NEW ORLEANS — Hilton Hotels and Resorts has opened Homewood Suites by Hilton New Orleans French Quarter, a four-story, 207-suite property located at 317 N. Rampart St. in New Orleans. The hotel offers a 24-hour fitness center, pool, kitchen and grill area and 1,500 square feet of meeting space, as well as 12 balcony suites with full kitchens and separate living and sleeping areas.
OPELIKA, ALA. — The Shopping Center Group has secured a 45,000-square-foot lease for Surge Trampoline Park, which provides trampoline-themed parties and entertainment, in Opelika, a city approximately 65 miles east of Montgomery. The new tenant joins Planet Fitness, CitiTrends and Dollar General at Pepperell Corners, a 210,000-square-foot retail center situated at 2560 Pepperell Parkway. The center, which is 80 percent leased, is undergoing a $3 million renovation program slated for summer completion.
BROOKSVILLE, FLA. — Mark One Capital, a subsidiary of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp., has arranged nonrecourse financing for a 55,000-square-foot, single-tenant retail property in Brooksville, a city roughly 55 miles north of Tampa. Farhan Kabani and Chris Parker of Mark One Capital secured the $4.4 million loan, which features a five-year term, a 3.92 percent interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule. Hobby Lobby currently occupies the property.
BOSTON — LaSalle Investment Management has acquired an interest in 10 Post Office Square in Boston’s CBD. The purchase price was $188 million, according to the Boston Business Journal. LaSalle acquired the 450,000-square-foot office building in a joint venture with Synergy Investments and on behalf of its U.S. value-add fund, LaSalle Income & Growth Fund VII. Synergy will continue to act as the operating partner. Known as 10 PO, the 14-story building is located at the corner of Milk and Pearl streets in Boston’s Financial District. The property features two interconnected towers. The office building is home to 36 tenants, with an average remaining lease term of six years. LaSalle plans to reposition the asset through strategic capital investment, including upgraded building systems, new tenant amenities, renovated common areas and the addition of a ground-level restaurant. Newmark Grubb Knight Frank provided brokerage services on behalf of LaSalle, Synergy and the undisclosed seller. Chicago-based LaSalle maintains approximately $60 billion of private and public equity and private debt investments under management across all of its operating subsidiaries. Fund VII seeks to acquire under managed, undercapitalized or mispriced assets to be repositioned as core assets. —Kristin Hiller
Just like the hit show, “Nashville,” Nashville’s retail market has more than one storyline in play and all of them intertwine to create a tapestry that showcases the retail development in our city. You don’t have to look too hard around downtown Nashville to see the redevelopment surge that is bringing retail as part of mixed-use and traditional developments to this market. Greenfield development in suburban nodes is also capturing the spotlight, albeit a smaller one, as a direct result of the intown growth that is driving up land and construction costs to a level that puts available space out of reach for many retailers. Those that can’t absorb the risk or afford the rent in downtown are looking to Nashville’s most popular suburbs for reasonable storefront alternatives. Mixed-Use Downtown Downtown Nashville redevelopment is a hit right now with no end in sight, which is welcomed news for well-capitalized, specialty retailers. Because of the continually rising costs of land and construction, redevelopment and mixed-use projects are the only feasible entry points for retailers in this market. One of the most significant projects highlighting downtown’s potential is the 6.2-acre redevelopment of the Nashville Convention Center: Fifth + Broadway. A high-quality, mixed-use …
ZEPHYRHILLS AND CLEARWATER, FLA. — Pillar, a division of SunTrust Bank, has originated approximately $8 million in acquisition financing for two multifamily properties in the Tampa area. Roughly $5 million was sourced for Hillside MHC, a 55-and-older mobile housing community located at 39515 Bamboo Lane in the northeast Tampa suburb of Zephyrhills. Approximately $3 million was sourced for Far Horizons MHC, a 55-and-older mobile community located at 2580 Nursery Road in the west Tampa suburb of Clearwater. Yale Realty & Capital Advisors provided the loans for both properties, which were 85 percent and 97 percent occupied at the time of loan closing, respectively.
SANFORD, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has closed the sale of North Park Commerce Center, a two-building, 117,600-square-foot distribution campus located at 3800 and 3830 Enterprise Way in Sanford, a northern suburb of Orlando. Mike Davis, Michael Lerner and Rick Brugge of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Atlanta-based McDonald Development Co., in the transaction. Boston-based Cabot Properties acquired the Class A property, which was 90 percent leased at the time of sale, for $10.4 million.
NORCOSS, GA. — Audubon Communities has unveiled Corners at Holcomb Bridge, a project that combines two neighboring multifamily properties into one apartment community at 301 Noble Forest Drive in the northern Atlanta suburb of Norcross. The merging of Highland Corners, a 252-unit property, and Silver Oaks, a 108-unit property, began with Audubon’s 2015 acquisition of the 37 acres on which the complexes reside. The company has since invested $4.5 million in renovations to the project. Upon completion, the Corners at Holcomb Bridge will feature a fitness center, two swimming pools and two new tennis courts.
SAN FRANCISCO — TH Real Estate has purchased a 59,868-square-foot creative office building in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood of San Francisco for an undisclosed price. The building is located at 539 Bryant St. The property was originally built in 1912 as a warehouse facility. It was converted to creative office space in 1983. The building is fully occupied by tenants like HoneyBook, Life360, Sauce Labs, HKS Architects and Gigwalk. TH Real Estate is an affiliate of Nuveen, the investment management arm of TIAA.
PUEBLO, COLO. — Hutton has started construction of a new phase of Pueblo Crossing, a shopping center just south of Colorado Springs. The center is situated on North Elizabeth Street. A 35,000-square-foot Dick’s Sporting Goods will anchor the center, which will also feature a 10,000-square-foot Ulta store, a 5,000-square-foot Maurice’s clothing store and an outparcel building with additional retailers that haven’t yet been announced. The newest phase of Pueblo Crossing will be situated on 8.2 acres. It will sit adjacent to the newly opened Dillon Drive Interstate interchange and the Colorado Department of Transportation office, which is currently under construction. Hutton plans to deliver the first phase of the project early this spring.
