Southeast

Preiss Acquires Student Housing Community Near University of Florida

by John Nelson June 12, 2017

GAINESVILLE, FLA. — The Preiss Company has acquired Cabana Beach Gainesville, a 1,488-bed student housing community located near the University of Florida in Gainesville. The property offers fully furnished units with bed-to-bath parity. Community amenities include a swimming pool, sand volleyball court, computer lab and study rooms. The new ownership, which also recently purchased the Cabana Beach San Marcos student housing community near Texas State University, intends to begin renovations on both properties’ units and common areas. The terms of the transaction and the seller were undisclosed.

June 12, 2017

Alabama Market Reports Office Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Consistency, Young Talent Lead to High Expectations for Birmingham Office Market

by John Nelson June 12, 2017

For the first time in quite a while, the Birmingham office market has experienced a rejuvenation and resurgence, catered around growth, a diversification of the tenant base and an effort to attract and retain bright young minds. Like many markets nationally, the city’s focus on urban renewal has made downtown Birmingham an attractive place to live, work and play, and thus will help companies attract talent to the market. Birmingham has entered a new era of industry and residential growth with one of the Southeast’s most dynamic markets after evolving from a historically steel and manufacturing-focused economy. Driven by a new generation of local leaders who have focused on developing biotechnology, life sciences and automotive sectors as catalysts for growth, Birmingham has witnessed a remarkable economic transformation. A preference for dynamic locations to live, work and play is occurring in Birmingham, as a significant amount of development has taken place in downtown Birmingham. While the bulk of this activity is occurring on the multifamily side, the same factors that draw people to live downtown are expected to positively impact the desire of employees to work downtown. In the long run, it is reasonable to expect office development to take off …

June 12, 2017

Florida Office South Carolina Southeast

CCP Commercial Real Estate Buys Two Office Buildings in Metro Greenville, Jacksonville for $39.2M

by John Nelson June 9, 2017

MAULDIN, S.C. AND JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — CCP Commercial Real Estate has purchased two office buildings in suburban Greenville and Jacksonville for a combined $39.2 million. CCP bought a 106,649-square-foot, single-story office asset near Greenville at 750 Brookfield Parkway in Mauldin for nearly $16.7 million. The Virginia Beach, Va.-based investor also acquired a five-story, 219,000-square-foot asset at 8800 Baymeadows Way West in Jacksonville for roughly $22.5 million. The Mauldin building was 92 percent leased at the time of sale, and the Jacksonville property was 81 percent leased. The identity of the seller(s) was not released.

June 9, 2017

Florida Loans Multifamily Southeast

CBRE Arranges $36.7M Financing for Apartment Community in Florida Panhandle

by John Nelson June 9, 2017

LYNN HAVEN, FLA. — CBRE Capital Markets has secured $36.7 million in financing for Arbor Trace, a 336-unit apartment community located in Lynn Haven, a town in the Florida Panhandle near the Gulf of Mexico. The loan involved a refinance of the community’s existing 168 units and a construction take-out loan for the newly built Phase II, which spans 168 units. Glenn Housman of CBRE’s debt and structured finance team in Orlando arranged the 10-year, floating-rate, Fannie Mae loan with two years of interest-only payments.

June 9, 2017

Retail Southeast Virginia

Sterling Sells Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center in Metro D.C. for $29.3M

by John Nelson June 9, 2017

WOODBRIDGE, VA. — Sterling Organization has sold Market at Opitz Crossing, a 157,724-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center in Woodbridge, a suburb of Washington, D.C., in northern Virginia. Klein Enterprises purchased the asset from Sterling for $29.3 million. Price Rite anchors the center, which is located one mile east of Interstate 95 at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Highway and Opitz Boulevard. Other tenants include Advance Auto Parts, Dollar Tree, Checkers, Subway, BB&T Bank, Taco Bell, Edible Arrangements, Papa Johns, Hair Cuttery, Mariner Finance, Quest Diagnostics and T-Mobile. Geoffrey Millerd and Mat Adler of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Sterling, which sold the asset through its institutional fund Sterling Value Add Partners LP. Marc Tropp of Eastern Union Funding arranged an acquisition loan through Apple Federal Credit Union on behalf of Klein Enterprises. Sterling purchased the asset in 2013 for $17.8 million and increased its occupancy rate from 77 percent to 96 percent. During its ownership, Sterling added an outparcel retail building leased to Chipotle Mexican Grill at the center.

June 9, 2017

Florida Multifamily Southeast

Cushman & Wakefield Negotiates $26.8M Sale of Active Adult Multifamily Community in Palm Beach County

by John Nelson June 9, 2017

JUPITER, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $26.8 million sale of Riverwalk Pointe at Mangrove Bay, a 104-unit, age-restricted apartment community in Jupiter, located on the east coast north of Palm Beach. Mangrove Bay Housing LLC, a joint venture between Eastwind Development and Index Apartments LLC, sold the asset to Pleasant Valley Market Place, an out-of-state investor using a 1031 exchange. The two-building community was built in 2014 and was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Rents at the property average $1.76 per square foot. Robert Given, Calum Weaver, Zachary Sackley and Troy Ballard of Cushman & Wakefield negotiated the transaction.

June 9, 2017

Florida Office Southeast

City Office REIT Begins Renovation of Park Tower in Downtown Tampa

by John Nelson June 9, 2017

TAMPA, FLA. — City Office REIT has begun the multimillion-dollar renovation of Park Tower, a 475,000-square-foot office building in downtown Tampa. The overhaul will include a new façade, upgraded entrance and facelift to the building’s amenities. Gensler is the designer for the renovations, which will include a new lobby café with seating, tenant lounge on the sixth floor, new fitness center with yoga room and bike stations, shared tenant conference room, new concierge desk and renovated parking garage with LED lighting. City Office REIT expects to wrap up the renovations in the first quarter of 2018. The REIT purchased Park Tower in November 2016 in a joint venture with Feldman Equities LLC and Tower Realty Partners for $79.8 million.

June 9, 2017

District of Columbia Loans Multifamily Southeast Top Stories

CapitalSource Provides $100M Construction Loan for Multifamily Property in Washington, D.C.

by Kristin Harlow June 9, 2017

WASHINGTON, D.C. — CapitalSource has provided a $100 million loan for the construction of Portals Residential Phase V Building, located in downtown Washington. The 373-unit multifamily property will be 13 stories tall. Units will range in size from 506 square feet to 3,400 square feet. Portals Residential Phase V Building is part of the final phase of a 3 million-square-foot development project that includes the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and three Class A office buildings. The building design includes a sky terrace level with multiple living and meeting rooms, and an infinity pool overlooking the Jefferson Memorial and Tidal Basin National Parks. The rooftop area includes a 1,100-foot walkway around the entire building. Other property amenities include a fitness facility, enclosed garden, dog grooming rooms, interior lounges and meeting rooms. The borrower is an affiliate of Republic Properties Corp., part of the Republic Family of Companies and a full-service real estate development and management firm. Parse Capital provided mezzanine financing, while CBRE brokered the loan transaction. CapitalSource, a division of Pacific Western Bank, provides commercial loans to small and middle-market businesses. Los Angeles-based Pacific Western Bank maintains over $21 billion in assets. — Kristin Hiller

June 9, 2017

Florida Multifamily Southeast

Rockefeller Group, Stiles Sell Apartment Tower in Downtown Fort Lauderdale for $133.6M

by John Nelson June 8, 2017

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — A joint venture between Rockefeller Group and Stiles has sold Amaray Las Olas, a newly built, 30-story apartment tower located at 215 S.E. 8th Ave. in downtown Fort Lauderdale. An entity known as Amaray Las Olas by Windsor, which is managed by Boston-based GID Investment Advisers, purchased the asset for $133.6 million, according to the South Florida Business Journal. The outlet also reported that TH Real Estate, the real estate investment arm of TIAA, provided a $65 million loan to the buyer. Rockefeller and Stiles completed the 254-unit tower in 2016, marking the first joint venture project between the two firms. The property comprises studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom residences with balconies and high-quality finishes. Community amenities include an elevated pool surrounded by private cabanas, an entertainment pavilion and deck, fitness center, saunas and massage/treatment room, clubroom, beverage lounge, conference and business center, bike storage, outdoor lanai with fire pit, dog spa and a park. Robert Given, Zach Sackley, Troy Ballard and Neal Victor of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Robert Kaplan, Chris Lentz and Mark Rutherford of Cushman & Wakefield placed the debt for the buyer.

June 8, 2017

Florida Industrial Southeast

Amazon to Open Tenth Florida Fulfillment Center in Miami

by John Nelson June 8, 2017

MIAMI — Amazon plans to expand its Florida presence with a new 800,000-square-foot fulfillment center in Miami. Situated within Carrie Meek International Business Park, a speculative industrial development at the Miami-Opa Locka Executive Airport, the project will be Amazon’s 10th facility in Florida. Foundry Commercial and Clarion Partners executed the lease with Amazon, which expects to employ more than 1,000 workers at the new facility. Carrie Meek International Business Park is a public-private partnership between the Carrie Meek Foundation, Foundry Commercial and Miami Mayor Carlos Gimenez’s office. The property will utilize automated processes supported by Amazon Robotics, a Massachusetts-based manufacturer of robotic fulfillment systems. The new fulfillment center will bring Amazon’s workforce in Florida to more than 7,500.

June 8, 2017

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