SAN ANTONIO — Cadence McShane Construction Co. has broken ground on 120 Ninth Street Apartments, a 220-unit multifamily property that will be located along the River Walk area of San Antonio. Situated on 2.2 acres, the five-story building will house four studio apartments, 165 one-bedroom units and 40 two-bedroom units. Amenities will include a fitness center, central courtyard with a bocce ball court, pool and grilling stations. SC Bodner Co., an Indianapolis-based firm, is the developer of the project, the first phase of which is slated for September 2018 completion.
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HOUSTON — Allied Orion Group has begun leasing Eighteen25, a 242-unit midrise apartment community located at 1825 San Jacinto St. near Interstate 45 in downtown Houston. The property, which is slated for August move-ins, consists of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments. Amenities include a rooftop pool, fitness center, business center, parking garage and 24-hour dry cleaning service.
CHICAGO — Regency Centers Corp. has unveiled plans to develop Mellody Farm, a new mixed-use property in Vernon Hills, located 37 miles northwest of Chicago. The development will consist of nearly 270,000 square feet of retail space anchored by Whole Foods Market, Nordstrom Rack and REI. The project will also include 260 luxury apartment units. Focus Development and Atlantic Realty Partners will develop and own the apartment units. The project is slated for completion in late 2018.
DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — Developer High Street Residential and general contractor Carlson Construction have broken ground on Maple&Main, a 115-unit luxury apartment community in Downers Grove, a western suburb of Chicago. The six-story building will include 4,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The community will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities will include a pet spa, bike lounge, coffee station, fitness center, yoga studio, pool and sky deck. Maple&Main is slated to open for occupancy in the second quarter of 2018. ESG Architects is the project architect. David Paino and Jerry Ebert of High Street Residential are overseeing project development. Jacob Dell of CBRE is handling retail leasing.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — North American Properties (NAP) has delivered Phase II of Avalon, a massive mixed-use development in the north Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta. Known as Boulevard East, the 1.2 million-square-foot phase adds 20 new retailers and restaurants, as well as a nine-story office building and a 276-unit apartment community known as Veranda at Avalon. The office building, co-developed by Hines and Cousins Properties, is leased to tenants such as Microsoft Corp. and Spaces, a co-working office space provider. Coming in January to Avalon is the $112 million Autograph Collection hotel and conference center, which topped out on April 12. The hotel is the result of a public-private partnership between Stormont Hospitality Group, NAP and the City of Alpharetta, with additional assistance from the Development Authority of Fulton County and the Alpharetta Convention & Visitors Bureau. Fifth Group Restaurants will open South City Kitchen Avalon in a street-level space at the hotel early next year, and Starbucks is also slated to open in January with the hotel. The night before the opening of Phase II, NAP hosted Savor + Celebrate, a black tie fundraising event that raised $100,000 for Atlanta-based charity City of Refuge. NAP matched the amount, bringing the …
PALMETTO, GA. — Port Logistics Realty (PLR) has broken ground on Phase I of Palmetto Logistics Park, a two-phase, 2.6 million-square-foot industrial park in Palmetto, roughly 12 miles southwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The development, which is PLR’s first project in the Atlanta market, is situated near the CSX/BNSF Intermodal facility and Interstate 85. Slated for completion in the fourth quarter of this year, Phase I will include a 1.1 million-square-foot industrial facility, expandable to 1.3 million square feet, as well as park infrastructure. Phase II will include a 1.3 million-square-foot facility. PLR is developing Palmetto Logistics Park in partnership with Atlanta-based River Oaks Capital Partners. Colliers International will market the property for lease.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Konover South LLC plans to build Landstar Marketplace, a 62,222-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located at 13891 Landstar Blvd. in Orlando. Designed by architect Cuhaci & Peterson, the property will be anchored by a 43,865-square-foot Walmart Neighborhood Market. David Lipp of Atlantic Commercial Group represented Walmart Neighborhood Market in its long-term lease. Other project team members include civil engineer Kimley-Horn and general contractor R.A. Rogers Construction Co. Konover South purchased the 18-acre site from Rodolfo Stern and David Serviansky for $3.3 million. Steve DeWitt of Shorecrest Retail Partners represented the sellers in the transaction. Konover South plans to deliver the shopping center in the first quarter of 2018.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Spector Group, a New York-based architecture and interior design firm, has unveiled the new design for the headquarters of Heineken USA. Heineken is consolidating two locations into a single location at its headquarters at 360 Hamilton Ave. in White Plains. The project consisted of redesigning the two-floor, 60,000-square-foot space to increase densification and to expand and update the bar and social area, which is used to cater large events and for training programs.
HENDERSONVILLE, TENN. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has acquired an 11-acre land parcel in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville. The buyer will use the property to build Clarendale at Indian Lake, a $48.5 million, 189-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community. Project partners include LCS and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital. It will be the fourth Clarendale-branded community. The developers plan to start construction this spring for completion in fall 2018. Life Care Services, an affiliate of LCS, will operate the community once construction is completed. HFR Design, a Nashville-based architecture and engineering firm, designed the property. Bone McAllester Norton provided legal services. Terry Smith and Henry Trost of Avison Young represented Ryan Cos. in the land acquisition. The price was not disclosed.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp. has begun construction on Belcourt Park, a $20 million multifamily community situated on 0.7 acres in Nashville’s Hillsboro Village. Belcourt Park will include 76 units and an onsite leasing and management office. Community amenities include a Wi-Fi workspace, an espresso bar, fitness facility, patio with cabanas and fire pits and a concealed parking structure that can hold up to 84 cars. Pre-leasing is expected to start this winter with the first residents moving in no later than next spring. GBT Realty financed the development with an $11.4 million construction loan from Trustmark Corp. Belcourt Park brings GBT’s total current investment in Hillsboro Village to $65 million, including Village 21 at Regions Park.