Southeast

Hilton Worldwide Opens Embassy Suites Hotel in Charlotte

by John Nelson July 14, 2015

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hilton Worldwide has opened Embassy Suites Charlotte/Ayrsley, a 170-room hotel located at 1917 Ayrsley Town Blvd. in southwest Charlotte. The six-story hotel is located within walking distance of shopping, dining and a movie theater, and is also 11 miles from Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The hotel features 13,000 square feet of meeting space, a Brickstones Grill dining venue, heated indoor pool, 24-hour fitness center, complimentary Wi-Fi and a 24-hour business center. Griffin Stafford Hospitality manages the new hotel.

July 14, 2015

Georgia Multifamily Southeast

CBRE Brokers $23M Sale of Apartment Community in Atlanta

by John Nelson July 14, 2015

ATLANTA — CBRE has brokered the $23 million sale of Lakeside Village, a 310-unit apartment community located on a 50-acre parcel in Atlanta. FPA Multifamily purchased the property from Arenda Capital Management LLC, a private investment firm based in Los Angeles. Lakeside Village’s units average 1,400 square feet, among the largest floorplans in the North DeKalb submarket according to CBRE. Shea Campbell and Kevin Geiger of CBRE’s Southeast multifamily group represented the seller in the transaction.

July 14, 2015

Florida Office Southeast

CPA:18-Global Acquires Office Building in Jacksonville for $17M

by John Nelson July 14, 2015

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — CPA:18-Global, a non-traded REIT sponsored by W. P. Carey Inc., has purchased an 88,000-square-foot office building located in Jacksonville’s Southside submarket. The Class A property is triple-net leased to Acosta Inc., an affiliate of The Carlyle Group, for 12 years. Built in 2001 as a build-to-suit for Acosta, the property serves as Acosta’s corporate headquarters and houses 400 employees.

July 14, 2015

Georgia Loans Multifamily Southeast

Dougherty Arranges $9.6M Fannie Mae Loan for Apartment Community in Macon

by John Nelson July 14, 2015

MACON, GA. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $9.6 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Rutland Place Apartments, a 228-unit multifamily property located in Macon. The apartment community features one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans, as well as a fitness center, two swimming pools, onsite laundry facility and a clubhouse. Dougherty’s Nashville office arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrower, Rutland Apartments LLC.

July 14, 2015

Industrial South Carolina Southeast

Lincoln Property Trust Signs Outdoor Equipment Manufacturer to Lease in Greer

by John Nelson July 14, 2015

GREER, S.C. — Lincoln Property Trust has signed a 31,200-square-foot lease with Ariens Co. for industrial space at 120 Caliber Ridge Drive. The 62,400-square-foot industrial facility is situated within Caliber Ridge Industrial Park, a 624,000-square-foot industrial park located at I-85 and Highway 101 near Greer’s inland port. Elliott Fayssoux, Brian Young and Kacie Jackson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented Lincoln in the lease transaction. Campbell Lewis of CBRE represented Ariens Co., an outdoor equipment manufacturer based in Wisconsin.

July 14, 2015

District of Columbia Multifamily Southeast

Mill Creek Acquires Former Italian Embassy Building in D.C. for $16.2M

by John Nelson July 13, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mill Creek Residential has purchased the former Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., which it plans to convert into luxury apartment homes. The sales price was $16.2 million, according to the Washington Business Journal. Originally built in 1925, the property is located at 2700 16th St. N.W. The building served as the diplomatic mission of the Italian Republic to the United States until 2002. The new chancery is located about two miles away at 3000 Whitehaven St. Mill Creek Residential’s designs for redevelopment will aim to satisfy the guidelines set forth by the Historic Preservation Review Board, and Mill Creek plans to begin construction on the community in 2016. Plans include the renovation of the existing building, as well as construction of a nine-story high-rise with two levels of below-grade parking. The community will consist of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes and feature a resident clubhouse, business center, rooftop terrace, fitness center and landscaped outdoor terraces. Dallas-based Mill Creek Residential owns and operates 2,671 apartment homes in the D.C. metropolitan area and has begun construction on more than 1,400 additional apartments, not including the Italian Embassy project.

July 13, 2015

Alabama Hospitality Southeast

Winter Construction to Build New SpringHill Hotel in Alabama

by John Nelson July 13, 2015

ORANGE BEACH, ALA. — Winter Construction will build the new SpringHill Suites hotel at The Wharf in Orange Beach. The Wharf is an entertainment, retail and marina complex adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Orange Beach, near the Florida-Alabama border. The five-story building will include 132 guest suites, meeting space, restaurant space and an exterior amenity area with a swimming pool. The architect of record for the new SpringHill Suites project is Rule Joy Trammel + Rubio. Winter Construction has built and renovated other Marriott-brand hotels across the Southeast. Winter is currently building the new AC Hotel by Marriott at Phipps Plaza in Atlanta.

July 13, 2015

Florida Mixed-Use Southeast

CBRE Brokers $4.5M Sale of Mixed-Use Center in Broward County

by John Nelson July 13, 2015

POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $4.5 million sale of Pompano Plaza, a 61,658-square-foot, two-story retail/office center located at 1602 S. Cypress Road in Pompano Beach, a town in Broward County in South Florida. S and S R.E. Investments Inc. purchased the property from IR-Pompano Plaza LLC, which hired CBRE to market the asset for sale and negotiate the transaction. The property is 75 percent leased to a mix of local retail, office and service tenants, such as Pro-Am Dance Studio, Pompano Pizza and Guido’s Italian Market.  David Donnellan and Patricia Friend of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.

July 13, 2015

Kentucky Mixed-Use Southeast

PRG | Commercial Arranges $2.4M Sale of Mixed-Use Property in Metro Louisville

by John Nelson July 13, 2015

ST. MATTHEWS, KY. — PRG Commercial Property Advisors has arranged the $2.4 million sale of The Colony Center, a mixed-use, multi-tenant property located at 211 Clover Lane in metro Louisville. The boutique lifestyle center is located in the heart of St. Matthews, a suburb of Louisville in Jefferson County. The former lumber mill and yard sits on two acres and was converted into 22,995 square feet of leasable retail and restaurant space in 1984. The purchaser is a Louisville-based investment partnership. Dave Kern and Reed Weinberg of PRG represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.

July 13, 2015

Florida Market Reports Office Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Growth in Miami’s Urban Office Market is Spilling Into Suburban Markets

by John Nelson July 13, 2015

Downtown Miami is on fire by any measure. The neighborhood is home to more construction cranes than any other place in the U.S., businesses are moving in and expanding on an almost daily basis, hotel room rates and occupancy levels are at all-time highs, and new residents are relocating here from all over the world. A recent study by the Miami Downtown Development Authority found that greater downtown Miami’s residential population has literally doubled in size — from 40,000 people to 80,000 people — since 2000. Another 200,000 people commute to the area each day for business. The area’s commercial real estate market has closely followed this trajectory of growth, with Downtown Miami and the Brickell Financial District welcoming more than 2 million square feet of new Class A office product in the last five years. Strong demand among domestic and multinational companies, along with an improving economy, has resulted in positive absorption and record-setting lease rates in excess of $50 per square foot for premium space. Land values in downtown are also reaching new heights as developers spend as much as $125 million for one acre on the water. All of this is creating a steep barrier to entry …

July 13, 2015

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