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Westwood Financial Acquires 130,156 SF Eastway Square Shopping Center in Charlotte

by John Nelson

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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Multifamily Supply Hits Record High in Raleigh-Durham as Development Pipeline Empties

by John Nelson

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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Penzance, TriWest Multifamily Purchase Stoney Trace Apartments in Charlotte for $59.8M

by John Nelson

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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Leasing ActivityNorth CarolinaOfficeSoutheast

Siemens Energy Executes 55,279 SF Office Lease to Fully Occupy 540 Tech Center in Raleigh

by John Nelson

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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PNK Group Delivers $120M Distribution Center in High Point, North Carolina

by John Nelson

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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DevelopmentMultifamilyNorth CarolinaSoutheast

Flournoy Development Completes 397-Unit Ellison Mallard Creek Apartments in Charlotte

by John Nelson

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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LoansMixed-UseNorth CarolinaSoutheast

JLL Facilitates $191M Loan for Fenton Mixed-Use Development in Cary, North Carolina

by John Nelson

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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Crosland, Core Sound Sign 11 Tenants to Wallbrook Mixed-Use Project Near Raleigh

by John Nelson

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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Conference CoverageFeaturesNorth CarolinaSoutheastSoutheast Feature ArchiveStudent Housing

InterFace Panel: Slow and Steady Wins the Race for Student Housing Preleasing, Rent Growth in 2025

by John Nelson

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, the 2025-2026 academic year moved further into focus. What can the industry expect to see this year from a preleasing perspective? Are rents expected to keep growing? And by how much? All of these questions and more were discussed during a kick-off panel at the 2024 LeaseCon/TurnCon conference by InterFace Conference Group, which took place this past December in Charlotte. As of Dec. 3, student housing properties across the country were 36.6 percent preleased on average — a 1.3 percent decline from rates seen at the same time in 2023, according to moderator Charlie Matthews, founder and CEO of data provider College House.  Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. Of markets across the United States, the Southeast led the way with the highest preleasing percentage at 43.5 percent. Asking rents have congruently grown by 4.9 percent across the country as of early December, according to Matthews, with average rents at $990. Leading the way in rent growth for the 2025-2026 academic year …

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DevelopmentMultifamilyNorth CarolinaSoutheast

Flournoy Delivers 315-Unit Ellison at The Preserve Apartments in Asheville, North Carolina

by John Nelson

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Flournoy Development Group has delivered Ellison at The Preserve, a 315-unit apartment community located at 375 Spring Bluff Lane in Asheville. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, along with quartz countertops, stainless steel GE appliances, wood-style flooring and balconies with views of the Blue Ridge Mountains in select apartments. Monthly rental rates at the community range from  $1,609 to $3,472, according to Apartments.com. Amenities include a heated pool, fitness center, coworking lounge, outdoor entertainment spaces, grab-and-go market, pet spa, private garages, mail lounge and a private package room. Flournoy Properties Group is operating Ellison at The Preserve on behalf of ownership.

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