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SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Syracuse University will develop two new residence halls. The first community will be developed at 700 Ostrom Ave. and will offer 450 beds upon completion. An undisclosed architect has been selected for the project, with construction expected to begin this year. The university concurrently announced plans to demolish Marion Hall, Kimmel Hall and an existing dining center on the corner of Comstock and Waverly avenues to make way for a new residence hall. A timeline for the development was not disclosed.

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BEDFORD, MASS. — A partnership between Redgate, Optimum Asset Management and AEW Capital Management has delivered Riverwalk Labs, a 168,000-square-foot life sciences and manufacturing project in Bedford, about 20 miles northwest of Boston. The developers converted a former office building into a facility with 20,000-square-foot lab and office suites, as well as four separate tenant lobbies and multiple loading docks. Ci Design served as the project architect, and J. Calnan & Associates served as the general contractor.

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EL PASO, TEXAS — Dallas-based developer Provident Realty Advisors has delivered Gateway Logistics Park, a 308,270-square-foot industrial project in El Paso. The site is located 13.5 miles from El Paso International Airport and 7.5 miles from the Ysleta-Zaragoza port of entry. Building features include 32-foot clear heights, 190-foot truck court depths, 67 dock-high doors, two drive-in ramps, 93 trailer parking spaces and 2,500 square feet of office space. CBRE is the leasing agent for Gateway Logistics Park.

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EL PASO, TEXAS — St. Louis-based Sansone Group and its equity partner Raith Capital Partners will develop Rancho del Rey Logistics Park, an industrial development in El Paso that will ultimately comprise more than 3.7 million square feet. The 235-acre site at the junction of at I-10 and Loop 375 features proximity to the Ysleta-Zaragoza port of entry. Rancho del Rey Logistics Park will be developed in three phases via a ground lease with an undisclosed local family that has owned the land for multiple generations. A groundbreaking ceremony for Phase I, which will encompass three buildings totaling roughly 1.4 million square feet, will take place in mid-March. The first of those three buildings, a 413,035-square-foot structure, is slated for a fourth-quarter delivery and is fully preleased to Fortune 100 company Bosch. Bob Feinberg and Tom Jones of Colliers represented the landowner and developers in structuring the ground lease and in negotiating the lease for Building 1. Brett Preston and David Hingst of Cushman & Wakefield represented Bosch.

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HUTCHINS, TEXAS — Atlanta-based fast food restaurant Chick-fil-A has opened a $100 million distribution center in Hutchins, a southern suburb of Dallas, according to reports from multiple news outlets including Fox 4 KDFW and The Dallas Express. Both publications report that the facility will span approximately 290,000 square feet, employ more than 200 people and serve more than 200 restaurants in the region. Chick-fil-A, which opened its 3,000th restaurant a couple months ago in Dallas, now operates seven distribution centers throughout the country.

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BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS — SpaceX, the rocket and spacecraft production company owned by Elon Musk, will open a new office and industrial complex in the South Texas city of Brownsville, according to reports from multiple news outlets including Dallas Morning News and San Antonio Express-News. The former publication, citing a filing with the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation, reports that the “Starbase Office” project carries a price tag of about $100 million and will be developed as an expansion of an existing industrial facility, with construction starting later this month. The latter reports that the facility will rise five stories and span approximately 330,000 square feet, with construction expected to last about a year.

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SAN MARCOS, TEXAS — Z Modular, a subsidiary of steel manufacturer Zekelman Industries, is nearing completion of Flatz 512, a $62 million multifamily project in the Central Texas city of San Marcos, according to a report from Community Impact Newspaper. When complete later this year, Flatz 512 will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units.  Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, pickleball court, coffee bar, spa, sports simulator lounge, outdoor grilling stations and walking trails. Construction began in 2020, and South Carolina-based Greystar is managing the property, according to the local news outlet.

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HOUSTON — International developer Skanska has completed construction on 1550 on the Green, a 375,000-square-foot office building in downtown Houston. Bjarke Ingels Group designed the 28-story building, which Skanska broke ground in June 2021 and topped out last February. Amenities include multiple indoor and outdoor terraces overlooking Discovery Green park, a 9,400-square-foot rooftop event space, a fitness center with space for private classes and 7,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space.

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ROCKVILLE, MD. — Choice Hotels International, a Maryland-based operator, will open five hotels under its EverHome Suites brand in Texas throughout the course of 2025. Denver-based HighSide Cos. is developing all of the hotels, which will be located in Amarillo, Bastrop, Brownsville, El Paso and Waco. Choice Hotels will retain full ownership of the Bastrop property. Construction is underway on all five hotels, each of which will have between 114 and 122 apartment-style rooms that will feature fully equipped kitchens, spa-style bathrooms and both open and closed storage spaces.

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TAUNTON, MASS. — Atlanta-based Portman Holdings will undertake a redevelopment project in Taunton, located south of Boston and east of Providence, that will convert the site of the former Silver City Galleria mall into a 1.1 million-square-foot industrial park. The mall closed in 2020 after nearly 30 years of operation. For the first phase of the project, Portman plans to demolish existing structures and construct a 248,435-square-foot-building with a clear height of 32 feet, 38 dock positions, two drive-in doors and parking for 270 cars and 29 trailers. On behalf of Portman, Jody Thornton, Brett Paulsrud, Ryan Parker and Ari Bogen of JLL arranged a $29 million construction loan through BMO Harris for the first phase of the redevelopment.

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