NEW YORK CITY — Locally based developer Bespoke Living has topped out 300 West, a 15-story condominium tower located at the corner of 122nd Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard in South Harlem. Designed by Issac & Stern Architects, the property will feature 170 units in studio, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, a rooftop terrace with outdoor grilling stations, a children’s activity area, package lockers and bike storage space. The development team expects to begin closing sales by the end of the year. Prices start at roughly $500,000.
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DALLAS — A partnership between Texas-based Triten Real Estate Partners and Catlyn Capital will develop Work/Shop, a 216,500-square-foot office and retail project in the Prestonwood neighborhood of Dallas. The project will consist of two office buildings totaling 135,000 square feet and 81,500 square feet of ground-level retail space fronting Belt Line Road. The office and retail components will be connected by an outdoor plaza and green space totaling 30,000 square feet. O’Brien Architects is the project architect, and Venture Commercial Real Estate and Holt Lunsford Commercial will handle leasing for the retail and office portions of the project, respectively. Funding is in place, and the development team is in the process of securing various permits.
MT. JULIET, TENN. — Amazon will build a $200 million, 855,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Mt. Juliet, about 20 miles east of Nashville. The Seattle-based e-commerce giant expects the center to open in late 2021 and house 1,000 full-time employees. Panattoni Development Co. Inc. is developing the facility. While this will be Amazon’s seventh fulfillment center in Tennessee, it will only be the second to use Amazon Robotics technology, according to the company. At the center, employees and robots will pick, pack and ship smaller customer items, such as books, electronics and consumer goods. Additionally, Amazon is in the process of building a corporate office in Southwest Value Partners’ Nashville Yards. Amazon will occupy 1 million square feet of office space and hire 5,000 employees. Nashville Yards will feature more than 3.5 million square feet of office space, 1,000 residential units, 400,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space and 1,100 hotel rooms.
SOUTH AMBOY, N.J. — BNE Real Estate has broken ground on the redevelopment of the Manhattan Beach Club, a $500 million project that will ultimately bring more than 1,875 luxury multifamily residences to the waterfront of South Amboy, located south of Staten Island. The project will also include construction of a terminal for ferry service to downtown Manhattan. The initial phase of residential construction will consist of 291 units that are expected to be complete in summer 2022. Units will feature open-concept kitchens, custom modular closets and in-unit washers and dryers, with private outdoor spaces available at some residences. Amenities will include multiple entertainment lounges, a coworking lounge with private offices and conference rooms, kids playroom, coffee café, fitness center with yoga and spin rooms, game lounge, golf simulator and a movie theatre.
MINNEAPOLIS — Stahl has completed a renovation of The Carlyle in the historic Mill District of Minneapolis. Stahl remodeled all common areas, including the addition of a new club room, the expansion of the fitness area and a new studio for yoga and other classes. The 249 units received upgraded finishes and technology. ESG Architects served as architect for the project that began in September 2019. The Carlyle was originally built in 2007.
CARLSBAD, CALIF. — Badiee Development has completed construction of Carlsbad Innovate, an adaptive flex industrial building located at 2810 Caribou Court in Carlsbad. Situated within Carlsbad Oaks North Business Park, Carlsbad Innovate feature 50,150 square feet of Class A space with energy-efficient lighting and appliances, polished concrete floors, high-image creative office finishes and large-scale open spaces. The building is 70 percent leased, with 15,558 square feet still available. Tenants include Zense, an innovator in diabetic predictive health solutions; an international conglomerate; and The Berg Group, a commercial drywall contractor. The project team included TFW as general contractor and Smith Consulting Architects as architect. Additionally, Ware Malcomb served as interior designer of all the speculative suites in the project.
BRASELTON, GA. — McShane Construction has completed Noble Vines at Braselton, a 248-unit multifamily community in Braselton. The Auburn, Ala.-based general contractor delivered the property on behalf of the developer, Claret Communities. Designed by Studio for Housing Design, the new complex offers 10 three-story buildings. Unit interiors feature tile backsplashes, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, resident lounge, grilling stations, dog park and a car wash area. Noble Vines is situated at 1500 Noble Vines Drive, six miles from Chateau Elan Winery & Resort and 43 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. Claret Communities received a HUD 221(d)(4) loan to fund the project’s construction.
HOUSTON — A development team consisting of WGC Partners, a partnership of Steve Spessard of Gore Creek Partners LLC and Rocky Stevens and Mark Seger of Wellington Development Co., GRC Capital and Principal Real Estate Investors has completed Tower 5040, a student housing project located adjacent to the University of Houston’s main campus. The 147-unit property features one-, two- and four-bedroom units, as well as a game room, business center, fitness center, pool and a pet park. Dallas-based Humphreys & Partners designed the project, and Houston-based Arch-Con Construction was the general contractor.
PONTOON BEACH, ILL. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed construction of a 544,000-square-foot warehouse in Pontoon Beach, just northwest of St. Louis. It is the first building at NorthPoint Development’s Gateway Tradeport, a 600-acre, 7.5 million-square-foot industrial park. The new property features a clear height of 36 feet, 56 dock doors and parking for 157 trailers. The project team included JF Electric Co., Fennix Construction Co., Affton Fabricating & Welding Co. Inc., Bi-State Fire Protection Corp., Icon Mechanical, Kamadulski Excavating and Grading Co. Inc., Krudwig Structural Engineers, RCS Construction, Focal Pointe Landscaping, Wiese USA and Christian Brothers Asphalt Inc.
ELGIN, ILL. — Meridian Design Build has completed construction of two speculative industrial buildings for developer Scannell Properties in Elgin. A 325,020-square-foot building at 2451 Bath Road features a clear height of 36 feet, four drive-in doors, 367 auto parking spaces and 56 trailer stalls. The second property, an 80,400-square-foot facility at 1755 Britannia Drive, features a clear height of 32 feet, two drive-in doors and 92 auto parking spaces. The building can accommodate up to 19 loading docks and as many as three tenants. Paul Woody Architects provided architectural services and Manhard Consulting provided civil engineering services. Kenneth Franzese and John Cassidy of Lee & Associates are marketing the buildings for lease.