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GOODYEAR, ARIZ. — ViaWest Group, Scottsdale Investment Management and building partners Willmeng Construction, DLR Group and Kimley-Horn have broken ground on a build-to-suit industrial warehouse in Goodyear for Sub-Zero Group. The 599,351-square-foot development will be the third facility that the Madison, Wis.-based kitchen appliance company operates in the West Valley. Situated on 36.4 acres, the warehouse and distribution center is located on the southwest corner of Camelback Road and Cotton Lane. The company’s other facilities are located at 3865 W. Van Buren and 4295 N. Cotton Lane.

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ROCKWALL, TEXAS — A partnership between Atlanta-based developer Seefried Industrial Properties and San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate has broken ground on Rockwall Park 30, a 315,440-square-foot logistics center that will be located on the northeastern outskirts of Dallas. The 23-acre site is located just off I-30. Rockwall Park 30’s two rear-load buildings, which are being developed on a speculative basis, will offer 32-foot clear heights and a total of 88 dock-high doors and four grade-level doors. Pross Design Group is the project architect, and E.E. Reed is the general contractor. KBC Advisors is leasing the development, which is slated for a fourth-quarter completion.

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EUGENE, ORE. — CRG and its partner Kenter Capital have secured the land and construction financing for Chapter at Eugene, a 12-story, 119-unit student housing community adjacent to the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. Construction is slated to begin later this month, with delivery scheduled for 2024 to coincide with the start of the 2024-25 academic year. Located at 754 E. 13th Ave., the 302-bed Chapter at Eugene will offer a mix of studio, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom apartments, with preleasing scheduled to begin in early fall 2023. The furnished residences will feature wood-style flooring, kitchens with quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances, living rooms with smart TVs, and in-unit laundry. Community amenities will include a 5,000-square-foot rooftop recreation deck with a dog run, dining areas and fire pits with seating, and a 12th-floor resident lounge with a demonstration kitchen and study rooms, as well as a fitness center, yoga room, study areas, resident storage and bicycle parking on the ground floor. Byline Bank provided construction financing, Seattle-based Jackson Main Architecture served as architect and Springfield, Ore.-based John Hyland Construction is serving as general contractor.

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CORINTH, TEXAS — Locally based developer Realty Capital Management will build The Parkway District, a 20-acre mixed-use project in Corinth. Situated at the corner of I-35 and Corinth Parkway, the site is located about 40 miles northeast of Fort Worth. Plans currently call for 275 market-rate apartments, 16 townhomes, a select service hotel, 22,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and a central park that connects the various uses. Texas Bank & Trust provided financing for the land acquisition. Construction will begin over the summer.

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DURHAM, N.C. — Eli Lilly and Co., a pharmaceutical giant based in Indianapolis, plans to invest $450 million to expand its campus within Research Triangle Park (RTP) in Durham. The expansion includes additional parenteral filling, device assembly and packaging capacity to support an increased demand for the company’s incretin products that treat diabetes. The move is expected to create at least 100 new jobs, primarily comprising manufacturing personnel who will produce incretin treatments and medical devices. Eli Lilly expects the new facility to come on line in 2027. Since 2020, the company has committed roughly $4 billion to new manufacturing facilities in North Carolina, including $1.7 billion for the development and expansion of its RTP base.

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MONTGOMERY, N.Y. — New Jersey-based developer Diversified Properties has broken ground on a seven-building, 495-unit self-storage facility in Montgomery, about 80 miles north of New York City. The facility will consist of one two-story building totaling 39,000 net rentable square feet, and six single-story buildings, each of which will total 6,900 net rentable square feet. Morris Construction Management is overseeing construction of the project, which is scheduled for an October completion. CubeSmart is the proposed operator of the facility.

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CHICAGO — McHugh Construction has broken ground on a 48,000-square-foot space that will house FlyOver, a new flying ride attraction at Chicago’s Navy Pier. Expected to open in spring 2024, FlyOver replaces Navy Pier’s longtime IMAX theater, located near the Centennial Wheel on the west end of the pier. The attraction will provide guests with the feeling of flight as they hang suspended from moving seats with their feet dangling below. The ride will also feature films projected on a 65-foot wrap-around screen that will showcase Chicago as well as iconic landscapes from around the globe. The attraction will provide a multi-sensory experience, complete with mist, wind and scents. FlyOver, from global attractions and hospitality company Pursuit, will be the first ride of its kind in Chicago. The experience will be similar to FlyOver attractions in Las Vegas, Canada and Iceland. Chicago-based Epstein is the architect. Project costs are estimated at $13 million.

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LONGMONT, COLO. — The Dinerstein Cos. has unveiled its plans to develop Atlas Longmont, an apartment property located at 301 First Ave. in Longmont. Situated on 12 acres, Atlas Longmont will feature 371 studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging from 541 square feet to 1,411 square feet. The 300,000-square-foot property will consist of 10 three-story buildings, one four-story residential building and a two-story leasing and amenity building. Community amenities will include an outdoor pool, multiple spas, a clubhouse, roof deck and coworking space. An affiliate of The Dinerstein Cos. plans to break ground on the asset later this year, with initial units being delivered in early 2025 and a target completion date of early 2026.

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SPARKS, NEV. — Electric car manufacturing giant Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) plans to invest $3.6 billion to expand Gigafactory Nevada, an advanced manufacturing campus in the Reno suburb of Sparks that Tesla launched in 2014. The company’s investment will include two new factories — a battery manufacturing facility and a truck factory — that can support approximately 3,000 new team members. At the battery facility, Tesla plans to produce enough of its patented 4680 battery cells for 1.5 million light-duty vehicles annually. The facility will have the capacity for 100 Gigawatt hours (GWh) annually. The truck factory represents the first high-volume factory for Semi, Tesla’s fully electric combination truck that was announced in 2017. The company’s Semi trucks can travel up to 500 miles on a single charge and run on less than 2 kilowatt hours (kWh) per mile, which Tesla says gives companies using commercial transportation a sustainable freight option. The first Semi trucks were delivered in December 2022 to PepsiCo, according to CNBC. Gigafactory Nevada currently spans 5.4 million square feet and represents a $6.2 billion investment for Tesla to date. Annually Tesla produces 7.3 billion battery cells, 1.5 million battery packs, 3.6 million electric vehicles and 1 …

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ROCK HILL, S.C. — Karis Cold is under construction on a 277,785-square-foot cold storage facility in Rock Hill. Situated on a 40-acre site, the project represents the first cold storage speculative facility in metro Charlotte. The property, which Karis Cold expects to open in first-quarter 2024, will feature convertible freezers, 50-foot clear heights, 28 dock doors with two drive-in doors, 47 trailer parking stalls and 147 regular parking spaces. Spencer Yorke, John Cashion and Rich Grieder of JLL will lead the development’s marketing and leasing efforts on behalf of Karis Cold.

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