MIAMI — MMG Equity Partners has purchased Kendall Corners, a 97,189-square-foot shopping center located on Kendall Drive in Miami, for $38.6 million. The property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ashley Furniture, Baptist Hospital, Bank United, Mattress Firm, Phenix Salons and IHOP. The seller was undisclosed.
INDIANAPOLIS — Electronics and home appliances retailer hhgregg’s Inc.’s decision last week to close 88 stores — or roughly 40 percent of its total outlets — and three distribution facilities over the next two months came in the wake of a rough financial stretch for the company. Net sales decreased 23.7 percent on a year-over-year basis during the company’s most recent fiscal quarter, which ended Dec. 31, 2016, and the gross operating margin declined 4.1 percent. The net loss for the quarter was roughly $58.3 million, despite the fact that this period encompassed the holidays. The company was recently delisted from the New York Stock Exchange for failing to meet minimum requirements. Most commonly, delisting occurs when a security trades below $1 per share for 30 consecutive business days; hhgregg had not closed at or above this level since Jan. 9 of this year As a supplier of consumer goods that span several different sectors, hhgregg has been hit equally hard by the rising popularity of e-commerce and competition from other multichannel retailers like Walmart and Home Depot, both of which have enjoyed upward-trending stock prices throughout the year’s early stages. Its electronics division, in particular, was hit hard by this …
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the $20 million sale of The Park at Sorrento, a 208-unit apartment community located at 900 Woodside Circle in Kissimmee. Jacksonville-based Michaelson Real Estate Group purchased the asset from Tampa-based Blue Roc Premier. Built in 1974, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities including a laundry facility, pool, fitness center, playground and an outdoor grilling area. The community is situated less than 10 miles from Walt Disney World and 18 miles from Orlando International Airport. Cole Whitaker, Jason Stanton and Greg Rainey of Berkadia negotiated the transaction.
At the close of 2016, over 1.9 million square feet of office space was absorbed in the Raleigh-Durham market and overall vacancy increased by one percentage point from 10 percent to 11 percent. Activity was strong and can partially be attributed to a very active suburban Raleigh submarket that absorbed over 1.1 million square feet. Vacancy in this submarket ended the year at 10 percent, down from a high of 17 percent in 2010. It was also an active construction year for Raleigh-Durham, with developers completing over 1.3 million square feet of new office space. There is currently another 2.7 million square feet of new projects underway, and an additional 2 million square feet of proposed projects. Downtown Durham, an approximately 4.5 million-square-foot market, has multiple office projects underway, including: The Chesterfield: Renovation on the 286,000-square-foot building should be completed soon with the first tenants moving in in July 2017. The project, being developed by Wexford Science + Technology, is approximately 75 percent leased. One City Center: The mixed-use, 432,000-square-foot project has 130,000 rentable square feet of office space and should open in late 2017. The office component is 50 percent preleased. Activity in downtown Durham has been driven by …
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co., a Florida-based real estate investment firm, has purchased WestCliff Center, a 136,185-square-foot shopping center located at 3563 Alton Road in Fort Worth, from RD Management for roughly $15 million. Situated on 10.3 acres and located less than a mile from Texas Christian University, the property is divided into three contiguous parcels, the asset encompasses four single-tenant properties and one multi-tenant property. The shopping center is currently 96 percent leased to tenants such as Albertsons, which occupies the anchoring 39,000-square-foot property; Cook Children’s Health Foundation, which leases the second largest property, a 38,000-square-foot office building; and Dollar General and Ace Hardware, which share the 55,000-square-foot, multi-tenant building. DuWest Realty represented the buyer in the transaction.
HUNTSVILLE. TEXAS — The Preiss Co., a Raleigh, N.C.-based firm specializing in student housing development, has acquired Gateway at Huntsville, a 160-unit complex located at 5050 Sam Houston Ave. in Huntsville, roughly an hour north of Houston. Situated on a 12-acre site about a mile from Sam Houston State University, the property consists of six four-story buildings comprising 416 bedrooms and bathrooms. In addition to a swimming pool, grilling station and basketball and volleyball courts, the complex also offers a complimentary shuttle to and from campus.
SPRING, TEXAS — EDGE Capital Markets has brokered the sale of West Rayford Retail Center, an 18,512-square-foot, multi-tenant retail asset in Spring, a northern suburb of Houston. Located at 8633 W. Rayford Road, the property is currently leased to tenants such as Sherwin Williams and Lush & Co. Spa. Josh Jacobs and Burdette Huffman of EDGE represented the seller, LSP Rayford LLC, while Sumner Hollingsworth of Hollingsworth & Associates represented the undisclosed buyer.
DALLAS — Colliers International Group Inc. has closed the sale of Meadow Central, a 179,184-square-foot office complex located at 10260 and 10300 N. Central Expressway in north Dallas. The property was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. Creighton Stark and Chris Boyd of Colliers represented the sellers, Sunwest Real Estate Group and Libitzky Property Cos., which acquired the property in 2010. The representative of the buyer, Ascent Real Estate Advisors LLC, was not disclosed.
TEXAS CITY, TEXAS — CBRE Hotels has arranged the sale of a Holiday Inn Express & Suites, located at 2440 Gulf Freeway in Texas City, a submarket of Houston. Peet Hotels Inc. sold the 70-room property, just off Interstate 45 between Houston and Galveston, to Texas City Hospitality LLC for an undisclosed price. Eric Guerrero, Michael Yu, Rahul Bijlani and Dennis Drake of CBRE represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — Jonathan Rose Cos. is purchasing Forest City Realty Trust’s affordable housing business in a deal valued at more than $500 million. The acquisition includes 48 affordable housing communities in seven states, totaling nearly 8,500 units; Forest City Capital, an MAP-designated FHA lender; and Forest City’s affordable housing property management group. The purchase will bring Jonathan Rose Cos.’s total unit count to more than 15,000 nationwide and expand its operations to 15 states and the District of Columbia. The properties, management company and mortgage company will be rebranded with the Rose Communities name. The management company will be renamed Rose Community Management and the finance company will become Rose Community Capital. The transactions are scheduled to close throughout the first and second quarter. The management company and Forest City Capital are slated to transfer on March 1. The acquisitions have been approved by Forest City’s board and the closings, which require HUD approvals, will continue through the spring.
