North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE has arranged the $11 million sale of Scarlet Oak, an office/industrial flex building located at 8700-8702 Red Oak Blvd. in southwest Charlotte. A joint venture between Somerset Properties and ABR Capital Partners acquired the property. Built in 1981 and renovated in 2022, the property comprises 81,118 square feet and was 84 percent leased at the time of sale. Part of Griffin Partners’ The Oaks, a four-building industrial portfolio, the building features 245 parking spaces and 17 dock-high, drive-in doors. Recent upgrades to the property include a new outdoor amenity space, exterior improvements, new paint, a new backflow preventer and a newly resealed and restriped parking lot. Patrick Gildea, Robert Hardaway and Matt Smith of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Prior to the sale, Alek Salfia, Joe Franco and Kris Westmoreland of CBRE managed leasing at the property on behalf of the seller.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Four office tenants have signed leases at The Station at LoSo, Beacon Partners’ mixed-use development in the Lower South End (LoSo) of Charlotte. Dwell Design Studio will occupy 4,876 square feet at the property’s Station 3, beginning this quarter, and an additional, undisclosed tenant has also signed a 10,075-square-foot at Station 3, bringing the building to full occupancy. Gambling.com Group has also leased 10,413 square feet at the development, with plans to begin occupancy in the second quarter of this year. Chris Schaaf, Ross Howard and Conor Brennan of JLL represented Gambling.com Group in the lease negotiations, and Griff Sims of Lee & Associates and Mary Allison Mitchell York of NewLeaf Brokerage represented Dwell Design Studio. Additionally, Beacon Partners will move its headquarters into a 12,254-square-foot space within Station 4. Situated with direct access to the Rail Trail, The Station at LoSo comprises 350 residential units, as well as 200,000 square feet of office and retail space. Retail tenants at the development include The People’s Market, Taco Boy and Salata Salad Kitchen.

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GASTONIA, N.C. — Growth Capital Partners (GCP) has preleased 56,280 square feet of industrial space in metro Charlotte to WRH Manufacturing, a subsidiary of Decima Corp. Henry Lobb, Abby Rights and Christopher Skibinski of Avison Young represented GCP in the lease transaction. Casey Mulhern of Foundry Commercial represented WRH Manufacturing, which produces and distributes raw and finished wood products serving the homebuilding and woodworking industries. GCP broke ground in 2022 on Northwest Gateway Logistics Park, a two-building industrial park spanning nearly 300,000 square feet. The Birmingham, Ala.-based developer is building the park on a speculative basis at 1215 Jenkins Road in Gastonia, which is situated directly off I-85. GCP plans to deliver the park in the first quarter of this year. WRH Manufacturing will occupy space within a 132,395-square-foot warehouse. Both facilities feature 32-foot clear heights, a combined 57 dock-high doors and a shared 200-foot truck court. GCP is developing Northwest Gateway Logistics Park in partnership with Phelan Bennet.

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CARY, N.C. — A partnership between an affiliate of New York City-based Mack Real Estate Group (MREG) and Soundwater Properties has purchased Maynard Crossing, a grocery-anchored shopping center in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh. Built in 1996, the 122,901-square-foot property is located at the intersection of High House and N.W. Maynard roads. Maynard Crossing was 88 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Harris Teeter, Workout Anytime, Doctors Express, Riccobene Family Dentistry, Brigs Restaurant, Kathmandu Kitchen and All American Swim Supply, as well as a newly built outparcel gas station. Tom Kolarczyk, Danny Finkle, Jim Hamilton and Steele Burkett of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. MREG and Soundwater Properties will pursue their grocery-anchored retail acquisition strategy in markets throughout the East Coast.

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CARY, N.C. — Atlanta-based Stonemont Financial Group has acquired a 154,096-square-foot industrial facility located at 101 Stamford Drive in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh. Built in 1994, the building is situated on 15.9 acres and features 24-foot clear heights, 50 car parking spaces, 12 exterior dock doors and 5,086 square feet of office space. Stonemont plans to renovate the property on behalf of a consumer goods company, which will occupy the building beginning this year. Planned improvements include a new roof, interior upgrades and expansion of trailer parking. The project team includes general contractor Choate Construction and civil engineer WithersRavenel. Joe Messina and Jon Vanderplough of JLL represented the tenant in the lease negotiations.

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PINEVILLE, N.C. — Bosch Rexroth, a manufacturer of automated machines and hydraulic equipment, has signed a 234,706-square-foot industrial lease at Carolina Logistics Park, a 308-acre industrial park in Pineville. Construction on the build-to-suit facility, which will be situated about 15 miles south of Charlotte at 12026 Carolina Logistics Drive, is scheduled to begin in February, with completion expected in December. Beacon Partners is the developer and landlord of Carolina Logistics Park. Other tenants at the property include W.W. Grainger Inc., Amazon, Carolina Foods and Empire Distributors, which occupy a total of more than 2.5 million square feet of manufacturing and logistics space. Kent Ilhardt, Ryan Harder, Matt Treble and Patrick McGrath of Cushman & Wakefield represented Bosch Rexroth in the lease negotiations. The project team includes general contractor The Conlan Co., Merriman Schmitt Architects and Orsborn Engineering Group.

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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Greystone has provided an $18.6 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Keystone Apartments, a 202-unit multifamily property in Fayetteville, about 64 miles south of Raleigh. Justin Hechler of Greystone originated the nonrecourse, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrowers, Magma Equities and Prudent Growth Partners. The financing was underwritten with a five-year term, two years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Built in 1974, Keystone Apartments features one- and two-bedroom units, as well as a clubhouse, fitness center, swimming pool and a dog park.

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SAN DIEGO — JLL has secured a $149 million loan for the refinancing of a three-property multifamily portfolio in the Southeastern United States. Aldon Cole, Tim Wright and Bharat Madan of JLL’s San Diego office arranged the three-year, fixed-rate loan through a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, Sunroad Enterprises. The properties in the portfolio include the 313-unit Verde Vista in Asheville, N.C.; the 288-unit Avenues at Verdier Point in Charleston, S.C.; and the 256-unit Adara at Godley Station in Savannah, Ga. San Diego-based Sunroad Enterprises acquired the three properties in 2021 and has since completed 100 percent of its planned exterior and common area renovations and 50 percent of interior renovations.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE has arranged a 40,000-square-foot lease at First Citizens Bank Plaza, a 23-story office building in Uptown Charlotte. International coworking company IWG will occupy the 18th and 19th floors of the building beginning in February, with plans to expand its SPACES brand. Located at 128 S. Tryon St., the property was recently renovated and features a new lobby, a boutique fitness center, tenant amenity hub with lockers and showers, bicycle parking and storage, upgraded restrooms and a 5,000-square-foot ground-floor restaurant and bar space, currently occupied by MOA Korean BBQ. Kris Westmoreland, Stephanie Spivey and Joe Franco of CBRE represented the landlord, Dornin Investment Group, in the lease negotiations.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — JLL has arranged a combined $132.9 million in construction financing for 2125 N Davidson, a 389-unit midrise multifamily development underway in Charlotte’s Mill District. Travis Anderson, Cory Fowler, Warren Johnson, Ryan Pride and Naoki Hasegawa of JLL arranged a $34.5 million equity placement with two institutional investors based in Japan on behalf of the developer, Space Craft. JLL also arranged a $98.4 million construction loan through an undisclosed direct lender. Set for completion in summer 2026, 2125 N Davidson will feature studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 762 square feet in size. Amenities will include a rooftop patio with views of Uptown Charlotte, courtyard with native planting, fitness room in each building, coworking space with a coffee/breakfast nook and electric car share and e-bike share dedicated for resident use. The property will also include 13,751 square feet of street-facing retail space that Space Craft plans to lease to boutique retailers, coffee purveyors and local and neighborhood service retailers. The developer has tapped Swinerton to construct the development. The companies also recently built The Joinery, an $80 million multifamily development in Charlotte’s nearby Optimist Park neighborhood.

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