CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Dominion Realty Partners plans to develop Fifth Street Place Apartments, a 200-unit, Class A community located at the intersection of I-64 and 5th Street in Charlottesville. The property will be situated adjacent to Red Light Management’s new 465,000-square-foot retail center that will be anchored by Wegmans. Community amenities will include an upscale clubroom with Wi-Fi access, fitness center, coffee bar, business center and a large swimming pool. This is Dominion Realty’s first development in Charlottesville. Citizens Bank of Charlotte provided construction financing for the project. The design team, which includes architect Rule Joy Trammell & Rubio and general contractor VCC, plans to deliver Fifth Street Place in spring 2017.
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MEDLEY, FLA. — Ridge Development, the industrial development arm of Transwestern Development Co., has broken ground on Airport North Logistics Center, a 182,057-square-foot speculative industrial facility. The distribution center will be located at the intersection of N.W. 87th Avenue and N.W. 90th Street in Medley, a suburb of Miami. Ridge Development expects to complete construction on the project in September 2016. The property will feature 32-foot clear heights, a 60-foot speed bay, 46 dock-high doors, two street dock ramps, 72 trailer spaces, security fencing and additional vehicle parking/outside storage. Ben Eisenberg, Walter Byrd, Thomas Kresse and Carlos Gaviria of Transwestern will provide leasing services for the project. Itasca Construction has been selected to oversee construction of Airport North Logistics Center.
LEXINGTON, KY. — NAI Isaac Commercial Properties has brokered the $17.5 million sale of two office/warehouse developments in Lexington totaling more than 400,000 square feet. The buyer, a private investment company, purchased the properties from BRE Imagination PMA LLC, a division of The Blackstone Group. The properties were a portion of a portfolio originally purchased from GE. Bruce Isaac and Chad Voelkert of NAI Isaac Commercial Properties brokered the transaction.
LAKE CHARLES, LA. — Fast-casual Newk’s Eatery opened its 100th restaurant in Lake Charles on April 4. The restaurant is the first Newk’s franchise location for Southeast Restaurant Group, a New Orleans-based veteran operator of franchise and independent restaurants, and the third restaurant nationwide to feature Newk’s “Generation 2” restaurant design. The Jackson, Miss.-based brand’s newest restaurant marks the halfway point in its aggressive growth plan to open 200 units by 2019. The restaurant is one of 15 units planned by Southeast Restaurant Group for the southwest Louisiana and southeast Texas region over the next seven years. The group’s development agreement complements the brand’s ongoing expansion efforts along the Gulf Coast and is Newk’s largest build-out commitment to date.
NEW YORK CITY — Akelius Residential Property AB has acquired a six-building multifamily property in Brooklyn’s Clinton Hill for $57 million. Built in 1930, the asset features 86 apartment units. The name of the seller was not released. With this transaction, Akelius now owns 1,013 apartments in New York City.
BOSTON — Brookfield Property Partners, in conjunction with AustralianSuper Pty., has acquired an office building located at 15 Broad St. in downtown Boston. Broder sold the 10-story, 73,500-square-foot office property for $33 million. Dave Pergola and Brian Doherty of CBRE/New England represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
ROCKLAND, MASS. — Hilton Worldwide has open DoubleTree by Hilton Boston-Rockland, located at 929 Hingham St. in Rockland on Massachusetts’ South Shore. Located 21 miles south of Boston Logan International Airport, the hotel features 127 guest rooms, 24-hour room service, a fitness center, business center and an outdoor heated pool. Additionally, the property offers 4,000 square feet of meeting space. Formerly a Holiday Inn, the hotel is owned and managed by Linchris Hotel Corp.
SADDLE BROOK, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of a medical office building located at 190 Midland Ave. in Saddle Brook. Brook Development LLC sold the 18,140-square-foot property to a private buyer for an undisclosed price. The two-story building houses three operating rooms and a Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations outpatient surgical center. Additionally, the facility is outfitted with fiber optic cables, integrated services digital network Internet access and ample covered parking. Darren Lizzack, Randy Horning and Hal Messer of NAI Hanson represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.
NEW YORK CITY — TerraCRG has arranged the sale of a multifamily building located at 82 16th St. in the Park Slope/Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn. The asset sold for $3.5 million, or $572 per square foot. The four-story, 6,240-square-foot property features 16 rent-stabilized apartment units. Adam Hess, Eddie Setton and Kirill Galperin of TerraCRG were the sole brokers in the transaction. The names of the seller and buyer were not released.
Allen Morris Co. to Develop $210M Mixed-Use Project in Atlanta’s West Midtown District
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — The Allen Morris Co., a Coral Gables, Fla.-based real estate developer, has announced plans for Star Metals, a $210 million mixed-use development in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood. The project will feature an upscale apartment building known as Star Metals Residences and a 12-story office building known as Star Metals Offices. The buildings, which will both feature ground-floor retail space, will be situated across Howell Mill Road from one another. “Although Atlanta has always been a great place to live and work, West Midtown’s cultural center of gravity is becoming stronger and the economic and lifestyle potential is greater than ever before,” says W. Allen Morris, chairman and CEO of The Allen Morris Co. “We see our sites as fundamental building blocks and a keystone in West Midtown’s evolution where tenants and residents can enjoy a well-rounded lifestyle.” Oppenheim Architecture + Design LLP is the lead architect for both buildings. Warner Summers Architecture and Interior Design is designing the interior of Star Metals Offices, and DWELL Design Studio and Lord Aeck Sargent are teaming up for Star Metals Residences’ interior work. “We are proud to have assembled world-class architectural teams that believe in developing projects that enhance Atlanta and …