CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Welltower Inc. has completed two medical office buildings in Charlotte totaling 280,000 square feet. Atrium Health, which owns the adjacent Carolinas Medical Center, signed a 15-year triple-net lease for the two buildings. Charlotte-based Pappas Properties LLC developed the properties and will remain strategic partners with Toledo, Ohio-based Welltower for the planned nine-acre, healthcare anchored mixed-use campus, as well as future developments. The two medical office buildings include a nine-level, 1,440-space parking deck that will be shared with the entire mixed-use campus. Atrium’s Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute and Atrium Health General Clinics including neurosciences, gastroenterology, infectious disease and palliative care opened in April 2021.
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BUFORD, GA. — Topgolf Entertainment Group plans to open its fourth Georgia venue in Buford tomorrow. The property will anchor Exchange at Gwinnett, a mixed-use development by locally based Fuqua Development near Mall of Georgia. The Exchange at Gwinnett has more than 465,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, office space, hotel space and residential units. Other than Topgolf, The Exchange will include retailers such as Five Guys, Starbucks Coffee, Four Fat Cows, Chipotle and Sprouts Farmers Market. Topgolf Buford will be a two-floor venue with 72 climate-controlled hitting bays. Other amenities include a chef-driven food and beverage menu that guests can order from during their stay. Topgolf offers reservations online or walk-ins. Topgolf says safety protocols have also been put in place in the new Buford location. The venue will be equipped with social distancing markers, as well as bay dividers to establish barriers between groups. Bays, golf clubs and game screens will be disinfected after each group, and common areas will be disinfected every hour by roving cleaning teams. Additionally, all workers will be required to undergo wellness screenings prior to each shift.
HighBridge Properties Starts Construction of 706-Bed Student Housing Community Near the University of California, Davis
by Amy Works
DAVIS, CALIF. — HighBridge Properties has started construction of The Ryder on Olive, a 706-bed development near the University of California, Davis. The 260,000-square-foot community is set for delivery in August 2021 and will offer a mix of fully furnished two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom units. Shared amenities will include a fitness center, yoga room, study areas, game rooms, a swimming pool, karaoke room, dog park and a 24-hour micro-market offering food and drinks. The project’s development team includes partner Grand Peaks Development; general contractor Brown Construction; Humphreys & Partners Architects; and South Park Interiors. Asset Living will manage the community.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — JLL’s Project & Development Services division has topped out Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Center, a 365,000-square-foot medical office project located about 30 miles north of Houston. Construction of the nine-story building began in early 2020 and is expected to be complete in spring 2022. Austin Commercial is serving as the general contractor of the project. PhiloWilke served as the architect, and SSA was the engineer. JLL’s Project & Development Services division is leading development of the project along with Memorial Hermann Hospital System’s executive team.
HOUSTON — A partnership between locally based developer Boomerang Interests and CenterSquare, a global investment manager based in metro Philadelphia, will develop Houston ColdPort, a 315,101-square-foot speculative cold storage facility. Building features will include 50-foot clear heights, 38 fully automated dock positions, a 200-foot truck court, 57 trailer parking spaces and the ability to accommodate up to 40,000 pallet positions. Dallas-based design-build firm ARCO/Murray is designing and constructing the property, which will be able to support one or two tenants. Completion is scheduled for the second quarter of 2022.
LOS ANGELES — R.D. Olson Construction has broken ground for West Terrace, a sustainable affordable multifamily property located at 6576 Southwest Blvd. in South Los Angeles. R.D. Olson is partnering with A Community of Friends, a nonprofit developer, and FSY Architects for the project. Totaling 52,300 square feet, West Terrace will offer 14 studio, 29 one-bedroom and 20 two-bedroom units, plus one three-bedroom unit. On-site amenities will include a community room, laundry facilities, barbecue grills, a playground, bike storage, an interior courtyard and community garden. Completion is slated for summer 2022.
ST. FRANCIS, WIS. — M&R Development has completed Phase I of 42 Hundred On The Lake, a 236-unit luxury apartment project in St. Francis, about five miles south of downtown Milwaukee. Located at 4200 S. Lake Shore Drive, the development overlooks Lake Michigan. Units range from 583 to 1,204 square feet. Monthly rents range from $1,208 to $3,350. Pre-leasing has begun for Phase II, with move-ins for those apartments scheduled to begin in June. Amenities include a clubhouse, coffee bar, business center, game room, fitness center, package room, pet spa and two courtyards. The pool is scheduled to open in May. M&R co-developed the project with Campbell Capital Group LLC. RMK Management will oversee leasing and property management.
ATLANTA — American Tower, a data center REIT based in Boston, has expanded its American Tower Metro Data Center facility at 55 Marietta St. in downtown Atlanta. The addition brings nearly 20,000 square feet and 2 additional megawatts of capacity to the facility. American Tower has fully integrated the data center, formerly known as Colo Atl, into the American Tower brand. American Tower hopes with the expansion to provide its customers with more power and capacity, giving them a vehicle to provide stronger connectivity options. With the completion of the expansion, American Tower Metro Data Center now has a total of about 44,500 square feet across its second, fifth and eighth floors, while the added capacity brings the total to 4 megawatts. In 2020, additional improvements were completed, including renovations on the fifth floor, the addition of a new dedicated “meet-me-area,” upgrades to the security and surveillance systems and revamped workspaces on each floor for customers.
John Buck Co., Element Properties Break Ground on 86-Unit Apartment Community in Boulder
by Amy Works
BOULDER, COLO. — Chicago-based The John Buck Co. and Boulder-based Element Properties have broken ground for Platform, a multifamily property within S’PARK, a 6.8-acre mixed-use, mixed-income multifamily development in Boulder. Situated on 1.2 acres at 3350 Bluff St., Platform will feature 86 apartments in a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as ground-level retail space. Residents of Platform will also be able to use the amenities of Timber, a sister apartment community located across the street. KTGY is designer for the project, which is slated for completion in summer 2022.
MONTVILLE, N.J. — A partnership between Diversified Properties, The Hampshire Cos. and 1026 Real Estate Investors has opened a 755-unit self-storage facility for CubeSmart in Montville, located in Northern New Jersey. The fully climate-controlled facility has a gross square footage of 98,000 square feet. Diversified Properties, as lead developer, acquired the site in 2015 when it housed a 35,000-square-foot office building and a 2.5-acre pad site. Hampshire Cos. and 1026 Real Estate co-funded equity for the project.