ORLANDO, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of a 713,585-square-foot distribution center fully leased to CVS/pharmacy in Orlando. CVS services 500 stores in Florida and Puerto Rico from the facility. The property is situated at 8201 Chancellor Drive, eight miles south of downtown Orlando and nine miles west of Orlando International Airport. The building was originally developed in 1975 and offers 24- to 35-foot clear heights, 97 dock positions, approximately 500 car parking spaces and 429 trailer parking spaces. The seller was a closed-ended fund owned by a Spanish family office and managed by Exan Capital, an independent real estate fund manager. The buyer was PBV Logistics Center LLC, an affiliate of Phoenix-based logistics investor and developer Tratt Properties. Mike Davis, Wayne Ramoski, Rick Brugge, Rick Colon, Jared Bonshire and David Perez of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
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Wendover Housing Partners Plans to Develop $15.9M Affordable Seniors Housing Community Near Orlando
by Alex Tostado
SANFORD, FLA. — Wendover Housing Partners has unveiled plans for Norton Commons, an affordable seniors housing community in Sanford, a suburb of Orlando. Wendover recently acquired a 4.3-acre site for the new community, with plans to break ground as early as mid-March. The three-story building will offer 68 apartments. Rental rates for Norton Commons apartments are expected to start at $708 per month for one-bedroom units and $837 per month for two-bedroom units. Norton Commons will cost an estimated $15.9 million to develop. Financing includes $1.4 million in LIHTC (Low-Income Housing Tax Credits) from Florida Housing Finance Corp. Slocum Platts Architects is designing the complex, and Roger B. Kennedy is the general contractor. Wendover expects construction to take 10 months.
WEST MEMPHIS, ARK. — AKA Partners LLC has acquired Storage Depot, a climate-controlled self-storage facility in West Memphis, for $8.9 million. The Murray, Utah-based buyer plans to expand the property on the adjacent three acres. Storage Depot is situated at 701 Ark. Highway 77, nine miles west of downtown Memphis. AKA Partners has hired Argus Management to manage the property. Barclays provided acquisition financing. The seller was West Memphis-based DSB, a partnership between David Reagler, Scott Ferguson and LaRand Thomas. Larry Goldman of RE/Max represented the seller in the transaction.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Locally based developer Namhawk LLC will develop Carrollton Gateway, a $300 million mixed-use project that will be located adjacent to Interstate 35 in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. The first phase of the transit-oriented development calls for a 325-unit multifamily property with a fitness center, pool and coworking and meeting spaces. Phase II will feature a 150,000-square-foot office building. Namhawk is also planning a hotel as part of the project. Namhawk has selected The Ratliff Group to provide construction and program management services for the project. A construction timeline has not yet been released.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — The Michaels Organization, a residential development and management firm, has broken ground on Zoey, a $59 million apartment community located at 5700 E. Riverside Drive in the Pleasant Valley neighborhood of Austin. The property will feature 307 units in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats and amenities such as a pool, dog wash station, fitness center, coworking spaces and resident lounges. Completion of the project, which will be Michaels’ first in Austin, is slated for late summer 2021. Dallas-based MSC Architects LLC is designing the community. Chinmay Bhatt, Noam Franklin and Cody Kirkpatrick of Berkadia delivered an unnamed New York City-based REIT as an equity partner for the project.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Kuehne & Nagel, a global transport and logistics firm based in Switzerland, has signed a 267,902-square-foot industrial lease renewal at 1800 Waters Ridge Drive in the northern Dallas metro of Lewisville. Steve Trese and Wilson Brown of CBRE represented the landlord, Teachers Insurance & Annuity of America, in the lease negotiations. Blake Anderson of Savills represented the tenant.
KINGWOOD AND COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Breakfast eatery Snooze will open two new restaurants totaling 7,800 square feet, one in the northern Houston suburb of Kingwood and the other in College Station. The first restaurant will be located in the Kingwood Place Shopping Center and will span 3,800 square feet. The second will be located within Chimney Hill Retail Centers in College Station and will total 4,000 square feet. The openings are slated for August 2020 and February 2021, respectively. Houston-based Baker Katz represented Snooze in both lease negotiations. Stephen Tou of The Retail Connection represented the landlord in the Kingwood deal, and Clint Oldham and Brett Boatner of Oldham Goodwin represented the landlord in the College Station deal. Since its founding in 2006, Snooze has opened more than 40 restaurants across six states.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Holt Lunsford Commercial has negotiated an 8,817-square-foot industrial lease at 1415-1421 Hutton Drive in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. Josh Barnes and Canon Shoults of Holt Lunsford represented the landlord, Frontier Equity, in the lease negotiations. Michael Haggar of JLL represented the tenant, Aquabella LLC.
ONTARIO, CALIF. — CenterPoint Properties has purchased an industrial property located 5600 E. Airport Drive in Ontario. Situated on 94.2 acres, the asset features 1.6 million square feet of industrial space. The acquisition includes a short-term leaseback with the existing tenant. However, CenterPoint plans to market the property for lease in the future. The company intends to leverage the existing improvements and capitalize on a parking ratio five times greater than the market average. The site can accommodate multiple tenants, including a combination of standalone yards. Thad Mallory, Bret Hardy and Jim Linn of Newmark Knight Frank represented CenterPoint in the off-market transaction. Terms of the deal, including seller and acquisition price, were not released.
PHOENIX — PCCP has provided a $49.2 million senior loan to Vancouver, Wash.-based IDM Cos. for the ground-up development of Acero Algodon. The Class A, garden-style multifamily community will be located in the West Valley of Phoenix. Situated on 20.5 acres along North 91st Avenue, Acero Algodon will offer 458 apartments in a mix of 196 one-bedroom units, 238 two-bedroom units and 24 three-bedroom units, spread across 24 three-story buildings. All floor plans will feature quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, vinyl plank flooring with carpeted bedrooms, walk-in closets, in-unit laundry rooms and private patios or balconies. On-site amenities will include 901 parking spaces, two resort-style swimming pools, a fitness center with yoga and spin studio, business center, community lounge and kitchen, game room, dog park, and barbecue and picnic areas. Construction is scheduled to start soon, with the first units planned for delivery in mid-2021. Total build-out is slated for completion in mid-2022. David Kidder, Adam Deermount, Steve Sims and John Meek of Landmark Real Estate arranged the financing.