Southeast

PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. — Related Development has sold the recently completed Town at Pembroke Pines, a 356-unit apartment community located at 10700 City Center Blvd. in Pembroke Pines, a city in South Florida’s Broward County. Rockpoint Group, a Boston-based real estate private equity firm, purchased the property from the Miami-based developer for $87 million. Built in 2016, Town at Pembroke Pines features 33 units per acre and community amenities such as a resort-style pool deck with personal cabanas and daybeds, outdoor dining area, demonstration kitchen, game room, private movie theater, eight courtyards, dog park, children’s playground and volleyball, tennis and racquetball courts. Over the past 18 months, Related Development has sold three completed multifamily projects totaling over $290 million, not including Town at Pembroke Pines.

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ATLANTA — The City of Atlanta has unveiled plans for Grant Park Gateway, a $48 million underground parking and mobility facility located at an existing eight-acre surface parking lot adjacent to Zoo Atlanta in the city’s Grant Park district. The new LEED-certified property will feature a park on the roof of the facility with green infrastructure elements and a restaurant offering regional cuisine, as well as approximately 1,000 parking spaces. The overall project will complement Zoo Atlanta’s “Grand New View” project that will repurpose the former Cyclorama building to a multi-use, special events facility and expand the zoo’s entry plaza to the Boulevard Avenue entrance. The City of Atlanta will fund the project through a revenue bond and supplement it with additional sources, including the Department of Parks and Recreation’s park improvement funds. The Department of Parks and Recreation awarded the Grant Park Gateway bid to Winter Johnson Group, a joint venture between general contractors Winter Construction and Johnson Construction Services. In the coming months the Parks Department will issue the restaurant request for proposal and host community meetings to solicit additional ideas and concerns from residents as the Grant Park Gateway project moves toward its expected completion in late …

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NEWNAN, GA. — Variety Wholesalers has signed a 20-year, 1.4 million-square-foot lease for its new distribution center at 60 Herring Road in Newnan. LRC Properties owns and manages the property, which is a former Kmart distribution center. LRC purchased the building last August and made improvements to the facility’s roof and parking lots, as well as refit the building to accommodate multiple tenants. Variety Wholesalers, which is the first tenant to move into the space, operates nearly 400 stores in 17 different states, primarily under the brand names of Roses Discount Store and Roses Express. The company will employ more than 300 full-time employees at the facility and process more than 100 million units of product annually.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Grubb Properties has unveiled the design for a 10-story office building the company is renovating on Mockingbird Lane in Charlotte’s Montford Park submarket. Known as 1515 Montford Park, the updated office building will feature a full glass façade with expansive windows, high ceilings, open floor plans, an outdoor terrace and an amenities lounge on the fifth floor featuring table games, bar top, lounge seating, big-screen TV and a stocked kitchen area. Office tenants will have access to a full-service fitness center and bike room at the adjacent 4601 Park Road building. Pfeiffer University Charlotte has pre-leased space at 1515 Montford Park. Space for lease on floors three through six will be available for near-term delivery, with a start on floors seven through 10 projected for the beginning of 2018.

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STATESBORO, GA. — Vesper Holdings has acquired The Forum at Statesboro, a 780-bed student housing community located near Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, for $28.5 million. The property comprises 13 three-story residential buildings and a clubhouse, and offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units. Community amenities include a swimming pool, 24-hour fitness center, game room, indoor basketball court, tennis and volleyball courts, tanning beds, a business center and a dog park. Vesper plans to invest $1.3 million in capital expenditures to improve curb appeal, renovate the clubhouse and upgrade amenities. The seller was undisclosed.

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PEMBROKE PINES. FLA. — An affiliate of Harbor Group International LLC has acquired the 700-unit Montage at City Center in Pembroke Pines, a suburb of Miami, for $158.5 million. Montage at City Center contains 12 mid-rise buildings and 28 townhome buildings. The community offers a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom units. The property is currently 95 percent leased with an average market rent of $1.55 per square foot. Montage at City Center was built in two phases between 2014 and 2015. Unit interiors feature formica countertops, espresso cabinetry, stainless steel appliances and hard-surface flooring. Property amenities include a LEED Gold-certified clubhouse, two resort-style pools, a fitness center, business center, game room and demonstration kitchen. Private garages and storage units are also available for rent. The multifamily complex is located adjacent to Pembroke Pines City Center, a 47-acre mixed-use project that will feature retail, office and residential components. Terra Group is developing the project. Phase I will deliver 200,000 square feet of retail anchored by a 45,600-square-foot Publix. Phase II will add 450 apartments and 100,000 square feet of office. The City of Pembroke Pines is also building a $60 million civic and cultural center, which includes a new city …

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HIALEAH GARDENS, FLA. — Bridge Development Partners has sold two Class A industrial assets spanning 676,835 square feet within three buildings in Hialeah Gardens, a suburb of Miami. According to public records, Duke Realty purchased the properties, named Bridge Point Crossroads East and Bridge Point Crossroads South, for $80 million. Located at 15002 and 14802 N.W. 146th St., Crossroads East consists of two buildings totaling 420,989 square feet. Recently completed in the first quarter of 2017, the buildings feature a 180-foot shared truck court, 32-foot clear heights, 54-foot column spacing, build-to-suit offices, T5 energy-efficient lighting and an ESFR fire sprinkler system. Located at 10701 N.W. 140th St., Bridge Point Crossroads South is a 255,846-square-foot building with the same features as Bridge Point Crossroads East except with a 120-foot non-shared, fenced truck court. The properties have immediate access to U.S. 27, Florida’s Turnpike, state Route 826 and Interstate 75. Chris Riley, Christian Lee and Jose Lobon of CBRE represented Miami-based Bridge Development in the transaction.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Equus Capital Partners Ltd. has purchased the Rotunda Building, a 230,790-square-foot office building located at 4201 Congress St. in Charlotte’s SouthPark submarket. Equus acquired the property from global asset management firm RREEF America for $60 million, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Situated on 5.3 acres near SouthPark Mall, the office building features a two-story lobby, conference room, water fountain and Village Tavern, a full-service restaurant. HFF represented the seller in the transaction and arranged a $42.4 million acquisition loan through Bank of America Merrill Lynch on behalf of Equus. The property was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as JLL, First Bank, Capital South, Development Management and Michelin. Ryan Clutter, Scot Humphrey and Chris Lingerfelt led the HFF investment sales team in the transaction. Brent Bowman and Travis Anderson led HFF’s debt placement team.

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PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. — TH Real Estate, an affiliate of Nuveen (the investment management arm of TIAA), has acquired the Promenade Shopping Plaza, a 202,696-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center in Palm Beach Gardens. The seller and sales price were undisclosed, but the South Florida Business Journal reports that TH Real Estate purchased the shopping center from Boca Raton, Fla.-based Woolbright Development for $49.3 million. The property was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Publix, Bealls Outlet, Planet Fitness, Club Outlet Store and CVS. First developed in 1972 and redeveloped in 2015, Promenade Shopping Plaza is the first deal closed by TH Real Estate’s new Miami office, which opened in January. The regional office currently manages a total of $10.5 billion of real estate investments spanning 36 million square feet of office, retail, industrial and multifamily space in the Southeast and Latin America.

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BETHESDA, MD. — Goodstone LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based real estate investment firm, has purchased a vacant 217,732-square-foot office building at 6116 Executive Blvd. in Bethesda for $9.5 million. Special servicer LNR sold the asset at auction via Ten X Commercial on behalf of WBCMT 2005-C21 Office 6116. Formerly the home of the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute, the building sold for $81.4 million in 2005. In the coming year the building will be renovated and updated to include a fitness center, conference facility, vending café and visitor lounge and upper floor tenant terrace with outdoor seating. Work is expected to conclude and occupancy to be available in April, 2018.

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