NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Lineage Logistics LLC, a warehousing and logistics company backed by investment firm Bay Grove, has opened its 180,000-square-foot cold storage distribution center in North Charleston. The property is located at 7748 Palmetto Commerce Parkway within Palmetto Commerce Park. Lineage Logistics worked with the South Carolina Ports Authority to facilitate the new property. Norfolk Southern provides rail service to the facility, which features 30 truck doors, four rail doors and parking for 100 cars.
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ATLANTA — Charlotte-based FCA Partners has announced three new tenants joining The Exchange, a 44,500-square-foot retail center in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The new tenants joining the previously announced Storico Fresco Pasta and YEAH! Burger include SculptHouse, Kohler Signature Showroom and Kale Me Crazy. SculptHouse, a boutique fitness destination, will occupy 3,600 square feet; Kohler Signature Showroom, a home furnishing store, will occupy 7,100 square feet at the “elbow” of the property along the connecting paseo; and Kale Me Crazy will occupy 1,300 square feet for its newest superfood café. The project is a redevelopment of the former Buckhead Exchange. FCA Partners expects for construction on the redevelopment to wrap up this month. Stephanie McCall of The Shopping Center Group is The Exchange’s exclusive leasing agent.
CAPE CORAL, FLA. — Stiles Realty has signed Starbucks Coffee and Chipotle Mexican Grill to lease outparcel space at Coralwood Center, a 349,205-square-foot retail center located at 2301 S. Del Prado Blvd. in Cape Coral. The two tenants will open at the 6,038-square-foot outparcel this fall. The retail center is currently 73 percent leased to tenants such as Ulta Beauty, LA Fitness, Bealls Outlet, JC Penney, Lenny’s Sub Shop and the newly opened HomeGoods. Jill Gull of Stiles Realty represented the landlord, Siles and GRE Coralwood LP, in the two lease transactions. Michael Daly of LandQwest Commercial represented Starbucks, and Michael Weiss of SRS Real Estate Partners represented Chipotle.
Walker & Dunlop Closes $19.9M Acquisition Loan for Apartment Community in Central Georgia
by John Nelson
KATHLEEN, GA. — Walker & Dunlop has closed a $19.9 million acquisition loan for Houston Lake, a 300-unit, Class A apartment complex in Kathleen, roughly 20 miles south of Macon. Dustin Swartz of Walker & Dunlop’s Bethesda, Md., office led the team that structured the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through Freddie Mac’s CME program on behalf of the borrower, Denver-based Miller Frishman Group. The loan features three years of interest-only payments. Approximately 35 percent of the community’s residents are active and civilian military employees at nearby Robins Air Force Base, which is located about 14 miles southwest of Houston Lake. Built in 2008, the property features gated access, walking trails, poolside grills, a clubhouse, fitness center, playground, basketball court and a tennis court.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — LIV Holdings LLC, a joint venture between James Street Capital LLC and Warren Family Holdings I LLC, has purchased a 208-unit garden-style apartment complex in Gainesville for $8.8 million. The property was built in 1981 on nine acres at 1902 S.W. 42nd Way, roughly one mile from the University of Florida campus. The new ownership has teamed up with Gainesville-based management company AMJ Inc. to operate the property, and the joint venture will invest capital to improve community interiors, exteriors and common areas. Darron Kattan, Kevin Kelleher, Zach Ames and Robert Goldfinger of Franklin Street Real Estate Services’ Tampa office represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
Skanska to Build $230M Ambulatory Care Pavilion at Westchester Medical Center in New York
by Katie Sloan
VALHALLA, N.Y. — Westchester Medical Center Health Network has selected Skanska to build a $230 million, 279,861-square-foot Ambulatory Care Pavilion adjacent to Westchester Medical Center on its campus in Valhalla, approximately 25 miles north of Manhattan. The eight-story steel and glass pavilion will include 185,000 square feet of ambulatory care service space featuring an advanced imaging center, ambulatory surgery center and a heart and vascular institute. The development will also feature an entry canopy for patient drop-off, a 20,000-square-foot private-room expansion for Westchester Medical Center and an additional 75,000 square feet of physician offices. Construction is expected to begin this June, with completion expected in September 2018. Skanska’s contract for the project is valued at $140 million. According to the hospital, the development is considered the largest healthcare project in the Westchester area since Westchester Medical Center’s 400,000-square-foot main tower was built in 1977 and its 250,000-square-foot Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital was built in 2004. Skanska is a project development and construction firm with expertise in construction, development of commercial and residential properties, and public-private partnerships. The Westchester Medical Center Health Network is a 1,400-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, spanning seven hospitals in the Hudson Valley. — Katie Sloan
A rebounding economy and robust population growth are driving strong fundamentals across all segments of Raleigh-Durham’s commercial real estate industry. The region added 30,105 jobs during the 12 months ending September 2015, a growth rate of 3.1 percent. Users of all product types are facing rising occupancy costs and fierce competition for quality space. The Raleigh-Durham industrial market experienced positive net absorption of 721,185 square feet through the first three quarters of 2015, marking the sector’s fifth consecutive year of expansion. Increased tenant demand, combined with a lack of new construction, has driven vacancy back to pre-recession levels. Overall vacancy for warehouse and flex space ended the third quarter at 7.5 percent, down by 130 basis points year-over-year. Warehouse vacancy fell by 160 basis points to 6 percent during the same period and is down from a cyclical high of 10.2 percent. Flex vacancy ended the third quarter at 11 percent, down by 60 basis points year-over-year and from a cyclical high of 16.5 percent. Leasing activity has been broad based, driven primarily by organic growth in the region’s existing tenant base. Among the industries fueling the largest transactions are third-party logistics, e-commerce, manufacturing and housing and construction. Finally back …
FREMONT, CALIF. — A private investor has purchased a 34,272-square-foot industrial building in Fremont for $5.2 million. The property is located at 48351 Lakeview Blvd., within the Bayside Business Park. The facility is situated near Tesla’s manufacturing plant. Rick Bland, Garrett Drew and Andrew Stoddard of Lee & Associates Oakland represented the seller, Cenco Investment LLC, in this transaction.
TUCSON, ARIZ. – MCFT Holdings LLC has acquired the 70-unit San Simeon apartments in Tucson for $3.7 million. The community is located at 6091 E. Golf Links Road. It was built in 1963 and underwent a large-scale renovation in 2013. MCFT Holdings acquired the asset as a long-term investment and plans to implement general property upgrades.The LLC represented itself in this transaction while Bill Hahn, Jeff Sherman and Trevor Koskovich of Colliers International represented the seller, Corey Peterson.
MADERA, CALIF. — Newmark Grubb Pearson Commercial has arranged the lease of 2,760 square feet of retail space at 1460 E. Yosemite Ave. in Madera. Mountain Mike’s Pizza Restaurant has inked a deal with Q/S Tozer Avenue LLC to occupy the space. Craig Holdener and Troy McKenney of Newmark Grubb Pearson Commercial and Jeanette Woerman Mason of Brekke Real Estate negotiated the transaction.