RALEIGH, N.C. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP) and Kane Realty Corp. have sold Allister North Hills, a 434-unit luxury apartment community in Raleigh, for $93.5 million. The property is located at I-440 and Six Forks Road in Raleigh’s Midtown district. FCP and Kane developed the community in 2013. Allister North Hills was nearly 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Community amenities include two pools, a fitness center, business center, outdoor terraces, community room, dog park and other green spaces. Individual units, each of which have a balcony, feature granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, washers and dryers and ceramic-tiled bathrooms. Sean Wood and Blake Okland of ARA represented FCP and Kane in the transaction.
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TAMPA, FLA. — PCCP has provided a $70 million loan to Carter for the development of a 23-story residential tower in downtown Tampa. The 362-unit development will be situated atop a six-story parking garage and 6,500 square feet of ground-level retail space. Community amenities will include a pool deck and terrace, ground-level fitness center and a clubroom on the top floor. The project will comprise a full city block bordered by North Franklin, North Florida, East Tyler and East Cass streets. Construction is anticipated to be completed in late 2017.
Colliers Student Housing Brokers $56.7M Sale of Property Near North Carolina State University
by John Nelson
RALEIGH, N.C. — Colliers International Student Housing Group has arranged the $56.7 million sale of Wolf Creek Apartments, now rebranded as Vie at Raleigh, a student housing apartment community near North Carolina State University. Situated on 41.5 acres in Raleigh, the rental community has 1,394 beds in 385 units and sold for $40,674 per bed. The sellers are Wolf Creek TIC and Wolf Creek II Borrower, and the buyer is undisclosed. Vie at Raleigh is located less than three miles from NC State University, and has two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments with private bedroom-bathroom suites. All apartments have a full kitchen, in-unit laundry and balcony. Frank Quinn and Steven Peden of Colliers International’s Raleigh-Durham office, along with Travis Prince of Colliers International Student Housing Group in Tampa, represented the seller. The buyer plans to renovate the clubhouse, fitness center, select apartment units, social lounge and study lounge. The community also has free tanning, a pet park, a resort-style pool and volleyball courts.
STARKVILLE AND OXFORD, MISS. — Blake Management Group has opened The Claiborne at Adelaide, an independent living, assisted living and memory care community in Starkville, near the Alabama border. Blake manages the 82,000-square-foot community, which includes 14 independent living units, 43 assisted living units and 25 memory care units. The Mississippi-based seniors housing operator has also opened The Blake at Oxford, a 100-unit assisted living and memory care community in Oxford. The 85,000-square-foot community features 66 assisted living units and 34 memory care units. Cardinal Ventures Inc., a Mississippi-based developer, built The Blake at Oxford. Based in central Mississippi, Blake operates communities in Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee and South Carolina.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $9.8 million sale of Village Shoppes at St. Lucie West, a 25,607-square-foot retail center located at 1718-1748 S.W. St. Lucie West Blvd. in Port St. Lucie. Situated on a 2.9-acre lot near I-95, the shopping center is fully leased to nine tenants including Sprint, Fresenius Medical and Sports Clips. Adam Tiktin of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the seller, Ross Realty, a partnership based in Davie, Fla. Derek Gibbs and Daniel Cunningham of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office secured and represented the buyer, a partnership based in Salem, Mass.
Related Group, Rabina Close $105M Construction Loan from SunTrust for High-Rise in Fort Lauderdale
by John Nelson
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — The Related Group and Rabina Properties have closed a $105 million construction loan from SunTrust Bank for a high-rise apartment tower in Fort Lauderdale. The 45-story, 272-unit tower will be located at 500 E. Las Olas Blvd. and is set for completion in the second quarter of 2017. The project, known as Icon Las Olas, is the third Related Group development under construction in Broward County.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Atlanta-based Haven Campus Communities will develop a $55 million, six-building student housing project in the Bull Street development near the University of South Carolina in Columbia. The 234-unit project will go up on nearly 6.5 acres in the proposed BullStreet Common development and feature apartment residences and townhomes. The project includes a 608-space parking deck and 104 street spaces, as well as a pool, courtyard and covered pavilion. The site is adjacent to a city-owned baseball stadium that will open this year.
Greystone, ALTA Developers Sell The Mile in Miami to Monogram Residential Trust for $48M
by John Nelson
MIAMI — Greystone and ALTA Developers have jointly sold The Mile, a 13-story, 120-unit luxury apartment development in Miami, to Monogram Residential Trust Inc., an owner, operator and developer of luxury apartment communities. The sales price was $48 million, according to several media outlets. The Mile is located at 3622 S.W. Coral Way near Miami’s Miracle Mile shopping district. The Mile was topped off in July 2015 and is set to open in the first quarter of 2016. Behar Font & Partners designed the apartment project, which will feature an indoor/outdoor social deck, fitness center, GE stainless steel appliances, white quartz countertops, designer cabinets, balconies and patios, swimming and soaking pools, gated parking and controlled electronic access. Jaret Turkell, Jeff Julien and Maurice Habif of HFF represented the sellers in the off-market transaction.
MIAMI — Silver Arch Capital Partners, a private lender based in Hackensack, N.J., has closed a $21 million loan for Apeiron at the Jockey Club in Miami. Once the site of the popular Jockey Club in the 1960s, the new hotel and residential development will span 1 million square feet at 111 Biscayne Blvd. David Larson of NGKF Capital Markets arranged the 2-year loan through Silver Arch Capital on behalf of Apeiron Miami LLC, a partnership headed by Ritz-Carlton Group co-founder Horst Schulze, former chairman of HBA International Michael Bedner and former vice president of Related International Muayad Abbas. The partnership will use the loan for engineering, architecture and planning purposes for the development, which will be built in two phases. Phase I is a 41-story tower that will feature 120 residential condominium units, 90 hotel rooms, a restaurant, fitness center and amenities. Phase I will also comprise a 417-space, two-story parking garage and the reconstruction of a 38-slip marina. Phase II will be a 120-unit residential condominium building and a 346-space parking structure.
Crosland Southeast, Childress Klein Add CycleBar, PetPeople to Waverly’s Tenant Roster
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Developers Crosland Southeast and Childress Klein have added two new retailers to the 90-acre Waverly development located near the intersection of Providence and Ardrey Kell roads in south Charlotte. CycleBar, an indoor cycling fitness studio, will lease 3,246 square feet, and PetPeople, a pet foods and supplies retailer, will lease 4,900 square feet. CycleBar plans to reach 100 locations by the end of 2016, with eight planned for the Charlotte metro area. In addition to the Waverly location, PetPeople, which currently operates 28 stores in the Midwest, is adding a location in Cornelius, N.C. Whole Foods Market will anchor Waverly’s 250,000-square-foot retail portion. The development will also feature the 375-unit Solis Waverly apartment community and 150 single-family homes and townhomes.