FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Accounting firm Whitley Penn has signed a 45,872-square-foot office lease at the 25-story Frost Tower in downtown Fort Worth. The property features high-speed elevators, floor-to-ceiling windows and a fitness center. Cannon Camp and Todd Burnette of JLL represented Whitley Penn in the lease negotiations. Seth Koschak and Tyler Maner of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, Anthracite Realty.
FRANKLIN, TENN. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $48.8 million acquisition loan for Corporate Centre 8 and 9, two office buildings located at 6640 and 6550 Carothers Parkway in Franklin, roughly 14 miles from downtown Nashville. Michael Ryan, Brian Linnihan and Richard Henry of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan with two one-year extension options on behalf of the borrower, KBS Capital Advisors. JPMorgan Chase Bank Strategic Property Fund sold the assets, according to local media reports. The five story buildings, which total 311,864 square feet, are located within the 1 million-square-foot Corporate Centre office park. The property features walking paths, underground utilities, fiber-optic technology and broadband service.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — HFF has secured an $18.2 million loan for the refinancing of Fontaine Business Park, a four-building office portfolio totaling 253,038 square feet in Columbia. Jamie Leachman, Cory Fowler and Drake Greer of HFF arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan through Bridge Investment Group on behalf of the borrower, Diversified Real Estate Ventures. Fontaine Business Park has historically been around 90 percent leased due to demand from state and local government tenants.
RICHMOND, VA. — SunTrust Community Capital (STCC) has provided $11.2 million in financing for two redevelopment projects in Richmond’s historic Jackson Ward neighborhood. The Community Preservation and Development Corp. (CPDC) is leading the redevelopments, which will replace current public housing with new workforce housing, seniors housing and retail. The first project, dubbed Jackson Ward, will include 72 newly constructed, one-bedroom seniors housing units in a four-story building. The second project will provide 82 units of mixed-income housing and 6,000 square feet of retail in one building that will be located adjacent to the seniors housing building. CPDC’s Jackson Ward project is part of a larger redevelopment effort to provide replacement housing for 200 units at the Fay Towers Senior Public Housing site in Richmond’s Gilpin neighborhood. CPDC is utilizing the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Rental Assistance Demonstration (RAD) program to fund the . CPDC is currently developing replacement housing at three other sites in Richmond.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Bull Realty has brokered the $10.4 million sale of a medical office building in Knoxville. The property is fully leased to Knoxville Dermatology Group, which has been in the Knoxville market for more than 40 years. Michael Bull and Paul Zerman of Bull Realty arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Dermatology Investment Group LLC. The name of the buyer was not disclosed.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Waypoint Residential LLC has acquired 901 Place, a 576-bed student housing community located less than two miles from the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte. The name of the seller and sales price were not disclosed. Constructed in 2000, the garden-style community features a clubhouse, computer room, game room, swimming pool, fitness center, yoga studio, sand volleyball courts, tennis courts and basketball courts. Waypoint plans to invest $3 million in property upgrades across unit interiors, common areas and amenities.
TEMPE, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Willow Creek, a value-add multifamily asset located in Tempe. Acacia Capital sold the property to JB Partners for $60.5 million, or $150,498 per unit. Constructed in 1984, the property features 402 apartment units, three swimming pools and a recently renovated clubhouse. Cliff David and Steve Gebing of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
STOCKTON, CALIF. — Newport Beach-based CT has completed the sale of two newly constructed industrial buildings within its NorCal Logistics Center in Stockton. Prologis acquired the properties for $47 million. Totaling 575,127 square feet, the assets mark the initial completion of CT’s three-building Phase I development of the larger 4.4 million-square-foot NorCal Logistics Center. Prologis paid approximately $82 per square feet for the buildings, which were unleased and in shell condition at closing. Cushman & Wakefield’s Kevin Dal Porto, Blake Rasmussen and John McManus represented CT, while Prologis was self-represented in the deal. Situated on a 345-acre site, NorCal Logistics Center is home to General Mills, KeHE Foods, Allen Distributors and Fox Head.
ELK GROVE, CALIF. — Mi Rancho, a California-based tortilla maker, has acquired the former Bimbo Bakeries property, located at 10115 Iron Rock Way in Elk Grove, a southern suburb of Sacramento. An undisclosed seller sold the property for $8.1 million. San Leandro-based Mi Rancho plans to invest $25 million to retrofit the facility to Safe Quality Food Institute standards. The company’s expansion plans include state-of-the-art manufacturing operations to support its growing business. Mi Rancho plans to commence local operations within the next 90 days and fully retrofit and occupy the building within 24 months. When fully operational, the company will employ approximately 250 people in Elk Grove.
HICKORY HILLS, ILL. — HFF has negotiated the $4.5 million sale of a 4,500-square-foot BP/Circle K service station in Hickory Hills, a southwest suburb of Chicago. The property is located near I-294. BP and Circle K have operated at the property since 2004 under a triple net lease that has six years remaining. Marc Mandel, Steve Schrenk and Robin Stolberg of HFF marketed the asset on behalf of the seller, a private investor. The North American Development Group NNN REIT was the buyer.
