WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Ferncroft Capital has purchased Miller Crossing in Winston-Salem for $12 million. The 40,292-square-foot shopping center is anchored by Whole Foods Market. The shopping center is located near the intersection of Miller Street and Stratford Road and is adjacent to the Wake Forest Baptist Hospital campus. Berkeley Capital represented the seller in the transaction while Bank of North Carolina provided acquisition financing. Meridian Realty will continue to handle management and leasing.
RESTON, VA. — American Real Estate Partners and funds managed by Square Mile Capital Management LLC have formed a joint venture to acquire Reston International Center for $35 million. The property is a 15-story, 179,000-square-foot office building located at 11800 Sunrise Valley Drive in Reston. The office tower is located within the mixed-use Reston Heights development and is within walking distance of the planned Reston Parkway Silver Line Metrorail station. Upon completion, Reston Heights will contain approximately 400 multifamily units and 95,000 square feet of retail space in addition to the office building. The joint venture partners are planning a $10 million renovation of Reston International Center, including the addition of a three-and-a-half story parking deck, and will fully renovate the lobby and building common areas. The Reston International Center acquisition is American Real Estate Partners’ third investment through its American Real Estate Partners Strategic Office Fund.
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — The city of Coral Gables has selected Cooper, Robertson & Partners of New York to design its Streetscape Project in downtown Coral Gables. The selection marks the start of the design phase of the much-anticipated project, which will provide a facelift to Miracle Mile and Giralda Avenue. The approximately $20 million project, which received the go-ahead from the City Commission last August, will widen sidewalks, plant trees, create garden areas and add outdoor dining along newly landscaped curbs. The plan also calls for benches, kiosks, mid-block parks, intimate public spaces and plazas for events and gatherings. It will also feature better signage for businesses and parking garages, more welcoming connections to garages and alleyways and permanent valet stations.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA. — Capital Health Group LLC and Fortress Ventures LLC have formed a joint venture to develop a 64-bed memory care community on nine acres of land located at 840 State Road 16 in St. Augustine. The land was purchased by the venture in December 2014, and the new facility is scheduled to open in the second quarter of 2016. Symphony Manor at St. Augustine will be a single-story facility with a secure memory care courtyard, large activity space, surround sound theater with an 80-inch screen and a dining room. Resident apartments will have cable TV, Wi-Fi, 24-hour emergency call systems, walk/roll-in showers and individual thermostats. Symphony Manor will also offer residents 24-hour staffing, dining services, concierge assistance, linen services, housekeeping, daily entertainment, fitness programming, educational services, social events and a private town car for resident appointments. Compass Pointe Healthcare System will manage Symphony Manor at St. Augustine.
CARY, N.C. — Chambers Street Properties has completed the $16.4 million sale of Regency Creek I, a 122,087-square-foot office building located in Cary. The four-story property is located at 12040 Regency Parkway. The building is 100 percent leased and serves as the North American headquarters for ABB, a leading power and automation technology company. The buyer, Intercontinental Real Estate Corp., assumed mortgage loans of approximately $8.6 million in the transaction. This property was included in the Chambers Street’s joint venture with Duke Realty Corp. and the sales price represents Chambers Street’s 80 percent share. Ben Kilgore and Jeff Glenn of CBRE|Raleigh represented Duke Realty in the transaction.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp. has purchased Towne Square Shopping Center, a 126,000-square-foot retail center located at 11029 W. Colonial Drive in Ocoee, a suburb of Orlando. Continental Realty purchased the asset for $10.1 million through CRC Fund III LP, the company’s value-add retail and multifamily investment fund. The center is currently 95 percent occupied and is anchored by an Old Time Pottery. Ray Turchi of Marcus & Millichap’s Orlando office represented the seller, a private investor based in New York, in the transaction. Charlie Boscarino of Retail Solutions Advisors has been selected as the exclusive leasing broker for the center.
NEWPORT NEWS AND VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Berkadia has brokered the sale of two apartment communities in Newport News and Virginia Beach totaling $29.8 million. The assets included the 156-unit Windsor Crossing at 23 Cedarwood Way in Newport News and the 288-unit Plaza Apartments at 124 Palm Beach Place in Virginia Beach. CJEHN Alpha LLC of Yorktown, Va., purchased Windsor Crossing from Denver-based NHP Windsor Crossing LP for $14.9 million. Patriot Pointe Apartments LLC of Charlottesville, Va., purchased Plaza Apartments from Newport News-based KVB Realty Co. for $14.9 million. Alan Meetze and David Hudgins of Berkadia represented the sellers in both transactions.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $14.7 million acquisition loan for Park South at Deerwood Apartments, a 240-unit multifamily property located at 7932 Southside Blvd. in Jacksonville. Ory Schwartz of NorthMarq Capital’s Los Angeles office arranged the 10-year loan with five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Schwartz arranged the loan through an unnamed CMBS lender on behalf of the borrower, a private investor based on the West Coast.
STATESBORO, GA. AND WILMINGTON, N.C. — Progress Student Living has sold two luxury student housing communities that it developed recently in North Carolina and Georgia. Sold in the portfolio transaction were Progress910, a 168-unit rental community with 528 bedroom/bathroom suites near the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) in Wilmington, and Monarch301, a 180-unit rental community with 546 bedroom/bathroom suites near Georgia Southern University in Statesboro. Progress 910 was completed in August 2014, while Monarch301 was finished in August 2013. Each property is currently 97 percent occupied. Ryan Reid and Ryan Lang of CBRE’s national student housing group in Dallas brokered the two transactions. According to media reports, Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Phillips Acquisitions was the buyer. The transaction price was not disclosed.
ST. CLOUD, FLA. – The SRS Southeast Investment Sales team has brokered the $7.7 million sale of Canoe Creek Plaza, a 61,333-square-foot neighborhood shopping center in St. Cloud. The Winn Dixie-anchored property is located at 3318 Canoe Creek Road, which is situated just north of the intersection of Canoe Creek and Old Canoe Creek roads. The seller, Miller Group Development, sold the property to Canoe Creek SC LLC, an affiliate of Tricon Development. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer did not have brokerage representation.