CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Fresh Market has signed a lease for a new location in the Dilworth Gardens Shopping Center in Charlotte. The specialty grocer’s new store will be located at East Boulevard and Scott Avenue. Once opened, the new store will be the Greensboro, N.C.-based company’s 21st store in North Carolina and its sixth in the metro Charlotte area. The grocer currently operates 168 stores in 27 states.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — HFF has arranged $7.6 million in acquisition financing for Quail Plaza, an 86,979-square-foot office building located at 7621 Little Ave. in south Charlotte. Travis Anderson, Jim Curtin, Cory Fowler and Ryan O’Dwyer of HFF arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through Wells Fargo Bank on behalf of the borrower, TriGate Capital. The five-story office building was 84 percent leased at the time of financing to tenants such as The Steritech Group, FedEx, American Realty Capital, Landworks Design Group PA, Union Security and Mutual of Omaha.
WASHINGTON, N.C. — Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. has entered into a contract to acquire Washington Square, a 261,566-square-foot shopping center located in Washington. The Virginia Beach, Va.-based REIT will acquire the property from a private seller in an off-market transaction for $20 million using a combination of cash and debt. Built in 1971, the shopping center is fully leased to tenants such as Piggly Wiggly, Rite Aid, Hallmark, Shoe Show and Cato Fashions. Piggly Wiggly’s lease expires in 2017 and Food Lion has executed a lease to replace the grocer.
RALEIGH, N.C. — HFF has secured $26.5 million in financing for Summermill at Falls River, a 320-unit, Class A apartment community in Raleigh. Completed in 2002, the multifamily property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 1,095 square feet and was 96 percent occupied at the time of financing. Summermill at Falls River’s amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, children’s playground, business center and access to walking trails at the Annie Louise Wilkerson, MD Nature Preserve Park. Matthew Schoenfeldt, Jason Bond, Jimmy Conley and Travis Anderson of HFF arranged the seven-year, interest-only loan through Freddie Mac’s CME program on behalf of the borrower, Banner Apartments LLC, a multifamily owner and developer based in Northbrook, Ill.
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — TradeMark Properties has brokered the $16.5 million sale of the Concourse Building, a 131,553-square-foot office building located at One Copley Way in Morrisville, roughly 14 miles west of Raleigh. Fred Dickens of TradeMark represented the undisclosed seller in the off-market transaction. The buyer, Virginia Beach-based Continental Capital Partners, has retained TradeMark to lease the Class A property.
CONCORD, N.C. — Griffin Capital Essential Asset REIT II Inc., a non-traded REIT sponsored by Griffin Capital Corp., has purchased the Owens Corning Building in Concord, part of Charlotte’s Northeast industrial submarket. The 61,200-square-foot, Class A industrial property is under a long-term lease agreement with Owens Corning. Patrick Gildea, Anne Johnson and Bryan Crutcher of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bluerock Residential Growth REIT Inc. (BRG) has acquired a newly constructed apartment community in Charlotte’s South End neighborhood known as the Park & Kingston Apartments. BRG purchased the 168-unit asset in a joint venture with Bluerock Special Opportunity + Income Fund III LLC for roughly $30.7 million. BRG funded the acquisition with $6.3 million in equity and a five-year, $15.3 million Fannie Mae loan that features a fixed interest rate of 3.21 percent and five years of interest-only payments. Park & Kingston’s amenity package includes a rooftop terrace with uptown skyline views, internet cafes, coffee bars, private courtyards, pool and sundeck, outdoor fireplaces, dining and grilling stations, controlled access covered parking and a fitness studio. The seller was Park Kingston Investors LLC.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Piedmont Properties/CORFAC International has brokered the $4 million sale of an 80,000-square-foot industrial property located at 10210 Pineville Road in Charlotte. The purchase also included 10 acres of land. Jim Plyler of Piedmont/CORFAC and Xan Law of Investment Partners of Charlotte Ltd. represented the seller, Ellison Co. Inc., in the transaction. Plyler and Law also procured the buyer, TT of HY Pineville LLC.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Camden Property Trust has opened Camden Southline, an upscale apartment community located at 2300 South Blvd. in Charlotte’s South End neighborhood. The apartment community offers studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments with amenities like a saltwater pool, on-site fitness center with virtual trainer and yoga zone, high-speed internet and Wi-Fi, cable through AT&T U-Verse and full-size washer and dryers. Camden Southline is also pet-friendly and features a Paw Spa and an unleashed dog park. The property is one of 10 Camden communities in the Charlotte metro area.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trinity Partners has brokered the $8.5 million sale of Three South Executive Park, a 54,000-square-foot office building located at 6115 Park South Drive in Charlotte’s SouthPark submarket. Chicago-based Origin Capital Partners purchased the property from an unnamed private partnership. The office building was 86 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Signature Healthcare, Carolinas ACG and Wyndham Capital Mortgage. This is Origin Capital’s second acquisition in Charlotte — the company purchased Cambridge Corporate Center in August 2014. Dunn Mileham of Trinity Partners represented the seller in the transaction.