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ATLANTA — SunTrust Banks Inc. has provided a $58.3 million construction loan for the development of 120 Piedmont, a 685-bed student housing community located a half-mile from Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta. SunTrust originated the loan on behalf of the developer, South City Partners. The $90 million project will total 467,125 square feet, including 8,200 square feet of retail space. Community amenities will include a rooftop deck with an outdoor living room, grilling area and study space. In addition, the 26-story tower will feature a swimming pool, clubhouse, fitness center, on-site library and an internet café. The new community is expected to open in August 2019.

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SMYRNA, GA. — Halpern Enterprises has opened Belmont Physicians Center, a 30,000-square-foot medical office building located within Belmont, a 48-acre mixed-use community in the Atlanta metro of Smyrna. Emory Healthcare anchors the center, which is located roughly 18 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. Other tenants at Belmont Medical Center include Gentle Care Dentistry, Cobb Pediatric Associates and Smyrna Pediatric Dentistry. The two-story building was designed by Lyman Davidson Dooley Architects and constructed by Benning Construction. In addition to the new healthcare building, the Belmont mixed-use community features restaurants, retail, Smyrna Elementary School, a residential subdivision and a 274-unit apartment community. A second phase is planned that will include single-family homes, as well as an additional 12,000 square feet of retail space.

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Frampton Construction Co. LLC has completed construction on the 10,000-square-foot Seely Pavilion and event lawn at The Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville. The hotel is located roughly four miles from the Biltmore Estate and less than three miles from downtown Asheville. The Seely Pavilion features a Douglas fir timber structure with indigenous dry-stack stone columns, polished concrete flooring, stone fireplace, full-height glass curtain walls and views of the Blue Ridge Mountains. The new space will be used for business and social events. Constructed in 1913, The Omni Grove Park Inn includes 513 rooms and features an 18-hole golf course, subterranean spa, indoor and outdoor tennis courts, fitness center and multiple casual and formal restaurants.

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Congress / Consigli, a joint venture between Congress Building Corp. and Consigli NY, has started construction of White Plains Institute for Nursing and Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing, a skilled nursing facility in the New York City suburb of White Plains. Development costs for the 110,000-square-foot building are estimated at $60 million. When completed, the property will feature 160 skilled nursing beds, including 76 for specialized rehabilitation, 42 for memory care and 42 for long-term care. In addition to its part in the joint venture, Congress has also been selected as the developer. The Architectural Team is the architect for the project. The project is scheduled for a mid-2019 completion.

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LIVE OAK, TEXAS — Weitzman will develop Live Oak Town Center, an 830,000-square-foot retail center that will be located at the southwest quadrant of Interstate 35 and Loop 1604 in Live Oak, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. A 300,000-square-foot IKEA will anchor the property, which will also feature 530,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space. The project also includes the development of a public road to be named IKEA RBFCU Parkway, which will connect the center to Loop 1604. Construction of the IKEA, which will be the Swedish furniture retailer’s only location in South Texas, is slated to begin in spring 2018 with completion scheduled for spring 2019. Construction of the adjacent space is slated for a late 2019 completion.      

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WACO, TEXAS — Bob Moore Construction has completed a new distribution center for paint retailer Sherwin-Williams in Waco. The facility, which will service Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico and Louisiana, offers 609,000 square feet of storage space with the capacity to expand the building footprint by 33 percent in the future. Bob Moore Construction, which also built a 346,000-square-foot distribution center in Waco for Sherwin-Williams in 1990, began work on the project in early 2016. Roughly 260 employees from the older center will move to the new facility, according to local news source KWTX.

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EDINBURG, TEXAS — Dallas-based developer RightQuest has broken ground on Royal Vista Apartments, a 144-unit, Class A apartment community in the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) city of Edinburg. The property will be located along Sugar Road just west of Interstate 69, about three miles from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s campus. The project also includes the development of two pad sites that can accommodate retail or hotel buildings. Amenities will include a media center, fitness center, resort-style pool with cabanas, a dog park and on-site storage facilities. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy in the summer of 2018. Houston-based Nations Construction Inc. will serve as general contractor on the project, which is being developed on behalf of Brownsville-based JTMR LLC.  

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COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — Orgill Inc., a wholesale distribution and retail services provider for the home improvement industry, will relocate its new world headquarters from Germantown, Tenn., to Collierville later this month. The company will move 265 employees into its new 92,000-square-foot facility, a new building located roughly 30 miles southeast of Memphis. The $21 million facility is expected to create 115 new jobs by 2022.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Meritex has broken ground on a 79,420-square-foot industrial building located next to CLT Logistics Center, an 11-building industrial campus located roughly four miles south of Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Meritex acquired CLT Logistics Center in 2016 for $46.3 million, with plans to develop on the adjacent land site. The new building will feature 32-foot clear heights, a 60-foot speed bay, store fronts with timber panel finishes and additional trailer storage. The project is the first phase of a larger plan to develop three distribution buildings on the site, which will accommodate approximately 220,000 square feet. The first phase is expected to deliver by spring 2018. Foundry Commercial will manage the project and handle the property’s leasing assignment.

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FULTON, MD. — Capitol Seniors Housing has broken ground on Arbor Terrace Maple Lawn, an assisted living and memory care community in Fulton, approximately midway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The $27.5 million, 73,000-square-foot community will feature 86 apartments. Baltimore-based BCT Architects designed the structure, while Dallas-based Faulkner Design Group designed the interiors. The Arbor Co. will operate the community upon completion, which is scheduled for fourth-quarter 2018. Capitol Seniors Housing is a D.C.-based, private equity-backed acquisition, development and investment management firm. The company has acquired or developed more than 90 seniors housing communities since its inception in 2003.

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