BELCAMP, MD. — DTZ has arranged a 100,000-square-foot lease renewal of warehouse space at Riverside Distribution Center in Belcamp, roughly 26 miles northeast of Baltimore along I-95. Exeter Property Group owns the 599,000-square-foot Riverside Distribution Center. The tenant, Aaron’s, a furniture and home appliances retailer, will use the warehouse for distribution and fulfillment purposes for the Mid-Atlantic region. Michael Walsh, Kirk Diamond and Erin Smith of DTZ represented Aaron’s in the lease transaction.
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LAKE PARK, FLA. — Oak Grove Capital has arranged two refinance loans totaling $26.1 million for San Marco Villas I and II, two affordable housing communities. The two apartment communities in Lake Park span 400 units. Tim Leonhard of Oak Grove Capital arranged the two loans through Freddie Mac.
NEW ORLEANS — HREC Investment Advisors has brokered the portfolio sale of three Hampton Inn & Suites hotels and one parking garage in downtown New Orleans. The hotel portfolio includes the 288-unit Hampton Inn & Suites – Convention Center; the 210-unit Hampton Inn & Suites – Downtown/French Quarter Area; the 100-unit Hampton Inn – Garden District/St. Charles Avenue; and the 529-space EZ Park Garage. Paul Sexton, Geoff Davis, Scott Stephens and Mike Cahill of HREC, along with Hayden Wren of New Orleans-based Corporate Realty Inc., represented the seller in the transaction. Highpointe Hotel Corp. will continue to operate the three hotels. The buyer was an entity related to an unnamed major international equity fund.
MIAMI — RKF has brokered the sale of a 22,248-square-foot retail property located at 3800 N.E. Miami Court in Miami’s Design District. Poltrona Frau Group Miami, a luxury furniture retailer, is the sole tenant of the newly constructed, two-story property. Benjamin Mandell, John Ellis and Marty Arrivo of RKF represented the buyer, Chicago-based L3 Capital LLC, in the transaction. The seller, Tirrenia Developments LLC, was represented in-house.
Oak Grove Capital Arranges $19.5M Refinance for Affordable Housing Properties in Virginia
by John Nelson
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA. — Oak Grove Capital has arranged the refinancing of two affordable housing properties in Colonial Heights totaling $19.5 million. The two assets, Colonial Ridge and Bermuda Run Apartments, total 292 units. Tim Leonhard of Oak Grove Capital arranged the fixed-rate, preservation loan through Freddie Mac on behalf of the unnamed borrower.
ROYAL PALM BEACH, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $8.3 million sale of Royal Office Park, a 28,656-square-foot mixed-use office and retail complex in Royal Palm Beach. The property is located at 420 S. State Road 7 adjacent to a 350,000-square-foot retail power center and Wellington, an international equestrian center. The Mediterranean-styled mixed-use complex features a landscaped perimeter and central courtyard with cobblestone walkways and hurricane-resistant glass storefronts and doors. Scott O’Donnell, Dominic Montazemi, Miguel Alcivar and Jason Hochman of CBRE represented the seller, Royal Office Park Ltd., in the transaction. Judge Moss of Banyan Realty Partners and Scott Weprin of Michael Falk & Co. represented the undisclosed buyer.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — MCR Development LLC has completed an extensive renovation of the 88-room Residence Inn Spartanburg. The hotel is located at 9011 Fairforest Road in Spartanburg. The renovation includes upgrades to the lobby and guestrooms, as well as enhancements to the hotel’s exterior. The hotel’s guestroom suites were outfitted with brand new bedding, couches, dining chairs and carpeting, as well as a new wall pattern accompanied with new curtains and window treatments. Vinyl flooring was also installed in the kitchen of each suite. MCR Development is one of the 15 largest hotel owner-operators in the United States and manages a portfolio of 70 hotel properties with approximately 8,300 rooms in 17 states.
WINDERMERE, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged acquisition financing for Citra at Windermere, a 360-unit apartment community located at 11353 Citra Circle in Windermere. Greg Duvall of NorthMarq Capital has arranged the 10.5-year loan with five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. Duvall arranged the Freddie Mac loan on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
Triangle’s Buoyant Economy Gives Confidence to Industrial Real Estate Investors, Developers
by John Nelson
2014 was an exceptional year for sales and leasing activity for the Raleigh-Durham industrial market. Velocity in investment sales boomed in 2014 — the strongest year since 2006, and second strongest in history. Developers are actively seeking land to build new parks as demand for Class A industrial space outweighs supply and rental rates begin to rise. Although, the Raleigh-Durham MSA is a smaller industrial market in the region, it’s been ranked No. 1 by Forbes as the Best Place for Business and No. 2 for the Fastest Growing Large U.S. City from 2010-2030 by the United Nations Population Division. Companies continue to announce corporate relocations and expansions and unemployment is lower than the national average at 4.5 percent in October. EDM America relocated its $150 million headquarters operation to Raleigh from Pennsylvania. Argos Therapeutics announced an expansion project in Durham — a $57 million bio-manufacturing plant. The area has also seen an influx of third-party logistics companies, moving companies and suppliers for the home building industry opening new locations and consolidating to larger blocks of space. As user demand continues, there is a strong desire by investors to become a part of our market or expand their current footprint. …
Wingate Cos., Columbia Residential Break Ground on Seniors Housing Facility in Atlanta
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — Wingate Cos. and Columbia Residential have broken ground on City Lights, an 80-unit affordable seniors housing development located at 430 Boulevard in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward district. The project is the first phase of the redevelopment of the Village of Bedford Pine. The property’s one-bedroom apartments will be made available to qualifying seniors aged 62 or older. The project’s financial partners include Community Affordable Housing Equity Corp., Sugar Creek Capital, HUD, the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and Atlanta’s Office of Housing. Prudential Huntoon Paige is providing construction financing for the project, which is slated for a summer 2016 completion. Amenities at City Lights will include a fitness center, TV and movie room, community kitchen, sundeck, covered garage, Wi-Fi access and a business center.