ORLANDO, FLA. — Orlando-based general contractor Williams Co. Southeast is on schedule to complete Phase I of The Crosslands, a $30 million retail center in Orlando. The 427,000-square-foot property will be located at Orange Blossom Trail and Osceola Parkway and is scheduled for a July 30 completion. The development team includes Tupperware Brands Corp., O’Connor Capital Partners, Peter Bergner and ELEVEN18 Architecture.
SEVIERVILLE, TENN. — RealtyLink LLC has broken ground on River Landing, a $25 million shopping center in Sevierville. The 175,000-square-foot project will be located on a 16-acre site along Winfield Dunn Parkway at the site of the Old Reel Theatre. Phase I is slated for completion this September, and Phase II is expected to be complete in February 2016. The property is pre-leased to eight undisclosed retailers. The project team includes general contractor Vannoy Construction, architect Cor3 Design and sub-contractor Blalock Cos.
ABERDEEN, MD. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $13.6 million in bridge and construction financing for two hotels in Aberdeen, roughly 32 miles north of Baltimore via I-95. The borrower, Cross Roads Hospitality, will use the financing to reposition an existing property at 793 W. Bel Air Ave. as an 80-room LaQuinta Inn & Suites hotel and construct a new 98-room Hampton hotel. Tal Bar-Or, Beau Williams and Judah Neuman of Meridian Capital Group’s New York City office arranged the two-year bridge and construction loan through a national bridge lender. The loan features interest-only payments for the full term.
ASPEN, COLO. — The 179-room St. Regis Aspen Resort has received a $100 million refinance. The resort is located at 315 E. Dean Street, at the base of Aspen Mountain in downtown Aspen. The property was acquired by 315 East Dean Associates, led by Stephane de Baets, in 2010. The company has since invested about $50 million to renovate the five-star resort. The first mortgage was provided by an affiliate of KSL Capital Partners Credit Opportunities Fund.
SEATTLE — The 92-unit Sunset Electric apartment community in Seattle has sold to ASB Real Estate for $41.7 million. The community is located at 1111 E. Pine Street. It features an open-air interior courtyard and a rooftop deck. Sunset Electric is one of the few LEED-Platinum apartment communities in the Pacific Northwest. The seller, the Wolff Companies, was represented by JLL’s David Young, Corey Marx, Seth Heikkila and Matt Kemper.
SEATTLE — ASB Real Estate has acquired the 108-unit REO Flats in Seattle for $47.1 million. The community is located at 1525 14th Ave. It features high-end finishes, a rooftop deck, skyline views and a preserved, historic brick façade. The sellers were Madrona Real Estate and Glenmont Capital Management. The sale was executed by JLL’s David Young, Corey Marx, Seth Heikkila and Matt Kemper.
PHOENIX — A partnership between Lincoln Property Company (LPC) and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management has acquired Biltmore Commerce Center, a 259,000-square-foot office property in Phoenix, for $58 million. The Class A center is located at 3200 E. Camelback Road in the Camelback Corridor. The three-story property is currently 93 percent leased to tenants like HDR Engineering, Lee & Associates, United Way, Greystar, North American Title Company and Miller Russell & Associates. It is situated across the street from two retail projects that feature tenants like Central Bistro, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Mexx 32, Tarbell’s, Tommy V’s Osteria and Pizzeria, Tomaso’s and Hava Java Café. Biltmore Commerce Center includes a newly remodeled, 11,000-square-foot, three-story atrium. It recently had its corridors and lobbies remodeled, in addition to upgraded landscaping and a new water feature. The seller, a joint venture between DPC Development Company and Bridge Investment Group, was represented by Chris Toci, Chad Littell, Jerry Noble, Pat Devine and Greg Mayer of Cushman & Wakefield. The institutional-quality office building’s property management strategy will be directed by LPC’s Alisa Timm.
DUBLIN, CALIF. — American Realty Advisors has acquired Dublin Place Shopping Center, a 283,506-square-foot retail center in Northern California, for $51.1 million. The center is located at 6920-7202 Amador Plaza Road; 7590 Amador Valley Blvd.; and 7505-7533 Dublin Blvd. in Dublin, just east of the San Francisco Bay. The property is 97 percent occupied. It is anchored by Target, Hobby Lobby, Burlington Coat Factory and Toys R Us. American plans to upgrade the shop buildings in an effort to bring existing below-market-rate rents up to current market rates. The firm may also eventually add more commercial and residential space to the center. Both American and the seller, PFRS Dublin Corporation, represented themselves in this acquisition.
HANOVER, N.J. — A joint venture between Vision Real Estate Partners and Rubenstein Partners has broken ground for the construction of a global headquarters for MetLife Investments in Hanover. Situated on 14 acres within 67 Whippany Road’s South Campus component, the 185,000-square-foot property will feature an open floor plan with collaborative workspaces and breakout rooms, a town hall with technologically advanced conference facilities, a fitness center, employee food court with indoor and outdoor seating, and a café. Additionally, the property will offer 4.5 parking spaces per 1,000 feet of rentable area. The property is also designed to achieve LEED Gold Core and Shell and LEED Platinum Interiors certifications. Bruce Mosler, Ethan Silverstein, David Susoreny, Bill Brown and Andrew Merin of Cushman & Wakefield represented MetLife in the transaction. Robert Donnelly and Robert Donnelly Jr., also of Cushman & Wakefield, represented the property ownership in the lease transaction.
NEWTOWN, WARMINSTER AND NORTH WALES, PA. — HFF has brokered the sale of a three-property self-storage portfolio, totaling 191,000 rentable square feet, in suburban Philadelphia. A partnership between Metro Shelf Storage and LaSalle Investment Management purchased the assets for $29.2 million, or $153 per rentable square foot, from PFG Capital LP. The portfolio includes the 25,568-square-foot Newtown Storage in Newtown; the 89,210-square-foot StorageWORKs! Warminster in Warminster; and the 75,120-square-foot StorageWORKs! North Wales in North Wales. Richard Schontz, Barbara Guffey and Matthew Weckesser of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
