North Carolina

Crescent Communities Buys 84,800 SF One University Place Office Building in Charlotte’s University Submarket

by Julia Sanders April 23, 2021

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An affiliate of Crescent Communities has purchased One University Place, an 84,800-square-foot suburban office building located in Charlotte’s University office submarket. Dunn Mileham and David Morris of Trinity Partners handled the transaction on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of Chicago-based Origin Investments, located in Chicago, Ill. According to the Charlotte Business Journal, the price was nearly $12.8 million. One University Place was 86 percent leased at the time of sale. The office building is situated on six acres near the J.W. Clay and UNCC Lynx Blue Line stations. After purchasing the office building in 2015, Origin executed a capital improvement plan that transitioned the late-80s office building to a more modern design. Crescent Communities has retained Trinity Partners to continue providing leasing and management services at One University Place.

April 23, 2021

Development Industrial North Carolina Southeast

Beacon Partners Breaks Ground on 525,030 SF Logistics Facility in Metro Charlotte

by Julia Sanders April 21, 2021

PINEVILLE, N.C. — Charlotte-based Beacon Partners has broken ground on a 525,030-square-foot speculative logistics building at Carolina Logistics Park near the Westinghouse Boulevard and Nations Ford Road interchange in Pineville. The mass grading and road infrastructure for the 288-acre park is underway and will be complete by the end of the year. The Carolina Logistics Park building will be able to accommodate several tenants and is designed to appeal to the large-building demand. The site is approximately 14 miles south of Charlotte and is in close proximity to Interstates 85, 485 and 77. Located at 11925 Carolina Logistics Drive, the new building will feature 40-foot clear heights, 190-foot concrete truck courts with trailer parking, floor slabs and 139 trailer stalls. The building is slated for completion early in 2022. When finished, Carolina Logistics Park will accommodate up to 3.5 million square feet of new Class A distribution and manufacturing space. The project team includes general contractor The Conlan Co., architect Merriman Schmitt Architects and civil engineer Orsborn Engineering Group. Wells Fargo provided construction financing.

April 21, 2021

Industrial Loans North Carolina Southeast

Ready Capital Closes $11.3M Financing for Adaptive Reuse Project in Charlotte

by Julia Sanders April 21, 2021

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ready Capital has closed an $11.3 million loan for the recapitalization, redevelopment and lease-up of an approximately 72,000-square-foot, Class B industrial, adaptive reuse project located in northwest Charlotte. Upon closing, the sponsor will reposition the property from industrial/flex to mixed-use (office/retail). The sponsor is targeting creative office and experiential retail tenants and will also carve out an area that will be used as an event space. The non-recourse, interest-only loan provides future funding for capital expenditures, tenant leasing costs and interest shortfalls. Additionally, it includes a one-time earnout, which the sponsor is eligible for throughout the first 24 months of the loan term. The loan features a 36-month term, two extension options and flexible prepayment. The borrower was not disclosed.

April 21, 2021

Acquisitions Georgia Mixed-Use North Carolina Office Southeast Top Stories

Preferred Apartment Communities Agrees to Sell Southeast Office Portfolio to Highwoods for $717M

by John Nelson April 20, 2021

ATLANTA AND RALEIGH, N.C. — Preferred Apartment Communities (NYSE: APTS) has agreed to sell a portfolio of office assets in Atlanta and North Carolina to Highwoods Properties Inc. (NYSE: HIW). The deal, which is expected to close during the third quarter, is valued at $717 million and includes $28 million of planned improvements and $5 million in transaction costs. The sale comprises the bulk of Preferred Apartment Communities’ (PAC) office assets. Joel Murphy, president and CEO of the Atlanta-based REIT, says that the sale of the office portfolio is part of a larger plan to simplify its real estate footprint. The company also sold a portfolio of student housing properties last year as part of that plan. “Upon closing, PAC’s real estate portfolio will be further streamlined with an increased primary weighting on our core, Class A, suburban Sun Belt multifamily business and our complementary 100 percent grocery-anchored Sun Belt retail investments,” says Murphy, referring to PAC’s wholly owned retail investment subsidiary New Market Properties LLC. The portfolio sale to Highwoods includes seven properties in Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh. The assets include: • 150 Fayetteville, a 560,000-square-foot tower in downtown Raleigh • Capitol Towers, a two-building complex in Charlotte’s SouthPark …

April 20, 2021

Development Healthcare North Carolina Southeast

Duke Health Opens $102.4M Behavioral Healthcare Facility in Durham

by Julia Sanders April 14, 2021

DURHAM, N.C. — Duke Health has opened a newly built center at Duke Regional Hospital in Durham that services behavioral therapy patients. The new center plans to combine the behavioral health services that had been offered separately at Duke University and Duke Regional hospitals. The facility, known as Duke Behavioral Health Center North Durham, cost $102.4 million to build. The Duke Behavioral Health Center North Durham project also includes an expansion of the hospital’s emergency department, which has been moving into the new space on a rolling basis as construction is completed. The new behavioral health services at the facility include 42 private inpatient rooms with two courtyards; 18 private treatment spaces in the emergency department with a courtyard; 30 outpatient clinic rooms; and electroconvulsive therapy. The new addition increases capacity from 36 to 49 treatment rooms. Construction started inside in the hospital in March 2018. The public entrance that had recently been near Cancer Services opened yesterday at its permanent location off Crutchfield Street, adjacent to the main hospital building.

April 14, 2021

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Partners Group Sells East Coast Industrial Portfolio for $1B

by John Nelson April 13, 2021

BAAR, SWITZERLAND — Partners Group has sold an industrial portfolio on the East Coast in excess of $1 billion on behalf of its institutional clients. The 8.6 million-square-foot portfolio comprises 88 shallow-bay and bulk distribution centers located across five markets: Raleigh-Durham, Atlanta, Nashville, Norfolk and Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. “We are proud to see the transformational results of the work we have done during the past three years and believe this exit represents an excellent outcome for our clients,” says Ron Lamontagne, managing director and co-head of private real estate for the Americas at Partners Group. Partners Group originally purchased the portfolio across three separate investments with Equus Capital Partners, an investment management firm based in metro Philadelphia. The buyer, an undisclosed life insurance company, is entering into two joint ventures with Equus Capital Partners to recapitalize the portfolio. The recapitalization will include one joint venture that holds assets within the portfolio with a long-term, income-focused return profile. The second joint venture will include assets suited to a shorter term, total return-driven strategy. The shallow-bay portion of the portfolio totals 3.8 million square feet and comprises 54 buildings within six industrial parks in Raleigh-Durham, as well as 19 buildings in …

April 13, 2021

Acquisitions North Carolina Retail Southeast

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $7.6M Sale of Store in Rockingham, North Carolina Leased to Lowe’s

by Julia Sanders April 7, 2021

ROCKINGHAM, N.C. — Don McMinn of Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group has brokered the $7.6 million sale of a 129,529-square-foot retail store leased to Lowe’s Home Improvement in Rockingham, a suburb of Charlotte. Realty Income, a net-lease REIT based in San Diego, purchased the property from the seller, an entity doing business as Tri City Rockingham LLC. The Lowe’s Home Improvement property is located at 1300-A E Broad Ave. and is located near a FastMed Urgent Care, McDonald’s, KFC, Taco Loko and a Walgreens. The property is located 72 miles from Charlotte, and is 17 miles away from Wallace, S.C. “This transaction illustrates the demand for essential net-lease retail. Home improvement was one of the sectors that got a boost from the pandemic, and institutional and private capital are looking to deploy into these and other essential tenants,” says McMinn.

April 7, 2021

Leasing Activity North Carolina Retail Southeast

WRS Signs Bin City Bargains to 20,243 SF Lease at Mayberry Mall in Mount Airy, North Carolina

by Julia Sanders April 6, 2021

MOUNT AIRY, N.C. — WRS Inc. Real Estate Investments has leased 20,243 square feet of retail space at The Mayberry Mall in Mount Airy to Bin City Bargains. The retailer is a family-owned liquidation company featuring products from major online retailers, as well as big box department stores. Bin City Bargains sell new overstock items as well as box-damaged and returned goods at a flat price per day. The new store will offer two restocks per week and the prices decrease daily. Originally opened in 1968, The Mayberry Mall is located at 388 Frederick St. and is currently leased to tenants such as Hobby Lobby, Belk, Hallmark, Shoe Dept., Enmar Accessories, L.A. Nails and Good Fudge. The mall is named after the fictional town of Mayberry from “The Andy Griffith Show.” The namesake of the show, late comedian Andy Griffith who also starred in the series “Matlock,” was born and raised in Mount Airy.

April 6, 2021

Acquisitions North Carolina Office Southeast

Tri Properties | NAI Carolantic Brokers $26.5M Sale of Office Building in Raleigh

by Julia Sanders April 5, 2021

RALEIGH, N.C. — Tri Properties | NAI Carolantic has brokered the $26.5 million sale of Trinity Place, a four-story, Class A office building located at 1201 Edwards Mill Road in Raleigh. The 113,368 square-foot-building is situated on 6.3 acres across from PNC Arena. Jimmy Barnes of Tri Properties | NAI Carolantic, handled the transaction on behalf of the buyer, JPB Raleigh Holdings. The seller was Chicago-based Origin-Trinity Holding. Trinity Place was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants representing a diverse mix of industries, including public relations, insurance, real estate, data processing and other business services. JPB Raleigh Holdings currently owns over 400,000 square feet of Class A office space in its Raleigh/Durham portfolio, including other buildings such as Northchase on Six Forks Road and Time & Temperature on Glenwood Avenue. The firm has renovation plans to refurbish Trinity Place’s lobby and common areas and upgrade the landscaping. Tri Properties | NAI Carolantic will handle the leasing and management.

April 5, 2021

Loans Multifamily North Carolina Southeast

Grandbridge Facilitates $21.9M Refinancing of Multifamily Property in Mooresville, North Carolina

by Julia Sanders April 2, 2021

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has facilitated a $21.9 million loan for Ardmore at Alcove Apartments, a 150-unit garden-style multifamily property in Mooresville. Thomas Wiedeman of Grandbridge originated the refinancing through an unnamed life insurance company on behalf of the borrowers, Ardmore Residential and LaSalle Investment Management. The seven-year, fixed-rate loan was structured with an initial interest-only term followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Ardmore at Alcove Apartments features a two-story clubhouse with a sun deck, fitness center, business center and billiards room. Other community amenities include a swimming pool with cabanas, a covered outdoor pavilion area with a flat-screen TV, fireplace and grilling stations, as well as a playground and dog park. Interior finishes include stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, Shaker-style cabinetry and nine-foot ceiling heights. The property is located close to Interstate 77, which allows access to Charlotte and downtown Mooresville.

April 2, 2021

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