CORDOVA, TENN. AND HIGH POINT, N.C. — Capital One Multifamily Finance has originated $61.6 million in two Fannie Mae loans for the refinancing of two apartment communities in the Southeast. The financing included a $25.6 million loan for Lincoln at Wolfchase, a 408-unit apartment community located in Cordova, about 15 miles east of Memphis. The other deal was a $36 million loan for Laurel Springs Apartments, a 501-unit multifamily community in High Point. Chad Thomas Hagwood and Brandon Pate of Capital One Multifamily Finance’s Birmingham, Ala., office arranged both 12-year, fixed-rate loans on behalf of the borrower, EBSCO Income Properties. Laurel Springs was financed under Fannie Mae’s Green Building Certification program.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — MetLife Real Estate has provided a $50 million loan for the refinancing of The Cigar Factory, a historic redevelopment project located at 701 E. Bay St. in downtown Charleston. The mixed-use project spans five stories and features 50,000 square feet of retail space and 150,000 square feet of office space. The Cigar Factory’s office tenants include JLL, KSQ Design, Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group, The Shopping Center Group, Lee & Associates Charleston, Garden & Gun Magazine, SnapCap and ServisFirst. Retail tenants include Fritz Porter, KOKO FitClub, Mercantile & Mash and Trunk Club, as well as event space called The Cedar Room. MetLife Real Estate provided the fixed-rate loan with a 20-year amortization schedule to the owner, a joint venture between Federal Capital Partners (FCP), Wecco Development and Weaver Capital Partners LLC. The joint venture purchased the vacant project in April 2014 and is using the refinancing to replace construction financing, which was provided by PNC Real Estate. FCP provided mezzanine debt and equity in the joint venture’s original purchase. Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group arranged the permanent loan with MetLife, as well as the original construction financing with PNC Real Estate and the partnership with FCP.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Roadside Development and North America Sekisui House LLC (NASH) have inked a deal with supermarket chain Wegmans to anchor the redevelopment of the former Fannie Mae headquarters at 3900 Wisconsin Ave. in Washington, D.C. The redevelopment includes the original brick buildings that were constructed by Equitable Life Co. in 1958 and 1962, as well as nearly 10 acres surrounding the buildings. The redevelopment will feature retail, residential, cultural arts, hospitality and commercial space. The development team includes Shalom Baranes Associates and Michael Vergason Landscape Architects. A timeline for the project has yet to be announced.
ATHENS, GA. — Atlanta-based Bull Realty has brokered the $16.8 million sale of The Exchange, a two-building medical office campus in Athens spanning 61,203 square feet. St. Mary’s Healthcare System occupies all of Building 300 and the majority of the space in Building 200. Services at this location include full modality outpatient diagnostic imaging, wellness, cardiology, neurology, and endocrinology. Other tenants include Athens Dentistry for Children and Athens Oconee Dentistry at the Exchange. American Healthcare Investors LLC/ Griffin American Healthcare REIT purchased the property from the sellers, 316 LLC and Exchange Building 300 LLC. Paul Zeman of Bull Realty represented the sellers in the transaction. Bell Harrison Development built The Exchange in 2007.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Walden Legacy, a 236-unit apartment community located in west Knoxville. Mount Auburn Multifamily LLC purchased the asset from Sagebrush Legacy Management for an undisclosed price. Robert Stickel and Nelson Abels of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Built in 2005, Walden Legacy was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, fitness center, picnic areas with grills, car care center, laundry facility and a clubhouse.
MIAMI — Hines is set to break ground on 110 10th Street, a 45-story, 600,000-square-foot mixed-use tower located within Miami Worldcenter, a 27-acre development in downtown Miami. The tower will be the first Class A office building of scale constructed in Miami’s Central Business District in eight years, and will offer a mix of office space and retail. The project is located directly adjacent to Miami Worldcenter’s 360,000-square-foot retail promenade. “More companies are moving to downtown Miami each day and existing brands are expanding here,” says Nitin Motwani, managing principal for the master developer of Miami Worldcenter, Miami Worldcenter Associates. “An office tower at Miami Worldcenter will offer tenants a chance to be in a mixed-use setting that’s centrally located, walkable and connected.” New Haven, Conn.-based architecture firm Pickard Chilton Associates was chosen to design the building, which will feature three indoor/outdoor terraces. Construction on the first phase of Miami Worldcenter began in 2016, including a 60-story Paramount luxury multifamily community and retail space. Construction on 110 10th Street is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2018, with initial occupancy occurring in late 2020. Hines has been active in the Florida real estate market since 1982 with the development of …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citizens Bank has led the financing on two deals in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area with The JBG Cos. totaling $90 million. The financing included the $49 million refinancing of Georgetown Center, two office buildings at 2115 and 2121 Wisconsin Ave. in D.C.’s Georgetown district, and a $41 million loan to finance the Old Centerville, a 171,631-square-foot, H-Mart-anchored shopping center on Braddock Road in Centerville, Va. Citizens was the administrative agent and sole lead arranger for both transactions.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A joint venture between Spandrel Development Partners, Aspen Heights Partners and Northwestern Mutual plans to break ground on a 221-unit apartment community in downtown Charleston known as 511 Meeting Street. Situated in Charleston’s Upper King district, the project will feature more than 9,000 square feet of amenity space, two levels of structured parking and ground-floor retail space. The joint venture plans to break ground this month with completion expected by the second quarter of 2019. Including this project, Spandrel Development has $165 million in downtown Charleston developments underway, including two student housing projects in a partnership with Armada Hoffler Properties.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Colliers International has brokered the $21.2 million sale of Mansell Commons Business Park, a nine-building, 223,251-square-foot business park located along Mansell Road in Alpharetta. The project includes office, showroom, retail and warehouse space. Roswell, Ga.-based Mimms Investment purchased the property from Atlanta Property Group LLC. Dennis Mitchell and Matt Wirth of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Baceline Investments has purchased Shoppes at Forest Green, a 48,716-square-foot shopping center located at 10001 Forest Green Blvd. in Louisville. A private investor sold the asset to Baceline for $7 million. The property was 84 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Metro PCS, Nails on K, Four Season Barber Shop, ShowMe Crossfit, A Better Pizza, Mike’s Grill & Tap and Computer Depot.