ATLANTA — Westbridge Partners and the Martin family — also known as the Midtown West Associates/Brickworks — have formed a partnership to retrofit the last buildings of the historic Miller Union Stockyards in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood. The Martin family has owned the three-acre property located at the corner of 10th Street and Brady Avenue for more than 50 years. The tract includes two former meat-packing buildings constructed in the early 1900s. Westbridge and the Martin family will transform the historic property into 130,000 square feet of office and retail space known collectively as Stockyards Atlanta. The Martin family has redeveloped several historic properties in West Midtown, including The Brickworks at 1000 Marietta St. Cushman & Wakefield will lease the office space on behalf of the owners, which are hoping to attract tech firms, entrepreneurs and startup companies coming out of nearby Georgia Tech. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter, with a targeted opening date of summer 2016. Atlanta-based ai3 is the architect for Stockyards Atlanta.
Mixed-Use
ATLANTA — ARA Newmark has brokered the $72.5 million sale of Inman Quarter, a new mixed-use development in Atlanta’s Inman Park neighborhood. Still under construction, the development will include 200 apartment units, a 575-space parking garage and 38,957 square feet of retail space. The asset was 80 percent pre-leased at the time of sale. TriBridge Residential and Coro Realty Advisors purchased the property from a development partnership between Atlanta-based JPX Works, South City Partners and ELV Associates. John Weber and Dan Phelan of ARA Newmark represented the development partnership in the transaction, which was structured as a pre-sale contract with targeted leasing and rent parameters agreed upon by both the buyer and seller.
JACKSON, MISS. — Duckworth Realty Inc. has brokered the sale of the Plaza Building, a 12-story, 80,000-square-foot mixed-use tower in downtown Jackson. The property comprises ground-floor retail and restaurants, eight floors of office space and three floors of luxury apartments. The Plaza Building LLC purchased the tower for an undisclosed amount. John Michael Holtmann of Duckworth Realty Inc. represented the seller, GECMC 07-C1 Downtown Plaza LLC, a subsidiary of GECMC 2007-C1 Commercial Mortgage Trust that is specially serviced by Torchlight Loan Services. According to Duckworth, the Plaza Building was 71 percent occupied at the time of sale.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a mixed-use property located at 36-01 Vernon Blvd. in the Long Island City neighborhood of Queens. The asset sold for $2.5 million, or $278 per square foot. The four-story, 9,000-square-foot building features one commercial unit and seven three-bedroom apartments. David Chkheidze of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. The names of the buyer and seller were not released.
EAST FISHKILL, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Heritage Square, a mixed-use property located in East Fishkill. The 72,423-square-foot property sold for $6.5 million. Nathan Pealer of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a subsidiary of a financial institution, in the transaction. The name of the buyer was not released.
BURLINGTON, MASS. — A joint venture between National Development, AEW Capital Management and Charles Rivers Realty Investors is rebranding New England Executive Park in Burlington, which the partnership acquired in June 2013, as The District Burlington. The rebranding is part of a multi-phase redevelopment to revamp the 13-builting complex into a walkable, urban-style destination. The planned redevelopment will include a 170-room hotel, restaurant and retail space and a 350-car parking garage, as well as upgrades and renovations for select buildings to create state-of-the-art workspace. Scheduled to begin this summer, the upgrades include the construction of a new parking structure, renovation of Building 7, which will consist of a 54,000-square-foot addition to create 80,000 square feet of modern workspace, a green roof deck and glass exterior that will form the new terminus to the main street. Additional enhancements will include walking trails and utility, paving, lighting, signage and landscape improvements throughout the buildings and along the frontage. The complex features a build-to-suit opportunity of up to 180,000 square feet. AEW owns the property on behalf of the AEW Core Property Trust (U.S.), an open-end core real estate fund. Jones Lang LaSalle is the leasing agent for the property. The project team …
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Los Angeles-based George Smith Partners has closed a $125 million construction loan for the development of Celebration Pointe, a large-scale mixed-use development underway in Gainesville. George Smith Partners secured the financing on behalf of the project’s developers, comprising Gainesville-based SHD Development, Atlanta-based Ra Co Real Estate Advisors and Miami-based 1220G. Located at the intersection of I-75 and Archer Road and anchored by Bass Pro Shops, the $200 million, 1 million-square-foot Celebration Pointe will feature a mix of approximately 400,000 square feet of entertainment, outlet retail and restaurants uses, as well as a new 137-room Hotel Indigo. Phase I of Celebration Pointe is slated to open in fall 2016.
SAN FRANCISCO – Orinda Theatre Square, an eight-building, mixed-use property in the San Francisco Bay submarket of Orinda, has sold to an unnamed buyer for an undisclosed sum. The property is visible from Highway 24 and sits adjacent to the Orinda BART station. It was built in 1941 and expanded in 1986. Orinda Theatre features 47,610 square feet of office space and 42,927 square feet of retail space. The space is 98 percent leased to tenants like Starbucks, Serika Japanese Restaurant, Sweet Dreams Toy Store, Entourage Spa & Salon, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, Wells Fargo Advisors and Chicago Title. The seller was represented by HFF’s Steven Golubchik, Nicholas Bicardo and Brandon Rogoff.
Mission Capital Arranges $19M Acquisition, Renovation Loan for Mixed-Use Asset in Miami Beach
by John Nelson
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged $19 million in acquisition and renovation financing for the Variety Building, a 70-unit mixed-use building located at 1700 Alton Road in Miami Beach. The property will undergo renovations as the retail space is prepared for re-leasing and the residential component is converted to hospitality space. Jason Cohen, Jordan Ray, Ari Hirt and Axel DeAngelis of Mission Capital arranged the loan through Ladder Capital on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between Springhouse Partners and Forte Capital Management. The property’s current tenant roster includes scooter dealer Vespa Miami.
HOUSTON — PM Realty Group (PMRG) has revealed the plans and name for its development of a 35-acre tract in the center of Houston’s Energy Corridor, the previous location of the ExxonMobil Chemical headquarter campus. PMRG acquired the site in 2013. Republic Square, the $1 billion-plus, high-density mixed-use development, will include a mix of restaurants, hotels, meeting space and apartments. The development is situated between I-10 and Memorial Drive, bordering Terry Hershey Park, a 500-acre public park that winds through the Energy Corridor. PMRG plans to incorporate Republic Square with Terry Hershey Park to create a pedestrian-and-eco-friendly destination.