WASHINGTON, D.C. — PRP, in partnership with GMF Capital, has acquired the Presidential Building, an office building located at 1111 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. in Washington, D.C. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released, but media outlets report the asset sold for $338 million. Originally built in 1967, the property was renovated and expanded in 2002 from 12 stories and 253,000 square feet to 14 stories and 334,000 square feet. The property also includes a four-story underground parking structure. Law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius occupies the entire building on a long-term lease through 2032. SKB redesigned the building’s interior space in 2017 as part of Morgan Lewis’ lease renewal. Since 2010, $35 million has been spent on base building and tenant space improvements.
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FORT MYERS, FLA. — St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Mosaic Development has completed the disposition of Mosaic at the Forum, an apartment community located at 3100 Champion Ring Road in Fort Myers. An entity led by InvestRes acquired the property for $49.7 million, or $197,321 per unit. Brad Capas, Luis Elorza and Robert Given of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal. Developed in 2017 and situated on 13 acres, the property comprises 10 three-story buildings featuring a total of 252 units, with an average unit size of 908 square feet. Community amenities include a resident clubhouse, leasing center, pool deck with fire pit, grills and gazebos, fitness center, two dog parks, Wi-Fi, a resident package delivery system, detached garages and storage closets. At the time of sale, the property was 95 percent occupied.
ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Songy Highroads LLC, in partnership with Hyatt Hotels Corp., is developing Hyatt Place Centennial Park, located at 300 Luckie St. in downtown Atlanta. Construction has reached the fifth floor of the 11-story hotel, which is slated to open in August 2019. Situated one block north of Centennial Olympic Park and adjacent to the Georgia Aquarium, the hotel will feature 175 guestrooms, a pool, fitness center, on-site food service, parking deck, 2,100 square feet of meeting space and retail space fronting Luckie and Marietta streets. Reeves Young is serving as general contractor, and Wakefield Beasley is providing architectural services for the project.
ROYAL PALM BEACH, FLA. — Hunt Midwest and Integral Senior Living have broken ground on The Capstone at Royal Palm, a seniors housing development located on Okeechobee Boulevard in Royal Palm Beach, a village in South Florida’s Palm Beach County. Slated to open in early 2020, The Capstone at Royal Palm will feature 84 studio, one- and two-bedroom assisted living and memory care suites, offering accommodates for up to 114 residents. Community amenities will include a great room, formal dining room, fitness center, bistro lounge, sunroom, walking trails, gazebo and a dog park. Integral Senior Living will manage the property upon completion.
ELIZABETHTOWN, KY. — The Kirkland Co. has arranged the sale of Crossfield Townhomes, a multifamily property located at 2201 Crossfield Drive in Elizabethtown. Mark Harris Construction sold the property to Bob and Deborah Hart for an undisclosed price. Built in 2017, the property features 28 two-bedroom apartments. Brandon Wilson and Brian Devlin of The Kirkland Co. handled the transaction.
Louisville’s office landscape can be described as a tale of two distinct submarkets woven together by a common thread of consistency. In the central business district (CBD), Class A vacancy rate stands at approximately 13 percent while the suburban Class A vacancy rate hovers around 8.5 percent. As can be noted, there is a substantial gap in occupancy between the two submarkets — 450 basis points. The thread of consistency in the Louisville office market lies in the fact that both are within 100 basis points of those vacancy rates for the same quarter of last year. The suburban office market continues to see healthy rental rate increases driven by the low rate of delivery for new product, coupled with consistently lower vacancy rates. Newer projects are advertising rates in the range of $24 to $28 per square foot, while second-generation, Class A product has quoted rates in the high teens and low 20s. Many companies such as Thornton Oil, BrightSpring Health Services (formerly ResCare) and V-Soft have chosen to grow their headquarters presence in Louisville, which is helping maintain stability in the suburban market. As in most markets, Class B and C product continues to struggle as functional obsolescence, …
NORCROSS, GA. — Admiral Capital Group and Elite Street Capital have completed the disposition of The Fields Peachtree Corner, a multifamily property located on One Ashley Lakes Drive in Norcross, about 20 miles northeast of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 490-unit asset for $51.2 million. Through a joint venture, Admiral and Elite acquired the community in May 2016 for $36.3 million and implemented a repositioning and capital improvements program. Renovations included deferred maintenance, enhancing exteriors and upgrading interior units. Select improvements included fitness center, pool area and other amenity upgrades, replacement of wooden decks and landscaping improvements. Interior renovations included replacing countertops, modernizing kitchen cabinets, appliances and flooring and renovating bathrooms. Dan Phelan of Newmark Knight Frank handled the transaction.
DivcoWest Opens D.C. Office, Acquires 392-Unit Apartment Community in Northern Virginia
by Amy Works
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Divco West Real Estate Services (DivcoWest), a real estate investment firm based in San Francisco, has opened an office in Washington, D.C. Located at 1620 L St. N.W., the new location joins the firm’s roster of offices in Boston, Los Angeles and New York. Additionally, DivcoWest has acquired Avalon Woodland Park, a 392-unit apartment community in Herndon, Va., for an undisclosed price. The company purchased the asset in partnership with Arlington, Va.-based Blackfin Real Estate Investors and renamed the property as Adara Herndon. The gated community features a fitness center, resort-style pool, picnic tables and park benches, sand volleyball court, children’s playground and private garages.
FORT OGLETHORPE, GA. — East Meadow, N.Y.-based United Properties has purchased Parkway Plaza, a retail center located at 125-234 Parkway Drive in Fort Oglethorpe. Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CBL Properties sold the asset for $16.5 million. Developed in 2015, the 134,047-square-foot retail center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Hobby Lobby, Marshalls, Petco, Rack Room Shoes and Ross Dress for Less. Fred Victor of Transwestern handled the disposition and all-cash acquisition.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Pacer Properties has purchased a two-building office portfolio located within Orlando’s SouthPark Center, a suburban master-planned business center near Orlando International Airport. AEW Capital Management sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Located at 700 and 800 SouthPark Center and totaling 151,479 square feet, the properties are 100 percent leased to a diverse group of tenants, including Catamaran (a subsidiary of UnitedHealth Group), Walgreens and Banco de Brasil. Michael Lerner, Mike Davis, Rick Brugge of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team represented the seller in the transaction.