lounge. Completion is slated for the first half of 2024.
VERSAILLES, OHIO — Hotel Versailles is set to open this May at 22 N. Center St. in Versailles, about 45 miles north of Dayton. The 30-room boutique hotel will feature Silas Creative Kitchen + Cocktails, a restaurant from Chef Aaron Allen, and the 1819 Room, which offers meeting and event space for up to 200 guests. Local firm Kimberly O. Design served as architect. Local Ohio companies and artisans made all the furnishings and artwork adorning the property. Renaissance Corp., a subsidiary of Midmark Corp., owns the hotel. The site was most recently home to the Inn at Versailles, which closed in 2019 after experiencing a substantial fire.
