EATONTOWN, N.J. — Nordstrom Rack will open a new location at The Crossroads at Eatontown, located at 231 Highway 35 in Eatontown. The new 35,500-square-foot retail store is slated to open fall 2015. Construction for the new store is scheduled to commence this fall. Wall, N.J.-based Gerard Construction Corp. is building the new space. The Crossroads at Eatontown offers 105,735 square feet of retail space. Current tenants at the center include Macy’s Furniture and Fortunoff Backyard. Helena Loelius and Trista Ricciardelli of Sitar Realty Company-TCN Worldwide represented landlord LGR Associates in the transaction. Jeffery Howard of Ripco Real Estate Corp. represented Nordstrom Rack.
ROSWELL, GA. — Duke Land Group has unveiled preliminary plans for Riverwalk Village, a 104-acre mixed-use development in Roswell. The project will be located between Georgia 400 and Old Alabama Road. Approximately 43 percent of the land will be preserved as open space, including parks, public spaces, pedestrian-oriented zones and a system of walking and biking trails that will connect Riverwalk Village and surrounding neighborhoods to the Chattahoochee River. The project’s developers plan to construct open channel streams to an existing lake on the site, which will be surrounded with boardwalks, restaurants and retailers. The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) will review the proposed site plan, which calls for 1,500 residential units, including single-family attached, multifamily and active adult housing; 490,000 square feet of general commercial real estate including retail, restaurant, entertainment and grocery; 1.7 million square feet of office space; a 200-room hotel; and 200,000 square feet of civic and institutional space including the Swift School, a school for children with language-based learning differences. Pending zoning and permits, construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2015.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has purchased four fully leased industrial building in Charlotte’s Northwest submarket totaling 386,000 square feet. Beacon Partners has re-branded the park “NorthWest Industrial Park” and has planned capital improvements to the property, including enhancements to the building entrances, truck loading areas, building exteriors, signage, landscaping, parking lots and lighting. The industrial park is rail-served and features outside storage, trailer storage and 22- to 28-foot clear heights with dock-high and drive-in loading. Pete Pittroff and Brad Cherry of JLL represented the seller, Carlson Real Estate, in the transaction. Wells Fargo provided acquisition financing. Pete Kidwell of Beacon Partners will handle NorthWest Industrial Park’s leasing responsibilities.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Westwood Financial Corp. has signed Publix to occupy a 47,000-square-foot footprint at Steele Creek Crossing, a 77,301-square-foot shopping center located at 12810 S. Tryon St. in Charlotte. The shopping center’s tenant roster includes Rite Aid, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Little Caesars Pizza, Nationwide Insurance and H&R Block. Westwood Financial’s Steele Creek Crossing was fully leased following Publix’s lease. Steele Creek Crossing is one of seven former Bi-Lo locations that Publix has taken over in the Charlotte area.
BERLIN, MD. — Cassidy Turley has brokered the sale of Gull Creek Senior Living Community in Berlin. The 86-unit seniors housing property is composed of 39 independent living units, 37 assisted living units and 10 memory care units. Allen McMurtry, Megan Fetter and David Kliewer of Cassidy Turley represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was an affiliate of WMD Asset Management LLC.
SAN FRANCISCO – A 600,000-square-foot office building in San Francisco has received a $150-million loan. The 48-story property is located at 345 California Center in the city’s Financial District. The loan was secured by JLL’s Keith Largay, John Manning, Alex Witt and Fiorentina Malko. It was provided to an affiliated entity of Metropolis Investment Holdings by Cornerstone Advisers, which acted on behalf of MassMutual.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. – Jenel Management Corp. has acquired a 26,500-square-foot office building in Beverly Hills for $47.2 million. The building is located at 461-469 N. Beverly Drive, within the Beverly Hills Triangle. The former Bank of America building was fully redesigned in 1995 by Richard Meir and the Paley Center for Media, which previously was known as the Museum of Television and Radio. It is situated on the southwest corner of North Beverly Drive and Little Santa Monica. Jenel Management was represented by John Bertram of Savills Studley. The seller in this all-cash transaction was composed of several trusts representing several generations of the original business partners who had initially purchased this property in the 1920s from Burton Green. At the time, the space served as the buyers’ lumber company headquarters. The seller was represented by Chris Holland and Patrick Sheekey of Coldwell Banker Commercial WESTMAC.
SAN DIEGO – Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation has renewed its lease for 182,870 square feet of office space at the Kearny Mesa Spectrum Center. The three-building office campus is located at 9326 and 9356 Spectrum Center Blvd. and 4830 Ruffin Road in San Diego. Northrop Grumman is the property’s original tenant. It has occupied this space for nearly 10 years. The campus was built in 2005. It features a large data center, 608 surface parking spaces, electric vehicle charging stations and a cafeteria with multiple outdoor eating areas, among other things. Northrop Grumman was represented by CBRE’s Tom Martinez and Evan Knutsen. The landlord, American Fund US Investments, LP, was represented by Tom Wilcox and Jay Arnett of Colliers International.
PERRIS, CALIF. – Duke Realty has announced plans to build a new 783,407-square-foot spec bulk warehouse building in the Inland Empire East submarket of Perris. The new building will be located near the Ramona Expressway and I-215. The building will be called Perris Logistics Center II. It is currently pre-leasing. The building is scheduled for completion in August 2015. Steve Bellitti and Thomas Taylor of Colliers serve as the leasing agents.
HOUSTON — Angelic Real Estate has arranged financing for the sale of 4801 Woodway, a 220,583-square-foot office building in Houston’s Galleria submarket. The building was 48 percent occupied at the time of the acquisition and is in the middle of a renovation. The property was purchased from a special servicer, having been foreclosed on from a previous tenant in common ownership.