Southeast

JLL Arranges 52,683 SF Office Lease in Downtown Fort Lauderdale

by John Nelson September 1, 2015

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — JLL has secured a 52,683-square-foot lease transaction at Tower 101, a newly renovated, 21-story office tower located at 101 N.E. 3rd Ave. in downtown Fort Lauderdale. The tenant, Uniforms Direct, is relocating its corporate headquarters from Plantation, Fla., to Tower 101. Uniforms Direct will be the building’s largest tenant and will bring roughly 200 employees to occupy Tower 101’s penthouse level, the 20th floor and half of the 16th and 19th floors. Existing tenants at Tower 101 include Kemet Corp., Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, the city of Fort Lauderdale and Advantage Opco LLC. Alice Lucia Jackson and Brady Titcomb of JLL represented the landlord, Banyan Street Capital, in the lease transaction. Matthew Cheezem and Zach Wendelin of Cresa represented Uniforms Direct. The transaction is the largest office lease completed in downtown Fort Lauderdale year-to-date.

September 1, 2015

Georgia Hospitality Southeast

Hunter Hotel Advisors Brokers $42.1M Sale of DoubleTree Hotel in Downtown Atlanta

by John Nelson August 31, 2015

ATLANTA — Hunter Hotel Advisors has arranged the $42.1 million sale of the DoubleTree by Hilton Atlanta Downtown. The 312-room hotel is located at 160 Ted Turner Drive N.W., within walking distance of the Peachtree Center MARTA station, the Georgia World Congress Center, Philips Arena and the Georgia Aquarium. Hunter Hotel Advisors represented an unnamed global private equity firm in the sale. The buyer, Legacy Property Group, plans to invest $12 million to renovate the hotel and its restaurant while retaining the DoubleTree brand.

August 31, 2015

Florida Loans Office Southeast

Meridian Capital Arranges $15.2M in Acquisition Financing for Office Campus in Broward County

by John Nelson August 31, 2015

CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. — Meridian Capital Group has arranged $15.2 million in acquisition financing for Heron Bay Corporate Center I & II in Coral Springs, a city in Broward County. The 89,000-square-foot office campus houses 19 tenants, including Regus. Avi Weinstock and Josh Rhine of Meridian’s New York City office arranged the seven-year loan through a regional balance sheet lender on behalf of the borrower, The Benedict Realty Group. The loan features a fixed 4 percent interest rate and three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.

August 31, 2015

Georgia Retail Southeast

Bull Realty Brokers $2.8M Sale of Retail Strip Center in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson August 31, 2015

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Bull Realty has brokered the $2.8 million sale of Sugarloaf Walk Shopping Center, a 22,685-square-foot retail strip center in Lawrenceville, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. Sugarloaf Parkway LLC, an investment firm based in New York, purchased the property from Sugarloaf Walk Shopping Center LLC, a private investment firm based in Houston. John Harrison and Frank Meyrath of Bull Realty represented the seller in the transaction.

August 31, 2015

Florida Industrial Southeast

Colliers Brokers $2.1M Sale of Industrial Facility in Southwest Florida

by John Nelson August 31, 2015

NAPLES, FLA. — Colliers International has brokered the $2.1 million sale of an 18,645-square-foot, Class A warehouse located at 3600 Westview Drive in Naples. The property is fully air-conditioned and features 20-foot ceilings, a truck well and grade-level overhead doors. The buyer, RICDEN LLC, plans to convert a portion of the warehouse into a fitness and training facility. The buyer also intends to keep Herbeau Creations of America Inc., a sanitary ware and sink distributor, as an industrial tenant. Jim Tamblyn of Colliers International’s Southwest Florida office represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller was Naples-based Baron Investment Corp.

August 31, 2015

Georgia Industrial Southeast

King Industrial Realty/CORFAC International Form New Partnership

by John Nelson August 31, 2015

ATLANTA — Atlanta-based King Industrial Realty Inc. / CORFAC International has announced a new leadership structure. Charles B. King, Jr. has sold the majority of his interest in the company he founded in 1980 to six of King Industrial’s top producers. The new partnership is under the leadership of president Sim Doughtie, Bill Johnston, Steve Ratchford, Sally Tennant, Wilson Covington and Jason McCart. The firm will continue to do business as King Industrial Realty Inc., and King will remain a limited partner. Terms of the succession plan were not disclosed. Over the last 20 years, King Industrial Realty has completed over 9,200 lease and sale transactions of industrial buildings and land totaling 120 million square feet and more than 6,000 acres. King was one of the original founders of Corporate Facility Advisors (CORFAC International), a network of independently owned commercial real estate firms established in 1989.

August 31, 2015

Market Reports North Carolina Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Charlotte’s Industrial Market Rides Wave of Absorption, Development

by John Nelson August 31, 2015

The Charlotte industrial market is extremely well-regarded by most national investors, with consistent rent growth, strong occupancy and increasing values. The fourth quarter of 2014 revealed the third-highest annual net absorption ever recorded in the Charlotte industrial market, continuing a pattern of growth that began in the fourth quarter of 2010. This continued recovery can be directly attributed to a combination of restrained development, expansions by existing space users, an influx of new companies and increased economic stability. Due primarily to geographic constraints and a high demand for land by all types of developers, there is a limited supply of large tracts suitable for industrial developments, which protects the value of existing properties. Air Support Industrial tenants are drawn to Charlotte for its strategic location along I-85 between Atlanta and the Mid-Atlantic states, as well as proximity to the Carolinas, southern Virginia and eastern Tennessee. Quality buildings are available at competitive prices in the region. Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) continues to be a significant economic development driver, and Charlotte’s distribution network will be further enhanced by Norfolk Southern’s intermodal terminal recently completed on 230 acres adjacent to CLT. The terminal will include two loading tracks totaling 9,056 feet, eight …

August 31, 2015

North Carolina Office Southeast

Bissell Breaks Ground on Spec Office Building in Charlotte

by John Nelson August 28, 2015

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bissell has started construction on Brigham Building, a speculative 287,507-square-foot office building within Ballantyne Corporate Park in Charlotte’s Ballantyne office submarket. The 10-story building will be located at 11625 N. Community House Road and will overlook the 12th hole of The Golf Club at Ballantyne. The project team, which includes architect LS3P Associates and general contractor Rodgers Builders, is aiming for LEED Gold certification. Upon completion in November 2016, Brigham Building will feature a two-story lobby, glass exterior curtain walls, free structured parking and balconies on the third and 10th floors. In addition to Brigham Building, Bissell has plans for the next phase of speculative development on the east side of Ballantyne Corporate Park. The plan presently includes a campus of three 10-story buildings and one six-story building, totaling more than 900,000 square feet, as well as a 150-room hotel with event space.

August 28, 2015

Maryland Multifamily Southeast

Gables Residential Completes Luxury Apartment Community in Metro D.C.

by John Nelson August 28, 2015

ROCKVILLE, MD. — Atlanta-based Gables Residential has completed Gables Upper Rock, a four-building, 551-unit upscale apartment community in Rockville, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. Located at 40 Upper Rock Circle near I-270, the apartment community is the residential component of Rockville’s Upper Rock District, a mixed-use development that includes office space and will eventually house retailers. Gables Upper Rock features two community swimming pools, a lounge, grilling stations, 20-foot outdoor movie screen, fitness center, club room with a bar, foosball and billiards, a cyber cafe, bocce ball court, Zen garden, private meeting room and an onsite dog park and dog grooming station.

August 28, 2015

Florida Industrial Southeast

Newmark Grubb Phoenix Realty Arranges 208,000 SF Industrial Lease in Florida

by John Nelson August 28, 2015

GREEN COVE SPRINGS, FLA. — Newmark Grubb Phoenix Realty Group has arranged a 208,000-square-foot industrial lease at 4627 JP Hall Blvd. in Green Cove Springs, a town located along the St. Johns River roughly 33 miles south of Jacksonville. Santa Paula, Calif.-based Calavo Growers leased the space at the 793,583-square-foot, multi-tenant warehouse and cold-storage distribution facility, which is located on a 141-acre tract and is rail-served by CSX. John Richardson and Bryan Bartlett of Newmark Grubb Phoenix Realty represented the landlord, Green Cove LLC, in the lease deal. Kevin Kelly of CBRE represented Calavo Growers. The deal is expected to bring 262 new jobs to the area.

August 28, 2015

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