North Carolina

CONCORD, N.C. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $34.8 million loan for Century Afton Ridge, a 360-unit apartment community in Concord, a northern suburb of Charlotte. The undisclosed borrower purchased Century Afton Ridge in March 2016 and has maintained stabilized occupancy since June. The borrower will use the Fannie Mae loan to refinance existing debt on the property. Trevor Ritter of KeyBank arranged the seven-year loan with two years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule.

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HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — InvenTrust Properties Corp. has purchased Northcross Commons, a 61,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Huntersville, roughly 14 miles north of Charlotte. InvenTrust acquired the Whole Foods Market-anchored center from Hawthorne Retail Partners for approximately $31 million. Located at 9121 Sam Furr Road, Northcross Commons is situated adjacent to Birkdale Golf Community and Country Club and Birkdale Village, a retail development leased to tenants such as Banana Republic, Williams-Sonoma, Regal Cinemas, Talbots and Barnes & Noble. InvenTrust’s portfolio in metro Charlotte includes Poplin Place in Monroe and Sycamore Commons in Matthews.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Horizon Development Properties Inc. (HDP) has selected The Fallon Co. to serve as the master developer for the redevelopment of the 16.2-acre Strawn Cottages site in Charlotte. Once completed, the new $330 million mixed-use development will feature 725 new mixed-income apartments, with 145 of the apartments deemed affordable; 20 units of for-sale townhomes; approximately 57,000 square feet of retail space; approximately 330,000 square feet of office space; a hotel featuring 180 rooms; and a central green space. “HDP is excited about The Fallon Co.’s vision that will create an ‘inclusive housing strategy’ within a dynamic mixed-use community,” says A. Fulton Meachem Jr., chief executive officer of HDP. “The Fallon Co. will ensure that HDP’s goal of providing 20 percent of the new rental apartments affordable to families earning between 65 to 80 percent of the area median income becomes a reality. Our model is an essential smart growth strategy that can be duplicated all over our great city.” Situated immediately adjacent to South End in the Dilworth neighborhood, the site is one of the largest fully entitled, transit-oriented development sites in the region. The redevelopment will be conducted in multiple phases, the first of which will consist …

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CHICAGO — Chicago-based Blue Vista Capital Partners has sold three student housing communities located in Mississippi and North Carolina totaling 990 beds. The dispositions include Lafayette Place, a 366-bed community located near the University of Mississippi in Oxford; First Street Place, a 288-bed community located near East Carolina University in Greenville, N.C.; and Pembroke Place, a 336-bed community located near The University of North Carolina at Pembroke in Pembroke, N.C. Campus Partners LLC acquired Pembroke Place. The buyers of Lafayette Place and First Street Place were undisclosed. Dorothy Jackman, Steven Peden and Travis Prince of Colliers International represented Blue Vista Capital Partners in all three transactions. The sales prices were undisclosed.

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MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Slate Retail REIT, a Toronto-based owner and operator of U.S. grocery-anchored properties, has acquired Mooresville Town Square, a Lowes Foods-anchored retail center in Mooresville, a northern suburb of Charlotte. The publicly traded REIT purchased the asset for $16.7 million, or $186 per square foot. The shopping center was 88 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Famous Toastery, Jimmy Johns, Firestorm Pizza and Fusion Bowl. Mooresville Town Square is the sixth property in North Carolina for Slate Retail REIT.

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MATTHEWS, N.C. — JPMorgan Chase Bank NA has provided the $60 million refinancing of Windsor Square Shopping Center, a 661,156-square-foot retail power center in Matthews, a suburb of Charlotte. Completed in 1987 and renovated in 2014, Windsor Square was 96 percent leased at the time of financing to tenants such as Sam’s Club, hh gregg, J.C. Penney, PetSmart, Tuesday Morning, Kohl’s, Lifetime Fitness, Ross Dress for Less, Outback Steakhouse, DSW, Shoe Carnival and Mattress Firm. Chris Drew, Brent Bowman and Brian Gaswirth of HFF arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through JPMorgan Chase. The borrower, Sterling Organization, used the loan to pay off a maturing CMBS loan.

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital LLC has closed a $12.4 million Fannie Mae loan for Piedmont Place Apartments, a newly built, 100-unit multifamily community in Greensboro. Glenn Enochs of Bellwether Enterprise’s Greensboro office originated the loan using Fannie Mae’s Green Financing program on behalf of the borrower, Piedmont Place Apartment Property Investors. Bellwether Enterprise Real Estate Capital closed 52 loans totaling nearly $420 million in September alone, including the Piedmont Place financing.

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $7.5 million acquisition loan for Sedgefield Apartments, a 144-unit apartment community located at 4755 Country Club Road in Winston-Salem. Wanda Riggs Mack of NorthMarq’s Atlanta office arranged the seven-year loan with five years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. NorthMarq arranged the loan through its Fannie Mae DUS program on behalf of the borrower, Arcan Capital, which will own and manage Sedgefield Apartments.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Avison Young has arranged a nearly 100,000-square-foot industrial lease within Westlake Business Park in Charlotte. Printful, a Los Angeles-based print-on-demand e-commerce retailer, will occupy the entire building located at 11025 Westlake Drive, which will serve as the home of the company’s East Coast operations. Christopher Skibinski and Alex Spears of Avison Young’s Charlotte office represented Printful in the lease deal. Warren Snowden and David Hanna of Foundry Commercial represented the landlord.

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HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — Duke Realty has begun construction on a 45,000-square-foot expansion of the UNC REX Healthcare campus in Holly Springs. Located at 617 Avent Ferry Road, the new three-story structure will be attached to an existing 30,370-square-foot medical office building via a three-story glass atrium. Duke Realty will develop, finance, own and manage the new space, which will be fully leased to UNC REX, a Raleigh-based healthcare system. The design team includes architect BSA LifeStructures and general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie. Duke Realty plans to deliver the new medical office building in December 2017. UNC REX also plans to build a new 50-bed community hospital on the Holly Springs campus beginning next year.

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