WESTFIELD, MASS. — A partnership between two developers, Massachusetts-based WinStanley Enterprises and Kansas City-based NorthPoint Development, will build a 524,000-square-foot industrial project in Westfield, located outside of Springfield in the western part of Massachusetts. The 126-acre site of the project, which will be known as Falcon Landing, is adjacent to Westfield-Barnes Regional Airport and can support parking for 362 cars and 322 trailers. Infrastructural improvements to the site are underway, and a precise construction timeline is still being finalized.
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KINGWOOD, TEXAS — High Street Residential has broken ground on Reserve at West Lake, a 181-unit multifamily project located on the northern outskirts of Houston in Kingwood. High Street Residential is developing the project, which consists of 109 townhomes and 72 apartments and is the second phase of a larger development, in partnership with Japanese homebuilder Daiwa House Group. Residences will come in one-, two- and three-bedroom formats. Apartments will have an average size of 1,046 square feet, and townhomes will have an average size of 1,530 square feet. Amenities will include a pool, grilling areas, fitness center, resident lounge and an entertainment kitchen. W Partnership is the project architect, and Arch-Con Corp. is the general contractor. Delivery is slated for next summer.
ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, PA. — A partnership between two Indiana-based firms, developer Milhaus and investment firm BAM Capital, will develop a 272-unit multifamily project just west of Pittsburgh in Robinson Township. Known as Nox Living, the property will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, coworking space, resident lounge and outdoor grilling and dining stations. The development team expects to begin construction by July and is aiming to deliver the first units by late 2025.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.