Property Type

IPA Brokers Sale of Apartment Community in Austin

by Katie Sloan September 1, 2015

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap that serves institutional and major private real estate investors, has brokered the sale of Springs at Tech Ridge, a 342-unit apartment community located at 1200 E. Parmer Lane in Austin. The newly constructed property features 21 different one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with an average unit size of 967 square feet. Springs at Tech Ridge’s community amenities include a fitness center, resort-style swimming pool and a community garden. Will Balthrope and Drew Kile of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer. The terms of the sale were not released.

September 1, 2015

Greysteel Arranges Sale of Pioneer Villas Multifamily Community in Arlington

by Katie Sloan September 1, 2015

ARLINGTON, TEXAS — The Greysteel Co. has arranged the sale of Pioneer Villas, a 90-unit, garden-style multifamily community in Arlington. Boyan Radic, Doug Banerjee, Andrew Mueller and John Marshall Doss of Greysteel worked on behalf of the seller, Katz Matlock Place LLC, to complete the transaction. Agorazo I LLC acquired the property, which offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units.

September 1, 2015

Office Texas

Moore & Associates Buys 60,338 SF Office Building in Austin

by Katie Sloan September 1, 2015

AUSTIN, TEXAS — CBRE Investment Properties has arranged the sale of Westlake Place, a 60,338-square-foot, multi-tenant office building in Austin. Maryland-based Moore & Associates purchased the asset from a California-based partnership for an undisclosed price. Westlake Place is a five-story building located at 1515 S. Capital of Texas Highway in the Southwest Austin submarket. Tenants at the Class B property, which is 94 percent occupied, include Sotera Defense Solutions, Frontier & Associates and Vertex Software Corp. Walter Saad, Cathy Nabours and Logan Reichle of CBRE’s Austin office represented the seller.

September 1, 2015

Retail Texas

Baker Katz Arranges 1,200 SF Lease for Scout & Molly’s Retail Boutique in Houston

by Katie Sloan September 1, 2015

HOUSTON — Baker Katz has arranged a 1,200-square-foot lease on behalf of Scout & Molly’s boutique in the Plaza in the Park shopping center in Houston. The shopping center is located at the intersection of Buffalo Speedway and Westpark Drive. The boutique features upscale women’s clothing and offers original, rustic chic designs. The store’s opening is slated for January 2016. Founded in 2002 by Lisa Kornstein, Scout & Molly’s has grown to more than 10 locations in the United States. Baker Katz broker Lunden McGill represented Scout & Molly’s in the lease transaction. Edens’ Bruce Wallace represented the landlord.

September 1, 2015

Florida Loans Mixed-Use Southeast

Avison Young Arranges $46.7M Construction Loan for Mixed-Use Development in Miami

by John Nelson September 1, 2015

MIAMI — Avison Young has arranged a $46.7 million construction loan for INTown, a two-tower, 14-story mixed-use project that will be located in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. The $81 million property will feature two split condominium and rental towers with retail space on the ground level. David Eyzenberg and Amanda Saltzman of Avison Young arranged the loan on behalf of the developer, Astor Cos. According to Avison Young, INTown will be the first high-rise developed in Little Havana in more than 10 years.

September 1, 2015

Florida Industrial Southeast

Public-Private Partnership to Start Construction on $19.1M Facility at Port Tampa Bay

by John Nelson September 1, 2015

TAMPA, FLA. — A public-private partnership that includes Port Logistics Tampa Bay I Inc. and Port Tampa Bay will start construction on a 130,000-square-foot cold storage food products facility at Port Tampa Bay early next year. Set to open in November 2016, the $19.1 million intermodal facility will employ 50 full-time workers and up to 200 part-time workers. The Tampa Port Authority Board recently approved a 27-year lease to Port Logistics Tampa Bay I for the 13.7 acres where the facility will be developed on Hookers Point in downtown Tampa. The Tampa Port Authority has engaged Atlanta-based Batson-Cook Co. as contract manager for the project. The facility will accommodate 8,000 pallet positions in several different rooms with independent temperature controls for produce and perishables. The building will include office space for truckers and regulators such as USDA and Customs officials, and 15 temperature controlled doors for truck shipments. The project team includes George Livingston, principal of Port Logistics; Huie, an investment banker in Hong Kong; Seatrade; Time Definite Services; and Canton Port Services.

September 1, 2015

North Carolina Office Southeast

HFF Brokers $23M Sale of Two Suburban Charlotte Office Buildings

by John Nelson September 1, 2015

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — HFF has brokered the $23 million sale of Carmel Park I and II, two office assets in Charlotte’s Ballantyne/South Charlotte office submarket totaling 170,128 square feet. Carmel Park I and II are situated on 11.5 acres at 11111-11121 Carmel Commons Blvd. The properties are roughly 80 percent leased to tenants such as Pulte Group, Gentiva Health Services, M3 Engineering and Commercial Defeasance LLC. Ryan Clutter led HFF’s investment sales team in representing the seller, Carmel Park II LP, an entity managed by PICOA Inc. CapRidge Partners LLC purchased the office assets. Travis Anderson, Jim Curtin and Cory Fowler of HFF arranged floating rate acquisition financing through JP Morgan Chase & Co. on behalf of CapRidge Partners.

September 1, 2015

Georgia Hospitality Southeast

Urbana Varro Acquires Artmore Hotel in Midtown Atlanta from Jamestown

by John Nelson September 1, 2015

ATLANTA — The Urbana Varro group of companies has purchased the Artmore Hotel, an independent boutique hotel located at 1302 W. Peachtree St. in Midtown Atlanta. The buyer, which includes a national commercial real estate investment fund and a development and property management firm, purchased the asset from Jamestown for an undisclosed price. Originally built as a luxury apartment building in 1924, the Artmore Hotel is located within walking distance of Center Stage, Woodruff Arts Center, Savannah College of Art and Design and the Fox Theatre.

September 1, 2015

Florida Office Southeast

JLL Arranges 52,683 SF Office Lease in Downtown Fort Lauderdale

by John Nelson September 1, 2015

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — JLL has secured a 52,683-square-foot lease transaction at Tower 101, a newly renovated, 21-story office tower located at 101 N.E. 3rd Ave. in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The tenant, Uniforms Direct, is relocating its corporate headquarters from Plantation, Fla., to Tower 101. Uniforms Direct will be the building’s largest tenant and will bring roughly 200 employees to occupy Tower 101’s penthouse level, the 20th floor and half of the 16th and 19th floors. Existing tenants at Tower 101 include Kemet Corp., Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, the city of Fort Lauderdale and Advantage Opco LLC. Alice Lucia Jackson and Brady Titcomb of JLL represented the landlord, Banyan Street Capital, in the lease transaction. Matthew Cheezem and Zach Wendelin of Cresa represented Uniforms Direct. The transaction is the largest office lease completed in downtown Fort Lauderdale year-to-date.

September 1, 2015

Mixed-Use Multifamily New York Northeast Retail

Schur Management Cos. Breaks Ground on $42M Mixed-Use Project in the Bronx

by Amy Works September 1, 2015

NEW YORK CITY — Schur Management Cos. has broken ground on a $42 million mixed-use development located at 2030 Creston Ave. in the Mount Hope neighborhood of the Bronx. Creston Apartments will feature 110,761 square feet of above-grade buildable square footage, including 114 apartments, 11,234 square feet of ground-floor retail space, 908 square feet of community facility space and 10,657 square feet of underground parking for 40 cars. The residential mix will include seven studio apartments, 49 one-bedroom apartments, 46 two-bedroom apartments and 12 three-bedroom apartments. On-site amenities will include a study center with desks and computers, a fully equipped laundry room and an outdoor landscaped recreation area. Funding for the project is coming from the NYC Housing Development Corp., NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development, Bronx Borough President’s Office, Capital One bank and the Hudson Housing Corp. The project team includes MacQuesten Cos. as general contractor, Aufgang Architects as architect, and Best Development Group as consultant to the developer. The target date for completion is September 2017.

September 1, 2015

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