EAST MOLINE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.7 million sale of a Caliber Collision-occupied property in East Moline, a city in northwest Illinois. The net-leased building, located at 3912 17th St., was recently upgraded with $400,000 in renovations, including parking lot resurfacing, new HVAC and new LED lighting. Jake Carter, Dan Yozwiak and Darpan Patel of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor. Buyer information was not provided.
MEQUON, WIS. — Kleen Test Products Corp. has signed a 30,000-square-foot industrial lease at 1000 W. Donges Bay in Mequon, a northern suburb of Milwaukee. Paul McBride and John Davis of Founders 3 Real Estate Services represented the owner, Stern Real Estate LLC. The tenant develops, manufactures and packages items such as wet wipes and dryer sheets.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated a 45,689-square-foot office lease at 1180 Avenue of the Americas in Midtown Manhattan. The tenant, nonprofit organization SelfHelp Community Services, will occupy the entire second and third floors of the 398,937-square-foot building. Mark Boisi, Bryan Boisi, Michael Baraldi and Harry Blair of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Northwood Investors, in the lease negotiations. Thomas Hines of Transwestern, along with Stephen Powers, Lindsay Ornstein and Alex Smith of OPEN Impact Real Estate, represented the tenant.
NEW YORK CITY — ENT & Allergy Associates has signed an 8,200-square-foot lease renewal and expansion in the Flushing area of Queens. The provider is expanding from 1,800 to 10,000 square feet at the 37,421-square-foot retail and medical center located at 35-30 Francis Lewis Blvd. Jonathan Serko of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Miles Mahony of RIPCO Real Estate represented the locally based landlord, Simone Development Cos.
MIAMI — JDS Development Group has unveiled plans for Mercedes-Benz Places, a 67-story mixed-use tower that will be located in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood. Designed by SHoP Architects and developed in partnership with the German automaker, Mercedes-Benz Places will feature 791 condominium units, a 174-room hotel, 200,000 square feet of office space, retail space, restaurant space and onsite parking. Preliminary sitework is underway, and initial occupancy is slated for 2027. Residential units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. All residents and hotel guests will have individual balconies and terraces with views of the Miami skyline, Biscayne Bay and the Atlantic Ocean, as well as access to more than 130,000 square feet of shared indoor and outdoor amenity space. In addition, Mercedes-Benz Places will feature electric vehicle charging stations, a ridesharing fleet of cars for residents, and bicycle and scooter sharing programs. Canopies of trees and native vegetation, courtesy of urban landscape designer Field Operations, will also dot the property. “Our branded real estate venture in Miami embodies the strategy behind Mercedes-Benz Places — we want to develop exclusive residences with our partner that are undeniably Mercedes-Benz and create a new mode of urban living with vibrant communities,” …
By Lisa Narducci-Nix of Drucker + Falk As a third-party manager of more than 7,000 multifamily units in the Raleigh-Durham metropolitan area, the question we’ve been asked the most lately is, “What do you see for 2024 in terms of rent growth and occupancy?” Alongside other concerning variables such as liability insurance and payroll, rent and occupancy performance seem to be front and center in most conversations. Rents have notably cooled from the unprecedented growth enjoyed most of 2022. According to a multifamily market report on Raleigh by Yardi Matrix, rent growth was negative 0.2 percent in third-quarter 2023 compared to the second quarter and down 1.5 percent on a year-over-year basis. We expect that those numbers represent a market correction of sorts from the unsustainable growth in 2022 as employment and population growth remain strong in the Raleigh-Durham market. In recent headlines, Apple is planning to begin its first phase of its 281-acre office campus, which will add 3,000 jobs at full build-out, and VinFast will begin developing its $4 billion electric vehicle plant in nearby Chatham County in 2025. Additionally, the U.S. Census Bureau found that the population of the Raleigh-Durham MSA grew by 2 percent in 2021 …
TYSONS CORNER, VA. — Greystone has provided $39 million in Freddie Mac tax-exempt loan (TEL) unfunded forward financing for the construction of 265 units within a new affordable housing development in Tysons Corner, a city roughly 16 miles west of Washington, D.C. Pharrah Jackson of Greystone originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH). Located at 1592 Spring Hill Road, the property is situated within the larger The Exchange at Spring Hill Station development. Upon completion, the community will total 516 units across two, 20-story buildings — Dominion North and Dominion South — and will mark the first multifamily property in Tysons to comprise 100 percent affordable housing units, according to Greystone. In addition to the residential buildings, the project will include a community center condominium owned and managed by Fairfax County. Dominion North, the subject of the financing, will feature 55 one-bedroom units, 146 two-bedroom units and 64 three-bedroom units, with varying affordability restrictions. The Fairfax County Redevelopment and Housing Authority (FCRHA) has also approved and awarded the developer 40 project-based vouchers, which will require that 40 units be leased to residents earning 30 percent or less of the area median income (AMI). …
OSPREY, FLA. — Kolter Multifamily, an affiliate of Delray Beach, Fla.-based The Kolter Group, has broken ground on Alton Osprey, a 252-unit apartment community in Osprey. Situated at 174 E. Bay St. roughly 10 miles outside of Sarasota, the property will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units within three-, four- and five-story buildings. Apartments will range from 740 to 1,492 square feet. Amenities will include a swimming pool, fireside lounge, outdoor kitchen with grills, business center, conference room, coworking offices with a coffee bar and free Wi-Fi, game lounge and a fitness center with a yoga and spin studio. The property will also feature bike storage areas, package acceptance services and electric vehicle charging stations. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
LAKE MARY, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Shoppes of Lake Mary, a 74,234-square-foot shopping center located in Lake Mary, roughly 20 miles outside Orlando. The property was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including HomeSense, PNC Bank, Jeremiah’s Italian Ice and Gator’s Dockside. An entity related to shopping center owner/developer Phillips Edison & Co. acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Mark Gilbert, Adam Feinstein and Mitchell Halpern of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an affiliate of Nuveen Real Estate, in the transaction.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Merit Bank has opened at The Range, The Beach Co.’s 49,229-square-foot office building located on Governors Drive in Huntsville. Merit Bank now occupies the third floor of the property, which spans roughly 17,433 square feet, in addition to a first-floor retail branch, with a total 20,000 square feet of occupancy. The Range features a common-area courtyard, high-speed Gigabyte internet and walkability to nearby restaurants, entertainment and retailers. The building is also situated adjacent to The Foundry, a 340-unit multifamily and townhome community, and STOVEHOUSE, a mixed-use development.