TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Capital Advisors has secured $17.67 million in construction financing for the 402-bed Catalyst Student Apartments, a student housing community located at Madison and Gay streets in Tallahassee, three blocks from the Florida State University campus. Philip Rachels of Capital Advisors arranged the three-year, interest-only loan on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Chance Partners, through Community and Southern Bank.
OLIVE BRANCH, MISS. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has secured $11 million in first mortgage financing for the 234,660-square-foot Anda Pharmaceuticals Distribution Center, a single-tenant warehouse located in Olive Branch. Tom Turner of Grandbridge's Kansas City, Mo., office arranged the 10-year loan with a 16-year amortization schedule through Thrivent Financial for Lutherans.
ALEXANDRIA, MINN. — Construction will begin this month on a new $65.15 million high school in Alexandria that will house 1,500 students. The school will be constructed on a 167-acre site located at 50th Avenue and Pioneer Road. The 280,000-square-foot high school will include two, 3-story academic wings with 36 classrooms, science labs, art rooms, a media center and special education classrooms. The facility will also feature new athletic fields, a stadium, a performing arts wing and a 1,000-seat auditorium. The new school will replace the current facility, which is landlocked and had few options for expansion. The Alexandria School District hired Kraus-Anderson Construction Co. as the project construction manager.
MINNEAPOLIS — Opus Development Corp. plans to construct a 212,000-square-foot office building in Minneapolis for the new Xcel Energy Inc. headquarters. The site, on the corner of Fourth Street and Nicollet Mall, is just across the street from Xcel's current headquarters. Xcel will move into the building in 2016. Opus plans to begin construction in 2014. The planned Xcel Energy office building is adjacent to Nicollet Residences, a new high-rise apartment building that Opus is also developing adjacent to the site.
LIBERTYVILLE, ILL. — MBX Systems, a technology manufacturer based in Wauconda, Ill., is relocating its headquarters to an 84,000-square-foot facility in Libertyville. The company signed a 7-year lease with the property owner, K&R Enterprises 1, and MBX plans to invest $2 million in remodeling and equipping the facility. The building is located at 1900 Winchester, just south of the Libertyville Township Soccer Complex along Route 45. MBX moved to its existing facility in Wauconda in 2005 and expanded the building to 19,000 square feet in 2009. The company plans to expand its workforce by 25 percent this year.
ROCKFORD, ILL. — ROA Development has purchased Riverside Pavilion, an 87,125-square-foot shopping center in Rockford, for $2.4 million. Tenants include Cardinal Fitness, Domino's Pizza and Weight Watchers. Steve Timmel, Chris Prosser and Jeff Johnston of Colliers International represented the seller, Riverside Pavilion LLC, in the transaction.
RIDGEVILLE, OHIO — WXZ Development has sold a 20-year ground lease for a McDonald's property in Ridgeville for $1.7 million. Mark Luttner of Luttner Real Estate Investment Services represented the WXZ in the transaction.
WILMINGTON, MASS. — EA Fish Development has secured $22 million in financing to build Metro at Wilmington Station, a 108-unit apartment development in Wilmington. Tremont Realty Capital arranged the loan that was funded, in part, by an institutional equity investor and a local bank. The combination of debt and equity covered 98 percent of the total development costs.
NEW YORK CITY — Besen & Associates has arranged the $12 million sale of 172-174 Montague St., an 8,150-square-foot retail building in Brooklyn. Tenants include a Hallmark store and a pub, with leases expiring by July 2013. David Davidson and Lynda Blumberg of Besen & Associates represented the seller, a private investor who had at one time owned the Hallmark franchise in the building. The buyer was a local developer who plans to build on the site in the future.
BOSTON — Boston-based STAG Industrial has acquired a six-property industrial portfolio for $30.6 million. The buildings, which total more than 772,000 square feet, are located in Connecticut, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, New York and Texas. The properties include three warehouse and distribution facilities and three light manufacturing buildings and are fully leased to three tenants. The acquisition is the first transaction resulting from STAG's recent agreement with Columbus Nova Real Estate Acquisition Group to source sale-leaseback transactions for the company.