North Carolina

Pennybyrn at Maryfield High Point

HIGH POINT, N.C. — Ziegler, a specialty investment bank, has arranged a $66.1 million bond issue for Maryfield Inc., a North Carolina not-for-profit that owns and operates Pennybyrn at Maryfield, a continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in High Point. Proceeds of the bonds will be used to pay off bonds from 2005 and 2010, fund a debt service reserve fund for the bonds and pay fees and expenses incurred by the sale of the new bonds. Located on 68 acres, Pennybyrn consists of 180 independent living units (131 apartments and 49 cottages); 48 assisted living units (24 standard care and 24 memory care); and 125 skilled nursing beds.

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Bella Cortina Oakwood Orlando

ORLANDO, FLA. AND CARY, N.C. — Avanath Capital Management LLC, a private real estate investment manager, has purchased a two-property multifamily portfolio in Orlando and Cary for $45.9 million in an off-market transaction. The two properties total 553 affordable housing/workforce units and were more than 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. The properties include the 304-unit Oakwood at 4708 Olive Branch Road in Orlando and the 248-unit Geneva Park at 200 Wrenn Drive in Cary. Avanath Capital will invest roughly $7,000 per unit to upgrade the properties’ exterior paint, wood finishings, kitchen appliances, HVAC and landscaping. In addition to the upgrades, Avanath Capital will rebrand Oakwood as Bella Cortina and Geneva Park as Arbors at Cary. Avanath Capital purchased the portfolio using its Avanath Affordable Housing II LLC fund.

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Tryon Park at Rivergate Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Multi Housing Advisors (MHA) has brokered the sales of two apartment communities in separate transactions totaling $39.9 million. Marc Robinson, Jordan McCarley and Watson Bryant of MHA’s Charlotte office represented the sellers in both transactions. The deals included Meridia selling the 202-unit Tryon Park at Rivergate to White Point Partners and Wellington United selling the 254-unit Wellington Farms to JEM Holdings.

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Myers Park Center Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — EDENS, a shopping center owner, developer and operator based in Columbia, S.C., has purchased Myers Park Center in Charlotte for an undisclosed price. The 75,075-square-foot shopping center is anchored by a two-story Harris Teeter and is located in Charlotte’s affluent Myers Park neighborhood. EDENS owns other shopping centers in Charlotte, including Park Road Shopping Center, Atherton Mill and Kenilworth Commons.

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Grove Towers Raleigh North Carolina

RALEIGH, N.C. — CBRE|Raleigh has brokered the sale of Grove Towers, a three-building, 115,413-square-foot office campus in Raleigh. The office park is located at 1001, 1100 and 1110 Navaho Drive in the Six Forks/Falls of Neuse office submarket. Nearby attractions include retail destination North Hills, downtown Raleigh, neighborhoods inside the beltline and Duke Raleigh Hospital. The buyers, Iron Point Partners and Hobbs Properties, purchased the office campus from GT Company LP for an undisclosed amount. Ben Kilgore, Jeff Glenn and Jim McMillan of CBRE|Raleigh represented the seller in the transaction.

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NoDa Brewing Co. Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Piedmont Properties/CORFAC International has arranged NoDa Brewing Co.’s 15-year lease at 2921 N. Tryon St. in Charlotte. In the fall, NoDa Brewing will occupy the 33,000-square-foot industrial building, which triples its current 11,000-square-foot footprint at 2229 N. Davidson St. The future facility will have office space, production space and a tap room that is open to the public. Frank McCleneghan of Piedmont Properties/CORFAC represented NoDa Brewing in the lease transaction. The landlord, Hop, Drop and Loco LLC, recently purchased the facility from Ray Roofing for approximately $1.4 million. The property was constructed in the 1920s as a vinegar manufacturing plant for Speas Vinegar. There are plans in place to designate the facility as an historic property.

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Brentwood Chase Apartments Gastonia

ROCK HILL, S.C. AND GASTONIA, N.C. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged two refinance loans totaling $34.8 million for two multifamily properties in the Carolinas. The assets include the 436-unit Brentwood Chase Apartments at 1654 Lowell Bethesda Road in Gastonia and the 248-unit Cowan Farms at 1310 Cypress Point Drive in Rock Hill. Bill Matone of NorthMarq Capital’s Charlotte office arranged both loans with 10-year terms and 30-year amortization schedules. Brentwood Chase’s loan amount was $21.8 million and Cowan Farms’ was $13 million.

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525 North Tryon Street Uptown Charlotte

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Co-owners Grubb Properties and New York Life Real Estate Investors have signed Frontier Capital, a growth equity firm based in North Carolina, to a long-term lease for the top floor of 525 North Tryon Street, a 19-story office building in Uptown Charlotte. Frontier will use the 12,600-square-foot space as its new headquarters beginning in September. Andy Horsey of Cresa Charlotte represented Frontier Capital in the lease transaction. Jonathan Nance of Grubb Properties, along with Meredith Ball and Mark Holoman of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, represented the ownership group.

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20 Medical Park Drive Asheville

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — The Sanders Trust (TST) has purchased a 24,000-square-foot medical office building located at 20 Medical Park Drive in Asheville for $11.6 million. Originally built in 2005, the property was fully leased at the time of sale. TST purchased the asset in a joint venture with its capital partner Harrison Street Real Estate Capital LLC. An affiliate of 21st Century Oncology is the primary tenant at 20 Medical Park Drive.

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Charlotte Shopton Ridge Business Park

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Adler Kawa Real Estate Advisors (AKREA) has purchased Shopton Ridge Business Park, a 422,400-square-foot office and industrial park in southwest Charlotte. The park was 90.8 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as PinPoint, Scent Air, Cardinal Health, Linde Gas and Rent-A-Center, among others. AKREA purchased the property for an undisclosed price through the Adler Kawa Real Estate Fund II. AKREA has tapped Bill Wood of Trinity Partners to lease the asset. Patrick Gildea, Anne Johnson and Bryan Crutcher of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Charles Foschini and Christopher Apone of CBRE’s Miami office arranged acquisition financing on behalf of AKREA.

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