POWAY, CALIF. — Lee & Associates has arranged the $1.4 million sale of a restaurant building located at 12717-12721 Poway Road in Poway. Victor Aquilina and Mario Martinez of Lee & Associates – North San Diego County represented the buyer, Pho Ca Dao, in the transaction. Mickey Roberts of Re/Max Associates represented the seller, Mogavero Giuseppa 1990 Family Trust. The acquisition of the 4,800-square-foot freestanding building is part of an expansion effort into Poway for Pho Ca Dao, which operates a chain of Vietnamese restaurants. Pho Ca Dao plans to renovate the current restaurant building.
ATLANTA — A joint venture between Columbia Ventures LLC and Studioplex LLC has broken ground on the next phase of Studioplex on Auburn, a mixed-use development in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward district. Fronting the Atlanta BeltLine near Krog Street Market, the 31,000-square-foot, $26 million project will feature 19 townhomes atop retail space. Retailers signed on at Studioplex on Auburn include Dancing Dogs Yoga, Beetnix Juice Bar, 18.21 Bitters and Hawkers Asian Street Fare. The joint venture opened a parking deck at the project in January and plan to add a new connection to the BeltLine, a 22-mile loop that will ultimately connect 45 intown neighborhoods through multi-use trails, parks and streetcars.
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $44.3 million sale of a three-property, 736-unit multifamily portfolio in Daytona Beach. The properties include The Barrington, a 288-unit community built in 1974; Sutton Place, a 240-unit complex built in 1975; and Emerald Park, a 208-unit property built in 1985. Michael Donaldson and Nicholas Meoli of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller, a private investor based in Illinois, in the transaction. The pair also procured the buyer, an investment firm based in Tampa.
WOODBRIDGE, VA. — The JBG Cos. has signed Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to open its second theater in northern Virginia at Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center in Woodbridge, roughly 23 miles south of Washington, D.C. Spanning eight screens and 865 seats, the dine-in movie theater chain will open next summer or early fall. JBG will develop a Town Square in front of the new theater that will include green space for events and typical park use. Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse Cinema operates 25 locations across the country, with four more to open in the near future. Other tenants at Stonebridge include Wegmans, Apple, Orvis, DSW, REI, Uncle Julio, South Moon Under, Brew Republic Bierwerks, Sushi Jim and BurgerFI.
WINTER PARK, FLA. — Sterling Organization has signed four retailers to occupy space vacated by Kmart at Center of Winter Park, a 245,000-square-foot power retail center located at the southwest corner of Orlando Avenue and Lee Road in Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando. The retailers, including Marshalls/HomeGoods, Ross Dress for Less, DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse and Five Below, will occupy approximately 95,000 square feet at the redevelopment project. Kmart closed its 91,600-square-foot store in 2014, shortly after Sterling purchased the center through its Sterling Value Add Partners LP fund. Five Below will open a 9,000-square-foot location in a newly constructed store that previously housed the Kmart Garden Center. The other three retailers will be situated within the former Kmart store. In addition to re-tenanting the center, Sterling is underway on an overhaul of the center that includes new lighting, repaved parking lot, updated landscaping, new signage and a new façade. Existing businesses at the center, such as LA Fitness and Michaels, will remain open during construction, which is expected to wrap up in the fourth quarter of this year. Office Depot is also downsizing its store from 33,000 to 19,200 square feet.
HOUSTON — Bank of America has reached an agreement to lease six-and-a-half floors spanning 210,000 square feet of space at Capitol Tower, a 35-story, Class A office development located at 800 Capitol St. in downtown Houston. JLL represented Bank of America in the lease negotiations, which call for the company to lease 205,000 square feet of office space and 5,000 square feet of retail space, beginning in the first half of 2019. CBRE represented the building owner and developer, Skanska, in the transaction. Construction is scheduled to begin this month.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Billingsley Co., a Dallas-based developer, will break ground this month on a 40-acre campus in Carrollton for Pennsylvania-based pharmaceutical company AmerisourceBergen Specialty Group, according to The Dallas Business Journal. The project is expected to allow the company to add more than 1,000 jobs in 10 years, starting in 2019. AmerisourceBergen has secured a 300,000–square-foot lease at the master-planned development, which has been branded as Offices at Austin Ranch. The 700-acre office park, situated near State Highway 121 and the Dallas North Tollway, will ultimately span 16 million square feet and accommodate 43,000 employees, according to the property website.
IRVING, TEXAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has arranged a $7.4 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Villa France Apartments, a 134-unit multifamily property located at 1831 W. Pioneer Drive in Irving. The 12-year loan features a 30-year amortization schedule and two years of interest-only payments. The loan was arranged on behalf of Legacy REI Group VF LLC through a partnership with Old Capital Lending.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated a 52,250-square-foot lease at 1255 Champion Circle, an industrial property in Carrollton, on behalf of Value Lighting, a Georgia-based light fixture distributor. Nathan Denton of Lee & Associates represented the tenant in the transaction. Steve Trese and Wilson Brown of CBRE represented the landlord, Stonelake Capital Partners.
NEW YORK CITY — The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) and Urbahn Architects have completed the renovation of the Morgan Avenue subway station house in Brooklyn. Serving the L train line, the Morgan Avenue station house is located near the intersection of Bogart Street and Harrison Place in the East Williamsburg neighborhood. MTA served as project manager as well as structural, civil, mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineer for the upgrades. Double M Construction was the general contractor. The station opened on July 14, 1928, as part of an extension of the BMT Canarsie line. Renovations included replacement of the 400-square-foot brick and limestone façade, repairs to the roof and installation of a new framed entrance with transom windows, exterior LED lighting and exterior signage.