BOWIE, MD. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Bowie Town Center, a 293,099-square-foot lifestyle center in Prince George County, bordering the eastern portion of Washington, D.C. A partnership between Nile Equity Group and Community Real Estate Co. purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Ryan Sciullo, Chris Munley, Colin Behr, Casey Smith and R.J. Mirabile of CBRE’s National Retail Partners Mid-Atlantic team represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Bowie Town Center was 86 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Bath & Body Works, Barnes & Noble, LA Fitness, Foot Locker, Famous Footwear, Lane Bryant, Macy’s, Pandora and Starbuck’s Coffee, among others.
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BALTIMORE — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Highlandtown Village, a 57,524-square-foot shopping center located at 3800 E. Lombard St. in Baltimore. Built in 1987, the retail center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Hazlo International Foods, Dollar Tree, Baltimore Bark House, Fishtail Wine and Song’s Beauty Supplies. The average tenant occupancy at Highlandtown Village exceeds 14 years, according to IPA. David Crotts and Dean Zang of IPA represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
Sphere Entertainment, Peterson Plan Smaller Sphere Venue in Metro D.C. Totaling 6,000 Seats
by John Nelson
OXON HILL, MD. — Sphere Entertainment Co. (NYSE: SPHR), the owner and operator of the Sphere venue in Las Vegas that opened in 2023, is partnering with locally based developer Peterson Cos. for a smaller Sphere venue in National Harbor, a waterfront neighborhood in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Oxon Hill. The planned project represents the second Sphere entertainment venue in the United States and third in the world following the future Sphere’s completion in Abu Dhabi. “Our focus has always been on creating a global network of Spheres across forward-looking cities,” says James Dolan, executive chairman and CEO of Sphere Entertainment. The site for Sphere at National Harbor overlooks the Potomac River and would complement other National Harbor mainstays such as MGM National Harbor, a $1.4 billion casino that opened in 2016, Capital Wheel, Gaylord National Resort and Topgolf. The more than 300-acre National Harbor district welcomes approximately 15 million visitors nationally. At full completion, the Sphere venue will feature the Exosphere, which is the Sphere’s programmable LED exterior display, as well as 6,000 seats for concerts, immersive movie presentations and other events. The new venue’s seating volume represents about a third of the 18,600-seat capacity at the Sphere …
ELLICOTT CITY, MD. — Mackenzie Commercial Real Estate Services has brokered the $57.5 million sale of Normandy Shopping Center, a 185,000-square-foot shopping center located in Ellicott city, roughly 13 miles outside Baltimore. Owen Rouse and Tom Green of MacKenzie represented the seller, an entity doing business as Normandy Venture LP, and procured the buyer, Normandy National Pike LLC. Normandy National Pike is owned by the Singh family in Ellicott City. The five-building shopping center has been owned by the Moxley family since 1961, according to the Baltimore Business Journal. Normandy Shopping Center, which spans three separate parcels on a 25-acre site, houses more than 45 tenants, including Planet Fitness, Triveni Supermarket, Pinebrook Montessori Daycare, Bank of America, High’s Dairy Store and Kelsey’s Restaurant. Additional tenants at the center include Safesplash Swim School, Uptown Cheapskate and J&J Sew N Vac. The property also features a nearly 6-acre, undeveloped lot to allow for future expansion.
BALTIMORE AND AUSTIN, TEXAS — MCB Real Estate, a privately held commercial real estate investment management and development firm based in Baltimore with more than $4 billion in assets under management (AUM), has completed the acquisition of Austin-based Epic Real Estate Partners. The transaction includes the operation of 15 grocery-anchored shopping centers totaling just over 2 million square feet of retail space across 10 states, with a total portfolio value exceeding $575 million, as well as the operating company encompassing 13 professionals. The assets were cumulatively 92 percent leased and occupied at the time of the merger, and the ownership structure of all property-level limited partnerships stayed intact as part of the transaction. The new AUM, which average 150,000 square feet in size, include: “The Epic Real Estate Partners portfolio, consisting of institutional-quality and high-performing grocery-anchored retail shopping centers, aligns perfectly with our existing national portfolio, while also providing a strong foothold and strategic presence into new submarkets with extremely favorable long-term growth opportunities,” says P. David Bramble, co-founder and managing partner of MCB. “We have known and respected the Epic team for years, and it was extremely important to retain the professional talent at Epic as part of this transaction, …
BALTIMORE — Newmark has arranged the sale of a 1.4 million-square-foot Mid-Atlantic micro-bay industrial portfolio for $203 million. The portfolio includes 50 individual buildings and 600 tenants in the Baltimore-Washington corridor and Northern Virginia. Current tenants focus on local and regional distribution, light industrial, service-oriented and last-mile logistics uses. Ben McCarty, Cris Abramson, Nicholas Signor, Henry Pleszkoch and Sam Slater of Newmark arranged the transaction on behalf of an unnamed group of private sellers. Silverman Group was the buyer.
BALTIMORE — Capital Funding Group (CFG) has provided a $253.2 million bridge loan for the refinancing of a skilled nursing portfolio. The portfolio includes six facilities in Maryland and one in Virginia. Together, the properties total 1,050 beds. Craig Casagrande, Scott Robinson and Catherine Mansel of Baltimore-based CFG originated the financing for the undisclosed borrower.
Seven Hills Realty Trust Provides $37.3M Financing for Student Housing Community Near University of Maryland
by John Nelson
COLLEGE PARK, MD. — Seven Hills Realty Trust has provided a $37.3 million loan for Mazza Grandmarc, a 628-bed student housing community located near the University of Maryland campus in College Park. The loan features an initial term extending through November 2028 with two 12-month extension options. The borrower was not disclosed. Seven Hills Realty Trust is managed by Tremont Realty Capital.
BEL AIR, MD. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged $3.9 million in acquisition financing for The Shoppes at James Run, a 13,189-square-foot retail property located in Bel Air, approximately 25 miles northeast of Baltimore. Jared Cassidy of MMCC secured the 7-year loan on behalf of a private client. The loan features a 5.64 percent interest rate and a 25-year amortization schedule. The Shoppes at James Run features a mix of tenants including Starbucks Coffee, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, a café and an urgent care office.
Finmarc Management Acquires Two Movie Theater Properties in Maryland, Virginia for $15.1M
by Abby Cox
CENTREVILLE, VA. AND BRANDYWINE, MD. — Bethesda, Md.-based Finmarc Management has acquired a pair of retail properties leased by national movie operators in Virginia and Maryland for $15.1 million. EPR Properties was the seller. The first property, which spans 72,821 square feet, is located roughly 25 miles west of Washington, D.C., at 6201 Multiplex Drive in Fairfax County, Va. Cinemark Centreville fully leases the building, which features 12 screens. The second property is situated at 7710 Matapeake Business Drive in Brandywine and totals 60,000 square feet. The 14-screen theater is fully leased to Xscape Theatres.
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