Southeast

CBRE | Richmond Brokers $24.1M Sale of Office Portfolio in Richmond

by John Nelson December 14, 2016

RICHMOND, VA. — CBRE | Richmond has arranged the $24.1 million sale of a five-building, 228,879-square-foot office portfolio within Forest Office Park in Richmond’s West End submarket. The portfolio includes the Almond, Culpepper, Lee, Ratcliffe and Wythe buildings, which have an average 95 percent occupancy rate. The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of General Services recently renovated its 127,694 square feet of office space within the portfolio and extended its lease. CBRE | Richmond managed the renovation and negotiated the lease extension. David Wilkons and Matt Anderson of CBRE | Richmond, along with Scott Adams of CBRE | Hampton Roads and Justin Parsonnett of CBRE’s Atlanta office, represented the seller, NNN Forest Office Park LLC, in the transaction. The buyer, Equitable Real Estate Partners LLC, has retained Wilkins and Anderson to lease the office portfolio.

December 14, 2016

Florida Seniors Housing Southeast

Watermark Starts Construction of 89-Unit Memory Care Community Near Orlando

by John Nelson December 14, 2016

WINTER SPRINGS, FLA. — Watermark Retirement Communities has started construction of The Watermark at Vistawilla, an 89-unit memory care community in the Orlando suburb of Winter Springs. Watermark, The Freshwater Group and development partners Rookis Investment Partners and Gulf Coastal Development Inc. broke ground on the community earlier in December. The project is slated for completion in the fourth quarter of 2017. Tampa-based Chancey Design Partnership designed the project. Watermark will both own and operate the community. Watermark Retirement Communities, based in Tucson, Ariz., is the 13th largest operator of seniors housing communities in the United States, managing 6,713 units across 36 communities, according to the American Seniors Housing Association’s 2016 calculations.

December 14, 2016

Office Southeast Tennessee

Angelo, Gordon’s Net Lease Group Acquires Office Tower in Memphis for $58.3M

by John Nelson December 13, 2016

MEMPHIS, TENN. — New York-based Angelo, Gordon & Co.’s net lease group (AG Net Lease) has purchased an office tower within International Paper Co.’s global headquarters campus in Memphis for $58.3 million. AG Net Lease’s purchase from Century Park Partners LLC includes the office building and the assumption of International Paper’s existing 10.5-year lease. Situated in the East Memphis business district, Tower III spans 214,060 square feet and is one of four office buildings on International Paper’s campus.

December 13, 2016

North Carolina Office Southeast

Vision Ventures to Develop New Office Building in Charlotte’s South End

by John Nelson December 13, 2016

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-based Vision Ventures plans to develop a four-story, 83,000-square-foot office building located at 2100 S. Tryon St. in Charlotte’s historic South End neighborhood. The property will be situated within walking distance of the East/West Boulevard light rail station, Camden Road and the Rail Trail, a four-mile trail that winds through downtown Charlotte. Vision Ventures has selected Tom Fitzgerald of JLL to market and lease the building, which will feature ground-level retail space. BB+M Architecture is the architect for the project.

December 13, 2016

Office South Carolina Southeast

RealOp Investments Buys Bank of America Plaza in Downtown Greenville for $22.5M

by John Nelson December 13, 2016

GREENVILLE, S.C. — RealOp Investments has purchased Bank of America Plaza, a 15-story, 196,152-square-foot office tower located at 101 N. Main St. in downtown Greenville. Renovated in 2014, the office building is connected to an Aloft Hotel and two parking structures on either side of the building. The property was 80 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Bank of America, IBM, iHeartMedia and Next on Main, a shared office space provider. The building’s ground-floor retail space is leased to Methodical Coffee, TAZ Boutique and the iStore, an Apple reseller. Ryan Clutter, Scot Humphrey, Chris Lingerfelt and Zach Drozda of HFF represented the seller, Hughes Development Corp., in the sale. Travis Anderson and Brent Bowman of HFF arranged a $17.3 million, floating-rate acquisition loan on behalf of RealOp Investments.

December 13, 2016

Retail Southeast Virginia

KLNB Retail Arranges $15.9M Sale of Retail Center in Virginia

by John Nelson December 13, 2016

WINCHESTER, VA. — KLNB Retail’s investment sales group has brokered the $15.9 million sale of Pleasant Valley Marketplace, a 104,703-square-foot retail center located at 2021-20165 S. Pleasant Valley Road in Winchester. Andy Stape and Vito Lupo of KLNB Retail represented both the seller, Pleasant Valley Marketplace LLC, and the undisclosed 1031 buyer in the transaction. Built in 1995, Pleasant Valley Marketplace was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Hobby Lobby, Staples, Dollar Tree, Jimmy John’s, Cici’s Pizza and Verizon Wireless.

December 13, 2016

Georgia Retail Southeast

Franklin Street Brokers $11M Sale of Publix-Anchored Shopping Center in Georgia

by John Nelson December 13, 2016

GAINESVILLE, GA. — Franklin Street has brokered the $11 million sale of Robson Crossing, a Publix-anchored shopping center located at 3446 Winder Highway in Gainesville, roughly 40 miles northeast of Atlanta and minutes from Lake Lanier. Since opening in 1998, Robson Crossing has maintained an occupancy rate at or above 90 percent. The 99,170-square-foot center’s current tenant roster includes GNC, The UPS Store, Ace Hardware, O’Reilly Automotive, Sonic and Chick-fil-A. John Tennant and Bryan Belk of Franklin Street’s Atlanta office represented the Gainesville-based seller, Robson Crossing LLC, in the transaction. The buyer, Ontario, Canada-based SUSO 3 Lovingston LP, plans to upgrade the center and extend the lease with Publix.

December 13, 2016

Maryland Multifamily Southeast

Federal Capital Partners Sells Multifamily Portfolio in Metro D.C. for $328M

by John Nelson December 12, 2016

CHEVY CHASE, MD. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP) has completed the largest multifamily transaction in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area in 2016 with the $328 million sale of a five-community apartment portfolio. The portfolio includes: • Cypress Creek in Hyattsville, Md. (760 units) • Penn Landing in Forestville, Md. (598 units) • Cambridge Apartments at New Carrollton Station in New Carrollton, Md. (466 units) • Summerlyn Place in Laurel, Md. (424 units) • Toledo Plaza in Hyattsville, Md. (242 units) FCP sold the 2,490-unit portfolio through the firm’s Funds I and II. CBRE represented FCP in the portfolio sale to the undisclosed buyer.

December 12, 2016

Georgia Office Southeast

Preferred Apartment Communities Agrees to Purchase Trophy Office Building in Atlanta

by John Nelson December 12, 2016

ATLANTA — Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. has agreed to purchase Three Ravinia, an 813,748-square-foot trophy office building located at 3 Ravinia Drive in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter office submarket. Built in 1991 by Hines, the 31-story office building was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) and State Farm, with an average remaining lease term of approximately 10 years. Last summer IHG renewed its lease to keep its corporate headquarters at Three Ravinia. PAC’s operating partnership, Preferred Apartment Communities Operating Partnership LP, committed to acquire Three Ravinia pursuant to a signed agreement of purchase and sale with the current owner, SPUS6 Three Ravinia LP. The sales price was undisclosed, but the property traded for $145 million in 2013, according to media reports. PAC plans to fund the transaction using a combination of cash on hand, borrowings from its senior secured credit facility with KeyBank NA, proceeds from stock issuances and proceeds from selling other assets. PAC also applied for a non-recourse loan with John Hancock for 55 percent of the purchase price.

December 12, 2016

Loans Mixed-Use Southeast Virginia

Phillips Realty Capital Arranges $90M Loan for Mixed-Use Project in Metro D.C.

by John Nelson December 12, 2016

FALLS CHURCH, VA. — Phillips Realty Capital has arranged a $90 million permanent loan for West Broad Residences, a newly built seven-story mixed-use complex in Falls Church, roughly nine miles west of Washington, D.C. Developed by Rushmark Properties, the property features 285 residential units, a 60,000-square-foot Harris Teeter grocery store, 2,250 square feet of ancillary retail space and an underground parking garage. West Broad’s apartments began leasing in January and the Harris Teeter opened in July. Stephen Shaw Jr., John Sieber Jr. and Emily Beeler of Phillips Realty Capital arranged the financing on behalf of Rushmark Properties.

December 12, 2016

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