CHARLOTTE, N.C. — TerraCap Management LLC has acquired Resource Square I, II and V for $59.3 million. The three properties are located within the Resource Square office campus and total 337,611 square feet. The property is located near Interstates 85, 77 and 485, as well as Charlotte’s LYNX Light Rail Blue Line. Patrick Gildea of CBRE represented the seller, The Dilweg Cos., in the transaction. IberiaBank provided TerraCap with an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the deal.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Canopy will break ground on an adaptive reuse project in Charlotte’s NoDa (North of Davidson) neighborhood. The project, known as Indigo CLT, will be located at 4000 Raleigh St. and will comprise 60,000 square feet of industrial space, 40,000 square feet of office space and 20,000 square feet of retail space. Situated along Charlotte’s LYNX Blue Line, the existing building on the site was built in 1954 as the former home to a mill company. Redevelopment plans for Indigo CLT will highlight the existing original architectural features, including its 18-foot ceilings, exposed brick and numerous skylights. The redevelopment plans also include a boutique apartment community adjacent to the existing building. Canopy and The Nichols Co. plan to target complementary retail tenants to support Indigo CLT’s live-work-play dynamic, such as a coffee shop/juice bar, second-generation brewery, bodega and fitness concept. Charlotte-based Canopy expects the project to deliver in spring 2020.
The momentum of the Charlotte office market continued in the first quarter of 2019, as office rents rose for an eighth consecutive quarter and the city notched a major economic development win with the announcement that BB&T and SunTrust would merge, creating a new bank that will be headquartered in Charlotte. The news came on the heels of announcements late last year that Honeywell plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to the city and that LendingTree would expand its headquarters, creating 436 jobs over five years. The city’s economic strength has been fueled by a growing labor market that was led by the tech sector in 2018. Last fall, CompTIA’s 2018 Tech Town Index found that Charlotte is the No. 1 city for information technology workers when it comes to job opportunity and cost of living. At the time of the report, more than 44,000 IT jobs had been posted in Charlotte over the previous 12 months. That number is projected to grow by 11 percent over the next five years as Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and Ally Financial look to fill IT jobs at all levels. Office rental rates in Charlotte increased by 6.5 percent …
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $71.5 million sale of The District, a 309-unit multifamily complex in Asheville. The property is located at 100 District Drive, three miles south of downtown Asheville. The District offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging from $1,248 to $2,700. Communal amenities include a 2,300-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, game room, lounge, business center and cyber café, heated saltwater pool, fenced dog park, picnic area with six grills and a car care center. Jordan McCarley, Marc Robinson and Watson Bryant of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Flournoy Development, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE has provided a $39.7 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan for Arbor Steele Creek, a 384-unit apartment community in southwest Charlotte. The borrower, a joint venture between Charleston, S.C.-based Blaze Partners and Acre Valley Real Estate Capital, plans to continue interior and exterior renovations. The previous owner, a joint venture between Blaze Partners and True North Management Group, acquired the property in 2017 and began renovations. The complex comprises 16 three-story buildings. Communal amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, business center, picnic areas with grilling stations, pet park, playground and a clubhouse.
Charlotte has been in expansion mode for several years, due to population growth, excellent logistics infrastructure, low operating costs and low unionization rates. At the mid-point of 2019, the market continues to expand at a healthy rate and is growing outward into Cabarrus, York and Gaston counties. This expansion follows a strong 12-month period ending first-quarter 2019 when nearly 6 million square feet of new product was delivered. Now encompassing 322 million square feet of space, Charlotte is the second largest industrial market in the Southeast. Charlotte’s accessible location and low cost of doing business is attracting many e-commerce and logistics providers, as well as more traditional industrial businesses looking to expand or realign their space requirements. One common theme is consolidation of business units, which has been a significant benefit to the Charlotte market. Among the examples are J.J. Haines & Co. consolidating its Carolina warehousing operations from several Carolinas locations into a 500,000-square-foot distribution center in Cabarrus County and Staples consolidating from multiple Charlotte facilities into a 600,000-square-foot logistics center in south Charlotte. Driven by available land and access to key transportation routes, a look at the market’s growth patterns shows that development and leasing are extending up …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners is set to break ground this month on The Square at South End, which will include a 10-story building that will feature 150,000 square feet of office space and 8,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The project will also include a multifamily building that will be connected by an outdoor plaza. Construction is expected to be complete by the end of 2020. Amenities at the office building will include outdoor decks on multiple floors, a 2,400-square-foot coffee bar for tenants and guests, two-story fitness center, outdoor wellness area and a 2,500-square-foot patio overlooking Uptown Charlotte. As part of the project, Beacon will partner with Mecklenburg County Park and Recreation to develop Wilmore Centennial Park, a 1.5-acre park located at the intersection of South Tryon and Kingston streets. Centro Cityworks will develop the multifamily portion of The Square at South End. The design teams for the office portion includes Axion as the architect, Edifice as the general contractor and LandDesign as the civil engineer. Kristy Venning and Erin Shaw of Beacon Partners will handle leasing. Sauceman’s, a local barbecue restaurant, plans to relocate to a new, larger space next to Sugar Creek Brewery.
WILMINGTON, N.C. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the $65.3 million sale of Sawmill Point, a four-story, 280-unit waterfront community in Wilmington. Completed in 2017, the property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a saltwater swimming pool, bocce ball court, fire pits and a hammock garden. The complex fronts 815 feet along Cape Fear River, which feeds into the Atlantic Ocean. Alex Okulski, John Heimburger, Dean Smith, Sean Wood, Jason Kon and John Munroe of NKF represented the seller, a joint venture between The Davis Cos., Gemini Partners LLC, Capital Properties, The Wills Cos., Fideli Investments and Symphony Properties LLC. Chaucer Creek Capital acquired the property.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — White Point and FCP have unveiled plans to redevelop historic Chadbourn Mill, a former hosiery and textile mill in Charlotte, into an adaptive office project. The new development will feature 40,000 square feet of office space and 2,000 square feet of restaurant space and retail space. JLL will be leasing the office component of the development, with Thrift Commercial Services handling the retail leasing. Construction is expected to be complete in 2020. The site is within walking distance to NoDa’s (North of Davidson) retail and entertainment venues as well as the LYNX Blue Line 25th St. station. Chadbourn Mill produced mostly women’s clothing from the 1930s to 1970s but has been out of use since.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lantower Residential has acquired Garrison Park, a 322-unit apartment complex in northeast Charlotte, for $62.8 million. The seller, The Spectrum Cos., delivered the asset in spring 2019. The property offers studio through three-bedroom floor plans and communal amenities such as a 4,100-square-foot fitness center, 7,500-square-foot clubhouse, saltwater swimming pool, dog park, game room and outdoor grilling areas. Garrison Park was 45 percent occupied at the time of sale. Lantower will rebrand the property as Lantower Garrison Park. Caleb Troop and Alex McDermott of Capstone Apartment Partners represented the seller in the transaction.
