RALEIGH, N.C. — Avison Young has brokered the $14.4 million sale of Atlantic Business Park, a two-building, 10-acre office campus located at 4401 and 4501 Atlantic Ave. in north Raleigh. The office campus totals 114,365 square feet and was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Advance Auto Parts Inc., City of Raleigh Police Department and Regional Acceptance Corp., a division of BB&T. Braxton Anthony and Gary Lyons of Avison Young’s Raleigh office represented the sellers, SJ Co. LLC and SJ1 Co. LLC, in the transaction. William Allen of Trinity Partners represented the buyers, 4401 Atlantic Avenue LLC and 4501 Atlantic Avenue LLC.
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CONCORD, N.C. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp., a publicly traded REIT, has purchased a new 330,717-square-foot industrial building located at 4690 Global Ave. N.W. in Concord, a northern suburb of Charlotte. Monmouth purchased the distribution center, which is net-leased to FedEx Ground Package System Inc., for nearly $32 million. The facility is located on a 59.4-acre site near I-85.
APEX, N.C. — Barnett Properties has begun construction on Publix Pointe, a grocery-anchored shopping center located in Apex, a western suburb of Raleigh in Wake County. A 46,500-square-foot Publix will anchor the 75,000-square-foot shopping center, which will feature 25,000 square feet of retail shop space and three outparcels. Barnett Properties plans to deliver Publix Pointe in late 2016 or early 2017.
RALEIGH, N.C. — CBRE | Raleigh has brokered the sale of Carolina Place, a five-story, 99,181-square-foot office building located at 2626 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh. The Class A building was 90 percent leased at the time of sale. Houston-based Griffin Partners purchased the asset from New Boston Fund for $20 million, according to the Triangle Business Journal. Ben Kilgore of CBRE | Raleigh, along with John Boylan and J.D. McNeil of Spectrum Properties, represented New Boston Fund in the sale.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Ziff Properties Inc. has sold Maplecrest Industrial Park, a 63,200-square-foot flex industrial facility located in Charlotte. The buyer, an undisclosed private buyer based in the Western U.S., purchased the asset for $4.7 million. The transaction marks Ziff Properties’ fifth North Carolina disposition this year. Jared Londry, Robert Cochran and Ashton Nolan of Cushman & Wakefield represented Ziff in the transaction.
Federal Capital Partners, Strategic Capital Partners to Develop Spec Office Building in Raleigh
by John Nelson
RALEIGH, N.C. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP), along with joint venture partner Strategic Capital Partners (SCP), has acquired a development site near the I-40 and I-540 intersection in Raleigh. The joint venture partners have selected Brasfield & Gorrie to construct a new office building known as Forty540 at the development site, which is located in Raleigh’s RTP/I-40 office submarket. The five-story office building will span 198,481 square feet and will feature 41,000-square-foot floorplates for prospective tenants. FCP and SCP have retained Edward Pulliam, Brad Corsmeier and Lee Clyburn of CBRE|Raleigh to lease the office project. Brasfield & Gorrie expects to deliver Forty540 in the first quarter of 2017.
WEAVERVILLE, N.C. — Inland Real Estate Corp. has formed a joint venture with MAB American Retail Partners LLC to acquire Weaverville Plaza, a 49,000-square-foot shopping center located in the Asheville suburb of Weaverville. The joint venture has signed a lease with Publix for the ground-up development of a new 49,000-square-foot grocery store at the property. The new owners also plan to invest roughly $21.6 million to redevelop the center, which will include demolition of existing retail space for the new Publix store, repositioning of in-line shop space and construction of a new outlot at the center. The completed redevelopment is expected to total approximately 139,000 square feet. Construction is expected to commence in the first quarter of 2016, with the new Publix store anticipated to open in 2017.
DURHAM, N.C. — LEM Capital has funded a $6.5 million joint venture investment for the acquisition and renovation of Emerald Forest, a 320-unit multifamily property located in Durham, N.C. The property is set to undergo value-add renovations. Emerald Forest is a garden-style asset that was built in 1985 and features a mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom units.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Capstone Capital has secured a $25 million financing loan for Phase I of Addison Ridge Apartments. The 211-unit community is located in Fayetteville, N.C. and was financed with a non-recourse, CMBS loan. The $25 million loan was secured for 10 years at a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio, with five years of interest-only payments. Jackson Howard represented the borrower through the completion of the financing.
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — CBRE has brokered the $27 million sale of Kenton Circle, a 135,757-square-foot, three-building office park in Huntersville, part of the North Charlotte office submarket. Kenton Circle’s anchor tenants include Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Wells Fargo, Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Carolinas Realty and IMG. A joint venture between Acre Valley Real Estate Capital LLC and ABS Partners Real Estate LLC purchased the property from Childress Klein and WHI Real Estate Partners LLC. Childress Klein will continue to serve as property manager and leasing agent for the new owner. Patrick Gildea of CBRE’s Charlotte office represented the sellers in the transaction.