ODENTON, MD. — Harbor Stone Advisors has arranged the $10.3 million sale of Highland Court Apartments, a 78-unit garden-style complex in Odenton. Justin Verner and Brooks Healy of Harbor Stone Advisors served as exclusive advisor and agent to the seller, Bethesda-based Outlier Realty Co., in addition to sourcing the buyer, Willow Creek Partners. The property sold for $132,051 per unit. Constructed in 1962, Highland Court Apartments includes one- and two-bedroom units with white or black appliances, wood cabinets, formica countertops, some dishwashers and garbage disposals. Community amenities include four onsite laundry rooms, a surface parking lot and a patio or balcony for each unit. Highland Court Apartments is located at 1221 Scotts Manor Court and is 16 miles away from Annapolis, 23 miles from Baltimore, 30 miles from Washington, D.C. and 15 miles from Columbia. The property is also less than four miles from Fort George G. Meade, Maryland’s largest employer, according to Harbor Stone Advisors.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Marsh Properties and Aston Properties are co-developing 2825 South, a Class A office building in Charlotte’s South End. The development is expected to break ground in September. 2825 South will be a six-story building located on South Boulevard at Elmhurst and Marsh roads. The property will total 138,780 square feet with 20,440 square feet of ground-level retail and four floors of office space atop a parking deck. Aston Properties will occupy 8,000 square feet of office space in 2825 South. The project’s general contractor, Samet Corp., plans to occupy 12,000 square feet. There is currently 77,000 square feet of office space available for lease. Designed by LS3P, 2825 South will include touchless automatic building entry doors, large main and elevator lobby suited for social distancing, UV CleanAir elevator air sanitization and filtration system and touchless restroom doors and fixtures, as well as advanced HVAC and air filtration systems. Aston Properties will handle leasing duties.
BATON ROUGE, LA. — Landmark Properties, a student housing developer and owner-operator based in Athens, Ga., has purchased The Exchange at Baton Rouge, a 299-unit, 898-bed student housing property located at 449 Ben Hur Road in Baton Rouge. The sales price was not disclosed, and Halstatt was Landmark’s capital partner on this transaction. The Exchange at Baton Rouge is a garden-style property located approximately 1.5 miles from the Louisiana State University (LSU) campus and is situated adjacent to Tiger Land, an entertainment area for LSU students. The Exchange’s amenities include three resort-style swimming pools, four courtyards, bike storage, volleyball court, fitness center, cybercafé and game room. The Exchange also offers one- to four-bedrooms floorplans. Landmark plans to modernize the community. The purchase of The Exchange at Baton Rouge represents Landmark’s 11th acquisition in the past 18 months and its first transaction completed in partnership with Halstatt Real Estate Partners.
PHENIX CITY, ALA. — Trillium Capital Resources has arranged financing for two real estate properties in Phenix City. The properties include Windsweep Luxury Apartments, a 108-unit apartment community, and a 103,680-square-foot industrial property. Trillium originated a $7.8 million Fannie Mae loan for Windsweep. The 10-year, non-recourse loan included a fixed 3.63 percent interest rate. The borrower was not disclosed. For the industrial transaction, Trillium arranged a $2.2 million loan through an unnamed regional bank on behalf of The Memory Co., a designer and marketer of licensed sports related gifts, collectibles and home décor. The five-year loan features a fixed 4.2 percent interest rate. Trillium Capital Resources is a commercial mortgage banking firm with offices located in Columbus, Ga., Atlanta and Jacksonville, Fla.
FRISCO, TEXAS — General contractor Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP Construction) has reached the midpoint of the development of PGA of America’s 106,622-square-foot headquarters building in Frisco. The building will be situated on a 6.2-acre tract within the new 660-acre campus, which will also include two new championship golf courses, a 500-room Omni PGA Frisco Resort and a golf entertainment district. Approximately 150 employees will work in the four-story headquarters building, which is scheduled to be fully complete in the first quarter of 2022. PGA of America originally announced its relocation from South Florida to Frisco in December 2018. At the time, the organization projected an initial investment of $500 million in the local economy, a figure that is anticipated to grow to $2.5 billion over the next 15 to 20 years.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Watchman Properties has sold Amarillo Lock Storage, a 238-unit self-storage facility in northwest Texas. The property spans 42,150 net rentable square feet. An undisclosed national REIT purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Andrew Plunkett, Cameron Vale and Parker Sweet of Berkshire Hathaway Storage Group brokered the deal.
MCKINNEY, TEXAS — Petoskey Plastics, a manufacturer of resins and other plastic products, has purchased a 53,627-square-foot industrial facility at 2050 Couch Drive in the northern Dallas suburb of McKinney. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-tenant property was built on 15 acres in 1985 and renovated in 2001. Evan Hammer of Whitebox Real Estate represented Petoskey Plastics, which will use the building as its new headquarters, in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed. The new ownership will expand the building by 40,00 square feet to accommodate more warehouse and silo space, a move that is expected to add anywhere from 50 to 100 new jobs in the process.
SAN ANTONIO — The Multifamily Group (TMG), a Dallas-based brokerage firm, has arranged the sale of Executive Apartments, a 68-unit complex in northwest San Antonio. The property was built in 1964 and, according to Apartments.com, offers one- and two-bedroom units, as well as a pool and a business center. Bryce Smith and Paul Yazbeck of TMG represented the seller and the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. The new ownership will implement a value-add program to the unit interiors and building exteriors.
LANSING, MICH. — Kohan Retail Investment Group has acquired Lansing Mall in Michigan for an undisclosed price. The 706,925-square-foot regional mall is located at 5330 W. Saginaw Highway in Lansing. Tenants include JC Penney, Regal Cinemas, Best Buy, Barnes & Noble, TJ Maxx and Shoe Carnival. CBRE’s National Retail Partners Midwest team represented the seller, Brookfield Properties Group.
CHICAGO — SVN | Chicago Commercial has brokered the sale of a 32-unit apartment building in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood for roughly $3 million. The vintage asset is located at 7005-7013 N. Ridge Blvd. Peter Theodore of SVN represented the undisclosed seller. A Europe-based investor purchased the building and plans to make improvements to the property in the coming years.