CARY, N.C. — HFF has arranged $31.5 million in financing for the development of Hillstone Alston Town Center, a 205-unit apartment community in Cary, roughly 12 miles west of Raleigh. Travis Anderson, Cory Fowler and Roger Edwards of HFF arranged a $21.3 million, floating–rate loan through UBTNC — a division of Union Bank & Trust — and $10.2 million in preferred equity from Marble Capital on behalf of the project developer, Leon Capital Group. Hillstone Alston Town Center will be situated adjacent to Alston Town Center, a newly constructed, 550,000-square-foot shopping center anchored by Whole Foods Market. The four-and-five story community will feature units averaging 948 square feet with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, wood cabinetry, walk-in closets, faux wood flooring and private balconies. Community amenities will include a resort-style pool, grilling area, fitness center and a pet park. Leon Capital Group expects to deliver the community in spring 2019.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — M. David Properties has acquired a 30-acre site at the intersection of Hucks and Old Statesville roads in Charlotte, with plans to develop a 300,000-square-foot industrial park dubbed SilverPark North. Matthew Greer of JLL arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Kathy Godley, while JLL’s Brad Cherry and Pete Pittroff represented M. David Properties. SilverPark North will include three buildings, the first of which will be a 136,000-square-foot speculative building that is due for completion in the first quarter of 2019. The site is situated less than two miles from Interstates 77 and 485.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. —CBRE has arranged a 41,716-square-foot lease for Curvature, an IT support, products and services provider, at Coliseum Centre Five in Charlotte’s Airport submarket. Curvature will move its global headquarters to the 152,000-square-foot, six-story building in the second quarter, relocating from its current location at 10420 Harris Oaks Blvd. in north Charlotte. The company will occupy the entire sixth floor and most of the fifth floor. Joe Franco and Stephanie Spivey of CBRE arranged the lease on behalf of the landlord, Americas Capital Partners. Colin Reed, Mary Ayers and Virginia Luther of Savills Studley represented Curvature. Coliseum Centre Five — part of a master-planned, six-building office park — is located less than five miles from Charlotte Douglas International Airport and within walking distance to more than 30 restaurants and shops. Americas Capital Partners is currently underway on renovations to the property, including a new fitness center and conference facility.
RALEIGH, N.C. — HFF has arranged a $26 million loan for the refinancing of The Lincoln Apartments, a 224-unit multifamily community in downtown Raleigh. The property is located at 408 E. Hargett St., less than a half-mile from the North Carolina State Capitol. Matthew Schoenfeldt, Cory Fowler and Roger Edwards of HFF arranged the floating-rate loan through MetLife Investment Management on behalf of the borrower, Lincoln Apartments LLC, an affiliate of Banner Real Estate Group. Completed in 2015, The Lincoln Apartments features a resident club room with a kitchen, resort-style pool, outdoor fireplace, fitness center with yoga studio, pet spa, coffee bar, enclosed parking garage and an electric car charging station. Individual units average 759 square feet and feature wood-style flooring, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, balconies, walk-in closets and full-size washers and dryers.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Williams Realty & Building Co., in conjunction with Kane Realty Corp. and capital partner Lionstone Investments, has received construction financing for the development of a high-rise mixed-use project in Raleigh’s central business district. Colby Mueck, Roger Edwards and Travis Anderson of HFF arranged the construction loan through New York Life Insurance Co. Other terms of the financing were not disclosed. The property is located at the southwest corner of West Peace and North West streets, next to the future 16-acre Devereux Meadows Park. The first phase of the project will include a 45,600-square-foot Publix store, 5,340 square feet of inline retail space, 417 multifamily units and a 735-space structured parking garage. The residential portion will include studio to three-bedroom units averaging 898 square feet. The development team expects to deliver the first phase in mid-2019. Future phases will include additional residential and retail space, along with office and hotel space.
The Triangle continues to attract national attention due to job growth, relatively low cost of living, economic diversity, a central East Coast location and its access to three world-class universities. Additionally, the Triangle’s unemployment rates are below the state and national averages. These are some of the driving forces that bring nearly 80 residents a day to the metro area, as recently published by U.S. News & World Report. Triangle retailers, developers and investors are taking advantage of this momentum, and the local retail market is thriving as a result. At the conclusion of third-quarter 2017, the Triangle retail vacancy was 6.7 percent. This represents a 60-basis point increase year-over-year. However, there was over 340,000 square feet of positive net absorption during the same quarter. This stat marks the highest quarter of positive absorption for the market since the second quarter of 2014. There were several notable retail deliveries in 2017, such as Carolina Square, containing nearly 50,000 square feet of ground floor retail space. The mixed-use project is located along Franklin Street in Chapel Hill and is a joint venture between Cousins Properties and Northwood Ravin. The retail portion of Carolina Square delivered 84 percent preleased and is anchored …
DURHAM, N.C. — The Dilweg Cos. has sold Regional Commerce Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot industrial complex located at 706 Ellis Road in Durham. The 46-building warehouse complex is situated on 65 acres directly adjacent to NC Highway 147. Constructed in 1929, the property operated as a tobacco drying warehouse until 2005. At the time of sale, Regional Commerce Center was 34 percent leased. Chris Norvell, Justin Good and Patrick Nally of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of Dilweg. The name of the buyer and the sales price were not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based Brennan Investment Group LLC, in a joint venture with Arch Street Capital Advisors LLC, has acquired a 2.3 million-square-foot industrial portfolio located throughout four states in a sale-leaseback transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. The four buildings were net-leased back to the seller, BlueLinx Corp., a building and industrial product distributor. The buildings are located in Boston, Raleigh-Durham, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. Since 2011, Brennan and Arch Street have acquired more than $1 billion of single-tenant, net-leased industrial assets.
WAKE FOREST, N.C. — Charlotte-based Moseley Real Estate Advisors is underway on 981 Crossing, a 20,494-square-foot retail development in Wake Forest, roughly 18 miles northeast of Raleigh. The project is located off of Capital Boulevard, at the Target entrance. The center will house tenants such as Starbucks Coffee, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Kay Jewelers, Firehouse Subs, Mattress Warehouse and Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers. John Lambert of Moseley Real Estate Advisors is handling leasing for the remaining 2,000-square-foot parcel. The center is slated for completion in June, with tenants expected to open in September.
Eight years into the recovery, Raleigh-Durham’s office market conditions remain decidedly in favor of landlords, but increased construction following years of limited development activity is at last providing much needed new leasing opportunities for tenants. While a combination of factors, including new construction, drove office vacancy higher by the second half of 2017, the market began the year with the tightest Class A leasing market witnessed since the dot-com boom. Class A vacancy bottomed out in the first quarter of 2017 at 9.1 percent, down from a cyclical peak of 17.6 percent in the third quarter of 2009, and the lowest level since fourth-quarter 2000. Class A vacancy rose to 11 percent in the third quarter of 2017 as a wave of new deliveries hit the market. Total vacancy ended the third quarter at 13.5 percent, up 70 basis points year-over-year. It is worth noting that this figure includes a handful of large, formerly corporate-owned facilities in the Interstate 40/Research Triangle Park (RTP) submarket. Originally constructed for single tenants such as GlaxoSmithKline, Dupont and Reichold, these facilities are likely to need substantial retrofitting to achieve lease-up. While they are certainly a factor in the market, they are not an option …