MIAMI — Aztec Group Inc. has secured $18.6 million in financing for Sedano’s Plaza at Lakes on the Green, a 129,000-square-foot shopping center in Miami that features a standalone three-story office building. A 37,000-square-foot Sedano’s Supermarket anchors the shopping center. The retail component and office outparcel were developed in 2006 and 2010, respectively. The property is currently 85 percent occupied, with tenants including Carrabba’s Italian Grill, Sherwin-Williams and Vicky Bakery. Starwood Mortgage Capital provided financing. Terms of the 10-year facility include a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio, a 30-year amortization schedule, several years of interest-only payments and a fixed interest rate.
Southeast
RALEIGH, N.C. — A10 Capital has funded two bridge loans totaling $9.1 million for the refinancing of two suburban office properties in Raleigh. Chuck Taylor of A10 Capital structured and closed both loans. Todd Crouse of NorthMarq Capital arranged both loans on behalf of the borrower, a local experienced investor and operator of office properties.
HERNDON, VA. — DTZ has secured $83 million in financing for Woodland Park, a three-building office portfolio located in Herndon, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. The 480,324-square-foot portfolio — comprising Plaza Ridge II and South Point I and II — is currently 96 percent leased. John Campanella arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through an unnamed bank on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between AEW Capital Management and American Real Estate Partners.
MIAMI — Melo Group has completed the construction of Bay House, a 165-unit, 38-story luxury condominium tower in Miami’s East Edgewater District. The building is located at 600 N.E. 27th Ave. and features two-story penthouse units spanning 2,766 to 3,512 square feet that include private rooftop decks. The project’s other units range in size from 1,581 to 1,720 square feet. Bay House’s amenities include a 20,000-square-foot resort deck with a swimming pool, Jacuzzi, outdoor lounge, cabanas and barbeque pavilion. Roughly 99 percent of the units are sold, with prices ranging from $2 million and up. Melo Group plans to deliver a mix of 2,000 residential units over the next two years in the form of market-rate rental projects as well as luxury condominiums.
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Brokers $35.6M Sale of New Apartment Community in Durham
by John Nelson
DURHAM, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has brokered the $35.6 million sale of Whetstone Apartments, a 204-unit apartment community located in downtown Durham. Armanda Hoffler recently developed the property, which is within walking distance to American Tobacco and Durham Bulls Stadium. Allan Lynch and Justin Good of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Raleigh office represented the seller, Tribridge Residential Inc., in the transaction.
MIAMI — CBRE has brokered the $27.2 million sale of Vizcayne Retail in downtown Miami. The property consists of 55,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space plus 126 parking spaces, located at the base of two 49-story condominium towers at the intersection of Biscayne Boulevard and N.E. 2nd Street. Built in 2008, the property was 68 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as CVS and The Learning Experience. An affiliate of Stoltz Real Estate Partners purchased the asset from an affiliate of Rockwood Capital. Casey Rosen and Dennis Carson of CBRE led the team in representing the seller.
BRADENTON, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $25 million sale of 30 West Apartments, a 264-unit apartment community located at 2835 50th Ave. W. in Bradenton. All units at 30 West feature screened-in patios or balconies and storage closets, ceiling fans and walk-in closets. Community amenities include two lighted tennis courts, an on-site laundry facility, fitness center, playground, dog-park, clubhouse, resort-style pool, outdoor kitchen with two gas grills and a pond with park benches and picnic tables. Frank Carriera and Michael Regan of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller, Insula Cos., and procured the buyer, Timberland Properties.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE Capital Markets has arranged $58 million in financing for an eight-property, 1.6 million-square-foot industrial portfolio located in Charlotte. The portfolio is 100 percent leased and comprises warehouse and distribution facilities. Hal Kempson and Compton Newman of CBRE’s Charlotte office arranged the loan on behalf of Beacon Partners, which is using the loan to refinance the portfolio. TIAA-CREF provided the 15-year loan at a fixed interest rate.
JESSUP, MD. — A joint venture between Columbia, Md.-based Manekin LLC and Boston-based AEW Capital Management has purchased the 60-acre Baltimore Washington Logistics Center. The 730,000-square-foot property is located at 7600 Assateague Drive in Jessup, roughly halfway between Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The Baltimore Business Journal reports that the joint venture, named MCA Assateague JV LLC, purchased the facility for $45.3 million from Madison-SP Assateague LLC, a joint venture between New York Life Real Estate Investors and Mosaic Realty Partners. The facility was formerly occupied by Giant Food and was used as the grocer’s main dry-goods warehouse until 2013. In addition to expanding the existing building by 120,000 square feet, the new ownership plans to speculatively develop an additional 160,000-square-foot industrial building on the site. Once the expansion is complete, the site will still be able to accommodate at least 400 trailer parking spaces, which is one of the largest counts in the region. Manekin LLC’s Owen Rouse and John Graham put the deal together as investment advisors and also represented the ownership group in the acquisition, while Cris Abramson and Brian Kruger with Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller. The new ownership has selected Michael Elardo, Jared Ross and …
PURCELLVILLE, VA. — ECHO Realty has purchased Purcellville Gateway, a 90,000-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center located at the intersection of Berlin Turnpike and Main Street in Purcellville, a town in Virginia’s Loudoun County. Jordan Lex and John Owndoff of HFF brokered the transaction. The developers, a partnership between Roadside Development and Harris Teeter, built the shopping center on the original Cole Farm site and preserved three of the original structures. One of the original barns is occupied by The Wine Kitchen and IJ Canns American Grille, and the silo that once held grain for the farm now houses equipment to support the public water feature and fountain. Originally opened in 2012, a second phase of the development opened in 2015, featuring The UPS Store and a new Starbucks drive-thru location, as well as an expanded Pet Valu. Chick-fil-A will also open later this year on the northeastern corner of the property, and ECHO is exploring plans to build additional, light density retail and residential use on a three-acre parcel at the northwest corner of the property. Purcellville Gateway is ECHO Realty’s first center acquired in Virginia and the new ownership has chosen to retain the management and leasing services of Roadside …