DANIA BEACH, FLA. — Kimco Realty Corp. (NYSE: KIM) has broken ground on the Phase I retail portion of Dania Pointe, a mixed-use project in Dania Beach, a beachside suburb of Fort Lauderdale in Broward County. Total project costs are estimated at $1 billion, according to local media reports. Slated to open in time for the 2018 holiday season, the $109 million Phase I comprises 300,000 square feet of retail space, which is approximately 80 percent preleased to tenants such as T.J. Maxx, Hobby Lobby, BrandsMart and Ulta Beauty. Upon completion, Dania Pointe will be a 1 million-square-foot, open-air lifestyle community incorporating over 100 retail tenants and restaurants. Future phases will include up to 500,000 square feet of Class A office space, 1,000 luxury apartment and condominium units and two hotels. Dania Pointe is located near the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and adjacent to Oakwood Plaza, which Kimco also owns. Hoar Construction and locally based developer Salzman Real Estate Advisors also make up the project team. New York-based Kimco is a real estate investment trust focused on owning and operating open-air shopping centers. As of June of this year, the company’s portfolio spanned 510 shopping centers and 84 million square …
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MACON, GA. — Irving Consumer Products, a manufacturer of paper products, has unveiled plans to develop a $400 million tissue manufacturing facility in Macon, creating over 200 jobs. The 700,000-square-foot facility will be built on 136 acres in the Sofkee Industrial Park off Ga. 247 and Allen Road, according to The Telegraph. The Canadian company is one of North America’s leading producers of household paper and baby diaper products. Irving’s brands include Scotties, Royale and Majesta. Engineering and planning of the new facility are underway, and construction is expected to begin this summer. The project is slated for completion in 2019.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — TruAmerica Multifamily, in partnership with MSD Capital LP, has acquired Sienna at Vista Lake, a 640-unit apartment community located at 3701 Winkler Ave. in Fort Myers, for approximately $66 million. Constructed as two communities on adjacent parcels in 1991, the property was combined and rebranded in 2010. The garden-style community is situated on 35 acres and offers a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include two resident clubhouses, two swimming pools, a spa, fitness center, dog park, basketball court, tennis court, sand volleyball court and a jogging trail. TruAmerica will update the apartment units with stainless steel kitchen appliances, new lighting, plumbing fixtures, countertops and cabinet fronts. HFF secured a seven-year, floating-rate loan through Freddie Mac’s Green Up program for the acquisition. Yitzi Karasick and Ido Gelerman of New Jersey-based Liquid Real Estate Capital were investors in the transaction.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Holder Properties has sold Main and Gervais, an 18-story, 186,000-square-foot office building located at 1221 Main St. in downtown Columbia. The sales price was not disclosed, but The State reports California-based KBS Realty Advisors purchased the asset for $65 million. Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith, Justin Parsonnet, Martin Moore and Aaron Dupree of CBRE represented Holder Properties in the transaction. The Class A office tower is Energy Star-certified and features The Oak Table restaurant and a fitness center. At the time of sale, Main and Gervais was 98 percent leased to tenants including Edens, NBSC/Synovus Bank, McNair Law Firm, Womble Carlyle, Rogers Townsend and Parker Poe. Holder Properties will continue to manage the property and handle the leasing assignment on behalf of KBS Realty Advisors.
BUFORD, GA. AND RICHMOND, VA. — PCCP LLC, in a joint venture with Panattoni Development Co., has unveiled plans to develop two speculative industrial properties in Buford and Richmond totaling over 1.1 million square feet. In Buford, the 208,656-square-foot, Class A building will be situated on 17 acres at Broadmoor Boulevard in the Northeast Atlanta industrial submarket. The property is part of Panattoni’s Buford Logistics Center, which includes three adjacent warehouses totaling approximately 1.4 million square feet. Construction on the new development is slated for completion in early 2018. In Richmond, the joint venture will develop Commerce Road Logistics Center, a two-phased, two-building, Class A warehouse and distribution center totaling 923,400 square feet. The 62-acre site is situated four miles south of downtown Richmond and is adjacent to the Richmond Marine Terminal. The first building in the development is slated for completion in the third quarter of 2018.
COLUMBIA, MD. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $30.1 million sale of Lakeview I and II, a four-building office portfolio in Columbia, roughly 20 miles southwest of Baltimore. Jonathan Carpenter and Graham Savage of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Goldman Sachs, in the transaction. CSG Partners acquired the buildings, which are situated at 9801, 9821, 9841 and 9861 Broken Land Parkway. The portfolio was 82 percent leased at the time of sale. CSG Partners has retained Cushman & Wakefield’s Andrew Smith and Scott Matthews to handle the property’s leasing assignment.
ATLANTA — Healthcare Realty Trust Inc. (NYSE: HR), a healthcare REIT based in Nashville, has agreed to purchase 15 medical office buildings located in the metro Atlanta area from Meadows & Ohly for $612.5 million. More than 85 percent of the portfolio is located on hospital campuses, and all of the assets are associated with three leading health systems in Atlanta. The portfolio spans 1.3 million square feet and was 96.2 percent leased at the time of the deal announcement. The assets have an average building age of 9.7 years. The portfolio is expected to produce net operating income of $29.9 million in 2018. The portfolio includes nine properties totaling 772,400 square feet associated with WellStar Health System, including a 165,400-square-foot, off-campus facility currently under construction. Set to open in September, the asset is fully preleased to WellStar. The other eight facilities are situated on three hospital campuses and are nearly 60 percent leased to WellStar, which operates 11 hospitals and has a 21 percent market share, making it the leading health system in the Atlanta MSA. Three medical office buildings totaling 276,700 square feet are affiliated with Piedmont Healthcare, the third-largest healthcare system in the Atlanta market with 14.5 …
MCDONOUGH, GA. — Panattoni Development Co. Inc. has broken ground on nearly 1.6 million square feet of space at Lambert Farms Logistics Park in McDonough, roughly 30 miles south of Atlanta. Located in the South Atlanta industrial submarket, 1 million square feet of space has been preleased to an international consumer brand, and the additional 550,000 square feet is being developed as speculative space. Wit Truitt, Chris Tomasulo and Reed Davis of JLL represented Panattoni in the lease negotiations and is marketing the speculative portion of the project. Construction on the development began in June and is slated for completion in the second quarter of 2018. In 2016, upscale retailer Tory Burch leased a 753,000-square-foot distribution center at Lambert Farms, which is expected to be operational later this year, creating roughly 150 new jobs.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Capital One has provided a $26.1 million construction loan and $31.1 million in Low Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) for Gilliam Place, a 173-unit affordable housing community under development in Arlington, roughly five miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Arlington Partnership for Affordable Housing (APAH) is developing the 122,000-square-foot property, which will include 9,000 square feet of commercial space to be dedicated to local nonprofits. Nine units will be reserved for people with special needs, 32 for those making up to 50 percent of the average mean income (AMI) and the rest for those making up to 60 percent of the AMI. Edmund Delany of Capital One originated the transactions on behalf of APAH for the construction of two projects that will be conducted concurrently on the same campus — Gilliam Place East and Gilliam Place West. The $26.1 million, adjustable-rate loan will be used for the construction of Gilliam Place East, which will comprise 83 units. The company also purchased $21.8 million in LIHTC through Enterprise Community Investments (ECI) for the construction of the property. Capital One also purchased $9.3 million in LIHTC equity through ECI for the construction of Gilliam Place West, which will include 90 …
DURHAM, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $22 million sale of Bainbridge in the Park, a 216-unit apartment community in Durham. Marc Robinson, Jordan McCarley and Watson Bryant of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, PRG Real Estate. Dasmen Residential acquired the property. Constructed in 1986, Bainbridge in the Park is located roughly three miles from the Meridian Corporate Center and Research Triangle Park. At the time of sale, the property was 94.9 percent occupied.