Southeast

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Meridian Group, a Bethesda, Md.-based real estate investment and development firm, has purchased 1901 L Street, an eight-story office building located in downtown Washington, D.C.’s central business district. Meridian purchased the 132,372-square-foot property from New York Life in an off-market transaction for $75 million. At closing, the building will be 73 percent leased to two retail tenants — Staples and Sweetgreen — and a mix of 15 office tenants. Meridian is planning an extensive renovation of 1901 L that will add three new floors of trophy space to the top of the building. The renovation will also include a new lobby with high-end finishes, new façade and new HVAC and elevator systems, as well as a tenant-only indoor/outdoor penthouse space, fitness center and a conference center. The renovation will increase the size of the building to 206,000 square feet. Meridian selected Fox Architects to design the new building. The purchase is the fifth acquisition for an affiliate of Meridian — Meridian Realty Partners II LP, a $231.6 million discretionary fund.

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MIAMI — Berkadia has secured the $25 million refinancing of Carib Villas, a 365-unit apartment community located at 11105 S.W. 200th St. in Miami. Built in 1972, the property features onsite laundry facilities, barbecue areas and a swimming pool with a sundeck. Mitch Sinberg and Matt Robbins of Berkadia’s South Florida office arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, The Cornfield Group. The Freddie Mac loan features interest-only payments for the full term and an adjustable interest rate.

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MATTHEWS, N.C. — The Memphis office of Financial Federal Bank has arranged a $24.3 million acquisition loan for Legacy Matthews Apartments in Matthews, a suburb of Charlotte. The borrower, a repeat Financial Federal customer, purchased the 288-unit garden-style property, which was 97 percent occupied at the time of closing. Rick Wood and Jon Van Hoozer of Financial Federal Bank arranged the 12-year, fixed-rate loan with three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule through an agency lender.

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ARLINGTON, VA. — Greysteel has arranged the $13.5 million sale of Whispering Oaks, a 49-unit mid-rise apartment community located at 1310 N. Oak St. in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood. Whispering Oaks’ amenities include covered and uncovered parking, a telephone entry system call box, fitness center, laundry facilities, secluded rear patio sitting area and a renovated lobby. Ari Firoozabadi, Kyle Tangney, Rawles Wilcox, Alicia Orkisz and Herbert Schwat of Greysteel’s Washington, D.C., office represented the sellers, 401 Commonwealth LLC and HJL Properties LLC, and procured the buyer.

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Amazon Prime Air

HEBRON, KY. — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) plans to build a centralized air hub at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG) in Hebron to support its fleet of Prime Air cargo planes. The Seattle-based company expects to create more than 2,000 new jobs at the new $1.5 billion facility. “As we considered places for the long-term home for our air hub operations, Hebron quickly rose to the top of the list with a large, skilled workforce, centralized location with great connectivity to our nearby fulfillment locations and an excellent quality of living for employees,” says Dave Clark, Amazon’s senior vice president of worldwide operations. Last year, Amazon entered into agreements with Atlas Air Worldwide and Air Transport Services Inc. to lease 40 cargo airplanes to support members of its Prime program, which offers its members free two-day shipping. Sixteen of those cargo planes are currently in service, and the e-commerce giant plans to roll out more planes over time. Amazon’s Prime Air hub at CVG will support Amazon’s fleet of Prime Air cargo planes by loading, unloading and sorting packages. “We’ve worked hard to ensure CVG is a great place to do business, and we couldn’t be more pleased that Amazon recognized …

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ARLINGTON, VA. — New York-based Paramount Group Inc., a publicly traded office REIT, has entered into an agreement to sell Waterview, a 24-story, 647,000-square-foot office building in Arlington’s Rosslyn neighborhood, for $460 million. Paramount Group sold the asset to Morgan Stanley Real Estate, according to Washington Business Journal. Situated along the Potomac River, Waterview’s office space is currently 99 percent leased to a single tenant, whose lease expires in January 2028. The transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2017.

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ATLANTA — The Related Group has selected Balfour Beatty US to construct a multi-level Whole Foods Market store in Midtown Atlanta. Situated on 2.2 acres at West Peachtree and 14th streets, the new store will anchor The Related Group’s Apogee Midtown, a 39-story high-rise apartment tower that Balfour Beatty US is also constructing. The new 72,000-square-foot store will feature a microbrewery and a rooftop patio bar. Phillips Partnership Inc. designed the new Whole Foods, which The Related Group expects to deliver in the first quarter of 2018.

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PEMBROKE PINES, FLA. — A joint venture between Atlanta-based Core5 Industrial Partners and Helms Development has acquired a 60-acre land parcel at 2041 Sheridan St. in Pembroke Pines from the city of Pembroke Pines. The team plans to develop a three-building, 750,000-square-foot distribution park known as South Florida Distribution Center at the site. Beginning in April, Core5 and Helms will break ground on Phase I, a 223,008-square-foot spec building. The site is one of the last remaining in southwest Broward to offer build-to-suit options for larger industrial users that need trailer parking, according to Core5. South Florida Distribution Center is Core5’s first project in the state of Florida. The developers have selected Larry Dinner, Larry Genet and Tom O’Loughlin of CBRE to lease the project.

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MORRISVILLE, N.C. — JLL has arranged INC Research Holdings Inc.’s office lease at Perimeter Five, a Class A office building under construction at 3032 Carrington Mill Blvd. in Morrisville, about 13 miles west of Raleigh. The global contract research firm leased the entire 215,450-square-foot building, which will be situated within the 3 million-square-foot Perimeter Park master-planned office development. The office building will feature lake views, green space, a café serving Starbucks Coffee and a fitness center. Erika Jean McNeil, Paul Glickman, Matthew Astrachan and Michael Morgan of JLL represented INC Research in the 12-year lease deal. William Allen of Trinity Partners represented the landlord. The office building will break ground in March for an expected delivery in July 2018.

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