MACUNGIE, PA. — Markward Group has orchestrated the sale of a 44,227-square-foot flex building in Macungie. Located at 111 Lehigh St., the 2.6-acre property is approximately 11 miles south of Allentown. Markward Group represented both the seller, Narsu and Ramani Tatikoia, and the buyer, Luicana Unique Design, in the transaction. Luicana Unique Design is a Kitchen and Bathroom remodeling company and will occupy a portion of the building.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — HFF has brokered the sale of 500 East Morehead, a 178,336-square-foot office building in Uptown Charlotte. Ryan Clutter, Scot Humphrey, Chris Lingerfelt and Zack Drozda of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Beacon Partners. HFF’s Roy Rosenbaum and Sean Bannon procured the buyer, a member company of Zurich North America, advised by Zurich Alternative Asset Management, its alternative investment adviser. The sales price was not disclosed, but the Charlotte Business Journal reports the asset sold for $88.5 million. Constructed in 2017, the seven-story property features a fitness center with locker rooms and showers, conference room, three outdoor terraces, a rooftop terrace and three restaurants on the ground floor. The building was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Elliott Davis, CB&I, Lennar Multifamily Communities, Guggenheim Real Estate and Hood Hargett & Associates. The restaurants at 500 East Morehead include The Packhouse, Joe & Nosh and Capishe.
The metro Albuquerque industrial market reported more than 39 million square feet of total industrial space as of year-end 2017. The two largest categories of occupied space were warehouse/distribution (12.5 million square feet with 5.5 percent vacancy) and manufacturing (12.55 million square feet with 3.5 percent vacancy). The overall market vacancy rate at the end of 2017 was 5.7 percent for all industrial uses in buildings with more than 10,000 square feet. New Mexico added about 11,000 non-agricultural jobs from February 2017 through February 2018. The Albuquerque MSA added 5,800 jobs — a 1.5 percent increase — over this period, or more than half of the new jobs added in New Mexico. Albuquerque’s unemployment rate was 5 percent as of February, which is a notable improvement over the 6.2 percent unemployment rate in February 2017. During this period, the private service-providing industries grew by 3,100 jobs, or 1.2 percent, while the goods-producing industries (warehouse and manufacturing users) added 2,300 jobs, representing a gain of 6.2 percent. Albuquerque’s industrial market experienced positive net absorption of more than 261,000 square feet during the fourth quarter of 2017. This was the highest net absorption since the fourth quarter of 2015, and the second-highest …
STATESBORO, GA. — Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CBL Properties has sold Statesboro Crossing, a 155,185-square-foot retail center in the southeastern Georgia city of Statesboro, for $21.5 million. A group of investors led by Morrison Investment Group LLC acquired the asset. Zach Taylor and Don McMinn of Marcus & Millichap represented CBL Properties in the transaction. Located a little less than two miles from Georgia Southern University, Statesboro Crossing is situated on approximately 50 acres and is home to tenants including T.J. Maxx, Hobby Lobby, Books-A-Million, Petco, Hibbett Sports and Rack Room Shoes.
RALEIGH, N.C. — CBRE | Raleigh has arranged leases with the first tenants at Crabtree Terrace, a 173,000-square-foot office building under construction in Raleigh. Coworking company Spaces signed a lease for 31,794 square feet of office space, Longleaf Law Partners signed a lease for 8,000 square feet and a high-end, large-format restaurant signed a lease for 12,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Chapel Hill-based East West Partners is developing Crabtree Terrace, which will include 145,000 square feet of office space and 28,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space upon completion in the fourth quarter of 2019. The building will be situated adjacent to a luxury hotel and conference center that will house a rooftop bar and full-service restaurant. Architecture firms Gensler and Kimley-Horn are designing the building, and Brasfield & Gorrie is the general contractor. Citizens Bank is providing construction financing for the project, and Northridge Capital LLC and SilverCap Partners are providing equity financing.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Cushman & Wakefield has secured the $18.8 million sale of Village at Grants Mill, a 200-unit multifamily community in Birmingham. Jimmy Adams and Craig Hey of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, LMS Real Estate. An East Coast-based private capital buyer acquired the property. Village at Grants Mill was originally constructed in 1985 and fully renovated in 2017. Individual units feature granite countertops, private patios or balconies, stainless steel appliances, hardwood style flooring and walk-in closets. Community amenities include a resort-style pool, outdoor fire pit, fitness center, dog park, outdoor kitchen and a coffee bar.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Avison Young has arranged the $10.5 million sale of Glenwood Square, a 51,900-square-foot retail center located at 1200-1218 Raleigh Road in Chapel Hill. Blake Thomas and Grant Linderman of Avison Young arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Flagler Holdings. Fairway Investments acquired the asset. Constructed in 1987, Glenwood Square is home to tenants including The Fresh Market and Rite Aid. The center was fully leased at the time of sale. The property is located less than two miles from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
ATLANTA — The industrial sector is busy riding the e-commerce wave, pushing demand for warehouse space to new heights. But land scarcity and changing investor preferences are forcing developers to get creative with their projects, making flexibility a top priority in today’s market. “The industry is changing so quickly, and Amazon is driving that,” said David Welch, president of Robinson Weeks Partners, an industrial real estate development and investment firm based in Atlanta. “We’ve had to be as flexible as possible because the large users aren’t waiting for build-to-suits — they want it now.” Welch’s comments were made during the industrial development panel at the first annual Intersection of Industrial and Retail in the Southeast conference, held Thursday, Aug. 23 at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta. Sponsored by InterFace Conference Group and Southeast Real Estate Business, the half-day event drew more than 170 industrial and retail professionals from across the region. Joining Welch on the panel were Todd Carter, partner at Exeter Property Group; Mike Demperio, partner and vice president of CRG; Brian Cardoza, senior vice president of Rooker; John Barker, president and chief operating officer of Red Rock Developments; and Alfredo Gutierrez, president of SparrowHawk, who moderated the panel. …
LOS ANGELES AND NEW YORK — CBRE Global Investors (NYSE: CBRE) has formed a joint venture with Brookfield Property Partners (NASDAQ: BPY) to purchase three super-regional malls totaling 3.7 million square feet from General Growth Properties (NYSE: GGP). As part of the transaction, CBRE is purchasing a 49 percent stake in the three malls from BPY. The sales price for the portfolio was not disclosed, but The Wall Street Journal reports the deal is valued at more than $1 billion. The assets include Cumberland Mall, a 1 million-square-foot mall in northwest Atlanta; Ridgedale Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot mall in the western Minneapolis suburb of Minnetonka; and The Parks Mall at Arlington, a 1.5 million-square-foot mall in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex. The three malls were 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Amazon Pop-Up, AMC Theatres, Apple Store, Barnes & Noble, The Cheesecake Factory, Chick-fil-A, Costco, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Dillard’s, Disney Store, DSW, H&M, JC Penney, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Nordstrom Rack, Old Navy, Pottery Barn, Sears, Starbucks Coffee, Williams-Sonoma and Victoria’s Secret. “We believe that Class A, super-regional malls remain one of the most attractive investments available today,” says David Morrison, chief investment officer of the Americas at CBRE Global …
PHILADELPHIA — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of AQ Overbrook Flats, a 128-unit apartment community in the Overbrook Farms neighborhood of Philadelphia. The property sold for $13 million, or approximately $101,770 per unit. Clarke Talone, Andrew Townsend and Ridge MacLaren of Marcus & Millishap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer is an affiliate of Aquinas Realty Partners. The property is located at 6358 Lancaster Ave. and 6312 Sherwood Road.