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Louisville FedEx Blankenbaker Station Business Park

Marcus & Millichap Brokers $41.9M Sale of FedEx Facility in Louisville

by John Nelson June 6, 2016

LOUISVILLE, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $41.9 million sale of a newly built, 303,369-square-foot FedEx industrial facility in Louisville. Built in 2015, the asset is located on a 46-acre lot within the 600-acre Blankenbaker Station Business Park near the convergence of I-64 and I-265. FedEx has a 15-year initial base lease that began when the project was delivered. Seth Richard of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office and Laurie Ann Drinkwater of the firm’s Boston office represented the buyer, a national net-lease investor that has purchased several properties leased to FedEx. Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, a developer, in the transaction. Aaron Johnson is Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Kentucky.

June 6, 2016

Office Southeast Virginia

Insite Properties to Develop 120,000 SF Office Building, Parking Structure in Charlottesville

by John Nelson June 6, 2016

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Charlotte-based Insite Properties plans to develop a 120,000-square-foot office building above a 200-space parking garage at 323 Second St. S.E. in historic Charlottesville. Charlotte-based BB+M Architecture designed the nine-story property, which will feature four levels of parking and five levels of office space. The asset will be located within two blocks of the Downtown Mall. Insite Properties has named John Pritzlaff of Cushman & Wakefield the leasing representative for the office building.

June 6, 2016

Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery New Orleans

Hospitality Louisiana Southeast

Provenance Hotels Partners Buys Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery in New Orleans

by John Nelson June 6, 2016

NEW ORLEANS — Provenance Hotels Partners Fund I, an investment vehicle sponsored by Portland-based hotel operator Provenance Hotels, has purchased Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery in New Orleans for an undisclosed price. The 167-room boutique hotel is located at 535 Tchoupitoulas St. in New Orleans’ Warehouse Arts District. The hotel features Compère Lapin, a French and Italian restaurant helmed by chef Nina Compton. Provenance Hotels bought out the ownership stake in Old No. 77 from its partners — affiliates of New York-based GB Lodging and Dallas-based Woodbine Development Corp. The trio opened the hotel in August 2015.

June 6, 2016

Industrial South Carolina Southeast

Beacon Partners Delivers 40,000 SF Flex Facility in Metro Charlotte

by John Nelson June 6, 2016

ROCK HILL, S.C. — Beacon Partners has completed the construction of a 40,000-square-foot office and manufacturing facility at 1217 Apex Drive in Rock Hill, a southern suburb of Charlotte in South Carolina. The asset is situated within Waterford Business Park at the corner of Dave Lyle Boulevard and Waterford Park Drive. The tenant, Oerlikon Balzers Coatings USA Inc., has begun a phased move in, which will continue over the summer. The facility was originally a speculative shell industrial building that Beacon Partners purchased from the Rock Hill Economic Development Corp. Oerlikon is a supplier of surface technologies that improve the performance and durability of precision components and tools for the metal and plastics processing industries. Region’s Bank provided construction financing to Beacon Partners for the flex facility. Other project team members include architect Merriman Schmitt and general contractor J.M. Cope.

June 6, 2016

Florida Healthcare Southeast

Bull Realty Brokers $10.6M Sale of Medical Office Building in Florida

by John Nelson June 6, 2016

THE VILLAGES, FLA. — Atlanta-based Bull Realty has brokered the $10.6 million sale of the TLC Medical Arts building, a 32,000-square-foot medical office building located in The Villages. The property’s anchor tenant is TLC ASC, a surgical center joint venture between National Surgery Center Holdings Inc., a subsidiary of Tenet Healthcare and a group of regional physicians. Other tenants include The Orthopedic Institute, Olcott Spine Institute and Spine Intervention Specialists. Stage Acquisitions, an affiliate of Skokie, Ill-based Stage Equity Partners, purchased the property from Stanmore Development LLC. Michael Bull and Paul Zeman of Bull Realty represented the seller in the transaction.

June 6, 2016

Georgia Multifamily Southeast Top Stories

Cushman & Wakefield Acquires Multi Housing Advisors in the Southeast

by Nellie Day June 6, 2016

ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield has acquired Atlanta-based Multi Housing Advisors (MHA), creating one of the largest multifamily brokerage platforms in the Southeast. MHA has closed 23.8 percent of the Southeast’s total multifamily investment sales transactions this year, according to the company. The combined firms brokered nearly $3 billion in transactions, including 20 percent of all Southeastern multifamily sales in 2015. MHA co-founders Josh Goldfarb and Marc Robinson will serve as Cushman & Wakefield’s U.S. multifamily leaders. They will be based in Atlanta and Charlotte, respectively. Goldfarb and Robinson founded MHA in 2002. The company has produced transaction volume totaling more than $5.9 billion in the past five years. MHA has sold more than 140,000 multifamily units through more than 850 individual transactions since its inception. The firm brings 13 brokerage professionals and a staff of 35 to Cushman & Wakefield, and adds on-the-ground employees to the Southeast, with offices in Birmingham and Charlotte. “Adding MHA exemplifies Cushman & Wakefield’s commitment to growing our capital markets platform, especially in the multifamily sector,” says Noble Carpenter, Cushman & Wakefield president of capital markets for the Americas. “Strategically, we are deeper and positioned to serve clients across the spectrum of multifamily properties …

June 6, 2016

Industrial Market Reports Southeast Southeast Market Reports Tennessee

Memphis Reaffirms Its Industrial Prowess with Strong 2015 Performance

by John Nelson June 6, 2016

To say 2015 was a good year for the Memphis industrial market would be an understatement. The Memphis market, which comprises approximately 220 million square feet spread across seven submarkets and three states (Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas), set a new record in 2015 with absorption exceeding 8.4 million square feet. This total is nearly double what the market recorded in 2014 and an impressive 2 million square feet more than the record set in 2006. Vacancy also dipped into single-digit territory for the first time ever, falling below the 10 percent mark to a new record low of 9.8 percent. Vacancy fell 370 basis points in 2015 alone, the most significant year-over-year vacancy decrease in market history. The market’s central U.S. location, quadra-modal transportation infrastructure (river, road, runway and rail) and abundant labor force are just a few of the benefits that make it an ideal location for distribution tenants. A total of 18 Class A deals were completed in 2015 by notable companies like Nike, Post, Cummins, Dayco Products, AmerisourceBergen, T.J. Maxx and Coca-Cola, to name a few. Class A buildings made up 6.3 million square feet, or 75 percent, of total absorption. There were five deals north of …

June 6, 2016

Multifamily North Carolina South Carolina Southeast

Middle Street Partners Purchases Six Apartment Communities in the Carolinas for $97M

by John Nelson June 3, 2016

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Middle Street Partners LLC has purchased six apartment communities in North and South Carolina for a combined $97 million. Middle Street purchased the portfolio in partnership with an undisclosed majority equity investor. The portfolio includes Waterford Apartments, Gable Hill Apartments, St. Andrews Commons Apartments and Hampton Greene Apartments in Columbia, S.C.; Forest Brook Apartments in West Columbia, S.C.; and Chason Ridge Apartments in Fayetteville, N.C. CBRE Realty Finance provided acquisition financing on behalf of the new ownership group.

June 3, 2016

Florida Retail Southeast

Terranova Affiliate Sells Shopping Center in Metro Miami for $66.5M

by John Nelson June 3, 2016

PINECREST, FLA. — Suniland Associates Ltd., an affiliate of Terranova Corp., has sold the 82,000-square-foot Suniland Shopping Center to a Denver-based REIT for $66.5 million. The asset is located on 7.1 acres along U.S. 1 in Pinecrest, a southern suburb of Miami. The property’s tenant roster includes Flanigans, SunTrust Bank, Citicorp, the U.S. Post Office, CVS/pharmacy, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Pete’s Barber Shop and Wagons West. Mark Gilbert of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction.

June 3, 2016

Florida Hospitality Southeast

ARTIC Buys Viceroy Miami Hotel from Pebblebrook Hotel Trust for $64.5M

by John Nelson June 3, 2016

MIAMI — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has sold the Viceroy Miami, a 148-room, upscale hotel in Miami’s Brickell district, for $64.5 million. The buyer, Qatar-based investment firm Al Rayyan Tourism Investment Co. (ARTIC), purchased the property with plans to convert the hotel into Starwood Hotels and Resort’s W brand. The new W Miami features a rooftop lounge on the 50th floor, a 28,000-square-foot spa and a 300-foot rooftop pool, Florida’s longest infinity pool that overlooks Biscayne Bay. The property also features five commercial units and 38 condominium hotel units that are part of a hotel rental program. As of April 30, the 50-story hotel had a 12-month trailing net operating income of $2.7 million, making the cap rate roughly 4.2 percent. Pebblebrook, a hospitality REIT, purchased Viceroy Miami in May 2011 for $36.5 million.

June 3, 2016

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