COLUMBIA, S.C. — Atlanta-based Haven Campus Communities will develop a $55 million, six-building student housing project in the Bull Street development near the University of South Carolina in Columbia. The 234-unit project will go up on nearly 6.5 acres in the proposed BullStreet Common development and feature apartment residences and townhomes. The project includes a 608-space parking deck and 104 street spaces, as well as a pool, courtyard and covered pavilion. The site is adjacent to a city-owned baseball stadium that will open this year.
MIAMI — Greystone and ALTA Developers have jointly sold The Mile, a 13-story, 120-unit luxury apartment development in Miami, to Monogram Residential Trust Inc., an owner, operator and developer of luxury apartment communities. The sales price was $48 million, according to several media outlets. The Mile is located at 3622 S.W. Coral Way near Miami’s Miracle Mile shopping district. The Mile was topped off in July 2015 and is set to open in the first quarter of 2016. Behar Font & Partners designed the apartment project, which will feature an indoor/outdoor social deck, fitness center, GE stainless steel appliances, white quartz countertops, designer cabinets, balconies and patios, swimming and soaking pools, gated parking and controlled electronic access. Jaret Turkell, Jeff Julien and Maurice Habif of HFF represented the sellers in the off-market transaction.
MIAMI — Silver Arch Capital Partners, a private lender based in Hackensack, N.J., has closed a $21 million loan for Apeiron at the Jockey Club in Miami. Once the site of the popular Jockey Club in the 1960s, the new hotel and residential development will span 1 million square feet at 111 Biscayne Blvd. David Larson of NGKF Capital Markets arranged the 2-year loan through Silver Arch Capital on behalf of Apeiron Miami LLC, a partnership headed by Ritz-Carlton Group co-founder Horst Schulze, former chairman of HBA International Michael Bedner and former vice president of Related International Muayad Abbas. The partnership will use the loan for engineering, architecture and planning purposes for the development, which will be built in two phases. Phase I is a 41-story tower that will feature 120 residential condominium units, 90 hotel rooms, a restaurant, fitness center and amenities. Phase I will also comprise a 417-space, two-story parking garage and the reconstruction of a 38-slip marina. Phase II will be a 120-unit residential condominium building and a 346-space parking structure.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Developers Crosland Southeast and Childress Klein have added two new retailers to the 90-acre Waverly development located near the intersection of Providence and Ardrey Kell roads in south Charlotte. CycleBar, an indoor cycling fitness studio, will lease 3,246 square feet, and PetPeople, a pet foods and supplies retailer, will lease 4,900 square feet. CycleBar plans to reach 100 locations by the end of 2016, with eight planned for the Charlotte metro area. In addition to the Waverly location, PetPeople, which currently operates 28 stores in the Midwest, is adding a location in Cornelius, N.C. Whole Foods Market will anchor Waverly’s 250,000-square-foot retail portion. The development will also feature the 375-unit Solis Waverly apartment community and 150 single-family homes and townhomes.
DES PLAINES, ILL. — Associated Bank has completed a $19.3 million loan for the land acquisition and construction of a Mariano’s Fresh Market grocery store in Des Plaines, approximately 20 miles northwest of Chicago. Golf Road Ventures LLC, a joint venture of Abbott Land and Investment Corp. and WBS Equities, is the borrowing entity. When complete, the 73,317-square-foot store will be located at 10 E. Golf Road. Construction will begin this spring and completion is slated for the spring of 2017. Working with the Illinois Department of Transportation, Golf Road Ventures is funding over $1 million in improvements to the traffic intersection, including the addition of a turn lane and traffic signals. Working with the Des Plaines Park District, the developer is also contributing approximately $750,000 toward road, parking and field improvements for nearby Blackhawk Park.
WILLMAR, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2 million sale of a multifamily property in Willmar, approximately 100 miles west of Minneapolis. Foot Lake Estates is a 48-unit apartment complex that was built in 1977. The property was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale and is located at 400 30th St. NW. Cole Harstad, Mox Gunderson and Dan Linnell of Marcus & Millichap listed the property on behalf of the seller and secured and represented the buyer. Both parties were undisclosed private investors.
NILES, ILL. — The Missner Group has acquired a 78,000-square-foot industrial warehouse with office space for $2.4 million in Niles, approximately 15 miles northwest of Chicago. After acquiring the building, The Missner Group signed Avery Dennison, a leader in labeling and packaging materials and solutions, to a lease of the entire building. The Missner Group purchased the two-story building located at 6565 W. Howard St. from The Feld Family LP. The property consists of 56,000 square feet of warehouse and manufacturing space and 22,000 square feet of office space. The asset is situated on 3.6 acres and features 20-foot clear heights, five exterior docks and one drive-in door. Ed Adler of The Missner Group led the acquisition for the firm. Jack Rosenberg, Fredrick Regnery and Ned Frank of Colliers International represented The Missner Group in the purchase of the property, as well as the lease to Avery Dennison, which was represented by Brendan Green of Colliers. The Colliers team also represented the building’s seller, who was undisclosed.
NEW BERLIN, WIS. — The Dickman Company Inc./CORFAC International has brokered the sale of an 18,144-square-foot industrial building in New Berlin, approximately 15 miles west of Milwaukee. Abraham Holding LLC purchased the building, located at 2805 S. 160th St., from ZAP LLC. David Buckley of The Barry Co. represented the seller in the transaction, and Anthony Huenerbein of Dickman represented the buyer.
BROOKFIELD, WIS. — CBRE has arranged a 5,202-square-foot office lease renewal in Brookfield, approximately 13 miles west of Milwaukee. Lueder Financial Group LLC renewed the office space located at 20300 Water Tower Blvd. from Janesville LLP, the landlord. Lueder Financial Group is part of Northwestern Mutual. Matt Cariello, Bill Bonifas and Matt Hunter of CBRE represented the tenant in the transaction.
The retail market for Louisville has continued to improve over the past year. New ground-up developments, which have been virtually nonexistent the past five years, are now open for business. Vacancy rates are falling, new tenants are entering the market, and retail investment sales continue to be in high demand. The $2.5 billion Louisville- Southern Indiana Ohio River bridges project is on track for a 2016 opening. New developments in downtown and northeast Louisville, as well as Southern Indiana, are looking to capitalize on the new infrastructure. GBT Realty is looking to expand its presence in the market with a proposed 220,000-square-foot joint venture project across the river in Jeffersonville, Ind. The site is located within in the 170-acre master-planned Jefferson Town Center on Veterans Parkway. Menards is opening a new 200,000-square-foot property this fall across the street from GBT’s proposed development. In addition to GBT Realty’s newly opened Middletown Commons and Jefferson Commons in Louisville, the three projects are from developments that were planned before the Great Recession and now have new life. The Outlet Shoppes of the Bluegrass, located in Simpsonville, Ky., has been a major success since opening in late 2014. After just six months, an expansion …