Southeast

Pike Nurseries Relocates Headquarters to Duluth Office Center

by John Nelson June 18, 2015

DULUTH, GA. — Pike Nurseries, a popular garden and lawn retailer, has relocated its corporate headquarters to Duluth Office Center, an office building located at 3555 Koger Blvd. in Duluth, an eastern suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. The garden chain will lease 9,000 square feet that will serve as its support center for its 15 stores in metro Atlanta, growing facility in Marietta, Ga., and its store in Charlotte, N.C. Pike’s former corporate headquarters was in the Park Summit building located at 2675 Breckinridge Blvd. in Duluth. Bennett Gottlieb and John Thornton of CBRE represented Pike Nurseries in the lease transaction. Stream Realty Partners represented the undisclosed landlord.

June 18, 2015

Georgia Industrial Southeast

Compass Self Storage Acquires Eighth Facility in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson June 18, 2015

MCDONOUGH, GA. — Compass Self Storage, a member of the Amsdell family of companies, has purchased a 72,000-square-foot self storage facility at 2140 Jodeco Road in McDonough, a southern suburb of Atlanta. Compass Self Storage will continue to operate the property, which features drive up access, indoor climate controlled units, digital surveillance, electronic access, online payments, outdoor parking and a line of moving and packing supplies. The facility is the eighth Compass Self Storage location in the metro Atlanta area and the sixth store that Compass has opened under the Compass flag in 2015.

June 18, 2015

Hospitality North Carolina Southeast

Concord Hospitality Sells Two Hotels in Raleigh for $109M

by John Nelson June 17, 2015

RALEIGH, N.C. — Concord Hospitality has sold the Renaissance and Hyatt House Raleigh North Hills hotels in Raleigh for a combined $109 million. Companies owned by an unnamed global investment fund acquired the two hotels through cash and an assumption of debt. The two properties anchor North Hills, a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use development that serves as a live-work-play destination for Raleigh residents and businesses. Concord will continue to manage the two assets under a long-term management agreement. Mark Elliott of Hodges Ward Elliott and Tom Ives of CBRE Hotels represented the seller in the transaction.

June 17, 2015

Georgia Loans Retail Southeast

CBRE Arranges $78M Construction Loan for Whole Foods-Anchored Center in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson June 17, 2015

KENNESAW, GA. — CBRE Capital Markets has secured $78 million in acquisition and construction financing for Kennesaw Marketplace, a 288,000-square-foot retail shopping center located in Kennesaw, a northern suburb of Atlanta. Located at the intersection of Barrett Parkway and Georgia Highway 41, Kennesaw Marketplace will bring Whole Foods, Academy Sports and a mix of national and local tenants to the area. Construction is expected to commence immediately and will be completed by the third quarter of 2016. Jeffrey Ackemann, Jonathan Rice and Robert LaChapelle of CBRE’s Atlanta office arranged the three-year, non-recourse loan through Heitman Real Estate on behalf of a joint venture between Fuqua Development and Batson-Cook Development.

June 17, 2015

Retail Southeast Virginia

Federal Capital Partners, Westmoreland Sell Shopping Center in Virginia for $61.2M

by John Nelson June 17, 2015

WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP) and joint venture partner Westmoreland Partners have sold Settlers Market, a 239,464-square-foot retail power center in Willamsburg, for $61.2 million. The property is located at the intersection of State Route 199 and Monticello Avenue. AEW Capital Management acquired the property on behalf of the AEW Core Property Trust, an open-end core real estate fund. Tenants of the 97 percent leased center include Trader Joe’s, Walmart Neighborhood Market, Michaels, HomeGoods, ULTA Beauty, Stein Mart, Cost Plus World Market, Party City, Petco, Pier 1 Imports, Zoës Kitchen, Which Wich and Noodles & Co. FCP and Westmoreland Partners originally purchased the asset in 2011 as a financially distressed property. The Shopping Center Group is the leasing agent and manager of Settlers Market. HFF represented AEW Capital Management in the acquisition.

June 17, 2015

Florida Multifamily Seniors Housing Southeast

Big Rock Partners Selects Balfour Beatty to Construct $60M Senior Living Community in Celebration

by John Nelson June 17, 2015

CELEBRATION, FLA. — Big Rock Partners has selected Balfour Beatty Construction as the construction manager for a resort-style, $60 million senior living rental community under development in Celebration. The new community will be Celebration’s first to offer independent living, assisted living and memory care services under one roof, with a total of 225 rental residences. Construction is projected to begin in late 2015 for an expected opening in mid-2017. The property will feature tree-lined fountains, gardens, an indoor pool, movie screening room, fitness center and a top-floor solarium for viewing nearby Disney World’s fireworks displays. Balfour Beatty is working closely from the conceptual phase with the project’s architect, Gensler. Life Care Services will operate and market the community upon completion. Sabra Health Care REIT provided Big Rock Partners with a $4.5 million acquisition loan for the land and anticipates providing additional financing for construction, according to Big Rock. Walker & Dunlop is Big Rock’s financial advisor for the project.

June 17, 2015

Estates at Ridenour Ashford Ridenour Kennesaw

Georgia Multifamily Southeast

RADCO Purchases Apartment Community in Metro Atlanta for $35.3M

by John Nelson June 17, 2015

KENNESAW, GA. — The RADCO Cos. has acquired Estates at Ridenour, a 255-unit Class A apartment community in Kennesaw, a northern suburb of Atlanta, for $35.3 million. RADCO financed the acquisition with private capital and debt from Freddie Mac. The Atlanta-based multifamily investment firm purchased the asset from a limited liability company based in South Carolina. The apartment units average 1,077 square feet and are situated in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, as well as two-story townhomes. Community amenities include a resort-style pool with grilling areas, fitness facility, clubroom and a business center with Wi-Fi. Multi Housing Advisors brokered the transaction. RADCO will invest $2.6 million to upgrade Estates at Ridenour. The company’s renovation plan includes exterior improvements, expanding the property’s amenity package and unit upgrades. Additionally, Estates at Ridenour will be rebranded as Ashford Ridenour. The property is located on a 13.1-acre lot off the intersection of Barrett and Cobb parkways, nearly two miles from I-75 and three miles from Kennesaw State University. The property is also two-and-a-half miles from Town Center at Cobb, a nearly 1.3 million-square-foot regional mall, and across the street from Kennesaw Marketplace, a new Whole Foods-anchored mixed-use development under construction.

June 17, 2015

Georgia Mixed-Use Southeast

Westbridge, Martin Family to Bring Office/Retail Space to West Midtown Atlanta in Adaptive Reuse

by John Nelson June 16, 2015

ATLANTA — Westbridge Partners and the Martin family — also known as the Midtown West Associates/Brickworks — have formed a partnership to retrofit the last buildings of the historic Miller Union Stockyards in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood. The Martin family has owned the three-acre property located at the corner of 10th Street and Brady Avenue for more than 50 years. The tract includes two former meat-packing buildings constructed in the early 1900s. Westbridge and the Martin family will transform the historic property into 130,000 square feet of office and retail space known collectively as Stockyards Atlanta. The Martin family has redeveloped several historic properties in West Midtown, including The Brickworks at 1000 Marietta St. Cushman & Wakefield will lease the office space on behalf of the owners, which are hoping to attract tech firms, entrepreneurs and startup companies coming out of nearby Georgia Tech. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter, with a targeted opening date of summer 2016. Atlanta-based ai3 is the architect for Stockyards Atlanta.

June 16, 2015

Georgia Mixed-Use Southeast

ARA Newmark Completes $72.5M Pre-Sale of Mixed-Use Project in Atlanta

by John Nelson June 16, 2015

ATLANTA — ARA Newmark has brokered the $72.5 million sale of Inman Quarter, a new mixed-use development in Atlanta’s Inman Park neighborhood. Still under construction, the development will include 200 apartment units, a 575-space parking garage and 38,957 square feet of retail space. The asset was 80 percent pre-leased at the time of sale. TriBridge Residential and Coro Realty Advisors purchased the property from a development partnership between Atlanta-based JPX Works, South City Partners and ELV Associates. John Weber and Dan Phelan of ARA Newmark represented the development partnership in the transaction, which was structured as a pre-sale contract with targeted leasing and rent parameters agreed upon by both the buyer and seller.

June 16, 2015

Florida Loans Multifamily Southeast Student Housing

Phillips Realty Closes $85M Construction Loan for Student Housing Project in Daytona Beach

by John Nelson June 16, 2015

DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Phillips Realty Capital has closed on an $85 million construction loan for Quantum Realty Capital LLC’s student residence development on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University (BCU) in Daytona Beach. The Silver Spring, Md.-based developer is building student residence facilities that will be leased back to BCU. Brian Boland of Phillips Realty Capital structured the financing with a lender that specializes in credit tenant-lease financing. The construction-to-permanent loan has a 100 percent loan-to-cost ratio with a 36-year term. Quantum’s 1,206-bed residence hall project will include four student housing buildings at two different locations on the BCU campus. The completed residence halls’ design includes high-efficiency energy systems and student amenities. Each student housing building will comprise exterior courtyard common areas, student living and study rooms, and student and staff offices. Interior common areas will include multipurpose rooms, as well as fitness, lounge and laundry facilities. Construction is underway, with Phase I expected to be completed in January 2016. Completion of Phase II is expected in June 2016.

June 16, 2015

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