PLANO, TEXAS — Venture Commercial Real Estate has arranged a long-term lease for Northern Tool + Equipment in Plano. The new lease will add 5,040 square feet to its 15,000-square-foot store at 99 Ranch Marketplace located at 111 W. Spring Creek Pkwy. Venture’s Clay Mote represented the tenant in lease negotiations. Oliver Robinson of Centennial Real Estate Services LLC represented the landlord, Spring Creek Retail LLC.
SAN ANTONIO — Mason Joseph Co. Inc., a San Antonio-based FHA multifamily lender, has secured a combination substantial rehab/construction and permanent loan for Western Hills Apartments. The property’s 41 single-story buildings include 148 units. The property, built in the 1960s, will undergo renovations to include the addition of new kitchens, appliances, bathrooms, electrical work, various external improvements and improvements to meet accessibility standards. MJC obtained an $8.2 million, 40-year construction and permanent loan using HUD’s 221(d)(4) mortgage insurance program. Financing was arranged for Alamo Community Group, a private nonprofit housing organization founded in 1990.
AUSTIN — HFF has arranged the sale of Lakeway Resort and Spa, a 168-room hotel and spa located at Lake Travis in northwest Austin. The property is located at 101 Lakeway Drive and is 21 miles from downtown Austin. HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller. Ashford Hospitality Trust purchased the property, which was originally built in the 1960s. The Lakeway Resort and Spa was expanded in 1992, 2001 and 2007 and recently underwent renovations in 2014. The four-building property features 24,174 square feet of meeting space, the San Saba Spa and Fitness Center, three swimming pools, a swim-up bar, heated whirlpool, outdoor pool deck with cabanas and lounge chairs, Kid Zone and full-service restaurant. In addition to the 168 rooms, there are eight luxury condominium units available through a rental pool agreement. The property overlooks Lake Travis, is adjacent to the Lakeway Marina and is near four 18-hole championship golf courses. Daniel Peek, John Bourret and Austin Brooks led HFF’s investment sales team.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Transwestern has brokered the $53.5 million sale of the Atrium Building located at 277 S. Washington St. in Alexandria, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. The five-story office building was 90 percent leased at the time of sale. The property features a restaurant and market called Society Fair and a two-level underground parking garage with 232 parking spaces. Joe Friedman and Julian Etches of Transwestern represented the Washington, D.C.-based buyer in the 1031 tax-deferred exchange transaction.
TAMPA, FLA. — Davidoff of Geneva USA plans to open a new 5,000-square-foot cigar store in the MetWest International Retail Village in Tampa. The new store, known as “Davidoff of Geneva-Since 1911,” will be the largest Davidoff store in the world and the company’s first licensed flagship store outside of Las Vegas. The company will open the new store in late 2015 in partnership with Jeff and Tanya Borysiewicz, owners of Orlando-based Corona Cigar Co. The new location will be completely humidified and will feature cigar retail space, multiple indoor and outdoor lounges, private lockers and a full bar serving high-end alcoholic beverages.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-based Crosland Southeast and Childress Klein have inked a lease agreement with Novant Health to serve as the medical office anchor of Waverly, a master-planned, mixed-use development that will be located at Providence and Ardrey Kell roads in south Charlotte. Upon its completion in 2016, Waverly will feature a 40,000-square-foot Whole Foods, Novanta Pizzeria Napoletana, Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar, Menchie’s Frozen Yogurt, Modern Salon & Spa, Polished Nail Bar and Quail Dry Cleaners. Gwen Glaeser and Tommy Trimble of CNL Commercial Real Estate represented the developers in the lease transactions. Novant Health will occupy roughly 23,000 square feet of space in Waverly’s first 33,000-square-foot building, which is slated to open this fall. The medical office space will include an urgent care, family healthcare services and physical therapy. Mike Wiles of NAI Southern Real Estate represented Novant in the lease transaction, and the owners were represented internally by James Downs, partner of Crosland Southeast, and Paul DeVine of Childress Klein. Travis Hart of Childress Klein is working on pre-leasing the remaining medical office space.
CUMMING, GA. — Atlanta-based Cannon Equities has sold office and retail space at Vickery Village, a master-planned development located at 5755 S. Vickery St. in Cumming, a suburb of Atlanta. Cannon Equities sold a 57,064-square-foot retail building and a 5,200-square-foot office building in Vickery Village. Fred Victor of Transwestern represented Cannon Equities in the transaction. Evolution Real Estate Partners purchased Vickery Village for an undisclosed amount.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Eller Capital Partners has acquired Colonial Arms Apartments located at 612 Hillsborough St. in Chapel Hill for $3.6 million. Eller Capital will rebrand the asset as 612 Hillsborough. The apartment community is within walking distance to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus and downtown Chapel Hill. 612 Hillsborough is Eller Capital’s fourth acquisition in the Chapel Hill area in the past 16 months, with the other three properties being The Apartments at Midtown 501, 86 North Apartments and Timber Hollow Apartments.
NEW YORK CITY — Madison Realty Capital has acquired a warehouse facility located at 29 Ryerson St. in Brooklyn’s Wallabout neighborhood. The vacant eight-story loft property sold for $45 million. MRC plans to convert the 215,000-square-foot property into Class A office space for creative/technology clients. The property features 15-foot ceiling heights, 440 feet of frontage on Ryerson Street and 110 feet of frontage along Flushing Avenue. The name of the seller was not released in the off-market transaction.
PHILADELPHIA — CBRE has brokered the sale of Lawndale Plaza, a 93,282-square-foot retail center in Philadelphia. Highland Development Group and The Glenville Group sold the property for $24.5 million to Cedar Realty Trust. Developed in 1998, the property is anchored by a 63,342-square-foot ShopRite. Additional tenants at the 100 percent occupied property include Advance Auto Parts, T-Mobile and Dunkin’ Donuts. Brad Nathanson and Tom Gorman of CBRE represented both parties in the transaction.