WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — Choyce Peterson Inc. has arranged the lease of 29,000 square feet of office space at 701 Westchester Ave. in White Plains. Pentegra Retirement Services is relocating its headquarters from 108 Corporate Park Drive to the new location. John Hannigan and Alan Peterson of Choyce Peterson represented the tenant, while Brian Carcaterra of CBRE represented the landlord, Normandy Real Estate Partners, in the transaction.
OWINGS MILLS, MD. — Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp. has acquired Riverstone at Owings Mills, a 324-unit garden-style apartment community located in Owings Mills, for $61.6 million. Continental purchased the community via its Continental Realty Fund IV LP, marking the third multifamily purchase for the fund. Located at 4700 Riverstone Drive, Riverstone at Owings Mills consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment units featuring 9-foot ceiling heights, open-style layouts, split master options, individual full-sized washer and dryers, and balconies or patios. The asset was nearly 96 percent occupied at the time of the purchase. Constructed in 2002, the property’s community amenities include a clubhouse with a fitness center, business center and resident lounge, as well as an outdoor swimming pool, hot tub and a tennis court. Continental Realty plans to continue the on-going renovation program, which includes the installation of granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. CBRE represented the seller, CIM Group, in the transaction.
MCDONOUGH, GA. — Tory Burch LLC, a women’s accessories and apparel retailer, plans to invest more than $60 million by 2020 for a new distribution center in McDonough, a south Atlanta suburb in Henry County. The distribution center will support Tory Burch’s e-commerce business and is expected to be fully operational by the end of 2017. The new facility is expected to create more than 150 jobs by 2020, including positions in management, administration, transportation, order processing, packaging and shipping. Tory Burch will fully occupy the 753,000-square-foot distribution center located in the Lambert Farms Logistics Park in McDonough. Tory Burch leased the space from the developer, Panatonni Development Co. Inc. Wit Truitt and Reed Davis of JLL represented Panatonni in the lease deal. The industrial facility features an adjacent pad site, which makes the development expandable up to 1.5 million square feet. Tory Burch is headquartered in New York and has 180 boutiques worldwide, including locations in Los Angeles, Shanghai, Milan and Paris, as well as nine e-commerce sites in six languages. The retailer sells clothing, shoes, handbags, accessories, watches, home and beauty items. Tory Burch worked with Josh Stephens of the Georgia Department of Economic Development, the Georgia Ports …
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Kentucky has arranged the $41 million sale of Hurstbourne Business Center, a 418,000-square-foot, mixed-use development located in Louisville. The property comprises Hurstbourne Park and Hurstbourne Place, both office buildings, and Hurstbourne Plaza, a retail center. Cincinnati-based Viking Partners, a private equity real estate firm, purchased Hurstbourne Business Center from Dallas-based TIER REIT. Craig Collins of Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Kentucky, along with Stewart Calhoun and Casey Masters of Cushman & Wakefield’s Atlanta office, represented the seller in the transaction.
RICHMOND, VA. — Dominion Realty Partners has purchased a three-building office portfolio totaling 288,416 square feet in Richmond for an undisclosed price. Situated within Boulders Office Park, the purchase of Boulders I, II and III will increase Dominion Realty’s Virginia office portfolio to 450,723 square feet. The portfolio was 76 percent leased at the time of sale to 34 tenants including Timmons Group and Tredegar Corp. Dominion Realty plans to make capital improvements to the portfolio, including upgrades of the common area lobbies, corridors and restrooms, parking lot resurfacing and landscaping improvements. Eric Robison of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
VICKSBURG, MISS. — NAI UCR Properties has brokered the $3.6 million sale of a 43,000-square-foot portion of the Pemberton Plaza Shopping Center in Vicksburg, roughly 45 miles west of Jackson. The buyer, an unnamed local investment group, added to the 27,000-square-foot portion of the center it already owned. Pemberton Plaza’s tenant roster includes T.J. Maxx, Citi Trends, Petsense, Newk’s Eatery, Bestway Rent to Own, Anytime Fitness and Little Caesar’s. The portion of the shopping center that was acquired was 100 percent leased at the time of sale. The buyer purchased the asset from RockStep Capital in an off-market transaction. Micah McCullough and Brett Bailey of Jackson-based NAI UCR Properties represented the buyer in the transaction. RockStep Capital was self-represented.
SPRINGFIELD, MO. AND SIDNEY, NEB. — Bass Pro Shops has agreed to acquire Cabela’s Inc. (NYSE: CAB) for $5.5 billion, or $65.50 per share of CAB stock. The merger brings together three of the nation’s top outdoor sporting brands: Cabela’s, which specializes in hunting; Bass Pro Shops, which specializes in fishing; and White River Marine Group, a Bass Pro Shops company that specializes in boating. The combined company will own 184 stores in the U.S. and Canada. Cabela’s Board of Directors unanimously approved the acquisition, which is expected to close in the first half of 2017. It was not immediately clear whether the deal would result in any store closures. Bass Pro Shops will also enter into a multi-year partnership agreement with Capital One, National Association, which will originate and service Cabela’s CLUB, the retailer’s co-branded credit card. The customer rewards systems for both retailers should be unaffected by the acquisition. The transaction will be completed through a cash merger and is subject to approval by Cabela’s shareholders, as well as regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. The Merchant Banking Division of Goldman Sachs and Pamplona provided partial acquisition financing for the deal. Goldman Sachs has committed $1.8 billion, …
The Raleigh-Durham office market has not only recovered from the Great Recession, it is solidly in expansion mode, and tenants are facing market conditions not witnessed in 15 years. The current cycle has been marked by a prolonged period of limited development activity. While job growth in the local market has been rebounding for more than five years, the construction pipeline has only recently filled in a meaningful way, and a large portion of the development activity in 2014 and early 2015 was driven by build-to-suits. With Class A vacancy now at a 15-year low, speculative development is heating up again. While projects totaling 1.4 million square feet were underway in the first quarter, most of this product will not be delivered until 2017 or later, and approximately half of the space has already been spoken for. In the near term, the market heavily favors landlords. The Triangle office market began 2016 with strong activity as tenants absorbed 453,997 square feet, driving vacancy down by 40 basis points to 12.1 percent. This figure is down by 180 basis points on a year-over-year basis and has fallen from a cyclical high of 18.7 percent. Class A vacancy ended the first quarter …
RACINE, WIS. — Graves Hospitality and Hilton have opened DoubleTree by Hilton Racine Harbourwalk, located at 223 Gaslight Circle in Racine. The 121-room hotel recently underwent a one-year, multi-million-dollar renovation to transform the former independently branded hotel into a DoubleTree by Hilton. The hotel features the DoubleTree Sweet Dreams Sleep Experience, free WiFi, Third Coast Wood Fire Pizza & Pub, outdoor tiki bar, indoor pool and whirlpool, and 24-hour fitness and business centers. Additionally, the property offers 4,000 square feet of meeting, event and banquet facilitates. Graves Hospitality owns and manages the hotel.
CHICAGO — Leopardo Cos. has completed the construction of a 265,000-square-foot retail development located at 3030 N. Broadway in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood. A 71,000-square-foot Mariano’s Fresh Market anchors the five-story center. Additional tenants include XSport Fitness, Starbucks Coffee and PNC Bank. The center also features two levels of parking with 266 stalls and multiple sustainable features. The development team included Gene Porto, Timothy Barrett and Seymour Taxman and the architect was Antunovich Associates.