JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of two multifamily communities in Jacksonville spanning 552 units. Olympus Property Management purchased the two adjoining properties from Atlanta-based Cortland Partners for $62 million. The communities include Mirador at River City located at 13100 Broxton Bay Drive and Stovall at River City located at 13000 Broxton Bay Drive. Brian Moulder and Dhaval Patel of CBRE represented Cortland Partners in the transaction.
MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $26.5 million sale-leaseback of 12 Wendy’s restaurants in South Florida. Adam Tiktin and Debra Franklin of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office, along with Philip Rosen of Bloomgarden, Goudreau & Rosen PA, represented the seller, Starboard Group, in the transaction. Todd Cohen, Drew Kristol and Kirk Olson of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the buyer, a Miami-based limited liability company. Farhan Kabani of Mark One Capital arranged a 10-year acquisition loan that amortizes over 30 years on behalf of the buyer. As part of the transaction, Starboard Group signed a new 20-year lease at the restaurants. The 12 Wendy’s restaurants are located at 831 Yamato Road in Boca Raton; 4950 Linton Road in Delray Beach; 15020 Jog Road in Delray Beach; 1197 S. Military Trail in Deerfield Beach; 10050 W. Sample Road in Coral Springs; 4676 N. University Drive in Coral Springs; 6375 W. Sample Road in Coral Springs; 9960 W. Oakland Park Blvd. in Sunrise; 14900 S.W. 31st St. in Miramar; 7560 N.W. 186th St. in Hialeah; 11925 N.W. 27th Place in Miami; and 1515 N.W. 7th St. in Miami.
STERLING, VA. — St. John Properties Inc. has acquired three office/flex buildings spanning 125,000 square feet for approximately $11.7 million. The properties are located at 21660, 21670 and 21680 Ridgetop Circle in the Loudoun Tech Center in Sterling, roughly eight miles northwest of Reston, Va. The properties were 36 percent leased at the time of sale. Steve Gichner and Eric Berkman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. St. John Properties plans to make capital improvements to the properties to improve occupancy.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Kettler has sold its newly constructed apartment development located at 450 K St. N.W. in Washington, D.C. The apartment developer sold the 233-unit, high-rise residential community to Ogden CAP Properties LLC for $106.5 million. HFF brokered the sale. Located in Washington’s Mount Vernon Triangle neighborhood, the apartment community features 6,500 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The property’s amenity package includes a courtyard with a fountain, fitness center, bike storage and maintenance shop, as well as a rooftop club lounge and entertainment bar, swimming pool with lounge seating, outdoor kitchen and bar. Ogden CAP Properties has retained Kettler Management to manage the leasing activity of the property.
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Brasfield & Gorrie has completed the new Tractor Supply Co. corporate headquarters in Brentwood, roughly 11 miles south of Nashville. The $59 million project includes two four-story buildings totaling 260,000 square feet, a two-story atrium connecting the two buildings and a four-level parking deck with 1,000 parking spaces. Approximately 900 Tractor Supply employees have begun working from the new headquarters, which has a total capacity for 1,200 employees. The design team, including Hastings Architecture Associates and Eakin Partners, is pursuing LEED Silver certification for the office campus.
MIAMI — Cohen Financial has secured a $48.8 million land acquisition loan for 300 Biscayne Blvd. in downtown Miami, which will be the site of the Empire World Towers, two 93-story mixed-use towers. Kevin O’Grady, Daniel Sheehan and Eric McGlynn of Cohen Financial secured the loan through an unnamed global investment manager on behalf of the borrower, Property Markets Group (PMG). PMG purchased the two-acre, L-shaped site for $80 million.
OZARK, ALA. — Marvin’s Building Materials and Home Centers has leased 30,000 square feet of build-to-suit retail space in Ozark, roughly 22 miles northwest of Dothan, Ala. The store is currently under construction at the new Mixon Plaza located at the intersection of Highway 231 and Deese Road. The store is expected to open in spring 2015. Upon completion, the store will feature a 30,000-square-foot home center and an attached lawn and garden center, as well as a drive-thru lumberyard. The project team includes developer Engineered Systems Inc., owner Martindale Properties and project manager Felton Woodham. Marvin’s currently operates 27 stores in Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia and Tennessee.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Info Tech, a Gainesville-based consulting and software company, will relocate its headquarters to the mixed-use Celebration Pointe project under construction in Gainesville. The company will build a new 60,000-square-foot corporate campus at the 125-acre, 1 million-square-foot development that will be located at the intersection of I-75 and Archer Road. Read more about the Celebration Pointe development here. Info Tech employs roughly 240 associates. Phase I of Celebration Pointe is expected to open in fall 2016.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged the $29 million refinance of Madison Park Office Complex, a seven-property office campus in Winston-Salem. The 485,954-square-foot park is located at 5660 and 6550 University Parkway in Winston-Salem. The office park’s tenant roster includes Lowe’s, Blue Cross Blue Shield and National General Insurance. Keith Braddish of NorthMarq’s New York metro office arranged the 10-year loan with three years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule through Wells Fargo.
ELLENWOOD, GA. — PointOne Holdings has sold The Oaks at Ellenwood, a 240-unit apartment community in Ellenwood, 14 miles outside of Atlanta, for $9.8 million. The real estate investment company originally purchased the property in August 2012 out of receivership for $4.5 million. The company then invested approximately $1.2 million to upgrade and rebrand the project. From August 2012 to the time of sale, occupancy moved from 65 percent to 93 percent, according to PointOne Holdings.
