FORESTVILLE, MD. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP) has purchased the 200-unit Capital Courts Apartments on Walker Mill Road in Forestville for $19.5 million. Capital Courts comprises 25 four-story, garden-style apartment buildings with two-, three- and four-bedroom units and amenities including a pool and a playground. FCP plans to invest in capital improvements, including window replacements, renovation of the office/clubhouse and pool areas and additional new landscaping. Gates Hudson has been retained as property manager for Capital Courts. Christine Espenshade, Scott Melnick, Robert Garrish and Kylie Belcher of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Capital One provided acquisition financing.
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COCKEYSVILLE, MD. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $19 million sale of Church Lane Shopping Center and GJK Plaza, two shopping centers in Baltimore County’s Cockeysville suburb totaling 97,308 square feet. Built in 1981, the shopping centers are located at the corner of Church Lane and Cranbrook and York roads. The tenants include Party City, JoAnn Fabrics, Tuesday Morning, Sleepy’s and Meineke. Chris Burnham and Nathan Pealer of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a family partnership that had owned the centers for more than 35 years. Burnham and Pealer also procured the buyer, a private local investor.
ROCKVILLE, MD. — Atlanta-based Gables Residential has completed Gables Upper Rock, a four-building, 551-unit upscale apartment community in Rockville, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. Located at 40 Upper Rock Circle near I-270, the apartment community is the residential component of Rockville’s Upper Rock District, a mixed-use development that includes office space and will eventually house retailers. Gables Upper Rock features two community swimming pools, a lounge, grilling stations, 20-foot outdoor movie screen, fitness center, club room with a bar, foosball and billiards, a cyber cafe, bocce ball court, Zen garden, private meeting room and an onsite dog park and dog grooming station.
Laurus Corp. Completes $5M Renovation of Sheraton College Park North Hotel in Metro D.C.
by John Nelson
BELTSVILLE, MD. — Laurus Corp. has completed the repositioning of the 207-room, nine-story Sheraton College Park North Hotel. The hotel is located in Beltsville, a Maryland suburb roughly nine miles outside of downtown Washington, D.C. The $5 million renovation includes an overhaul of each hotel room with new furniture, upgraded bathrooms, new Wi-Fi connectivity, remodeled club lounge, updated fitness center, new signage, recent landscaping and a renovated outdoor swimming pool with a sundeck. The hotel is now pet-friendly and will accommodate dogs up to 40 pounds. In addition to the renovations, the hotel features a new restaurant and bar known as Asado Brasserie.
FREDERICK, MD. — Avison Young has brokered the $24.3 million sale of a medical office portfolio in Frederick. Located at 194 and 45 Thomas Johnson Drive in Frederick’s Doctor Row area, the two Class A buildings total 82,348 square feet. The two fully leased buildings are roughly two-thirds occupied by affiliates of Frederick Memorial and John Hopkins Hospitals. Jim Kornick and Chip Ryan of Avison Young’s Washington, D.C., office represented the seller, Ausherman Development Corp., in the transaction. The buyer was CNL Healthcare Corp.
GREAT MILLS, MD. — Aztec Group Inc. has secured a $20.2 million loan for Hickory Hills East Apartments, a 231-unit apartment community located at 22501 Iverson Drive in Great Mills. Charles Penan and Howard Taft of Aztec Group arranged the 10-year loan through Rialto Mortgage Finance, a New York-based conduit lender, on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between affiliates of BAF Associates and the Raleigh Cos. The loan was structured with five years of interest-only payments, a 30-year amortization schedule, 75 percent loan-to-value ratio and a fixed interest rate below 4.6 percent.
BEL AIR, MD. — Peak Management, a private multifamily and self storage developer and manager, has broken ground on Avanti Luxury Apartments, a 198-unit multifamily property located along Tollgate Road in Bel Air. Unit sizes will range between 1,000 and 1,500 square feet upon completion, which is scheduled for summer 2016. Site work began in July. The property’s amenity package will include a 5,500-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, community room, business center and outdoor pool. Each unit will feature a modern kitchen with stainless steel appliances and granite countertops, nine-foot ceilings, a full-size washer and dryer, private balconies and gas fireplaces. As part of the development agreement that Peak Management negotiated with Harford County, the developer will also construct a stretch of Tollgate Road that will connect Plumtree Road to Bel Air South Parkway.
COLUMBIA, MD. — First Potomac Realty Trust has sold Rumsey Center, a 135,047-square-foot flex portfolio in Columbia, for $17.8 million. The four-building portfolio is located within Oakland Ridge Industrial Park. Finmarc Management Inc. was the buyer. Mark Glagola, Julian Etches and Joe Friedman of Transwestern’s Mid-Atlantic investment sales group represented First Potomac Realty Trust in the transaction. New York-based Time Equities Inc. purchased the property, which will become part of its 20 million-square-foot portfolio in North America and Europe.
ROCKVILLE, MD. — Lantian Development LLC and 1788 Holdings LLC have formed a joint venture to acquire a 31-acre site in Rockville from TA Associates for $50 million. The tract fronts Shady Grove Road between Choke Cherry and Gaither roads. The site currently contains seven separate two-story buildings totaling approximately 450,000 square feet of Class B office space. The joint venture intends to demolish two buildings and renovate the other five buildings in the portfolio to retain the existing tenant base and increase occupancy with new tenants. The partnership will also transform the asset into a mixed-use and multi-functional project that will eventually support 1.5 to 2 million square feet of commercial office, medical office, retail, hospitality and residential space. The joint venture intends to unveil the new branding of the project, as well as architectural renderings, by early 2016. 1788 Holdings and Lantian Development expect more than $500 million to be invested in the project during the next 10 years.
BALTIMORE — ZOM will commence construction in the third quarter on Banner Hill Apartments, a 349-unit luxury apartment community located in the Inner Harbor area of Baltimore. The project is a joint venture between ZOM and institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The general contractor is CBG Building Co. LLC, a division of Clark Construction Group. The property’s amenity package will include an e-lounge, fitness center, sports simulator, courtyards and a resort-style pool. The interior of the units will include kitchen islands, stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, stand-up showers, vinyl plank flooring, walk-in closets and private balconies. The units will range from 528 to 1,325 square feet. ZRS Management LLC will provide property management services upon completion. Pre-leasing for Banner Hill Apartments will begin in the first quarter of 2017.