FREDERICK, MD. — M&T Realty Capital Corp. has provided an $11.6 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for the 70-unit Vista View Apartments in Frederick. Washington D.C.-based real estate investment, development and management group The BurnBrae Cos. purchased the property at 2401 Highpoint View Court near Fort Detrick. Vista View offers two-bedroom units with five different floor plans for rent. Property amenities include three pools, two basketball courts, three parks and a barbeque/grilling area. M&T’s Matthew Hodson structured the loan, which carries a 10-year term and five years of interest-only payments, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.
COLLEGE PARK, MD. — Hines, an international real estate developer based in Houston, has acquired The Alloy by Alta, a new seven-story, 275‐unit multifamily asset located at 4700 Berwyn House Road near the University of Maryland in College Park. Hines purchased the asset via Hines Global Income Trust, the company’s nontraded REIT. The purchase price was not disclosed, but multiple media outlets reports Hines purchased the property for $98 million. The predominantly student-occupied apartment was 97.5 percent occupied at the time of sale. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments units averaging 838 square feet.
FREDERICK, MD. — Frederick Memorial Healthcare Systems (Frederick Health) has acquired the former State Farm office campus in Frederick for $18.6 million in an effort to expand its footprint in the area. Located at 1 State Farm Drive four miles north of downtown Frederick, the campus comprises a 387,000-square-foot office building, 1,600 parking spaces and 20,000 square feet of warehouse space. The newly named Frederick Health Village will allow Frederick Health to move its call center, home healthcare services, hospice and other administrative offices to the site, plus plan for further expansion. Frederick Health currently has offices in downtown Frederick. Jim Fitzgerald and Seamus Fitzgerald of Fitzgerald Realty Group represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
BALTIMORE, MD. — JLL has arranged the sale of 11333 McCormick Road, a two-tower, single-tenant office building in Baltimore, for $99.3 million. The 377,332-square-foot property is net leased to Bank of America. Situated on 16.3 acres, the asset is located in the Hunt Valley submarket, about 15 miles north of downtown Baltimore. The property has immediate access to I-83 and light rail access to Baltimore City, greater Maryland and Pennsylvania. Built in 1974, the eight-story property was most recently renovated in 2016. Tivon Moffitt, Peter Bauman and Jay Wellschlager of JLL represented the seller, Inland Private Capital Corp. JLL was retained to market the property after it failed to trade the prior year. An undisclosed institutional buyer purchased the asset. “Investors are actively seeking high-quality, mission-critical corporate campuses such as this asset,” says Moffit. “We continue to see a flood of capital sources from institutional investors to private capital looking to purchase these types of properties.” The Hunt Valley submarket is a highly sought-after office market due to its high-quality workforce and extensive amenity base, says Wellschlager. Inland Private Capital Corp. specializes in securitized 1031 exchange transactions. Since its inception, the company has sponsored 232 private placement programs offering more …
HYATTSVILLE, MD. — JLL has arranged the $58.9 million sale of Palette at Arts District, a 243-unit multifamily community in Hyattsville’s Arts District. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans averaging 870 square feet. The community also offers 4,700 square feet of ground-level retail space as well as communal amenities such as a pool, courtyard, grilling area, dog park, clubroom with pool table, cybercafé, coffee bar, fitness center and a conference room. Palette at Arts District is located at 5501 45th Ave., seven miles east of downtown Washington, D.C. Walter Coker and Brian Crivella of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Jamie Leachman of JLL originated a 10-year, fixed-rate Fannie Mae acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer, Harbor Group International LLC.
JESSUP, MD. — Terreno Realty Corp. has sold an 88,438-square-foot industrial building in Jessup for $7.5 million. The property is located at 8215 Dorsey Run Road, 16 miles southwest of downtown Baltimore. The property was fully leased to Nave Communications, which supplies telecommunications equipment to its customers, at the time of sale. Terreno Realty acquired the asset in November 2013 for $6 million. The buyer was not disclosed.
FREDERICK, MD. — Greysteel has arranged the $15.2 million sale of VistaView Apartments, a 70-unit apartment complex in Frederick. Ausherman Development Corp. sold the property to an undisclosed buyer at $214,285 per unit. VistaView comprises four five-story buildings and offers two-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,336 square feet. Communal amenities include a BBQ area, and access to three swimming pools, two basketball courts and three parks. The asset was delivered in 2014.
SILVER SPRING, MD. — The Donaldson Group and Declaration Partners have acquired Vista at White Oaks Apartments, a 272-unit garden-style multifamily community in Silver Spring, for $53 million. The property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a picnic area, swimming pool, playground and a tennis court. Vista at White Oak sits on 11 acres at 11430 Lockwood Drive, 11 miles north of downtown Washington, D.C. The buyers are planning a renovation program that includes unit upgrades, common area enhancements, exterior improvements and mechanical system modernization. Maxi Leachman of CBRE originated an acquisition loan through Freddie Mac on behalf of the partnership. The seller was not disclosed.
BETHESDA, MD. — Shareholders of Condor Hospitality Trust Inc., a lodging REIT based in Bethesda, have approved the proposed $318 million merger between Condor and NexPoint Hospitality Trust, a hotel REIT headquartered in Toronto. NexPoint and Condor expect the merger to close in the fourth quarter. As part of the deal, NexPoint will acquire Condor’s outstanding equity interests and operating partnership. “The transaction instantly expands [our] geographical footprint and balances NexPoint’s value-add portfolio with extended-stay hotels,” says Jim Dondero, CEO of NexPoint. “We believe the future for quality extended-stay and select-service hotels remains bright.” The shareholders of Condor (NYSE: CDOR) held a special meeting on Monday, Sept. 23 whereby 81.8 percent of the shares of Condor common stock voted in favor of adopting and approving the merger agreement, which NexPoint announced in late July. The merger allows NexPoint to enter several new markets, including Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Mississippi and South Carolina. The move will also expand the REIT’s presence in Florida and Texas. Condor Hospitality Trust currently owns 15 hotels in eight states totaling more than 1,900 rooms. The hotel flags in the company’s portfolio includes Hilton, Marriott and InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG). NexPoint Hospitality Trust began operations in …
FREDERICK, MD. — A joint venture between Kline Associates and Stephanie Jordan Development will develop a Royal Farms convenience store and gas station, and Tru by Hilton hotel within Gateway East Plaza in Frederick. The project is situated within an Opportunity Zone, two miles east of downtown Frederick and 47 miles west of downtown Baltimore. Ryan Minnehan and Patrick Miller of KLNB represented Royal Farms in the lease and are marketing the property to retailers for six available pad site opportunities. The KLNB team is targeting sit-down restaurants, pharmacies, banks and drive-thru restaurants to join the project. Royal Farms and Tru By Hilton are the first tenants to join Gateway East Plaza. The joint venture will break ground on Royal Farms and Tru by Hilton this month with the grand opening slated for the second half of 2020. Royal Farms is based in Baltimore and operates more than 200 stores in Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Virginia. Tru by Hilton is a midscale hotel that was announced in January 2016. At the beginning of 2019, there were 53 locations nationwide.