PENSACOLA, FLA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured an $11.7 million fixed-rate CMBS loan for Jasmine Creek Apartments, a 200-unit garden-style apartment complex in Pensacola. KeyBank also secured a $7.6 million fixed-rate CMBS loan for Flats at Ninth Apartments, a 168-unit multifamily property located in Pensacola. Both loans were used to pay off existing KeyBank credit facilities. The sponsor for both loans was The Kislak Organization, a private investor based in Miami.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Daniel Corp. has broken ground on Bridgeside at Patriots Point, a 324-unit apartment community in Mount Pleasant. Daniel Corp. is developing the asset on behalf of MetLife Inc. and plans to deliver it in the spring of 2016. The property will feature one- and two-bedroom floorplans and offer views of Charleston Harbour. The community will include covered parking, a resort-inspired clubhouse, pool area, fitness center and gardens. The project team includes general contractor Choate Construction Co., civil engineer Seamon Whiteside & Associates and architect Wakefield Beasley & Associates.
WESTON, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $32.3 million sale of Weston Road Shopping Center, a 105,929-square-foot retail center located at 4410 Weston Road at the entrance of the city of Weston. An institutional investor purchased the asset from Coral Gables-based Game Properties. The property is roughly 98 percent leased to tenants such as Office Depot, AC Moore, Sprint, Dunkin’ Donuts, AT&T, Pinch-A-Penny, Honey Baked Ham and T-Mobile. Dennis Carson, David Donnellan and Casey Rosen of CBRE represented Game Properties in the transaction.
KENNESAW, GA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of TownPark Ravine, a three-building, 367,090-square-foot office park in the northern Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw. The office park provides immediate access to Interstates 75 and 575. David Meline, Stewart Calhoun, Samir Idris and Casey Masters of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Taylor & Mathis Inc., in the transaction. The purchase price was not disclosed. Cushman & Wakefield also arranged a $41.1 million acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer, America’s Capital Partners LLC. Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan, Jeff Walker and Larry Johnson of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the long-term, fixed-rate loan through GE Capital Corp.
SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. — NAI Earle Furman has brokered the $4.9 million sale of Village Park Apartments, a 132-unit complex located at 110 Village Park Drive in Simpsonville. Built in 1976, the asset was 96 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Tony Bonitati and Kay Hill of NAI Earle Furman represented the seller, Gastonia, N.C.-based Southwood Realty, in the transaction. The buyer was Brooklyn-based Two Bridges Asset Management LLC.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Lavista Associates Inc. has arranged the sale of Shiloh Crossing, a two-building, 71,640-square-foot industrial facility in Alpharetta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The property, located in The Meadows, a Class A business park, was fully leased at the time of the sale. Will Grogan and Charlie Fiveash of Lavista represented the owner and developer, Childress Klein Properties, in the transaction. The buyer was Passive Income Fund, a private REIT based in Australia.
The center cores of Baltimore and Washington, D.C., are located approximately 40 miles apart, and talk has renewed about the possibility of connecting the two metropolises by a Maglev rail system. The Baltimore/Washington region is generally considered the fourth largest in the country, boasting nearly 9 million people in the common area. But, when it comes time to rate the demographics, quality of life and overall attributes between the two, Baltimore assumes its secondary status in most comparisons, especially among some professionals in the retail real estate industry. Yet, given the recent successes of retail ventures that have opened in Baltimore City within the past year, prospects for future developments that promise to reinvigorate oft-neglected sections of the city and planned expansions of other mixed-use projects, Baltimore is currently enjoying a “charmed” life. The iconic advertising campaign for National Bohemian beer, which referred to Maryland as “The Land of Pleasant Living,” seems like an appropriate descriptor these days. The project that still has Baltimoreans buzzing is The Shops at Canton Crossing, the 330,000-square-foot retail shopping center situated within the city’s east side that opened last fall, and could easily serve as a national model for successful brownsfield development. Abandoned warehouse …
PHILADELPHIA — Affiliates of Equus Capital Partners LLC have acquired a three-property multifamily portfolio in Central Florida from affiliates of Oculus Development LLC and Alex Brown Realty Inc. The assets total 710 units and had an average occupancy rate of 95 percent. The properties include Village at East Lake in Clermont, Village at Lake Ned in Winter Haven and Village at Park Road in Plant City. Madison Apartment Group LP, the multifamily operating platform of Equus, will manage the communities.
BELTSVILLE, MD. — Morgan Properties and its equity partner Core Real Estate Capital LLC have purchased Lighthouse at Twin Lakes, a 700-unit garden-style and mid-rise apartment community in Beltsville. The asset is located off Powder Mill Road near the Interstate 95 interchange. Built in 1969, the property’s amenity package includes a leasing office with a business center and café, a fitness center, swimming pool, playground areas and a dog park. Morgan Properties and Core plan to invest $8.2 million to renovate the property. This is the third acquisition between Morgan and Core.
BOSSIER CITY, LA. — Kandu Capital LLC and its operating company Bloom Senior Living have purchased Glenview Gardens, a 119-unit independent living community in Bossier City, for $5.5 million. As part of the transaction, the asset will be renamed Bloom at Bossier and a portion of the community will be converted to offer assisted living and memory care services. Michael Morrison and Trent Siskron of Vintage Realty Co. represented both the buyer and the seller in the transaction.