NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Developer and general contractor Hudson Meridian Construction Group will build a 398-unit apartment community at 201 Munson St. in New Haven. The unit mix will comprise 90 studios, 208 one-bedroom apartments, 78 two-bedroom residences and 22 three-bedroom townhome-style units. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse and outdoor grilling and dining areas. New York-based Paredim Partners will lease and manage the property upon completion, which is slated for November 2023. Tessera Partners and Capital & Venture Resources arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for the project through ACORE Capital and Sculptor Real Estate.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Washington, D.C.-based multifamily developer Jefferson Apartment Group (JAG) has closed on its purchase of five acres at 200 Wadsworth Place in Charlotte. JAG, along with equity partner Cadre, will break ground on a planned 350-unit, mid-rise apartment community on the site this summer. United Bank is providing construction financing to JAG for the property, which is situated in Charlotte’s Optimist Park neighborhood near the city’s Uptown, NoDa and Belmont submarkets. This location will also offer easy access to both I-277 and I-74, as well as public transit and Optimist Hall, a mixed-use development featuring a food hall and creative office space. The exterior of the unnamed, six-story apartment building will feature red brick and ironwork, and units will be a configured in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging from 585 square feet to 1,027 square feet. Units will feature modern finishes, including plank flooring, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and tile backsplashes, and some will feature private balconies and views of Uptown. Additionally, 355 parking spaces will be available to residents, consisting of both garage and surface parking. Amenities will include a lounge with double-sided fireplace, game room, fitness center, open coworking space, pet spa and …
KYLE, TEXAS — Dallas-based Kalterra Capital Partners is underway on construction of The Verge, a 263-unit multifamily project in the southern Austin suburb of Kyle. Units will feature quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and private balconies. Amenities will include a pool, outdoor grilling stations, pickleball court, lounge areas, a fitness center, business center, dog spa and game rooms. Leasing is scheduled to begin in February 2023, with full completion slated for the third quarter of next year. Kalterra has also secured tenants for the development’s retail/restaurant component, with construction of those spaces expected to begin in the next six months.
Sansone Group, Crow Holdings Near Completion of 702,450 SF Industrial Project in Palmyra, New Jersey
PALMYRA, N.J. — A partnership between St. Louis-based Sansone Group and a fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital is nearing completion of Tac Pal Logistics Center, a 702,450-square-foot industrial project located in the Southern New Jersey community of Palmyra. The facility will feature a clear height of 40 feet, 107 loading docks, 240 trailer stalls and 499 car parking spaces. Tac Pal Logistics Center also offers proximity to Route 130, Interstate 95 and the New Jersey Turnpike. Cushman & Wakefield and Avison Young have been tapped as co-leasing agents for the development, which is slated for a September 2022 delivery.
MOBRIDGE, S.D. — The North Dakota office of Kraus-Anderson has begun a $36 million expansion and renovation of Mobridge Regional Hospital and Clinics in Mobridge, a city in South Dakota situated along the Missouri River. The campus includes a 25-bed critical access hospital, four federally certified rural health clinics, a 24-bed assisted living and seniors housing center and a rural ambulance service. The expansion project will include a new patient wing, surgery suite and ambulance garage, as well as 63,000 square feet of upgrades to the hospital’s emergency room department, surgery suite, imaging, dining area and support offices. Davis Partnership Architects is the project architect. Completion is slated for spring 2025.
CHICAGO — EQ Office, the U.S. office portfolio company wholly owned by Blackstone, has completed its more than $500 million renovation of Chicago’s Willis Tower. The 110-story tower is now certified LEED Platinum and is the largest building in the U.S. to achieve that designation, according to EQ Office. Part of the transformation is Catalog, a 300,000-square-foot retail, dining and entertainment destination at the base of the tower. The name Catalog is a nod to the Sears Roebuck Co. and its printed catalog. Designed by Gensler, Catalog features restaurants such as Tortazo by Rick Bayless, Shake Shack, Joe & the Juice, Foxtrot, Starbucks, Brown Bag Seafood Co., Do-Rite Donuts & Chicken, Sushi-San and Sweetgreen. Kindling, a two-story restaurant concept from Chicago’s 50/50 Group, as well as Urbanspace, a food hall, are both slated to open in late summer or early fall. A 30,000-square-foot outdoor terrace sits atop Catalog. The Skydeck observatory at Willis Tower also underwent a renovation through partnerships with exhibit design firms Thinc and SOM. An interactive “best of Chicago” museum-like exhibit celebrates the personality, history and neighborhoods of Chicago. Gensler designed the building’s new exterior façade at the base. SKB Architecture and Design handled the design of …
BAYONNE, N.J. — Locally based developer Lincoln Equities Group has broken ground on Lincoln Logistics Bayonne, a 332,640-square-foot speculative industrial project in Northern New Jersey. The facility will be situated on a 24-acre tract within a 153-acre waterfront site at which an 886,256-square-foot UPS shipping hub is currently under construction. Lincoln Logistics Bayonne will feature five acres of parking space that can support 195 trailers and 225 cars, or 45 trailers and 800 cars. Cushman & Wakefield is marketing the project for lease. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of the year.
Aztec Group Arranges $102M Construction Loan for Rivr Lofts Apartments in Fort Lauderdale
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Aztec Group has arranged $102 million in construction financing for Rivr Lofts in Fort Lauderdale. Located in the Tarpon River Entertainment & Design District south of New River, Rivr Lofts will be a Class A high-rise featuring 352 apartments. Square Mile Capital provided the loan to the developer, Moderno Development Group, which assembled the one-acre site in 2018 and obtained entitlements in 2021. The project team includes Moss Construction and Robert Mathias of NCC Development. The site is located at the corner of SW 5th Street and SW 3rd Avenue and is within walking distance to local shopping and entertainment. The project will span across 29 stories and feature a rooftop pool and amenities, 2,700 square feet of ground-floor retail, onsite parking and a resident lounge and bar on the ground floor.
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — Stonelake Capital Partners, a private equity firm with offices located in Texas and Atlanta, has broken ground on Georgetown Logistics Park, a 619,740-square-foot speculative industrial project that will be located on the northern outskirts of Austin. The development will consist of three buildings on a 48-acre site that is situated along the Interstate 35 corridor. The 426,240-square-foot cross-dock building will feature 40-foot clear heights and 82 trailer parking stalls. The 123,200-square-foot rear-load building will house 36-foot clear heights, and the 70,300 square-foot rear-load building will have 32-foot clear heights. Powers Brown Architecture is designing the project, and Zapalac Reed is serving as the general contractor. Pape Dawson is the civil engineer, and JLL is the leasing agent. Completion is slated for March 2023.
HOUSTON — A partnership between locally based developer Sueba USA and McCormack Commercial has broken ground on Kingfield Lofts, a 370-unit multifamily project that will be situated on a 14.5-acre site in West Houston. Kingfield Lofts will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units that will range in size from 480 to 2,196 square feet. Residences will be furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops and tile backsplashes. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, clubroom, conference center and a catering kitchen. Preleasing will begin in fall 2023, with full completion slated for March 2024.