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NEW YORK CITY — Walker & Dunlop has arranged a $108 million CMBS loan for a four-property office portfolio located across the Sun Belt. The properties span nearly 1 million square feet and are located in Alpharetta, Ga.; Plano, Texas; Raleigh, N.C.; and Falls Church, Va. Sean Reimer, Aaron Appel, Keith Kurland, Jonathan Schwartz, Adam Schwartz and Christopher de Raet of Walker & Dunlop’s New York City office arranged the financing through Goldman Sachs and Argentic. The borrowers are affiliates of Vero Capital and Prime Finance. The recapitalization allows the borrowers to have $20 million of available capital for leasing costs and capital improvements for the portfolio.

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GREENVILLE, N.C. — LCS Development, An LCS Company, has received an undisclosed amount of financing for the community expansion and remodeling project at Cypress Glen, a seniors housing development in Greenville, roughly 80 miles east of Raleigh. The $90 million project will add 57 independent living residences and include a new auditorium, expo kitchen, wine bar and remodeled amenities. The expansion is slated for completion by November 2025. Cypress Glen sits on over 95 acres and is the only continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Eastern North Carolina, according to LCS. LCS Development has led the planning, development and design, and will oversee the construction services. Affiliate Life Care Services provides management services and support for the community and its residents. Other project partners include SB&A Architects, interior designer RDG Planning and Design, general contractor BLUM Construction and investment partner Ziegler.

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PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia-based Equus Capital Partners has acquired an industrial portfolio in North Carolina totaling more than 1.4 million square feet. An Equus-sponsored value-added fund doing business as Equus Investment Partnership XII LP purchased the portfolio, which is situated in metro Charlotte and metro Greensboro, earlier this month for $124 million. The nine-building portfolio features buildings ranging from 38,480 to 382,668 square feet in size. The buildings were fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including FedEx, Lenovo and American Woodmark. Eight of the buildings are located in metro Charlotte and together total 1.2 million square feet, with the ninth building located in metro Greensboro spanning 241,050 square feet.

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GOLDSBORO, N.C. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10.5 million sale of Berkeley Plaza, a 101,812-square-foot shopping center in Goldsboro, about 55 miles southeast of Raleigh. Tenants at the property, which was fully occupied at the time of sale, include Big Lots, Gold’s Gym, Staples, Books-A-Million, AT&T and U.S. Armed Forces. Andrew Margulies, Harrison Creason and Harrison Jones of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a North Carolina-based investor, in the transaction. Bold Commercial Real Estate represented the buyer, a family office.

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ROCKINGHAM, N.C. — IPA, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $12.7 million sale of Richmond Plaza, a 202,504-square-foot retail center in Rockingham. Ross Dress for Less, Planet Fitness, Belk and Burkes Outlet anchor the property, which is located about 70 miles east of Charlotte. Other tenants include Dunkin’ and Hibbett Sports. Zach Taylor of IPA arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, CF Smith Property Group, and secured the buyer, Florida-based Coastal Equities. “This sale marks the culmination of a very successful repositioning by the sellers, who replaced JC Penney, Save-A-Lot and a movie theater with Burkes Outlet, Ross Dress for Less and Planet Fitness, respectively,” says Taylor.

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NEW HILL, N.C. — A joint venture between Samet Corp., Lee-Moore Capital and a Denver-based family office has delivered a 340,000-square-foot industrial facility located in New Hill, roughly 20 miles southeast of Raleigh. FedEx Ground fully occupies the newly completed building. The facility comprises Phase I of TIP West, a section of the 450-acre Triangle Innovation Point life sciences, manufacturing and industrial park with the capacity for an additional 2 million square feet of development. Matt Winters and Al Williams of JLL manage leasing at the property on behalf of the joint venture, along with Brian Hall of Samet Corp.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Portman and National Real Estate Advisors have topped out Linea at the Line, a 25-story apartment tower underway in Charlotte’s South End. The residential property is situated adjacent to The Line, a 16-story mixed-use property that Portman and National developed and sold in 2022. Portman and National plan to begin preleasing at the 370-unit high-rise in June and begin move-ins in February 2025. Linea at the Line will include connectivity to the Rail Trail and Lynx Blue Line light rail. In addition to luxury residences, Linea will feature ground-level retail space that will house True Food Kitchen, BAR ONE South End and Night Swim Coffee. Amenities will include concierge service, a rooftop pool, coworking spaces, pet spa, game room, climbing wall and an indoor/outdoor fitness center. Units will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, as well as lofts and penthouse suites.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — A joint venture between Woodfield Development and American Asset Corp. plans to soon open The Keaton at Brier Creek, a 264-unit apartment community located at 3920 Macaw St. in Raleigh. The property will serve as the multifamily component of Brier Creek Town Center, which features an 800,000-square-foot shopping center called Brier Creek Commons Shopping Center. Woodfield and American Asset Corp. have begun leasing The Keaton, which will include studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments commanding monthly rental rates starting at $1,414, according to the property website. Shelton Taylor + Associates designed the unit interiors. Amenities will include an 8,000-square-foot clubhouse, resort-style pool, fitness center, rooftop sky lounge, courtyards, dog park and spa, car wash station and detached garages. Move-ins are slated to begin later this month.

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By Tom Kolarczyk of JLL The overall U.S. economic slowdown, rising interest rates and the looming threat of inflation had a negative effect on all segments of Raleigh-Durham’s commercial real estate market last year — and retail was no exception. According to JLL research, there were just 11 retail trades over $5 million between January and December, totaling some $131 million in value. This is a notable drop from the 33 transactions recorded in 2022 valued at $582 million.  On the flipside, however, fundamentals remained incredibly strong with occupancies ending out the year at the near record-setting level of 98 percent. This led to leasing spreads of anywhere between 20 and 40 percent on new leases and helped flip the tables to favor landlords for the first time in decades, where getting space back is generally a positive.  Rents grew 3 to 6 percent in 2023, with an average year-end asking rate of $24.93 per square foot. This represents a year-over-year increase of 6.45 percent from 2022. While about 80 percent of all retail trades last year were acquired through private capital, an increasing number of REITs are becoming more active via mergers and acquisitions and strategic one-off acquisitions and …

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CONCORD, N.C. — An affiliate of Yale Realty Services Corp., in partnership with an international family office, has acquired Afton Ridge, a 294,617-square-foot shopping center located in Concord, roughly 25 miles northeast of Charlotte. Mike Burkard and Steve Shields of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the $49.2 million sale. Robert Altman of Altman Warwick Inc. and Bat Barber of Medalist Capital arranged a $29.6 million acquisition loan through MetLife on behalf of the buyer. A Super Target anchors Afton Ridge, which was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants at the center include HomeSense, Marshalls, Burlington, Haverty’s Furniture, PetSmart and a Dick’s Sporting Goods clearance store, operating under the Going Going Gone! brand.

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