NEW ORLEANS — A partnership has purchased the 1,193-room Hyatt Regency New Orleans and will continue to manage the property as a Hyatt hotel. A partnership between investment company ERG, GMB Properties, The Berger Co. and asset management firm Fulcrum Hospitality purchased the downtown New Orleans hotel for an undisclosed price. The seller was Los Angeles-based Poydras Hotel Holdings Co. The ownership team plans to invest $20 million in capital investments over the next few years. According to ERG Enterprises, the sale represents the largest hotel acquisition in Louisiana history and the first time the Hyatt Regency will fall under local majority ownership. The Hyatt Regency New Orleans is the third-largest hotel in New Orleans and is accessible to sports venues including Mercedes-Benz Superdome and Smoothie King Center. Established in 1976, the 601 Loyola Ave. property occupies a space near the French Quarter and Mississippi Riverfront and features a pool, fitness center and meeting facilities.
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Cushman & Wakefield Negotiates $32.7M Sale of Sawgrass Village Office Campus in South Florida
by Alex Tostado
SUNRISE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale and financing of Sawgrass Village, a more than 112,000-square-foot office campus in Sunrise, 12 miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County. MG3 Realty LLC acquired the asset for $32.7 million, or $290 per square foot. The name of the seller was not disclosed, but multiple media outlets have reported the seller as DWS Group, a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank. Sawgrass Village comprises two single-story office buildings developed in 2000 on an 11.3-acre site within Sawgrass International Corporate Park. The 612-acre master-planned office park houses more than 3 million square feet of office and industrial space. Located at 1300 Concord Terrace, the park is adjacent to Interstates 75 and 595, offering direct access to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport and Miami International Airport. Both buildings at Sawgrass Village were 100 percent occupied at the time of sale by Comcast and Bolton Medical. Dominic Montazemi, Mike Davis, Greg Miller, Scott O’Donnell, Miguel Alcivar, Rick Brugge, Rick Colon and Michael Ciadella of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team represented DWS in the sale. Jason Hochman of Cushman & Wakefield’s Equity, Debt and Structured Finance Group secured a $21.3 million acquisition loan from Citigroup Inc. for MG3 …
SLI Capital, Atlas Stark to Begin Construction on 65,000 SF East End Market Project in Raleigh
by Alex Tostado
RALEIGH, N.C. — SLI Capital, a real estate investment management firm, and Atlas Stark, a Raleigh-based real estate development firm, will soon begin the construction of East End Market, a 65,000-square-foot adaptive reuse project located in Raleigh’s East End neighborhood. Common Desk, a Dallas-based coworking space provider, signed on to take 28,423 square feet in East End Market in partnership with Workplace Hospitality Management, which is expanding Common Desk throughout the Carolinas and Tennessee. Common Desk’s East End Market location will feature space for community events, private offices and enterprise suites, as well as custom design elements like local art installations, industrial-sized roll-up doors, conference rooms and an outdoor patio. The project is scheduled for completion in fall 2020.
KeyBank Secures $34.6M Acquisition Financing for New Multifamily Property in Asheville
by Alex Tostado
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $34.6 million in Freddie Mac financing for the purchase of a new multifamily community in Asheville. The borrower, an affiliate of Waypoint Real Estate Investments, a national real estate investment firm based in Boca Raton, Fla., will acquire Skyland Exchange Apartment Homes. Trevor Ritter and Joe Fadus of KeyBank structured the financing. Built in 2019, Skyland Exchange Apartment Homes is a 290-unit multifamily property comprising seven four-story buildings on 11 acres of land at 12 Sky Exchange Drive. The complex is located seven miles south of downtown Asheville and features one-, two-, and three-bedroom layouts, as well as a saltwater pool, outdoor lounge area, fitness center and a clubhouse.
BROOKSHIRE, TEXAS — Stream Realty Partners has acquired 300 acres in the western Houston suburb of Brookshire for the development of Empire West Business Park, an industrial development that fronts Interstate 10 and U.S. Highway 90. The initial phase of Stream’s development strategy will center on the delivery of 1 million square feet of speculative product across three buildings. A construction timeline was not released.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — CRG Development has broken ground on 401 Hemphill Apartments, a 242-unit community located in the Near Southside neighborhood of Fort Worth. The property will offer amenities such as a pool, fitness center, coworking space, outdoor grilling stations and a 277-space parking garage. Lamar Johnson Collaborative designed the project, and Cadence McShane is the general contractor. Completion is scheduled for the second quarter of 2021.
DALLAS — A partnership between Hines, Westdale Real Estate Investment & Management and Ivanhoe Cambridge has acquired land in the Deep Ellum area of Dallas for the development of The Stack Deep Ellum, a 215,000-square-foot commercial project. The 16-story building will be located at 2700 Commerce St. and feature 200,000 square feet of office space and 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. 5G Studio Collaborative is the architect for the project, construction of which is scheduled to begin in December.
SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 25,000-square-foot industrial building located at 120 Industrial Blvd. in Sugar Land, a southwestern suburb of Houston. Gulf Coast Athletic Supply Inc. sold the property to DetectaChem, a manufacturer of handheld detection systems, for an undisclosed price. Chris Caudill of NAI Partners handled the transaction.
Rise, Aegon Real Assets Buy Two Multifamily Properties in Metro Seattle Totaling $161.3M
by Amy Works
KENT AND EVERETT, WASH. — Rise Properties Trust and Aegon Real Assets have purchased two multifamily assets located in metro Seattle totaling $161.3 million. The joint venture acquired the 366-unit Mosaic Hills Apartments in Kent for $81 million and the 336-unit Colby Creek Apartments in Everett for $80.3 million. These transactions conclude more than $300 million of Seattle-area acquisitions for the joint venture in 2019. Seattle-based Thrive Communities will manage the properties. Including Mosaic Hills Apartments and Colby Creek Apartments, RISE owns approximately 4,000 units across 22 multifamily properties in the Pacific Northwest.
WAIKIKI, HAWAII — An entity controlled by LVMH Moet Hennessey Louis Vuitton and Mockingbird Interests Waikiki LLC has purchased two commercial units located at 2181 Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki. The Hawaii-based Moore family trust sold the retail assets for $72 million. Bryan Ley of JLL, in collaboration with Avalon Commercial, represented the sellers in the deal. Cushman & Wakefield, with Sofos Realty Corp. as a local partner, originally listed the property in July 2017 with no asking price. The two units are currently occupied by Quiksilver and First Hawaiian Bank, the latter of which plans to relocate to 1958 Kalakaua Ave. in Waikiki. The assets are located across the street from Tiffany & Co.’s three-story flagship location at Royal Hawaiian Center, while Max Mara and the flagship Louis Vuitton store are located nearby.