CHERRY HILL, N.J. — NAI Mertz has brokered three transactions in Cherry Hill. In the first transaction, Byrn Mawr Investments purchased a 28,000-square-foot office building, located at 706 Haddonfield Road, from Multiple Sclerosis Association of America for an undisclosed price. The buyer plans to redevelop the property into retail use by demolishing a portion of the building and converting it into parking spaces. Jeff Sloan of NAI Mertz negotiated the transaction. Sloan also represented Multiple Sclerosis Association of America in the acquisition of a 14,400-square-foot office building located at 375 N. Kings Highway. The seller was 375 NKH LLC. In the third deal, SportsArena Employees 137 Welfare Fund sold a two-story 11,683-square-foot office building, located at 1012 Haddonfield Road, to Several Properties and First American Exchange. Marc Cutler and John Brown of NAI Mertz were the sole brokers in the transaction. The prices for the transactions were not released.
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WALLINGTON, N.J. — Inserra Supermarkets is opening ShopRite of Wallington within Wallington Plaza Shopping Center in Wallington. Located at 375 Paterson Ave., the 60,000-square-foot supermarket will feature ShopRite from Home (online ordering with home delivery), free nutrition and wellness programming, full-service catering, a pharmacy and a liquor store. The store is slated to open in May.
ATLANTA — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has structured a $43.6 million acquisition loan for Solace of Peachtree, an apartment community located in Midtown Atlanta. Built in 1952 and renovated in 2009, the property includes a fitness center, underground parking garage, meeting rooms, business center, laundry facility and 34,628 square feet of retail space and vacant office space. The property’s retail tenant roster includes Baraonda Restaurant, Quizno’s and Scandinavian House Grocery Store. The borrower, Atlanta-based Cocke Finkelstein Inc. (CFI), and its affiliated management company CFLane plan to occupy the vacant office space. Will Baker led Walker & Dunlop’s team to structure the 10-year, fixed-rate acquisition loan through Freddie Mac on behalf of CFI. The loan features five years of interest-only payments and 80 percent loan-to-value. Walker & Dunlop teamed up with Michael Ryan and Jeff Walker of Cushman & Wakefield to structure the loan.
TAMPA AND FORT MYERS, FLA. — Devonshire REIT Inc. has purchased two shopping centers in Tampa and Fort Myers for a combined $39.5 million. The privately held REIT purchased The Cypress Shopping Center in Tampa for $24.6 million and The Shoppes at Plantation in Fort Myers for $14.9 million. Built in 2009, the 111,228-square-foot Cypress Shopping Center was 97.5 percent leased to tenants such as Winn-Dixie, LA Fitness, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Scottrade, Nutrishop, Pita’s Republic and Eye Doctors Optical Outlet at the time of sale. The 71,429-square-foot Shoppes at Plantation was 96 percent leased to tenants such as Winn-Dixie, Great Clips, Jersey Mikes, Suncoast Federal Credit Union and China Dragon at the time of sale. With the two transactions, the REIT has surpassed $500 million in total assets under management.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $23.8 million sale of Glades Twin Plaza, a 98,312-square-foot boutique office building located at 2300 Glades Road in Boca Raton. Built in 1982 and renovated in 2010, the office property was 77 percent leased at the time of sale. Christian Lee, Jose Lobon, Charles Foschini, Chris Apone and Michael Erickson of CBRE represented the seller, a fund managed by BlackRock, in the transaction. The buyer was Dallas-based L&B Realty Advisors.
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $9.7 million sale of Shoppes of Ives Dairy, a 24,597-square-foot shopping center located at 19801 N.W. 2nd Ave. in Miami Gardens. Constructed in 2006, the center’s tenant roster includes Chili’s Restaurant & Bar, Bank of America, Starbuck’s Coffee, Wells Fargo Bank, Amscot Financial and Foot Locker. Kirk Olson and Drew Kristol of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the seller, a Miami-based limited liability company, and the buyer, an investment group based in New York.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Co-owners Grubb Properties and New York Life Real Estate Investors have signed Frontier Capital, a growth equity firm based in North Carolina, to a long-term lease for the top floor of 525 North Tryon Street, a 19-story office building in Uptown Charlotte. Frontier will use the 12,600-square-foot space as its new headquarters beginning in September. Andy Horsey of Cresa Charlotte represented Frontier Capital in the lease transaction. Jonathan Nance of Grubb Properties, along with Meredith Ball and Mark Holoman of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, represented the ownership group.
For years the Omaha industrial market — approximately 68 million square feet strong — seemed to be slow and steady. When the market tightened, developers were still able to meet demand. Over the past 15 years, companies looking to construct new facilities have historically had an ample number of options in which to relocate along I-80 in the southwest part of the metro area. The Great Recession of the late 2000s seemingly halted speculative construction. During the rebound of the early 2010s, the vacancy rate began to steadily decline. Tenants started to absorb excess space at a healthy clip. All of a sudden, the market has begun to face two overwhelming challenges: virtually full occupancy among rental space and few readily available land options to build new product. Space Users Stay Active Industrial vacancy in Omaha has continued to plummet, ending 2014 at a 3 percent vacancy rate. Both large national companies and local businesses have accounted for the healthy absorption of space. Sergeant’s Pet Care Products (which built 349,680 square feet), Airlite Plastics (71,272 square feet), and Election Systems & Software (40,000 square feet) all increased their footprint in 2014. Additionally, several smaller transactions have occurred this year. Companies …
INDIANAPOLIS — Hilton Worldwide has signed a franchise license agreement with PK Partners to develop the 125-room Hampton Inn & Suites Indianapolis/Keystone. The five-story hotel will be located at 8980 River Crossing Blvd. in Indianapolis. PK Partners will own the property and Schahet Hotels Inc. will operate the hotel. Located in the heart of Keystone at the Crossing, adjacent to the River North at Keystone, Hampton Inn & Suites Indianapolis/Keystone will be part of a mixed-use development and within walking distance to the Fashion Mall at Keystone. The new hotel is set for completion in late 2016.
TWINSBURG, OHIO — Meridian Design Build has begun construction on a new 207,360-square-foot, speculative industrial building in Twinsburg. Scannell Properties is the developer for the project. The multi-tenant facility is located on a 14-acre site within Cornerstone Business Park. The new spec building will include 171 auto parking stalls, five tenant entrances and 26 loading docks. The building is scheduled for completion in late summer. Precept Design LLC is providing architectural services for the project. Weber Engineering Services is completing civil engineering work.