Mississippi

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh-based HFF has arranged $62 million in financing for a portfolio of seven retail centers totaling 805,803 square feet in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Mississippi. The portfolio includes a Walmart Neighborhood Market located at 10635 Dorchester Road near Charleston in Summerville, S.C.; Poplar Springs Plaza, located at 2153 E. Main St. in Duncan, S.C.; Tire Kingdom & Starbucks Coffee, located at 1820 N. Highway 17 near Charleston in Mount Pleasant, S.C.; Albany Square, located at 2707 Dawson Road in Albany, Ga.; East-West Commons, located at 1757 East-West Connector in Austell, Ga.; Morganton Heights, located at 400 Henredon Road in Morganton, N.C.; and The Ridge at Turtle Creek, located in Hattiesburg, Miss. The portfolio’s tenants include Publix, Academy Sports + Outdoors, Dick’s Sporting Goods, T.J. Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, Hobby Lobby and Bealls. Kevin Mackenzie, Greg Brown and Cory Fowler of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower-sponsor, Cole Credit Property Trust IV Inc., to place the seven-year, fixed-rate loan through Voya Investment Management. HFF will service the loan.

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CLEVELAND — KeyBank Real Estate Capital, a subsidiary of Cleveland-based KeyCorp, has provided $249 million in FHA financing to Formation Capital, a private investment management firm focused on seniors housing. The financing will be used for a 22-property skilled nursing portfolio. Seventeen of the facilities are located in Florida, and the remaining five are located in Mississippi. The properties have a combined total of 2,682 beds. John Randolph and Paul Di Vito of KeyBank’s Healthcare Mortgage Group arranged the financing through FHA’s 232/223(f) mortgage insurance program. Proceeds of the loan were used to pay down an existing bridge loan, which funded the acquisition of 66 facilities.

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MARSHALL COUNTY, MISS. — Atlanta-based Ridgeline Property Group is entering the Memphis industrial market with the development of I-269 Logistics Center, an industrial park situated in Marshall County in Mississippi near the Tennessee-Mississippi border. The project will span up to 3.5 million square feet of Class A distribution and industrial space. Ridgeline has formed a joint venture with the owner of the 328-acre site, Mississippi Land Holdings LLC, an investment vehicle owned by the CK Pearl family of funds and managed by Crestline-Kirchner LP. The site is situated at the intersection of Goodman Road and the new I-269 beltway. The joint venture has selected Dave Curran and Matt Weathersby of Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors to market I-269 Logistics Center for lease.

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OXFORD, MISS. — Bellwether Enterprise has arranged a $16.4 million CMBS loan for The Cottages at Hooper Hollow, a 280-bed student housing community in Oxford. The property is located on the University of Mississippi’s campus. Jeremy Chism of Bellwether Enterprise’s Memphis office arranged the loan through LStar on behalf of the borrower, Trinity Business Group. Bellwether Enterprise, the commercial and multifamily mortgage banking subsidiary of Enterprise Community Investment Inc., closed 17 loans totaling $195 million in the month of June, including the Oxford transaction.

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OXFORD, MISS. — Capstone Real Estate Investments LLC has acquired Old Taylor Place Apartments, a 224-bed student housing community located 0.3 miles away from the University of Mississippi campus in Oxford. The newly renovated property consists of 112 two-bedroom units and features community amenities including a fully equipped fitness center, swimming pool, outdoor lounge and grilling pavilion and an outdoor gaming area with basketball and volleyball courts, shuffleboard and horseshoes. Over the coming weeks, Capstone intends to convert the property from an apartment complex into a condominium community. Old Taylor Place was acquired in an off-market transaction for an undisclosed price.

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MERIDIAN, MISS. — CBL & Associates Properties Inc. has sold Bonita Lakes Mall and Bonita Lakes Crossing in Meridian for $27.9 million. RockStep Capital, a Houston-based shopping center investor, purchased both properties from the Chattanooga, Tenn.-based retail owner and developer. Bonita Lakes Mall’s tenant roster includes Ashley Furniture HomeStore, Belk, Bath & Body Works, Dillard’s, Foot Locker, JC Penney, Victoria’s Secret, Sears and Ollie’s Bargain Outlet. The 147,518-square-foot Bonita Lakes Crossing is leased to tenants such as Ashley Furniture HomeStore, Jo-Ann Fabric & Crafts and OfficeMax. CBL & Associates owns and manages 145 properties, including 91 regional malls and open-air centers.

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Howard & Marsh Exchange Greenwood

GREENWOOD, MISS. — Bank of Commerce and the Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas (FHLB Dallas) have provided a grant to fund an adaptive reuse project in Greenwood. A historic building in downtown Greenwood has been transformed into a contemporary retail space that now houses Howard & Marsh Exchange, a boutique retailer selling home décor, accessories, antiques, art, bedding and gifts. Chris McQueen, owner of Howard & Marsh Exchange, funded the start-up costs of running the business using a loan from Bank of Commerce that was funded by an Economic Development Program (EDP) advance from FHLB Dallas, as well as an accompanying $25,000 EDP plus grant.

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ABINGDON, MD. — NAI KLNB has brokered the $3.3 million sale of a two-building, 51,600-square-foot warehouse at 1305 Governor Court in Abingdon, roughly 25 miles northeast of Baltimore. The property is situated within William Paca Industrial Park. Grander Capital Partners purchased the property, which is the Boston-based company’s first acquisition in the state of Maryland. Built in 1987, the all-brick assets were cumulatively 87 percent leased at the time of sale. Brad Berzins and Bill Miller of NAI KLNB represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

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GULFPORT, MISS. — SVN has brokered the $12.4 million sale of Cambridge Apartments, a 201-unit apartment complex located in Gulfport. Built in 2004, the property features a resort-style swimming pool, covered grilling and picnic areas, business center with Wi-Fi access, sand volleyball court, self storage garages and on-site car care service. A private real estate investor based in the Northeast purchased Cambridge Apartments from Salt Lake City-based Realsource. Andrew Agee of SVN represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.

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BankPlus The District at Eastover Jackson

JACKSON, MISS. — BankPlus, a Mississippi-based bank with more than 60 locations and total assets exceeding $2.6 billion, will join The District at Eastover, a $125 million, 21-acre mixed-use development in Jackson. BankPlus will anchor a 67,000-square-foot office building that features traditional office space and a drive-thru banking facility on the ground floor. The ground floor of the BankPlus building will feature 17,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space with frontage on I-55 and The District Plaza. The District Land Development Co. is the master developer of the mixed-use project, which will feature loft apartments, office space, retail and restaurant tenants, a high-end movie theater and a Marriott Residence Inn. This month, Baker Donelson and Cosmich Simmons & Brown will move into their new office spaces in One Eastover Center, a 125,000-square-foot office building at The District that was completed in late 2015. The District Land Development plans to complete construction on the BankPlus project by April 2017. The new BankPlus office will house commercial lending, commercial real estate, cash management, private banking, wealth management, wealthplus and business development services.

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