MARIETTA, GA. — Colliers International’s Southeast retail investment sales team has brokered the sale of two shopping centers in the Atlanta suburb of Marietta totaling $14.4 million. The two assets include the 88,369-square-foot Home Center Village and the 206,828-square-foot Marietta Plaza. Home Center Village is 90 percent leased to tenants such as Dollar Tree and Anna’s Linens and includes Walmart Supercenter as a shadow anchor. The Geneva Group purchased Home Center Village from Mimms Enterprises for roughly $6.9 million. Marietta Plaza is anchored by Burlington Coat Factory. The Simpson Organization purchased the asset for roughly $7.5 million. Joe Montgomery and Tony D’Ambrosio of Colliers International represented the sellers in both transactions.
STERLING, VA. — NAI KLNB has brokered four leases totaling 180,000 square feet at Airport Commerce Center, a five-building, 408,000-square-foot industrial park in Sterling, near the North Gate of Washington-Dulles International Airport. With these four lease transactions, the industrial park is now 100 percent occupied. Marc Tasker and Kevin Goeller of NAI KLNB represented the owner, Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management, in all four lease transactions. The leases consisted of Eastern Motors signing a lease for 77,488 square feet at 22705 Commerce Center Court, with Bob Gibbs of CBRE representing the tenant; ViON Corp. signing a lease for 42,766 square feet at 22704 Commerce Center Court, with Chet Rao of NGKF representing the tenant; Cardinal Bakery signing a lease for 36,122 square feet at 22704 Commerce Center Court, with Bob White of Landmark Commercial representing the tenant; and Simplex Grinnell signing a lease for 23,787 square feet at 22712 Commerce Center Court.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trinity Capital Advisors plans to develop 1000 S. Tryon St., a new 300,000-square-foot, Class A office building in Charlotte’s South End submarket. The 14-story building will be located on the gateway corner of Tryon and Morehead streets. The office building will feature retail space on the ground floor and a multifamily façade is planned for the side of the parking deck fronting Morehead Street. The project is a joint venture between Trinity Capital Advisors and Honey Properties, the long-time owner of the site. Once the asset has a committed anchor, Trinity Capital Advisors will break ground on the property with a 15-month construction schedule, according to Gary Chesson, founding partner of Trinity Capital Advisors.
FLORIDA CITY, FLA. — Hilton Worldwide has opened its first Home2 Suites by Hilton hotel in the state of Florida: the Home2 Suites by Hilton Florida City. R.A. & R.E. Inc. owns the five-story, 96-suite hotel located at 77 N.E. 3rd St., situated off Exit 1 of the Florida Turnpike. The hotel represents the Home2 Suites by Hilton brand’s expansion into its 16th state since its first hotel opened in 2011. Amenities at the pet-friendly hotel include an indoor saline pool, gas barbecue grills, a combined laundry and fitness area called Spin2 Cycle, an Oasis lobby area and a complimentary continental breakfast for guests.
JESSUP AND SAVAGE, MD. — CBRE has brokered the $27 million sale of three industrial facilities totaling 429,100 square feet in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor. The portfolio of properties is located at 8263-8265 Patuxent Range Road in Jessup and 8700 Larkin Road in Savage. An affiliate of Industrial Property Trust Inc. purchased the three assets from Colony Realty Partners. Bo Cashman, Jonathan Beard and Mike Roden of CBRE’s Baltimore office brokered the transaction.
BALTIMORE CITY, MD. — The Greysteel Co.’s Mid-Atlantic retail investment sales team has brokered the $12.3 million sale of Belair Edison Crossing, a grocery-anchored shopping center located at 2401 Belair Road in Baltimore City. The 204,000-square-foot asset was fully leased at the time of the sale to tenants such as Food Depot, Dollar General, Forman Mills, Maxway, B. Green Cash and Carry and the Social Security Administration. Gil Neuman of Greysteel led the team that represented the seller, 2401 Belair LLC, and procured the buyer, Belair Edison Investors LLC.
MIAMI — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has closed $20.2 million in first mortgage construction loans for two new warehouse buildings at the AVE Aviation and Commerce Center, a 2.6 million-square-foot master-planned corporate business park in Miami. The warehouse properties, which are 32 percent pre-leased to an aircraft engine repair firm, will span 313,820 square feet. Phil Carroll of Grandbridge arranged the construction financing through BB&T.
SUNRISE, FLA. — HFF has arranged a $38.2 million loan for the refinancing of Sawgrass Lake Center, a 239,373-square-foot, Class A office building in Sunrise. The property is located south of Sawgrass Mills Mall at 13450 W. Sunrise Blvd. The office building was 84 percent leased at the time of the sale. Paul Stasaitis, Chris Drew, Jorge Portela, Jose Carrazana and Maxx Carney of HFF arranged the loan through Mesa West Capital’s Mesa West Real Estate Income Fund III, a $750 million debt vehicle. The loan was arranged on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between CNL Commercial Realty Estate and Long Wharf Real Estate Partners.
ROSWELL, GA. — Sterling Organization has purchased Roswell Village Shopping Center, a 145,082-square-foot shopping center located at the southwest corner of Highway 9 and Holcomb Bridge Road in Roswell, roughly 20 miles north of downtown Atlanta. Sterling purchased the asset for approximately $10.6 million in an off-market transaction via its institutional fund Sterling Value Add Partners II LP. The property is currently 31 percent leased to tenants such as Goodyear, Pizza Hut, Jersey Mike’s and Curves.
NAPLES, FLA. — Investment Properties Corp. has brokered the sale of Goodlette Corners, a 46,000-square-foot retail center located at the intersection of Goodlette-Frank and Pine Ridge roads in Naples. OREXCO purchased the asset from Goodlette Corners LLC for $13.3 million. David Stevens of Investment Properties Corp. represented the buyer in the transaction. Steve Hovland of Hovland Real Estate represented the seller.