AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based Zydeco Development has completed two office buildings totaling 140,000 square feet at MetCenter, the developer’s 550-acre business park in Austin. The campus offers outdoor amenities like food trucks with seating areas, ping pong tables, basketball and tennis courts, hiking and biking trails and a disc golf course. Office users at MetCenter include Arrive Logistics, PHRG, Ascension and Kapsch. JLL handles leasing of the property.
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CONWAY, ARK. — Structurlam Mass Timber Corp., a British Columbia-based mass timber manufacturer, has unveiled plans for a plant in Conway, approximately 30 miles from Little Rock. The mass timber manufacturer will spend $90 million to purchase, retrofit and equip a former steel plant. Set to open in mid-2021, the plant will create 130 new jobs and will source lumber from nearby Arkansas forestland. Conway is located near multiple transportation corridors, including Interstate 40, U.S. Routes 60 and 64 and Arkansas Highway 365. The Structurlam plant will produce mass timber building products and industrial matting products for the Southern, Central and Eastern United States, including providing building materials for Walmart’s new 350-acre Home Office campus in Bentonville.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — CBL Properties plans to redevelop Coastal Grand in Myrtle Beach. As part of the redevelopment, the Chattanooga-based shopping center owner will relocate Dick’s Sporting Goods, which will include Golf Galaxy, to a building near Dillard’s and a new 53,000-square-foot Flip N Fly that will occupy Dick’s current space. Flip N Fly will bring a trampoline park as well as other family attractions to Coastal Grand. Construction on the new Dick’s/Golf Galaxy store will begin in early 2020. More information about a grand opening date will be announced as plans are finalized.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA — CyrusOne, a data center REIT, has broken ground on a data center at 4700 Gifford Road in Council Bluffs. The first phase of the facility is slated for occupancy in fall 2020. Upon full buildout, the site will feature 24 megawatts of total power available across the roughly 60,000-square-foot property.
MISSION AND MCALLEN, TEXAS — Laredo-based Killam Development Ltd. has purchased 3,400 acres in the Rio Grande Valley cities of Mission and McAllen for the development of a new master-planned community. In addition to residential, office and retail uses, the development will include walking trails, park space and connections to entertainment districts and education centers. Carlos Marquez and Brett Lum of NAI Partners represented the seller, Hunt Valley Development, in the land sale. Killam could begin construction early next year.
Lotus Harvard Completes 16-Unit Apartment, Retail Project in Cambridge, Massachusetts
by Alex Patton
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Lotus Harvard Enterprises LLC has completed development of 1699 Massachusetts Avenue, a 16-unit apartment building with 1,600 square feet of ground-floor retail space that is located adjacent to Harvard Law School in Cambridge. The property offers two studios, eight one-bedrooms, five two-bedrooms and three two-bedroom units, as well as an adjoining five-bedroom single-family home. Khalsa Design was the architect of the project and Nauset Construction was the general contractor.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Black Creek Group, a Denver-based investment and development firm, has broken ground on a 569,000-square-foot industrial project within Carter Logistics Center in Fort Worth. The project will deliver three buildings with 32-foot clear heights, 180-foot truck court depths and proximity to Interstates 35 and 20. The buildings will range in size from 88,000 to 250,000 square feet and will be divisible down to 30,000 square feet to accommodate multiple tenants. Construction is scheduled to be complete in the third quarter of 2020. CBRE is handling leasing of the project.
GRAND RAPIDS, MICH. — Harrison Street Social Infrastructure Fund, in partnership with Michigan State University (MSU), has unveiled plans to develop the Doug Meijer Medical Innovation Building at MSU’s Grand Rapids Innovation Park. The park is a research and clinical facility at the university’s health campus in Grand Rapids. The public-private development partnership also includes Murphy Development Group, Walsh Investors and Rockford Construction. Under the arrangement, MSU will retain long-term ownership of the land. The 205,659-square-foot building will be dedicated to research and healthcare innovation as well as the advancement of MSU’s artificial intelligence, bioinformatics and biostatistics departments. MSU, Spectrum Health and BAMF Health will occupy space. Completion is slated for fall 2021.
Miller Breaks Ground on 427,856 SF BMW Collision Center, Garage Complex in Broward County
by John Nelson
PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. — Miller Construction has broken ground on a six-story, 427,856-square-foot collision center and inventory garage in Broward County for Holman Automotive that will be occupied by franchisee BMW of Pembroke Pines. Immediately west of the Pembroke Pines dealership, the complex will serve as an automotive repair shop and an extension of the BMW showroom. Fort Lauderdale-based FSMY Architects and Planners designed the precast concrete structure, which will feature compressed air systems, car lifts, paint booths, alignment pits, a car wash and a show floor. Floors two through six will provide parking for the dealership’s inventory. Project team members include engineering firms Oakland Park, Fla.-based Winningham & Fradley (civil), Fort Lauderdale-based Bryntesen Structural Engineers (structural) and Deerfield Beach-based FAE Consulting (MEP). Completion is scheduled for fourth quarter 2020.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — CRG Development has broken ground on 401 Hemphill Apartments, a 242-unit community located in the Near Southside neighborhood of Fort Worth. The property will offer amenities such as a pool, fitness center, coworking space, outdoor grilling stations and a 277-space parking garage. Lamar Johnson Collaborative designed the project, and Cadence McShane is the general contractor. Completion is scheduled for the second quarter of 2021.