PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA. — Avison Young has brokered the $9.4 million sale of a 221,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 5850 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. in Peachtree Corners, a northeastern suburb of Atlanta. Chip Watson and Brent Weitnauer of Avison Young’s Atlanta office represented the seller, Makim Holdings, in the transaction. The buyer, Gwinnett County Schools, plans to convert the facility and surrounding 20 acres of land into a new high school.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite has brokered the $3.8 million sale of an 11-acre multifamily site in Fredericksburg. The parcel is located off Noble Way close to the Wegmans at Celebrate Virginia and the 2.2 million-square-foot Central Park Power Center. The buyer, Hampton at Noble LP, a division of S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co., plans to develop a 128-unit luxury apartment community at the site. The property, known as Valor, will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units with granite countertops and other high-end finishes. Community amenities will include a clubhouse, resort-style swimming pool, fitness center and outdoor grilling area. Hampton at Noble plans to deliver the clubhouse in the fourth quarter and deliver Valor’s first units in the first quarter of 2017. Brian Cunningham of Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite brokered the transaction.
DECATUR, GA. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $3.6 million sale of a 10,125-square-foot CVS/pharmacy located at 4037 Glenwood Road in Decatur, a suburb of Atlanta. Originally built in 1999, the asset has 21 years remaining on a recently extended lease, which features five five-year renewal option periods with 5 percent rental escalations in each period. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a real estate institution based in Atlanta’s East Cobb district, in the transaction. The buyer was a high net worth family trust.
APOPKA, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $74.7 million sale of Barrington at Mirror Lake in Apopka, a city near Orlando in Orange County. The 740-unit gated community is located at 700 Post Lake Place. Cortland Partners purchased the property from TIAA CREF. Completed in 1988, the apartment community features a resident activity center, business center, clubhouse, two pools, a lakeside boardwalk, fitness center, playground, sports courts and sand volleyball. The property was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquill of CBRE represented TIAA CREF in the transaction.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Pollack Shores Real Estate Group plans to build two upscale multifamily developments in Raleigh. The projects include the 330-unit Dakota on Nowell Road and a 314-unit property located on the corner of Davis Drive and Hopson Road in Research Triangle Park. Community amenities at The Dakota will include a resort-style pool, courtyard with a bocce ball court, fitness center and a dog park. Community amenities at the Davis Drive property will feature a second-floor fitness center with yoga and spinning rooms, a clubroom with a kitchen and café, resort-style pool, courtyard and a community gaming and TV lounge. Pollack Shores is set to open the two properties in early 2017. Matrix Residential, the residential management division of Pollack Shores, will manage the two projects.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Doster Construction has completed the $45.8 million construction of the 758-bed Clubhouse Student Apartments in Louisville adjacent to the University of Louisville campus. The project consists of three five-story wood frame buildings. The new complex has more than 400,000 square feet of living space. Amenities include two courtyards, a swimming pool, club room, fitness area, theater, computer/study room and a hammock garden. The project also includes a five-and-a-half level parking garage that accommodates more than 625 parking spaces. Buck Development Louisville LLC is the project’s developer.
ALABASTER, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $12.7 million sale of Whitestone Shopping Center, a 70,065-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center located at 9200 Highway 119 in Alabaster. Built in 2004, the shopping center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as ABC Liquor, Premier Cosmetic and Family Dentistry, Alabaster Eye Care, Jackson Hewitt, Subway and Palm Beach Tan. Also included in the sale was a 9,260-square-foot outparcel currently leased to Buddy’s Home Furnishings. The buyer, Publix Super Markets Inc., was represented internally. Andrew Chason and Brett Chetek of Marcus & Millichap’s St. Louis office represented the seller, a limited liability company based in Montgomery, Ala., in the transaction. Eddie Greenhalgh of Marcus & Millichap’s Mobile office is the firm’s broker of record in Alabama.
RICHMOND, VA. — Capital Square 1031 has purchased Perry Place Apartments, a 70-unit historic loft-style apartment community located in Richmond. Perry Place is a two-story property located at 815 Perry St. within Richmond’s Manchester Arts District. Units at Perry Place range from studios to three-bedroom apartments with views of the James River and downtown skyline. Community amenities include 24-hour controlled access, an outdoor swimming pool, community roof deck area, fitness center and on-site parking. Originally constructed in 1912 and recently renovated, Perry Place was fully occupied at the time of sale.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Hines has acquired 105 acres of land located at the intersection of I-295 and J.T. Butler Boulevard in Jacksonville’s Southside submarket. The Houston-based developer and investor will build a master-planned project on the site that will feature residential, office and retail space, as well as a central lake and green space. Along with Hines, the project team includes architect RTKL Associates and engineer ETM. Hines currently has $87 billion of assets under management and 104 developments underway. The firm’s current property and asset management portfolio includes 531 properties, representing more than 186 million square feet.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — TIER REIT, a Dallas-based REIT, has invested $20 million to renovate Bank of America Plaza, a 40-story, Class A office tower located at the intersection of Trade and Tryon streets in Charlotte. The 891,000-square-foot tower is 92 percent leased to tenants such as Bank of America, Alston & Bird, Shumaker Loop & Kendrick and SCOR Global Life Americas. The renovation includes expanding and renovating the main building lobby and adding close to 20,000 square feet of street-level retail space. The design team includes Charlotte-based architect Redline Design Group, project manager Tracy Haynie of Trinity Partners and general contractor Rodgers Builders. Rhea Greene of Trinity Partners handles leasing for the office tower, and Mike Lucier of CBRE handles leasing for the tower’s retail portion.
