RALEIGH, N.C. — Aventon Cos. will develop Aventon North Ridge, a 372-unit apartment community in Raleigh. Aventon expects construction to cost $140 million and to open the community in late 2021. The asset will comprise four three- and four-story buildings, 12 detached carriage homes over private garages and a two-story clubhouse. The property will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities will include a fitness center, yoga studio, media lounges, podcast studio, pool, two dog parks and an outdoor kitchen. Cline Design Associates is the architect. Locally based Aventon acquired 39 acres to develop the project, which will span 26 acres in its first phase. Aventon will develop the additional 13 acres into a separate multifamily community, for which further details were not disclosed.
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APOPKA, FLA. — JLL has arranged the $71.5 million sale of a 289,839-square-foot industrial facility in Apopka. The property is situated within the 180-acre Mid-Florida Logistics Park, 20 miles northwest of downtown Orlando. The seller, BlueScope Properties Group, delivered the asset in July on a build-to-suit basis for an undisclosed beverage company. The asset features 36-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, LED lighting, cold storage capacity with space for 6,200 pallets, five cold dock doors and 10 dry dock doors. John Huguenard, Sean Devaney, Julia Silva, Luis Castillo, Brian Walsh and Keith Largay of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Realty Income Corp. acquired the property.
NORCROSS, GA. — The RADCO Cos. has sold Ashford Indian Trail, a 467-unit apartment complex in Norcross, for $71.3 million. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a pool, sundeck, barbecue areas, sand volleyball court, fitness center and a dog park. TruAmerica Multifamily Investments acquired the asset, which is located at 1100 Indian Trail Lilburn Road NW, 22 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. Shea Campbell, Colleen Hendrix and Ashish Cholia of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
COLLEGE PARK, GA. — Olive Tree Property Holdings LLC has sold The Life at Lakeview, a 326-unit multifamily community in College Park, for $21.2 million. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. According to Apartments.com, rents at the gated complex range from $733 per month to $965. Olive Tree acquired the asset in 2018 for $12.7 million and implemented upgrades to the security systems around the complex. The buyer was not disclosed.
NEW CANEY, TEXAS — Lowe’s (NYSE: LOW) will open a 1.5 million-square-foot distribution center on the northern outskirts of Houston, creating about 200 jobs in the process, according to reports from multiple news outlets including Community Impact Newspaper and the Houston Business Journal. According to the former publication, the home improvement retailer’s new center will be located along Gene Campbell Road in New Caney at the East Montgomery County Improvement District’s industrial park. Local ABC affiliate abc13.com also reports that the facility is expected to open in July and represents approximately $65 million in public and private capital investment. The stock price of Lowe’s opened at $151.99 per share on Friday, Dec. 3, up from $115 per share a year ago.
PASADENA, TEXAS — Third-party logistics firm Dunavant Distribution Group has signed a 784,000-square-foot industrial lease at Bay Area Business Park in the eastern Houston metro of Pasadena. John Nicholson of Colliers represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Justin Robinson and Jeff Pate of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, PEPF Red Bluff. The three-building property is located near Port Houston and recently underwent an expansion to become the largest single-owner industrial business park in Houston, according to the brokerage team.
HOUSTON — Indus Management, a locally based affordable housing owner-operator, has acquired Sharpstown Garden Apartments, a 396-unit workforce housing community in southwest Houston. The property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units. According to Apartments.com, Sharpstown Garden was originally built in 1960 and renovated in 2000 and now offers amenities such as multiple pools, a business center and a clubhouse. Indus Management purchased the community from Pryzant Management, which had spent approximately $900,000 in capital improvements over the last four years. Chris Young and Joey Rippel of JLL brokered the deal.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — San Francisco-based investment firm Hamilton Zanze has sold Bradford Pointe, a 264-unit apartment community in North Austin. The property was built in 1984 and offers one- and two-bedroom residences averaging 638 square feet. Units feature wood-style flooring, upgraded appliances and resurfaced countertops, and select units have private patios and balconies. Amenities include two pools, a fitness center, business center, playground, resident clubhouse and an outdoor kitchen. Hamilton Zanze acquired Bradford Pointe, which was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale, in 2015. The buyer was not disclosed.
INDIANA, MISSOURI, OKLAHOMA AND GEORGIA — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a four-property industrial portfolio totaling approximately 1.9 million square feet across four markets. The sales price was undisclosed. The properties are leased to a mix of public and private tenants. The buildings include: 2001 Commerce Parkway in Franklin, Ind.; 65 Corporate Woods Drive in Bridgeton, Mo.; 524 N. Sara Road in Yukon, Okla.; and 6878 Kelly Ave. in Morrow, Ga. Mollie Alteri, Joey Odom, Mike Sladich, Maggie Holmes and Michael Watson of Stan Johnson represented the seller, an institutional advisor based in New York. The buyer was a Dallas-based institutional investor.
ST. LOUIS — IMPACT Strategies has broken ground on 2200 LaSalle at Lafayette Square, a 128-unit luxury apartment development in the historic Lafayette Square district of St. Louis. The $25 million project is a redevelopment of a 12-acre industrial site. Cornerstone Development and Chouteau Avenue Partners are the developers while HOK Architects is the project architect. The five-story property will include a two-story parking structure. An amenity deck level will include a private bar, clubroom and fitness area, as well as an outdoor space with a pavilion, fire pit, grilling station and pool. Completion is slated for mid-2022.