NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Sunrise Senior Living, Houston-based Hines and Welltower (NYSE: WELL) has opened Sunrise at East 56th, a 151-unit high-rise community on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. The property offers assisted living and memory care services. Sunrise is collaborating with Northwell Health for services at the building. SLCE Architects designed the property, and Champalimaud Design created the interiors. The fourth, 11th and 15th floors feature landscaped outdoor terraces and gardens with views of the Manhattan skyline.
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Public-Private Partnership to Develop $9.5B International Terminal at JFK Airport in New York City
by John Nelson
NEW YORK CITY — The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has reached an agreement with a consortium of private financial sponsors to build a 2.4 million-square-foot international terminal that will anchor the south side of John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York City. The $9.5 billion project will comprise 23 gates and be built in phases at the airport’s T1, T2 and the former T3 terminals, with groundbreaking anticipated for next year. The port authority expects for the first gates at the new terminal, dubbed New Terminal One, to debut in 2026, with full project completion expected in 2030. The overall development is expected to support 10,000 new jobs, including 6,000 construction jobs. “The time to get large infrastructure projects done is now, and I’m committed to getting JFK’s brand new Terminal One underway and completed as soon as possible,” says New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. The design-build team for the project includes AECOM Tishman and Gensler. The passenger facilities at New Terminal One will feature larger check-in, security and concessions areas. Design elements will include high ceilings, natural light, interior green space and local artwork. Technology that will be supported at the terminal include …
CLEVELAND — City Club Apartments has broken ground on a new 23-story development in downtown Cleveland. Located at 776 Euclid Ave. and dubbed an “apartment hotel,” the project will feature 304 luxury apartment units and penthouses along with street-level retail space, including a restaurant and speakeasy, café and doggie daycare. Guests can rent a furnished or unfurnished unit for a day, week, month or multiple years. The units will come in 22 different floorplans. Amenities will include an entertainment sky club, heated rooftop pool, sky park, fitness center, yoga room, business center and theaters. Construction will begin later this month with pre-leasing scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter of 2022. First move-ins are slated for spring 2023.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Enburg Group, a developer that was established in Taiwan in 1978 as a food manufacturer, has opened Brick of Hackensack, a 378-unit apartment community in the Northern New Jersey city’s downtown area. The 15-story building features studio, one- and two-bedroom units that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, marble quartz countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center with a yoga studio and a clubhouse with a pool table and TVs. Rents start at $1,800 per month for a studio unit.
PLANO, TEXAS — Granite Properties has broken ground on the 420,000-square-foot Building 6 within Granite Park, the company’s 90-acre master-planned development in the northern Dallas suburb of Plano. Designed by BOKA Powell with interior design by HKS Architects, Granite Park Six will rise 19 stories and is scheduled for a June 2023 completion. Amenities will include a terrace with a lounge, golf simulator and green space, as well as a fitness center, coffee kiosk, 400-seat lecture hall and three conference rooms. Austin Commercial is the general contractor for the project. In addition, Stonebriar Commercial Finance has signed a lease for two floors and 52,000 square feet at Granite Park Six. Tyler Thomas and Scott Morse of Citadel Partners represented the tenant in those lease negotiations. Robert Jimenez and Burson Holman represented Granite Properties on an internal basis.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Ackerberg and Northland Real Estate have completed development of Alvera, a 193-unit apartment complex in St. Paul. Residential brand Common will manage the property, which is located at 337 W. 7th St. Amenities include a clubroom, outdoor deck, fitness center and resident lounge. Artist Aaron de la Cruz painted a mural along the property’s exterior. Monthly rents start at $1,077 for studios.
LA PUENTE, CALIF. — Meta Housing Corp., Western Community Housing Inc. and the City of La Puente have opened Arboleda Senior Apartments, an affordable, 74-unit multifamily community for adults age 62 years and older. The property features one- and two-bedroom units with rents ranging from 40 percent to 70 percent below market rate. Meta Housing partnered with Bank of America, California Community Reinvestment Corp., Los Angeles County Development Authority and the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee to finance the project.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Multifamily developer Wood Partners has broken ground on Alta Blue Goose, a 300-unit apartment community in East Austin. The property will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, tile backsplashes and individual washers and dryers. Select units will also feature smart technology packages. Amenities will include a pool, outdoor grilling and picnic areas, a fitness center, business and conference centers and a dog park. Preleasing is expected to begin in late 2022, with the opening to follow shortly thereafter.
CHICAGO — Skender has completed the interior buildout of 43,000 square feet of spec suites in the North building of the Old Post Office in Chicago’s West Loop. A spec suite is ready for move-in and saves tenants the time that is typically associated with office buildouts. The 11 divisible office suites provide lease options ranging from 1,000 to 7,000 square feet. The accompanying amenity space includes two conference rooms, a reading room and library. As with most of the space in the redeveloped Old Post Office, the new spec suites feature unique historic touches, including mosaic tiles and salvaged doors. Skender worked closely with building owner 601W Cos., architect Partners by Design and project manager JLL.
HOUSTON — Locally based development and investment firm The Dinerstein Cos. has opened Aspire Post Oak, a 40-story multifamily tower in Houston’s Post Oak neighborhood. The property features 383 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats and 18,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. The amenity package consists of a pool, spa, fitness center with a yoga studio, dog park, sports lounge with a golf simulator, package locker system with refrigeration capabilities, outdoor kitchens and lounges and various other gathering and event spaces. Gensler designed the project. Rents start at $1,983 per month for a one-bedroom unit.