GLEN MILLS, PA. — Erickson Living has broken ground on an expansion at Maris Grove, a continuing care retirement community in Glen Mills, located approximately 20 miles west of Philadelphia. The three-story, 76,000-square-foot project will be named Evergreen Pointe and will feature 84 new assisted living units. Evergreen Pointe is part of Erickson’s multi-year plan to expand and renovate Maris Grove’s existing residences. The new building will be located adjacent to the existing continuing care building, Rose Court, which will be renovated to include a dedicated memory care neighborhood and redesigned lobby and bistro. Construction of Evergreen Pointe is estimated to take 18 months. Three independent living neighborhoods, with more than 1,200 independent living apartment homes, are also located on the 87-acre campus. Architectural firm SFCS designed the project.
PENNSAUKEN, N.J. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 37,856-square-foot industrial property in Pennsauken, an eastern suburb of Philadelphia. Situated at 2301 Haddonfield Road, the property features 16-foot clear heights and convenient access to the Cherry Hill Commuter Rail. Maple Direct Printing was the anchor tenant of the building at the time of sale. Ian Richman and Marc Isdaner of Colliers represented the seller, The Bloom Organization. Velocity Ventures was the buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — HAP Investments LLC has topped out HAP Eight, a 20-story residential property in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. The property comprises two side-by-side towers featuring 112 multifamily units and 87 condominium residences. The two buildings will share amenities, including a fitness facility, pool and parking deck. DXA Studio Architects designed the project, which is slated for completion in early 2021.
NEW YORK CITY — Salad chain Sweetgreen has signed a 3,500-square-foot retail lease at 10 Grand Central, a 35-story office building in Midtown Manhattan. The fast-casual restaurant will occupy the ground-floor retail space at the building fronting 44th Street this summer. Jacqueline Klinger of TSCG represented Sweetgreen in the lease negotiations. Henry Henderson represented the landlord, Marx Realty, on an internal basis.
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Earth Fare, a privately held grocery chain that sells natural and organic products, says it will shutter all of its stores and launch a liquidation inventory sale. The grocer lists 46 stores on its website, the bulk of which are in Florida and its home state of North Carolina. Earth Fare also has five stores in the Midwest and a few others in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Virginia and South Carolina. Earth Fare is also shuttering its corporate office in Asheville. The Wall Street Journal reported that Earth Fare, whose majority investor is New York-based private equity firm Oak Hill Capital, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection today in Delaware. Oak Hill’s portfolio includes a stake in drive-thru fast food restaurant chain Checkers among other businesses. Past investments for Oak Hill include stakes in retailers Dave & Buster’s and Duane Reade. Earth Fare’s investors include an affiliate of Monitor Clipper Partners and former Sears CEO Alan Lacy, according to the Journal. In a statement released Monday, Earth Fare cited financial challenges stemming from its expansion efforts and its investments in improving the customer experience. “While many of these initiatives improved the business, continued challenges in the retail industry …
UNION CITY, GA. — Birmingham, Ala.-based Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United Inc., the second largest privately held Coca-Cola bottler in North America, has opened an $86 million, 456,000-square-foot sales and distribution center in the south Atlanta suburb of Union City. Approximately 36 million cases of beverages will be loaded and shipped annually from the facility, known as South Metro Sales Center. The property includes a 375,000 square-foot warehouse, 25,000-square-foot fleet maintenance area, 36,000 square feet of administration space and a 20,000-square-foot service department for equipment and vending repair. The facility is located at 4913 Mason Road, 17 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta and 10 miles west of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Approximately 750 employees work at the facility, which has a payroll of more than $41 million. General contractor Brasfield & Gorrie began construction at the site in early 2018. System Logistics built the warehousing system technology at the facility.
ATLANTA AND SAVANNAH, GA. — Plymouth Industrial REIT Inc. has purchased a five-property, 924,036-square-foot industrial portfolio in Atlanta and Savannah for $34.7 million. Fully leased to four tenants with weighted average lease terms of approximately seven years, the portfolio comprises two buildings in the Northwest and I-20 East industrial submarkets of Atlanta and three buildings in Savannah. The acquisition also includes 39 acres of developable land in Atlanta. The seller(s) was not disclosed.
MURFREESBORO, TENN. — Hamilton Zanze has acquired Springfield Apartments, a 270-unit multifamily community in Murfreesboro. The property comprises 16 buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Units average 1,013 square feet. Communal amenities include a dog park, gaming area, saltwater pool, hammock garden and an entertainment pub. Springfield Apartments is located at 3726 Manson Pike, 30 miles southeast of downtown Nashville. The property was delivered in 2018 and was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. Denver-based Mission Rock Capital will manage the property. Further details of the sale were not disclosed.
MIAMI — Aztec Group has arranged a $17.4 million refinancing loan for Sunset Strip, an 86,029-square-foot retail center in Miami. Presidente Supermarket and Dollar Tree anchor the property, which includes other tenants such as Atlantis Academy, Metro PCS, Inkaholik and Atlakat Restaurant & Grill. The property is situated at 10855 S.W. 72nd St., 12 miles west of downtown Miami. Starwood Mortgage Capital provided the loan to an affiliate of Miami-based CF Properties. The nonrecourse, interest-only loan has a 10-year term with a fixed 3.57 percent interest rate.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Golden Corral has signed a lease agreement with landlord Keystone Corp. to occupy 42,500 square feet of the first two floors of Palisades III, an under-construction office building in Raleigh. Palisades III will stand six stories and span 166,290 square feet. Building amenities will include a café, onsite conferencing, lounge, fitness center and a rooftop terrace. Keystone expects to deliver the property in early 2021. The property is situated at 5410 Trinity Road, adjacent to Palisades I and II, which Keystone acquired in summer 2018. CBRE|Raleigh represented the landlord in the transaction. Golden Corral’s headquarters are currently located at 5151 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh. The company operates 100 buffet and grill restaurants nationwide with franchisees operating another 400 locations.