ATLANTA — Birmingham, Ala.-based GCP has acquired 6047 and 6049 Fulton Industrial in Atlanta for $17.1 million. The adjacent, rail-served buildings total 411,056 square feet and serve as light manufacturing and distribution warehouses. At the time of sale, the buildings were leased to two national third-party logistics tenants and a furniture distributor. The acquisition increases GCP’s portfolio to more than 7.5 million square feet. The name of the seller was not disclosed.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Coastal Ridge Real Estate has acquired Crowne at Campus Pointe, a 718-bed student housing community located less than a mile from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. The sales price was not disclosed. Ryan Lang and Bo Flurry of ARA Newmark arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. Constructed in 2005, Crowne at Campus Pointe offers one- to three-bedroom units with monthly rents ranging from $870 to $1,935 per unit. Community amenities include a resort-style pool and sundeck, fire pit, outdoor cooking area, 24-hour fitness center, clubhouse, study center and a dog park.
MCLEAN, VA. — Hampton by Hilton has opened three new Hampton Inn hotels in the Southeast: Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Glenarden/Washington, D.C.; Hampton Inn by Hilton Forsyth in metro Atlanta; and Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Tallahassee Capitol-University. Each of the hotels feature complimentary breakfast, free Wi-Fi, a fitness center, business center, pool and laundry facilities. In addition to the new locations in the Southeast, McLean-based Hampton by Hilton recently opened a Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Chicago Burr Ridge near downtown Chicago and the Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Lafayette Medical in Lafayette, Colo., roughly 23 miles north of Denver. The new hotels join Hampton’s portfolio of more than 2,330 properties worldwide.
MARIETTA, GA. — Avison Young has arranged a 50,900-square-foot lease for First Data Corp., a leader in commerce-enabling technology and solutions, at 1600 Terrell Mill Road in Marietta. The office building is located less than three miles from the Atlanta Braves’ new home at SunTrust Park and 15 miles north of downtown Atlanta. Jillian Bailey, Rick Nash and Ben Parker of Avison Young arranged the lease on behalf of the landlord, Zamir Equities. The eight-year lease brings the building to full occupancy.
DAVIS, CALIF. — Crown Acquisitions Inc. has acquired College Square, a 486-bed student housing community located near the University of California, Davis, for $50.2 million. The acquisition was financed with a new Freddie Mac loan secured by Peter Benedetto and Aaron Moll of Berkadia. The garden-style property offers shared amenities including three resort-style swimming pools with furnished sundecks, a fitness center, business center, study lounge, outdoor grills, picnic areas and two 24-hour laundry facilities. Planned capital improvements for the community include fully furnished and renovated units; an expanded fitness center with state-of-the-art equipment; the addition of a new study lounge, fire pits and pool amenities; and landscaping improvements. The property is also currently being rebranded.
FREMONT, CALIF. — Fremont Hills Development Corp. has received a $65 million construction loan for the development of a mixed-use project in Fremont. Parkview Financial provided the loan. Designed by Hoover Associates Architects and situated on 12.9 acres, the development will feature 158 multifamily units and 53,900 square feet of retail space. Community amenities will include a private second-floor courtyard, and a landscaped playground and park area with trails. Each unit will feature central air, in-unit laundry facilities, stainless appliances, quartz countertops, engineered hardwood floors and a private deck.
KENNEWICK, WASH. — CBRE has arranged $26.4 million in financing for the acquisition of Fieldstone Grandridge and Fieldstone Memory Care, a 138-unit assisted living and memory care community in Kennewick, located in the southeast portion of the state. A joint venture between Bourne Financial Group and Cascadia Senior Living is the borrower. The community is composed of two facilities constructed in separate phases between 2015 and 2016. Cascadia will continue to operate the property following the acquisition. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the seven-year, fixed-rate loan with 36 months of interest-only payments. A national bank provided the capital. Bourne is a real estate private equity company founded in 2014 in Winter Park, Fla. Cascadia is a Washington-based operator founded in 2013.
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF. — Paragon Commercial Group has completed the disposition of a retail property located in San Clemente. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property for $4.3 million. The freestanding drive-thru retail property is on a long-term absolute triple-net lease with JPMorgan Chase Bank. Patrick Luther, Matthew Mousavi, Garret Colburn and Michael Fowle of SRS Real Estate Partners represented the seller, while Luther and Mousavi also represented the buyer in the transaction.
HUTCHINS, TEXAS — Indianapolis-based development firm Scannell Properties has completed a 450,000-square-foot distribution center at 1401 W. Wintergreen Road in Hutchins, a southern suburb of Dallas. The rail-served property was developed as a build-to-suit project for Biagi Bros., a California-based logistics firm for the beverage industry. Ware Malcomb provided design services for the project and Evans General Contractors handled construction. The facility is the third industrial facility leased to Biagi Bros. in Texas.
EUGENE, ORE. — Horizon Realty Advisors has purchased Chase Crossing, a 179-unit student housing community located near the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. The company purchased the asset from Chase Crossing LLC for an undisclosed price. The property offers studio and one-bedroom units. Phil Oester, Joe Nydahl and Josh McDonald of CBRE brokered the transaction on behalf of the seller. Benjamin Roelke, also with CBRE, arranged $19.1 million in long-term financing on behalf of Horizon Realty Advisors for its HRA Opportunity Fund. The 10-year, fixed rate loan provided by CBRE through Freddie Mac featured an index rate lock at loan application and five years of interest-only payments.
