Developer Northacre has selected Multiplex to deliver The Broadway development in Westminster, England, with the official contract signing recently carried out. Following a successful nine-month, single-stage competitive tender process for the £422m Design-Build contract, Multiplex will now deliver the 1.72-acre mixed-use development on the site of the former Metropolitan Police headquarters. Once completed, The Broadway will comprise 268 apartments across six towers, 142,000-square-feet of commercial and retail accommodation, public realm and a new thoroughfare linking Victoria Street with St. James’s Park tube station. Ian Pratt, project director at Multiplex said, “We are very pleased to secure this contract and look … Read more
Luxury Mixed-Used Apartment Tower Emerges in Charleston’s WestEdge Community
CHARLESTON, S.C. — JE Dunn Construction has completed Caroline, a seven-story, mixed-use apartment tower that is part of the city’s emerging WestEdge development in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. The building offers 237 luxury residential units, approximately 18,500 square feet of ground-floor restaurant/retail space and a parking facility accommodating 1,000 vehicles. Tenants in the retail include Barre South, Bak’d and several other restaurants and shops. Caroline also offers resort caliber amenities to include a pool, club room and a full gym. Caroline is a residential component of the 50-acre, mixed-use WestEdge research community connecting Charleston’s thriving medical and research district with … Read more
Clark Tops Out Concrete Structure at 150 Van Ness
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Clark Construction’s team in San Francisco, California has topped out 150 Van Ness, a 420-unit apartment building taking shape in the heart of the city’s Civic Center neighborhood. The milestone marks the completion of the building’s cast-in-place concrete superstructure and comes nine months after the project’s mud slab was poured. Crews placed 18,000 cubic yards of concrete to complete the complex’s 13-story frame. With this milestone realized, the project team will focus on completing the building envelope and interior work. In May, Clark constructed two mock-up units to provide the client with a first-hand look at … Read more
Construction of Talan Towers in Kazakhstan Reaches Milestone
In a significant step for the Europe and Central Asia region, Turner has delivered its first project in Kazakhstan – the iconic Talan Towers. It is the first high-end, mixed-use development in Astana, offering a luxury office, residential, hotel and retail experience for the capital city. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Talan Towers is composed of a 30-story office tower and a 25-story residential and hotel tower linked by a three-story podium with a variety of luxury retail outlets. The hotel— Kazakhstan’s first Ritz-Carlton with branded apartments—features 157 guest rooms, including 32 suites and 27 residences, all with panoramic … Read more
El Monte Gateway Development Team Celebrates Groundbreaking of Mixed-Use Development
SANTA ANA, Calif. – This month, El Monte Gateway celebrates a significant milestone in its ambitious transit-oriented development realization. On Thursday, Feb. 16, SVA Architects, the city of El Monte, California and the El Monte Gateway development team will celebrate the groundbreaking of a mixed-use apartment community, also known as Parcel 4. The project is composed of market-rate apartments with ground-floor commercial and retail uses; this new community is a key component of the El Monte Gateway Master Plan – a walkable and transit friendly district with linkage to bike trails along Rio Hondo River. Transit-oriented development El Monte Gateway … Read more