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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Magnus Development has started construction on Midway Logistics VI, a 192,780-square-foot industrial building in Columbia. The spec warehouse is situated within Lexington County Industrial Park, near downtown Columbia and five miles from Interstate 20. The building will feature 32-foot clear heights, trailer parking, ESFR sprinklers and motion-sensor LED lighting. Magnus plans to complete the building in second-quarter 2021. Chuck Salley, Dave Mathews, Thomas Beard and John Peebles of Colliers International will handle the leasing and marketing efforts for the property. In March of this year, Magnus delivered Midway Logistics IV, a 200,000-square-foot building. Colliers arranged a 150,000-square-foot lease to TreeHouse Foods in September. Additionally, Magnus is developing Midway Logistics V, a 180,000-square-foot facility within the same business park.

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — LCS Development, an LCS company, has started construction of a $75 million expansion at WhiteStone, a seniors housing community in Greensboro. The project includes the addition of 67 independent living units, a building with 36 private suites for assisted living and memory care residents and an extensive renovation of the existing skilled nursing facility. The 100-year-old community is located on a 43-acre campus. Life Care Services, also an LCS company, operates the complex. Todd Shaw, director of development services at LCS Development, will serve as project manager for the expansion. Cain Brothers, a division of KeyBanc Capital Markets, underwrote the bond financing for the project. The project team includes SFCS Architects, Frank L. Blum Construction Co. as general contractor and Stimmel Associates as civil engineer and land planner. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.

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SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — A development team led by Houston-based Lionstone Investments will renovate Sugar Land Town Square, a 1.4 million-square-foot mixed-use destination located on the southwestern outskirts of Houston. Lionstone is partnering with Dallas-based creative real estate firm Rebees and Planned Community Developers on the project, which will upgrade landscaping and outdoor common areas to allow for social distancing and more public seating as part of Phase I. In addition, the team will add new signage and tenant storefronts and revamp the tenant roster to include local entrepreneurs with original shopping and dining concepts. Completion of the first phase of the project is scheduled for mid-2021.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Developer HPI Residential has completed Rhythm Apartments, a 262-unit multifamily community in Austin’s Tech Row area. Designed by Britt Design Group and Charlan Brock Associates, the community features studio, one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a club lounge with a kitchenette, coffee bar, TV and socially distant workstations, as well as a separate business center with built-in desks and a conference room. Rhythm also offers a game room, pool, fitness center, pet park and bike storage area. Rents start at $1,000 per month for a studio apartment.

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WASHINGTON, MO. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed building a new headquarters and manufacturing facility for Melton Machine & Control Co. in Washington, about 50 miles west of St. Louis. The 367,000-square-foot project more than doubles the size of the company’s existing 154,000-square-foot operations. The development includes a 74,000-square-foot corporate office, training and conference space, and is designed to improve collaboration and support with nearby subsidiary Computech Manufacturing Co. The headquarters is situated on 42 acres within Heidmann Industrial Park. Joining Contegra on the project team were Gray Design Group, 21 Design Group, Case Structural Engineering, RJP Electric, Wiegmann Associates, Heggemann Plumbing, Bi-State Fire Protection and Washington Engineering & Architecture. Melton designs and builds automated welding systems for a variety of industries. The company employs 132 workers and plans to add another 20 employees at the new facility.

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WOODBRIDGE, N.J. — Prism Capital Partners, in a joint venture with Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co., is nearing completion of 10 Green Street at Woodbridge Station, a 232-unit multifamily project located south of Newark in Woodbridge. The transit-oriented development is located at the site of a former Lucas Chevrolet dealership and also includes 12,000 square feet of street-level retail space. Units will feature a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and amenities will include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling area, package room and a conference center. The development team expects the first units to be available for occupancy in spring 2021.

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LOS ANGELES — California Landmark Group (CLG) has completed the final phase of G8, a mixed-use development in Los Angeles’ Marina del Rey neighborhood. The $120 million project includes 228 apartments and 25,000 square feet of creative office space. Situated in the Marina Arts District, G8 offers a mix of single, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 550 square feet to 1,500 square feet, with 23 units earmarked as affordable and 68 designated as co-living suites. The community features 18,000 square feet of exterior common areas, including a public pocket park, swimming pool, spas and an 8,000-square-foot rooftop deck with outdoor grills and lounge seating. G8 also offers more than 10,000 square feet of shared indoor workspaces, a private movie theater, game room, fitness center and a yoga/stretching studio. Additionally, the project includes street-level creative office space designed as a colorful arrangement of cargo shipping containers. With this development, CLG has delivered nine mixed-use projects, totaling nearly 1 million square feet of residential and commercial space, to the Marina del Rey neighborhood.

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NEW YORK CITY — Locally based firm Extell Development has begun the lease-up of Harlem Headquarters, a 441,600-square-foot office building located at 180 E. 125th St. between Third and Lexington avenues in Harlem. Gensler designed the property, which also houses 50,000 square feet of retail space. Amenities include a rooftop terrace, bicycle storage space, locker rooms and showers and other outdoor gathering spaces. Harlem Headquarters also features floor-by-floor direct expansion air-conditioning units, four passenger elevators, one dedicated service elevator and one retail service elevator. Cushman & Wakefield is handling leasing of the project, completion of which is slated for 2022.

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OMAHA, NEB. — McCarthy Building Cos. has completed the conversion of a decades-old warehouse into a headquarters, manufacturing facility and showroom for Elliott Equipment Co. in Omaha. The 220,000-square-foot project includes a renovated 26,000-square-foot office building originally constructed in 1982 and a modernized 194,000-square-foot warehouse originally built in 1977. Elliott has consolidated manufacturing operations that had been spread out across five buildings in different locations across Omaha. Founded in Omaha in 1948, Elliott specializes in designing and manufacturing cranes, trucks and aerial platforms.

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PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS — A partnership between Thompson Realty Capital and Trez Capital has broken ground on The Dalton, a 350-unit apartment community in the northern Austin metro of Pflugerville. The property will be situated on 21 acres and will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with quartz or granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Amenities will include a pool, courtyard, communal kitchen spaces, a social bar, fitness center, independent study rooms, a dog park and outdoor walking trails. The Dalton is the partnership’s fourth project and is expected to be complete in 2021. Texas Capital Bank provided construction financing.

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