LAUREL AND GLEN BURNIE, MD. — Urban Investment Partners (UIP) and Criterion Holdings have acquired two apartment communities in Maryland totaling 385 units for $39.3 million. The properties include the 235-unit Laurel Pines at 14601 Bowie Road in Laurel and the 150-unit Country Club Apartments at 7491 E. Furnace Branch Road in Glen Burnie. An affiliate of Starr Cos. provided equity for the transaction, making Starr Cos. a part of the new ownership group. CBRE’s Mid-Atlantic multifamily investment sales team represented the seller, a partnership between Boston-based Intercontinental Real Estate and Sawyer Realty Holdings, in the transactions. UIP Property Management Inc. will manage the day-to-day operations at both communities, and UIP Asset Management will oversee capital improvements at both properties.
WHITE MARSH, MD. — Chesapeake Real Estate Group LLC has begun construction on a speculative 100,685-square-foot warehouse/distribution center located at 11501 Pocomoke Court in White Marsh, an unincorporated community in Baltimore County, roughly 12 miles northeast of Baltimore. The property will be located in the Baltimore Crossroads @95 business community, a 1,000-acre mixed-use business park. Carpet Consultants, a provider of residential and commercial flooring products, signed a lease with Chesapeake for roughly 18,000 square feet of space, or 20 percent of the building. The company will relocate its entire operation to the project upon completion. The property will feature 28-foot clear heights, 21 rear-loading docks, two drive-in doors, a 125-foot truck court and a surface parking lot. Chesapeake plans to deliver the property in the first quarter of 2015.
BERLIN, MD. — Cassidy Turley has brokered the sale of Gull Creek Senior Living Community in Berlin. The 86-unit seniors housing property is composed of 39 independent living units, 37 assisted living units and 10 memory care units. Allen McMurtry, Megan Fetter and David Kliewer of Cassidy Turley represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was an affiliate of WMD Asset Management LLC.
BALTIMORE — The Greysteel Co. has brokered the $2.5 million sale of The Shops at Federal Hill, a 5,750-square-foot retail property located at 1100 Light St. in Baltimore’s historic Federal Hill neighborhood. The property is fully leased to Unleashed by Petco and Dunkin’ Donuts. Gil Neuman led the Greysteel’s Mid-Atlantic retail investment sales team in representing the seller, 28 Walker Development, as well as procuring the buyer, Federal Hill Shops LLC.
OWINGS MILLS, MD. — Baltimore-based CSG Partners LLC has purchased Owings Mills Business Center and Owings Mills Corporate Center, a four-building office/flex portfolio spanning 180,000 square feet in Owings Mills. CSG Partners purchased the single-story properties from First Potomac Realty Trust for $13 million. The buildings are 50 percent leased on average. Jonathan Carpenter, Nicole Keelty and Graham Savage of Cassidy Turley represented the seller. CSG Partners was self-represented in the transaction. CSG Partners will rebrand Owings Mills Business Center as Cronhill Corporate Centers I and II, and Owings Mills Corporate Center will become Cronridge Corporate Centers I and II. CSG Partners has selected Colliers International to market and lease Cronridge Business Center and Cronhill Corporate Center.
ROCKVILLE, MD. — Scheer Partners has arranged a full-building, 33,800-square-foot lease at 9708 Medical Center Center Drive in the Center for Life Science | Shady Grove campus in Rockville. GlycoMimetics signed the lease with the building’s owner and operator, BioMed Realty Trust Inc. The property recently underwent extensive renovations, including the addition of a fitness center, shared conferencing facilities, covered walkway, upgraded landscaping, campus lighting, exterior finishes and campus signage. Henry Bernstein and Nathan Crowe of Scheer Partners represented BioMed Realty Trust in the lease transaction.
ABERDEEN, MD. — Baltimore-based Chesapeake Real Estate Group LLC and its financial partner, San Antonio-based USAA Real Estate Co., have acquired a 48.4-acre tract of land in Aberdeen for the development of Perryman Logistics Center. The 571,000-square-foot project will be located at 610 Chelsea Road. Chesapeake and USAA expect to deliver the distribution center in the summer of 2015. Bill Pellington, Toby Mink and Jon Casella of CBRE represented the buyers in the land transaction. Chesapeake and USAA have also retained the CBRE team to market and lease the property, which is being developed on a speculative basis. The seller was FO Mitchell Bro. Once complete, the property will feature 36-foot clear heights, 175 rear-loading docks, two drive-in docks, a 130-foot truck court and an adjacent 500-space parking lot.
UPPER MARLBORO, MD. — Dougherty Funding LLC has provided a $16.5 million construction bridge loan for the Commons at Largo, a multifamily development in Upper Marlboro. When complete, Commons at Largo will include approximately 1,600 Class A multifamily units, parking structures and ground-level retail space. Dougherty Funding provided the loan to Commons at Largo LP. Dougherty serves as the lead lender, disbursing agent and servicer for the loan.
BETHESDA, MD. — Washington Property Co. has signed True Food Kitchen to occupy street-level space at Solaire Bethesda, an upscale apartment building located at the corner of Wisconsin and Woodmont avenues in Bethesda. Solaire Bethesda broke ground this summer and is expected to open in 2016. The 6,400-square-foot restaurant will be True Food Kitchen’s second property in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Lee Engle of Streetsense and Joshua Gurland of WPC represented WPC in the lease transaction. Tom Papadopoulos of Papadopoulos Properties represented Phoenix-based Fox Restaurant Concepts in the transaction.
CALIFORNIA, MD. — Finmarc Management has purchased Wildewood Shopping Center, a 292,000-square-foot regional shopping center located in California in St. Mary’s County, for $28.4 million. The shopping center was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Bed Bath & Beyond, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Outback Steakhouse, JC Penney and Belk. Sandra Hunt of Scheer Partners represented the seller, SJS Wildewood LP based in New Jersey, in the transaction.