ATLANTA — McKibbon Hospitality has teamed up with Coro Realty Advisors to develop a new 186-room Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The 108,659-square-foot hotel will be situated on Piedmont Road within Buckhead Place, Coro Realty’s mixed-use center that features an LA Fitness, Marshall’s, Pier One, Hyatt Place and the 05 Buckhead apartment tower. McKibbon Hospitality has selected Sarasota, Fla.-based Kellogg & Kimsey as the general contractor. The development team expects to break ground on the hotel in September.
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OWENSBORO, KY. — Charleston, S.C.-based Terressentia Corp. has opened the O.Z. Tyler Distillery, the company’s bourbon distillery situated on 26 acres in Owensboro. The historic property dates back to the late 1800s and is now open following two years of renovations. The property is named after O.Z. Tyler, the co-inventor of Terressentia’s patented TerrePURE distilling process. The company plans to employ 75 staffers when fully operational. The distillery will produce more than 30,000 barrels of bourbon annually. Future plans for the property include increasing production to 75,000 barrels annually, building a visitor’s center and museum and becoming a stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.
SunTrust Provides $25.8M Construction Loan for Marriott Autograph Hotel in Downtown Charlottesville
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — SunTrust Bank has provided a $25.8 million construction loan to Carr City Centers for the development of a new hotel located at 1106 W. Main St. in downtown Charlottesville. The new 150-room, boutique hotel is set to be part of the Marriott Autograph Collection. The property will be located next to the University of Virginia’s main campus and adjacent to the University Medical Center. The hotel will feature an upscale restaurant, fitness center, business center and 3,000 square feet of meeting space. The general contractor, Donohoe Construction Co., plans to break ground in the third quarter with a scheduled opening in the fourth quarter of 2017. Donohoe Hospitality Services will manage the hotel’s day-to-day operations on behalf of the ownership, a joint venture between Carr City Centers and Donohoe.
NAI Brannen Goddard Brokers $14M Sale of 230,000 SF Industrial Complex in Metro Atlanta
by John Nelson
DULUTH, GA. — NAI Brannen Goddard has brokered the $14 million sale of a three-building, 230,000-square-foot industrial complex situated within Northmont Business Center in Duluth, a northeastern suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. Situated on 28 acres along Satellite Boulevard, the single-story complex offers both warehouse and office space and features 24-foot clear heights, 120-foot truck courts and ample parking. Exeter Property Group purchased the complex from the undisclosed seller. Jack Haden, Mike Chambers and Bradley Pope of NAI Brannen Goddard represented the seller in the transaction. Exeter Property Group has retained the NAI Brannen Goddard team to lease the project.
SAN FRANCISCO — Thor Equities has sold the Phelan Building, an 11-story office building in San Francisco, to the Hong Kong-based Hotung family for a reported $375 million. The building is located at 760 Market St. The Phelan Buiding contains 250,000 square feet of office space and 52,000 square feet of retail space. Thor paid $130 million for the asset in 2008. Notable tenants at the property include Credit Karma and Medium. The retail portion includes Starbucks, Orogold Cosmetics, Walgreens, Verizon and Marshalls. The building was originally constructed in 1907.
SAN CARLOS, CALIF. — San Carlos VI LLC has acquired San Carlos Business Park, a 154,462-square-foot office and R&D campus in the Silicon Valley submarket of San Carlos, for $61.1 million. The seven-building campus is located at 963 Industrial Road. The park contains two parcels that include a ground lease for a 27,303-square-foot office building on 1.3 acres and a larger parcel that includes six buildings totaling 127,159 square feet of R&D space on 7.6 acres of land. San Carlos Business Park is situated in the mid-peninsula market with access to Caltrain, major freeways and downtown San Carlos. CBRE’S Bob McSweeney represented the LLC, while the firm’s Seth McKinnon, Scott Prosser, Joe Moriarty, Sean Sullivan and Tyler Myerdirk represented the seller, Black Mountain Properties, in this transaction.
LAS VEGAS — Dermody Properties has started construction of LogistiCenter at Las Vegas Boulevard, a 550,000-square-foot industrial facility in Las Vegas. The facility will be situated near North Walnut Road in the Interstate 15 corridor. LogistiCenter at Las Vegas Boulevard will be equipped to handle distribution, e-commerce, manufacturing and warehouse operations. The space will be able to accommodate up to four tenants. Darmody expects to complete the project by the second quarter of 2017. United Construction Co. is designing and building the property. The site offers an additional eight to nine acres of excess land for retail or office development.
REDONDO BEACH, CALIF. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors and Voit Real Estate Services have brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail property located at 537 N. Pacific Coast Highway in Redondo Beach. The Beacon Group Inc. sold the property to a Los Angeles-based private corporation for $7.6 million. Built in 1981, the 17,160-square-foot property is net leased to Petco, which has occupied the building for 22 years and recently signed a 10-year lease extension. Ed Hanley and Bill Asher of Hanley Investment Group, along with the seller’s advisor Joe Miller of Voit Real Estate Services, represented both the seller and buyer in the 1031 exchange transaction.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Texas de Brazil Churrascaria, a Brazilian steakhouse chain, has opened a location in Irvine. Located in The Market Place, the new location is the company’s 49th restaurant and first in the State of California. The 7,600-square-foot restaurant accommodates 220 guests and features an open-view grill in the dining area, a wine wall, patio and a lounge area.
CLEVELAND — BGL Real Estate Advisors LLC has arranged an $81 million construction loan for Weston Inc. The company plans to convert the Standard Building, which was originally built for Standard Bank in the 1920s, into a mixed-use building. The building is currently used as Class B office space and will be transformed into luxury apartments with ground-floor retail. Financing consisted of senior construction debt, subordinated bridge debt, municipal city and state agency debt, Federal and State Historic Tax Credit Equity, and Weston equity. Companies involved in the financing include The Huntington National Bank, Fifth Third Bank, First Commonwealth Bank, Peoples Bank, and Cleveland Development Advisors, as well as multiple city and state agencies including the Ohio Water Development Authority and Ohio Development Services Agency.