BOSTON — Related Beal has broken ground for Parcel 1B, a mixed-use, transit-oriented development across the street from Lovejoy Wharf in Boston. Designed by CBT Architects, the project will include a 14-story residential building totaling 484,000 square feet with street-level retail and on-site parking, and a 220-room Courtyard Marriott hotel with 2,500 square feet of meeting space, which will be operated by Turnberry Associates. The residential building will feature 239 affordable units that will be restricted to individuals, couples and families with qualified incomes ranging from 30 percent area median income (AMI) to up to 165 percent AMI. The project is slated for delivery in 2018.
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HOUSTON — KDC has started construction on a 60,000-square-foot office building for KPRC Channel 2, Houston’s NBC affiliate. Located at 8181 Southwest Freeway in Houston’s Sharpstown district, KPRC’s new headquarters will house all aspects of the broadcast business and more than 180 employees. The project is being built 15 feet away from KPRC’s existing broadcast station, allowing utilities to be relocated while the station remains active. Completion is slated for February 2017. The facility will have two new studios with supporting control rooms for broadcasting live news programs. A 9,000-square-foot newsroom will be built as an open concept with 14-foot ceilings and exterior windows, giving employees a view into a courtyard that includes seating areas and an outdoor kitchen. KPRC’s new facility will have a two-story atrium and staircase in the center of the building to provide natural light and a central meeting location. Additional space will be allocated for the sales department and creative services department. Corgan is the project architect, DPR Construction is the general contractor, Bury is the civil engineer, AG&E is the structural engineer, Telios is the MEP engineer and Office of James Burnett is the landscape architect.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Bazaarvoice, an Austin-based tech company specializing in user-generated content marketing, will move to a new headquarters in the Quarry Oaks business park in north Austin. The new, 137,615-square-foot building will be home to Bazaarvoice’s 600 Austin employees, with room for future expansion. Austin-based Riverside Resources will develop the new headquarters. The Class A structure will feature outdoor decks, curtain wall glass, steel beams and exposed interior concrete. In addition to working with Riverside Resources, CBRE’s workplace strategy team partnered with Bazaarvoice to design the space. HKS designed the building’s shell, lauckgroup handled interior design and Harvey-Cleary served as the general contractor. CBRE represented Bazaarvoice in the site search and lease negotiations. The new office also features a Whole Foods Market Café.
OXFORD, MISS. — Duke Realty will soon begin developing the Baptist Oxford Medical Office Building in Oxford, about 80 miles south of Memphis and home of the University of Mississippi. The three-story, 78,000-square-foot medical office building will be located on the campus of the new replacement Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi at 1100 Belk Blvd. The 600,000-square-foot, five-story hospital has a completion date set for fall 2017. Duke Realty plans to deliver the medical office building in August 2017. About 49,000 square feet of the medical office building will house Baptist Memorial Hospital-North Mississippi services, including outpatient physical therapy, wound care, a sleep lab, education/simulation and administrative space. Baptist Medical Group physician offices will occupy approximately 8,200 square feet in the facility, and the Stern Cardiovascular Foundation will operate in roughly 6,000 square feet of space. The property will also house other medical specialty practices. The design team includes general contractor Robins & Morton, which is based in Birmingham, Ala., and architect Earl Swenson Associates, which is based in Nashville, Tenn.
GILBERT, ARIZ. — LGE Design Build has broken ground on Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row, an 8,000-square-foot restaurant located in Gilbert. The property will feature a 10,000-square-foot patio, a large dance floor for country line dancing and an outdoor area for games including corn hole and Ping-Pong. The restaurant, set for completion in late 2016, will be constructed with reclaimed wood, steel, high ceilings and natural lighting.
LAS COLINAS, TEXAS — Skanska has signed a $94 million contract with the ARK Group of Charlotte, N.C., to build the Irving Music Factory in Las Colinas. Skanska will convert the existing 16.8-acre greenfield site into an entertainment destination. The new project will include an 8,000-seating capacity indoor/outdoor concert hall called the Pavilion operated by Live Nation. The venue includes seven buildings offering more than 250,000 square feet of entertainment, retail and restaurant space and an eight-screen Alamo Drafthouse Cinema. Additionally, there will be a four-story, 100,000-square-foot office tower sitting atop a six-level, 1,200-space parking garage. The project also features a 50,000-square-foot plaza and four outdoors stages. The venue is designed to host a variety of events, including music performances, fashion shows, farmers markets and food festivals throughout the year. Gensler is the architect for the project. Construction for the venue is expected to commence this month and is slated for completion in June 2017.
HOUSTON — Atlanta-based Songy Highroads has opened Hyatt Place Houston Galleria, a 157-room hotel located across from the Galleria shopping center in Houston. Aimbridge Hospitality manages the 12-story hotel, situated at 5252 W. Alabama St. The hotel contains three floors of common space and nine guestroom floors with both suites and standard rooms. Onsite amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, meeting space, business center, dining options, a market and a lobby coffee shop and bar. Songy Highroads began development of the hotel in August 2014 and also developed the Hyatt Regency Houston Galleria, a 325-room hotel located adjacent to the Hyatt Place that opened in October 2015. Songy Highroads owns both hotels, which are part of a 7.6-acre mixed-use development that also contains two office towers and retail space.
LOCKPORT, ILL. — Panattoni Development Co. has completed the development of two new industrial buildings in 355 Corporate Center, a 50-acre industrial business park in Lockport, approximately 35 miles southeast of Chicago. The first building is 273,640 square feet and includes parking for 268 cars, while the second building is 228,690 square feet and features 240 parking spaces. Both buildings include 65 docks, four drive-in doors, 32-foot clear heights and ESFR sprinkler systems. Harris Architects designed the facilities, and Alston Construction was the general contractor. These two assets are the first two facilities to be built inside 355 Corporate Center. Nicolson, Porter & List has been tasked with leasing the buildings.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Douglas Development Corp. has selected TPG Hotels & Resorts to co-develop and operate the first Moxy hotel in Washington, D.C. Moxy is a brand of Marriott International. Set to open in the first quarter of 2017, the 200-room Moxy DC Hotel will be located on the corner of 11th and K streets in Washington, D.C. The 13-story hotel will feature a rooftop lounge, street-level patio and a live Instragram wall that features images from Moxy travelers worldwide.
KINGSPORT, TENN. — Pure Foods, a specialty snack company, has opened its global headquarters and a manufacturing plant at Gateway Commerce Park in Kingsport. The $22 million project will house 50 to 75 employees, with room to grow to 275 employees over the next five years. The 88,000-square-foot manufacturing facility will be where Pure Foods produces its healthy snacks, which are sourced from non-GMO fruits and vegetables. The opening ceremony of the headquarters and manufacturing plant was attended by Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam; Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey; John Dreyzehner, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health; Miles Burdine, president and CEO of the Kingsport Chamber of Commerce; Kingsport Mayor John Clark; and Sullivan County Mayor Richard Venable. As part of the opening, Pure Foods has also announced its acquisition of the Guiltless Gourmet brand from Manischewitz Co.