CUMMING, GA. — Atlanta-based Cannon Equities has sold office and retail space at Vickery Village, a master-planned development located at 5755 S. Vickery St. in Cumming, a suburb of Atlanta. Cannon Equities sold a 57,064-square-foot retail building and a 5,200-square-foot office building in Vickery Village. Fred Victor of Transwestern represented Cannon Equities in the transaction. Evolution Real Estate Partners purchased Vickery Village for an undisclosed amount.
LOS ANGELES – A joint venture between BLVD Partners LLC and Arris Investments has acquired a 25,000-square-foot, mixed-use building in the Los Angeles submarket of Venice Beach for $11.5 million. The two-story building is located on Lincoln Boulevard at Rose Avenue. It is divided between retail and office space, with a 30 percent occupancy rate at the time of closing. The creative office space will be marketed by Industry Partners. The acquisition also included an adjacent 55-stall surface parking lot. CBRE’s Jeff Pion represented both the buyer and seller, a private partnership, in this transaction. Acquisition financing was provided by Latitude Real Estate Investors. Sklar Kirsh attorney Andrew Kirsh also advised the JV on the purchase and acquisition financing.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — AFIAA, the investment foundation of 35 Swiss pension funds, has purchased Arch Square, a mixed-use building in Washington, D.C.’s Chinatown neighborhood, for roughly $104.3 million. The 54,896-square-foot property was built before World War II and refurbished in 2012. The property features retail space on the first two floors and office space on the top two floors. The office space is leased to the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, and the property’s retail tenant roster includes Walgreens, Sports Zone Elite and Panera Bread. Arch Square is located less than one mile from the White House at the corner of 7th and H streets in Washington, D.C.’s East End submarket.
NEW ORLEANS — Corporate Realty has begun marketing the redeveloped Factor’s Row, a retail development located at the corner of Perdido and Carondelet streets in New Orleans. The ground-floor retail space has 14- to 17-foot ceilings and large storefront windows. The redevelopment project of Factor’s Row, which was built in 1858, will feature 9,484 square feet of ground-floor retail space and 50 upper floor luxury apartments. The redevelopment will also include upgrades to the adjacent Thiberge Building.
The Nashville retail market continues to gain momentum. With approximately 338,773 square feet of retail construction underway, Nashville remains in a growth and expansion phase, with nationally recognized retail that offers unique options for tourists and locals. In 2014, approximately 53 restaurants opened, most notably Chauhan Ale and Masala House, Sinema, Prima, Acme Feed & Seed, Adele’s, City Winery, Two Ten Jack, Moto Cucina + Enoteca, Epice and Party Foul. Most of these landed in hot neighborhoods — The Gulch, East Nashville, 12th South, SoBro and Germantown. Nationally and locally we’re seeing demand for grocery-anchored retail. Demand has outstripped supply by a long shot. Major grocers own much of their real estate, and Publix followed suit in 2014, acquiring some centers it anchors, leaving fewer investor opportunities that will drive pricing and also move some investors into opportunities anchored by regional or independent grocers, or shadow-anchored assets. We actually expect non-retail projects to change the dynamic in Nashville in 2015. Within the Downtown loop, retail was non-existent, but with 1,000 new hotel rooms, 2,493 residential units and several new office projects under construction, bringing 5,000 more workers downtown, retail will follow. The $232.6 million Highwoods development for Bridgestone’s U.S. headquarters …
INDIANAPOLIS — 21c Museum Hotels plans to redevelop Old City Hall in downtown Indianapolis into a museum and hotel space. The $55 million project will be redeveloped following the approval of city and other financing incentives. The project will include the rehabilitation of Old City Hall and the construction of a new addition on the adjacent parcel into a 21c Museum Hotel and unique tenant space. The property will feature a boutique hotel with approximately 150 rooms, guest suites with private terraces on the rooftop, art-filled meeting and event spaces. The tenant space will occupy the second, third and fourth floors of Old City Hall. The property will also feature rotating exhibitions that reflect the global nature of art today, as well as site-specific installations and cultural programming. 21c will manage the tenant spaces and work with the city to lease space to arts-related tenants. New York-based architects Deborah Berke Partners will design the property. 21c will secure approximately $29 million in project financing, which includes equity and debt. The company will also work closely with the city to apply for an $11.3 million federal loan through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Section 108 program, which will …
NEW YORK CITY — Dalan Management has partnered with RWN Real Estate Partners to purchase the long-term leasehold of The Indigo in Midtown East for $47 million. Located at 230 East 44th St., the 14-story, 135,315-square-foot building features 164 residential units, the Piccolo Fiore restaurant, Pink Blossom Nail Salon and a 25,000-square-foot parking garage. The buyers acquired the leasehold interest in the property and restructured the ground lease to include a 99-year term with contractual rent and no fair market rent resets. The seller is a partnership of Atlantic Realty Group, Moezinia Bros. Capital and 230 MD Member. M&T Bank provided financing for the acquisition. Venture Capital Properties represented the seller in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the $1.1 million sale of a 23-unit mixed-use building located at 4712-20 W. Diversey Ave. in the Kelvyn Park neighborhood northwest of Chicago. The property includes five retail spaces, 10 studio apartments and eight one-bedroom apartments. Joe Smazal and James Clough of Interra represented the undisclosed seller.
SPRINGFIELD, N.J. — CBRE FAMECO, a retail division of CBRE Group, has brokered the $5.5 million sale of the former 6th Avenue Electronics store, corporate office and warehouse facility at 22 Route 22 in Springfield. The undisclosed buyer plans to convert the 70,040-square-foot property into an 85,000-square-foot Metro Self Storage facility. The climate-controlled property will feature state-of-the-art security, two sets of elevators, four drive-in loading bays and an office component. Steven Winters of CBRE FAMECO represented the undisclosed seller, while Ed Horne of HK Commercial Realty Advisors LLC represented the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — Trevian Capital has funded a $22 million first-mortgage bridge loan for a five-story, 17,247-square-foot building in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan. The loan was used to pay off a matured first mortgage and to fund the conversion of the upper floors into four full-floor residential condos and reconfigure the ground-level retail cellar and sub-cellar. Terms and details of the transaction were not disclosed.
