Alabama

Olympia Heights Townhome Apartments Serenity Townhomes at Montgomery

MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Elevation Financial Group LLC has purchased two apartment communities in Montgomery totaling 378 units for a combined $6.8 million. The properties include the 202-unit Olympia Heights Townhome Apartments and the 176-unit Cyprus Court Apartments. Elevation Financial plans to rebrand Olympia Heights as Serenity Townhomes at Montgomery and Cyprus Court as Serenity Apartments at the Park. The company also plans to renovate the common areas, amenities and units of both communities. Elevation Financial purchased the two value-add assets through its subsidiary, Elevation Real Property Fund V LLC. Affiliate company Elevation Property Management LLC will manage both apartment communities.

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FOLEY, ALA. — Strategic Storage Trust II Inc., a non-traded self storage REIT, has purchased a 1,050-unit self storage facility located at 8141 Highway 59 S. in Foley for $8 million. The property spans 142,000 square feet and features 78 boat/RV spaces, climate controlled units and grade level drive up. Built in 1985 and renovated in 1996 and 2006, the asset was 91 percent occupied at the time of sale. The REIT plans to make capital improvements to the 10-acre facility, including new roofs and drive areas. Strategic Storage Trust’s portfolio includes 18,000 self storage units spanning approximately 2 million square feet.

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Patton Creek Hoover

HOOVER, ALA. — American Realty Capital – Retail Centers of America I & II, a non-traded retail REIT, and Lincoln Property Co. Southeast have acquired the 512,871-square-foot Patton Creek in Hoover for $83.5 million. Patton Creek comprises 65.7 acres of open-air retail space occupied by tenants such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, Rave Motion Pictures, Ross Dress for Less, Cost Plus World Market, DSW, Barnes & Noble, buybuyBABY and Christmas Tree Shops. Patton Creek was approximately 95 percent leased at the time of sale. The seller was Patton Creek Holdings LLC.

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Pelican Place at Craft Farms Gulf Shores

GULF SHORES, ALA. — Langley Properties Co. has sold Pelican Place at Craft Farms, a 229,911-square-foot shopping center located at 3800 Gulf Shores Parkway in Gulf Shores. Atlanta-based RCG Ventures purchased the asset from Langley Properties for $18.5 million. The shopping center’s tenant roster includes Bed Bath & Beyond, Cobb Theatres and Books-A-Million. Target and Publix shadow-anchor the center. Fred Victor of Transwestern represented the seller in the transaction. Scott Tarbet represented the buyer internally.

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Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa Downtown

TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and Chance Partners have broken ground on Hotel Indigo Tuscaloosa Downtown, a 91-room hotel located at 120 Greensboro Ave. within Riverfront Village, a $60 million mixed-use development. Riverfront Village fronts Black Warrior River in downtown Tuscaloosa. The new hotel will be the first LEED-certified hotel in Alabama and Tuscaloosa’s first riverfront hotel. IHG and Chance Partners expect to open the hotel in winter 2016. Upon completion, the hotel will feature 1,000 square feet of executive meeting space, a fitness center, restaurant, rooftop bar, business center and a 2,500-square-foot outdoor terrace. Interstate Hotels & Resorts will manage the hotel upon completion.

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CULLMAN, ALA. — Atlanta-based Bull Realty has brokered the $4.9 million sale of a 13,600-square-foot freestanding CVS in Cullman. Michael Bull of Bull Realty represented the buyer, Guggie H LLC, in the 1031 exchange. John Glass of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, LL Cullman AL LLC. Strategic 1031 Exchange Advisors LLC acted as a qualified intermediary for the sale. The retail property is triple-net leased to CVS and has 25 years remaining on its primary term.

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BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Berkadia has brokered the sales of nine multifamily communities in Alabama totaling $154.1 million in the past 90 days. The assets total 2,475 units. David Oakley led Berkadia’s sales team in representing the sellers in every transaction. The largest transaction was an Irvine, Calif.-based investment group purchasing Landmark at Magnolia Glen, a 1,080-unit property in Hoover, for $71.5 million. The most recent deal was the sale of two Center Point communities, Devonshire and Sun Valley, that sold together for a combined $14.1 million. Other Birmingham area sales include Inverness Landing, a 322-unit property, which sold for $27.6 million; River Place on the Cahaba, a 213-property, which sold for $17.7 million; Town Park, a 270-unit property, which sold for $15 million; TimberChase, a 94-unit property, which sold for $4.8 million; and Fox Hall, a 36-unit property, which sold for $2.3 million. In Mobile, Woodland Square, a 128-unit property, sold for $4 million. Royce Emerson and William Parkhurst of Berkadia brokered the River Place on the Cahaba and the Town Park transactions, and Josh Jacobs of Berkadia brokered the TimberChase and the Devonshire-Sun Valley transactions.

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VALLEY, ALA. — Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) has brokered the $44 million sale of Apartments at the Venue, a 618-unit apartment property located at 100 Sydney St. in Valley, a town along the Alabama/Georgia border. The property is located roughly 10 minutes from the KIA Motors manufacturing plant in West Point, Ga. The community’s amenity package features three resort-style swimming pools with outdoor fireplaces and grilling areas, two clubhouses, laundry facilities and a fitness center. Atlanta-based Irinda Capital Management purchased the property from Haley Real Estate Group. Jimmy Adams and Robert Stickel of MHA represented the seller in the transaction.

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The Jackson Auburn

AUBURN, ALA. — CA Student Living will begin development soon on a six-story mixed-use development named The Jackson near Auburn University. The development will include approximately 7,500 square feet of first-floor retail with student housing on the five upper floors. The Jackson will feature 126 units, or 456 beds, with two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom floor plans. Amenities at The Jackson will include a pool, bike parking and a parking deck that includes two subterranean levels and two levels of above-ground parking. The property is currently owned by Badger Downtown LLC and occupied by Center Court Apartments, which will be demolished to make way for The Jackson.

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Madison Plaza Huntsville Haverty's Furniture

JACKSON, TENN. AND HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — RCG Ventures Fund III has purchased West Towne Commons, a 168,210-square-foot shopping center in Jackson, and Madison Plaza, a 99,108-square-foot center in Huntstville, for an undisclosed price. Located at the intersection of Highway 45 and Oil Well Road, the West Towne Commons’ tenant roster includes T.J. Maxx, Stein Mart, OfficeMax and Petco. Target is also a tenant but was not involved in the transaction. RCG Ventures was represented internally by Jeff Miller, and Johnny Lamberson and Terry Radford of CBRE represented the seller. Located across from Madison Square Mall at Old Monrovia Road and University Drive, Madison Plaza is anchored by Haverty’s and Mission Thrift Store. RCG Ventures was represented internally by Scott Tarbet in the transaction, and Margaret Caldwell of JLL represented the seller.

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