TORONTO — Slate Grocery REIT has entered into an agreement to acquire five grocery-anchored shopping centers in North Carolina, Florida and Georgia for $54.3 million. The five assets comprise 396,471 square feet and were 95 percent leased at the time of sale. The three North Carolina properties are Bells Fork, a 71,666-square-foot center in Greenville anchored by Harris Teeter; Tanglewood Commons, a 78,520-square-foot property in Winston-Salem anchored by Harris Teeter; and Westin Center, a 66,890-square-foot, Food Lion-anchored asset in Fayetteville. The Florida property is Mission Hills, an 85,078-square-foot property in Naples anchored by Winn-Dixie. The fifth property is Parkway Station, a 94,317-square-foot, Kroger-anchored retail center in Atlanta. The sale is expected to close in the first quarter of this year. The seller(s) was not disclosed.
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — PointOne Holdings and Hathaway Development have sold The Exchange at Holly Springs, a 316-unit apartment community in Holly Springs, for $65.1 million. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a dog park, grilling areas, pool, package concierge service, fitness center, business center and a clubhouse. The asset is situated at 1101 Club Exchange Drive, 20 miles southwest of downtown Raleigh. The buyer was Myers Apartment Group.
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $30.3 million sale of a Holiday Inn Resort in Wrightsville Beach. The 184-room beachfront hotel was built in 1999 and is situated about six miles east of Wilmington. The hotel features a 400-person ballroom, 8,000 square feet of meeting space, three pools, fitness center, sand volleyball court, a lounge and two restaurants. Robert Hunter, Christopher Martin and David Altman and R. McLean Hicklin III of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. An undisclosed limited liability company acquired the seven-story asset. Ben Yelm of Marcus & Millichap also assisted in the closing.
CARY, N.C. — Epic Games Inc., a global gaming company whose products include the hit video game “Fortnite,” has purchased a distressed mall in Cary for its new headquarters campus. The property, Cary Towne Center, spans 980,000 square feet and in recent years lost three of its five anchor tenants, with only Dave & Buster’s and Belk remaining. Epic purchased the 87-acre site from Turnbridge Equities and Denali Properties for $95 million. Stephen Porterfield of Capital Associates represented Epic in the transaction. Founded in 1991, Epic has had its headquarters in Cary for more than 20 years and will continue to operate from its offices at 620 Crossroads Blvd. until completion of the redevelopment, which is estimated to be in 2024. Epic plans to break ground on the adaptive reuse project this year, thanks in part to Turnbridge and Denali getting Cary Towne Center rezoned in late 2019. The developers purchased the distressed mall in January 2019 for $31 million, according to Triangle Business Journal. Turnbridge and Denali had planned to transform the mall into a 4 million-square-foot project dubbed Carolina Yards, but ultimately decided to sell the property to Epic. “Epic shares our vision for transforming Cary Towne Center …
DURHAM, N.C. — Drawbridge Realty has acquired an 11-story, 260,000-square-foot office building located at 4820 Emperor Blvd. in Durham for $89.7 million. The building, originally constructed in 2009, serves as the headquarters for IQVIA Holdings Inc., a provider of healthcare clinical research. The asset is situated on seven acres in the southeastern portion of Research Triangle Park, 10 miles southeast of downtown Durham. Russell Ingrum and Ben Kilgore of CBRE represented the buyer in the transaction. Franklin Street Properties Corp. was the seller.
HIGH POINT, N.C. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $23.5 million sale of High Point Harris Teeter Center, a 192,548-square-foot shopping center in High Point. The asset was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Harris Teeter, T.J. Maxx, Ross Dress for Less and Staples. The property was originally developed in 1975, and the undisclosed seller owned it for more than 20 years. Lori Schneider of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Ben Yelm of Marcus & Millichap was the broker of record. First National Realty Partners acquired the property, which is located in North Carolina’s Triad region.
MILLS RIVER, N.C. — Collett Industrial has broken ground on a 90,720-square-foot logistics facility in Mills River. The property is being built on a build-to-suit basis for an undisclosed Fortune 500 retailer. ABC 13 News reports the site is located on School House Road, five miles from Interstate 26 and six miles from Asheville Regional Airport. Randall Bentley and Jordan Skellie of Lee & Associates secured the lease on behalf of the developer. Vannoy Construction is the general contractor for the asset, which is expected to deliver in summer 2021.
WALKERTOWN, N.C. — Palomar Group has arranged the $12.3 million sale of Walkertown Commons, an 81,432-sqaure-foot shopping center in Walkertown. Lowes Foods anchors the fully leased property, which was originally built in 2004. Walkertown Commons is located at 5180 Reidsville Road, eight miles northeast of downtown Winston-Salem. Ryan McArdle, Steve Collins, David Rivers, Jefferson Knox and Lee Malchow of Palomar Group represented the seller, an undisclosed regional investor, in the transaction. An undisclosed buyer based in South Carolina acquired the asset in a 1031 tax exchange.
BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. AND GASTONIA, N.C. — Capstone has negotiated the sales of Village at Mills Gap in Boiling Springs and Destination at Union in Gastonia. Alex McDermott, Austin Green and Caleb Troop of Capstone represented the seller, Read Property Group, in both transactions. In the first transaction, Read sold Village at Mills Gap, a 208-unit apartment community in Upstate South Carolina, to Southwood Realty for $25 million. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans that were 90 percent occupied at the time of sale. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, game room, dog park, grilling area, playground and a car care center. The asset is situated at 97 Mills Gap Road, six miles northwest of downtown Spartanburg. The buyer acquired the community as part of a 1031 tax exchange. In the second deal, URS Capital Partners purchased Destination at Union from Read for $19.5 million. Built in 1998, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans that were 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. The buyer plans to upgrade the communal amenities, which include a pool, fitness center and a dog park. The asset is situated at 1272 Union Road, 21 miles west …
CARY, N.C. — Tri Properties | NAI Carolantic has arranged the $25 million sale of 13000 Weston and 14001 Weston Parkway, a two-building, 137,759-square-foot life sciences portfolio in Cary. Michigan-based Alidade Capital acquired the assets from JPB Raleigh Holdings. The Park City, Utah-based company acquired the properties in 2015 and 2016 and made capital improvements during its ownership. The buildings were 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including healthcare company McKesson Corp., World Courier Management Inc. and biorepository company Kryosphere. Jimmy Barnes of Tri Properties | NAI Carolantic represented the seller in the transaction.