TEMPLE, TEXAS — Rowan Green Data, a data center developer and infrastructure provider with offices in Houston and Portland, will develop a $300 million hyperscale campus in the Central Texas city of Temple. The project will span approximately 135,000 square feet and have a power capacity of about 500 megawatts. In the data center space, the amount of electricity needed to power the servers and cool the equipment is the highest variable cost; as such, the size of data center deals is frequently measured by the consumption of megawatts rather than square footage. All factors being held equal, one megawatt of energy is enough to power 500 or so homes for a full year. The facility, whose hyperscale designation indicates that it will be marketed to large tech companies with heavy cloud-based operations, will be constructed in two phases on a 32-acre site. Construction of the first phase is slated for a summer-2022 delivery, and full completion is scheduled for 2023.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Landmark Properties and W5 Group have broken ground on The Metropolitan at Gainesville, a 464-bed student housing development near the University of Florida’s (UF) main campus. Construction will start before the end of the year and is slated for completion ahead of the 2023-24 school year. Athens, Ga.-based Landmark will develop and operate the property. The W5 Group is a joint venture partner and investor in The Metropolitan at Gainesville. Served by a campus shuttle to UF, The Metropolitan will include 169 units, with each bedroom having its own private bathroom. The property’s units will also include electrical appliances, washers and dryers and vinyl flooring. Located at 2205 S. W. 13th St., community amenities will include a pool, fitness center, study lounge, jumbotron and high-speed wireless internet. There will also be 399 parking spaces and 142 scooter parking spaces available onsite. Most recently, Landmark and W5 Group completed The Retreat East, a student housing community in Orlando serving University of Central Florida students.
QUEEN CREEK AND PEORIA, ARIZ. — Vestar has unveiled plans to develop three speculative retail projects, totaling 465,000 square feet in Queen Creek and Peoria. With a combined construction cost of nearly $90 million, construction is slated to begin in late 2021 through early 2022. Queen Creek Crossing in Queen Creek is a planned 31-acre property featuring 300,000 square feet of retail space. Groundbreaking is scheduled for June 2022, with opening planned in March 2023. Costco will anchor the property, located at the northwest corner of Ellsworth and Queen Creek roads. Vineyard Towne Center, also in Queen Creek, will feature 75,000 square feet of retail for the first phase of the 23-acre development. Located at the northwest corner of North Gantzel and West Combs roads. Construction is slated to begin in first-quarter 2022 with completion scheduled for year-end. The Shops at Lake Pleasant in Peoria will feature 90,000 square feet of retail space on 26 acres at the intersection of Happy Valley Road and Lake Pleasant Parkway. The development is slated to open in late 2022.
SALT LAKE CITY — The Davies Group at Los Angeles-based George Smith Partners has secured $35.2 million in construction financing for the first phase of a hotel-to-multifamily conversion project in downtown Salt Lake City’s The Granary District. The five-acre site features two landmark towers. The first phase of renovation includes the transformation of the property’s south tower into a 184-unit multifamily asset with boutique-style amenities. The planned future phase includes the adaptive reuse of the property’s north tower. The land site offers 2.7 acres of excess developable land, creating an opportunity for future mixed-use infill development. Malcolm Davies, Zack Streit, Drew Sandler, Alexander Rossinsky, Aiden Moran, Brandon Asherian and Ben Tracy of The Davies Group sourced the financing on behalf of the undisclosed sponsor.
KANSAS CITY, KAN. — Contegra Construction Co. has completed two additional industrial buildings at NorthPoint Development’s Turner Logistics Center in Kansas City. The two distribution centers total 919,080 square feet. Building II spans 543,544 square feet and features 54 dock doors, four drive-in ramps, 284 car parking stalls and 137 trailer stalls. Building III totals 375,536 square feet and offers 37 dock doors, two drive-in ramps and 371 parking spaces. Both buildings feature clear heights of 36 feet. The 250-acre industrial park is now home to three buildings, the first of which totals 408,000 square feet.
NORTH AURORA, ILL. — The Opus Group has begun construction of two speculative industrial buildings known as Tollway Corporate Center in North Aurora. The development is a joint venture with Principal Real Estate Advisors. The first building will total 104,978 square feet and will feature 10 dock positions, two drive-in doors, eight trailer stalls, 64 car parking stalls and a clear height of 32 feet. The second building will span 543,638 square feet and will offer 54 dock positions, four drive-in doors, 90 trailer stalls, 142 car parking stalls and a clear height of 36 feet. Completion of both buildings is slated for June 2022. Opus is serving as developer, design-builder, architect and engineer. Brian Kling of Colliers International and Dan Leahy of NAI Hiffman are marketing the project for lease.
PHILADELPHIA — Richmond, Va.-based general contractor EDC will build a 700-unit self-storage facility in Philadelphia’s East Falls neighborhood. The developer is a local entity doing business as 4002-22 Ridge Ave. Acquisition LLC. The facility will rise five stories and span 103,000 square feet of net rentable space. A groundbreaking date has not yet been determined, but construction is expected to be complete in late 2022.
NEW YORK CITY — Lightstone has topped out Moxy Williamsburg, a 216-room hotel in Brooklyn. Designed by Stonehill Taylor, the property will offer amenities such as a fitness center, coworking spaces, meeting and event rooms, a rooftop terrace and multiple food and beverage concepts. Leeding Builders Group is managing construction of the project. The opening is set for late 2022.
ATLANTA — Sentral has completed Sentral West Midtown at Star Metals in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood. Located at 1050 Howell Mill Road, Sentral West Midtown at Star Metals is a 409-unit community that offers a flexible living model in which residents and guests can live at the property for any period of time from one month to several years. Paces Properties and Allen Morris Co. are co-developers of Star Metals. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans that come either unfurnished or furnished. Community amenities include a curated year-round events calendar, rooftop pool and grilling area, fitness center, dog spa, networking café and various indoor and outdoor coworking spaces. Sentral West Midtown at Star Metals features food and beverage offerings including Prevail Coffee; Savi Provisions, a specialty grocer; Wagamama, a UK- based pan-Asian restaurant chain; and Sweetgreen, the fast-casual salad chain. Starting in 2022, qualifying residents at Sentral West Midtown will be able to use Sentral’s homesharing service, which will allow residents to rent out their apartments with short-term stays with a two-night minimum. Sentral will handle all homesharing logistics, including housekeeping, photography, insurance and 24-hour service. The homesharing program will enable residents to offset 25 percent or …
SLIDELL, LA. — Indianapolis, Ind.-based Kittle Property Group Inc. has opened The Lofts at Canterbury, a Phase III workforce housing development in Slidell. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging from 685 square feet to 1,110 square feet. The 135-unit community has a total of 39 one-bedroom, 64 two bedroom and 32 three-bedroom apartment homes. The units feature faux-wood flooring, a washer and dryer in each home, balconies and ceiling fans. Garages are also available for rent to residents. Community amenities include a fitness center, game room, community room, business center and pool. The Lofts at Canterbury is a pet-friendly community. Located at 301 Spartan Drive, Lofts at Canterbury is located about 31.5 miles from New Orleans.