Southeast

MIAMI — Skanska USA has signed a $101 million contract to build The Patricia & Phillip Frost Museum of Science in Miami. The 250,000-square-foot property will be located within the new Museum Park complex adjacent to the Perez Art Museum Miami overlooking Biscayne Bay and PortMiami. The new museum will include a planetarium, 500,000-gallon saltwater aquarium, five-story Innovation Center, sustainable roof with a hydroponic garden and exhibition galleries. The architect, Grimshaw Architects, is designing the museum to achieve LEED Platinum certification. Skanska USA plans to complete the museum in the summer of 2016.

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Velocity in the Gulch

NASHVILLE, TENN. — HFF has brokered the $54.3 million sale of Velocity in the Gulch, a 238-unit multifamily community in Nashville’s Gulch neighborhood. Nicol Investment Co. purchased the apartment property from a joint venture between a Chicago-based fund manager and a predecessor company run by David Levin. Velocity in the Gulch is located at the corner of 320 11th Ave. South and Pine Street. The property features a sky lounge with an outdoor fireplace, fitness center, courtyard with a fountain and fire pit, clubroom, coffee bar and bicycle racks. Jason Nettles and Megan Thompson of HFF led the investment sales team that represented the seller in the transaction.

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Broadway Distribution Center

ATLANTA — TPA Group has broken ground on two industrial facilities in metro Atlanta totaling roughly 1.7 million square feet. The properties include the 1.1 million-square-foot Fairburn Logistics Center in South Fulton County and the 614,000-square-foot Broadway Distribution Center in Braselton. Fairburn Logistics Center is a cross-dock building that will be located on Bohannon Road adjacent to the CSX Intermodal facility. The property features 36-foot clear heights and heavy trailer and car parking. Broadway Distribution Center will be located on Broadway Avenue with direct access to I-85. Both facilities will be built on a speculative basis. Mark Hawks and Todd Barton of CBRE will spearhead leasing efforts at the two properties.

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Emerald Place

HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $31.5 million sale of Emerald Place, a 300-unit apartment community located at 3910 N. 56th Ave. in Hollywood. The property includes a swimming pool, clubhouse, two tennis courts, children’s playground and night-time security. Emerald Place Apartments LLC purchased the asset from Emerald Place LLC. Calum Weaver and Robert Given led the CBRE South Florida Multifamily team in representing the seller.

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ADAMSVILLE, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $2.7 million sale of Adamsville Town Center, a 26,026-square-foot strip retail center in Adamsville. Built in 2006, the property’s tenant roster includes Dollar General, Advance America, 1st Franklin, Papa John’s Pizza, Alfa Insurance and Alabama Power. Andrew Chason of Marcus & Millichap’s Mobile office represented the seller, a limited liability company based in Birmingham, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investment firm based in Birmingham.

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BALTIMORE — Tribune Media Co. has sold its printing facility at 300 E. Cromwell St. in Baltimore for $46.5 million. The 60-acre property holds the printing facility for The Baltimore Sun, a Tribune-owned newspaper that currently has a long-term lease on the property. The net proceeds after transaction costs and taxes are slated to be roughly $30 million. The buyer was undisclosed.

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MELBOURNE, FLA. — BishopBeale plans to construct Pineda Landings, a 50,000-square-foot, 17.5-acre retail development at the corner of Wickham Road and Jordan Blass Drive in Melbourne. The shopping center will be anchored by The Fresh Market, the first location for the specialty grocer in Brevard County. The shopping center is expected to open for business by the fall of 2015. BishopBeale will handle all leasing and development management for the project.

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CLINTON, MISS. — Hertz Investment Group (HIG) has acquired South Pointe Business Park, a 395,920-square-foot Class A office building in Clinton, a town in the Jackson MSA. HIG purchased the four-story, three-pod suburban office building from a private investment group for $20.5 million. The park is currently 93 percent leased to tenants such as the Mississippi Department of Revenue, University Physicians, Lockheed Martin and Verizon Wireless. South Pointe was originally constructed as the headquarters for WorldCom.

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The Plaza

BOCA RATON, FLA. — Crocker Partners has purchased two office towers in Boca Raton’s Town Center Mall area from MetLife Real Estate Investors for an undisclosed price. The two properties, known as One Town Center and The Plaza, span 339,000 square feet and were 42 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Wells Fargo and Kayne Anderson Real Estate Advisors. Crocker Partners purchased the two towers, which were both originally developed by Crocker entities, in a partnership with Siguler Guff. Crocker Partners will manage the properties and CBRE will handle leasing responsibilities.

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Madison Carrington

DELAND, FLA. — Equus Capital Partners Ltd. has sold Madison Carrington Place, a 224-unit apartment community in Deland, roughly 30 miles north or Orlando. The private equity real estate fund manager sold the asset to Bluerock Partners for $14.3 million. Constructed in 1987, the apartment community features a clubhouse, pool, fitness center, tennis and volleyball courts and a playground. The property was 94 percent leased at the time of sale. Luke Wickham and Sheldon Granade of CBRE represented Equus Capital Partners in the transaction.

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