MIAMI — Asia Capital Real Estate Management (ACRE) and Miami-based Global City Development have broken ground on MiMo Bay Apartments, a 236-unit multifamily community located at 6445 N.E. 7th Ave. in Miami’s MiMo District. The asset is being built adjacent to Legion Memorial Park, the site of the former American Legion Post No. 29. The new mixed-use community will include a 15,000-square-foot facility that will be owned and operated by Post No. 29 to be used by its military veteran members. The facility will include a gym, areas for physical therapy, wellness center and a swimming pool. Services will include group therapy, acupuncture and post-traumatic stress disorder treatment. MiMo Bay Apartments is a joint venture between ACRE and an unnamed pension fund based in Canada. The developers secured a $51 million construction loan through TD Bank. Miami-based Coastal Construction Group is the general contractor, and Stantec’s Miami office designed the property.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE has arranged the $29.9 million sale of the Chamber Building, a five-story, 65,444-square-foot office building located at 330 S. Tryon St. in downtown Charlotte. The asset was fully renovated in 2015 and includes a parking garage on a half-acre lot adjacent to the building. Tenants at the time of the sale included the Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, Perkins & Will, Compass Bank, Famous Toastery and Progressive AE. Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith and Grayson Hawkins of CBRE represented the seller, Grubb Properties, in the transaction. Ferncroft Capital purchased the property.
ROANOKE, VA. — BC Wood Properties has acquired Ivy Market, a 31,073-square-foot shopping center situated about three miles south of downtown Roanoke. The asset is occupied by Earth Fare, First Watch and a soon-to-open CoreLife Eatery. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
CPHILADELPHIA — Comcast Spectacor and the Cordish Cos. have announced plans to develop Pattison Place, an $80 million office tower inside the Philadelphia Sports Complex. Designed by Beyer Blinder Belle and BLT Architects, the 200,000-square-foot Pattison Place will feature a 4,000-square-foot lobby with 35-foot ceiling heights and 20,000 square feet of ground-floor retail. The 12-foot floor-to-ceiling windows in the building will also provide views of the Philadelphia skyline, surrounding sports complex and neighboring Navy Yard. Pattison Place is expected to create 1,670 new jobs and generate $295 million in economic benefits to Philadelphia and Pennsylvania over a 30-year period, according to Cordish.
YORK, PA. — KeyBank has provided a total of $17.8 million to refinance two healthcare facilities in York. The properties are Autumn House East, a five-building, 141-bed healthcare facility; and Autumn House West, a three-building, 132-bed assisted living and memory care facility. The properties were built in 1958 with renovations each decade. Patrick Shearer of KeyBank’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged the fixed-rate loans with 30-year amortization schedules on behalf of borrower Persimmon Ventures LLC and Big Bay Ventures LLC. The facilities operate as licensed personal care homes and are leased and operated by Cardinal Senior Management LLC.
Northeast Private Client Group Brokers $6.4M Sale of Two Mixed-Use Buildings in Connecticut
by David Cohen
NEW BRITAIN, CONN. — Northeast Private Client Group has brokered the $6.4 million sale of two mixed-use buildings in New Britain. Located at 99 W. Main St. and 160 Main St., the properties consist of a combined nine ground-floor retail suites with 30 residential units on the upper floors. The buildings are located within one block of each other. Rich Edwards and Jeff Wright in the firm’s Shelton office represented the seller, AKK Enterprises, in the transaction. The buyer was Melrose Solomon Enterprises.
Cornerstone Realty Capital Secures $2.2M Refinancing for Mixed-Use Property in Massachusetts
by David Cohen
HUDSON, MASS. — Cornerstone Realty Capital has secured a $2.2 million loan to refinance a 32-unit mixed-use property in Hudson. Located on Main Street, the property consists of 28 residential and four commercial units. Patrick Brady of Cornerstone secured the fixed-rate financing with 12 months of interest-only payments on behalf of the undisclosed borrower. An agency lender provided the financing.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Hillwood will develop three buildings totaling approximately 1.5 million square feet on its AllianceTexas campus in Fort Worth. Two buildings (Buildings 4 and 5) will be developed on the Alliance Northport campus and one will be developed on the Alliance Westport campus. Hillwood expects to break ground on the new buildings, which are being developed on a speculative basis, in March and to complete them during the fourth quarter. RGA Architects designed the Northport buildings and GDA Architects designed the Westport building. Inwood Bank and Simmons Bank provided construction financing for Buildings 4 and 5, respectively, at Northport, while Bank of America originated construction financing for the Westport property.
DALLAS — Developers Westdale and KDC have announced the first tenants to join The Epic office tower, a 251,000-square-foot property in Dallas. The Epic is an eight-acre mixed-use development situated at the intersection of downtown Dallas, Deep Ellum and the Dallas Farmers Market. Westdale will occupy 39,124 square feet in the office tower beginning in June. Coworking firm Spaces has leased 47,026 square feet, and Asian restaurant and lounge Komodo will occupy a total of 22,200 square feet of interior and exterior seating space. The Epic’s office building will feature a fitness center, office terraces, multiple collaborative workspaces and a seventh-floor amenity deck with views of downtown Dallas.
ALLEN, TEXAS — New York-based development firm Sovereign Properties has broken ground on Sovereign at Twin Creeks, a $73 million project that will bring 366 multifamily units to the northeastern Dallas metro of Allen. Amenities will include a resort-style pool, fitness center, business lounge and a resident clubhouse. The development will also feature a 15,000-square-foot medical office building adjacent to the community. Davis Bros. Construction is the general contractor for the project, which is expected to be complete by late summer 2020.