COLUMBIA, S.C. AND GREENSBORO, N.C. — ARA Newmark has arranged two sales of student housing assets near the University of South Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The sales totaled more than $50 million. In the first transaction, Pittsburgh-based Campus First Student Living purchased The Club at Carolina Stadium in Columbia from Aspen Square Management for $30.5 million. Situated directly across from Carolina Stadium, the 240-unit, 486-bed asset was fully occupied at the time of sale. In the second deal, Shanghai-based private equity fund OC Ventures and operating partner SkyeCroft Realty purchased Sterling Cottages at West End in Greensboro from Houston-based The Dinerstein Cos. for an undisclosed price. Built in 2011, the 176-unit, 600-bed asset was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. Ryan Lang of ARA Newmark’s Student Housing group in Austin, Texas, represented the sellers in both transactions.
ATLANTA — New York Life Insurance Co. has provided a $38.8 million loan for One and Two Perimeter Plaza, a two-building office complex located at 5605 and 5607 Glenridge Drive N.E. in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter office submarket. The recently renovated office buildings total 316,734 square feet and feature covered building access, structured parking, an exterior patio with barbeque grills, café, conference facility and a fitness center. The 11-story One Premier Plaza and the seven-story Two Premier Plaza were 81.4 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as McGriff, Siebels & Williams, Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, FirstPRO, JMG Realty, Peachtree Hotel Group and The Gap. Ed Coco and Matt Casey of HFF arranged the floating-rate, three-year loan through New York Life on behalf of the borrower, Zeller Realty Group.
PEACHTREE CITY, GA. — The $9.5 billion MEPT Fund, along with its affiliated funds, has purchased Kedron Village II, a 157,185-square-foot shopping center located in Peachtree City, about 30 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta. MEPT also owns the adjacent Kedron Village I, a 97,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center. Built in 2006, Kedron Village II was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ross Dress for Less, Bed Bath & Beyond and Petco. The weighted average remaining lease term for all tenants is nearly five years and 80 percent of the tenant base has been at the center for seven or more years. Bentall Kennedy, a Sun Life Investment Management company, advised MEPT in the transaction.
DALLAS — Dougherty Mortgage LLC, a Minneapolis-based lender, has secured $11.7 million in Fannie Mae acquisition financing for the Estara Apartments, a 216-unit multifamily complex located at 11321 Woodmeadow Parkway in east Dallas. The seven-year loan, which has a 30-year amortization schedule, was arranged for borrower Ascendant RE 1 LLC through a partnership with Old Capital Lending and Dougherty’s Minneapolis and Vienna, Va. offices.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Divaris Real Estate Inc. has arranged a 39,000-square-foot office lease within Town Center of Virginia Beach, a 17-block mixed-use development in Virginia Beach. The tenant, Mythics Inc., an Oracle systems integrator and consulting firm, will occupy the top floor and majority of the eighth floor of a LEED-certified office building located at 4525 Main St. Mythics retained Vivian Turok of Divaris Real Estate to represent the firm in its search for new corporate headquarters. Mythics will relocate 143 full-time employees to the new headquarters, with plans to create an additional 30 full-time positions. Michael Divaris and Krista Costa, also with Divaris Real Estate, represented the landlord, TCA Block 11 Office LLC, in the lease deal. Town Center of Virginia Beach features seven office buildings totaling 900,000 square feet of office space, including 4525 Main, which was 95 percent leased at the time of the lease.
ADDISON, TEXAS — The Connor Group has sold The Villages of Addison, a 264-unit property in Addison, a northern suburb of Dallas. Adveni Inc, a South Florida-based multifamily investment firm, purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. HFF’s Roberto Cassas, Bill Miller, Greg Toro and Rob Key marketed the property, located at 17671 Addison Road, on behalf of The Connor Group, a real estate firm specializing in luxury apartments. Josh Simon, Eric Tupler and Andy Scott of HFF arranged financing on behalf of Advenir.
GARLAND, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Northstar Crossing Shopping Center, a 67,509-square-foot retail center in Garland. Located at 1120-1332 Belt Line Road near North Garland Avenue, the property was 82 percent leased at the time of sale. Lisa Estrada of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an undisclosed limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer’s name and brokerage representation were not disclosed.
KATY, TEXAS — Thor Equities has signed leases with three new retailers totaling 7,150 square feet at The Shoppes at Cinco Ranch, a 183,700-square-foot retail center under construction within Cinco Cranch, a 8,100-acre master-planned development in the western Houston suburb of Katy. Yao Chen of World Wide Realty represented Super Yummy Mongolian Stir-Fry and Sushi, which has leased 2,610 square feet, while Lasater Miller of The Retail Connection represented salad bar restaurant Salata, which has leased 3,000 square feet. Kristen Barker of Wulfe & Co. represented beverage producer Bambu, which has leased 1,540 square feet. George Stanchfield of Thor Equities represented the landlord internally in all three transactions.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Trademark Property Co. has announced the addition of Bartaco to WestBend, its mixed-use development in Fort Worth’s university district. Of WestBend’s 670,000 square feet of retail, multifamily and office space, the Latin-themed eatery, operated by Barteca Restaurant Group, will occupy 4,853 square feet overlooking the Trinity River. The deal is part of WestBend’s Phase II expansion of WestBend onto a 3.5-acre tract south of the property.
MCLEAN, VA. — The Meridian Group has purchased Tysons Metro Center, a 763,965-square-foot development of Class A office space in McLean’s Tysons district, roughly 17 miles west of Washington, D.C., from an affiliate of Beacon Capital Partners for $227 million. The portfolio consists of four buildings: Tysons Metro Center I, a 168,006-sqaure-foot, 12-story building constructed in 1984 and renovated in 2012, features a rooftop terrace with outdoor seating, a fitness center and an on-site deli; Tysons Metro Center II, A 129,926-square-foot, six-story property built in 2002 and revamped in 2015, offers an exterior patio and a lounge and gaming center for workplace collaboration; Tysons Metro Center III, a 257,824-square-foot, 12-story site that was erected in 1980 and underwent $18.1 million in improvements in 2014, boasts a 2,800-square-foot café and locker rooms with showers; Tysons Metro Center IV, a 208,219-square-foot, 13-story building, was built in 1999 and later renovated. The four buildings share several amenities, most notably a tenants-only sports court equipped for basketball, short-court tennis and volleyball. The properties span the 8251-8285 stretch of Greensboro Drive, close to the Greensboro Metro station and two malls, Tysons Galleria and Tysons Corner Center. The complex is adjacent to two properties already owned …