MEMPHIS, TENN. — Alliant Credit Union has provided acquisition financing for a six-property apartment portfolio in Memphis. The loan was structured with an initial funding of $31.7 million, with performance earn-out provisions up to $38.4 million. The borrower plans to renovate the communities, which include a total of 1,240 units. Community amenities across the portfolio include on-site parking, clubhouses, swimming pools, playgrounds and onsite laundry facilities. The name of the borrower and specific property names were not disclosed.
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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged a $19 million loan for the refinancing of the Home2 Suites by Hilton Greenville Downtown. The 117-room hotel is located at 350 N. Main St. in downtown Greenville. Beau Williams, Steven Buchwald and Justin Hunt of Mission Capital arranged the non-recourse loan on behalf of the borrower, Sycamore Investment Group, which used the funds to retire an existing construction loan. The extended-stay hotel opened in 2016 and features a Spin2Cycle fitness center, outdoor pool, outdoor patios with grills and fire pits and valet parking.
ATLANTA — HFF has brokered the sale of Buckhead Tower, a 19-story office tower located at 3399 Peachtree Road N.E. in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Richard Reid, Ed Coco, Ryan Clutter, Dek Potts and Ralph Smalley of HFF arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, a joint venture led by Parmenter Realty Partners Fund IV. The team also procured the undisclosed buyer. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports an affiliate of TPA Group acquired the asset for $96.5 million. Additionally, the HFF team arranged a floating-rate acquisition loan through MetLife Real Estate on behalf of the buyer. The 348,000-square-foot Buckhead Tower is directly connected to Lenox Square Mall and the JW Marriott Hotel and is located adjacent to the Buckhead MARTA station. The building features a full-service café, fitness center, structured parking and 24/7 controlled access. Buckhead Tower is home to tenants such as State Bank, Gables Residential, Applied Systems, Networx Systems and Crowe Hogarth.
LAKELAND, FLA. — Ridge, the industrial development arm of Transwestern Development Co., has sold Lakeland Logistics Center, a 490,000-square-foot industrial campus located at 2015-2025 W. Memorial Blvd. in the Tampa Bay community of Lakeland. Boston-based Cabot Properties acquired the two-building campus for an undisclosed price. Chris Riley and David Murphy of CBRE brokered the transaction. Each building at Lakeland Logistics Center totals 245,000 square feet and is divisible to 44,000 square feet. The buildings each feature front-load or cross-dock capability, 74 dock doors, 32-foot clear heights, 45 trailer parking spaces and a 3.5-acre staging base. Ridge broke ground on Lakeland Logistics Center in 2015 and fully delivered the facilities in early 2017. The project was 50 percent leased at the time of sale to Parksite Inc. and Recleim Nova LLC. Julia Silva Rettig and Jared Bonshire of Cushman & Wakefield are handling the property’s leasing assignment.
ATLANTA — Avison Young has arranged a 41,288-square-foot sublease for Instacart, an on-demand grocery service, at Ponce City Market in Atlanta. Phil Barry, Hilton Barry, Steve Cook and Jack Kerrigan of Avison Young represented the sub-landlord, Athenahealth, in the five-year lease transaction. Sam Pruitt of Site Selection Group, along with Michelle Galvani and Shan Morris of Wildmor Advisors, represented Instacart. The creative loft office space is located on the eighth floor and includes an outdoor deck area. The 2 million-square-foot Ponce City Market is an adaptive reuse of the 1920s-era Sears, Roebuck & Co. building on Ponce de Leon Avenue, which is located along the Atlanta Beltline’s Eastside Trail in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward district. In addition to creative office space, the mixed-use development includes a food hall, loft apartments and retail space. Founded in 2012, San Francisco-based Instacart operates as a same-day grocery delivery service. Customers select groceries through a web application from various retailers and the order is delivered by a personal shopper.
MELBOURNE, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $13.1 million sale of Rialto Place, a 150,962-square-foot office building located at 100 Rialto Place in Melbourne, a city on Florida’s Space Coast. Ron Rogg and Chip Wooten of CBRE brokered the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. The name of the buyer was not disclosed. The 10-story office building is home to tenants including Apple, Northrop Grumman, Thales and Leidos. The property is located adjacent to a 240-room Hilton hotel, which features a full-service restaurant and bar and a conference facility.
LEXINGTON, KY. — NAI Isaac has secured the $8.5 million sale of Stonewall Shopping Center, a 79,142-square-foot retail center located at 3101 Clays Mill Road in Lexington. Al Isaac of NAI Isaac arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller. Eli Mashni of Keller Williams represented the buyer. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed. Stonewall Shopping Center was 85 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Bargain Hunt, Dollar Tree, Domino’s, Goodwill and Peoples Exchange Bank.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Lowe’s Cos. Inc. (NYSE: LOW) has announced it will close all 99 of its Orchard Supply Hardware stores by Feb. 1. Founded in San Jose, Calif., in 1931 and acquired by Lowe’s in 2013, Orchard Supply Hardware operates locations in California, Oregon and Florida. Lowe’s is closing the stores to focus on its core home improvement business. “Our strategic reassessment is ongoing as we evaluate the productivity of our real estate portfolio and non-retail business investments,” said Marvin Ellison, president and CEO of Lowe’s, in an earnings statement. “While it was a necessary business decision to exit Orchard Supply Hardware, decisions that impact our people are never easy.” In addition to shuttering Orchard Supply stores, Lowe’s said it plans to “aggressively” tighten its store inventory, reducing lower-performing stock and increasing the depth of high-selling items. Mooresville-based Lowe’s increased sales 7.1 percent, year-over-year, in the second quarter of 2018. However, the company adjusted its full-year earnings and profits forecast to account for closing costs. The Orchard Supply closure is expected to cost the company between $390 million and $475 million. The company lowered the forecast for its full-year increase in sales from 5 percent to 4.5 percent. Store …
ATLANTA — TriBridge Residential, in partnership with Sefira Capital, has acquired Ivy Hall Apartments, a 110-unit multifamily community located at 625 Piedmont Ave. N.E. in Atlanta’s Midtown district. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports Ivy Hall Apartments of Atlanta LP sold the asset for $35.8 million. Constructed in 2010, Ivy Hall includes a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans with 10-foot ceilings, crown molding, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and private balconies. Atlanta-based TriBridge and Miami-based Sefira plan to immediately upgrade the community’s two dog parks, poolside fitness center and all indoor and outdoor amenity spaces.
SILVER SPRING, MD. — Washington Property Co. (WPC) has topped out construction on Solaire 8250 Georgia Avenue, a 338-unit apartment community in Silver Spring. The community is located two blocks from the Silver Spring Metro station and roughly six miles north of Washington, D.C. The 20-story building will offer a mix of studio to two-bedroom units averaging 760 square feet. The building will also include three levels of below-ground parking and 15,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Individual units at Solaire 8520 will include quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, wood flooring and private balconies. Community amenities will include a rooftop swimming pool, cyber café, grilling areas, fitness center, private courtyard and a game room. Lendlease is the general contractor for the project, and Baltimore-based Design Collective is the architect. Streetsense is handling the leasing assignment for the retail portion of the project. Slated to open in spring 2019, Solaire 8520 is WPC’s fourth Solaire-branded apartment community and its second in Silver Spring’s Ripley District, a former light industrial area-turned transit-oriented neighborhood. At full build-out, the Ripley District will include 2 million square feet of mixed-use development and house up to 3,000 people.