CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Lowe Enterprises Investors (LEI) has acquired the Aloft Charlotte Uptown @ the EpiCentre, a 175-room hotel located at 210 E. Trade St. in Charlotte’s Uptown district. LEI has tapped its affiliate Destination Management to manage the hotel, which will continue to operate under the Aloft brand. The hotel is within walking distance of Bank of America’s global headquarters, Bank of America Stadium, the NASCAR Hall of Fame and the Charlotte Convention Center. The property features a fitness center, indoor pool, 2,500-square-foot meeting facility, business center and the w xyz bar. Russell Munn of LEI led the acquisition team. Wells Fargo provided acquisition financing on behalf of LEI.
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ORANGE COUNTY, CALIF. — The Orange County office of Berkadia Commercial Mortgage LLC has arranged $33.5 million for the refinancing of a portfolio of 15 retail properties in Louisiana and Mississippi. Ed Kim and Zane Sweet of Berkadia arranged the five-year, fixed-rate loan through Bank of America Merrill Lynch on behalf of the borrower, Kimble Development of Louisiana LLC. The loan is structured at 83 percent LTV with a 30-year amortization schedule. The properties, located in secondary markets such as Baton Rouge in Louisiana and Natchez in Mississippi, comprise nearly 500,000 square feet, and are collectively 92.5 percent occupied. Notable tenants include Rue21, Stage, Dollar Tree and Family Dollar.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged a $25 million CMBS loan to refinance Hampton Inn Crystal City in Arlington. Keith Bauer of MMCC’s Washington, D.C., office arranged the 65 percent LTV loan with a fixed interest rate of 4.76 percent.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — The AIDS Healthcare Foundation has sold a 7,500-square-foot retail building and a three-unit apartment building at 1501 Alton Road in Miami Beach’s South Beach neighborhood for $4.6 million. Steve Hyatt of Berger Commercial Realty represented the AIDS Healthcare Foundation in the transaction. The property’s current tenant, an Out of the Closet thrift store, will continue to operate at the location under a short-term lease-back agreement.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Steelbridge Capital has purchased Cypress Financial Center, an 11-story, Class A office tower in Fort Lauderdale, for $32.6 million. The 198,528-square-foot property is situated on I-95 at Cypress Creek Road. Steelbridge Capital’s principals were part of the prior ownership from 1998-2006 and were able to now buy the asset back from the owner it had sold the property to in 2006. Steelbridge is planning a multi-million dollar capital improvement program for the property and has tapped Kravit Architectural Associates to design the upgrades to the lobby, common area, exterior, landscaping and elevator systems. The property is currently 76 percent leased to tenants such as MetLife, TD Bank, BDO, Altadis and Marcus & Millichap. Steelbridge Real Estate Services will provide property management services for Cypress Financial Center. Hermen Rodriguez, Ike Ojala and Jorge Portela of HFF represented the seller, Tricony CFC LLC, in the transaction.
ABERDEEN, MD. — CBRE has brokered the $31 million sale of Advantage Business Park, a 528,780-square-foot industrial bulk warehouse at 504 Advantage Way in Aberdeen, part of Baltimore’s I-95 North industrial submarket. SK Realty Management purchased the property from 504 Advantage Way LLC. The property is fully leased to three tenants and anchored by Gordon Food Service. Jonathan Beard, Bo Cashman and Bill Pellington of CBRE’s Baltimore office brokered the sale.
ATLANTA — Coral Gables, Fla.-based America’s Capital Partners (ACP) has acquired the Towers at Wildwood Plaza, a 700,000-square-foot office development in Atlanta’s Cumberland/Galleria submarket. The asset is leased to tenants such as General Electric, Allstate Insurance, Vonage Communications, Alere, Tenet Healthcare and IBM Credit Union. The property, designed by I.M. Pei, is considered the top-quality office building in the Cumberland/Galleria area, according to ACP.
ASHBURN, VA. — NAI KLNB has brokered the $20 million sale of 72 acres of land near the intersection of Waxpool and Farmwell roads and Ashburn Village Boulevard in Ashburn. The buyer, RagingWire Data Centers, will construct a 1.5 million-square-foot data center campus at the site. RagingWire purchased the land from Loudoun County, Virginia. Kevin Goeller of NAI KLNB represented RagingWire in the transaction.
CLERMONT, FLA. — An entity controlled by Continental Properties Acquisition Corp. (CPAC) has sold Hancock Village Shopping Center for $4.3 million. The 25,000-square-foot retail center is located at the intersection of North Hancock Road and State Road 50 in Clermont. The property is nearly 90 percent leased to tenants such as Tijuana Flats, Anytime Fitness, Little Caesars Pizza, Ritter’s Frozen Custard and Direct Auto Insurance. The seller originally purchased the asset in May 2011 for $2.1 million. CPAC selected its affiliate CREC to lease and manage the asset, and CREC brought the property from 50 percent occupancy to nearly 90 percent occupancy. Peter Mekras of CREC represented CPAC in the transaction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 217,070-square-foot office tower at 1800 K St. N.W. in Washington, D.C., is set to undergo a $40 million transformation. Completion is scheduled for the first quarter of 2016. The renovation will include a new floor-to-ceiling glass façade along both K and 18th streets, as well as upgrades to the elevators and mechanical systems. The lobby will also undergo a redesign, with the floor being moved to street grade. The transformation will also include the addition of a tenant-only fitness center and rooftop terrace. Scott Frankel, Andrew Felber, Mark Klug and Max Friedman of CBRE provide landlord representation and leasing services for the office tower. The design team includes DRI Development Services, Forrester Construction and VOA.