NASHVILLE AND HERMITAGE, TENN. — Spirit Bascom Ventures, an affiliate of Irvine, Calif.-based The Bascom Group, and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management LP have closed on the purchase of two apartment communities in Nashville totaling 838 units. The portfolio includes the 560-unit Bellevue West at 100 Ridgelake Parkway and the 278-unit Highlands at the Lake at 100 Arbor Lake Blvd. in Hermitage, a suburb of Nashville. Vincent Lefler of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Brian Eisendrath and Annie Rice of CBRE Capital Markets arranged acquisition financing through San Francisco-based ACORE Capital.
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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Colliers International has arranged the $16.1 million sale of Shoppes at the Royale, a 46,020-square-foot shopping center located at 1400-1500 66th St. North in St. Petersburg’s Tyrone neighborhood. Built in 2008, the property is fully leased to tenants such as Pei Wei Asian Diner, Massage Envy, Orangetheory Fitness and Verizon Wireless. In 2012, Atlanta-based Halpern Enterprises purchased the shopping center out of foreclosure at 52 percent occupancy. Halpern Enterprises sold the property to Sarall II LLC, a private investor that owns shopping centers in Sarasota and Fort Myers. Michael Milano, Ronald Schultz and Ben McLeish of Colliers International’s Tampa Bay office represented Halpern in the transaction. McLeish previously leased the property on behalf of Halpern.
ORLANDO, FLA. — NXT Capital has provided a $15.1 million acquisition loan for the Reserve at Maitland, a three-building, Class B office property in Orlando totaling 197,000 square feet. The property is situated on the south side of Maitland Center, just north of Orlando’s central business district, with access to I-4.
MACON, GA. — Equus Capital Partners Ltd. has sold Madison River Place, a 240-unit apartment community in Macon, for $14.5 million. Mullberry Properties LLC purchased the property, which was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Built in 1988, the community features a resort-style swimming pool, fitness center, tennis and sand volleyball courts and a playground. Robert Stickel of Multi Housing Advisors represented the seller in the transaction. Greg Curci of Equus oversaw the company’s disposition of Madison River Place.
RALEIGH, N.C. — CBL & Associates Properties Inc. (NYSE: CBL) has closed on a new joint venture with DRA Advisors LLC that significantly reduces the retail real estate investment trust’s ownership stake in Triangle Town Center and Commons mall in Raleigh. The new joint venture acquired the property from an existing 50/50 joint venture between CBL and The Richard E. Jacobs Group for a total consideration of $174 million, including the assumption of a $171.1 million loan secured by the property. CBL now holds a 10 percent ownership position in the asset and is responsible for leasing and managing the property. DRA Advisors holds a 90 percent ownership position. The center, which was 96 percent occupied at the end of 2015, is anchored by North Carolina’s only Saks Fifth Avenue location, and is located at the intersection of Triangle Town Boulevard and I-540 near Capital Boulevard and Old Wake Forest Road. The $171.1 million loan on the property, which matured in December 2015, has been modified and restructured with an initial term of three years maturing in December 2018. The loan includes two one-year extension options available to the new joint venture for a final maturity date of December 2020. …
ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $42 million sale of The Glenn, a 396-unit luxury apartment community located at 10801 Heather Ridge Circle in Orlando. Insula Cos. purchased the property from Heather Glen Holding Co. LLC. The Glenn features three swimming pools with sundecks and tanning areas, a clubhouse, sand volleyball court and a newly constructed, 2,500-square-foot fitness center with a spin and yoga room. Built in 1986 and updated in 2014 and 2015, The Glenn was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquill of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
WESTON, FLA. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has purchased Weston Pointe, a 388,112-square-foot, four-building office park in Weston, a town in Broward County. Built between 1999 and 2006, Weston Pointe was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Wells Fargo, BB&T, Merrill Lynch, Regus, Ultimate Software and the General Services Administration. New York Life Real Estate Investors purchased the asset on behalf of the Madison Core Property Fund.
DAVIE, FLA. — PREMIER Design + Build Group LLC has finished construction on a speculative industrial warehouse in Davie, a town in Broward County. The 145,800-square-foot project, known as Bridge Point Davie, is located at 3501 S.W. 46th Ave. PREMIER completed the project on behalf of Bridge Development Partners LLC. Bridge Point Davie is a Class A facility featuring 32-foot clear heights, 43 truck dock positions, four drive-in doors, an ESFR fire protection sprinkler system and 241 parking stalls. Mark Melone and Michael Pacini of PREMIER were the project managers and Ed Lebak, also with PREMIER, was field superintendent. RLC Architects provided architectural services, and Landplan Engineering Group Inc. was the civil engineer. David Wigoda and Steve Wasserman of JLL are leasing the project on behalf of Bridge Development Partners.
Aztec Secures $14M Construction Loan for Publix-Anchored Shopping Center in South Carolina
by John Nelson
CHAPIN, S.C. — Aztec Group Inc. has secured a $14 million construction loan for Chapin Crossing Shopping Center, a Publix-anchored project underway in Chapin. The shopping center will feature a 45,600-square-foot Publix, roughly 36,000 square feet of inline shop space and three outparcels that can span up to 41,000 square feet. The project will be situated on a 20-acre lot near Lake Murray. Jason Shapiro and Sean Harrington of Aztec Group originated the three-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Chapin & Lex LLC, a joint venture between Mayan Properties, Elion Partners and CF Properties. The loan features a four-year extension option.
HOUMA, LA. — Venture Commercial Real Estate and SRSA Commercial Real Estate, two X Team International partners, have arranged a 20,023-square-foot lease for Northern Tool + Equipment in Houma. The family-owned and operated chain of hardware stores will occupy space at Houma Power Center, joining Old Navy, Burkes Outlet, Shoe Carnival and Pier 1 Imports. The shopping center is located between Martin Luther King Boulevard and West Main Street. Clay Mote of Venture Commercial and Kirsten Early of SRSA Commercial represented Northern Tool in the lease deal. Austin Lavin of Corporate Realty represented the landlord, Andrew Associates LLC. The Houma store will be Northern Tool’s second location in Louisiana.