CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged the $27 million refinancing for Hyatt Place, a 172-room hotel in downtown Charlotte. Chris Caison of Grandbridge’s Charlotte office arranged the fixed-rate loan through an unnamed CMBS investor on behalf of a repeat client. Located at 222 S. Caldwell St., the hotel features free Wi-Fi, a 24-hour fitness center, outdoor rooftop pool and a bar.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Proffitt Dixon Partners plans to develop Montage, a six-story, 302-unit multifamily development in Uptown Charlotte. An affiliate of Creek Lane Capital LLC, a Chicago-based real estate investment firm, is providing joint venture equity for the development, and Pacific Life Insurance Co. is providing a $46.5 million construction loan. Travis Anderson and Cory Fowler led HFF’s debt and equity placement team in both transactions on behalf of Proffitt Dixon. Situated at the corner of East Stonewall and South Davidson streets, Montage will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 830 square feet with 10-foot ceilings, master closets, computer niche/workstations, stainless steel appliances, wood plank flooring and balconies and patios with views of downtown Charlotte. Amenities will include 11,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, an elevated saltwater swimming pool, resident lounge, clubroom, fenced dog park, courtyards, grilling stations, bicycle repair and a fitness center.
DURHAM, N.C. — The Davis Cos. and Gemini Real Estate LLC have begun construction on The Lodge at Croasdaile, a 320-unit apartment community on Hillandale Road in Durham. The property is situated on 50 acres within The Croasdaile Farm master development, which is about five miles outside of downtown Durham. The community will feature an 8,000-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, community room, kitchen, computer lounge and a wrap-around patio overlooking a resort-style pool. Other amenities will include a wet bar, outdoor TVs and kitchen, porch and a pedestrian bridge connecting the property to an activities lawn and dog park. The Lodge at Croasdaile is Davis and Gemini’s second project together. In 2015 the companies developed a 280-unit property known as Sawmill Point in Wilmington, N.C.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $28.1 million Freddie Mac loan for Barrington Place, a 348-unit apartment community in Charlotte. Situated nine miles outside of downtown Charlotte, the property was built in 1998 and will undergo upgrades over the next three years. Trevor Ritter of KeyBank arranged the seven-year, interest-only loan, which the borrower used to refinance existing debt.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — TriBridge Residential has broken ground on the retail portion of One305Central, a $50 million mixed-use development located in Charlotte’s Plaza Midwood neighborhood. The Shopping Center Group will market the 10,000 square feet of retail space and 2,000 square feet of patio space for dining and entertainment tenants. The project team for the retail portion, which will be housed in a redeveloped building located at the corner of Central and Clement avenues, includes Hood Architecture and Roper Construction. In addition to the retail space, One305 Central will also feature 281 apartments, which will be complete this summer, along with resident-only parking and 65 parking spaces allocated for retail and dining customers. TriBridge Residential acquired One305Central’s five-acre site in 2014 for $7.8 million. Citizens Bank provided construction financing for the mixed-use development.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Haven Campus Communities plans to build an 887-bed student housing community located directly across from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte campus on University City Boulevard. The development will offer fully furnished one-, two-, four- and five-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Community amenities will include a cyber lounge with charging stations; coffee bar; fitness center; tanning room; gaming room; computer center with private study rooms featuring Smart TVs; gathering areas with built-in seating; bocce ball and horseshoes; fire pits; an open courtyard; and a pool area with a large pavilion, TVs, a tanning deck, cabanas and built-in grilling stations. The development will also offer the company’s Smart Apartment technology, created in partnership with Airwave Networks that include voice command technology through Amazon Echo; keyless entry that can be integrated with smartphones through a mobile application; and voice-controlled smart lighting, thermostats and ceiling fans. Haven Campus expects to deliver the student housing property in fall 2018.
MATTHEWS, N.C. — The Memphis office of Financial Federal Bank has arranged a $24.3 million acquisition loan for Legacy Matthews Apartments in Matthews, a suburb of Charlotte. The borrower, a repeat Financial Federal customer, purchased the 288-unit garden-style property, which was 97 percent occupied at the time of closing. Rick Wood and Jon Van Hoozer of Financial Federal Bank arranged the 12-year, fixed-rate loan with three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule through an agency lender.
DURHAM, N.C. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $7.3 million refinancing of Hope Valley Commons, a 38,963-square-foot retail property located at 1125 W. NC Highway 54 in Durham. NorthMarq arranged the 15-year loan with a 25-year amortization schedule through an unnamed life insurance company.
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — JLL has arranged INC Research Holdings Inc.’s office lease at Perimeter Five, a Class A office building under construction at 3032 Carrington Mill Blvd. in Morrisville, about 13 miles west of Raleigh. The global contract research firm leased the entire 215,450-square-foot building, which will be situated within the 3 million-square-foot Perimeter Park master-planned office development. The office building will feature lake views, green space, a café serving Starbucks Coffee and a fitness center. Erika Jean McNeil, Paul Glickman, Matthew Astrachan and Michael Morgan of JLL represented INC Research in the 12-year lease deal. William Allen of Trinity Partners represented the landlord. The office building will break ground in March for an expected delivery in July 2018.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Singh Development, a multifamily owner-operator with communities in Michigan and North Carolina, has unveiled renderings of the interior of Waltonwood Lake Boone, a 183-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Raleigh. Development costs for the 285,000-square-foot project are estimated at $50 million, and Singh Development expects the facility to create more than 125 jobs and serve more than 200 residents. The property is situated on six acres, and will feature 121 independent living units, 39 assisted living units and 23 memory care units. Waltonwood Lake Boone is Singh’s second seniors housing project in the Raleigh area and is scheduled to open in the first quarter of 2018. As of this month, the construction crews are completing framing in the assisted living area, and framing is completed in the independent living portion of the facility.
