RALEIGH, N.C. — Lincoln Harris has brokered the $7.5 million sale of Cypress and Cedar East, two office buildings in Raleigh totaling 79,186 square feet. The properties are located at 3117 and 3101 Poplarwood Court and were 73 percent leased at the time of sale. Kaler Walker of Lincoln Harris represented the seller, Cedar East & Cypress LLC, in the transaction. Carter Worthy of Worthy Commercial represented the buyer, Debnam Properties, which owns two other buildings in the neighborhood. The buyer plans to occupy a portion of the buildings and continue leasing the rest.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — HFF has closed the $6.7 million sale of and arranged acquisition financing for One University Place in Charlotte’s University Place mixed-use development. The four-story, 80,891-square-foot office building is located at 8801 JM Keynes Drive within 1.5 miles of I-85. Originally built in 1986, One University Place is 66 percent leased to a mix of healthcare, technology, consulting and business services tenants. The largest tenants at the property are Bayada Home Health Care and University Radio. Origin Capital Partners purchased the asset free and clear of debt. Ryan Clutter led the HFF investment sales team in representing the seller, Financial Enterprises III, in the transaction. Travis Anderson and Cory Fowler led HFF’s debt placement team in placing acquisition financing through First Tennessee Bank on behalf of Origin Capital Partners.
WAYNESVILLE, N.C. — Yale Realty Services Corp. has purchased Waynesville Commons, a 126,901-square-foot shopping center in Waynesville, roughly 30 miles west of Asheville. Yale Realty purchased the center from CBL & Associates Properties Inc. for $14.5 million. Built in 2012, the shopping center’s tenant roster includes Belk, Michaels, PetSmart, Rack Room Shoes, SuperClips and US Cellular. Waynesville Commons is shadow-anchored by a 188,494-square-foot Walmart Supercenter. Alex Quarrier and Marc Ozburn of Berkeley Capital Advisors represented the seller in the transaction.
CORNELIUS, N.C. — Capstone Apartment Partners has brokered the $5.2 million sale of a multifamily development site in Cornelius. The site is approved for a 320-unit development. Located at Catawba Avenue and Lawn Market Street, the site was part of Antiquity, a mixed-use community featuring a Harris Teeter store, seniors housing, retail, restaurants and single-family homes. The development site features a swimming pool, 30-acre park, arboretum and athletic fields. Antiquity LLC sold the site to SAG/LIV Development for $16,250 per unit. Austin Green, Alex McDermott, Andrew Klenk and Brian Ford of Capstone brokered the transaction.
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.
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.