WILMINGTON, N.C. — Financial Federal Bank has arranged a $19 million acquisition loan for Abbotts Run Apartments, a 264-unit multifamily community in Wilmington. Built in 2001, the garden-style property was 94 percent occupied at the time of financing. Rick Wood and Jon Van Hoozer of Financial Federal arranged the seven-year, floating-rate loan with two years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule through Freddie Mac.
MORRISVILLE AND RALEIGH, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the largest industrial/office sale in the Triangle region year-to-date, according to Real Capital Analytics. The sale included EastRidge at Perimeter Park in Morrisville and Spring Forest Business Center in Raleigh. The properties span 11 single-story buildings totaling 634,617 square feet. The sales price was not disclosed. The portfolio was 83 percent leased at the time of sale to 24 tenants including IXIA, Adreima, LabCorp, Ascom North America and Allstate. David Finger and Sara Owen of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer, Somerset Properties, will retain Hillman Duncan and Dennis Hurley of Cushman & Wakefield to lease the two properties.
CARY, N.C. — Lincoln Harris’ Raleigh office has brokered five leases totaling nearly 14,000 square feet at The Arboretum at Weston, an 80,000-square-foot mixed-use development located at the intersection of Harrison Avenue and Weston Parkway in Cary. Kaler Walker and John Mikels of Lincoln Harris represented the landlord, The Arboretum at Weston Holdings LLC, on all five leases. The deals include M/I Homes leasing 4,739 square feet for a sales center; Moe’s Southwest Grill renewed its 3,812-square-foot lease; GolfTEC renewed its 2,420-square-foot lease; Le Coiffure Hair Studio signed a lease for 1,571 square feet; and Dream Home Design for a 1,272-square-foot sales center and showroom. Michael Deaton of Deaton Investment Real Estate represented Le Coiffure Hair Studio in its lease deal. With the recent signings, the retail space at The Arboretum is almost fully leased. The center has two spaces totaling approximately 3,800 square feet available.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atlanta-based TWO Capital Partners and its capital advisor Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group have begun construction on Capital Crossing at Whitehall, a 271-unit apartment community in Charlotte’s Whitehall submarket. The community will be located adjacent to the 700-acre Whitehall Corporate Center and a planned Topgolf. Construction is anticipated to take approximately 18 months with lease-up commencing in the spring of 2017. Patterson arranged a roughly $25 million construction loan with Texas Capital Bank NA for the development, according to sources familiar with the transaction.
MEBANE AND WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) has brokered the sales of two apartment communities in North Carolina’s Triad region totaling $27.1 million. The two transactions include Peak Capital buying the 192-unit Spring Forest at Deerfield in Mebane from Cottonwood Residential and an undisclosed buyer purchasing the 294-unit Chesterfield in Winston-Salem from Brown Investments. Marc Robinson, Jordan McCarley and Watson Bryant of MHA’s Charlotte office represented the sellers in both transactions.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture partnership between Spectrum Properties and Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. has purchased two office buildings in Charlotte’s SouthPark submarket for $35.5 million, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Totaling 178,338 square feet, the Morrison and Roxborough Buildings are located at 6525 Morrison Blvd. and 1901 Roxborough Road, respectively. Lionstone Investments sold the four- and five-story buildings, which were about 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Velocity and South State Bank. Ryan Clutter and Scott Humphrey of HFF represented Lionstone Investments in the sale.
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — IRC Retail Centers Inc. has purchased Tanglewood Pavilions, a newly built, 158,000-square-foot retail power center located in Elizabeth City. IRC Retail Centers and joint venture partner Thompson Thrift Development Inc. broke ground on the center in October 2014 and completed construction within a year. The asset was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Hobby Lobby, Ross Dress for Less, T.J. Maxx and Dollar Tree. As part of the pre-negotiated joint venture agreement following Tanglewood Pavilions’ construction and stabilization, IRC Retail Partners acquired 100 percent ownership of the property from Thompson Thrift for an undisclosed price described as “a discount to fair market value” in IRC Retail Centers’ 2014 annual financial report. According to the report, the company provided 90 percent of the equity for the development, while Thompson Thrift provided the remaining 10 percent equity. Formerly known as Inland Real Estate Corp., IRC Retail Centers is owned by funds managed by DRA Advisors LLC.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has signed two leases with restaurateur Deedee Mills for two new dining concepts at 500 East Morehead, a seven-story office building in Uptown Charlotte. The 178,000-square-foot property is currently under construction. The two new dining concepts include The Packhouse, a Southern-themed restaurant, and Joe and Nosh, a quick service breakfast and lunch destination and coffee shop. Charles Thrift of Collett & Associates represented Beacon Partners in the lease transaction.
Raleigh’s office market is the strongest it’s been in years, with employment and corporate investments continuing to climb throughout the Triangle region. A current lull in the delivery of new construction and the market’s increased popularity have created a space crunch for Class A office space, especially for tenants seeking large blocks. While a good amount of new construction started or continued in 2015, there’s still a gap in “move-in ready” space. Vacancy fell from 11.7 percent in the second quarter to 11.2 percent in the third quarter, causing rent growth for Class A space. Direct asking rent increased from $23.81 per square foot in the second quarter to $24.14 per square foot in the third quarter and is expected to continue to increase until delivery of new construction picks up, which will likely be mid-2016/early 2017. The market has definitely shifted in favor of the landlord, and concessions that were made during the recession have fallen off as owners no longer have to offer them to secure tenants. Desire for Class A space in the Triangle has pushed pre-leasing rental rates to a historic high north of $33 per square foot — and they are likely go higher before …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE has arranged the $33.8 million sale of Fairview Center, two office buildings totaling 183,654 square feet. The properties are located at 6230 and 6302 Fairview Road in Charlotte’s SouthPark submarket. Atlanta-based Fairlead Commercial Real Estate purchased the assets from Beacon Partners. Fairview Center’s tenant roster includes McAngus Goudelock & Courie, United States Secret Service and ZAPATA. Patrick Gildea and Anne Vulcano of CBRE represented Beacon Partners in the transaction.
