SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — AMCAL Equities LLC has closed financing for and broken ground on The Crossings, a 750-bed student housing community located near the California State University, Sacramento campus. The $75 million community is being built within the Sacramento Center for Innovation, an area that has been designated by the city to foster the exchange of technical knowledge and expertise between students, faculty, innovative businesses and technology companies. The project will include an 11,000-square-foot Center for Innovation, to be used by students and faculty. Community amenities will include fully furnished units, a 14,800-square-foot clubhouse with an outdoor basketball court and a resort-style swimming pool. The developers received $22.5 million in funding from Anchor Real Estate Capital, and a $50 million construction loan from JPMorgan Chase. Humphreys & Partners Architects LP designed the project, and AMCAL General Contractors Inc. will oversee construction. Asset Campus Housing will manage the property upon completion. The project is scheduled for delivery in August 2018.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Third Coast Development and PK Development Group have broken ground on the $42 million Diamond Place project in Grand Rapids. Diamond Place is a 2.8-acre development that sits on land formerly used by Proos Manufacturing at Michigan Street. The development will offer 165 apartments, consisting of one- and two-bedroom units. Approximately 100 of the units will be designated as income-restricted. Ground-floor retail spaces will also be available. The project is slated for completion in summer 2018. Pioneer Construction is the construction manager and Progressive AE is the architect. Other partners in the project include Michigan Good Food Fund, JPMorgan Chase Bank, Cinnaire, Mercantile Bank, Capital Impact Partners, Michigan Economic Development Corp., Michigan State Housing Development Authority, Opportunity Resource Fund and the City of Grand Rapids.
Singh Development Gives Sneak Peek Inside New $50M Seniors Housing Community in Raleigh
by John Nelson
RALEIGH, N.C. — Singh Development, a multifamily owner-operator with communities in Michigan and North Carolina, has unveiled renderings of the interior of Waltonwood Lake Boone, a 183-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Raleigh. Development costs for the 285,000-square-foot project are estimated at $50 million, and Singh Development expects the facility to create more than 125 jobs and serve more than 200 residents. The property is situated on six acres, and will feature 121 independent living units, 39 assisted living units and 23 memory care units. Waltonwood Lake Boone is Singh’s second seniors housing project in the Raleigh area and is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2018. As of this month, the construction crews are completing framing in the assisted living area, and framing is completed in the independent living portion of the facility.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — CBRE has assisted Thorntons, a Louisville-based gas station and convenience store chain, in the sale-leaseback of its corporate headquarters and store support center, which is currently under construction off Old Henry Road in Louisville’s East End. Thorntons will occupy nearly 90,000 square feet of space at the build-to-suit property starting in April. Andrew Sandquist, Anne Rahm, J.C. Asensio, Briggs Goldberg, David Tropp and David Hardy of CBRE represented Thorntons, which currently operates 185 stores in Kentucky, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio, Tennessee and Florida. The buyer and sales price were undisclosed.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pollack Shores Real Estate Group plans to develop a 350-unit apartment community at 327 and 349 Tremont Ave. in Charlotte’s South End district. Design is currently underway on the project, which is located within walking distance of Atherton Mill. The residential units will feature stone countertops and stainless steel appliances, and the community amenities will include a pool courtyard, clubroom, sky lounge, two courtyards with outdoor kitchen amenities and a dog park. The community will also feature 2,500 square feet of street-level retail space and “Live Work Units” fronting Tremont Avenue. Pollack Shores expects to deliver the unnamed project in late 2018.
PLANO, TEXAS — Rosewood Property Co. has opened The Bridge @ Heritage Creekside, an apartment building located within the 156-acre Heritage Creekside mixed-use development in Plano. Completed by Carbon Thompson, the property features 327 apartment units within the 46-acre first phase of the Heritage Creekside development. Upon completion, the project will also feature 105 single-family townhomes and 41 single-family homes.
PHILADELPHIA — A joint venture between The Goldenberg Group, Hines and ASB Real Estate Investments has announced the structural topping out of 1213 Walnut, a residential tower located in Philadelphia’s Center City. The 26-story, 300,000-square-foot building will feature 322 for-rent luxury apartment units, 7,200 square feet of retail space, 11,000 square feet of amenity space, a 3,000-square-foot fitness center, rooftop deck, dog park and bicycle storage. Preleasing will begin in April, with occupancy slated for July.
PEORIA, ILL. — Caddis has opened Heartis Village Peoria in Peoria, north of Springfield. The 108-unit, 97,000-square foot senior living community is located at 8201 N. Illinois Route 91. The community consists of two adjoined components: a single-story, 36-unit memory care residence and a three-story residence with a total of 72 assisted living apartments. Heartis Village Peoria offers a wide variety of amenities, including a salon and spa with a therapeutic tub, two interior courtyards, a large dining room and more. The community is owned by Caddis and managed by Pathway, a senior living operations management company headquartered in Chicago. Austin, Texas-based Katus LLC served as architect and Rosemont, Ill.-based McShane Construction served as general contractor.
TAMPA, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $31.5 million construction loan for Cortona South Tampa, a 300-unit multifamily property located at 5145 S. Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa. The gated development will feature a two four-story apartment buildings and 20 two-story townhome buildings, as well as a 6,000-square-foot clubhouse with a resort-style swimming pool and recreation areas. Robert Hernandez of NorthMarq Capital’s Tampa office arranged the 3-year loan with a two-year extension option through a regional bank. The loan features interest-only payments for the primary term and a 25-year amortization schedule for the extension.
WOODBURY, MINN. — Elion Partners and The Davis Group have entered into a joint venture to develop a Class A medical office building at CityPlace in Woodbury, approximately 19 miles east of Minneapolis. The new medical office building is the second to be developed, and is part of the 100-acre planned development off Radio Drive and I-94. The two-story, 50,000-square-foot medical office building will be located between the retail space and Residence Inn by Marriott. Tria Orthopedics will occupy the other 75,000-square-foot office at the site beginning this summer.