AUSTIN, TEXAS — Dallas-based Leon Capital has broken ground on Society, a 262-unit multifamily community located at 6001 S. Congress Ave. in Austin. The property will offer creative office space with a tech lounge, fitness center, pool and outdoor TV lounge. Preleasing is expected to begin in summer 2019, and the first units are slated a fall 2019 delivery. Austin-based Rhode Partners is serving as project architect, and LG Wade Construction is the general contractor.
IRVING, TEXAS — SVN has negotiated the sale of Rock Island Apartments, a 154-unit multifamily property in Irving. The property was built in 1973 and was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale. Byron Griffith of SVN brokered the sale. The Arlington-based buyer will implement a value-add program to the unit interiors and amenities. Other terms of sale and the seller were not disclosed.
ORANGE, TEXAS — Hunt Real Estate Capital has provided a $5.1 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Terrace Vines Apartments, a 104-unit multifamily asset in Orange, a city in southeast Texas. The seven-year loan features a fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower is QRH Prop One LLC, which purchased the asset in early 2016. The property, which includes amenities such as a pool, playground, business center and dog park, was 99 percent occupied at the time of loan closing.
BEAUMONT, ROCKPORT AND HONDO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5 million sale of a trio of manufactured housing communities totaling 241 homes in Texas. The properties are Wenwood, a 53-home community in Beaumont; Rockport Village, a 73-home asset in the Gulf Coast city of Rockport; and Hondo Villages—Jackson & Sunset, a 115-home property in the San Antonio suburb of Hondo. Jeff Taylor, Douglas Danny and Braeden Jehle of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, a partnership and limited liability company, respectively. Both parties requested anonymity.
NEW YORK CITY — Creative workspace provider Spaces has signed a 15-year, 110,989-square-foot lease at the Chrysler Building in New York City. Jim Wenk and Kirill Azovtsev of JLL represented Spaces in the transaction. Building owner Tishman Speyer was represented in-house by Gregory Conen and Robert Weller. Spaces will occupy the seventh through the ninth floors at the 1.2 million-square-foot Chrysler Building, which is located at 405 Lexington Ave. in Midtown Manhattan. The company currently operates three workspaces in New York with three more set to open by the end of this year.
ATLANTA — Brasfield & Gorrie has broken ground on a 104,100-square-foot expansion of the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Dubbed Expansion 2020, the project costs will total $100 million, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. A 1 million-gallon “interactive and immersive” shark tank exhibit will be the focal point of the expansion. The project will also include a new entrance and exit, office spaces, retail spaces, loading dock and new ticketing services. Since the aquarium’s 2005 opening, Brasfield & Gorrie has completed multiple expansions, including the ballroom renovation, dolphin expansion, multiple marine life holding projects, sea lion exhibit and the café renovation. Birmingham, Ala.-based Brasfield & Gorrie is collaborating with Peckham, Guyton, Alberts & Viets Architects on the project, which is slated for completion in late 2020. The aquarium will remain open during construction.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged a $25 million loan for the acquisition of Summit at Southpoint, a 260,664-square-foot office complex located at 6410 Southpoint Parkway in Jacksonville. Charles Foschini and Christopher Apone of Berkadia arranged the three-year loan through NXT Capital on behalf of the borrower, Rose & Berg Realty Group. Transwestern arranged the acquisition on behalf of the seller, Blue Rock Real Estate LLC, which sold the complex for $29.6 million. Summit at Southpoint includes four, three-story office buildings constructed between 1988 and 1998. The complex was 82 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as U.S. Bank/FSV Payment Systems, Chicago Title Insurance Co., BB&T, Windstream, Occenture and Keiser University.
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has arranged the $14.7 million sale of 206,068-square-foot office building located at 6606 W. Broad St. in Richmond. Thalhimer Realty Partners (TRP), the investment and development subsidiary of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, acquired the asset from Southern States. TRP will rename the building Brookfield Place. The property, which was 70 percent leased at the time of sale, serves as the headquarters for Southern States Cooperative. Additional tenants include Virginia Urology, Wiley Wilson and Keener Communications. Brookfield Place will continue to serve as the headquarters for Southern States, which has signed a long-term lease with plans to renovate its office space. Evan Magrill and Baker Lynn of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer will handle Brookfield Place’s leasing assignment, and Lindsay Mujacic of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer will manage the property.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Plaza Advisors has arranged the sale of Vine Street Square, a 114,071-square-foot shopping center in Kissimmee, located roughly 30 miles south of Orlando. Jim Michalak and Keith Nurre of Plaza Advisors arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Phillips Edison & Co. A private equity group purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Walmart Neighborhood Market anchors the center, which was 99 percent leased at the time of sale. Additional tenants include Humana, CAC FL Medical Centers, Mattress One, CosmoProf, Domino’s Pizza, H&R Block and MetroPCS.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Marshall Hotels & Resorts has opened the 63-room Hotel Indigo Birmingham Five Points S-UAB. Located in the Five Points South area, Birmingham’s arts, entertainment and dining district, the hotel is near attractions including the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, McWane Science Center and the Birmingham Civil Rights Museum. In addition, the property is a half-mile from University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The building was originally designed in the 1930s for medical offices and was converted into a hotel in the 1980s. Marshall Hotels completed a $5 million renovation to convert the hotel from the Hotel Highland Downtown to a Hotel Indigo, a chain of boutique hotels under the InterContinental Hotels Group umbrella. The hotel features the Rx lounge, a themed bar and restaurant that captures the building’s medical arts origins.
