MORRISVILLE, N.C. — CBRE | Raleigh has arranged a full-building lease for Invitae Corp. at The Stitch, the former Morrisville Outlet Mall that was converted into a life sciences campus. San Francisco-based Invitae Corp., a medical genetics company, will occupy 245,159 square feet of Class A creative office, research and lab space. The company is expected to create 374 jobs over the next five years for the Raleigh area. The Stitch, owned and developed by Equator Capital Management and OCS Holdings, features a 18,000-square-foot indoor amenity center with a fitness center, onsite healthcare provider, coffee bar with food offerings, prep kitchen, private phone booths and quiet gathering areas. Outdoor amenities include a yoga lawn, outdoor conference rooms, bocce ball court and walking paths. Architecture firm Gensler led the project design, and Atlanta-based Choate Construction led the base building construction. John Brewer and Hastings Crockard Jones of CBRE | Raleigh represented the landlord in the lease transaction, and Newmark represented Invitae.
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GULF BREEZE, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $19.9 million sale of Tiger Point Pavilion, a 66,279-square-foot neighborhood shopping center anchored by Publix in the coastal Pensacola-area community of Gulf Breeze. Brad Peterson, Whitaker Leonhardt and Tommy Isola of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between MAB American and DRA Advisors, in the transaction. Pasadena, Calif.-based ExchangeRight is the buyer. Completed in 2018, the 98 percent-leased Tiger Point Pavilion has national and local tenants, including Aspen Dental, AT&T, Dickey’s Barbeque Pit, Great Clips and Select Physical Therapy. With an attached drive-thru pharmacy, the Publix and the adjacent Publix Liquors store account for approximately 57 percent of the rental income at the property, according to JLL. The retail center is located at 1430 Tiger Park Lane.
WATERTOWN, MASS. — A joint venture between two locally based firms, The Davis Cos. and Boston Development Group, will develop a 450,000-square-foot life sciences campus at 66 Galen St. in the western Boston suburb of Watertown. Phase I of the project, construction of which is set to begin in May, will consist of a 224,106-square-foot research and lab building. Amenities will include a fitness center, bike room and an onsite café and retail space. Elkus Manfredi is the architect for the project. About 40 percent of the site’s total acreage will be dedicated to parks and green spaces.
YONKERS, N.Y. — Greystone has provided a $24.9 million HUD-insured loan for the refinancing of Adira at Riverside, a 120-bed skilled nursing facility in Yonkers, located north of New York City. Built in 2000, the property offers short-term rehabilitation, occupational, physical and speech therapy services, as well as amputee rehab, wound care, neuro-rehabilitation, certified cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, long-term skilled nursing care, dedicated Alzheimer’s and dementia care services. Fred Levine of Greystone originated the financing. Shia Fishman of Capital Stack Advisors arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, L&A RE Acquisition LLC.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An affiliate of Crescent Communities has purchased One University Place, an 84,800-square-foot suburban office building located in Charlotte’s University office submarket. Dunn Mileham and David Morris of Trinity Partners handled the transaction on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of Chicago-based Origin Investments, located in Chicago, Ill. According to the Charlotte Business Journal, the price was nearly $12.8 million. One University Place was 86 percent leased at the time of sale. The office building is situated on six acres near the J.W. Clay and UNCC Lynx Blue Line stations. After purchasing the office building in 2015, Origin executed a capital improvement plan that transitioned the late-80s office building to a more modern design. Crescent Communities has retained Trinity Partners to continue providing leasing and management services at One University Place.
HAMDEN, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has brokered the sale of Willow Woods Apartments, a 52-unit multifamily asset in Hamden, located outside of New Haven. The sales price was $6.4 million, or approximately $126,000 per unit. The property was built in 1973 and features one-, two- and three-bedroom residences with flat- and townhouse-style configurations. Bradley Balletto, Jeff Wright, Rich Edwards, Robert Paterno and John Lockhart of NEPCG represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the deal.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Beiersdorf Inc., the US affiliate of global skin care company Beiersdorf AG, has signed a 27,942-square-foot office lease at Stamford Plaza, a 1 million-square-foot campus in southern Connecticut. Margaret Carlson represented the landlord, RFR Realty, on an internal basis, along with agents from Cushman & Wakefield. Edward Tonnessen and Paul Tortora of JLL represented the tenant.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors has arranged a $4.5 million loan for the refinancing of a 35,000-square-foot office building at 297 Knollwood Road in White Plains, a northern suburb of New York City. An undisclosed local bank provided the loan, which carried a 3.75 percent fixed interest rate for the first 10 years of the 15-year term, as well as a flexible prepayment schedule and a 30-year amortization schedule.
ATLANTA — Ready Capital has closed a $15.4 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and lease-up of an approximately 520,000-square-foot, Class B industrial property in the North Clayton/Airport submarket of Atlanta. Upon acquisition, the sponsor will implement a capital improvement plan to upgrade the property, with improvements including lighting upgrades, parking lot resurfacing and painting. The non-recourse, interest-only loan features a 36-month term, floating interest rate, two extension options, flexible prepayment and a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures, tenant leasing costs and interest and carry shortfalls. The buyer plans to lease the property aggressively to maximize occupancy at market-rate rents.
DENVER — Mill Creek Residential has completed the disposition of Modera Cap Hill, a multifamily property located in Denver’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. The name of the buyer and acquisition price were not released. Located at 1200 Grant St., Modera Cap Hill feature 197 studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans averaging 782 square feet. Units feature private patios or balconies, high ceilings and premium finishes. Community amenities include a fitness studio and yoga room, pet spa, bike storage, electric car charging stations, controlled-access garage parking, rooftop lounge and sundeck, and an elevated pool deck with Rocky Mountain views. The property was built in 2019. Dan Woodward, David Potarf, Matt Barnett and Jake Young of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.