North Carolina

TROUTMAN, N.C. — Collett Industrial plans to develop Northside 77, a three-building industrial park in the northern Charlotte suburb of Troutman. Situated along I-77, the park will comprise Building 1 (217,620 square feet), Building 2 (340,200 square feet) and Building 3 (135,200 square feet). Collett Industrial has tapped Grant Miller and Phoebe Dinga of Colliers’ Charlotte office to handle the leasing assignment for the project. The Charlotte-based developer plans to break ground in the third quarter and deliver the park in the second half of 2024. Colliers’ Charlotte office is also the leasing agent for Collett’s Airport 85 Business Center industrial park in Charlotte.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE has arranged four new leases for retailers and restaurants to join Queen City Quarter, a mixed-use redevelopment of the former EpiCentre property in Uptown Charlotte. The multi-level, 302,324-square-foot development is located along College Street and houses World of Beer, Mortimer’s Café & Pub and Bowlero, all of which recently renewed their leases. The new tenants joining Queen City Quarter’s tenant roster include Portal 123, a rotating Instagram museum and immersive art experience; Nostalgia Hollow Co., a locally based coffeeshop and home goods retailer; Cajun Market, a fast-casual Cajun-Creole restaurant; and Super Icy Brothers, a frozen dessert shop. All four concepts plan to open in the second or third quarter. Kaitlyn Fitch, Kivett Williams and Katherine Southard of CBRE handled the lease negotiations on behalf of the landlord, an entity doing business as 210 East Trade Street Holdings LLC. In addition to the leases, CBRE will begin the previously announced renovations and improvements to the property in late spring. Most of the work will be in the property’s 15,462-square-foot plaza and include replacing the pavers along the walkways and installing benches with planters in the main common area. The building’s interior façades on all levels, in addition to …

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — EverWest Real Estate Investors has sold Specialty Shops SouthPark in Charlotte for $40.2 million. Located at 6401 Carnegie Blvd. in the city’s SouthPark submarket, the property totals 65,362 square feet. Tenants at the retail center include Williams-Sonoma, Drybar, Talbots and Paco’s Tacos & Tequila. Hill Partners, a Charlotte-based owner, developer and redeveloper of retail properties, was the buyer.

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WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Northmarq has arranged $20.8 million for the refinancing of The Residences at Diamond Ridge, a 335-unit apartment community located in Winston-Salem. Built in 1959 and 1969 and renovated in 1987, the community comprises 14 three-story buildings with apartments in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Jeffrey Ketron of Northmarq secured the fixed-rate Fannie Mae loan, which carries a five-year term and three years of interest-only payments. Northmarq’s Fannie Mae DUS team assisted in arranging the financing for the property.

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DURHAM, N.C. — Publix Super Markets has opened a 46,791-square-foot store at Marketplace at Ellis Crossing, a 30-acre mixed-use development underway in Durham. Located at the northeast corner of Ellis Road and Watchorn Street, the project marks the fourth North Carolina development for Thompson Thrift. Other tenants at the property, which features an additional 25,000 square feet of retail space, include Chipotle and First National Bank, which is scheduled to open in 2024. Sheetz, Heartland Dental, Lee Nails and It’s a Southern Thing Kitchen & Bar are also expected to open at the development this summer.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Two tenants have signed leases at Oakhurst Commons, a 135,000-square-foot adaptive reuse project currently underway in Charlotte. Massage studio Mood House will lease 3,000 square feet, marking the brand’s second Charlotte location. Additionally, Pop the Top Craft Beer will open a 2,000-square-foot brewery with outdoor patio space. A joint venture between MDH Partners and Parkside Partners acquired the property — located at 4000 Monroe Road and formerly home to a five-building office, warehouse and lab facility — in 2021. Upon completion, the development will include 120,000 square feet of office space and 15,000 square feet of retail space. Alex Mann of Thrift Commercial Real Estate Services handles leasing for the project.

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WILMINGTON, N.C. — A joint venture between two Southeast-based general contractors, Swinerton and Monteith Construction, will construct a four-story mass timber office building on the Live Oak Bank campus in Wilmington. The 67,000-square-foot property will be the fourth building on the campus and the first to be 100 percent mass timber, a sustainable building method that more developers are opting to utilize. The local office of LS3P designed Building Four to achieve LEED Silver certification. The property is expected to accommodate 200 Live Oak Bank employees upon completion, which Swinerton and Monteith are expecting in early 2024. Swinerton’s sister company Timberlab will provide both the glue-laminated timber and the cross-laminate timber fabrications for the Building Four project.

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Clarion Partners Real Estate Income Fund Inc., an investment vehicle sponsored by New York-based Clarion Partners, has acquired Retreat at Weaverville, a 176-unit apartment community in Asheville. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Completed in 2021, the property sits on a 16.9-acre site within one mile of I-26. Community amenities include a clubhouse, coffee bar, dog park and dog wash station, fitness center, yoga and spin room, office workspaces and a swimming pool. The new, undisclosed property manager will complete numerous amenity upgrades over the next year at Retreat at Weaverville, including pool furniture upgrades, clubhouse enhancements, the installation of property access gates, the addition of a parcel locker and elevated landscaping.

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INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. — Legacy Realty Group Advisors has arranged the sale of Union Town Center, a 102,360-square-foot shopping center located in Indian Trail, roughly 15 miles southeast of Charlotte. Food Lion, Workout Anytime and Dollar Tree anchor the property. Jacob Baruch and Daniel Baruch of Legacy represented both the buyer and seller in the $16.2 million transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.

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FUQUAY-VARINA, N.C. — Capital Square has acquired Ashford Townes, a 74-unit townhome community located in Fuquay-Varina, a southwest suburb of Raleigh. Located at 604 Oakbrook Pass Way, the build-for-rent development was completed in February of last year and features three-bedroom floorplans averaging 1,693 square feet. D.R. Horton was the developer. Capital Square acquired the property on behalf of CS1031 Ashford Townes BFR Housing DST, a private equity investment vehicle internally managed by Dave Platter and Jon Trott.

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