KNIGHTDALE, N.C. — Trinity Capital Advisors has selected Frampton Construction Co. LLC to build three industrial facilities in Knightdale. The buildings will be situated within Trinity Capital’s Eastgate 540 industrial park, located along Interstate 540 in Raleigh’s East Wake submarket. The new buildings join three existing facilities in the complex and will bring the park’s total size to 980,000 square feet. The first building is a build-to-suit project for the park’s newest tenant, PCX Corp. The company designs and builds prefabricated modular electrical distribution and power systems. PCX recently signed a lease to occupy the entire 159,600-square-foot facility. The remaining two buildings, each measuring 120,000 square feet, are under construction with leases in progress. Frampton is underway on sitework for all three buildings. Merriman Schmitt Architects completed the design for the buildings, and Advanced Civil Design Inc. provided civil engineering services. Construction is expected to finish this summer. Frampton Construction is a regional, full-service general contractor with offices in Charlotte and Charleston.
TAMPA, FLA. — Berkadia has provided a $41.4 million loan for the acquisition of Bainbridge Ybor City, a 240-unit apartment community in Tampa’s Ybor City Historic District. Mitch Sinberg and Matthew Robbins of Berkadia’s South Florida mortgage banking team originated the Freddie Mac loan on behalf of the borrower, GMF Capital. Berkadia provided the 10-year, floating-rate loan, which features five years of interest-only payments. Wellington, Fla.-based Bainbridge Cos. developed Bainbridge Ybor City in 2017. The property is located at 1512 E. 12th Ave. in Ybor City, which is the only neighborhood on Florida’s west coast to be designated a National Historic Landmark District. The property features studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a pool and sundeck, 24-hour fitness center, yoga studio and personal training room, clubroom with arcade and catering kitchen, elevator access and secure parking garage and greenways.
MARIETTA, GA. — Greystone Brown Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $31.7 million sale of a 257-unit affordable housing property in Marietta. New York City-based Olive Tree Holdings sold the community, known as The Life at Windy Hill. Taylor Brown, Chandler Brown, Cory Caroline Sams, Barden Brown, and Bo Brown of Greystone Brown represented the buyer, San Francisco-based Fillmore Capital Partners, in the transaction. The Life at Windy Hill comprises one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments averaging 1,379 square feet. It is located on 2751 SE Hammonton Road. The complex is a low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) property and 40 percent of the units are income-restricted. Monthly rents range $661 to a little over $1,000, according to Apartments.com. Community amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, business center and laundry facility, as well as a swimming pool and soccer field. The property is located in Cobb County, 19 miles north of downtown Atlanta.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Broad Reach Retail Partners LLC, a value-add owner and operator of retail centers, has acquired Avent Ferry Shopping Center in Raleigh. Avent Ferry is Broad Reach’s first location in Raleigh. The sales price and seller were not disclosed, but Triangle Business Journal reports Weingarten Realty Investors sold the asset for $15.8 million after nearly 20 years of ownership. Anchored by Food Lion, the 119,652-square-foot shopping center is located within walking distance to North Carolina State University and just three miles from downtown Raleigh. Avent Ferry was 87 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Walgreens, Family Dollar, the North Carolina DMV, Hardee’s, Circle K and Wingstop. This acquisition comes a few months after Broad Reach’s purchase of Warsaw Village Shopping Center in September 2020.
ILLINOIS, INDIANA, KENTUCKY, NEBRASKA AND WISCONSIN — Newmark has negotiated the sale of the Midwest MHC Portfolio for $100 million. The portfolio spans 21 manufactured housing communities comprising 2,789 sites throughout Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Nebraska and Wisconsin. The portfolio was 83 percent occupied at the time of sale. Andrew Shih and Todd Fletcher of Newmark’s Manufactured Housing Group represented the undisclosed seller. Salt Lake City-based private investment group OZ Impact Funds was the buyer.
CHICAGO — Colliers International has arranged the sale of 10500 Woodlawn Ave. in Chicago’s Pullman Crossings for an undisclosed price. The 144,207-square-foot industrial building is situated on 38 acres and serves as a last-mile logistics facility for Amazon. It features a clear height of 36 feet as well as parking for 347 cars and 856 vans. Ryan Cos. completed development of the build-to-suit property in September. Jeff Devine and Steve Disse of Colliers represented the seller, a joint venture between Ryan and Allstate Investments. A private foreign investor purchased the asset.
DETROIT — Saucy Brew Works will open a new brewpub and coffeehouse in Detroit’s Brush Park neighborhood. The opening is slated for March 3. The 5,700-square-foot space will be the first restaurant within Bedrock’s City Modern apartment development. Guests will enjoy a variety of beers and specialty coffees in addition to food offerings such as appetizers, sandwiches, wings and pizza. In response to COVID-19, Saucy Brew Works will provide hand sanitizer, masks, six-foot table distancing and floor markers for spacing. Residents of City Modern will receive a 20 percent discount. This is the fourth location for Saucy Brew Works, which maintains restaurants in Cleveland, Columbus and Orange, Ohio.
MELROSE PARK, ILL. — Kiser Group has brokered the $4.1 million sale of Vinan Apartments in Melrose Park, a western Chicago suburb. The 64-unit multifamily property is located at 2901 Vinan Drive and spans eight buildings. It was fully leased at the time of sale. Matt Halper and Danny Mantis of Kiser represented the buyer and seller, both of which were undisclosed. The property sold for 97.6 percent of the list price, according to Kiser.
GURNEE, ILL. — Entre Commercial Realty has arranged the sale of a 10,500-square-foot industrial building in Gurnee for an undisclosed price. The property is located at 200 Ambrogio Drive and features six drive-in doors as well as 2,200 square feet of office space. Brian Bocci of Entre represented the buyer, Gen-3 Investments LLC, which will use the facility for its pool service operations. Charlie Mintz of JLL represented the undisclosed seller.
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — Perkins&Will, a global architecture firm, in partnership with an Alaska-based developer, has designed the $30 million modernization and expansion of 601 W. 5th Avenue, formerly the KeyBank Plaza Building located in downtown Anchorage. Originally constructed in 1972 by Alaska Mutual Savings Bank, the nine-story property required extensive structural repairs as a result of the region’s 7.1 magnitude earthquake in November 2018. In addition to seismic reinforcements, the nine-story building will undergo an external transformation into a sleek, glacier-like office building, paying homage to Alaska’s natural wonders. The reimagined property will feature an additional 40,000-square-foot sloped façade that reconfigures the building to resemble a glacier. Floor-to-ceiling windows will replace the existing precast concrete cladding to allow for maximum natural light. The redesign also includes radiant heating, six new skylights and drought-tolerant native plants. The building will be retrofitted with significant interior improvements, including the replacement of all mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems; construction of a new stair tower; modernization of the elevators; and installation of a freight elevator.