CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged a $53 million loan to refinance a 13-asset industrial portfolio located in the Charlotte MSA. The portfolio totals more than 1.7 million square feet. Chris Caison of Grandbridge arranged the loan with a fixed interest rate through an unnamed life insurance company on behalf of the owner, Charlotte-based Beacon Partners. Beacon Partners leases and manages more than 9 million square feet of office and industrial space in the Carolinas. C.J. Webb of Grandbridge assisted in the deal.
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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Capstone Apartment Partners has brokered the $14.8 million sale of the historic Kenilworth Inn Apartments in the Biltmore Village in Asheville. The 93-unit multifamily community was fully occupied at the time of the sale. The apartment community, originally built in 1892 and renovated in 2003, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Austin Green and Alex McDermott of Capstone Apartment Partners’ Charlotte office represented the seller, Kenilworth Apartments LLC, in the transaction. Saratoga Capital LLC was the buyer.
MIAMI LAKES, FLA. — Sperry Van Ness South Commercial Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $6.2 million sale of 65,000 square feet of fractured office condos located at 14750 N.W. 77th Court in Miami Lakes. BB&T Bank sold 90 percent of the building’s office condos to the new ownership group, Kislak. Rene Vivo of Vivo Real Estate Group represented Kislak in the transaction. Matthew Rotolante, Caroline Camus and Eric Amat of Sperry Van Ness represented BB&T Bank.
DES MOINES, IOWA — Hubbell Realty has opened 7th Street Brownstones, a $6.8 million multifamily community in downtown Des Moines. 7th Street Brownstones features 34 two-story, three-bedroom rental townhomes. The development is located at 325 SW 7th St. Features in the brownstones include walk-in closets, stainless steel appliances, washers/dryers, granite countertops, two-car garages and rooftop patios. Hubbell Realty hosted a grand opening for the new community on Tuesday, July 1. Twenty-two of the brownstone units are complete and leased. The remaining 12 are under construction. Hubbell Construction Services is the contractor, while Hubbell Apartment Living will manage the property.
DUBLIN, OHIO – CASTO has completed the redevelopment of Sawmill Square Shopping Center in Dublin, a suburb of Columbus. The Sawmill Square redevelopment included the addition of a 171,684-square-foot Walmart Supercenter, which shadow anchors the 39,000-square-foot retail center as well as McAlister’s Deli, Sally Beauty Supply and GameStop. In addition, Sawmill Square has a renovated façade, new signage and total replacement of common areas including parking areas, landscaping and site lighting. Exisiting retailers at the center include Z Salon, The UPS Store, Thai Orchid, Huntington Bank, Skyline Chili, Burger King, Goodyear and PNC Bank. The center was originally developed in 1982. John Miller of State Street Capital Realty is the leasing agent for the property.
LAGRANGE PARK, ILL. — Peak Construction Corp. has completed the renovation of a manufacturing warehouse for Deslauriers Inc. in LaGrange Park, a suburb of Chicago. Deslauriers, which manufactures and distributes concrete forming and testing accessories, purchased the facility in 2007. Due to an increase in production and storage, the company is expanding its warehouse to meet new production goals. Peak served as the design builder of the 26,388-square-foot addition.
WIXOM, MICH. — Gerdom Realty & Investment has arranged the sale of a 4,000-square-foot office building in Wixom, approximately 35 miles west of Detroit. Trademark Properties of Michigan purchased the building, located in the Crossroads Business Center on Beck Road, for an undisclosed price. Trademark Properties specializes in investing, rehabilitating and developing a variety of distressed real estate properties. Tjader Gerdom of Novi, Mich.-based Gerdom Realty & Investment represented the buyer.
MONTVILLE, N.J. — Vision Real Estate Partners (VREP) has acquired Montville Corporate Campus located at 340-342 Changebridge Road in Montville from Bayer Pharmaceuticals. Situated on 27 acres within a gated site, the campus currently comprises two three-story travertine marble office buildings. VREP plans to rebrand the property and invest nearly $15 million to reposition the buildings for single- or multi-tenant occupancy. The firm also plans to redevelop the campus into a mixed-use live/work/play environment. The acquisition ties to VREP’s role as developer of Bayer Healthcare’s new 94-acre, 675,000-square-foot East Coast Headquarters in Whippany, N.J. As part of VREP’s sale of that site to Bayer in 2012, the firm retained the option to purchase Montville Corporate Campus. Jones Lang LaSalle’s Capital Markets Group negotiated the multimillion-dollar off-market transaction.
MALVERN, PA. — Gramercy Property Trust has purchased an R&D/flex facility located in Malvern for $28.4 million in an all-cash transaction. The 191,000-square-foot facility is 100 percent leased through March 2030 to a leading healthcare diagnostics company. Year one net operating income is approximately $2.1 million (7.5 percent initial cap rate; 8.7 percent annualized straight-line cap rate) with annual rent escalations throughout the lease term.
WORCESTER, MASS. — Skanska USA has signed a contract to build a maintenance and operations facility for Worcester Regional Transit Authority. The 150,695-square-foot building will include administrative offices, a public meeting space, operations dispatching, bus storage, maintenance shops and additional parking. Construction has begun on the $60 million project and substantial completion is expected in first quarter 2016.