Tysons has it good these days. What was just a few years ago a distant, forgettable suburb with prohibitively wide streets that looked nothing like its urban neighbor to the east, now has the hope of a new comprehensive urban plan, a foursome of Metro stations on the way, and developers queuing up to build. The latest is AvalonBay, which paid the Penrose Group $13.3 million for just 2.64 acres of land on Westpark Drive and plans to start construction of a 354-unit apartment building next month. The new Avalon Park Crest, as it will be called, follows on the heels of Capital One's application to create a gridded street system and multi-phase development on 23 acres at the Tysons Metro stations. With construction already approved by the county and designed by the Lessard Group of Tysons, the units are expected to be occupied in early 2012. Arlington- based AvalonBay will build, own, and operate the apartment building. AvalonBay will not seek LEED certification, but will incorporate "numerous" green features.

The site is now within Park Crest development that currently includes condos, apartments and a Harris Teeter grocery store, and already includes the 558-unit Avalon Crescent. Despite being an aggressive investor with 171 buildings and more than 50,000 units to its name, this is the first new community AvalonBay has built in the mid-Atlantic since 2005, though it has been planning another new community in Wheaton.

The building will hold a 2-1/2 level underground parking garage, wifi lounge, "ample" bicycle storage, and two private one-quarter acre courtyards with a pool, and outdoor cooking.

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Work begins on HighlineII

Greenstone Corp. has started work on the Highline II building in Kendall Yards west of downtownSpokane.

At 1104 W. Summit Parkway, it will be similar to and directly east of the Highline Lofts, Greenstones first Kendall Yards retail-apartmentbuilding.

Like its predecessor building, Highline II will have 24 apartments on two upper floors that take up about 18,000 squarefeet.

The main level for retail or commercial use measures 9,000 squarefeet.

Construction is expected to cost $2.5million, with occupancy expected in summer 2015, said Greenstone commercial manager Adam

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Greenstone Corp. has started work on the Highline II building in Kendall Yards west of downtownSpokane.

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Well, I guess this is what I get for going on vacation for a week. Theres all kinds of new stuff happening:

THE ARC

The Arc Jacksonville is building a 97-unit apartment complex on 32 acres off Hodges Boulevard, just south of Beach Boulevard. Theyll be homes for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities, said Judy Lanier, director of development. But its a new program, she said. The residents will live there, but then head elsewhere for jobs, programs, etc.

The community is designed to make them as independent as possible, she said.

The one- and two-bedroom units will be set up as duplexes and triplexes in 38 villas. Total cost is $21.7 million. Completion is expected fall 2015. Summit Contracting is building it.

LAKEVIEW

Lakeview Health, a private alcohol and drug rehab center, is undergoing a major expansion of its campus at 1900 Corporate Square Blvd., off Southside and Beach boulevards. Permits were issued for three new buildings: administration building, $5.5 million, 7,250 square feet; fitness center, $2,770,000, 10,300 square feet; conference center, $870,000, 3,250 square feet.

Haskell has the contract; completion is expected next year.

TRANSPORTATION

The building permit has been issued for the Northeast Florida Regional Transportation Management Center at 980 N. Jefferson St., just north of State Street. The 20,535-square-foot building will house both the Florida Department of Transportation and the North Florida Transportation Planning Organization. Charles Perry Partners has the $9.07 million project.

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Southern California developers plan to build a 60-unit student apartment complex on the west edge of GonzagaUniversity.

David Schneider, director of a development group based in San Clemente, said he and his partners plan to build a second student housing complex in the Spokane University District after the GU project is finished in summer2016.

Schneider said his company has done several off-campus projects, including construction near Michigan State University and near a California State Universitycampus.

Their project, called the Ruby Apartments, will go into an acre of land on the east side of Ruby Street northeast of

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Southern California developers plan to build a 60-unit student apartment complex on the west edge of GonzagaUniversity.

David Schneider, director of a development group based in San Clemente, said he and his partners plan to build a second student housing complex in the Spokane University District after the GU project is finished in summer2016.

Schneider said his company has done several off-campus projects, including construction near Michigan State University and near a California State Universitycampus.

Their project, called the Ruby Apartments, will go into an acre of land on the east side of Ruby Street northeast of the former CompUSA building. It adjoins one of Gonzagas parking lots and is a stones throw from the schools DussaultApartments.

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A no vacancy sign is displayed outside of an apartment building on Pearl Street in Capitol Hill. Vacancies in Denver are at near all-time low. (The Denver Post file)

Metro Denver apartment vacancies dropped to 3.9 percent in the third quarter, the second lowest recorded rate.

Finding a place to lease was only tougher during the third quarter of 2000, when the information-technology boom made Denver one of the top places to live in the U.S. and the vacancy rate dropped to 3.7 percent, said Patty Silverstein, chief economist for the Metro Denver Economic Development Corp.

"It's a near historic low ," she said. "You are going to start seeing a continual escalation of rental rates. You definitely will have to pay a little bit more to get that same apartment."

Rents averaged $762 in the second quarter of 2000, compared with $1,145 during the third quarter of 2014, and up from $1,117 in the second quarter and $1,073 in the first, according to figures released Friday in the Denver Metro Area Apartment Vacancy and Rent Survey. The statistics were compiled by the University of Denver's Daniels College of Business and Colorado Economic and Management Associates.

Silverstein said the drop to 3.9 percent from 4.7 percent in the second quarter was surprising because of the number of new apartments being built. She said 9,145 new apartments were built in 2013, 8,700 new apartments are expected to come online in 2014 and another 8,700 in 2015.

"Even in the face of construction workforce shortages, apartment communities continue to sprout up across the metro area," said Mark Williams, executive director of the Apartment Association of Metro Denver. "However, it's still hard to keep up with demand, which is growing at least as quickly."

The report noted that more people are moving to Colorado than are leaving, with net in-migration projected at more than 55,000 next year, far above the historical annual net in-migration of 40,000.

"You just look at the lease-up that is going on, it is just phenomenal," report co-author Ron Throupe said. "Denver is becoming one of the major cities. It is no longer secondary."

Rapidly rising home prices have pushed potential buyers out of the market and into rentals, Silverstein said. But she said said people with professional aspirations also are flooding the market.

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The Beach Company has begun the demolition of the Sergeant Jasper apartment building. Leroy Burnell/Staff

The Beach Company has begun the demolition of the 14-story Sergeant Jasper apartment building on Colonial Lake, a project that will be completed in late 2015.

Company officials have said they envision a makeover of the site with a mix of housing, apartments, commercial and retail space and a parking garage that will cover areas where Broad Street, Barre Street and Lockwood Boulevard are anchored. Construction height would range between four and seven stories.

According to a news release from the Beach Co., the work will be performed in three phases.

The first phase began last week and will include non-structural, interior demolition, including removing mechanical systems.

Broad Street Market, on the building's ground floor, is expected to remain open until its lease runs out in February.

The second phase will begin in March. It will include the demolition of the first-level commercial section, which surrounds the main structure.

The building then will be scaffolded and screened, and will be dismantled floor-by-floor, starting at the top.

The final phase, which includes preparing the site for redevelopment, will be completed in late 2015.

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With students heading to college in record numbers, local institutions are constructing everything from new dormitories to academic buildings, hoping to attract the best and brightest students and professors. And many of the projects are emphasizing sustainable design.

The good news is that a number of major institutions [are] poised to move forward with major expansion projects, said Richard T. Anderson, president of the New York Building Congress. Indeed, a recent report from the group found that despite a slowdown in construction by the government sector, colleges continue to invest in their futures.

The citys 105 universities and colleges have spent a combined $2 billion on maintenance and new facilities in each year from 2010 to 2012, and are expected to put in another $10 billion through 2017, or an average of $9.5 million each.

Since 2003, the City University of New Yorks student population has increased by nearly 50 percent, requiring an expansion. According to CUNYs Vice Chancellor for Facilities Planning, Construction and Management Iris Weinshall, CUNYs goal, along with new projects, is to redevelop at least a quarter of its facilities with a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification by 2017. As these include many historic and landmark buildings, Weinshall noted, this is a huge and important task.

Lehman Colleges new Science Hall, in fact, which opened for classes in spring 2013, has a LEED Platinum certification, the top of four levels, from the US Green Building Council.

And Lehmans LEED Silver four-story School of Social Work is the first of a three-phase campus within a campus dedicated to the sciences.

A new building at the New York City College of Technology sits on the former site of the Klitgord Building in Brooklyn.Photo: Perkins-Eastman

The facility was constructed with $70 million in funding provided by New York State through the CUNY Capital Program. Funding of $1.5 million for the rooftop greenhouse was provided by an allocation from the New York City Council.

Other recent projects, including the CUNY School of Law and the Summit residence hall at Queens College, have Gold certification, while Hunter Colleges School of Social Work and Bronx Community Colleges North Hall and Library have Silver.

There are also several research facilities in the CUNY construction pipeline, including an advanced research complex on the City College campus in Harlem, and the new College of Staten Island dormitory, which will aim for LEED Gold.

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By Ashley Barker abarker@scbiznews.com Published Oct. 20, 2014

Demolition of the 14-story Sergeant Jasper apartment building in downtown Charleston began last week, according to a news release from The Beach Co., which manages the property.

Construction fencing was installed, nonstructural interior demolition was started and mechanical systems were removed, the company said.

During the next year, work will be completed in three stages: interior pre-demolition, exterior demolition and site preparation, the news release said.

Broad Street Market, which has a lease within the building, will remain open until February, the company said.

In March, demolition of the first-level commercial section, which surrounds the main structure on Broad Street, is scheduled to begin. The building will then be dismantled floor by floor starting at the top and working down, according to the company.

The site is expected to be ready for redevelopment late next year. The Beach Co. and the city of Charlestons planning department have been working on plans to redevelop the area since 2010, but nothing has been announced yet.

Residents of the apartment building, which opened in 1950, received a letter from the landlord in February saying they would have to move out. The 221 apartments were vacated from May through August.

Reach staff writer Ashley Barker at 843-849-3144 or @AshleyNBarker on Twitter.

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