ORLANDO, FLA. — Colliers International has brokered the $6.6 million sale of a 13,813-square-foot, single-tenant retail property at 5886 Conroy Road in Orlando. The triple-net leased asset is fully leased to CVS/pharmacy. Confl LLC purchased the asset from ECK 51 Conroy LLC. Cynthia Shelton and Kane-Morris Webster of Colliers International Central Florida, along with Jereme Snyder and Eric Carlton of Colliers International Greater Los Angeles, represented the seller in the transaction. CVS/pharmacy has roughly 10 years remaining on its lease.
Southeast
TD Bank Provides $6M Redevelopment Loan for Affordable Housing Apartment Complex in Charleston
by John Nelson
CHARLESTON, S.C. — TD Bank has provided approximately $6 million for the renovation and rehabilitation of 100 affordable housing multifamily units in Charleston’s Ashley River submarket. Lori Swan of TD Bank structured the five-year loan with a 25-year amortization schedule on behalf of the developer, The Hampstead Group. The loan will be used to renovate the apartment units at Palmilla Parkside, previously known as St. Andrews Gardens, to provide housing for moderate-income residents. The original apartments were built in the 1970s as low-income housing and recently fell into disrepair. As part of its planned remodeling, Hampstead will install energy-efficient windows, plank flooring, stainless steel appliances and other upgrades in this community. Construction began in January 2015 and is expected to be complete within the next 15 months.
OXFORD, MISS. — Asset Campus Housing (ACH) has begun construction on Domain at Oxford, an off-campus student housing community in Oxford that will serve University of Mississippi students. The leasing center will open this fall, and the community will open for residents in fall 2016. Domain at Oxford will be a gated 216-unit property with 642 beds located within one mile of the University of Mississippi. The community will provide students with floor plan options including one-, two-, and four-bedroom apartments and townhomes. Every fully furnished apartment will come standard with hardwood-style floors, granite countertops, flat-screen TVs, stainless steel appliances, private bathrooms, full-size washer and dryer and other features. Domain at Oxford will feature an 11,000-square-foot clubhouse, a resort-style pool, Internet café, outdoor fire pit, sand volleyball, poolside hammock lounge area, video gaming center, complimentary tanning, group fitness studio, 24-hour gym and multiple private group study rooms.
TAMARAC, FLA. — Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has opened a new 41,500-square-foot Walmart Neighborhood Market in Tamarac. The store, which will be open 24/7, is located at 6931 N.W. 88th Ave. The new store is expected to create roughly 95 full- and part-time jobs and features a drive-thru pharmacy and a pickup counter for items ordered online. Wal-Mart Stores had more than $473 billion in sales in fiscal year 2014 in its 11,202 stores and online. The company employs more than 2 million associates worldwide.
MAULDIN, S.C. — Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. (Wheeler REIT) has entered into a contract to acquire Butler Square, an 82,400-square-foot shopping center located in Mauldin, part of the Greenville metropolitan area. The company will purchase the fully leased retail center for $9.4 million, or roughly $114 per square foot, using a combination of cash and bank-provided debt. Built in 1987 and renovated in 2011, Butler Square’s tenant roster includes Bi-Lo, Dollar Tree, Cato Fashions and Sally Beauty Supplies.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Sean Glickman of Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT and founder of the Glickman Retail Group has brokered the $9.3 million sale of Colonial Town Center in Orlando. The shopping center was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as HH Gregg, Mattress One and Interamerican Medical Centers. The asset is shadow-anchored by a Walmart Neighborhood Market and Sam’s Club. Glickman Retail Group represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was an international company.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE has brokered the sale of the Time Warner Cable Building in Charlotte’s I-77 submarket for an undisclosed sales price. The 113,600-square-foot building is fully occupied by Time Warner Cable and serves as a call center, office and operations facility. Patrick Gildea led CBRE’s Charlotte team in brokering the transaction.
MIAMI — CBRE has brokered the $140 million sale of 777 Brickell Ave., a 288,485-square-foot office tower located in Miami’s Brickell neighborhood at the intersection of Brickell Avenue and S.E. 8th Street. The 13-story asset also features an adjacent five-story parking garage. An unnamed private investment group from South America purchased the waterfront office tower from an institutional investor advised by CBRE Global Investors. The office building is currently 93 percent leased to 29 tenants. Christian Lee, Charles Foschini, Christopher Apone, Amy Julian and Jose Lobon of CBRE Capital Markets represented the seller in the transaction. Brian Gale and Andrew Trench of Taylor & Mathis helped the CBRE Capital Markets team market 777 Brickell Ave.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Wood Partners LLC will soon begin development on Six Sixteen, a $40 million, 207-unit luxury apartment community located at 616 Oberlin Road in Raleigh. The asset will be located on the site of a vacant office building next door to Cameron Village Shopping Center. Wood Partners’ property management division, Wood Residential Services, will manage the community. The property will begin leasing in May 2016 with completion set for November 2017. JDavis Architects designed the community to wrap around a central courtyard that will feature a swimming pool, bocce ball courts, barbecue areas and an outdoor TV-viewing lounge. Other amenities will include an indoor TV lounge, billiards lounge, poker and wine-tasting room, fitness center, bike repair/maintenance room, dog-grooming room, parking garage, rooftop clubroom/patio and indoor storage units. Jim Anthony of Colliers International brokered the land sale for the site of Six Sixteen.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Proffitt Dixon Partners will soon begin construction on Fountains Germantown, a 249-unit luxury apartment community located at 1407 Third Ave. North in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood. The multifamily developer will break ground on Feb. 26 with an estimated completion date set for summer 2016. Nashville-based Smith Gee Studio designed the five-story community to standards set by the National Association of Home Builder’s Green Building Program. HFF arranged construction financing through Synovus Bank on behalf of Proffitt Dixon. The project team includes general contractor Doster Construction Co., management firm Matrix Residential and landscape architects Land Design and Civil Site. Civil Site is also the project’s civil engineer.