MIAMI— An affiliate of Hyatt Hotels Corp. has entered into a franchise agreement with Concord Aztec Brickell LLC for Hyatt Centric Brickell Miami, a 208-room hotel that will be situated within the 83-story Panorama Tower in Miami’s Brickell district. Located at 1101 Brickell Ave., Hyatt Centric Brickell Miami will feature a second-floor restaurant and bar, full-service spa, fitness center, swimming pool and 4,000 square feet of meeting and event space. Concord Aztec Brickell LLC is a joint venture between Aztec Group and Concord Hospitality, which will manage the hotel. Hyatt Centric Brickell Miami is expected to open in the third quarter of this year. When completed, the mixed-use Panorama Tower will be the tallest building in Miami and the largest residential building south of New York. The first two floors of Panorama Tower will include more than 50,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Washington REIT has signed a contract to acquire Watergate 600, a 309,387-square-foot office building located at 600 New Hampshire Ave. N.W. in Washington, D.C. Katherine B. Bradley and David G. Bradley, owners of publishing firm Atlantic Media, have agreed to sell Watergate 600 to Washington REIT for $135 million. Atlantic Media occupies 140,000 square feet of space at the 12-story office building on a long-term lease. Built in 1972 along the Potomac River, Watergate 600 is part of the six-building Watergate complex and features direct access to Interstate 66 and the Metrorail’s Foggy Bottom rail station. The asset was 97 percent leased at the time of sale.
ORLANDO, FLA. — The Shopping Center Group has negotiated the $16 million sale of Town Center Shoppes, a 64,500-square-foot retail center located at the intersection of Mitchell Hammock Road and South Central Avenue in Orlando. An undisclosed entity purchased the property, which is anchored by a 44,000-square-foot LA Fitness. Anthony Blanco, Lenard Williams and Mallory Silva of The Shopping Center Group marketed the property on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of Gemini Real Estate Advisors, a North Carolina-based consulting firm.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Serendipity Labs Coworking, a shared office space concept, has signed a lease for 15,000 square feet of space within the L & C Tower complex in downtown Nashville. Serendipity Labs will occupy the first two floors at 159 4th Ave. N., which will feature a work lounge, team rooms, private offices, a café and event space. Serendipity Labs’ development partner for Nashville, SLN Capital LLC, is an entity owned by Dan McEwan, CEO of Memphis-based Maximum Hospitality, a Starwood Preferred Management Company. SLN Capital LLC signed the lease with landlord CIM Group. McEwan expects to open the newest Serendipity Labs location in early August. New York-based Serendipity Labs has six current locations with approximately 100 locations under development across the country. McEwan expects to open additional Serendipity Labs locations in the Nashville area in the near future.
DALTON, GA. — Greystone Brown Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $6.1 million sale of Chalet Valley, a 140-unit, Class B multifamily community located at 1809 Shadow Lane in Dalton, a city about 90 miles northwest of Atlanta. Dalton Valley LLC acquired the property from Augsburg Investments LLC, a Georgia-based holding company. Taylor Brown, Walter Miller, Chandler Brown and Bo Brown of Greystone Brown represented the seller in the transaction. The property consists of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, and includes a pool, laundry services and a pet park.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Proffitt Dixon Partners will host a grand opening for Peyton Stakes, a 249-unit apartment complex in Nashville, on March 31. Located at 1401 Third Avenue North in the city’s Germantown neighborhood, the property will feature a music studio that will host local bands throughout the year, a creative art studio, a clubroom with collaborative workspaces and a coffee bar. Interiors of all units feature designer countertops, custom cabinetry and wood-style flooring.
ROBINSONVILLE, MISS. — Penn National Gaming Inc., a Pennsylvania-based racetrack and casino operator, has entered into a deal to acquire Bally’s Casino Tunica and Resorts Casino Tunica for $44 million in cash, according to the Memphis Business Journal. Bally’s Casino Tunica features a 40,000-square-foot casino and a 238-room hotel; Resorts Casino Tunica features a 35,000-square-foot casino and a 201-room hotel. Both properties are located in Robinsonville, Miss., approximately 30 miles southwest of Memphis.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Housing Partnership Foundation (NHPF) has purchased Takoma Place Apartments, a seven-building, 105-unit complex located at 6676 Georgia Ave. in Washington, D.C. The Department of Housing and Community Development committed $13.7 million to the $16 million transaction. Citibank and the undisclosed seller also provided bridge financing for the property.
OOLTEWAH, TENN. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Village at Apison Pike, a 248-unit apartment community located at 8605 Tradewind Circle in Ooltewah, an eastern suburb of Chattanooga. Built in 2015, the property features a resort-style pool, fitness center, outdoor lounge and a pet park. Robert Stickel and Jimmy Adams of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, StoneRiver Co., in the transaction. The representative of the buyer, Hudson Capital Properties, was not disclosed.
TAMPA, FLA. — Amgen, a California-based biopharmaceutical company, has leased 125,000 square feet of office space at Corporate Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot office building in the Tampa submarket of Westshore. Located at 2202 N. Westshore Blvd., the Class A property will house Amgen’s new, 450-employee business support center. Cousins Properties Inc., an Atlanta-based REIT that primarily invests in Class A office towers, represented Amgen in the transaction.