BETHESDA, MD. — Condor Hospitality Trust Inc. (NYSE: CDOR) has agreed to sell its entire hotel portfolio to affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate Partners for $305 million. The all-cash transaction does not include the assumption of any existing debt. Completion of the deal, which is expected to occur in the fourth quarter of 2021, is subject to customary closing conditions, including the approval of the company’s shareholders. The Bethesda-based real estate investment trust’s hotel portfolio includes 15 properties in eight states. Blackstone entered into voting agreements with Condor’s certain shareholders that hold approximately 60 percent of the common shares. Those shareholders voted in favor of the transaction.
HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust (NYSE: PEB) has acquired the 369-room Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort in Hollywood. An affiliate of KSL Capital Partners LLC sold the asset for $270 million. Davidson Hospitality Group will continue to manage the lifestyle resort. Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort is located on 6.2 acres off the Hollywood Boardwalk with 450 linear feet of direct beach frontage. Built in 2015, the resort includes over 30,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor event space overlooking the Atlantic Ocean. The resort also features eight dining venues, including Jimmy Buffet’s Margaritaville, Landshark Bar & Grill, JWB Prime Steak and Seafood, 5 o’Clock Somewhere Bar & Grill and Floridays Airstream Cafe. Resort amenities also include the 11,000-square-foot St. Somewhere Spa, Fitness and Salon, multiple outdoor swimming pools, 22 full-service cabanas, the Flowrider Surf Simulator, the Parakeets Kid’s Club, retail outlets and live entertainment nightly at one of the resort’s several outdoor entertainment venues. Located at 1111 N Ocean Dr., Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort is located about 16.2 miles from Miami Beach and 9.6 miles from Fort Lauderdale. The resort is also about 6.4 miles from the Fort Lauderdale International Airport. Pebblebrook plans to make physical enhancements to the property …
NEW YORK CITY — Cottonwood Group, a Los Angeles-based private equity real estate firm, has provided a $105 million bridge loan for the refinancing of The Six, a newly constructed office building located at 106 W. 56th St. in Manhattan. The 79,214-square-foot building offers a tenant lounge, conference facility and views of Central Park. The borrower was locally based developer Savanna. The transaction is the seventh investment to date through the Cottonwood Real Estate Founders Fund that launched in May. Leo Leyva, Chris Caslin, Robyn Pellegrino, Jennifer Chung and Samantha Epstein of Cole Schotz P.C. represented Savanna in the deal.
TAMPA, FLA. — TerraCap Management LLC has sold Eastpointe, a three-story, Class B office building in Tampa that totals approximately 82,000 square feet. Rick Brugge, Mike Davis, Rick Colon, Ryan Jenkins and Zach Eicholtz of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, TerraCap, in the transaction. TriOut Advisory acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Built in 1987, the property has a two-story parking garage. TerraCap acquired Eastpointe in March 2014 as part of a two-property acquisition. TerraCap invested capital into the roof, HVAC, parking lot, parking garage, restrooms and signage. After signing Circle K to a 10-year deal for approximately 19,000 square feet and extending the approximately 36,000-square-foot anchor tenant Pharmerica through 2025, Eastpointe reached 96 percent occupancy, and TerraCap began moving the property towards a disposition.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — First National Realty Partners (FNRP) has acquired City Center Crossing, a grocery-anchored shopping center located at 6331 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, a northern suburb of Atlanta. City Center Crossing is a 98,408-square-foot asset that is 77 percent occupied. A 27,858-square-foot Lidl Supermarket that opened in May 2020 anchors the property. The seller and price were not disclosed. “We are extremely excited to not only acquire our first asset in the Atlanta Market but to also add Lidl to our portfolio, one of the most rapidly growing grocers in the country,” says Matt Annibale, senior director of acquisitions at First National Realty Partners. “The remaining vacancy in the center will provide significant upside for our investors.”
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, ARK. — The New York office of Colliers Mortgage has arranged an $11.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of The Pointe North Hills Phase II, an 86-unit, market-rate apartment community in North Little Rock. The pet-friendly property was constructed in 2020 and shares resort-style amenities with Phase I of the property, including a 24-hour fitness center, pool, two private movie theaters, virtual fitness studio and sports simulator lounge. The borrower is The Pointe North Hills LLC. The seller was not disclosed. The loan features a 10-year term and 30-year amortization.
NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has negotiated the $63 million sale of a future multifamily development site in the Long Island City area of Queens. The buyer, North Carolina-based Grubb Properties, plans to build a 17-story, 317-unit residential tower with 9,000 square feet of retail space at the 54,000-square-foot site. Demolition permits for the existing two-story building on the site were filed in May. Dan Kaplan and Elli Klapper of CBRE represented the seller, a private real estate family consisting of three limited liability companies, in the transaction. Handel Architects is the architect of record for the project.
SOUDERTON, PA. — Locally based developer Select Properties Inc. has begun construction on Towne Gate Commons, a $40 million mixed-use project in Souderton, about 40 miles north of Philadelphia. Located at the site of the former Souderton Area High School, Towne Gate Commons will include 66 new three-bedroom townhomes with private balconies and two-car garages. The new residences will add to the 74 townhomes that were completed and leased in 2019 under the first phase of the project. Towne Gate Commons will also offer dining options, retail space, a public park with an amphitheater and a public plaza.
MARBLEHEAD, MASS. — Callahan Construction Managers has broken ground on The Mariner, a seniors housing project in Marblehead, located in the southern coastal part of the state, that will house 61 assisted living units and 26 memory care units. The Northbridge Cos., in partnership with Heather Cairns, Michael Lafayette and Philip Helmes, a local development team, is developing the building. EGA is serving as the project architect. The Mariner will feature a full-service restaurant, private dining, lounge, café, living rooms, beauty salon, health and wellness room, library and a movie theater. Completion is slated for February 2023.
ANTIOCH, ILL. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has arranged a $30.4 million loan for the construction of The Clublands of Antioch by Moda Homes, a 110-unit, single-family build-for-rent community in the northern Illinois town of Antioch. Moda Homes is the developer and Ryan Homes is the builder. The project will sit within The Clublands of Antioch, a 1,000-unit master-planned community with roughly 450 existing homes. The one- and two-story homes will average 1,719 square feet and will include two-car garages. Eric McGlynn of Walker & Dunlop arranged the floating-rate loan. CoreVest Finance, a division of Redwood Trust, provided the loan.