ATLANTA — Pacolet Milliken Enterprises Inc. has purchased The Haynes House, a 186-unit luxury apartment community in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The company bought the Class A asset from a partnership between AIG Global Real Estate Investment Corp. and Alliance Residential Co. for $50.5 million. Built in 2015, The Haynes House is located on a 2.5-acre site on Peachtree Road near Peachtree Battle Avenue at the entrance to Atlanta’s historic Haynes Manor neighborhood. The property features a clubhouse, resort-style swimming pool, fitness studio, library and a lounge. Greg Engler and Kris Mikkelsen led Walker & Dunlop’s investment sales team in representing the sellers in the transaction. Pacolet Milliken was self-represented. Haynes House was more than 90 percent occupied at the time of sale.
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ATLANTA — Manhattan-based Gamma Real Estate and Atlanta-based Meltzer Properties have teamed up to purchase the historic Hurt Building, an 18-story, 436,337-square-foot office building in downtown Atlanta. Boxer Properties sold the asset to Gamma and Meltzer for $33.6 million. Built in 1913, the Hurt Building was renovated in 2013 and achieved LEED-EB Platinum certification in 2014. The property has been on the National Registry of Historic Places since 1977. The Hurt Building is situated at the southeast corner of Edgewood and Peachtree Center avenues within walking distance of three MARTA stations. The asset features a marble lobby and entrance, 12 elevators, a nine-story parking garage with 618 on-site parking spaces, after-hours card access, two restaurants, a Starbucks Coffee and an on-site Post Office substation.
ARA Newmark Arranges $56M Sale of Student Housing Community Near the University of South Carolina
by John Nelson
COLUMBIA, S.C. — ARA Newmark has arranged the $56 million sale of Aspyre, a 760-bed student housing community located near the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia. Ryan Lang of ARA Newmark represented the seller, Holder Properties, in the disposition of the property to Castlerock Enterprises. Community amenities at Aspyre include a resort-style pool with a beach area and grills; a clubroom with a bar area, a Nintendo Wii and a PlayStation; and a Zen courtyard with a putting green and 24-hour fitness center. Aspyre was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale.
COOPER CITY, FLA. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) Capital Markets has arranged the $13.5 million sale of Stirling Town Center, a 53,857-square-foot shopping center located on a 5.9-acre site at 8637-8861 Stirling Road in Cooper City. Built in 2005, the shopping center was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Subway, Tijuana Flats, Starbucks Coffee, Smoothie King, Cold Stone Creamery, Beef ‘O’ Brady’s and Aroma Kosher Market and Catering. Michael Lapointe and Michael Lohmann of NGKF Capital Markets represented the seller, LNR Partners LLC, in the transaction.
TAMPA, FLA. — A joint venture between City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), Feldman Equities LLC and Tower Realty Partners has acquired Park Tower, a 475,000-square-foot office building in downtown Tampa, for $79.8 million. The 36-story tower is located at 400 N. Tampa St. The joint venture plans to make a substantial investment in the property to modernize the building. The building is approximately 86 percent leased. Notable tenants include BB&T, United States Department of Justice U.S. Attorney’s Office, Level 3 Communications and Lykes Insurance. The tower boasts views of Hillsborough Bay, the Hillsborough River and the Tampa skyline. Park Tower was built in 1973. It was the tallest building in Tampa until 1981 when One Tampa City Center was constructed. Park Tower has previously served as the headquarters for the First National Bank of Tampa, the Lykes Brothers Corp. and Colonial Bank. Park Tower is situated near the Florida Museum of Photographic Arts and Lykes Gaslamp Park, about two blocks from the Hillsborough River and the Tampa Riverwalk entertainment district. Mike DiBlasi of Feldman Equities will lead the building’s leasing efforts. The seller was Sterling American Property. City Office REIT currently owns about 1 million square feet of office properties …
To those outside Orlando, the Central Florida metro of just over 2.3 million residents has long been a vacation destination with its major theme parks and top attractions including Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando, SeaWorld and the I-Drive corridor, home to the new Orlando Eye. In fact, Orlando welcomed over 66 million visitors who spent more than $60 billion in 2015, a new all-time local and U.S. travel industry high. However, tourism is just one piece of the puzzle when it comes to Orlando’s emergence as a top target for multifamily investment. The metro is experiencing exceptional growth across multiple sectors of the economy, and in 2015, the Orlando MSA led the nation in employment gains, coming in at 4.6 percent. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the metro added 52,200 new jobs. Of these new jobs, the highest percentage was in professional business services, medical, transportation and general services. Looking forward, data from CBRE-Econometric Advisors projects that Orlando will lead the U.S. in employment growth over the next five years by a wide margin (2.3 percent compared to 0.8 percent for the nation overall). The rapid employment growth driven by numerous corporate relocations and expansions including Verizon, Mitsubishi-Hitachi, …
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $50.1M Sale of Industrial Portfolio in Palm Beach County
by John Nelson
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $50.1 million sale of an industrial portfolio in northern Palm Beach County totaling 915,887 square feet. Located within a 3.5-mile radius in West Palm Beach, Riviera Beach, Magnonia Park and Lake Park, the fully leased portfolio spans 38 buildings on 16 sites totaling nearly 54 acres. The portfolio houses 218 tenants with an average unit size of 4,200 square feet. Scott O’Donnell, Greg Miller, Dominic Montazemi and Mike Davis of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a private trust. Cushman & Wakefield co-marketed the portfolio with Robert Smith of CBRE. The buyers were SL Florida Small Bay Portfolio LLC and SL Florida Small Bay Portfolio II LLC.
BETHESDA, MD. — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has closed on the $50.1 million sale of DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Bethesda-Washington DC located at 8120 Wisconsin Ave. in Bethesda. The 270-room hotel features a business center, fitness center, coin-operated laundry service, restaurant, bar and lounge, meeting rooms and complimentary Wi-Fi. The buyer was undisclosed.
Marcus & Millichap’s Chetek Group Brokers $32.5M Sale of Retail Power Center in Mobile
by John Nelson
MOBILE, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap’s Chetek Group has arranged the $32.5 million sale of Eastern Shore Plaza, a 270,105-square-foot retail power center located at 10200 Eastern Shore Blvd. in Mobile. Built in 2004, the property was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ross Dress for Less, Old Navy, Michael’s, PetSmart, Cost Plus World Market, Dollar Tree and Ashley Furniture. Brett Chetek and Alex Perez of the Chetek Group, along with Andrew Chason of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, a private Alabama-based development group. Michael Fasano is Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Alabama. The buyer was undisclosed.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A development partnership between Atlanta-based TPA Group, Greenville-based Appian Investments and Boston-based Long Wharf Real Estate Partners plans to build a new 331,850-square-foot spec industrial facility in Greenville. The property will be situated within the 1,100-acre Augusta Grove business park on a 46.1-acre site at the intersection of Matrix Parkway and Old Grove Road. Known as Augusta Grove #17, the Class A, rear-load project will feature 32-foot clear heights, LED lighting and an ESFR sprinkler system. The development team plans to break ground on the property by the end of the year and wrap up construction by late summer 2017. NAI Earle Furman is marketing the property for lease or sale. The project team includes Greenville-based general contractor Harper Corp., architect Wakefield Beasley & Associates and civil engineer blueWATER Civil Design.