BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — R.D. Olson Construction has completed AC Hotel by Marriott in Beverly Hills, an 11-story, European-inspired luxury hotel. The two-phase project included the adaptive reuse of a 1950s office building into a 97,000-square-foot hotel featuring 176 rooms, rooftop lounge, fitness center, meeting spaces, administrative space and community areas. The hotel features one- and two-bedroom double, king and queen guest rooms with wide-screen televisions, large windows with city views, adjustable reading lamps and USB charging ports. Hotel amenities include the AC Lounge, a rooftop deck with hydrotherapy spa, bar and lounge. Additionally, the hotel provides guests with access to ACE, a robot butler that can deliver market items and room essentials to their door. AXIS/GFA served as architecture and design firm for the project.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Arnold Cos. has broken ground on The Palms on Lady, an 83-unit apartment complex in downtown Columbia. The property will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 466 to 1,172 square feet. The asset will be situated at the intersection of Lady and Assembly streets. Unit interiors will feature quartz countertops, energy-efficient appliances and 10-foot ceilings for residents on the top floor. Communal amenities will include a fitness center, Luxer One package services, pool, business center and a residents’ lounge. MB Kahn is the general contractor, and Cline Design Associates is the architect. The developer expects to deliver the community in early 2022.
CHICAGO — J.C. Anderson has completed a 23,000-square-foot office buildout for OppLoans at 130 E. Randolph St. in Chicago. OppLoans is a financial technology platform that serves middle-income, credit-challenged consumers. Previously, the company occupied space on the 33rd floor but has now expanded to occupy additional space on the 26th floor as well. J.C. Anderson completed additional meeting rooms, workstations, huddle rooms, support spaces and a pantry. Eastlake Studio provided architectural services and Cushman & Wakefield provided project management services.
HUDSON, WIS. — Kraus-Anderson Construction Co. has completed a 7,522-square-foot expansion of the emergency center at Hudson Hospital & Clinic in Hudson, which is located in western Wisconsin near the Minnesota border. The expansion nearly doubled the square footage of the center and increased its number of patient care rooms to 12. About $1 million of the $5 million project costs came from community donations or grants. Hudson Hospital was built in 2003.
Restoration Hardware Opens RH Marin, The Gallery at the Village in Corte Madera, California
by Amy Works
CORTE MADERA, CALIF. — RH has opened RH Marin, The Gallery at the Village, the brand’s newest physical location and the first design gallery in California. The property is located at 1750 Redwood Highway in Corte Madera. Totaling nearly 60,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor space, the three-level property features artistic installations of luxury home furnishings in a gallery setting, including spaces devoted to RH Interiors, RH Modern, RH Rugs and Outdoor. Additionally, RH Marin features an interactive RH Interior Design Firm & Atelier that provides professional design services. The property also includes RH Rooftop Restaurant and a climate-controlled wine bar.
MONEE, ILL. — Principle Construction Corp. has completed an 879,040-square-foot speculative warehouse in Monee, about 35 miles south of Chicago. Principle completed the project in a joint venture with Location Finders International and DeBartolo Development. The building sits on 61 acres within the larger Bailly Ridge development. The facility features a clear height of 36 feet, 100 dock positions, 191 trailer stalls, 161 auto parking stalls and four drive-in doors. Harris Architects designed the project. Traci Payette and Stephanie Park of CBRE are the leasing agents.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — Hydrite Chemical Co., a manufacturer and supplier of chemicals, has unveiled plans to move its headquarters to Golf Parkway Corporate Center in Brookfield near Milwaukee. Brookfield-based Hydrite will fully occupy a two-story office building spanning approximately 45,000 square feet. Irgens is the developer and owner. Kahler Slater is the project architect and CG Schmidt is the general contractor. A timeline for occupancy was not disclosed. Hydrite currently occupies a 26,000-square-foot office in Brookfield.
HOBOKEN, N.J. — A partnership between locally based developer Bijou Properties and Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. has completed 7Seventy House, a 424-unit multifamily project in Hoboken. The property features studio, one- and two-bedroom units that are furnished with quartz countertops, tile backsplashes, custom cabinetry, stainless steel appliances and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, bocce court, coworking lounge, game room and a dog park, with many of the amenity spaces offering views of the Manhattan skyline. MHS Architects designed the 14-story building, which also houses 24,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space and is now 70 percent leased.
SEGUIN, TEXAS — CoffeeTech Industries, a supplier of cold- and hot-brewed instant coffee, will open a new facility in Seguin, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio, for its new office headquarters and primary manufacturing plant. The facility will span 112,000 square feet, will carry a price tag of roughly $56 million and is expected to bring about 90 new jobs to the area. The facility will be located on a 33.6-acre site just south of Interstate 10 and will have the capacity to produce about 13 million pounds of coffee per year, according to Business Facilities Magazine. Construction is expected to begin in late 2020, and the facility should be operational by 2022.
Amazon to Develop Fulfillment Center, Delivery Station in Little Rock Totaling 910,000 SF
by Alex Tostado
LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — Amazon will develop afive-story, 825,000-square-foot fulfillment center at the Port of Little Rock in Little Rock. Slated for delivery in 2021, the property is expected to house 1,000 employees who will work alongside Amazon Robotics to pick, pack and ship small items to customers such as books, electronics and toys. The center will sit on 80 acres along Zueber Road, which, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, an Amazon entity paid $3.2 million for. Seattle-based Amazon is also planning an 85,000-square-foot delivery station near Interstate 30. Items at the fulfillment center will be shipped to the delivery station, which will serve in the last-mile delivery effort. The station, which will be Amazon’s second in Little Rock, is expected to open by the end of this year. According to the Gazette, Amazon is spending $8 million to renovate the warehouse for the delivery station.