North Carolina

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Avison Young has negotiated the sale of a 123,140-square-foot industrial facility located at 6000 Old Concord Road in Charlotte. Chris Skibinski, Henry Lobb, Abby Rights and Jewell Gentry of Avison Young represented the buyer, Stonelake Capital Partners, in the transaction. Will Jenkins, Marc Hedrick and Jack Harvey also represented Stonelake on an internal basis. Scott Hensley of Piedmont Properties represented the seller. The sales price was not disclosed. The property was built in 1984, according to LoopNet Inc.

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NAGS HEAD, N.C. — The Keith Corp. has acquired Outlets Nags Head, an 82,161-square-foot outlet mall located in North Carolina’s Outer Banks Region. The Charlotte-based investment and development firm has tapped Ignite Retail Partners to lead marketing and leasing efforts for the property. Singerman Real Estate sold the outlet mall for an undisclosed price. Tenants at Outlets Nags Head include Aerie, Eddie Bauer, Michael Kors, Talbots and Vera Bradley, as well as a collection of local retailers like Salt Coast Outfitters, Outer Banks Olive Oil and BROS.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Westwood Financial has acquired Eastway Square, a 130,156-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located at the intersection of Eastway Drive and Central Avenue in Charlotte. The Los Angeles-based investor purchased the center for an undisclosed price. The seller was also not disclosed. Berkeley Capital Advisors brokered the sale. The property’s tenant roster includes Food Lion, Ross Dress for Less, America’s Best, Papa Johns Pizza, Subway, Wingstop, Rainbow, Dental Works, Hibbett Sports and Showmars. Eastway Square joins Westwood Financial’s existing portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers in Charlotte including Prosperity Village Square, Steele Creek Crossing, Steelecroft Shopping Center and The Arbors at Mallard Creek.

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This year, multifamily housing starts nationally are on pace to hit their lowest levels since 2014, a period marked by the national economy’s gradual recovery from the Great Financial Crisis. Year to date, multifamily deliveries have exceeded starts by 218,500 units, creating a substantial shortfall that signals a significantly reduced apartment supply by 2026.  The same trend is taking effect in Raleigh-Durham, where completions exceeded starts by 4,935 units. This is a key consideration for most apartment investment strategies today, explaining why many buyers are willing to accept Year 1 challenges such as softness or negative leverage. As the current supply wave peaks in the Triangle, the future pipeline of multifamily construction is shaping up quite different. Of the identified units that are scheduled for delivery in 2024, nearly 42 percent of units have been delivered as of this writing. Of the approximately 18,600 apartments currently under construction across the Triangle, 13,343 of those are expected to be delivered by the end of third-quarter 2025, with a majority in Central and Southeast Raleigh.  However, new activity has slowed significantly — inventory growth by 2027 is projected to drop by more than 85 percent, plummeting to a 3.6 percent rate compared …

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A partnership between Penzance and TriWest Multifamily has purchased Stoney Trace Apartments, a 380-unit community located at 4616 Stoney Trace Drive in Charlotte’s Mint Hill neighborhood. The previous owner sold the recently renovated apartment community for $59.8 million. Blake Hockenbury and Bryan Frazier of Walker & Dunlop arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing on behalf of Penzance and TriWest Multifamily. The new ownership has tapped ZRS Management to operate Stoney Trace, which offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and amenities including a fitness center, club room with a business center and pool table, soccer field, dog park and an outdoor pool with a grilling area.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Siemens Energy has signed a 55,279-square-foot lease at 540 Tech Center, a 110,500-square-foot office building located at 4912 Green Road in Raleigh. The tenant doubled its office footprint at the property and is now the sole occupant. Matt Winters and Kimarie Ankenbrand of JLL represented Siemens Energy in the lease transaction. Dennis Hurley, also with JLL, represented the undisclosed landlord. Siemens Energy is expected to occupy the new space, which features lab space for research-and-development purposes, in July.

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HIGH POINT, N.C. — PNK Group has delivered a $120 million distribution center in High Point, a city in North Carolina’s Piedmont Triad region. The nearly 1.1 million-square-foot project is a build-to-suit development for Ecolab Corp., a publicly traded water, hygiene and infection preventions solutions provider based in St. Paul, Minn. PNK Group bought the land, designed the building and supervised the entire construction process. The High Point project is the second build-to-suit between PNK Group and Ecolab, with the first located in Atlanta.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Flournoy Development Group has completed Ellison Mallard Creek, a multifamily community in Charlotte’s University City submarket. The property features 341 apartments, 56 for-rent townhomes and flexible retail and office space on the ground level configured in a Main Street-style setting. Monthly rental rates range from $1,400 to $2,950, according to Apartments.com. Amenities at Ellison Mallard Creek include greenspace, a resort-inspired pool and entertainment courtyard, communal and private coworking spaces, fitness and wellness center and specialty spaces such as a hobby/craft studio and a resident club room featuring gaming areas and a grab-and-go market.

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CARY, N.C. — JLL Capital Markets has facilitated a $191 million loan for Fenton, a mixed-use development located in Cary, roughly 12 miles west of downtown Raleigh. The property includes 246,000 square feet of retail space, 183,000 square feet of office space and an apartment community — The Allison at Fenton — comprising 367 multifamily units. Chip Sykes and Kelsey Bawcombe of JLL secured the loan on behalf of the borrower, a partnership between Hines, Affinius Capital and Columbia Development. New York Life Real Estate Investors provided the mortgage financing.

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ROLESVILLE, N.C. — Crosland Southeast and Core Sound Development has signed 11 new tenants to Wallbrook, an 80-acre mixed-use development located in Rolesville, roughly 17 miles northwest of Raleigh. Publix will anchor the property, which is scheduled to open its initial phase in mid-2025. The developers have preleased 21,000 square feet to tenants including restaurants, a dental practice, hair salon, massage parlor and Pilates gym. Additionally, Fifth Third Bank has signed a ground lease at an outparcel. Approximately 9,000 square feet of space is still available for lease at the property. Crosland is planning for a second phase with preleasing beginning this spring. Charlie Coyne and Matt Larson of CBRE are leading leasing efforts at Wallbrook, which will have 265,000 square feet of commercial space when fully built-out.

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