ATLANTA AND ORLANDO — Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has brokered the sale of two Hilton Garden Inn properties located in Atlanta and Orlando. The first property is an eight-story, 193-room hotel located in Atlanta’s Perimeter submarket. It was constructed in 1999 and received $2.3 million in capital improvements in 2012. The hotel features six meeting rooms, an indoor swimming pool, a fitness center, a business center, a Great American Grill & Bar restaurant, and the Branch Water Lounge. The second property is an eight-story, 224-room hotel in Orlando that is the official on-site hotel for SeaWorld. Constructed in 2001, the property features seven meeting rooms, an outdoor swimming pool, a fitness center, a business center, a Great American Grill restaurant and Sting Ray’s Lounge. The JLL team of Mark Fair, Adam McGaughy and Katy Reynolds represented the sellers, Apollo Global Management and Sage Hospitality. The buyer was Blackstone. The two hotels were part of a four-property Hilton Garden Inn portfolio sale; the other two properties are located in Denver and San Francisco.
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FT. LAUDERDALE, FLA. — CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has arranged $34.7 million for two hotels located adjacent to Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The first property is a 157-room Fairfield Inn & Suites, and the second property is a 124-room Homewood Suites. Both hotels feature swimming pools, fitness centers and business centers. Jonathan Rice of CBRE Hotels and David Borge of CBRE Capital Markets arranged the financing on behalf of Economos Properties. Terms of the loan were not disclosed.
CONYERS, GA. — Ackerman & Co. has brokered the sale of a net-leased CVS/pharmacy in Conyers for $1.9 million. The 9,504-square-foot property is located across from Rockdale Medical Center. It was constructed for Eckerd Drugs in 1996, and CVS assumed the lease in 2009. Jason Powell of Ackerman arranged the all-cash deal between the buyer, Florida-based LJL Holdings, and the seller, a private entity based in New Jersey.
DEERFIELD, BEACH, FLA. — Walmart has opened its newest Neighborhood Market in Deerfield Beach. The approximately 57,000-square-foot store is located at 1101 S. Military Trail. The new store has tailored its products to the surrounding community with an extensive selection of kosher products. It also features a self-serve deli and a bakery. First launched in 1998, Walmart Neighborhood Market is a grocery store concept built on approximately one-quarter the footprint of a Walmart Supercenter. Neighborhood Markets focus on providing food products and household items to the surrounding community.
SANFORD, FLA. — Space Port USA has acquired an office/warehouse property in Sanford from McWeeney-Smith Real Estate Partnership of Orlando for $600,000. The building totals 12,000 square feet and is located at 751 Central Park Dr. within Central Florida Industrial Park. Michael Hedrich of NAI Realvest represented the seller, and David Hammett of CRE Advisors represented the buyer.
INDIANAPOLIS — Summit Hotel Properties Inc. (NYSE: INN) has closed on the purchase of four Midwest hotels for $153 million from affiliates of White Lodging Corp. The acquisition features a four-hotel portfolio with a combined total of 786 guestrooms. The properties include the 135-guestroom Fairfield Inn & Suites by Marriott and the 198-guestroom SpringHill Suites by Marriott in Louisville, Ky.; the 156-guestroom SpringHill Suites by Marriott and the 297-guestroom Courtyard by Marriott in Indianapolis. The Austin, Texas-based REIT funded the acquisition through a combination of bridge financing and borrowings under its senior secured revolving credit facility.
PEWAUKEE, WIS. — ProHealth Care has announced plans to build a new $70 million cancer center in Pewaukee on a 14-acre site along Pewaukee Road, about 20 miles west of Milwaukee. The 116,000-square-foot cancer center will be the hub of ProHealth’s cancer program and include a variety of services from diagnosis and treatment to support and survivorship services. The health system will be seeking community support to help cover part of the cost of the project, according to a statement released by Waukesha, Wis.-based ProHealth. Construction on the center is slated for this fall, with an opening in January 2015. The health system will continue to operate cancer centers at Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital and the D. N. Greenwald Center in Mukwonago. The outpatient cancer services on the Waukesha Memorial Hospital campus will relocate to the new cancer center.
ST. PAUL, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $8.2 million sale of Highlands on Graham, a 72-unit apartment property located in St. Paul. Dan Linnell of Marcus & Millichap’s Minneapolis office represented the buyer, a partnership, in the transaction. An outside brokerage firm represented the seller. Highlands on Graham is located at 1910 and1920 Graham Ave.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Books Holding LLC has sold a former Borders building in Auburn Hills, located about 30 miles north of Detroit. The purchase price was undisclosed. The 25,000-square-foot property is located at 3924 Baldwin Road. The building has been vacant for 18 months and is located near a Starbucks, Pier 1 Imports, Subway and U.S. Post Office. Detroit-based Stokas Bieri, an X Team International partner, represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer, JMG Auburn Hills LLC, was self-represented.
LEOMINSTER, MASS. — Vintage Real Estate has acquired The Mall at Whitney Field, a 700,000-square-foot shopping center located in Leominster, about 35 miles west of Boston. The mall’s tenant roster includes Macy’s, Sears, JC Penny, Market Basket grocery, Toys “R” Us, Old Navy and 70 additional retailers and restaurants. Along with the acquisition, Vintage executed a 10-year lease with Burlington Coat Factory for the 66,000-square-foot former Circuit City store. The retailer is expected to open at the mall in the first quarter of 2014. The mall was sold in 2007 for $82 million, which included the assumption of a $74.5 million loan. The lender foreclosed on the mall in November 2010, with a $72.2 million loan balance, and Eastdil Secured LLC marketed it for sale.