ATLANTA — North American Properties (NAP) has closed on a nearly $170 million deal to purchase and redevelop Colony Square, a two-tower mixed-use complex in Midtown Atlanta. The property is located at the intersection of 14th and Peachtree streets and features 700,000 square feet of office space, the W Atlanta-Midtown (not included in the sale),140,000 square feet of retail space and a 2,000-stall, covered parking garage. NAP and its capital partner purchased the project from Tishman Speyer and Rialto Capital Management, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Cambridge Property Group has brokered the $64 million sale of a 128,571-square-foot mixed-use development located at 1250 23rd St. in Washington, D.C.’s West End submarket. Built in 1989 and renovated in 2010, the property was fully leased at the time of sale with more than 75 percent of the tenants encumbered by leases exceeding 10 years. Galaxy 23rd Street LLC, a joint venture between Hartford Investment Management Co. and Galaxy Investments LLC, purchased the development from W/G 1250 23rd Street NW LLC. Transwestern represented the seller in the transaction. The new ownership has retained Cambridge Property Group to provide property management and leasing services for the project.
NEW YORK CITY — Eastern Consolidated has arranged the sale of a block-front development site at 286-298 and 300-306 Wythe Ave. in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn. Tri-Boro Shelving & Partition Corp. sold the site to Brooklyn-based North Development Group for $27 million. The site consists of two contiguous lots that together can support construction of up to approximately 51,200 buildable square feet of residential or commercial space with a community facility. Current zoning for the properties allows for residential and commercial development. Nicole Rabinowitsch and Gabriel Saffioti of Eastern Consolidated represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
EMERSON, GA. — AVATRON USA Development LLC has selected Lee & Associates Atlanta to lease AVATRON Park, a 712-acre development housing a theme park and an adjacent hospitality and retail complex in Emerson, roughly 40 miles north of Atlanta. Slated for completion in early 2019, AVATRON Park will feature a theme park, 300,000-square-foot lifestyle shopping center, dining area, two hotels totaling 500 rooms and a 10,000-seat outdoor amphitheater. According to Joe Simpson of Lee & Associates Atlanta, the firm is primarily focused on hospitality and multifamily projects at the development and will work with New York–based Newmark Grubb Knight Frank on the retail projects. Attractions in development for the theme park will include newly created intellectual property along with gaming and movie industry intellectual property, most notably The Hunger Games franchise. In early November, movie studio Lionsgate announced its licensing, for the first time in North America, of the Hunger Games, Step Up and Now You See Me franchises as part of its partnership agreement with AVATRON.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a 6,012-square-foot mixed-use property in Chicago. The building, located at 2058 W. Roscoe St., sold for $1.7 million. Kyle Stengle of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller and secured and represented the buyer. Both parties in the transaction were undisclosed and were limited liability companies. The property includes one commercial tenant on the ground floor and five apartment units on the second and third floors.
NEW YORK CITY — Related Companies and Oxford Properties Group have closed on $1.3 billion in financing to fund 15 Hudson Yards, the first residential tower at the 28-acre Hudson Yards mixed-use development on Manhattan’s West Side. Already under construction, the building contains both rental and condominium apartments. The 960,000-square-foot building will be completed in 2018, and sales are expected to begin in mid-2016. Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Rockwell Group to obtain LEED Gold certification, 15 Hudson Yards will be 910 feet tall and will include 285 for-sale residences throughout its 70 stories, as well as 106 rental units. The property will offer unobstructed views of the city and Hudson River. Hudson Yards is being developed by Related Cos. and Oxford Properties Group and will include 17 million square feet of commercial and residential space, more than 100 shops and restaurants, including the first Neiman Marcus in New York City, approximately 5,000 residences, 14 acres of public open space, a new 750-seat public school and a 200-room, Equinox-branded luxury hotel. 15 Hudson Yards will have frontage on the newly created plaza at the center of Hudson Yards and is also adjacent to the …
NEW YORK CITY — Heritage Equity Partners and Lichtenstein Group have partnered to redevelop five vacant warehouses into Bushwick Generator. The interconnected buildings at 215 Moore St. in Brooklyn will be transformed into a 75,000-square-foot light industrial, office and retail property, offering space office or workspaces ranging from 1,500 square feet to 20,000 square feet. Brooklyn-based ABS Partners has been retained as the office leasing agent for the property, which is geared toward new economy industries, including tech, creative arts and food production.
CLEVELAND, OHIO — Weston Inc. and Citymark Capital have unveiled plans for a 3 million-square-foot mixed-use development in Cleveland. The five-acre area is currently occupied by parking lots that will be converted into luxury apartments, retail facilities, restaurants and green spaces. The development will include 1,200 residential units with a rooftop bar, deck and pool; approximately 100,000 square feet of retail space; green spaces and covered garage parking. The project will be built in fours phases. Phase I will include 352 units, 22,000 square feet of retail and 390 parking spots. Developers hope to break ground on Phase I in the spring of 2016. The first phase is slated for completion in the summer of 2017. The development will be one block west of Cleveland’s Public Square. Gensler will serve as the primary architect for the project and Gilbane Inc. will perform the construction.
CHICAGO — S Loop Chicago Development LLC has received approval from the Chicago Plan Commission to develop the first phase of a residential development located at the southwest corner of Grant Park in the city’s South Loop neighborhood. Phase I will feature a 76-story apartment tower to be designed by Rafael Viñoly Architects. The tower, 1200 S. Indiana, is slated to become one of the tallest residential buildings in Chicago. Phase I of the apartment building will feature 792 units, multiple amenity floors and a total of 622 parking spaces. The tower will provide options ranging from studios to three-bedroom units. The building will also include an indoor and outdoor pool, a fitness center and gathering spaces. The proposal for Phase II includes a 648-unit residential tower on the west end of the Phase I parcel and will be connected by ground-floor retail and parking at the base. The Phase III proposal calls for a 100-unit development. Once completed, the development will represent one of the final pieces within the Central Station master plan, a development that was previously stalled by the recession. S Loop Chicago Development purchased the three-acre site in 2012. Construction on the first phase of 1200 …
MIAMI — Colliers International has brokered the $65 million sale of the Holiday Inn Port of Miami located at 340 Biscayne Blvd. in Miami. Roughly 1.1 miles from the Port of Miami, the hotel will be the site of the proposed World Trade Center of the Americas, a 77-story mixed-use project that will feature 400 condominiums, 240 hotel rooms, 270,000 square feet of retail space and 246,000 square feet of office space, according to the Miami Herald. The city of Miami’s Urban Design Review Board has approved site plans for the project. An entity run by Gilberto Bomeny, the developer of the World Trade Center of the Americas, known as 340 Biscayne Owner LLC purchased the site from Marina Park Inn LLC. Larry Stockton and Jeff Resnick of Colliers International’s South Florida office brokered the sale.