WILMINGTON, N.C. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $11.9 million in acquisition financing for Governours Square, a 219-unit apartment community in Wilmington. Todd Crouse of NorthMarq Capital’s Raleigh office arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through a Fannie Mae DUS lender on behalf of the unnamed borrower.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — PointOne Holdings and ESJ Capital Partners have partnered up to acquire three Class A office buildings totaling 377,921 square feet in Birmingham for $51 million. The properties, known as International Park and Blue Lake Center, have a blended occupancy of 90 percent. International Park and Blue Lake are leased to tenants such as Tyco, Prudential, Hoffman Media, Command Alkon, BE&K, Martin Marietta Materials, Principal Financial, RxBenefits, EBSCO, BASS, McKesson Corp., Home Mortgage of America and IBM. The office portfolio will be managed and leased by CBRE’s Birmingham office, which is also one of its current tenants. PointOne Holdings obtained a non-recourse, fixed-rate CMBS loan with a 10-year term from Starwood Mortgage Capital to complete the acquisition. Charles Foschini and Jason Hochman of CBRE Capital Markets arranged the acquisition loan.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — ARA has brokered the sale of Woodshire Apartment Homes, a 288-unit apartment community in Virginia Beach. Built in 1975, the property was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Mike Marshall, Drew White and Wink Ewing of ARA represented the seller, Chandler Management Corp., in the transaction. The Bainbridge Cos. purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Louisville-based PRG Investments has brokered the sale of three restaurants in Kentucky and South Carolina. PRG brokered the sale-leaseback of two Raising Cane restaurants in central Kentucky: 551 Keene Center Drive in Nicholasville and 2555 Nicholasville Road in Lexington. Fred Sutterlin and Reed Weinberg of PRG represented the buyer, an individual investor based in Louisville, in the transaction. David Graves of Cypress Property Group represented the seller. Sutterlin also brokered the franchise sale-leaseback of a Dunkin’ Donuts located at 754 Folly Road in Charleston, S.C. on behalf of the buyer, a private investor based in Louisville.
NORCROSS, GA. — Lincoln Property Co. Southeast has brokered the $1.2 million sale of a 16,983-square-foot office building located at 3135 Avalon Ridge Place in Norcross, an eastern suburb of Atlanta. Denton Shamburger and Jeff Henson of Lincoln Property represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Paul Hanna of JLL represented the buyer, Custard Insurance Adjusters, which currently occupies 6,000 square feet at the property. Custard plans to expand its presence at the building in the near future.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $17 million sale of Eastwood Village, a 134,256-square-foot regional power center located at 1604-1624 Montclair Road in Birmingham. The property was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ross Dress for Less, Office Depot, Party City, Shoe Carnival and Tuesday Morning. A 24-hour Walmart Supercenter shadow anchors the property. Phil Sambazis and Thomas Ladt of Marcus & Millichap’s Sambazis Retail Group in San Diego represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Zachary Taylor and Don McMinn of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office represented the undisclosed buyer. Andrew Chason of the firm’s Mobile, Ala., office assisted in the transaction.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — An affiliate of Tampa-based Blue Rock Partners LLC and Boca Raton-based Rose Group have purchased Forest Ridge Apartments in Birmingham for $11.1 million. The 268-unit apartment community is located at 660 Valley Crest Drive. Financing for the project involved the assumption of a senior mortgage in the amount of $8.3 million, and Berkadia was the lender/servicer for a Fannie Mae loan.
ATLANTA — PRP LLC has sold Ansley at Princeton Lakes, a 306-unit garden-style apartment community in Atlanta, approximately three miles from Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport. PRP developed the community in 2009. Ansley at Princeton Lakes was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. The property includes a 4,500-square-foot clubhouse, pool, 41 garage spaces and a car wash. PRP sold the community to a partnership consisting of Gulf Finance House and entities controlled by PRP.
MURFREESBORO, TENN. — Atlanta-based Banyan Investment Group and Houston-based InLight Capital LLC have partnered up to purchase Hampton Inn & Suites in Murfreesboro, about 25 miles southeast of Nashville. The hotel is located on North Thompson Lane and features 1,078 square feet of meeting space, a business center, fitness center and a seasonal outdoor swimming pool.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Grosvenor Americas has completed a $7.5 million renovation to the HVAC systems at its 200,000-square-foot office tower at 1701 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C., just a block away from the White House. The 12-story tower was certified LEED Gold-EB in 2013 and has recently added three tenants occupying a total of 29,300 square feet: Occidental Petroleum, FoxKiser and JAB Holdings, which is the parent company of Jimmy Choo, Bally and Peet’s Coffee. Peet’s Coffee has its flagship location on the ground floor of 1701 Pennsylvania Ave. Since purchasing the office tower in 1986, Grosvenor Americas has invested $16.7 million in upgrades.
