WILMINGTON, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $37.9 million sale of One Midtown, a 223-unit apartment community located at 2945 Midtown Way in Wilmington. Built in 2015 by Wilmington-based Cape Fear Commercial Real Estate, the asset is situated between downtown Wilmington and the coast. The Wilkinson Group of Atlanta purchased the apartment community, which was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. Jordan McCarley, Marc Robinson, Watson Bryant and Paul Marley of Cushman & Wakefield’s Charlotte office represented Cape Fear in the transaction.
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DURHAM, N.C. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $26.5 million loan for Whetstone Apartments, a 204-unit multifamily community located at 501 Willard St. in downtown Durham. The undisclosed borrower is using the loan to refinance existing debt for the property, which was built in 2014. Chris Black of KeyBank arranged the seven-year loan with 12 months of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the $12 million sale of a 76,899-square-foot, freestanding office building and call center located at 14401 Carowinds Blvd. in Charlotte. The property is leased on a long-term basis to iQor, an outsourcing firm that employs more than 1,000 agents at the facility. Britton Burdette of Stan Johnson’s Atlanta office represented the developer, 14401 Southlake Crossing LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor.
HUNTERSVILLE AND CONCORD, N.C. — ECHO Realty has acquired two Harris Teeter-anchored shopping centers located in metro Charlotte. The acquisitions include Regency Village, a 70,000-square-foot center located in the Lake Norman community of Huntersville, and Coddle Creek, an 80,000-square-foot center located in Concord. This acquisition brings ECHO Realty’s presence in North Carolina to six grocery-anchored properties, four of which are located in the Charlotte market.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Boston-based AEW Capital Management has purchased Carnegie VII and Carnegie Ten, two office buildings located at 5955 and 5605 Carnegie Blvd. in Charlotte’s Southpark office submarket, for $40.2 million. Patrick Gildea, Will Yowell and Jay O’Meara of CBRE represented the sellers, Carnegie Ten LLC, owned by Community Investments Foundation, a supporting organization of Foundation For The Carolinas; and Carnegie VII LLC, in the transaction. The sellers are subsidiaries of Bissell Cos., which developed and managed Carnegie VII and Carnegie Ten. The office properties’ anchor tenants include Citizens Bank, Enpro Industries and Humana Insurance.
DURHAM, N.C. — Gemini Rosemont LLC, a Santa Fe, N.M.-based office real estate investment firm, has purchased SouthCourt, a six-story office building in Durham. The sales price was undisclosed, but the Triangle Business Journal reports that Gemini Rosemont acquired the 131,976-square-foot building for $17.5 million. Torchlight Investors sold the property, which is anchored by Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina’s headquarters. SouthCourt features ground-floor retail space, a fitness center and a salon, and the property is within walking distance of The Fresh Market, Starbucks Coffee, Super Target and Mi Peru. Scot Humphrey and Ryan Clutter of HFF brokered the transaction. Trinity Partners, under the direction of Gemini Rosemont’s Tine Renee McCall, will handle leasing responsibilities and property management services at SouthCourt.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Bissell Cos. has signed Wells Fargo to a full-building lease at the Brigham Building situated within Ballantyne Corporate Park in Charlotte. Located at 11625 N. Community House Road, the 10-story, 287,507-square-foot is under construction and set for completion in December. Wells Fargo will occupy the building starting in 2017. The Class A office building overlooks The Golf Club at Ballantyne and features a two-story lobby, glass exterior curtain walls and free structured parking. The Bissell Cos. is developing Brigham Building to achieve LEED Gold certification.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stiles plans to develop a new Class A, 64,000-square-foot office building located at 300 W. Summit Ave. in Charlotte’s historic South End neighborhood. The three-story project will feature underground parking and a rooftop terrace. The asset will be situated within walking distance of the Bland Rail Station, less than one mile from the Dowd YMCA and three miles from I-85. Stiles’ Charlotte office has begun site work and will begin vertical construction in March 2017, with an expected delivery in first-quarter 2018. Charley Leavitt and Stephen Woodard of JLL are handling the office building’s leasing responsibilities.
Walker & Dunlop Finances Cortland Partners’ Acquisitions with Two Loans Totaling $111M
by John Nelson
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLA. AND DURHAM, N.C. — Walker & Dunlop has closed two loans totaling $111 million to finance Cortland Partners’ acquisitions of two apartment communities in the Southeast. The properties include Camden Renaissance in Altamonte Springs and Arboretum at Southpoint in Durham. The financing comprised two Freddie Mac moderate rehab loans, which Cortland Partners will use to fund the acquisition and renovations. The loans include an initial three-year interest-only period with a floating interest rate, followed by a seven-year, floating-rate loan term with two years of interest-only payments. Stephen Farnsworth of Walker & Dunlop’s New Orleans office arranged the financing.
Financial Federal Bank Arranges Two Loans Totaling $32M for Charlotte Apartment Communities
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Memphis office of Financial Federal Bank has arranged two loans totaling $32 million for Parkland Commons and Copper Creek, two apartment communities in Charlotte. Built in the late 1990s, the communities feature swimming pools, sports courts, playgrounds and car wash areas. Rick Wood and Jon Van Hoozer of Financial Federal Bank arranged the 12-year, fixed-rate loans on behalf of the borrower, which purchased the properties in 2015. The financing includes six and seven years of interest-only payments and 30-year amortization schedules.