MEMPHIS, TENN. — A joint venture between Pacer Partners and Drake Real Estate Partners has purchased Southpark Buildings D and E in Memphis. The two adjacent buildings are located at 4540 and 4600 Pleasant Hill Road and span 566,281 square feet of Class A industrial space. The buildings are fully leased to iQor Global Services LLC, a private outsourcing services company with 32,000 employees and operations in 18 countries. Pacer Partners and Drake purchased the assets from Transpacific Development Co. for an undisclosed price.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Tishman Speyer has completed a 16-year lease with global law firm Paul Hastings LLP for 97,000 square feet of office space at 2050 M St. in Washington, D.C. The 11-story, 364,000-square-foot trophy office building is currently under construction with an expected delivery date of 2020. The law firm will occupy the top three floors plus additional space. Designed by Joshua Prince-Ramus of REX, the office building will feature floor-to-ceiling curved glass and offer amenities such as a fitness center, bicycle storage room with lockers, a rooftop terrace and four levels of parking. The office building will be located on the existing site of the Washington bureau for CBS and will feature new facilities for CBS with a separate entrance.
CLERMONT, FLA. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has secured the $5 million refinancing of Oakley Square Shopping Center, a 30,218-square-foot retail center located roughly 23 miles outside Orlando in Clermont. Tenants at the center include Vitamin Shoppe, AT&T and Firehouse Subs. Philip Carroll of Grandbridge secured the 20-year, self-amortizing, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower through an insurance company.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Following last week’s announcement of massive store closures by Macy’s and Sears, The Limited is following suit, announcing over the weekend the closure of all its remaining 250 brick-and-mortar stores. The women’s apparel retailer posted a brief message on its website on Saturday reading “We’re sad to say that all The Limited stores nationwide have officially closed their doors. But this isn’t goodbye. The styles you love are still available online — we’re just a quick click away 24 hours a day.” Sun Capital Partners Inc., a Boca Raton-based private equity firm and owner of The Limited, has not issued a press release on the closure, but released a statement to Reuters citing “an increasingly challenging environment for mall-based retail and women’s apparel” as the catalyst for its decision to shutter the remaining stores. The move is expected to eliminate about 4,000 jobs, including 800 full-time positions, according to Reuters. The Limited Inc. was founded in 1963 in Columbus, Ohio, by Leslie “Les” Wexner, who now serves as the chairman and CEO of L Brands Inc. (NYSE: LB). Known for being a stylish alternative to department stores, The Limited grew to 100 stores by 1976 and …
SUNRISE, FLA. — Tutor Perini Corp.’s subsidiary, Tutor Perini Building Corp., has signed a contract with Metropica Development LLC valued at approximately $72 million to construct the first of eight residential towers at Metropica in Broward County. Located at 1800 N.W. 136th Ave. in Sunrise, the 28-story residential tower will feature 263 units and 10 penthouses, a resort-style pool, indoor game room, a 24-hour fitness center, massage therapy rooms, tennis courts, movie theater and a parking garage. The entire development will comprise approximately 697,947 square feet. Construction is underway and expected to wrap up in August 2018.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — CBL & Associates Properties Inc. plans to redevelop four Macy’s anchor locations in its portfolio that will close at the end of March. The Macy’s stores were announced to be closing by Macy’s last week. The four locations include Jefferson Mall in Louisville, Ky.; Layton Hills Mall in Layton, Utah; Parkdale Mall in Beaumont, Texas; and Eastland Mall in Bloomington, Ill. CBL will replace the Macy’s at Layton Hills Mall with a new anchor retailer, which will open its new store by the end of the year. Macy’s Inc. currently owns the other three locations and will sell them to CBL for a total of $5 million. In addition to these four locations, Macy’s will close its store at River Ridge Mall in Lynchburg, Va., in which CBL holds a minority interest. The majority owner of the mall will handle the acquisition and redevelopment of this store.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — The Howard Hughes Corp. has purchased a Macy’s store and parking field at Landmark Mall in Alexandria for an undisclosed price. The Macy’s at Landmark Mall is one of 68 stores announced to be closing by Macy’s last week. The company plans to transform the enclosed mall and the Macy’s parcel into an open-air, mixed-use community with retail, residential and entertainment components. The new Landmark will feature multiple plazas and green spaces, outdoor seating, an updated transit center, seasonal entertainment, public art, numerous full-service and fast-casual dining options and an upscale movie theater. The Howard Hughes Corp. is planning to close the interior portion of Landmark Mall at the end of January. A definitive timeline for the redevelopment has not been finalized.
FORT LAUDERDALE AND MIAMI, FLA. — Alliance Residential Co. plans to open two of its Broadstone properties in South Florida. The projects include the 394-unit Broadstone Harbor Beach located at 1721 S.E. 17th St. in Fort Lauderdale and the 372-unit Broadstone at Brickell located at 255 S.W. 11th St. in Miami’s Brickell district. Broadstone Harbor Beach’s studio, one- and two-bedroom units are currently pre-leasing, with leases starting from $1,650 to $3,875, and feature open nine-foot ceilings, private balconies and patios and chef-quality kitchens. Units at the 24-story Broadstone at Brickell range from studios to two-bed, two-and-a-half-bath townhomes, which are now pre-leasing at rates ranging from $1,759 to $3,760, and feature well-equipped kitchens, custom cabinets, tile flooring throughout common living spaces and upscale bathrooms. Both properties feature a private movie theater, fitness center with a yoga studio and boxing ring and a resort-style pool with an outdoor lounge and cabanas. Additional amenities at the Fort Lauderdale property include a courtyard with outdoor games, outdoor shower, dog park and a massage room, and the Miami property features bike repair and storage, a pet spa, 24-hour business center and a cyber café.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Nassimi Reatly has purchased Dutch Square Center, a 580,000-square-foot enclosed retail mall in Columbia. The three-building property is attached to a 14-screen movie theater and features a single-level Burlington Coat Factory/Office Depot building and a three-story department store that features a Planet Fitness, Ashley Stewart, West Marine, Foot Locker, Rainbow and Catherine’s. Dutch Square’s outparcels include Wells Fargo Bank, Hardee’s and G.B. Shoes. The seller and sales price were undisclosed.
ROCKVILLE, MD. — BioMed Realty has sold the GSK Global Vaccine Centre, a three-building, 635,058-square-foot vaccine research and development facility in the Washington, D.C. suburb of Rockville, for $337.5 million. The buyer was not disclosed. Originally built in 2003, the facility is situated on a 28-acre site in the heart of the Interstate 270 corridor, known as “DNA Alley” for its high density of biotech companies. The location is near the National Institutes of Health, the National Cancer Institute Headquarters, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the University of Maryland Shady Grove Life Sciences Center and Johns Hopkins University Belward Campus. The GSK Global Vaccine Centre is fully leased to GSK, a subsidiary of British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline, which announced its move into the property in December 2016. The campus will house up to 450 scientists and support staff working on 12 vaccine development programs, including potential vaccines for shingles, dengue fever, respiratory syncytial virus and Group B Streptococcus. The property is GSK’s third global vaccine center, following its existing facilities in Italy and Belgium. HFF’s Jim Meisel, Dek Potts, Andrew Weir, Stephen Conley and Matt Nicholson represented BioMed in the sale. Kevin MacKenzie, Cary Abod and Lee Redmond, also …