CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Dilweg Cos. has acquired Vanguard Center, a 14-building office park in Charlotte, in two separate transactions. The sales price was not disclosed, but the Charlotte Business Journal reports the Durham-based company acquired the assets from True North Management Group for $45.6 million. Dilweg plans to invest significant capital to improve the park, which was constructed between 1975 and 1997. Planned renovations include exterior improvements, updates to mechanical systems and common area and tenant amenity upgrades. Perkins + Will, an architectural firm, will assist with the renovations. Vanguard Center totals 563,504 square feet and was 65 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including MapAnything, National Welders, MI Home and The Home Depot. Patrick Gildea and Matt Smith of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller. Dilweg has retained CBRE’s Joe Franco, Ralph Oldham, Stephanie Spivey and Katherine Richey to handle the park’s leasing assignment. The purchase of Vanguard Center brings Dilweg’s Charlotte office portfolio to more than 1.7 million square feet and its Southeast office holdings to more than 6.4 million square feet.
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COLUMBIA, MD. — Finmarc Management Inc. has acquired a two-building office/flex portfolio in Columbia for $10.9 million. The sold portfolio includes a single-story, 49,000-square-foot flex building at 9151 Rumsey Road and a single-story, 61,000-square-foot flex/office building at 9130 Red Branch Road. Jay Wellschlager of JLL arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Greenfield Partners. The portfolio was 90 percent leased at the time of sale. With this acquisition, Finmarc currently owns and manages more than 100 commercial office, flex, industrial and retail properties in the Mid-Atlantic area, as well as several residential projects. The company’s assets total just under 6 million square feet of space.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Bright Realty has broken ground on The Realm at Castle Hills, a 324-acre mixed-use project located in the northern Dallas metro of Lewisville. The development will deliver office, retail, entertainment and multifamily space. Phase I will center on Offices at The Realm, a nine-story, Class A office building that will span 235,000 square feet of office space and 15,000 square feet of ground-floor restaurant space. The building will front an outdoor park and entertainment space, all of which are slated for delivery in mid-2019. Groundwork on Phase II of the project, a 260-unit multifamily atop 35,000 square feet of retail space, is also underway.
DALLAS, SAN ANTONIO AND LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Fort Worth-based Mitchell Asset Group Inc. has acquired a 320,852-square-foot industrial portfolio from private equity firm Pacific Avenue Capital Partners. The properties include a 136,882-square-foot facility located at 11100 Plano Road in Dallas; a 104,000-square-foot asset located at 3101 Aniol St. in San Antonio; and a 79,790-square-foot building located at 1919 Avenue E in Lubbock. The properties were acquired in a sale-leaseback transaction for an undisclosed price. Walker & Dunlop arranged debt for the acquisition through UBS.
SAN ANTONIO — Schertz, Texas-based Industrial Group Southwest (IGX) will develop a 350,000-square-foot industrial building in San Antonio. The development marks Phase I of Brooks Business Park, a six-building project on the city’s south side that will ultimately deliver about 1.1 million square feet of industrial space. Buildings will range in size from 30,000 to 600,000 square feet. The initial 350,000-square-foot building is expected to be complete before year’s end.
DALLAS — Greysteel has arranged the sale of Artisan Ridge, a 264-unit multifamily community in Dallas. Built in 2004 on 14.7 acres, the property offers amenities such as a pool, clubhouse with a business center, playground, fitness center and storage units. Ari Firoozabadi, Doug Banerjee, Boyan Radic, Andrew Mueller, John Marshall Doss and Andrew Hanson of Greysteel represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a portfolio of three retail properties totaling 143,963 square feet in Austin. The single-tenant properties span a total of 21.3 acres and are leased to JC Penney, Frost Bank and Gold’s Gym. Vincent Knipp and Ryan Wolf of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private developer, in the transaction. Bill Rose, also of Marcus & Millichap, procured the buyer, a private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Flaherty & Collins Properties and Port KC have opened Union Berkley Riverfront, a $72 million mixed-use development along the Missouri River in Kansas City. Union consists of 407 luxury apartment units and 12,400 square feet of retail space. Indoor amenities include a first-floor bar and coffee shop, a library with co-working and private conference space and 24-hour package center access. A 1,600-square-foot fitness center will include a yoga studio and group cycling. Outdoor amenities include a saltwater pool, dog park, bike storage and courtyard space. TCF Bank provided financing for the 664,812-square-foot project. MW Builders was the general contractor for the project.
SKOKIE, ILL. — HFF has arranged a $59.6 million refinancing for Old Orchard Towers in Skokie in suburban Chicago. The 349,814-square-foot Class A office complex consists of two seven-story towers. Located at 5202 and 5250 Old Orchard Road, the property is approximately 13 miles from Chicago O’Hare International Airport. The towers are 91 percent leased to 16 tenants, including National Louis University, healthcare consultant Sg2 and management consulting firm Kaufman, Hall & Associates. The property also includes a vacant 2.5-acre parcel for future development. Christopher Carroll of HFF represented the borrower, Zeller Realty Group. Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp. provided the three-year loan.
MARION, ILL. — Binswanger has brokered the sale of a 1 million-square-foot distribution center in Marion in southern Illinois. The sales price was not disclosed. The Class A facility is located on 72 acres at 1100 Glen Clarida Drive. The building, originally constructed in 1999, underwent an expansion in 2004 and a renovation in 2013. Clear heights range from 32 to 37 feet. Zach Binswanger of Binswanger represented the seller in the transaction. Neither the buyer nor the seller was disclosed.