HOUSTON — NAI Partners has negotiated the sale of the 7207 Regency Square office building. The 52,000-square-foot, multi-tenant office property is 10 percent occupied. Doug Pack of NAI Partners facilitated the negotiation between the seller, Malladi Partners, and the buyer, the Ardenwood Group.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Medalist Capital has arranged a $345.6 million loan through MetLife Inc. for the 535-acre Ballantyne Corporate Park in Charlotte. The 2.5 million-square-foot property features Class A office space, retail, restaurants, healthcare and two hotels. Don Williams and Mary Neill McKie of Medalist Capital’s Charlotte office arranged the long-term, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, The Bissell Cos. Ballantyne Corporate Park’s tenant roster includes the headquarters of MetLife’s U.S. retail business. The loan did not involve MetLife’s offices in Charlotte.
RESTON, VA. — Columbia Property Trust has sold a 244,565-square-foot office property in Reston, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C., for $65 million. The Class A office building is located at 1881 Campus Commons. Columbia Property Trust sold the office property to a real estate advisor based in Boston. Columbia Property Trust acquired the office building as part of a portfolio in January 2015 and since has increased the property’s occupancy from 79 percent to 91 percent. Columbia Property Trust, a publicly traded REIT, has a roughly $5 billion portfolio spanning 27 office properties in San Francisco, New York and Washington, D.C.
ATLANTA — Parkside Partners plans to redevelop a 40,000-square-foot property located at 1280 W. Peachtree St. in Midtown Atlanta. The new $12 million project, known as 16th Station, will be a Class A, boutique office asset located at the southwest corner of West Peachtree and 16th streets. The property will feature exposed brick and concrete beams, large floor-to-ceiling warehouse windows, concrete floors, covered and outdoor patio space and a rooftop terrace with a lounge and firepit. MTSD Inc. designed the loft-style office project, which is schedule for an early 2017 completion. The property’s location within the Midtown Opportunity Zone gives tenants the opportunity to receive job-creation credits of $3,500 per year for each new job created for five years.
DENVER, N.C. — Baum Realty Group has arranged the $7.6 million sale of a single-tenant net-leased Walgreens located in Denver, roughly 26 miles north of Charlotte. Patrick Forkin and Brad Teitelbaum of Baum Realty represented the buyer, a private international investor, in the transaction. The seller was a private East Coast developer. Walgreens has a 20-year lease at the store, with rental increases every 10 years.
KANSAS CITY, MO. — U.S. Bank has provided an $8.3 million investment for the construction of the second phase of St. Michael’s Veterans Center in Kansas City. The $11.4 million project will receive $8.3 million in equity raised from federal state and federal low-income housing tax credits. The second phase of the center will include 59 one- and two-bedroom apartment units and space for substance abuse counseling, job training and other support services. Yarco Company Inc. and its affiliates are serving as the developer, property manager and general contractor for the project. The facility will be located at the intersection of East 39th Street and Emanuel Cleaver Boulevard. Apartment rents at the center will range from $657 to $750 per month. Phase I of St. Michael’s Veterans Center opened in 2014 and was fully occupied within a month. There is currently a waiting list of 95 applicants. The construction on Phase II is slated for completion in the third quarter of 2016.
KEARNEY, MO. — Gardner Development has broken ground on Centerville Cottages Senior Living Community, a 48-unit independent living community in the Kansas City suburb of Kearney. The developer received low-income housing tax credits to help build the community. Demand for seniors housing is high in Kearney, where every community currently has a waiting list, according to Gardner. Centerville Cottages is a partnership between the City of Kearney, Missouri Housing Development Commission, Alden Torch Financial Century Real Estate Services, Baron Design and Associates LLC, Double Diamond LLC and Gardner Capital Inc. Gardner expects to complete the project in late 2016.
DETROIT — Cadillac Tower in Detroit is undergoing more than $3.5 million in extensive renovations. Huntington Construction Co. is managing the interior and exterior renovations to the 350,000-square-foot office building. The 40-story asset is located a 65 Cadillac Square on Campus Martius Park. Construction began in May 2015 and is expected to be complete in January 2016. Exterior renovations include new granite, an LED-lit canopy along Cadillac Square and first-floor façade renovations. Interior renovations include an updated entryway, new lobby directories, new tile flooring and wall finishes, new lighting and HVAC system for the lobby, plus a two-story feature wall. Tenants include Detroit Public Lighting Authority, Travelers Aid Society, Rex Worldwide, Midwest Careers Institute and the Mannik & Smith Group, an engineering and environmental consulting firm. Future plans for the building include a potential second-floor restaurant and renovation of the upper floors, common areas and restrooms. Neumann/Smith Architecture is serving as project architect. New York-based Moon Beam Capital and Capital Alliance Investments own the property, and Southfield, Mich.-based Farbman Group serves as the property manager.
AKRON, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has arranged the $2.3 million sale of Chapel Hill Crossing, a 116,843-square-foot retail center in Akron. Tenants at Chapel Hill Crossing, located about 40 miles south of Cleveland, include Gold’s Gym and Roses Discount Store. Bob Havasi and Dan Cooper of Copper Commercial represented the seller in the transaction, a large institutional group based in Tennessee. The undisclosed private investment buyer is based in Texas.
DURHAM, N.C. — Lincoln Harris has arranged two retail leases that will kick off new construction at Phase II of Patterson Place, a mixed-use property located at 5324 McFarland Drive in Durham. Kaler Walker and John Mikels of Lincoln Harris’ Raleigh office represented the landlord, BP Phase2 LLC, in both transactions. The deals included Blaze Pizza signing a 2,650-square-foot lease and Phenix Salon Suites signing a 3,842-square-foot lease. Additionally, Laboratory Corp. of America has signed a 1,545-square-foot lease at an existing medical office building in the development. Existing tenants include Moe’s Southwest Grill, Applebee’s, AT&T, Five Guys Burgers and Fries and Duke Medicine.