Mixed-Use

NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Retail Properties of America Inc. (RPAI) has acquired Main Street Promenade in Naperville for $88 million. The 182,000-square-foot mixed-use property includes 103,000 square feet of retail space and 79,000 square feet of office space. The property is currently 93 percent occupied by tenants such as Anthropologie, Ann Taylor, Sur la Table and White House Black Market. The acquisition also includes a vacant parcel that can be developed into 62,000 square feet of mixed-use space. Dwight and Ruth Yackley of BBM Inc. developed the project. CBRE represented the seller, Dwight Yackley.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has unveiled its plans for a 3.5-acre block, situated at South Tryon and Bland streets in Charlotte’s South End, that the firm is currently redeveloping. The new development will feature two eight-story buildings spanning 320,000 square feet. Named the RailYard, the project will feature office space, 30,000 square feet of retail and restaurants and 100 residential units. The site sits one block from the LYNX Bland Street Station and at the head of the Rail Trail, a 3.5-mile trail along the LYNX Blue Line. The RailYard’s buildings will feature a brick exterior, masonry, ornamental steel and glass, double-door arched entryways and open floor plates offering views of Uptown and South End. The development will include a one-acre rooftop park and an outdoor courtyard between the two buildings. The design team includes RBA Group and David Furman of Centro Cityworks. Kristy Venning and Charlie Swanson of Beacon Partners are handling the leasing. Construction on RailYard is scheduled to begin this summer.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — CBRE | Raleigh has arranged the $20.3 million sale of Marketplace at Lake Boone, a mixed-use property located at the intersection of Lake Boone Trail and Gateway Access Point in Raleigh. Griffin Partners purchased the property from Singerman Real Estate. Marketplace at Lake Boone features 76,253 square feet of street-level retail space and second-story office space. According to Griffin Partners, the property was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ashton Woods, AT Allen Co., Sirius Computer Solutions, Greystone, Saracare, Buffalo Brothers, Guasaca, Bottle Revolution, Traditions Bridal and The Oaks. Ben Kilgore, Elliott Brewer and Leslie Holmes of CBRE | Raleigh represented Singerman Real Estate in the transaction.

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WATERTOWN, MASS. — The Watertown Planning Board unanimously approved the development of Arsenal Yards, a mixed-use project at the former Arsenal Mall in Watertown. Developers Boylston Properties and The Wilder Cos. plan to add a mixed-use project featuring 350,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space and 500 residences to the existing 100,000 square feet of office space. Construction is slated to begin in six to eight months. The project will feature chef-driven restaurants, a specialty grocery, a wine superstore, a cinema, market-rate and affordable apartments, and a combination of boutiques and national retailers.

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EDINA, MINN. — CBRE has arranged a $56 million loan for the refinancing of 71 France Apartments in Edina, a southwest suburb of Minneapolis. The mixed-use property consists of 241 luxury apartment units and 21,000 square feet of street-level retail space. The property was completed in the second quarter of 2016 and the residential portion is now 95 percent leased. Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. provided the 10-year loan. Joel Torborg of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the borrowers, IRET and Schafer Richardson.

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ROWLETT, TEXAS — Bayside Land Partners, a partnership between Kent Donahue and Wilks Development, is developing Bayside, a $1 billion master-planned project encompassing 262 acres and featuring a variety of retail, restaurants, residential units and a resort hotel in the Lake Ray Hubbard area of Rowlett. Designed as a pedestrian-friendly, open-air resort, Bayside will feature more than 1.5 million square feet of commercial space, 3,000 residential units, a 1,000-slip marina and 700 hotel rooms. Lifescapes International will provide landscape design services for the project, including the development of the first-ever Crystal Lagoon in Texas. A Crystal Lagoon is a new technology that creates man-made lagoons with crystal-clear, turquoise waters in order to create a beachfront property. Additionally, Lifescapes will design a 116-acre peninsula, including 25 acres of parks, a variety of retail rooftop gardens and beach zones and the perimeter of the eight-acre Crystal Lagoon. Construction on the lagoon is slated to start this March and the project is scheduled to open by spring 2019.

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TOMS RIVER, N.J. — NGKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of a $24 million loan pool from the OceanFirst Bank loan portfolio. Castlelake/Midwest Capital acquired the loans, which had an average size of $500,000. The loan pool was collateralized by a variety of industrial, retail and mixed-use assets located in nine southern New Jersey countries, including Atlantic and Ocean counties. Steven Schultz, Josh Malka and Tony Georgiev of NGKF Capital Markets represented the seller.

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CHICAGO — American Street Capital has arranged a $4.1 million loan for the acquisition of a mixed-use property in Chicago’s Lincoln Park. Originally built in 1889, the building was recently renovated and consists of one ground-floor retail unit and eight residential units. The 20-year loan includes a 30-year amortization schedule and was funded through the Freddie Mac small balance program. Igor Zhizhin of ASC originated the loan.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Chicago-based Monroe Investment Partners plans to develop River North Development District, a 125-acre mixed-use project situated along the Cumberland River in Nashville. The development is a public-private partnership between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and Monroe Investment, which owns or controls 105 acres of the site. Phase I of the project, known as The Landings, will break ground this year. Encompassing 40 acres, The Landings will include office, retail, multifamily and hospitality components. JLL’s Nashville office is marketing The Landings for lease. Monroe Investment plans to develop some of the sites at River North Development District, but plans to sell, lease or joint venture a majority of the parcels. As part of the public-private partnership, Monroe Investment will donate about 50 acres to the Metropolitan Government for the development of a riverfront greenway system, interior site public parkland, roads and common areas. The River North Development District project team includes Hastings Architecture Associates, Civil Site Design Group and Waller.

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ALEXANDRIA, VA. — The Howard Hughes Corp. has purchased a Macy’s store and parking field at Landmark Mall in Alexandria for an undisclosed price. The Macy’s at Landmark Mall is one of 68 stores announced to be closing by Macy’s last week. The company plans to transform the enclosed mall and the Macy’s parcel into an open-air, mixed-use community with retail, residential and entertainment components. The new Landmark will feature multiple plazas and green spaces, outdoor seating, an updated transit center, seasonal entertainment, public art, numerous full-service and fast-casual dining options and an upscale movie theater. The Howard Hughes Corp. is planning to close the interior portion of Landmark Mall at the end of January. A definitive timeline for the redevelopment has not been finalized.

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