CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atlanta-based TriBridge Residential LLC has purchased Morehead West, a 211-unit apartment community located at 1932 W. Morehead St. in Charlotte’s FreeMoreWest neighborhood, for $31.5 million. The asset also includes 5,600 square feet of commercial space. The property is TriBridge’s fourth acquisition in Charlotte area. TriBridge will manage the property, and Ligon Commercial Real Estate will lease the asset on behalf of TriBridge.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Dilweg Cos. has purchased Vantage Place, a five-story, Class B office building in Nashville’s MetroCenter submarket. The seller and sales price were not disclosed, but The Tennessean reports the sales price as $17.7 million. Built in 1981, the 167,818-square-foot property was 92 percent leased to tenants such as Centerstone Research Institute, CGS and Young Williams. The purchase of Vantage Place brings Dilweg’s Southeast holdings to nearly 6 million square feet.
MIAMI — Regency Centers Corp. plans to develop Pinecrest Place, a $16.4 million retail center situated off U.S. Highway 1 (South Dixie Highway) in Miami. Whole Foods Market will anchor the 70,000-square-foot center with a 46,000-square-foot store. The shopping center will be located adjacent to a 173,000-square-foot Target. Regency Centers plans to deliver Pinecrest Place in the second quarter of 2018. Regency has developed 225 shopping centers since 2000, representing an investment at completion of more than $3.5 billion.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Aston Properties has announced retailers and restaurants joining City Park Village, an 11,600-square-foot shopping center under construction in Charlotte. Situated on a 2.6-acre site at the corner of West Tyvola Road and Potomac River Parkway, the property is nearly 90 percent pre-leased to tenants including Panera Bread, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Starbucks Coffee and Firehouse Subs. The $6 million property will serve as the entrance to City Park, a 170-acre mixed-use development that Pope & Land Enterprises is developing on the former site of the Charlotte Coliseum. The Shopping Center Group is leasing City Park Village, which has 1,575 square feet available, as well as retail pads fronting West Tyvola Road.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chicago-based Pearlmark Real Estate and Lincoln Property Co. are teaming up to develop an 11-story trophy office building at 699 14th St. N.W. in Washington, D.C.’s East End, less than two blocks from the White House. Situated at the corner of 14th and G streets, the development will connect to the existing historic banking hall, which was last occupied by the National Bank of Washington. Designed by Shalom Baranes Associates, the 160,000-square-foot property will feature 135,000 square feet of office space and 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The office space will feature 9-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling glass, multiple common rooms and private outdoor terraces. As part of the joint venture agreement, Lincoln Property Co. will develop, lease and manage the office building. Matt Haley and Ryan Kruzel were the lead executives on the transaction for Pearlmark. Stephen Conley, Susan Carras and Andrew Weir of HFF arranged the joint venture between Pearlmark and Lincoln.
GLEN BURNIE, MD. — MidCap Financial has provided a three-year, $20 million acquisition loan for Quarterfield Crossing, a 200-unit, garden-style multifamily community located in Glen Burnie, about 13 miles south of Baltimore. MidCap Financial provided the financing to Blackfin Real Estate Investors and limited partner Capital Solutions. Dan Martin of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing.
MIAMI — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has closed a $17.3 million loan for a 375,000-square-foot industrial facility in Miami. The three-building complex was 98 percent leased at the time of financing. Philip Carroll of Grandbridge’s Miami office arranged the seven-year loan with a sub-4 percent fixed interest rate and a 30-year amortization schedule through an unnamed life insurance company.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $11.4 million sale of Candlewood Suites Fort Myers-Sanibel Gateway, a 120-room hotel located at 9740 Commerce Center Court in Fort Myers. Built in 2009, the hotel is situated near several beaches including Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel and Captiva. AD1 Global purchased the asset from an undisclosed private investment group. Jonathan Ruprai and Krone Weidler of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer. Noam Kaminetzky of Meridian Capital Group arranged a $9.5 million, three-year acquisition loan on behalf of AD1 Global.
DUNWOODY, GA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Aspire Dunwoody, a more than 500-unit multifamily community located at 7150 Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Dunwoody, part of Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. Affiliates of Harbor Group International purchased the asset from Lincoln Property Co. for an undisclosed amount. Prior to the sale, Lincoln invested $6.3 million to renovate Aspire Dunwoody’s interior units and community amenities. Kevin Geiger, Malcolm McComb, Paul Berry and Shea Campbell of CBRE’s Southeast Multifamily Group represented the seller in the transaction.
Robust population and job growth are fueling a resurgence across all sectors of Nashville’s commercial real estate market, pushing vacancies lower, boosting rental rates and attracting strong interest from investors. With increasing demand for office space in the central business district (CBD), a rush of both in- and out-of-state developers and equity have descended on Nashville to deliver Class A product. That delivery timeline has subsequently pushed the demand for existing space to the adjacent Midtown, Wedgewood-Houston and MetroCenter submarkets. These satellite areas are benefiting from the positive absorption with existing space back-filled in record time, and some deliveries of conversions of older warehouses to hip office and retail space. CBD Construction Perhaps predictably, after the city climbed higher among the nation’s top job markets, (ranking third on NerdWallet’s list based on top cities’ unemployment rates and increase in working-age population between 2010- 2015), Nashville ranked sixth among the nation’s top cities for real estate investing in 2017, one spot higher than last year, in the annual Emerging Trends in Real Estate report put together by PricewaterhouseCooper and the Urban Land Institute. These accolades are a testament to Nashville’s crane-filled skyline, confirming that new construction is the dominant force in …
