ST. LOUIS — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of the Chippewa Center in St. Louis on behalf of the seller, an investment partnership with St. Louis-based Pace Properties Inc. Springfield, Ill.-based Jared Commercial purchased the 147,920-square-foot retail center for $10.6 million. Chippewa Center is located at the northwest corner of Chippewa Street and River Des Peres Boulevard. Tenants at the center include Shop ’n Save, Value City Furniture and Dollar Tree. Ben Wineman of Mid-America Real Estate Inc., in cooperation with Mid-America Real Estate Group-Missouri LLC and Scott Seyfried of Pace Properties Inc. were the brokers in the transaction.
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MENTOR, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Holiday Inn Cleveland East-Mentor, a 132-room hotel, for $9.4 million. The hotel is located at 7701 Reynolds Road in Mentor. The full-service hotel opened as a Holiday Inn in 2013 and features 8,772 square feet of attached meeting space as well as an on-site restaurant and lounge. Alexandre Duong, an investment specialist in Marcus & Millichap’s Cleveland office, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. Duong also secured and represented the buyer, a limited liability company.
ABILENE, TEXAS — On behalf of an investment group advised by Gregory Greenfield & Associates, JLL Capital Markets has secured the sale of the Mall of Abilene in Abilene. An affiliate of Radiant Partners LLC purchased the 681,319-square-foot mall for an undisclosed price. Radiant Partners is a national owner/operator of regional Class B malls. David Monahan and Cameron Pittman led the JLL team in the sale. The Mall of Abilene is visible from the adjacent U.S. Route 84 and Buffalo Gap Road. Tenants include Best Buy, Dillard’s, Ulta Beauty and Sears.
Retail Properties of America to Buy One Loudoun Downtown Mixed-Use Center in Metro D.C. for $163.1M
by John Nelson
ASHBURN, VA. — Retail Properties of America Inc. (RPAI) has entered into a purchase agreement for One Loudoun Downtown, a 466,600-square-foot mixed-use development in Ashburn, about 35 miles outside of Washington, D.C. RPAI will purchase the project for up to $163.1 million from the master developers, Miller & Smith and North America Sekisui House LLC. RPAI will purchase Phase I and Phase II of One Loudoun Downtown separately. Phase I of One Loudoun Downtown spans 236,800 square feet of retail space and 105,200 square feet of office space, which are 85.6 percent and 89.7 percent leased, respectively. Existing tenants include Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, The Fresh Market, Great Gatherings, The Fitness Equation and Uncle Julio’s Rio Grande Café. Phase II is under construction and will feature 78,300 square feet of retail space and 46,300 square feet of office space, which are 71 percent pre-leased. One Loudoun Downtown is the retail and office component of One Loudoun, a 360-acre master planned development in Loudoun County. Miller & Smith and North America Sekisui House LLC will continue to serve as the master developers of One Loudoun.
Banyan Street Capital, Oaktree Purchase 32-Story Office Tower in Buckhead for $137.5M
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — A joint venture between Banyan Street Capital and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management LP have purchased Atlanta Plaza, a 631,808-square-foot office tower in Atlanta’s Buckhead district, for $137.5 million. The 32-story tower recently underwent $7.5 million of upgrades and renovations, which led to nearly 200,000 square feet of leasing activity over the past two years. Atlanta Plaza’s major tenants include the regional hub for Salesforce.com, Rubicon Global and the corporate headquarters for RentPath. Banyan Street and Oaktree are planning an additional $6 million in common area improvements to the main lobby, tenant elevator landings and corridors, elevator cabs, retail concourse and building signage. The joint venture has retained Chris Port, Nicole Goldsmith and Katherine Lynch of CBRE to lease the asset. Will Yowell, Justin Parsonnet, Jay O’Meara and Ryan Reethof of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Jeff Ackemann, Jonathan Rice and Porter McDonald of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team sourced acquisition financing on behalf of Banyan Street and Oaktree. Banyan Street will manage the property directly.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Shops of Eldorado I & II, a 36,485-square-foot retail property located in Frisco. Philip Levy of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Worth office marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer. Levy also secured the buyer, a private investor. Built in 2007, Shops of Eldorado I & II is located on 3.7 acres at 12398 and 12399 FM 423. All leases are triple net, and 55 percent of the occupied space includes personal guaranties. The center is 85 percent leased to a mix of retail and medical office tenants, including PetSense, orthodontist Dr. Castano-Rendon, Bella Nails, pediatric dentist Dr. Davis and Love Sushi.
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh-based HFF has arranged $62 million in financing for a portfolio of seven retail centers totaling 805,803 square feet in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi. The portfolio includes a Walmart Neighborhood Market located at 10635 Dorchester Road near Charleston in Summerville, S.C.; Poplar Springs Plaza, located at 2153 E. Main St. in Duncan, S.C.; Tire Kingdom & Starbucks Coffee, located at 1820 N. Highway 17 near Charleston in Mount Pleasant, S.C.; Albany Square, located at 2707 Dawson Road in Albany, Ga.; East-West Commons, located at 1757 East-West Connector in Austell, Ga.; Morganton Heights, located at 400 Henredon Road in Morganton, N.C.; and The Ridge at Turtle Creek, located in Hattiesburg, Miss. The portfolio’s tenants include Publix, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Dick’s Sporting Goods, T.J. Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, Hobby Lobby and Bealls. Kevin Mackenzie, Greg Brown and Cory Fowler of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower-sponsor, Cole Credit Property Trust IV Inc., to place the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through Voya Investment Management. HFF will service the loan.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Harrison French & Associates Ltd. (HFA), a Bentonville, Ark.-based architecture and engineering firm, has opened a new office in Fort Worth. The office is located in the Chase Building at 420 Throckmorton St., Suite 910 in downtown Fort Worth. HFA holds licenses in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. The company recently acquired Franklin, Mass.-based Allevato Architects as part of an expansion.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Watercrest Senior Living has opened Watercrest of San Jose, a 90-unit assisted living and memory care community in Jacksonville. The 79,000-square-foot, resort-style property offers 66 units of assisted living and 24 memory care apartments. Situated on the banks of Goodby’s Creek, the property features a signature spa (Spa W), wine bistro and multiple dining venues. Watercrest of San Jose will be co-owned by Starling Senior Living.
HOUSTON — Colvill Office Properties has brokered a 3,989-square-foot office lease with The Mitchell Group at The Jones on Main, a newly rebranded office complex located at 708 and 712 Main St. in Houston. The Jones on Main includes the JPMorgan Chase & Co. Building in Houston’s central business district. Mitchell Group will occupy the entire 31st floor at the 715,000-square-foot office tower. Connor Saxe and Vince Strake of Colvill Office Properties represented the property’s ownership, Lionstone Investments and Midway, in the lease transaction. Kevin Kushner of CBRE represented The Mitchell Group.