OWINGS MILLS, MD. — Wegmans, a supermarket chain, plans to open a 109,000-square-foot store at Foundry Row in Owings Mills on Sunday. Greenberg Gibbons and Vanguard are co-developing Foundry Row, a $140 million, 50-acre redevelopment of the site of the former Solo Cup factory on Reisterstown Road. The store will be Wegmans’ eighth location in Maryland and the second in Baltimore County. One of the first stores to open at Foundry Row, the new Wegmans will feature a Market Café with a seating area and The Burger Bar restaurant. A La-Z-Boy Home Furnishings and Décor store is also opening at Foundry Row this weekend.
HANOVER, MD. — The Cordish Cos. of Baltimore has begun construction on a $200 million, 17-story hotel and event center at the Maryland Live! Casino in Hanover, roughly 11 miles south of Baltimore. Set to open in the fourth quarter of 2017, the 350,000-square-foot property will feature 310 guest rooms, a 1,500-seat event center, meeting spaces, restaurants, a store, 1,000 parking spaces and a day spa/salon. The project is expected to create approximately 400 jobs and 550 construction jobs. The design team includes Klai Juba Wald Architects, McLaren Engineering Group, Laurence Lee Associates, Cleo Design Corp., Selbert Perkins, Corsi & Associates, Lynne Curry Spa Consulting, Giovanetti Schulman Association and EDSA. Tutor Perini Building Corp. will serve as the hotel’s general contractor.
ATLANTA — Mill Creek Residential plans to develop Modera by Mill Creek – Buckhead, a 21-story multifamily high-rise located at 3005 Peachtree Road N.E. in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Situated at the corner of Peachtree and Pharr roads adjacent to Buckhead Atlanta, the community will feature 400 luxury apartment homes and more than 21,000 square feet of high-end retail space. Mill Creek is developing the property in a joint venture with Elite International Investment Fund, a real estate investment platform backed by Asian capital. Community amenities will include two outdoor terraces with swimming pools, a rooftop terrace, rooftop dog park, destination sky bar, demonstration kitchen, indoor spa, steam room, yoga studio, juice bar, fitness center and an open-air social lounge. Mill Creek expects pre-leasing and initial move-ins at the high-rise for summer 2018.
SMYRNA, TENN. — Carolina Holdings Inc. has closed on a 10-acre site along Sam Ridley Parkway in Smyrna between Academy Sports + Outdoors and Lowe’s Home Improvement. Three retailers — Hobby Lobby, TJ Maxx and Five Below — will occupy the site. The development team for the retail development includes Nashville-based civil engineer Ragan Smith, Nashville-based general contractor Crain Construction and Greenville, S.C.-based architect COR3 Design. United Community Bank provided construction financing for the project. Hobby Lobby is expected to open in the spring, and TJ Maxx and Five Below to open shortly thereafter.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the $17.6 million sale of Viera at Mandarin, a 188-unit apartment community located at 4263 Losco Road in Jacksonville. Built in 1984, the property features one- and two-bedroom units averaging 833 square feet. Unit interiors feature granite countertops, in-unit washer and dryers and private patios or balconies, as well as wood-burning fireplaces and vaulted ceilings in select units. Community amenities include an indoor athletic center, swimming pool and a 21-acre lake with fountains, a deck and boat storage. Greg Rainey, Cole Whitaker, Tal Frydman and Jason Stanton of Berkadia brokered the sale between the buyer, North Kansas City, Mo.-based Maxus Realty Trust Inc., and the seller, Nashville, Tenn.-based Woodbridge Multifamily Partners LLC.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Portman Holdings has signed Regions Bank to a 63,806-square-foot office lease at 615 South College, a speculative 370,000-square-foot office building under construction in Uptown Charlotte. Regions Bank is the first tenant to sign on at the 19-story office building, which is expected to open in early 2017. The building is positioned at Uptown Charlotte’s first light rail stop at Stonewall Station. Travis Garland of Portman Holdings, along with John Ball and Peter Conway of Trinity Partners, represented the ownership in the lease transaction. Sim Wilson, Mike Fahey and Mark Decherd of CBRE represented Regions Bank in the lease deal.
ATLANTA — NCR Corp., a global finance technology firm, plans to expand its new world headquarters campus currently under construction in Midtown Atlanta. The $145 million expansion will add a 14-story tower, which will be connected to a 20-story office tower that is set to open in the first quarter of 2018. The second tower is scheduled to be ready for occupancy in the first quarter of 2019. Currently headquartered in Duluth, Ga., NCR will bring more than 1,800 employees to the headquarters campus, which will feature amenities such as eateries with outdoor seating, a coffee bar, gym, informal gathering places and a large lecture space. NCR and Cousins Properties entered into a long-term, build-to-suit lease for the second tower, which will be owned and developed by Cousins, as is the first tower. NCR, the Georgia Department of Economic Development and Invest Atlanta have agreed on additional incentives for the new tower.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-based developers Childress Klein and Crosland Southeast have begun construction on The Hub, a six-story, 154,000-square-foot office building within the Waverly in south Charlotte. Designed by RJT+R, the building will feature exposed ceilings; modern lobbies and restrooms; a four-level, 840-space parking garage; and flexible floor plans. The Waverly is a 90-acre mixed-use development located at the intersection of Providence and Ardrey Kell roads. General contractor Shelco LLC expects to deliver The Hub in May 2017. Childress Klein and Crosland Southeast are co-developing the office building, the first of two within Waverly, in partnership with the Matthews family.
WARNER ROBINS, GA. — Eastern Union Funding has arranged a $30.3 million acquisition loan for the purchase of Amber Place, a 392-unit multifamily apartment building located at 6080 Lakeview Road in Warner Robins. Built in 2007, Amber Place comprises one- to three-bedroom rental apartments averaging 1,215 square feet. Community amenities include a clubhouse, movie theater, sauna, two pools and detached garages. The borrower is CiTYR Group, an Israeli-based property investor with offices in London and New Jersey. Michael Muller and Mike Orlik of Eastern Union placed the 12-year, fixed-rate loan through Arbor Commercial Mortgage. The loan features three years of interest-only payments, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.
RICHMOND, VA. — Phillips Realty Capital has secured a $24 million loan for 8th & Main Apartments, an adaptive reuse apartment community located in downtown Richmond. The property features 195 loft residences with one-, two- and four-bedroom layouts; nearly 10,000 square feet of ground-floor commercial space, the majority of which has been leased to Apple REIT; a rooftop swimming pool and terrace; and a fitness center. Charles DuBose structured the loan on behalf of the borrower, The Monument Cos. Monument converted the former Morris Plan Bank and office building into a Class A apartment community using Historic Rehabilitation Tax Credits.