ATLANTA — ARA Newmark has brokered the $72.5 million sale of Inman Quarter, a new mixed-use development in Atlanta’s Inman Park neighborhood. Still under construction, the development will include 200 apartment units, a 575-space parking garage and 38,957 square feet of retail space. The asset was 80 percent pre-leased at the time of sale. TriBridge Residential and Coro Realty Advisors purchased the property from a development partnership between Atlanta-based JPX Works, South City Partners and ELV Associates. John Weber and Dan Phelan of ARA Newmark represented the development partnership in the transaction, which was structured as a pre-sale contract with targeted leasing and rent parameters agreed upon by both the buyer and seller.
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Phillips Realty Closes $85M Construction Loan for Student Housing Project in Daytona Beach
by John Nelson
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Phillips Realty Capital has closed on an $85 million construction loan for Quantum Realty Capital LLC’s student residence development on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University (BCU) in Daytona Beach. The Silver Spring, Md.-based developer is building student residence facilities that will be leased back to BCU. Brian Boland of Phillips Realty Capital structured the financing with a lender that specializes in credit tenant-lease financing. The construction-to-permanent loan has a 100 percent loan-to-cost ratio with a 36-year term. Quantum’s 1,206-bed residence hall project will include four student housing buildings at two different locations on the BCU campus. The completed residence halls’ design includes high-efficiency energy systems and student amenities. Each student housing building will comprise exterior courtyard common areas, student living and study rooms, and student and staff offices. Interior common areas will include multipurpose rooms, as well as fitness, lounge and laundry facilities. Construction is underway, with Phase I expected to be completed in January 2016. Completion of Phase II is expected in June 2016.
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Colliers International has brokered the $21.5 million sale of Renaissance at Peacher’s Mill, an upscale 216-unit apartment community in Clarksville, roughly 40 miles northwest of Nashville. PEM Real Estate Group purchased the asset from JA Murphy Group. Will Mathews, Ron Cameron and Bart Johnston of Colliers International’s Nashville office represented JA Murphy Group in the transaction. According to Colliers, the transaction is the highest price per unit trade in the history of Clarksville.
JACKSON, MISS. — Duckworth Realty Inc. has brokered the sale of the Plaza Building, a 12-story, 80,000-square-foot mixed-use tower in downtown Jackson. The property comprises ground-floor retail and restaurants, eight floors of office space and three floors of luxury apartments. The Plaza Building LLC purchased the tower for an undisclosed amount. John Michael Holtmann of Duckworth Realty Inc. represented the seller, GECMC 07-C1 Downtown Plaza LLC, a subsidiary of GECMC 2007-C1 Commercial Mortgage Trust that is specially serviced by Torchlight Loan Services. According to Duckworth, the Plaza Building was 71 percent occupied at the time of sale.
HUNTINGTON BEACH, CALIF. – Blue Sky HB LLC has purchased a few structures at Huntington Beach Medical Campus for $7.8 million. The acquisition includes a 19,288-square-foot surgery center, a 29,398-square-foot medical office building and a four-level parking structure. The building is located at 17752-17762 Beach Blvd. The campus includes Huntington Beach Hospital, Huntington Beach Diagnostic Imaging & Breast Center and Huntington Professional Tower and Pharmacy. Tenants within the campus include Quest Diagnostics, Beach Pediatrics, Surf City Pediatrics and other medical offices. The seller, KO’s HB Medical Building, was represented by Tom Nguyen of NAI Capital.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIF. – Rancho Plaza, an 11,691-square-foot retail center in Rancho Cucamonga, has sold to an unnamed buyer for $6.8 million. The center is located at 8678 19th Street. The fully leased center was built in 2007. Notable tenants include Starbucks, Juice It Up, Flame Broiler and Western Dental. The property was marketed by Brad Umansky and Frank Vora of Progressive Real Estate Partners.
ATASCADERO, CALIF. – The 130-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott Paso Robles Atascadero has opened in the San Luis Obispo submarket of Atascadero. It is located at 900 El Camino Real. The hotel is within minutes of more than 300 wineries throughout the Paso Robles/Atascadero Wine Country. The property also contains the Union and Vine Ranch Kitchen restaurant/bar, as well as more than 6,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space.
TEMPE, ARIZ. – DCT Industrial Trust has acquired a 49,956-square-foot distribution center in Tempe for $3.3 million. The freestanding center is located at 402 W. Geneva Drive within Broadway Industrial Park. It is occupied by Wayne Dalton Garage Doors (dba NationServe). DTZ’s Will Strong, Mike Haenel and Andy Markham represented both the buyer and seller, West Geneva Building LLC, in this transaction.
TEMPE, ARIZ. – F21 red, the newest retail concept by Forever 21, will soon open at Tempe Marketplace. This will be the new iteration’s first store to open in Arizona. F21 red will debut inside a 13,000-square-foot space this fall. The F21 red brand will offer a larger merchandise selection and lower prices than the typical Forever 21 store. Tempe Marketplace is owned by Vestar.
The Seattle office market has been a shining example of strength and solidity. Compared to the U.S. job rate, which expanded by 2.4 percent over the past year to drop the unemployment rate to just 5.5 percent, the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue Metropolitan Statistical Area is looking good. Seattle added jobs at a rate of 3.1 percent in the first quarter of 2015. It also saw employment gains in every category. The unemployment rate remained in line with the U.S. rate at 5.5 percent. Construction led all job sectors with 12.6 percent growth, followed by professional and business services at 4.2 percent. The Seattle Central Business District office market showed continued improvement as the overall vacancy rate declined by 2.8 percentage points on a year-over-year basis. Asking rents continued to climb in all submarkets with an overall increase of 4 percent, while Class A rents increased by 5.6 percent. Making tech giants feel at home is nothing new to the Seattle area. The largest lease of the past quarter was Facebook’s 274,000-square-foot deal at Dexter Station. With a planned delivery of May 2015, Dexter Station will be a 10-story, 345,992-square foot office building located in the flourishing Lower Queen Anne/Lake Union submarket. Facebook …