Southeast

Allen Morris Receives $90M Loan for Residential Component of Mixed-Use Project in Atlanta’s West Midtown District

by Camren Skelton July 30, 2018

ATLANTA — The Allen Morris Co. has received a $90 million construction loan for Star Metals Residences, the residential component of Star Metals Atlanta, the company’s planned mixed-use community in Atlanta’s West Midtown district. Square Mile Capital Management LLC and Pacific Western Bank provided the loan for the 409-unit community, which will also feature 16,300 square feet of ground-floor retail. Located at 1050 Howell Mill Road, Star Metals Residences will feature a private outdoor dog run, interior dog wash area, Uber drop-off room for residents, package delivery to the resident’s door and a library with fireplace. The rooftop area will feature lounge/meeting rooms; a bar and lounge; game room area with a pool table; gaming systems and arcade games; outdoor ping-pong and bocce ball; a glass-box fitness center; swimming pool; grilling area; movie projection area and fire pits. At full build-out, Star Metals Atlanta will also include a 14-story office tower with 35,000 square feet of retail and restaurants. Construction has begun on the residential portion of the project, which is scheduled for a spring 2020 completion. Oppenheim Architecture, Dwell Design Studio and Square Feet Studio are designing the community, and Juneau Construction is the general contractor. Brasfield & Gorrie …

July 30, 2018

Acquisitions Multifamily North Carolina Southeast

Cushman & Wakefield Brokers $33.1M Sale of Multifamily Community in Metro Charlotte

by Camren Skelton July 30, 2018

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $33.1 million sale of Fountains at Mooresville Town Square, a 227-unit apartment community in Mooresville, a suburb roughly 33 miles north of Charlotte. Jordan McCarley, Marc Robinson and Watson Bryant of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. RST Development acquired the property. Constructed in 2012, The Fountains at Mooresville Town Square is located within Mooresville Town Square, a 122,000-square-foot mixed-use development. The community features a saltwater pool, fitness center, demonstration kitchen, billiards room and a fenced-in dog park.

July 30, 2018

District of Columbia Leasing Activity Mixed-Use Office Southeast

Madison Marquette Relocates 26,000 SF Headquarters to The Wharf Mixed-Use Project in D.C.

by Camren Skelton July 30, 2018

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The recently merged operation of Madison Marquette and PMRG has moved its headquarters to 1000 Maine, the trophy office building of The Wharf. Madison Marquette, which is co-developing the 2.2 million-square-foot, waterfront mixed-use project, merged operations with PMRG in June. The combined company will occupy 26,000 square feet at 1000 Maine, which features a soaring lobby and waterside atrium, fitness facility overlooking the water and a 10,000-square-foot rooftop conference center and patio space with views of the Potomac River. Capital Guidance, parent company of Madison Marquette and PMRG, will share the new space for its global headquarters. Additional tenants at 1000 Maine include the D.C. office of Fish & Richardson, Washington Gas and its parent energy company WGL, Socially Determined and the law offices of Michael Best & Friedrich LLP. The office building is part of The Wharf’s first phase of development, which includes a concert hall, three hotels, two multifamily and condominium buildings and 210,000 square feet of restaurants, retail and entertainment space. Phase I of The Wharf opened last October, and Phase II of the project is scheduled to open in 2022.

July 30, 2018

Civic Loans Maryland Southeast

Alliant Provides $12.5M Refinancing for Parking Facility at Baltimore-Washington International Airport

by Camren Skelton July 30, 2018

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, MD. — Alliant Credit Union has provided a 10-year, $12.5 million loan to refinance a remote airport parking facility at Baltimore-Washington International Airport. The 850,852-square-foot site includes 2,156 parking spaces and is located less than one mile from the main terminal building at the airport. The facility is privately owned and managed. The name of the borrower was not disclosed.

July 30, 2018

Acquisitions Florida Office Southeast

Transwestern Arranges $24.5M Sale of Office Tower in Downtown Jacksonville

by Camren Skelton July 27, 2018

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Transwestern has arranged the $24.5 million sale of BB&T Tower, a 285,497-square-foot office building located at 200 W. Forsyth St. in downtown Jacksonville. John Bell of Transwestern arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, special servicer LNR Partners. Talara Investment Group LLC acquired the 18-story tower through the Ten-X auction platform. The prior owners invested $3.9 million in property upgrades, including an elevator modernization program. BB&T Tower was 63 percent leased at the time of sale.

July 27, 2018

Acquisitions Retail South Carolina Southeast

Colliers Brokers $16.3M Sale of Open-Air Shopping Center in Columbia

by Camren Skelton July 27, 2018

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Colliers International has brokered the $16.3 million sale of Village at Town Center I, a 288,000-square-foot, open-air shopping center in Columbia. Joe Montgomery and Tony D’Ambrosio of Colliers arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, a CMBS special servicer. Sandhill Center LLC, a South Florida-based private ownership group, acquired the asset. JC Penney and Books-A-Million anchor Village at Town Center, which was 84 percent leased at the time of sale. Additional tenants include Victoria’s Secret, Ann Taylor, Loft, Jos. A Bank, Panera Bread, Blaze Pizza, Moe’s Southwest Grill and Wild Wing Café. The property is the primary component of Village at Sandhill, a 300-acre mixed-use project located at the intersection of Clemson and Two Notch roads.

July 27, 2018

Acquisitions Florida Retail Southeast

CREC Acquires Tallahassee Shopping Center for $15.9M

by Camren Skelton July 27, 2018

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. —CREC has acquired Killearn Shopping Center in Tallahassee for $15.9 million. The 95,229-square-foot retail center is home to tenants such as Hobby Lobby, CVS/pharmacy, Bonefish Grill, Five Guys, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Hungry Howie’s and Firehouse Subs. The center was fully leased at the time of sale. Warren Weiser, Alan Esquenazi and Andrew Remick represented CREC internally in the transaction. Carson Good and Tarik Bateh of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between DDR Corp. and Madison International Realty.

July 27, 2018

Development Georgia Multifamily Seniors Housing Southeast

Columbia Residential to Open Transit-Oriented Seniors Housing Community Near Atlanta

by Camren Skelton July 27, 2018

DECATUR, GA. — Columbia Residential is set to open Columbia Senior Residences at East Decatur, a mixed-income seniors housing community located adjacent to the Avondale MARTA station in Decatur, roughly eight miles east of downtown Atlanta. Columbia Residential partnered with the DeKalb County Community Development Department, the Housing Authority of DeKalb County and the Development Authority of DeKalb to transform the former parking lot adjacent to the MARTA station into a seniors housing community. The five-story building features 92 units dedicated to seniors 62 and older. Amenities include a dining and dancing room, business center, movie theater, fitness center, onsite laundry facilities and a courtyard with a gazebo. The site’s main pedestrian walk provides access to the Avondale MARTA bus and transit station. East Decatur is part of MARTA’s latest transit-oriented development at Avondale Station. In addition to the 92 seniors housing units, the Development Authority of Decatur, Columbia Ventures and Cortland Partners will deliver 377 market-rate apartments, 34 condos and more than 40,000 square feet of retail space. Upon completion, each portion of the project will be connected by a central plaza. DeKalb County and the Housing Authority of DeKalb County provided a first mortgage loan for East Decatur. Enterprise …

July 27, 2018

Georgia Loans Multifamily Southeast

Bancorp Bank Provides $7.8M Acquisition Loan for Two Apartment Communities in Southeast Georgia

by Camren Skelton July 27, 2018

KINGSLAND AND ST. MARY’S, GA. — The Bancorp Bank has provided a $7.8 million loan for the acquisition of two apartment communities in Southeast Georgia: Willow Way Apartments in Kingsland and Hickory Plantation in St. Mary’s. Both communities are located near the Georgia-Florida state line, roughly 35 miles north of Jacksonville. Judah Aderet of Eastern Union arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan with Bancorp’s Jonathan Kohan on behalf of the buyer, Wicamia Creek Investments. Greg Braciak of Bancorp underwrote the transaction. Bancorp Bank funded up to 80 percent of the acquisition costs plus 100 percent of the renovation costs. Willow Way Apartments features 60 units with a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and Hickory Plantation features 100 units with a mix of one- to three-bedroom floor plans.

July 27, 2018

Development Georgia Office Southeast Top Stories

German Elevator Maker to Build 420-Foot-Tall Headquarters Near Massive Shopping, Sports Complex in Atlanta

by Kristin Harlow July 27, 2018

ATLANTA — Thyssenkrupp Elevator, one of the world’s largest elevator companies, has unveiled plans to build a new headquarters complex near The Battery Atlanta in Cobb County. The German company will develop the facility in collaboration with the Braves Development Co. (BDC). BDC is the owner and operator of The Battery, the 1.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development surrounding SunTrust Park, home ballpark of the Atlanta Braves. The Thyssenkrupp headquarters, dubbed The Innovation Complex, will feature three buildings anchored by a 420-foot tall elevator qualification and test tower — the tallest of its kind in the country and one of the tallest in the world, according to Thyssenkrupp. According to the Atlanta Business Chronicle, the Development Authority of Cobb County agreed to issue up to $264 million in bonds for the new building last month. With 18 shafts, the Innovation Complex test tower will be used to evaluate new concepts and product pilots, including high-speed elevators; TWIN, a two-cabins-per-shaft elevator system; and MULTI, the world’s first rope-less and sideways-moving elevator system. In addition, the test tower will conduct tests to ensure compliance with safety requirements on standard elevators. Atlanta is already home to the first TWIN elevator system in North America. The technology is …

July 27, 2018

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