DALLAS — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $55.2 million loan for the acquisition of a portfolio of 10 Class A industrial buildings in four metro Dallas industrial parks. The 1.5 million-square-foot portfolio, which is 97 percent occupied, includes 39 tenants. Financing was structured as a non-recourse, fixed-rate balance sheet first mortgage and placed with a third party investor.
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PLANO, TEXAS — The Dallas-Fort Worth office of Colliers International assisted a group of tenant-in-common (TIC) owners, represented by First Guardian Group, with the sale of a three-building industrial portfolio in Plano. Cobalt Capital Partners bought the property. Two of the buildings are located at 3301 and 3501 E. Plano Pkwy., while the other building is located at 1100 Klein Road. The properties together are known as Plano Tech Center and total 257,864 square feet of office and warehouse space. Lizzy Blake and the capital markets team at Colliers worked on the transaction.
DALLAS — CBRE has brokered the sale of the DB Schenker logistics campus on behalf of an undisclosed seller. An anonymous buyer purchased the 202,140-square-foot, two-building complex. It is 100 percent leased to DB Schenker, a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bahn AG. The tenant has five years remaining on its lease. The campus was built in 2008 with a clear height of 30 feet. The campus is located in the DFW Airport submarket and is on a ground lease expiring in 2048. The location provides access to the metroplex via Highway 635 and State Highways 121 and 114.
ISLAMORADA, FLA. — HFF has secured $25.9 million in financing for The Islamorada Resort, an oceanfront property located at 80001 Overseas Highway in the Village of Islamorada in the Florida Keys. The resort is roughly 80 miles from Miami to the north and Key West to the south. The five-story property features 79 guest rooms, an Oceans 80 restaurant/tiki bar, resort-style pool, private beach and marina. Max Comess, Chris Drew, Maxx Carney and Alexandra Lalos of HFF’s Miami office arranged the loan through Bank of the Ozarks on behalf of the borrower, The Carlyle Group. The Carlyle Group is working with the resort’s operator Trust Hospitality and architect Malcolm Berg to renovate and reposition the property.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Dockerty Romer & Co. has arranged a $19.7 million loan for two Class A office buildings in Fort Lauderdale’s Cypress Creek submarket. The properties, Cypress Plaza and Park Center, span a combined 158,737 square feet. Craig Romer of Dockerty Romer arranged the financing through NXT Capital on behalf of the borrower, Mainstreet Capital Partners.
RALEIGH, N.C. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $14.6 million refinancing of The Summit, a 121,250-square-foot office building in Raleigh. Todd Crouse of NorthMarq Capital arranged the seven-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through an unnamed life insurance company.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — The Shopping Center Group has brokered the sale of Countryside Center, a 35,500-square-foot shopping center in Memphis. The property is 75 percent leased to tenants such as Dollar General, Subway, Auto Radio, Math Made Simple and Continental Tire. Gary Shanks of The Shopping Center Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based life insurance company, in the transaction. John Reed of The Shopping Center Group represented the buyer, a private investor based in California.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Ehmer Group has arranged the sale of the Country Inn & Suites by Carlson, Charlotte I-85 Airport, a 119-room hotel located at 2541 Little Rock Road in Charlotte. Richard Ehmer of The Ehmer Group represented the seller, Ra’s Hotels Inc., in the transaction. The buyer, Ye’s Hotels Inc., has retained Strand Development Co.’s Hospitality Services division to manage the hotel and oversee a $1.5 million property improvement plan that the hotel’s franchisor, Carlson Rezidor Hotel Group, implemented.
MARLBOROUGH AND SOUTHBOROUGH, MASS. — HFF has secured two loans totaling $10.4 million for CURO Enterprises for the financing of two office buildings in Massachusetts. The properties are 130 Lizotte Drive, a 100,000-square-foot office building in Marlborough, and 118 Turnpike Road, an 80,000-square-foot office building in Southborough. Completed in 1999, 130 Lizotte is currently 92 percent leased to Ascosta Inc and Career Arc Group. The three-story 118 Turnpike Road was originally built in 1989 for its prior tenant, Autonomy Corp., a wholly owned entity of Hewlett-Packard.
WINOOSKI, VT. — A partnership between Nedde Real Estate, Redstone Commercial Group and Youkel Architecture + Development has broken ground for the development of Riverrun, an apartment building located along the Winooski River in downtown Winooski. The 56-unit building will feature a mix of floorplans: one-bedroom; one-bedroom with den; two-bedroom; corner two-bedroom and; corner two-bedroom with den. Each apartment will feature an open floorplan with nine-foot ceilings; expansion windows with river, city or nature preserve views; walk-in closets; designer kitchens; washer/dryers; and air conditioning. On-site amenities include covered parking, a combination of enclosed and climate-controlled storage units, a fitness center, balconies on all apartments and a walking path to the river boardwalk. The energy-efficient building is slate for occupancy in June 2015. Wright & Morrissey Construction is constructing the building.