NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — SHL Medical, a manufacturer of medical delivery solutions products, plans to invest $90 million for its new manufacturing facility in North Charleston. The developer, SunCap Property Group, leased the entirety of the 245,000-square-foot Palmetto Trade Center II to SHL Medical. The Charlotte-based developer plans to deliver the shell of the building this month, and SHL Medical plans to upfit the property over the next 18 months. Operations at the automated plant are expected to launch by 2024, at which point the facility is expected to support 165 new jobs. Bob Barrineau and Brendan Redeyoff of CBRE represented SunCap in the lease deal, and Sean McKee of PharmaBioSource represented SHL Medical.
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COLLEGE PARK AND LITHONIA, GA. — CBRE has arranged $60 million across two cash-out loans for the refinancing of two metro Atlanta apartment communities: the 404-unit Embarcadero Club in College Park and the 256-unit Walden Brook in Lithonia. Paul Ahmed and Mackenzie Lampman of CBRE arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loans on behalf of the borrower, Ventron Realty, which has owned the two communities since 2006. The direct lender was not disclosed. Built in 1974, Embarcadero Club has units averaging 855 square feet in size and amenities including a pool, fitness center, business center, clubhouse with a conference room, dog park and a playground. Built in 2003, Walden Brook’s units average 1,114 square feet in size and amenities include picnic areas and grills, a pool, fitness center, business center, playground and walking trails.
DULUTH, GA. — Avison Young has brokered the $45 million sale of Chattahoochee Corners at River Green, an office/flex campus in the Atlanta suburb of Duluth. Built in 1997, the property spans 388,213 square feet across nine single-story buildings. Pennsylvania-based Somerset Properties purchased Chattahoochee Corners from Miami-based B Group Co. Capital Management. Casey Keitchen of Avison Young’s Atlanta office brokered the transaction. Situated off Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, the property features floor-to-glass windows across all nine buildings, as well as a fitness center. Somerset plans to invest in capital improvements at Chattahoochee Corners, including boosting the curb appeal and enhancing onsite amenities.
BONHAM, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of X Extreme Storage, a 57-unit self-storage facility in Bonham, about 75 miles northeast of Dallas. The facility spans 61,560 net rentable square feet, and individual units measure 25 by 45 feet. Danny Cunningham and Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the Texas-based buyer in the transaction. Both parties were private investors that requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark has arranged a $61.2 million acquisition loan for a portfolio of three multifamily properties totaling 94 units in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The pre-war buildings are located at 301 W. 22nd St., 300 W. 21st St. and 229 W. 20th St. Dustin Stolly, Jordan Roeschlaub, Daniel Fromm, Dan Morin and Andrew Harwood of Newmark arranged the loan through Slate Asset Management on behalf of the borrower, Slate Property Group. The new ownership plans to upgrade unit interiors and modernize the buildings’ façades, lobbies and common areas.
PEABODY, MASS. — Local developer WinnCos. has completed the $49.3 million renovation of The Tannery, a 284-unit affordable housing community in Peabody, a northeastern suburb of Boston. WinnCos. acquired the historic property, which was originally built in the 1800s to house a leather tanning facility prior to its conversion to residential use, in 2019. Today, The Tannery features units that are reserved for households earning 30, 60 or 80 percent or less of the area median income (AMI). Bank of America provided $25 million in low-income housing tax credit equity for the project.
ANDOVER, MASS. — 3Step Sports, which provides services and support to youth athletics programs, has signed a 64,000-square-foot office lease at Brickstone Square in the northern Boston suburb of Andover. The 1 million-square-foot, four-building campus was originally constructed about 100 years ago and recently underwent an extensive capital improvement program. Blake Baldwin, Shayne O’Neil and Petra Flynn of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, KS Partners, in the lease negotiations. Matt Quinlan of SVN Parsons represented the tenant.
MINNEAPOLIS – CEDARst Cos., a national multifamily developer, has closed $170 million in capital with plans to develop 358 apartment units above 40,000 square feet of retail space along North Sixth Avenue in the North Loop neighborhood of Minneapolis. CEDARst has invested nearly $250 million of capital in the North Loop over the past two years, having successfully developed the Duffey, its first development in the submarket consisting of 188 apartment units, located at the corner of North Sixth and North Washington avenues. CEDARst’s second development, Duffey 2.0, consists of both an adaptive reuse and ground-up component. It is located within a landmark overlay and required approval from the National Park Service for the procurement of historic tax credits at the state and federal level. This represents CEDAR’s seventh tax credit development. In addition to syndicating over $30 million of tax credits, CEDARst partnered with ULLICO on a $101 million construction loan and Pearlmark on a $12 million structured finance investment. The remaining $27 million was CEDARst equity. Pat Minea and Dan Trebil of Northmarq arranged the financing on behalf of CEDARst. CEDARst has already broken ground and plans to complete the development by the end of 2023. BKV is …
INDIANA — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of a six-property multifamily portfolio totaling 2,103 units in Indiana for an undisclosed price. The portfolio includes Boardwalk at Westlake, Elliot at College Park, Lakeshore Reserve off 86th, Lakeside Crossing at Eagle Creek, Parkside at Castleton Square and Preserve at Allisonville. George Tikijian, Hannah Ott and Cameron Benz of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a joint venture between Wilkinson Corp. and Torchlight Investors. Morgan Properties was the buyer. The seller renovated a number of units, and the buyer plans to continue doing so.
JOLIET, ILL. — Berengaria Development has purchased Joliet Commons, a 228,394-square-foot, regional shopping center in Joliet. The purchase price was undisclosed. The property is home to Dick’s Sporting Goods, Barnes & Noble, Party City, JoAnn, PetSmart, DSW, Ross Dress for Less and Old Navy. CBRE’s National Retail Partners team represented the seller, a joint venture between Pine Tree and DRA Advisors.