Southeast

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — The Allen Morris Co. has opened The Hermitage Apartment Homes, a $73 million multifamily community located at 151 7th St. in downtown St. Petersburg. The Tampa Bay-area property features 348 studio apartments, as well as one- and two-bedroom units. The community also displays artwork in the lobby in homage to its namesake, the Hermitage Art Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. Community amenities include a rooftop pool and spa, outdoor grilling area, fitness center, pet spa, bike shop and storage and private dining and meeting areas. The Hermitage is Allen Morris Co.’s 81st development.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Sealed Air Corp., the company behind brands such as Bubble Wrap and Cryovac, has opened its new office and research campus within LakePointe Corporate Center in Charlotte. Situated south of the Charlotte Douglas International Airport, the project features two office buildings totaling 220,000 square feet, a 170,000-square-foot research and development laboratory and two parking decks. Designed by Atlanta-based tvsdesign, the property is expected to house 1,300 of Sealed Air’s employees. Amenities at the campus include a fitness center, cafeteria and social spaces, including an outdoor pavilion.

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DECATUR, GA. — Terwilliger Pappas has broken ground on Solis Decatur, a 290-unit apartment community that will be situated within the North Decatur Square mixed-use development in Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta. The property will be the multifamily component of the development, which will feature 89,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space leased to tenants including 365 by Whole Foods. Terwilliger Pappas partnered with SJ Collins Enterprises to develop Solis Decatur on an 11-acre parcel about a mile outside of downtown Decatur. JP Morgan and Atlantic Creek provided construction financing.

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DECATUR, GA. — BMO Harris Bank’s Healthcare Real Estate Finance group has closed $44.2 million in construction and mini-perm financing for Solomon Holdings. The capital will be used to build The Holbrook of Decatur, a 200-unit seniors housing community in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur. The community will feature 71 independent living units, 96 assisted living units and 33 memory care units. The upscale property is located near Emory University and will feature multiple dining venues, a spa and indoor pool. Choate Construction Co. will build the community, which CDH Partners designed. Once completed, Speak Life Management will be the operator. Construction began in April, and an estimated completion date has not yet been announced.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — F.N.B. Corp., parent company of First National Bank, has signed on as the anchor tenant of a planned 22-story office and residential tower at 501 Fayetteville St. in downtown Raleigh. Named FNB Tower, the project will feature 150,000 square feet of Class A office space, 240 residential units and street-level retail space, including a branch of First National Bank. F.N.B. Corp. will occupy more than 40,000 square feet of office space with options to expand to accommodate future growth. The developer, Dominion Realty Partners, is aiming for FNB Tower to be LEED Platinum-certified. The groundbreaking for FNB Tower will take place this December, with delivery anticipated by the summer of 2019. CBRE | Raleigh will handle FNB Tower’s office and retail leasing responsibilities, and Dominion Realty will manage the property once complete. Gregg Broujos and Kathy Gigac of Colliers International and David Thor of JLL represented F.N.B. Corp. in the lease transaction.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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