DRUID HILLS, GA. — Cousins Properties and Gables Residential have signed Earth Fare, an organic and natural foods grocer, to a 24,782-square-foot lease in Druid Hills, a suburb of Atlanta. The grocer will be part of the tenant mix of Phase II of Emory Point, a luxury mixed-use development near The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University and Emory Healthcare. Phase I of Emory Point opened in 2012 and includes 80,000 square feet of retail space and 443 apartment units. Earth Fare’s lease will bring Phase II’s retail portion to 64.6 percent pre-leased. Phase II, which is slated to open in early 2015, features 43,000 square feet of retail space and 307 apartments.
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DOWNERS GROVE, ILL. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $4.8 million CMBS refinancing loan for a research facility in Downers Grove, a western suburb of Chicago. John Hofmann of KeyBank worked with the borrower HSA Commercial Real Estate to arrange the non-recourse, fixed-rate loan. Silgan Downers Grove is a single-tenant, 42,000-square-foot facility. The tenant has occupied the property since 1980.
BATAVIA, ILL. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $4.3 million sale of a single-tenant, net-leased Citgo gas station property in Batavia, a suburb of Chicago. The property is located at 200 Fabyan Parkway. Citgo is the sole occupant of the two-acre property, which was built in 1999. Citgo has 10 years remaining on its lease that expires in February 2024 and includes annual rental escalations of 1.75 percent. There are four, five-year renewal options. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based high-net-worth individual. An East Coast-based private investment firm purchased the property. The guarantor of the lease is GasMart USA, a privately held company that operates 108 gas stations in seven states.
WAUKESHA, WIS. — The Dickman Company Inc. has arranged the lease of 20,000 square feet of industrial space in Waukesha, a suburb of Milwaukee. American Freight of Wisconsin Inc. will occupy space at 1725 Dolphin Drive. Dolphin Drive Investors LLC was the landlord in the transaction. Samuel M. Dickman Jr., Samuel D. Dickman and Anthony Huenerbein of The Dickman Co. negotiated the lease.
PONTIAC, MICH. — Friedman Integrated Real Estate Solutions has arranged the sale of 11,941 square feet of industrial space in Pontiac approximately 30 miles north of Detroit. The property is located at 490 South Opdyke Road. Margaret Joyce Hetherington Revocable Living Trust sold the space to Vaughn & Vaughn Investments LLC for an undisclosed sales price. Larry Schultz of Friedman represented the buyer in the transaction.
HENRIETTA, N.Y. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $20.5 million in refinancing for Westbrooke Commons, a multifamily property in Henrietta. Located at 6 Loden Lane, the property offers 340 apartment units. The loan has a 10-year term and a 30-year amortization schedule. Robert Ranieri of NorthMarq secured the financing through its seller/servicer relationship with Freddie Mac for the borrower, Westbrooke Associates.
HOWELL, N.J. — Iselin, N.J.-based Sitar Realty Company-TCN Worldwide has announced that BJ’s Warehouse will be joining The Grove at Howell, which is currently under construction. Located on a 52-acre tract along Route 9 and Lanes Mills Road in Howell, the 350,000-square-foot shopping center will offer a mix of clothing, food and entertainment options. The 88,000-square-foot BJ’s Warehouse, which will also include a gasoline station, is slated to open in November. Additional tenants at the project will include a 50,000-square-foot, 14-screen national cinema and a 40,000-square-foot national fitness club, along with other national clothing and food chains. The project is expected to be fully complete by June 2015. New York City-based Sun Equity Partners purchased the future site of BJ’s Warehouse out of foreclosure last summer. Sitar Realty Company-TCN Worldwide is the leasing agent for the property.
ASTON, PA. — Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Chestnut Development Partners and White Plains, N.Y.-based Benbrooke Realty Investment Company have invested in Dutton Mill Shopping Center in Aston. Located approximately 20 minutes from downtown Philadelphia, the 76,000-square-foot property was once anchored by a Shop-N-Bag, a regional grocery store. Chestnut and Benbrooke plan to use the vacant retail space an opportunity to redevelop and market the shopping center to national and regional retailers. This transaction is Chestnut’s ninth investment since November 2012.
BOSTON — CBRE/New England’s Capital Markets team has completed the refinance of an $8.5 million construction loan for a recently built apartment community in South Boston. Completed earlier this year, the 24-unit multifamily community consists of one four-story building with 30 covered garage parking spaces, a private roof deck and a private balcony for each unit. John Kelly of CBRE/NE worked on behalf of the borrower to arrange the permanent financing.
PARAMUS, N.J. — Direct Travel has signed a lease for 16,500 square feet of space at Paramus Corporate Center in Paramus. The tenant plans to relocate its regional headquarters from Mahwah, N.J., to the 115,000-square-foot office property, which is located on Route 17, this summer. Rich Mirliss and Anthony Rinaldi of Colliers International represented the tenant in the transaction, while Jeffrey Prezant of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Gabrellian Associates, in the transaction.