GREEN BAY, WIS. — MCR Hotels, an owner and operator, has purchased the 127-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott Green Bay for an undisclosed price. The hotel is in close proximity to the Green Bay Packers’ Lambeau Field. Located at 1011 Tony Canadeo Run, the property features free breakfast, Wi-Fi, a convenience store, fitness center, indoor pool, business center and 1,020 square feet of meeting space. The seller was undisclosed.
INDIANAPOLIS — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a 353,000-square-foot industrial building in Indianapolis. Located at 7901 W. 21st St., the facility is fully leased to Venture Logistics LLC and Iron Mountain Inc. Built in 1985 and renovated in 1994, the property features 31 dock doors and three drive-in doors. Venture Logistics, a privately owned transportation company, occupies 85 percent of the building. Erik Foster, Mike Wilson, Sean McHale and Steve Schaub of Avison Young represented the seller, an institutional owner. Plymouth Industrial REIT purchased the asset for $12.1 million.
EMPORIA, KAN. — Prescient Capital has provided a $6.8 million loan for the refinancing of The Villas at Emporia, a 192-bed student housing property in eastern central Kansas. The four-story complex is located at 1839 Merchant St. The loan term is 12 months with two six-month extension options. Loan proceeds will be utilized to pay off maturing debt. The borrower was undisclosed. Emporia is home to Emporia State University.
ROCHESTER, N.Y. — The University of Rochester (UR) plans to develop The UR Medicine Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center at The Marketplace Mall in Rochester. The 330,000-square-foot facility would be the largest off-site building in UR history. Wilmorite, owner of The Marketplace Mall, plans to sell the former Sears department store and surrounding mall property to UR. Plans call for repurposing the vacant Sears building as the shell for the new ambulatory surgery center, with new operating rooms and procedure rooms. New construction would create a multi-story tower above the surgery center, housing services such as diagnosis and treatment of bone, spine, muscle and joint conditions as well as sports medicine, injury prevention and other wellness services. The Orthopaedics & Physical Performance Center could cost up to $240 million, which will be paid for through a combination of philanthropy, UR funds and borrowing. Trustees have approved $11 million for project design. If approvals and construction proceed as expected, the campus could be completed by 2023.
ALLENTOWN, PA. — Center City Investment Corp. will develop 1 Center Square, a 296,000-square-foot Class A office building in the City Center business district of Allentown, located approximately 60 miles north of Philadelphia. The 16-story office building will be built with a speculative corporate headquarters anchor tenant in mind and will feature open floorplans and theater-style auditoriums. JDavis Architects is designing 1 Center Square and Gensler is the interior designer. North Star Construction Management is the general contractor. Construction is slated to begin this fall, with initial occupancy scheduled for 2022. The project is estimated to cost $100 million.
JENKINTOWN, PA. — A joint venture between Inland Institutional Capital LLC and Charter Realty & Development Corp. has acquired Baederwood Shoppes on the Fairway, a 116,778-square-foot shopping center in Jenkintown, a northern suburb of Philadelphia, for $43.3 million. Whole Foods Market anchors the shopping center with other tenants including Planet Fitness, Panera Bread and Penn Community Bank. Mark Cosenza of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions LLC and Paul Brandes, a principal of Charter, represented the joint venture in the transaction. The seller was undisclosed.
LEOMINSTER, MASS. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the $16 million sale of The Mall at Whitney Field, a 744,107-square-foot retail center in Leominster, located approximately 42 miles northwest of Boston. At the time of sale, the property was 95 percent leased to tenants including Sears, Macy’s JCPenney, Burlington and regional grocer Market Basket. Geoffrey Millerd, Justin Smith and Paul Penman led an NKF team that represented the seller, Colony Capital. Hull Property Group was the buyer.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has brokered the sale of a 20,000-square-foot industrial building in Hackensack, a northwestern suburb of New York City. Located at 143 Leuning St., the property offers 17,500-square-feet of industrial space, 2,500-square-feet of office space and close proximity to the New Jersey Turnpike. The buyer, City Knickerbocker, provides reproductions of contemporary lighting fixtures for use in television, theater, and private businesses and homes. Russell Verducci and Eric Demmers of NAI James Hanson represented City Knickerbocker in the transaction. Schmidt Realty Company LLC was the seller. The sales price was undisclosed.
Today, the Triangle market is booming. The once sleepy Raleigh and Durham central business districts have been transformed with development pipelines exceeding $2.5 billion. Since 2009, Kane Realty’s North Hills, which has become our standard bearer for suburban mixed-use planning, has delivered an additional 1,100 multifamily units, 120,000 square feet of retail, 501 hotel keys and 1.1 million square feet of office space that is achieving top rental rates for the market. And there are more uses coming. There are 10 exciting mixed-use projects under construction as the Triangle continues to take amenities to the next level and increase its competitiveness. Multiple demand drivers The Triangle still feels like it’s in earlier innings with durable growth potential as evidenced by: • Explosive In-migration: 52 percent population growth since 2001, or 3.7 times the national average. • Balanced, Recession Resistant Factors: The market is a top 10 life sciences clusters and includes the largest research park in the United States with Research Triangle Park (RTP). Raleigh-Durham also has well-regarded university and hospital systems and state capital. • Highly Educated Workforce: There are more than 80,000 students enrolled at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Duke University and North Carolina State …
When picturing the rebirth of downtown Atlanta, one of the first images to come to mind is the skyline — the iconic high-rises. Another, often overlooked, part of this picture includes Atlanta’s skywalks. In the early days of redevelopment, these walkways connected luxury buildings above urban neighborhoods that many had abandoned, and effectively furthered the separation of the “haves” from the “have-nots.” Iconic Atlanta developer Egbert Perry was driven to challenge development that emphasized the separation. From his perspective, perpetuating the separation of community members simply perpetuated the issues of inequity and injustice that plagued the city. Perry was motivated to bring people together in a different way, in neighborhoods that would appeal to everyone. Where others saw poverty, blight, and dilapidated housing projects, Perry saw potential — and pioneered a new approach to affordable and workforce housing, commercial real estate development, and community development and investment. The Story Begins at Centennial Place In 1994, when Perry left H.J. Russell & Company to start The Integral Group, he quickly came upon an opportunity to redevelop the area now home to Centennial Place. The 60-acre property was located in the heart of downtown Atlanta, and was considered to be the most …
