ALEXANDRIA, VA. — CIM Group has purchased Southern Towers, a 2,346-unit multifamily campus in Alexandria, for $506 million. The acquisition comprises Monticello, The Graham, Ashlawn, The Sherwood and The Stratford, each standing 16 stories. The combined properties span 41 acres at 4901-5055 Seminary Road, eight miles southwest of downtown Washington, D.C. Each community offers studio to three-bedroom floor plans. The combined campus features two pools, tennis courts, a playground, fitness center, community room and a business center. Snell Properties and Caruthers Properties sold the portfolio, which was built between 1961 and 1965 and renovated in 2015.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — StoneBridge Investments has acquired Magnolia Terrace, a 264-unit apartment complex in Charlotte, for $40.7 million. The property, which was built in 1989, offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a pool, clubhouse, dog park, fitness center, playground and business center. The asset is located at 8301 Paces Oaks Blvd., nine miles northeast of downtown Charlotte. Jordan McCarley and Brooks Colquitt of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Atlanta-based RADCO Cos., in the transaction. Elliott Throne, Cory Fowler, and Amit Kakar of JLL originated a Freddie Mac acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer.
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the $28 million sale of North Lake Business Park, a 15-building office campus in Altamonte Springs. The property comprises 270,000 square feet and was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to a mix of technology, real estate and healthcare tenants. North Lake Business Park is situated on 29 acres at 600 Northlake Blvd., 11 miles north of downtown Orlando. Douglas Mandel of IPA represented the seller, Real Capital Solutions, in the transaction. Mandel also procured the buyer, Taurus Investment Holdings LLC.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — The PMAT Cos. has acquired Columbia Promenade, a 68,853-square-foot shopping center in Kissimmee. Publix anchors the center, which is located at 1251 W. Columbia Ave., 19 miles south of downtown Orlando. The asset was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Publix, Get Nails & Spa, Keke’s Breakfast Café and Little China. JLL and Ten-X represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — North American Properties (NAP), developer and manager of the 86-acre mixed-use property Avalon in Alpharetta, will host its inaugural Holiday Market at Avalon. The event will be a six-week, outdoor pop-up market that will share an intersection with Tesla, Rumi’s Kitchen and Apple. Holiday Market at Avalon will open Nov. 22 as part of Avalon’s 2020 Holiday Experience, which has been altered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The holiday program will include Santa experiences and Avalon on Ice, the destination’s Rockefeller Center-sized ice-skating rink. Holiday Market at Avalon will be held at a 9,000-square-foot retail space at the intersection of Avalon Boulevard and 1st Street. The market will be open through Jan. 3. Participating businesses will have the opportunity to create their own retail experience in individual spaces ranging from 150 feet to 700 square feet.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — Mountain View Capital has acquired Volta at Voyager in Colorado Springs for $52.6 million. The 200-unit apartment community includes a dog park and spa, pool, clubhouse and fitness center. Units range in size from 696 to 1,300 square feet. Mack Nelson and Christopher White of JLL represented the seller, BY Development. Josh Simon and Kristian Lichtenfels of JLL arranged $37.5 million in acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. A national insurance company provided the four-year loan, which features a 3.25 percent interest rate.
REDMOND, WASH. — The Hotel Group (THG) has opened the 177-room Hilton Garden Inn Redmond Town Center in Redmond. THG manages the property on behalf of Kauri Investments and Washington Holdings. This is THG’s sixth Hilton-branded hotel in the Puget Sound area. The six-story property features 9,000 square feet of meeting space and a 24-hour fitness center. A restaurant will open at the hotel at a later date.
SAN DIEGO — Voit Real Estate Services has brokered the $8 million sale of two retail properties in San Diego’s Pacific Beach. The transaction includes a 3,234-square-foot property occupied by McDonald’s and a 2,329-square-foot gas station occupied by Union 76. The two parcels total 50,754 square feet of land and are located at the northeast corner of Mission Bay Drive and Garnet Avenue. Brandon Keith, Kipp Gstettenbauer and Ryan King of Voit represented the buyer, Mission Day LLC, as well as the seller, JR&C Harris.
BELLEVUE, WASH. — KTGY Architecture + Planning has unveiled the design for The Lofts at 15th, a 22-unit luxury condominium development in Bellevue, a suburb of Seattle. Developed by Toll Brothers, the project is slated for completion next year. The design features four four-story buildings. Residences range in size from 1,462 to 2,258 square feet and prices will start at $1.1 million. Each unit is equipped with its own two-car garage.
PHOENIX — Empire Metal Products Inc. has leased a 42,000-square-foot industrial building in Phoenix. David Wilson and Carter Wilson of DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services negotiated the 10-year lease on behalf of the tenant and the landlord, a private investor. Empire, a metal production company specializing in sheet metal, stainless steel, aluminum and copper, is relocating and expanding from its current Phoenix headquarters. Empire’s new facility sits on 2.2 acres at 2362 W. Shangri-la Road within the Metro Industrial Center. The fully air-conditioned building features a clear height of 18 feet and 125 car parking spaces.