SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — Herndon, Va.-based SugarOak Holdings has purchased Roswell North, a 58,529-square-foot office building located at 8010 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs, a northern suburb of Atlanta. SugarOak purchased the asset from an unnamed private investor for $5.4 million. Built in 1986, the three-story office building was 94 percent leased at the time of sale. Kevin Markwordt and Todd Syprett of Transwestern represented the seller in the transaction.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Cushman & Wakefield will continue to operate in the Louisville metro and surrounding areas through its Alliance partnership with Commercial Kentucky Inc. The Louisville-based commercial real estate brokerage firm was founded in 1973 as Scherer/Casper & Associates. Commercial Kentucky first began its relationship with Cushman & Wakefield in 1981 and expanded its capabilities to include market research, property management and appraisal services, in addition to office, industrial, retail and investment brokerage services. Earlier this year, Cushman & Wakefield entered into an agreement to sell the firm and merge with DTZ. The merger closed September 1, creating a global commercial real estate services provider with 43,000 employees across 60 countries. The merger impacted many major markets where both firms have a presence and client relationships. “We look forward to continuing our relationship with the new Cushman & Wakefield,” said Phil Scherer, president of Commercial Kentucky. “We have the same team dedicated to providing superior services and insight to our clients, backed by decades of local experience and market knowledge. As a Cushman & Wakefield Alliance partner, our capabilities and opportunities will only continue to grow.”
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — MidCity Real Estate Partners and Crocker Partners have formed a joint venture to co-develop NorthPlace, a 3.7-acre office campus located in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter office submarket at Barfield Road and Mount Vernon Highway in Sandy Springs. The campus will be visible from GA 400 and will be situated one block from Mercedes-Benz USA’s new headquarters and two blocks from the Sandy Springs MARTA station. Plans for NorthPlace include two towers spanning 250,000 square feet and 100,000 square feet. The site can also house build-to-suit opportunities ranging from 20,000 to 100,000 square feet for companies wanting to own their own property. MidCity will sell and lease the campus, and Roger White of MidCity will oversee day-to-day construction operations. Crocker Partners owns the site, and Crocker and MidCity have retained Warner Summers as the base building architect. In addition to office use, the site is also zoned for ground-floor retail space.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — HFF has arranged $23.6 million in acquisition financing for a three-building, 246,145-square-foot industrial complex in Alexandria. The fully leased properties are located within Pickett Industrial Park at 841-929 S. Pickett St. The complex’s tenant roster includes General Services Administration, Commercial Carpets of America, Michael Baker Corp. and Habitat for Humanity of Northern Virginia. Sue Carras, Walter Coker and Brian Crivella of HFF arranged the 10-year, floating-rate loan through SunTrust Bank on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of JBG Core Venture I LP — a joint venture between CBRE Global Investment Partners and The JBG Cos.
CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. — Continental Realty Corp. has purchased Cypress Run Marketplace, an 85,000-square-foot retail center located at 10599-10667 W. Atlantic Blvd. in Coral Springs, for $13.6 million. Continental Realty purchased the asset from Game Properties Inc. on behalf of Continental Realty Fund IV LP, a value-add retail and multifamily fund. This was the second acquisition for the fund. Anchored by Walmart Neighborhood Market, the shopping center was 79 percent leased at the time of sale. Continental Realty has tapped Aileen Messinger of Katz & Associates to lease the center. Dave Donnellan and Dennis Carson of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
MONROE, N.C. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp., a publicly traded equity REIT specializing in net-leased industrial properties, has sold its 160,000-square-foot industrial building in Monroe to its tenant for $9 million. The tenant, Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Co., is a plumbing systems manufacturer based in Charlotte. Monmouth’s portfolio now spans 13.8 million square feet of single-tenant, net leased industrial assets with a current occupancy rate of 97.6 percent.
BRASELTON, GA. — Skyline Seven Real Estate has brokered the $5.1 million sale of Mulberry Walk, a 31,186-square-foot shopping center in Braselton, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. The property comprises three buildings located across from the Chateau Elan Winery and Resort. Elliott Kyle of Skyline Seven represented the seller, the shopping center’s developer, in the transaction. Franklin Adams of Adams Development Co., represented the buyer, a large private investor. Mulberry Walk was 97 percent leased at the time of sale.
Chattanooga is situated at a U-turn of the Tennessee River amidst forests and mountains, hence the community’s nickname, Scenic City. Two of Chattanooga’s largest employers are Volkswagen, which has a plant here, and Amazon, which runs a distribution center in the city. Insurance firm Unum Group, a Fortune 500 Company founded in 1848, is headquartered here and is one of the larger occupiers of downtown office space. Long-known for its natural resources and as a tourism destination, Chattanooga is experiencing a real estate boom fueled by urbanization trends and its proximity to Atlanta (2 hours south) and Nashville (1.5 hours northwest), as well as its growing recognition as one of the South’s top tourism and entertainment venues. Key to the urban renewal is the conversion of dozens of properties — mostly from office uses to residential, retail or hotel uses. The combination of the Great Recession and a 2009 move by BlueCross BlueShield into a new $229 million downtown facility has led to the relatively high vacancy rate of 17.5 percent that persisted up until early 2014. Most of the 600,000 square feet of facilities vacated by BlueCross BlueShield were not suitable for multi-tenanted office use and the spaces would …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Akridge and its partner, Stars Investments, plan to redevelop 1101 and 1111 16th St. N.W. into one freestanding, 100,000-square-foot trophy office building. One block away from the new Fannie Mae headquarters and within view of the White House, the new property will feature a fitness center, rooftop terrace and parking. Akridge recently purchased the two assets from the American Beverage Association and the American Association of University Women. Eric Berkman, Steve Gichner and John Boland of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction on behalf of the sellers. The new 1101 16th Street building will deliver in 2017.
JEFFERSON, GA. — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and Clarion Partners have formed a joint venture to purchase 122.5 acres of land along I-85 in Jefferson, roughly 60 miles northeast of Atlanta. The site will house Jefferson Mill Business Park, a new two-phase, Class A industrial park that will span nearly 1.8 million square feet. Phase I will feature an 822,257-square-foot bulk cross-dock warehouse and a 250,569-square-foot rear load distribution center. Construction will commence by the end of 2015 and be completed in 2016. Phase II of the park will be a 720,836-square-foot speculative or build-to-suit bulk cross-dock warehouse. Ben Logue and Price Weaver of Colliers International brokered the land sale and will also handle the leasing and marketing of the site on behalf of TCC and Clarion Partners.
