SAN RAMON, CA -SummerHill Apartment Communities, a division of SummerHill Housing Group and a leader in providing quality, smart growth, multi-family rental housing and mixed-use developments, announces the completion of Villas on the Boulevard, a new 186-unit luxury residential rental community in Santa Clara, Calif. The completion celebration will be held on Thursday, May 18, 2017, from 5:00-7:00 p.m., at 2615 East El Camino Real in the City of Santa Clara.

“We are very excited to open our latest multi-family project in the heart of Silicon Valley,” said Robert Freed, CEO of SummerHill Housing Group. “We are grateful for our collaboration with the City of Santa Clara, who made this new community possible.”

Located steps from shopping and restaurants, Villas on the Boulevard includes a mix of one- and two-bedroom luxury apartment homes ranging in size from 758 to 1,378 square feet. The well-appointed apartment homes are energy- and water-efficient and include expansive windows, a gourmet kitchen with stainless steel ENERGY STAR® appliances and European-style cabinetry, wood-style flooring, quartz countertops, spacious kitchen pantry, in-unit full-size washer and dryer, large walk-in closets, private storage units and balconies or patios.

Villas on the Boulevard also includes alternative transportation amenities such as electric vehicle charging stations, a resident carpool web portal and secure bicycle storage and repair facilities. Other amenities include a resident lounge with an entertaining kitchen, cyber café, conference room, state-of-the-art fitness center, resort-style swimming pool with a spa, poolside cabanas, outdoor kitchen with lounge seating and fireplace, green space for recreation, and a pet spa with washing station and grooming table.

According to Freed, the amenity courtyards provide a series of outdoor “rooms” for residents to gather and socialize. The main courtyard adjacent to the club and fitness rooms includes the pool, spa and BBQ area. A breezeway connects residents to a second courtyard with an outdoor kitchen and amenities, living room with a fireplace, and a bocce ball court. Additional amenities include a nearly half-acre pedestrian promenade and a fitness par course along the side of the building making a buffer to the existing single-family neighborhood.

Designed by international award-winning KTGY Architecture + Plotting, Villas on the Boulevard features a four-tale residential building over a one-tale partially subterranean garage. As part of the development, SummerHill widened the sidewalk and added street trees and landscaping, and tiled stoops leading to the apartment homes. The apartment community’s new public plaza highlights the adjacent Saratoga Creek and a new crosswalk constructed on El Camino Real to give residents safe access to the neighborhood shopping center across the street.

“We designed The Villas on the Boulevard in Mission style architecture that the City of Santa Clara and El Camino are known for,” said Manny Gonzalez, FAIA, LEED AP and principal at KTGY in Los Angeles. “We took fantastic care to address the adjacencies of the property by introducing ground-floor stoops along the El Camino frontage in order to bring more pedestrian scale to the building along El Camino and stepping the back part of the building down in scale with the goal of minimizing privacy impacts on the existing single-family homes.”

From public transit and local bikeways to RideMatch, Villas on the Boulevard is conveniently located between the Lawrence and Santa Clara Caltrain stations and ½ block from the proposed VTA Bus Rapid Transit Bowers Station. Villas on the Boulevard also offers simple access to the central expressway and highways 101, 237, 280, and 85.

In addition to Villas on the Boulevard, SummerHill Apartment Communities has six new apartment communities in California in various stages of plotting and construction including 994 new residential units in the 65-acre Lawrence Station Area Plot in Santa Clara; 268 new residential units featuring a mix of apartments and condominiums in Burlingame; 694 residential units and 36,500 square feet of retail space near Milpitas BART Station; a proposed 211-unit apartment community in Mountain View; a 105-unit apartment community under construction in Pasadena; and a proposed 255-unit apartment community in Carlsbad for a total portfolio of 4,315 apartment units. Currently, SummerHill is leasing 481 on Mathilda, a 105-unit apartment community in Sunnyvale; and Origin, a 153-unit apartment community in Seattle, Washington. 

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TAMPA, FL – Wood Partners announced that it has closed on the sale of a multi-family housing community in Land O’ Lakes, Florida. The 311-unit, Class A community was bought by Northland Investment Corporation.

Located on State Road 54 in vibrant Pasco County, a rapidly-growing suburb of Tampa, Alta at Terra Bella is situated less than three miles west of I-75 and 30 minutes north of downtown Tampa. The community is part of the 220-acre Terra Bella mixed-use development, which also includes medical office and retail uses, in addition to 253 single-family home sites. Wood Partners bought the site in November 2014 and developed the 18.9-acre property, comprised of 14 three-tale buildings and an 11,000-square-foot standalone clubhouse, from the ground-up.

Completed in 2016, the community features a zero-entry saltwater swimming pool, outdoor summer kitchen, fitness center with yoga room and children’s playroom, clubhouse with sports lounge, cyber café and conference room, an expansive dog park and dog wash facility and both detached and breezeway-access garages. The one-, two- and three-bedroom units feature expansive floor plans at an average unit size approaching 1,100 square feet, and are accentuated by top-notch finishes, including granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, island kitchens, full-size washers and dryers, walk-in closets and screened patios. 

“We’ve been thrilled with the reception of Alta at Terra Bella and the opportunity to contribute to the landscape of this thriving submarket,” said Bryan Borland, Wood Partners’ Director of North Florida. “The sense of place and community that is evident at Alta at Terra Bella is a testament to our best-in-class design, construction, marketing and leasing professionals who collaborate to deliver both a top-notch resident experience and attractive returns to our investors.”

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SEATTLE, WA – A 41-tale tower currently under construction in downtown Seattle is getting a fresh start with a new name and brand. Development partners The Molasky Group + Binjiang Tower Corp. are branding the property at 2116 4th “Arrivé” (pronounced ah-ree-vā).

The name, logo and original marketing campaign are made by VERV Projects, Vancouver, BC.  Formerly known as Potala Tower, the joint venture partners have taken complete ownership and control of the property and have revitalized the project with a substantial new investment as well as a recommitment of EB5 investor capital. The project, currently under construction, is plotted to be delivered in the first quarter of 2019.

“The building has a new name and look reflective of the high-value experience we plot to deliver to those who will want to live here,” says Mike Doran, The Molasky Group executive in charge of the design and construction. “The name Arrivé is aspirational and resonates well with our target demographics. The logo uniquely reflects elements of the building’s iconic design while conveying the upscale positioning of the property.”

Located at the confluence of Seattle’s most vibrant neighborhoods, Arrivé will be one of the first for-rent mixed-use properties in downtown Seattle with ground level retail, an upscale hotel, well-amenitized apartments, and secure below grade parking. It is adjacent to the landmark Seattle Cinerama on 4th Avenue and only two blocks from Amazon’s three million square foot headquarters.

The general contractor is Denver, CO-based PCL, the sixth largest contractor in the United States. The architect is Weber Thompson, Seattle’s most notable architectural firm.

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