LAKE JACKSON, TEXAS — LMI Capital has secured $7 million in acquisition financing for a three-property multifamily portfolio located in tertiary markets outside of the greater Lake Jackson area, a suburb of Houston. The three garden-style communities total 315 units. Brandon Brown of LMI Capital secured three acquisition loans, each featuring a five-year term with floating interest rates that convert to fixed rates after the initial interest-only period. The undisclosed borrower, which owns a number of assets in metro Houston, plans to renovate and reposition the assets and then refinance into permanent loans upon stabilization.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Broken Barrel is set to open a 3,483-square-foot restaurant on the ground level of One Lakes Edge, an 825,000-square-foot multifamily and retail complex located within Hughes Landing in The Woodlands. Broken Barrel is a wine bar featuring tapas and small plates. Construction will begin on the restaurant in late April, with an expected completion in June. The location will feature a large outdoor patio overlooking Lake Woodlands. The space is being leased from The Woodlands Development Co., and will be operated by managing partners Hilda Ysusi, Joaquin Valle and Josh Cundy.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-based Childress Klein and Vienna, Va.-based Cambridge Healthcare Solutions LLC have completed the construction of the largest Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care Center in the United States. The $150 million, 429,000-square-foot property is situated on a 35-acre lot at the intersection of Tyvola Road and Cascade Pointe Blvd. in Charlotte. The developers plan to hold the asset long-term and will remain as the property’s asset managers throughout the VA’s 20-year lease. The Charlotte VA Health Care Center will provide primary care and specialty services for up to an estimated 35,000 veterans enrolled in the VA healthcare system. Departments operating out of the clinic will include cardiology, audiology and speech, mental health, radiology, infectious disease, women’s health, ophthalmology and optometry, dental, gastroenterology, oncology follow-up and physical medicine and rehab, as well as four full operating rooms.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $26.1 million sale of a 189,543-square-foot Walmart Supercenter in Fort Lauderdale. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has a 20-year absolute net ground lease for the store, which is located within Riverbend Marketplace, a new 36-acre retail development less than three miles from Fort Lauderdale’s central business district. The store is the newest prototype for Walmart Supercenters, according to Marcus & Millichap. Lori Schneider of Marcus & Millichap, along with Aztec Group, represented the seller, Gatlin Development, in the transaction. Drew Kristol and Kirk Olson of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the buyer, a 1031 exchange investor.
NEWTOWN, N.C. — Binswanger has brokered the sale of a 439,500-square-foot industrial facility in Newtown. The property is located on a 94.8-acre parcel at 1545 St. James Church Road. Snider Tire Inc., a commercial tire dealer and retreader, purchased the asset for an undisclosed amount. Doug Faris of Binswanger’s Charlotte office brokered the transaction.
COLLEGE PARK, GA. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank Hotels (NGKF Hotels) has brokered the sale of the Microtel Inn & Suites by Wyndham Hotels, an 83-room hotel located at 4839 Massachusetts Blvd. in College Park. The three-story hotel is located adjacent to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and roughly 11 miles south of downtown Atlanta. Georgia-based 64J Hotel Groups LLC bought the Microtel Inn with plans to negotiate a new, long-term franchise agreement and upgrade the property with a planned renovation totaling approximately $400,000. Sam Winterbottom, Bhavesh (B.J.) Patel and Barrett Corwin of NGKF Hotels represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. In the past eight months, NGKF Hotels has also brokered the sales of the nearby Wellesley Inn and Sleep Inn hotels. Combined, the three hotels have sold for $14 million.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the $3 million sale of a 10,500-square-foot dialysis clinic located at 20 Rachel Drive in Nashville. The property is fully leased to Vanderbilt University and is one of its two 24-hour dialysis operations in the metro Nashville area. A private partnership based in New England purchased the facility from a limited liability partnership based in California. Craig Tomlinson and John Zimmerman of Stan Johnson Co. marketed the asset and represented the seller in the transaction.
SAN PEDRO, CALIF. — Jerico Development and The Ratkovich Co. have partnered to revitalize Ports O’Call Village in San Pedro. To be renamed San Pedro Public Market, the project will include a 30-acre retail and dining destination on San Pedro’s waterfront and up to 375,000 square feet of commercial, retail, restaurant, hotel and conference center space. With construction slated to begin in 2017, the first phase of the project will feature 16 acres of restaurants, shops, office and market space, and a waterfront promenade. Additionally, the project will feature outdoor space, including an open-air amphitheater for concerts and family-friendly entertainment. Tim J. Delaney Design and TFO Architecture are designing the first phase of the $100 million revitalization.
PHOENIX — A joint venture led by Sunroad Enterprises received $23.5 million in first mortgage debt to finance the acquisition of the 240-unit Sonoma Ridge Apartments in Phoenix. The community is located at 8201 W. Beardsley Road. HFF’s Aldon Cole and Tim Wright arranged the financing, which Mesa West Capital provided.
LOS BANOS, CALIF. — O’Reilly Automotive Enterprises has acquired three retail land parcels in Los Banos. O’Reilly acquired a 15,912-square-foot parcel and a 17,291-square-foot land parcel, both located at the northwest corner of Pacheco Pass and Sixth Street, from Balatti Family Trust for undisclosed price. Additionally, O’Reilly purchased a 14,288-square-foot land parcel at the northwest corner of Pacheco Pass and Sixth Street in Los Banos from Douglas Balatti Revocable Trust. Lewis Smith of Retail California brokered the three transactions.