MARGATE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $12.7 million sale of Life Storage, a 64,629-square-foot self-storage facility located at 5185 Coconut Creek Parkway in Margate, a city in Broward County. Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer. Both parties were undisclosed limited liability companies.
LOGANVILLE, GA. — Bull Realty has brokered the $7.3 million sale of Piedmont Medical Health Center, a 15,000-square-foot medical office building in Loganville, located roughly 35 miles east of Atlanta. Paul Zeman of Bull Realty arranged the transaction. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed. Atlanta-based Piedmont Healthcare operates a women’s healthcare clinic and a gastroenterology clinic at the facility, which also includes an endoscopy/surgery center.
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has arranged the $6.2 million sale of two-property retail portfolio in Richmond. The first asset, Tower Plaza, totals 22,580 square feet and was 91 percent leased at the time of sale. The center is home to tenants such as El Paso Mexican Restaurant, Sherwin Williams and Organic Cleaners. The second property, Rockwood Plaza, was fully leased at the time of sale. The 38,954-square-foot retail center houses tenants such as Wolfgang’s Gym, Ballroom Dance Center and Antioch Christian Church. Catharine Spangler, Calvin Griffith and Richard Thalhimer of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed.
A number of high-profile retail and mixed-use developments throughout the greater Baltimore metropolitan area have been stuck in neutral over the past few years, with issues rang-ing from changes to the local real estate environment, construction issues, leasing challenges related to store closings and consolidations, corporate reevaluations and the constantly shifting tastes and shopping habits of the Baltimore consumer. Successful retail projects must en-joy a string of positive outcomes (as well as luck), including support from retailers, the capital markets and the local community. Below is a rundown of local retail or mixed-use developments that have recently sprung to life, as well as some that still remain on the starting block. Mill Station in Owings Mills Owings Mills Mall opened to sig-nificant fanfare in 1986 and stood face-to-face with a wrecking ball in 2016. Numerous ownership groups, design iterations and new retail projects emerging within close proximity kept pushing its reincarnation back further. Finally, the renderings of the “de-malled” project were unveiled to the public last fall, along with announcement of several leasing successes. This summer, construction remains in full bore leading up to an expected fall opening of Costco, followed by Lowe’s Home Improvement, Home-sense, Burlington and Five Below, …
ATLANTA — Brasfield & Gorrie has broken ground on a 104,100-square-foot expansion of the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta. Dubbed Expansion 2020, the project costs will total $100 million, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle. A 1 million-gallon “interactive and immersive” shark tank exhibit will be the focal point of the expansion. The project will also include a new entrance and exit, office spaces, retail spaces, loading dock and new ticketing services. Since the aquarium’s 2005 opening, Brasfield & Gorrie has completed multiple expansions, including the ballroom renovation, dolphin expansion, multiple marine life holding projects, sea lion exhibit and the café renovation. Birmingham, Ala.-based Brasfield & Gorrie is collaborating with Peckham, Guyton, Alberts & Viets Architects on the project, which is slated for completion in late 2020. The aquarium will remain open during construction.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged a $25 million loan for the acquisition of Summit at Southpoint, a 260,664-square-foot office complex located at 6410 Southpoint Parkway in Jacksonville. Charles Foschini and Christopher Apone of Berkadia arranged the three-year loan through NXT Capital on behalf of the borrower, Rose & Berg Realty Group. Transwestern arranged the acquisition on behalf of the seller, Blue Rock Real Estate LLC, which sold the complex for $29.6 million. Summit at Southpoint includes four, three-story office buildings constructed between 1988 and 1998. The complex was 82 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as U.S. Bank/FSV Payment Systems, Chicago Title Insurance Co., BB&T, Windstream, Occenture and Keiser University.
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has arranged the $14.7 million sale of 206,068-square-foot office building located at 6606 W. Broad St. in Richmond. Thalhimer Realty Partners (TRP), the investment and development subsidiary of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, acquired the asset from Southern States. TRP will rename the building Brookfield Place. The property, which was 70 percent leased at the time of sale, serves as the headquarters for Southern States Cooperative. Additional tenants include Virginia Urology, Wiley Wilson and Keener Communications. Brookfield Place will continue to serve as the headquarters for Southern States, which has signed a long-term lease with plans to renovate its office space. Evan Magrill and Baker Lynn of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer will handle Brookfield Place’s leasing assignment, and Lindsay Mujacic of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer will manage the property.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — Plaza Advisors has arranged the sale of Vine Street Square, a 114,071-square-foot shopping center in Kissimmee, located roughly 30 miles south of Orlando. Jim Michalak and Keith Nurre of Plaza Advisors arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Phillips Edison & Co. A private equity group purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Walmart Neighborhood Market anchors the center, which was 99 percent leased at the time of sale. Additional tenants include Humana, CAC FL Medical Centers, Mattress One, CosmoProf, Domino’s Pizza, H&R Block and MetroPCS.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Marshall Hotels & Resorts has opened the 63-room Hotel Indigo Birmingham Five Points S-UAB. Located in the Five Points South area, Birmingham’s arts, entertainment and dining district, the hotel is near attractions including the Birmingham Botanical Gardens, McWane Science Center and the Birmingham Civil Rights Museum. In addition, the property is a half-mile from University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The building was originally designed in the 1930s for medical offices and was converted into a hotel in the 1980s. Marshall Hotels completed a $5 million renovation to convert the hotel from the Hotel Highland Downtown to a Hotel Indigo, a chain of boutique hotels under the InterContinental Hotels Group umbrella. The hotel features the Rx lounge, a themed bar and restaurant that captures the building’s medical arts origins.
WELLINGTON, FLA. — ZOM Senior Living, in a joint venture with Liberty Senior Living, has acquired a 46-acre lakefront site in Wellington, a village in Palm Beach County. The companies plan to build a $180 million, multi-phase, mixed-use seniors housing community on the plot. The site is located adjacent to 400,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, including The Mall at Wellington Green. When completed, the first phase of the community will offer 267 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care. Construction is scheduled to begin in first-quarter 2019. The centerpiece of the community will be a two-story, 65,000-square-foot clubhouse and amenity building. Units will be offered in a variety of formats, including single-story villas (with attached garages), three-story garden flats and residences within a six-story building attached directly to the main amenity building. At full build-out, the project is anticipated to include over 424 units. This will be the first project for ZOM Senior Living, which was recently formed by Orlando-based multifamily developer ZOM Living. It’s the first project in Florida for North Carolina-based operator Liberty Senior Living, a subsidiary of Liberty Healthcare. LS3P Architects and MSA Architects are providing design and architectural services, while Balfour Beatty …
