DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $19.5 million sale of The George Buildings, two adjacent corner retail assets totaling nearly 20,000 square feet in Delray Beach. The buildings are located on the southeast and southwest corners of Atlantic Avenue and S.E. 4th Street. Howard Bregman of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the seller, a family corporation based in South Florida, and the buyer, a developer based in Palm Beach, Fla.
SPRINGFIELD, VA. — Vornado Realty Trust has completed the previously announced $465 million sale of the redeveloped Springfield Town Center in Springfield to Pennsylvania Real Estate Investment Trust (PREIT). The approximately 1.4 million-square-foot mall is comprised of 642,000 square feet of anchor space and 703,000 square feet of non-anchor space. Target, Macy’s and JC Penney anchor the mall. Other notable retailers include Michael Kors, H&M, Chico’s, Pandora, Francesca’s Collection, Maggiano’s Little Italy, Yard House Restaurant, Wood Ranch BBQ, LA Fitness, Regal Cinema, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Topshop. The sales price comprises $340 million in cash and 6.25 million operating partnership units of PREIT, granted at $20 per unit. Vornado’s 8.07 percent ownership interest in PREIT will be accounted for under the equity method. Vornado has treated the $19 million of tenant improvements and allowances as a closing adjustment.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Prudential Mortgage Capital Co. has provided a $110 million Fannie Mae loan to acquire Residences on the Avenue, a 335-unit apartment community in Washington, D.C.’s Foggy Bottom neighborhood. The property is the only high-rise residential building between Georgetown and the central business district. Completed in 2011, the community’s amenity package includes a fitness and wellness center with a spa, rooftop deck with a pool and grilling areas and 24-hour concierge services. Residences on the Avenue also includes 50,000 square feet of retail space split into five units. Whole Foods Market is the anchor in a long-term lease. Prudential provided the acquisition loan to an unnamed real estate investment manager.
MURFREESBORO, TENN. — National Health Investors Inc. (NYSE:NHI) has obtained $78 million in Fannie Mae financing through KeyBank National Association. The debt financing consists of interest-only payments at 3.79 percent and a 10-year maturity. The mortgages are secured by 13 properties in NHI’s joint venture with Bickford Senior Living. Proceeds were used to reduce borrowings on NHI’s unsecured bank credit facility. NHI is a real estate investment trust (REIT) specializing in sale-leaseback, joint venture, mortgage and mezzanine financing of seniors housing and medical investments. NHI’s portfolio consists of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities, entrance-fee retirement communities, skilled nursing facilities, medical office buildings and specialty hospitals.
TEMPLE TERRACE, FLA. — ContraVest has broken ground on The Addison at Tampa Oaks, a 262-unit luxury apartment community in Temple Terrace, roughly 10 miles northeast of Tampa. Located on the southwest corner of Fletcher Avenue and I-75, the property’s floor plans will span from studio units to three-bedroom apartments. The community’s amenities will include a clubhouse, fitness center, cyber café, yoga room and resort-style pool. ContraVest will be providing general contracting and property management services for the project. Leasing is scheduled to begin in March 2016 and move-ins will begin in May 2016.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — HFF has arranged $7.6 million in acquisition financing for Quail Plaza, an 86,979-square-foot office building located at 7621 Little Ave. in south Charlotte. Travis Anderson, Jim Curtin, Cory Fowler and Ryan O’Dwyer of HFF arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through Wells Fargo Bank on behalf of the borrower, TriGate Capital. The five-story office building was 84 percent leased at the time of financing to tenants such as The Steritech Group, FedEx, American Realty Capital, Landworks Design Group PA, Union Security and Mutual of Omaha.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — CBRE Capital Markets’ debt and structured finance team has arranged $63.6 million in acquisition financing for a 195,624-square-foot office building located at 2025 M St. in Washington, D.C.’s central business district. Charles Foschini, Christian Lee and Christopher Apone of CBRE’s Miami office arranged the 10-year loan through Philadelphia-based RAIT Financial Trust on behalf of the borrower, a private family interest in Brazil. The loan features three years of interest-only payments.
WEST PALM BEACH AND MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — NGKF Capital Markets has arranged $33.5 million in financing for two multifamily properties in South Florida: the 192-unit Serrano in West Palm Beach and the 234-unit Park Plaza in Miami Gardens. Maury Zanoff, Joe Donato, Matthew Williams and Jamie Leachman of NGKF’s Washington, D.C., office arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, AION Partners. The two loans have floating interest rates and interest-only periods. AION will repay existing debt and use the funds to make capital improvements on the two multifamily properties.
RESTON, VA. — Mesa West Capital has provided a $27 million loan for the refinancing of the Westin Reston Heights, a 191-room hotel in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Reston. Daniel Tanner of Mesa West’s New York office originated the floating-rate loan on behalf of the hotel’s owner, The JBG Cos., which also developed the hotel. Matthew Williams and Joe Donato of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank arranged the financing. Westin Reston Heights, along with a 194-unit residential tower and a 140,000-square-foot office building, anchors the first phase of JBG’s 35-acre Reston Heights mixed-use development. Phase II, which is slated for a 2017 delivery, will feature 400 new apartment units and 88,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Urban Investment Partners (UIP) and Lubert-Adler Partners have teamed up to acquire Embassy Towers, a 72-unit apartment building located in Washington, D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood, for $13.3 million. The property is located at 1620 Fuller St. N.W. The Embassy Towers Tenant Association has not decided whether the property will remain an apartment building or convert into a condominium project. Alan Davis and Brendan Flood of HFF represented the seller, a family consortium, in the transaction. UIP subsidiaries UIP Property Management Inc. and UIP General Contracting Inc. will handle property management duties and renovations to Embassy Towers, respectively.
