NASHVILLE, TENN. — Virginia Beach, Va.-based CCP Commercial Real Estate has acquired a five-building office-flex portfolio in Nashville for $41.2 million. The properties are located within the city’s Airport North and Metro Center submarkets. The portfolio, which was 97 percent leased at the time of sale, totals 413,000 square feet and includes a mix of office and warehouse space. The name of the seller was not disclosed. The acquisition brings CCP’s portfolio in the Nashville market to approximately 1 million square feet.
BETHESDA, MD. — HFF has brokered the sale of Flats at Bethesda Avenue, a 162-unit apartment community in Bethesda. Stephen Conley, Sue Carras, Walter Coker, Brian Crivella, John Owendoff and Jordan Lex of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between StonebridgeCarras, PN Hoffman, Buvermo and Northwestern Mutual. The HFF team also procured the buyer, a fund managed by BlackRock Real Assets. Flats at Bethesda Avenue, constructed in 2015, includes more than 40,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space that is fully leased to Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Kids, PassionFish, Silver, Paul, Chop’t and Long & Foster Real Estate. Community amenities include a rooftop deck with a kitchen, lounge, fire pit and bar; fitness center; two-level clubhouse with fireplace; billiards and kitchen; coffee lounge; and a terraced outdoor patio that connects to the Capital Crescent Trail, an off-road rail-trail that stretches 11 miles from Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown district to Silver Spring, Md.
GONZALES, LA. — Bearing Point Properties has broken ground on Sawgrass Point, a 272-unit apartment community in Gonzales, located roughly 25 miles south of Baton Rouge. The community will include four apartment buildings and two townhome-style buildings. Amenities will include a clubhouse, resort-style pool, outdoor kitchen, dog park and a fitness center. Doster Construction Co. is the general contractor for the project, and Humphreys & Partners Architects is the architect of record. The development team expects to wrap up construction on Sawgrass Point in spring 2019.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Calkain Cos. has arranged the $14.9 million sale of MacArthur Retail & Professional Center, a 45,543-square-foot mixed-use building located at 5185 MacArthur Blvd. N.W. in Washington D.C.’s Palisades neighborhood. Rick Fernandez and Andrew Fallon of Calkain Cos. arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. A group of New York-based private investors acquired the asset, which was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Starbucks Coffee and The UPS Store on the ground floor. The upper two floors of the building house office space.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — HREC Investment Advisors has brokered the sale of the 295-room DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Williamsburg. Ketan Patel and Monty Levy of HREC arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of Waramaug Hospitality. An affiliate of Shamin Hotels, a Virginia-based hotel owner and operator, acquired the asset. The sales price was not disclosed. The DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel is located adjacent to the Busch Gardens theme park, a half-mile from Anheuser Busch’s Williamsburg Budweiser brewery and five miles from the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station.
DEERFIELD, ILL. — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged a $32.9 million loan for the acquisition of the Hyatt Regency Deerfield. The 301-room hotel is located at 1750 Lake Cook Road near I-94 and I-294. Bill Howe and Jonathan Rice of CBRE arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, Phoenix Development Partners. A debt fund provided the loan.
ELGIN AND DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has negotiated the sale of two industrial buildings totaling 63,128 square feet in Illinois. The sales prices were not disclosed. Nottingham Realty Group LLC purchased a 38,128-square-foot industrial building located at 1700-1730 Todd Farm Drive in Elgin. The building is fully leased and located within the Windsor Commerce Center. Brian Lindgren of Brown represented the buyer, who was completing a 1031 exchange. John D’Orazio of Colliers International represented the seller, Cristie Ann Enterprises LLC. Lindgren also represented Premium Investment Properties LLC in its purchase of a 25,000-square-foot building at 2211-2239 Curtiss St. in Downers Grove. The seller was Simborg Industrial Real Estate LLC.
CHESTERTON, IND. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $3.6 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Deer Run Apartments in Chesterton, which is located in northwestern Indiana. The 72-unit apartment property was built in the 1970s. Brett Hood of NorthMarq arranged the 10-year loan.
EDINA, MINN. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $2.8 million loan for the refinancing of a 74,595-square-foot office and warehouse building in Edina. A life insurance company provided the 10-year loan, which features a 20-year amortization schedule. Tony Carlson and Brett Olson of Grandbridge arranged the loan. The borrower was not disclosed.
SAUKVILLE, WIS. — The Dickman Co. Inc./CORFAC International has brokered the sale of a 30,197-square-foot industrial building in Saukville, about 25 miles north of Milwaukee. The sales price was not disclosed. The property is located at 851 N. Progress Drive. Nick Keys and Roger Siegel of Dickman brokered the transaction. Progress13 LLC purchased the asset from Denz Group LLC.