ORLANDO, FLA. — Unicorp National Development Inc. will construct a nine-story, 300,000-square-foot building that will house Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.’s headquarters in Orlando. The building will be situated within Unicorp’s O-Town West development, a $1 billion mixed-use project that will include restaurants, offices, entertainment, retail stores, hotels, apartments and residential homes. HuntonBrady Architects is the designer and Finfrock Construction will serve as the general contractor of the office project. Construction of the new campus is scheduled to begin in early 2020 with a 2021 anticipated completion date. Additional details and features of the global headquarters are yet to be determined. Marriott Vacations Worldwide operates under Marriott International while offering vacation ownership, exchange, rental and resort and property management.
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Jamestown, Grubb Ventures to Construct $150M Phase I of Mixed-Use Project in Raleigh
by Alex Tostado
RALEIGH, N.C. — Jamestown and Grubb Ventures will develop Phase I of Raleigh Iron Works, a planned mixed-use project that will feature 500,000 square feet of office space, 90,000 square feet of retail space and 220 multifamily units. Phase I is expected to cost more than $150 million to develop and will include a new seven-story multifamily building and the renovation of historic steel mills and warehouses that were once part of Peden Steel. The new residential building will pay homage to historic Raleigh. The historic buildings will be repurposed into office and retail spaces, featuring original architectural details and distinctive finishes. Construction will begin this year and continue through 2023 with plans for additional development. The project site is situated at Raleigh’s Five Points, Person Street and Mordecai neighborhoods, about three miles north of downtown Raleigh.
NAP to Break Ground on Jones Day Office Building Within Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta
by Alex Tostado
ATLANTA — North American Properties (NAP) will break ground Wednesday on Building 500, a six-story, 135,600-square-foot office building within Colony Square in Atlanta’s Midtown district. Jones Day, a Cleveland-based law firm, will lease the entire office component of the building, which will feature ground-level retail space and an outdoor terrace on the fourth floor overlooking Peachtree Street. Hoar Construction is the general contractor. A timeline for completion was not disclosed. NAP began vertical construction of Colony Square in April 2019. Colony Square at full buildout will include 912,000 square feet of Class A office space, 160,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, a 466-room W hotel, outdoor space and 262 luxury residences.
PNC Bank, CIT Provide $81.4M Acquisition Loan for DoubleTree Hotel in Downtown Nashville
by Alex Tostado
NASHVILLE, TENN. — PNC Bank and CIT have jointly provided an $81.4 million acquisition loan for the DoubleTree by Hilton Nashville Downtown, a 341-room hotel that is situated less than a mile from Nissan Stadium and Bridgestone Arena, home to the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and the NHL’s Nashville Predators, respectively. Walton Street Capital LLC sold the hotel to AWH Partners. The hotel, which was originally built in 1979, offers an upgraded lobby; 20,000 square feet of meeting and event space; Fourth & U restaurant and bar; Patio 315, a seasonal outdoor bar and grill; an indoor pool; onsite Starbucks; a fitness center; and valet parking. Jordan Roeschlaub, Dustin Stolly, Ben Greazel, Joel Simmons Nick Scribani, Chris Kramer and Drew Ahlers of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, New York-based AWH Partners. Mark Schoenholtz, also with NFK, brokered the sale.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of The Asher, a 450-unit apartment community in the Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine. The property was built on 19 acres in 2019 and features studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center, resident lounge with a coffee bar, children’s play room, conference room, two dog parks and a demonstration kitchen. Will Balthrope, Drew Kile, Joey Tumminello and Grant Raymond of IPA handled the transaction. The seller and buyer were not disclosed, but the property page indicates that the community has been rebranded as Bexley Grapevine, a brand of Virginia-based Weinstein Properties.
HOUSTON — Lee & Associates has arranged the sale of Sterling Plaza, a 102,292-square-foot office building located at 10101 Southwest Freeway in Houston. The Class B property was built in 1982 and renovated in 2001. Robert LaCoure and Ryan Young of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, Tristar Alliance Properties, which plans to upgrade the lobby, roof and HVAC systems, in the transaction. Patrick O’Connell of O’Connell Realty represented the seller, Mykawa Hso LP.
DALLAS — MRT Avenido LLC has acquired Avenida Crossing, a 464-unit apartment community in Dallas. The property features newly renovated one- and two-bedroom units with fully equipped kitchens and amenities such as two pools and a playground. Dougherty Mortgage LLC arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the buyer. The loan was secured through a partnership with Old Capital Lending and was structured with a 12-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated a 13,817-square-foot office lease renewal and expansion for Advance Energy Partners LLC at Westchase Park Plaza in Houston. The 10-story office building is located at 11490 Westheimer Road in Houston’s Westchase submarket. Dan Boyles of NAI Partners represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Kurt Kistler of Moody Rambin represented the landlord, California-based Hertz Investment Group.
CYPRESS, TEXAS — Locally based developer Read King Commercial Real Estate has sold Miramesa Town Center, a 13,070-square-foot retail strip center in metro Houston. The property is situated on 1.9 acres in Cypress and was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as AT&T, Supercuts and Dogtopia. Ryan West, John Indelli and Ethan Goldberg of JLL represented Read King in the transaction. Michael Johnson and Tolu Akindele of JLL placed a five-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer, an undisclosed private investor.
SAN DIEGO — CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance group has arranged a $111.5 million loan for the refinancing of Rancho Vista Corporate Center, an office/R&D campus in San Diego. The borrower is Swift Real Estate Partners. Mike Walker, Brad Zampa, Megan Woodring and Taylor Shepard of CBRE’s San Francisco office secured the floating-rate financing for the borrower. Annaly Commercial Real Estate served as lender. Situated on 67.5 acres at 16399 W. Bernardo Drive, Rancho Vista Corporate Center offers a total of 816,771 square feet of office and R&D space spread across multiple buildings, including a three-story, Class A office building. Swift Real Estate Partners acquired the campus in 2016 and has completed a $70 million transformation of the property, including upgraded building systems; added amenities, such as a fitness center and outdoor sports court facility; open-air collaboration and gaming areas; cafeteria renovation; new facades; exterior and landscaping upgrades; and increased connectivity between the buildings. The company recently completed the final stage of its repositioning strategy, which included converting Building 60 into Class A creative office space from R&D use.