PHOENIX — A joint venture between Arizona-based Defer Gain LLC and Pacific Oak Capital Advisors is developing three apartment communities that combine affordability with amenities in downtown Phoenix. The projects are valued at $61 million. Situated within the Presidential District, the projects include the 241-unit St. Ambrose Apartments and the 84-unit Presidential Apartments. Located along the light rail line, the two communities are one stop from downtown Phoenix and three stops from Sky Harbor Airport. Additionally, the properties will feature luxury lobbies with mail rooms, including secured lockers for packages and cold/freezer storage for grocery deliveries; clubhouses; multi-purpose rooms; private conference rooms; exercise facilities; resort-style swimming pools; cabanas with private barbecues; and secured ingress/egress. Both properties will also feature street-level retail and mixed-use space. In September, the joint venture plans to break ground on The Imperial Apartment, a 140-unit workforce housing project located in the Edison Eastlake Choice Neighborhoods, which is undergoing a $150 million redevelopment.
RENO, NEV. — Panattoni Development Co. has completed the construction of Longley Commerce Center, a Class A industrial building located at 6550 Longley Lane in Reno. Built on the last large industrial site in south Reno, the asset features 270,975 square feet of flex units ranging in size from 8,400 square feet to 16,800 square feet, as well as bulk industrial units from 24,000 square feet to 218,775 square feet. The project features 30-foot clear heights in all suites, ESFR sprinkler systems, LED lighting and build-to-suit office space. Additionally, the property’s location allows access to Interstate 580, a variety of amenities and the Reno-Tahoe International Airport. Longley Commerce Center is owned by Longley Commerce Center LLC, a joint venture between Markaz and Panattoni Development. Alston Construction served as general contractor for the project, which began in July 2018. Kidder Mathews is providing brokerage services for the project.
GRISWOLD, CONN. — Dakota Partners, a Massachusetts-based developer, will build a 144-unit multifamily property in Griswold, about 50 miles east of Hartford. Dakota Partners purchased the land from Omega Healthcare for $1.3 million. More than 75 percent of the units will be leased as affordable housing. Construction is slated to begin in 2020. Ron Lyman of Lyman Real Estate represented both Dakota Partners and Omega Healthcare in the land sale.
LEAWOOD, KAN. — VanTrust Real Estate LLC, in partnership with Hallbrook Office Center LLC, has unveiled plans to develop a new 120,527-square-foot office building at Hallbrook Office Center in Leawood. This is the third building planned for the office park. Miles McCune and Jeff Winters of Cushman & Wakefield will market the building for lease. The new structure will sit on eight acres at College Boulevard and State Line Road. While the first two buildings at Hallbrook were built on a speculative basis, the project team does not plan to begin construction on the third building until commitments for at least one floor of the property (30,000 square feet) are secured.
EDGERTON, KAN. — Kubota Tractor Corp. will host a grand opening ceremony for its new North American distribution center in Edgerton on Wednesday, Aug. 21. Joining Kubota executives will be Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly and other state and local officials. Set on 200 acres of land, the new campus includes two 1 million-square-foot buildings. The property will serve as a logistics hub for Kubota’s North American operations and home to the company’s Midwest sales division office. Kubota is based in Grapevine, Texas.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hillwood will develop two speculative industrial buildings totaling approximately 1.3 million square feet at its 26,000-acre AlllianceTexas development in Fort Worth. Alliance Center North 7 will offer 810,908 square feet in Fort Worth, and Alliance Northport 2 will total 459,762 square feet in Northlake. Both buildings are located in Denton County with direct access to Interstate 35 West. Hillwood will start construction on these new facilities in September, with completion scheduled for mid-2020. Both facilities will include 36-foot clear heights, cross-dock configuration, onsite trailer storage and adjacent land for expansion. In addition, the properties will offer proximity to Interstate 35, State Highway 114 and the ground hubs of FedEx and UPS.
LOS ANGELES — San Francisco-based Carmel Partners has executed a lease with Whole Foods Market for an approximately 50,000-square-foot flagship grocery store at Cumulus District, an urban, mixed-use development located at 3321 La Cienega Blvd. in Los Angeles’ Westside neighborhood. Located at the corner of Jefferson and La Cienega boulevards, the transit-oriented development is slated to open in late 2020. When completed, Cumulus will feature 1,210 apartments, a one-acre public park and plaza and 100,000 square feet of grocery-anchored retail and restaurant space. Timothy Bower and Zachary Card of CBRE are handling the leasing efforts for Cumulus. Terms of the Whole Foods Market lease were not released.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Raymond Management Co. will develop a 119-room Marriott Residence Inn at Waterside, a 63-acre mixed-use development in Fort Worth by Trademark Property Co. The property will be situated on approximately three acres along Arborlawn Drive at the south end of the development. Construction is scheduled to begin in the fourth quarter and to be complete by 2021.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Insight Senior Living, based in West Linn, Ore., has broken ground on Amaran Senior Living, an assisted living and memory care community in Albuquerque. The project team includes Paaru Builders, Montessori ONE Academy and Dekker/Perich/Sabatini. Located at 9100 Holly Ave. NE, the 81,000-square-foot facility will feature 56 assisted living units and 16 memory care apartments. Units will include natural light, moveable kitchen islands, contemporary closet organizers, stainless steel appliances, smart home technology and individual washers/dryers. The community will include more than 15,000 square feet of amenity space, including multiple dining venues, a theater, fitness center, full-service spa and salon with private massage room, outdoor patios, walking paths, gardens and woodshop. Additionally, the facility will feature a clubroom with sky terraces and lounge, billiards and other multipurpose spaces. Sharing a campus with Montessori ONE Academy and Nido, a Montessori nursery, the Montessori-focused seniors housing property will be the first of its kind. The facility will combine Montessori methods and programming by Insight Senior Living will create space for inter-generational connections and independence. The facility is slated to open in fall 2020.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — Seefried Properties, in partnership with Crow Holdings, has purchased a 24-acre site within Meridian Business Park, a 1,290-acre master-planned commerce and distribution center in Riverside. The buyers plan to develop three fully entitled speculative buildings totaling 375,000 square feet on the site. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, 60 trailer spaces, 65 dock doors and 387 auto stalls. Construction is slated to begin in November with completion scheduled for second-quarter 2020. Phil Lombardo, Chuck Belden and Andrew Starnes of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Joe McKay and Chris Morrell of Lee & Associates, handled the transaction for Seefried Properties and Crow Holdings.