ATLANTA — Wood Partners has begun construction on 33 Peachtree Place, a $100 million mixed-use development on West Peachtree Street in Midtown Atlanta. The project will include a 21-story high-rise and mid-rise apartment building totaling 369 residential units (including five penthouse suites) and 20,000 square feet of ground-level retail space. The project will be Atlanta’s first multifamily property to utilize natural gas for heating, cooling, water and cooking. The property’s amenity offerings include a dog-friendly resident park, resort-style pool deck, club rooms, half-acre private park and courtyard space and more than 500 parking spaces. Prudential Real Estate Investors (PREI) was the seller of the site, a former parking lot for the 10 Peachtree Place building. PREI is also Wood Partners’ equity partner for 33 Peachtree Place. The general contractor, Balfour Beatty, expects to complete the project by the third quarter of 2016.
Southeast
CHANTILLY, VA. — NAI KLNB has brokered the $60.5 million sale of a five-building office portfolio totaling 318,000 square feet in Chantilly, roughly 30 miles west of Washington, D.C. Hayden Maguire Real Estate Fund purchased the portfolio, which is located in Avion Business Park, from JPMCC 2006-CIBC14 Chantilly Office LLC. The Class A properties included MidRise I at 14500 Avion Parkway; MidRise II at 14520 Avion Parkway; Service Center III at 3650 Concorde Parkway; Avion Tech Center II at 14700 Avion Parkway; and Avion Tech Center III at 3635 Concord Parkway. Avion Business Park was originally developed by Trammell Crow Co. between 1987 and 2001. Kevin Goeller, Chris Kubler and Josh Simon of NAI KLNB, along with C-III Realty Services LLC, represented the seller in the transaction.
NEWPORT, KY. — Inland Real Estate Corp., in a joint venture arrangement with Dutch pension advisor PGGM, has acquired Phase II of Newport Pavilion, a shopping center located in Newport, part of the Cincinnati MSA. Inland and PGGM purchased the 115,000-square-foot asset for $23.6 million. Phase II’s tenant roster includes Dick’s Sporting Goods, T.J. Maxx, Buffalo Wild Wings, Panera Bread, Chipotle Mexican Grill, T-Mobile and Sport Clips. The Inland-PGGM joint venture purchased Phase I of Newport Pavilion earlier this year. The entire 337,300-square-foot power center is currently 96 percent leased.
ORLANDO AND CLERMONT, FLA. — Plaza Advisors has brokered the sale of two shopping centers in the greater Orlando area. The properties include Phillips Village in Orlando and East Towne Center in Clermont. The 66,218-square-foot Phillips Village was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree, Mattress Firm, GameStop, Sally Beauty, Ideal Image and Sprint. Portland Investment Co. of America purchased the asset from Weingarten Realty Investors for roughly $18.8 million. The 69,840-square-foot East Towne Center was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Publix, Chase Bank, Pizza Hut, Hair Masters and The UPS Store. Publix Supermarkets purchased the property from Regency Centers for an undisclosed sales price. Jim Michalak, Mike Cvetetic and Nick Castellano of Plaza Advisors represented the sellers in both transactions. Plaza Advisors was the only brokerage firm involved in both deals.
True Food Kitchen Leases Space on Ground Floor of Upscale Bethesda Apartment Building
by John Nelson
BETHESDA, MD. — Washington Property Co. has signed True Food Kitchen to occupy street-level space at Solaire Bethesda, an upscale apartment building located at the corner of Wisconsin and Woodmont avenues in Bethesda. Solaire Bethesda broke ground this summer and is expected to open in 2016. The 6,400-square-foot restaurant will be True Food Kitchen’s second property in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Lee Engle of Streetsense and Joshua Gurland of WPC represented WPC in the lease transaction. Tom Papadopoulos of Papadopoulos Properties represented Phoenix-based Fox Restaurant Concepts in the transaction.
Lincoln Property, Lincoln Harris Broker $35.3M Sale of Shopping Center in North Carolina
by John Nelson
PINEVILLE, N.C. — Lincoln Property Co. and its affiliate Lincoln Harris have arranged the $35.3 million sale of The Centrum Shopping Center, a 270,747-square-foot retail center located at 10500 Centrum Parkway in Pineville. The asset is 99 percent leased to 17 tenants, including Kmart, Stein Mart and T.J. Maxx. Chris Cotten of Lincoln Property Co., along with Chris Vasbinder and Johno Harris of Lincoln Harris, represented the buyer, American Realty Capital-Retail Centers of America, in the transaction. Rob Carter of Berkeley Capital Advisors LLC represented the seller, Pineville Centrum LP, an entity comprised of DRA Advisors LLC and Kimco Realty Corp.
SARASOTA, FLA. — Colliers International has brokered the $19.1 million sale of Whole Foods Market Centre, a multi-tenanted, 59,341-square-foot shopping center located at 1451 1st St. in downtown Sarasota. Whole Foods Market anchors the center. Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. purchased the shopping center from Casto-Zenith Venture LLC. Mike Milano, Ron Schultz, Cynthia Shelton and Kane Morris-Webster of Colliers International represented the seller in the transaction.
NASHVILLE AND CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors LLC has placed two Freddie Mac loans totaling $23.5 million on two garden-style apartment complexes in Tennessee. The communities include a 312-unit property at 5242 Edmondson Pike in Nashville and a 248-unit property at 2190 Memorial Drive in Clarksville. Fred Stahl and Sheldon Stahl of Houlihan-Parnes arranged a $14 million loan for the Nashville asset with a fixed 3.96 percent interest rate and a $9.5 million loan for the Clarksville asset with a fixed 4.14 percent interest rate. Fred and Sheldon arranged the loans through Walker & Dunlop’s Atlanta office. Both multifamily communities are more than 95 percent occupied.
PENSACOLA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $4.1 million sale of a 42,296-square-foot Walmart Neighborhood Market located at the corner of Mobile and Pine Forest roads in Pensacola. Don McMinn and Zachary Taylor of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office represented the seller, a Tennessee-based developer, in the transaction. Patrick Furlong of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office represented the buyer, a private 1031 investor. Kirk Felici of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office is the firm’s broker of record in Florida. Walmart has a 20-year triple-net lease on the asset, which opened for business in July 2014.
ATLANTA — HREC Investment Advisors has brokered the sale of the Sheraton Atlanta Airport Hotel, a 395-room property located one mile from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Monty Levy, Bill Murney and Scott Stephens of HREC represented the seller, FelCor Lodging Trust Inc., in the transaction. The buyer, an affiliate of Hotel Capital LLC, has selected Expotel Hospitality to manage the hotel.