BRISTOL AND GLEN ALLEN, VA. — Publix Super Markets Inc. has signed two leases for stores in Virginia, which will be the first two stores in the state for the Lakeland, Fla.-based grocer. Publix has leased 54,000 square feet of space at the northeast corner of Lee Highway and Clear Creek Road in Bristol and 49,000 square feet at the northeast corner of Nuckols and Twin Hickory roads in Glen Allen. Grand opening dates for both locations have yet to be determined, but the Bristol store is tentatively planned to open in the fourth quarter of 2017, and the Glen Allen store will follow in 2018. David Crawford and Kevin South of CBRE|Richmond assisted Publix with market analysis, site selection and leasing for the Glen Allen location. Virginia will mark Publix’s seventh state of operation, and the company is looking ahead to aggressive growth within the state and in its current operating areas of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina.
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SPARTANBURG, S.C. — The RADCO Cos. has purchased two apartment communities in Spartanburg totaling 700 units for a combined $60.9 million. The properties, formerly named Chartwell at North End and Chartwell Oak Forest, have been renamed to Willows at North End and Parkside at Laurel West, respectively. RADCO financed the acquisition of the Class B portfolio using private capital and by assuming existing long-term financing from Fannie Mae. Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. RADCO plans to spend an estimated $6.4 million to upgrade the amenity spaces, landscaping, paths and interior finishes at the two properties. The same developer built the two communities in several phases between 1996 and 2003. With these recent acquisitions, RADCO now owns 15,077 multifamily units in eight states, including five properties in Upstate South Carolina.
BALTIMORE, MD. — Greysteel has brokered the sale of Federal Hill Station, an 11,450-square-foot urban retail building located at 1024-1030 Light St. in Baltimore’s historic Federal Hill neighborhood. The property is currently 100 percent leased to Blue Moon Café, Himalayan Bistro and Yoga Works on a triple-net basis. Gil Neuman led Greysteel’s Mid-Atlantic retail investment sales team in representing the seller, KL Light Street LLC, and procuring the buyer, Conflux Light Street LLC.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $15.3 million Fannie Mae loan for the acquisition of Ashton Reserve at Northlake, a 151-unit apartment community in Charlotte. The property is Phase II of a larger apartment development. Chris Black of KeyBank’s commercial mortgage group arranged the fixed-rate loan.
ATLANTA — Grady Health Systems has expanded its lease by 23,970 square feet at Hurt Building, a 17-story, 436,340-square-foot office building located at 50 Hurt Plaza in downtown Atlanta. Grady’s footprint at Hurt Building totals more than 80,000 square feet. Grady Health System consists of the 953-bed Grady Hospital, six neighborhood health centers, Crestview Health & Rehabilitation Center and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Hughes Spalding, which is operated as a Children’s affiliate. David Barry and Adam Blue of Boxer Property represented Grady in the lease transaction.
LUBBOCK, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC), a provider of commercial real estate financing and capital markets expertise, has arranged a bridge loan to refinance an apartment complex in Lubbock. Peter Muntz, a director in MMCC’s Chicago Downtown office, arranged the debt placement. The non-recourse, interest-only debt placement was structured with a 14-month term and a fixed interest rate. The property is a garden-style apartment complex with more than 300 units.
PEARLAND, TEXAS — Robert Loeb, Jeff Bailey and Brian Cisarik of SurePoint Self Storage plan to open a fourth location in the Houston market. The new self-storage property will be located in Pearland near the intersection of Broadway and Kirby drives. Additionally, SurePoint Self Storage is poised to begin construction in the next 60 days on their third facility in the Houston market, a three-story, 119,000-square-foot self-storage facility on Barker Cypress Road in Houston. The SurePoint team is concluding construction on a similar project on Spring Cypress Road just east of Grant Road in Cypress, as well as a four-story self-storage building in Richmond near Highway 59 and the Grand Parkway.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Pierson Retail Advisors (PRA) has arranged the sale of Millennium Towers, a 40,000-square-foot shopping center located in Wichita Falls. PRA represented the seller, Shining Properties Inc. A Texas-based buyer purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Retailers in the immediate area include Lowe’s Home Improvement, Walmart Supercenter, Home Depot, Sam’s Club, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Bed Bath & Beyond, PetSmart and Kohl’s. Millennium Towers is 100 percent occupied by tenants such as Texas Blood Institute, Texas Orthodontics and Looking Good Spa.
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS, ILL. — Square Mile Capital Management LLC has provided a $50 million refinancing loan for One Arlington, a luxury multifamily property in Arlington Heights, approximately 26 miles northwest of Chicago. Stoneleigh Companies LLC was the borrower. One Arlington is an adaptive reuse conversion of a former Sheraton Hotel. The conversion was completed in June 2015. The property features 214 residential units, 17,200 square feet of ground floor retail space and an attached 313-space underground parking garage.
STILLWATER, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $8.6 million sale of an 82,436-square-foot shopping center in Stillwater, approximately 20 miles northeast of St. Paul. Valley Ridge Mall, located at 1250 Frontage Road West, was nearly 100 percent occupied at the time of sale and is home to 29 tenants. Adam Prins, Matthew Hazelton, Sean Doyle and Cory Villaume of Marcus & Millichap listed the property on behalf of the seller, a developer, and also secured the buyer, a private investor from outside Minnesota.