ALPHARETTA, GA. — Developer North American Properties (NAP), Alpharetta Mayor David Belle Isle and other dignitaries and business professionals officially opened Avalon for business yesterday morning. The $600 million development features single-family homes, chef-driven restaurants and national eateries, a Whole Foods Market, apparel retailers, a gym, 12-screen Regal theater, dog park and upscale apartment residences. Retail tenants include Arhaus, Banana Republic, Columbia, Everything But Water, J. Crew, lululemon athletica, Orvis, Pottery Barn Kids, Ted’s Montana Grill and West Elm. Phase II of Avalon, which has been approved for construction, includes 85,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space and is scheduled to open in fall 2016.
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THOMSON, GA. — Hollander Sleep Products has selected Red Rock Developments to construct its 200,000-square-foot manufacturing and warehouse facility in Thomson. The property will be Hollander’s 10th manufacturing facility in the United States. The company’s bedding products include Laura Ashley, Ralph Lauren, Beautyrest and Waverly.
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, FLA. — Cocke Finkelstein Inc. (CFI) has acquired Remington at Ponte Vedra Lakes, a 344-unit apartment community in Ponte Vedra Beach, for $35.4 million. CFI’s apartment management subsidiary CFLane will manage the property, which was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Built in 1986, Ponte Vedra Lakes features a racquetball court, fitness center, playground, two swimming pools, car care center, dog park and lakeside vistas. The garden-style apartment community is located within a three-minute drive to public beach access. The property is the 40th Florida apartment community in CFLane’s management portfolio. CFI plans to implement a multimillion dollar renovation plan for the community in the near future.
LITHIA SPRINGS, GA. — PointOne Holdings has acquired Madison at Waterford Apartments, a 344-unit, Class B apartment community in Lithia Springs, for $18.7 million. PointOne Holdings will rebrand the community as Waterford Point. The apartment complex was 93 percent leased at the time of sale. The property’s amenity offerings include two swimming pools, two tennis courts, a fitness center, indoor racquetball court, car care center, detached garages, picnic areas and a walking trail. The apartment residences average 905 square feet. Walker & Dunlop arranged a $14.7 million acquisition loan through Freddie Mac on behalf of PointOne Holdings, which also plans to invest $2.4 million in capital improvements.
MIAMI — FA Commercial has brokered the $10 million sale of a 52,499-square-foot office building located at 3415 N.E. 2nd Ave. near Miami’s Midtown and Design District neighborhoods. The asset was 60 percent leased at the time of sale. Fabio Faerman of FA Commercial represented both the buyer and the seller in the transaction. The undisclosed buyer plans to reposition the office building’s first two floors into retail space.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — McCraney Property Co. plans to develop Turnpike Business Park, a five-building, 400,000-square-foot warehouse/distribution project in West Palm Beach. Situated on 33.8 acres, the development will have one mile of direct Florida Turnpike footage. Final approval plans from the Palm Beach County Building and Zoning Department are expected before the end of the year, and McCraney Property expects to break ground in January 2015. The industrial park will have clear heights of 24 to 30 feet with dock-high loading. McCraney Property has hired Peter Corrales of Corrales Group Architects to design the project and Christopher Thomson of Cushman & Wakefield to lease the park. In addition to Turnpike Business Park, McCraney Property has two other industrial parks under construction and one was recently completed.
CLEVELAND — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $48.2 million in long-term financing for a portfolio of four skilled nursing facilities totaling 493 beds in Florida. The four properties include Lehigh Acres Health & Rehabilitation Center in Lehigh Acres, Village Place Health & Rehabilitation Center in Port Charlotte, Lexington Health & Rehabilitation Center in St. Petersburg and Sunset Lake Health & Rehabilitation Center in Venice. Greystone Healthcare Management Corp. manages all four assets. Craig Gulley and Wayne Horvath of KeyBank arranged three 35-year FHA loans for three of the properties and a 33-year FHA loan for the fourth property. The loan proceeds were used to pay off term loans held with other lenders.
OWINGS MILLS, MD. — Baltimore-based CSG Partners LLC has purchased Owings Mills Business Center and Owings Mills Corporate Center, a four-building office/flex portfolio spanning 180,000 square feet in Owings Mills. CSG Partners purchased the single-story properties from First Potomac Realty Trust for $13 million. The buildings are 50 percent leased on average. Jonathan Carpenter, Nicole Keelty and Graham Savage of Cassidy Turley represented the seller. CSG Partners was self-represented in the transaction. CSG Partners will rebrand Owings Mills Business Center as Cronhill Corporate Centers I and II, and Owings Mills Corporate Center will become Cronridge Corporate Centers I and II. CSG Partners has selected Colliers International to market and lease Cronridge Business Center and Cronhill Corporate Center.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Dockerty Romer & Co. has arranged a $4.6 million permanent mortgage loan for the newly constructed Trader Joe’s in Boca Raton. Bob Dockerty of Dockerty Romer & Co. arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Americo Life & Annuity Insurance Co. on behalf of the borrower, I.S. Three Austin/Hunter’s Ridge LP. The Trader Joe’s is one of four new Trader Joe’s to open in Palm Beach County.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Middle Street Partners LLC, along with an undisclosed joint venture partner, has purchased The Overlook at Gwinnett Stadium, a 410-unit apartment community in Lawrenceville, a suburb east of Atlanta. Middle Street’s joint venture partner was a private family office. The property was built in 2012.