SUWANEE, GA. — Berkadia Commercial Mortgage has arranged $73.7 million in acquisition financing for the Residences on McGinnis Ferry, a 696-unit multifamily community in metro Atlanta. The property is located at 4021 McGinnis Ferry Road in Suwanee. Matt Greer of Berkadia arranged the 10-year, floating-rate loan through Berkadia’s Fannie Mae program on behalf of the borrower, STAR McGinnis Ferry LLC, a subsidiary of Steadfast Apartment REIT Inc. The loan structure features five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Steadfast Apartment REIT purchased the multifamily development for $98.5 million. The apartment community was more than 96 percent occupied at the time of sale.
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ROSWELL, GA. — Duke Land Group has unveiled preliminary plans for Riverwalk Village, a 104-acre mixed-use development in Roswell. The project will be located between Georgia 400 and Old Alabama Road. Approximately 43 percent of the land will be preserved as open space, including parks, public spaces, pedestrian-oriented zones and a system of walking and biking trails that will connect Riverwalk Village and surrounding neighborhoods to the Chattahoochee River. The project’s developers plan to construct open channel streams to an existing lake on the site, which will be surrounded with boardwalks, restaurants and retailers. The Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) will review the proposed site plan, which calls for 1,500 residential units, including single-family attached, multifamily and active adult housing; 490,000 square feet of general commercial real estate including retail, restaurant, entertainment and grocery; 1.7 million square feet of office space; a 200-room hotel; and 200,000 square feet of civic and institutional space including the Swift School, a school for children with language-based learning differences. Pending zoning and permits, construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter of 2015.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has purchased four fully leased industrial building in Charlotte’s Northwest submarket totaling 386,000 square feet. Beacon Partners has re-branded the park “NorthWest Industrial Park” and has planned capital improvements to the property, including enhancements to the building entrances, truck loading areas, building exteriors, signage, landscaping, parking lots and lighting. The industrial park is rail-served and features outside storage, trailer storage and 22- to 28-foot clear heights with dock-high and drive-in loading. Pete Pittroff and Brad Cherry of JLL represented the seller, Carlson Real Estate, in the transaction. Wells Fargo provided acquisition financing. Pete Kidwell of Beacon Partners will handle NorthWest Industrial Park’s leasing responsibilities.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Westwood Financial Corp. has signed Publix to occupy a 47,000-square-foot footprint at Steele Creek Crossing, a 77,301-square-foot shopping center located at 12810 S. Tryon St. in Charlotte. The shopping center’s tenant roster includes Rite Aid, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Little Caesars Pizza, Nationwide Insurance and H&R Block. Westwood Financial’s Steele Creek Crossing was fully leased following Publix’s lease. Steele Creek Crossing is one of seven former Bi-Lo locations that Publix has taken over in the Charlotte area.
BERLIN, MD. — Cassidy Turley has brokered the sale of Gull Creek Senior Living Community in Berlin. The 86-unit seniors housing property is composed of 39 independent living units, 37 assisted living units and 10 memory care units. Allen McMurtry, Megan Fetter and David Kliewer of Cassidy Turley represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was an affiliate of WMD Asset Management LLC.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pappas Properties has commenced construction on Berewick Town Center, a Harris Teeter-anchored shopping center in Charlotte’s Steele Creek neighborhood. The asset will be located at the intersection of Dixie River Road, Steele Creek Road and Shopton Road West. The $60 million Phase I of Berewick Town Center includes a town center structure with a 53,000-square-foot Harris Teeter, Walgreens drug store, retail space, restaurants and a hotel. Pappas Properties plans to deliver Phase I in summer 2016. Phase II will feature medical office space, office space, multifamily residences and additional retail space. Shelco is the general contractor, and Shook Kelley and LandDesign are providing architecture and engineering services for the project. Brian Roth of Pappas Properties is handling outparcel sales and office space interest for Berewick Town Center, while Gwen Glaeser of CNL represents the development and its retail and shop space leasing needs.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Avison Young has brokered the $33 million sale of 595 Financial Center, a two-building, Class A office portfolio totaling 116,000 square feet. The properties are located at 555 and 595 S. Federal Highway in Boca Raton. Keith O’Donnell and Jonathan Senn of Avison Young represented the buyer, Pinnacle Holdings Inc., in the off-market transaction. Pinnacle Holdings purchased the office campus in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange. Charles Shane of Bryason Realty Corp. represented the unnamed seller. Morgan Stanley is the anchor tenant of 595 Financial Center.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charlotte-based Percival Partners LLC and Argus Self Storage Sales Network (ASSSN) have brokered the $22 million sale of a five-property self storage portfolio in North and South Carolina. The portfolio totals 2,400 units and 350,000 square feet, with three assets located in North Carolina and two in South Carolina. Extra Space Self Storage manages all five assets. A national self storage REIT purchased the portfolio in an off-market transaction utilizing an acquisition loan provided by an unnamed CMBS lender. Joey Godbold of Percival Partners and Ben Vestal of ASSSN represented the unnamed seller in the transaction.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — BB&T has provided a $9.1 million loan to refinance Windsor Square Shopping Center, a 299,329-square-foot retail center in west Knoxville’s Cedar Bluff submarket. The shopping center is located at North Seven Oaks Drive and Kingston Pike near I-40. The property is fully leased to tenants such as Old Time Pottery (67,800 square feet), Burlington Coat Factory, Big Lots and Carmike Cinemas. Southern Management and Development LLC (SMD) leases and manages the property. BB&T provided the loan to Windsor Square’s owner, an unnamed private partnership.
BALTIMORE — The Greysteel Co. has brokered the $2.5 million sale of The Shops at Federal Hill, a 5,750-square-foot retail property located at 1100 Light St. in Baltimore’s historic Federal Hill neighborhood. The property is fully leased to Unleashed by Petco and Dunkin’ Donuts. Gil Neuman led the Greysteel’s Mid-Atlantic retail investment sales team in representing the seller, 28 Walker Development, as well as procuring the buyer, Federal Hill Shops LLC.