CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trinity Partners has arranged the sale of One & Two Fairview Center, a 182,841-square-foot, two-building office park in Charlotte’s SouthPark office submarket. The buyer was an entity affiliated with Taurus Investment Holdings, a Boston-based global private equity real estate firm. Dunn Mileham and David Morris of Trinity Partners handled the transaction on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of CapRidge Partners. The sales price was not disclosed. One & Two Fairview Center was approximately 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. After purchasing the properties in early 2019, CapRidge executed a capital improvement, spec suite and leasing plan. The property is located right across from SouthPark Mall, which features over 150 stores including Dillard’s, Macy’s, Belk, Nordstrom, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Victoria’s Secret. Trinity Partners leased One & Two Fairview Center on behalf of CapRidge, an Austin, Texas-based real estate investment firm.
KNIGHTDALE, N.C. — Frampton Construction Co. LLC has broken ground on the final building within Eastgate 540, an industrial park in the Raleigh suburb of Knightdale. The facility is the seventh building in the park and the fourth built by Frampton. Eastgate 540’s final building will be a 204,000-square-foot industrial facility with features including 32-foot clear heights, 50 dock doors and two drive-in doors. The property will feature concrete tilt walls and a structural steel frame. Eastgate 540 is located beside Interstate 540 in Raleigh’s East Wake submarket and totals 1.2 million square feet. The developer, Trinity Capital Advisors, has sold three buildings at Eastgate 540, and there are agreements in place for the disposition of the four remaining buildings once construction and delivery near completion. Merriman Schmitt Architects completed the design for the buildings, and Advanced Civil Design Inc. provided civil engineering services. Construction for the final building is expected to finish in May 2022.
CARY, N.C. — Katz Properties Retail, a New York-based real estate firm, has acquired Amberly Place, a 77,675-square-foot shopping center located in Cary. Dennis Carson, Casey Rosen and Mike Burkard of CBRE represented the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based seller, The Sembler Co. The sales price was $28.4 million. Amberly Place is 98.6 percent leased and anchored by a 50,280-square-foot Publix grocery store. The Publix has been an anchor at Amberly Place since the property was constructed. Built in 2018, Amberly Place is situated at 10225 Green Level Church Road just two miles from Apple’s new Raleigh campus.
SALISBURY, N.C. — NorthPoint Development has purchased around 40 acres in Salisbury, about 36.5 miles north of Charlotte. NorthPoint bought the land in order to build I-85 Commerce Center, a speculative industrial project that will total 676,000 square feet. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. I-85 Commerce Center will feature 40-foot ceilings, 185-foot truck courts, auto and trailer parking, as well as immediate access to Interstate 85. The project is slated for completion by summer 2022. Avison Young will be in charge of leasing once the property is finished.
PITTSBORO, N.C. — Developer ECO Group has signed leases for 18 new tenants at MOSAIC at Chatham Park, a 44-acre, $180 million entertainment and lifestyle destination underway at Highway 501 and Russet Run Road in Pittsboro, about 34 miles from Raleigh. With the addition of the new tenants, 96 percent of MOSAIC’s retail space completed or under construction is now leased. New restaurant tenants joining the project include Hops and Berry, a 5,000-square-foot self-serve tap house and restaurant; O’Ya Cantina, a 1,500-square-foot Latin eatery that has a sister location in Chapel Hill; Jersey Mike’s Subs in a 2,385-square-foot space; and Greek Kouzina in a 1,675-square-foot space. Several new office tenants have committed to move into MOSAIC’s two-story mixed-use building, including CE Group, Finley Design, Lee-Moore Capital, Sanford Contractors Inc. and MOSAIC’s property management office staffed by Kane Realty Corp. With the new office tenants, 45 percent of the 88,000-square-foot office, technical and creative space is now leased. New service providers joining MOSAIC include a 2,500-square-foot Lux Nail Salon; a 1,050-square-foot Harris & Co. Insurance; and a 1,550-square-foot CMG Financial Mortgage. These new tenants join local tenants already committed including Town Hall Burger + Beer and People’s Coffee. Additionally, UNC Urgent …
DURHAM, N.C. — White Point Partners has unveiled plans for a 125,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Durham called Horseshoe at Hub RTP. The name of the development emphasizes the layout of the project, with the buildings’ focus on the central plaza. Sitework at Hub RTP is expected to be completed in the second quarter of 2022, while the $50 million Horseshoe mixed-use project is expected to be complete in the third quarter of 2023. Horseshoe will be at the center of Hub RTP, a two-phase, 100-acre development that the Research Triangle Foundation is master developing within Research Triangle Park. Horseshoe, being built in Phase I of Hub RTP, will feature approximately 25,000 square feet of retail space surrounding an outdoor plaza. The master plan for Hub RTP will deliver up to 1 million square feet of Class A office space, 200,000 square feet of lab and office space, 75,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, up to two hotels and 800 residential units. Horseshoe is situated between Highway 54 and Interstate 40 directly off the Davis Drive exit. The property has 16 acres of greenspace with streamside trails and boardwalks, including a splash fountain and event lawn adjacent to Horseshoe. CBRE …
RALEIGH, N.C. — PCCP LLC, in a joint venture with Abode Communities LLC, plans to develop three build-to-rent (BTR) communities near downtown Raleigh totaling 73 detached homes. The three infill communities will include a mix of single-family homes and townhomes, complete with a variety of neighborhood amenities. The three properties will be located within a half-mile from Raleigh’s central business district. The joint venture closed on its first site, Abode at Hargett, in August of this year. The two companies expect to acquire the remaining two sites — Abode at Courtland in Raleigh’s Mordecai District and Abode at North State in the city’s historic Oakwood district — by the beginning of 2022. Abode Communities is an operator of BTR and SFR communities and is based in Raleigh. PCCP is a real estate finance and investment management firm based in Los Angeles.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Property Income Advisors Inc. is redeveloping 540 Tech Center, a 110,500-square-foot life sciences property in Raleigh. Located at 4912-4924 Green Road, 540 Tech Center is a two-building property that allows for research and development, office, flex and warehouse users. 540 Tech Center’s amenities include multiple entry points, a 4.3 per 1,000 square feet parking ratio, one dock door per building and two onsite generators. Property Income Advisors changed the name of 540 Tech Center from its previous name, which was the address of the building. The firm also is currently making renovations to the property, including parking lot upgrades, landscape improvements, new monument signage, exterior paint, modernized restrooms and adding a new leasing center. The newly renovated buildings will have open ceilings and expansive floor plates with one of the twin buildings ready for tenant improvements to commence by the end of the year. As of October 2021, the property will be fully vacant. Built in 1983, the previous tenant was Conduent. Mac Hammer, Kent Honeycutt and Stacy Mbithi of Cushman & Wakefield will oversee leasing at the property.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE has facilitated the sale of Tranquil Court, a 62,983-square-foot mixed-use property located in Charlotte’s Midtown submarket. Childress Klein Properties and Gottesman Real Estate Partners acquired the property from Asana Partners for $32.7 million. The acquisition is the second joint venture between Childress Klein and Gottesman Real Estate Partners. Located at 2820 Selwyn Ave., Tranquil Court is situated about 4.4 miles from downtown Charlotte and is fully leased to a mix of 20 retail and office tenants. Built in 2009, the five-story property is adjacent to a residential property called Tranquil Court on Selwyn, which offers 104 residential units within four stories. Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith and Grayson Hawkins of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
PITTSBORO, N.C. — Montecito Medical, a Nashville-based investor of healthcare-related properties, has acquired Chatham Park Medical Office Building, a 25,610-square-foot medical office property in Pittsboro, about 36.1 miles south of Durham. The sales price and seller were not disclosed. Built in 2016, Chatham Park is fully leased to UNC Health, a Chapel Hill-based healthcare system that is affiliated with the University of North Carolina School of Medicine and operates 12 hospitals across North Carolina. UNC Health provides family medicine, rheumatology, therapeutic infusion, cardiology, ENT, gastro, ophthalmology, orthopedics, urology, rehab, imaging and laboratory services at the Chatham Park clinic. Situated about 17 miles from Chapel Hill, the medical property is located close to Chatham Park, a 7,000-acre master-planned development that broke ground in 2014. Upon full buildout Chatham Park will include 22,000 single-family homes as well as onsite schools, 50 miles of walking and biking trails and 44 acres of retail, multifamily, restaurants, office and hospitality space.