DURHAM, N.C. — Choate Construction Co., on behalf of White Point, has broken ground on a 160,000-square-foot mixed-use project located within Durham’s Research Triangle Park (RTP). Dubbed Horseshoe, the development will feature two single-story pavilions flanking a five-story office tower with ground-floor retail space. The property will also include a 315,000-square-foot precast parking deck with 1,000 parking spaces. Duda|Paine Architects is the designer on Horseshoe, which will anchor the HUB RTP campus. A construction timeline was not disclosed.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Crescent Communities and Nuveen Real Estate are underway on the construction of Monarch Market, an 18,000-square-foot food hall located within One Independence Center in Charlotte. Hospitality HQ will operate the space, which is scheduled to open later this year and will feature 12 food stalls, one full-service restaurant, three bars and a private event space. The event space will include a cocktail lounge with outdoor space, semi-private space available for reservations and an indoor/outdoor bar. Food delivery and access to the tenant lounge will also be available to those who work at One Independence Center. Elmer Design is the architect and interior designer on the project, with JE Dunn serving as the general contractor. Cushman & Wakefield is providing consulting services, and PNC Bank, U.S. Bank and First National Bank of Pennsylvania have provided financing.
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Trinity Capital Advisors has leased Interchange Logistics Center, a 224,797-square-foot industrial building located in Huntersville, roughly 15 miles north of Charlotte. Orbus Holdings, a lightbox and display manufacturer operating as SEG Systems, will occupy the entire building on a 10-year lease. Construction of the center is scheduled for completion in May, with the tenant upfit to be completed in the fourth quarter of this year. Adam Green of Stream Realty Partners represented Orbus Holdings in the lease negotiations. Spencer Yorke and Brad Cherry of JLL represented ownership.
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — CBRE has negotiated the $24.8 million sale of an 816-unit self-storage facility located at 12330 U.S.-15 501 North in Chapel Hill. Dallas-based Rosewood Property Co. purchased the 76,051-square-foot property from an entity doing business as Carolina Storage Partners LLC. CBRE’s Self Storage Advisory Group represented the seller in the transaction. Extra Space Storage operates the facility, which features climate-controlled units ranging in size from 20 to 300 square feet, as well as 67 wine storage units.
NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has arranged programmatic equity on behalf of The Sterling Group for the recapitalization of three apartment communities in the Southeast. Cody Kirkpatrick, Noam Franklin and Chinmay Bhatt of Berkadia JV Equity & Structured Capital secured the undisclosed amount of financing through a global institutional investor. Properties included in Sterling’s recapitalization include Wellsley Park at Deane Hill in Knoxville, Tenn.; Apartments @ Eleven240 in Charlotte, N.C.; and Enclave at Bailes Ridge in Indian Land, S.C. The communities comprise 358, 271 and 246 units, respectively.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The NRP Group has broken ground on South Tryon, a multifamily development located at 3310 S. Tryon St. in Charlotte’s South End. Totaling five stories, the apartment community will comprise 310 units in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Amenities at the property will include a fitness center, coworking space, indoor bike room, club room and social area, dog wash and park, a pool, courtyards and an outdoor cooking and dining area. Delivery of the project is scheduled for 2025. Canyon Partners Real Estate provided an equity investment in conjunction with a senior construction loan from CIBC Bank USA to finance the project.
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — Crescent Communities and Nuveen Real Estate have broken ground on the second phase of THE YIELD, a speculative biomanufacturing development in Holly Springs, roughly 20 miles southwest of Raleigh. This phase will comprise three shell-ready, cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practice) biomanufacturing buildings totaling 322,000 square feet. The first two buildings are scheduled for completion in late 2023, with the third delivery expected in spring 2024. Including the first phase, which was sold to Apollo Global Real Estate and GeneSuites and is now known as Catalyst BioCampus, the development will total 2 million square feet of biomanufacturing, office/lab and retail space.
MIAMI — JLL has arranged a $193 million permanent loan for the refinancing of a nine-property industrial portfolio totaling 1.7 million square feet. The properties are located on infill sites in South Florida, Texas, North Carolina, Alabama and Maryland. Chris Drew, Melissa Rose and Christopher Gathman of JLL arranged the five-year, fixed-rate, non-recourse loan through TIAA Bank on behalf of the borrower, Adler Real Estate Partners. The assets were constructed between 1981 and 2001 and were leased to 145 separate tenants at the time of financing. The properties included: • Riverchase Center in Hoover, Ala. • 1001 Broken Sound Parkway in Boca Raton, Fla. • Prospect Park I & II in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. • Delray North Business Center in Delray Beach, Fla. • Rivers Business Park I & II in Columbia, Md. • South Point Business Park in Charlotte, N.C. • Parkwest I & II in Raleigh, N.C. • Addison Tech Center in Addison, Texas • Kramer 1-5 at Braker Center in Austin, Texas
RALEIGH, N.C. — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) has topped out 400H, a 365,000-square-foot mixed-use development located at 400 Hillsborough St. in downtown Raleigh. Set to open this summer, the project will include 150,000 square feet of Class A office space, 242 residential units and 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Amenities will include conference space and an outdoor terrace for office tenants, a shared fitness center and an outdoor swimming pool for residents. The development team includes TCC affiliate High Street Residential, AECOM-Canyon Partners and HM Partners. The design-build team includes architect Gensler and general contractor Barnhill Contracting Co. CBRE will oversee property management for 400H. John MacDonell and Mimi Portratz of JLL are handling office leasing, and John Koonce of York Properties is handling the retail leasing assignment.
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. — A joint venture between Trinity Capital Advisors and Barings has purchased 154 acres in the northern Charlotte suburb of Kannapolis. The companies plan to develop 85 Exchange, a Class A industrial park spanning 1.3 million square feet across seven buildings. The park will be situated within one mile of I-85 at Kannapolis Parkway and Davidson Highway. Phase I of 85 Exchange comprises two buildings totaling 314,000 square feet and will begin speculative development this March, delivering first-quarter 2024. The design-build team includes general contractor Choate Construction and architect Merriman Schmitt Architects. Cushman & Wakefield’s Matt Treble, Fermin Deoca, Drew Coholan and Frances Crisler are handling leasing duties.