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Midlothian Crossing

NORTH CHESTERFIELD, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has arranged the sale of Midlothian Crossing in North Chesterfield, about 9.7 miles south of Richmond. Midlothian Crossing is an 87,938-square-foot shopping center that was 95.6 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Big Lots and Goodwill. Catharine Spangler of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller, an entity doing business as RCC Midlothian Crossing LLC. The Richmond-based buyer, an entity doing business as 8501 MIDLO PIKE LCC, acquired the property for $6.6 million. Located off the Midlothian Turnpike, Midlothian Crossing’s tenant roster includes Red Wing Shoes, Alliance Rehabilitation, PeopleReady Inc. and John Smith Subs. The center has 406 surface parking spots.

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By Matthew Harding, CEO, Levin Management Corp. Serving as one-stop destinations to meet consumers’ daily needs, open-air shopping centers — especially those with grocery anchors — have long been a fan favorite of shoppers, tenants and investors. Over the past 18 months, this asset class has again proven its ability to adapt and serve in any market climate — and under the most challenging of circumstances.  Operational Flexibility Is Key By their nature, neighborhood, community and power centers provide a higher level of operational flexibility than other commercial product types. For example, during pandemic-fueled business interruptions, open-air environments enabled tenants to be more creative and accommodate new or expanded uses. This included increasing outdoor space for dining or fitness classes and expanding fulfillment options by setting up curbside pick up. Levin Management’s own mid-year survey of store managers within our leased and managed portfolio, which is comprised largely of open-air product, showed that many of the changes that were made out of necessity last year are now being kept as best practices. For the most part, tenants are responding to stepped-up prioritization of customer convenience. We have seen how quickly shoppers came back out once they could. Ultimately, people like …

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TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Seefried Industrial Properties has broken ground on a 2.8 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Tallahassee. The developer did not disclose the tenant, but the Tallahassee Democrat reported that the occupant will be Amazon. Dubbed “Project Mango,” the development will be situated on 118 acres near the Mahan Drive and I-10 interchange. Seefried says that the four-story project is record-breaking in terms of its size and functionality, and that it will feature cutting-edge material handling and product retrieval systems. Equipped with advanced robotics technology, the property will assist in efficient package delivery. The facility will feature 49 dock doors, 1,250 car parking spaces, 265 trailer spaces and 100,000 square feet of office and break room space. The fulfillment center is expected to generate 1,346 full-time jobs and an economic impact of $451 million, according to Seefried. The Conlan Co. is serving as general contractor. Completion is slated for the fourth quarter of 2022. Amazon also recently unveiled plans for a new fulfillment center in Port St. Lucie, Fla., along with five new delivery stations in the Sunshine State. The e-commerce giant currently operates more than 50 sites in Florida that support customer fulfillment and delivery operations. Atlanta-based Seefried is …

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CapRock

PHOENIX, ARIZ. — CapRock Partners has broken ground on CapRock West 202 Logistics, a 183-acre speculative industrial project in Phoenix. The eight-building, Class A industrial warehouse complex will total 3.4 million square feet. The project will be developed in two phases. Phase I will start in November 2021, with completion and delivery anticipated by the end of 2022. The first phase will include the first five buildings, totaling approximately 2.5 million square feet. The timeline for Phase II was not disclosed. Estimated development costs were also not released. The project will feature buildings ranging from 228,000 to 1.1 million square feet, with clear heights between 32-feet and 40-feet. All buildings will feature dock-high and ground-level loading with secured concrete truck courts. Each of the buildings are designed with varying depths and are divisible to accommodate multiple tenants. The project is the largest speculative industrial development in the history of Phoenix, according to CapRock. Bob O’Neill, senior vice president of acquisitions at CapRock Partners, said the CapRock West 202 Logistics project will be bigger than any other industrial project in Phoenix by more than 1 million square feet. “Phoenix is now the fifth largest municipality in the United States, and also …

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Artists Lofts

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Parkview Financial has provided a $42.5 million construction loan for the development of Artist Lofts, a multifamily property located at 1217-31 2nd Ave. N in the Germantown submarket of Nashville, about one mile outside of downtown. The non-recourse loan has a 24 month-term with two three-month extensions. Situated on a 0.9-acre parcel, the Artist Lofts project will offer 210 multifamily units, 3,800 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a parking garage with 250 spaces. The property will include one five-story building with a unit mix of 51 studios averaging 612 square feet; 110 one-bedroom units averaging 710 square feet; and 49 two-bedroom units averaging 996 square feet. Community amenities will include a clubhouse and lounge, fitness center, pool and sundeck, dog park and leasing center. The borrower, an entity doing business as Monroe Germantown Holdings LLC, acquired the infill site at the end of 2020 and has completed the entitlement and permitting process. Construction is now underway and is slated for completion by fall 2023.

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Huntington Place

CLEVELAND — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured $40.2 million in Fannie Mae financing for three multifamily properties in Michigan, South Carolina and Florida. Dirk Falardeau and David Pyc of KeyBank structured the fixed-rate refinancing on behalf of the borrower, The Benchmark Group, a New York-based real estate developer, investor and manager. The properties include Autumn Woods in Sterling Heights, Mich.; Huntington Place in Columbia, S.C.; and Village at University Square in Tampa, Fla. Built in 1973, Autumn Woods is a 286-unit affordable housing community with 42 one- and two-story buildings on 30 acres of land. The community offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities include playgrounds and a basketball court. Located at 44401 Bridal Lane, the property is situated about 22.4 miles south of Detroit and is near Lake Saint Clair, as well as golf courses such as Clinton River Park. Autumn Woods is also 3.4 miles from the University of Detroit Mercy and nine miles from Baker College of Clinton Township. Built in 1998, Huntington Place includes eight one- and three-story buildings on 17 acres of land. The 192-unit community includes two- and three-bedroom options. Located at 1003 True St., the property is situated five miles from …

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Enterprise Park

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a two-property, Class A office portfolio totaling 223,588 square feet located at 4190 Belford Road and 4345 Southpoint Blvd. in Jacksonville. Hermen Rodriguez, Robbie McEwan, Ike Ojala, Max Lescano, Blake Koletic, Michael Roukis and Matthew McCormack of JLL represented the buyer, Bradford Allen Investment Advisors LLC, in the sales transaction. A joint venture between TriGate Capital and LRC Properties sold the portfolio for an undisclosed amount. The 4190 Belfort Road property spans 119,230 square feet of office space and was 85 percent leased at the time of sale. The 4345 Southpoint Blvd. property has 103,358 square feet and is fully vacant. Overall, the property is leased to 14 tenants across 11 different industries. The office portfolio is located within Enterprise Corporate Park, about eight miles southeast of downtown Jacksonville. The property is situated just east of Interstate 95 and John Turner Butler Boulevard and is adjacent to St. Vincent’s Medical Center.

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830 Brickell

MIAMI — Microsoft, a Redmond, Wash.-based computer software and electronics retailer, will open a 50,000-square-foot office inside 830 Brickell in downtown Miami. Microsoft is the second major firm to join the tenant roster at 830 Brickell this year, along with private equity firm, Thoma Bravo, which will lease 36,500 square feet on the top two floors in the tower. 830 Brickell, a 55-story office building in the city’s Brickell district, is currently under construction. Slated for delivery in 2022, the 640,000-square-foot tower was designed by architecture firm Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill, with interiors done by Italian architecture and design company Iosa Ghini Associati. Community amenities will include a health and wellness center, restaurant, open-air rooftop lounge, private conference facility for tenants and 24-hour concierge service. Alexander Brown of Colliers International represented Microsoft in the lease negotiations. Andrew Trench, Brian Gale and Ryan Holtzman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord in the transaction on behalf of developers, OKO Group and Cain International. Cushman & Wakefield is serving as the tower’s exclusive leasing agent.

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Flint Apartments

JONESBORO, GA. — American Street Capital (ASC) has arranged a $17.3 million bridge loan for Flint River, a 200-unit multifamily community located in Jonesboro, about 18.3 miles south of downtown Atlanta. Thorofare Capital, a correspondent debt fund lender, provided the loan to the undisclosed current owner of Flint River. Built in 1971, Flint River Apartments includes 17 buildings on 13 acres with a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a putting green, swimming pool, playground, leasing office, laundry facilities and 353 surface parking spaces. The property was 85 percent occupied at closing. Under the previous ownership, one of the buildings in the property burned down. Igor Zhizhin of ASC originated the non-recourse bridge loan that included a three-year, interest-only term and supported the sponsor’s entire capital improvements plan, including rebuilding the burned down building. Planned improvements include an upgraded leasing office and fitness center.

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Plaza-Santa-Fe-NM

SANTA FE, N.M. — Benderson Development has acquired two tracts of land ground-leased to Plaza Santa Fe, a 450,000-square-foot power center in Santa Fe. Truzaf LP sold the asset for an undisclosed price. The leases commenced in two phases, one in 1998 with the region’s only Target store and a newly refurbished Albertsons Market Street, and the second in 2000 with the opening of TJ Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, BestBuy, Michaels and PetSmart. Located at the intersections of Cerrillos Road, Zafarano Drive and Rodeo Road, the retail center has more than 1,000 lineal feet of street frontage on Cerrillos Road and 3,000 square feet of footage on Zafarano Drive. Target, BestBuy, Albertsons, Ross Dress for Less, TJ Maxx, Michaels, PetSmart, Ulta Beauty, Total Wine & More, Panera Bread, Five Guys and Buffalo Wild Wings are tenants at the retail center. The tracts’ combined 1.2 million gross square feet of land includes 717 parking stalls. Bill Rose of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, and Matt Reeves, Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in New Mexico, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.

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