SWEETWATER, FLA. — IKEA will open a new 416,000-square-foot store on Wednesday, Aug. 27 in Sweetwater, approximately 14 miles west of Miami. The store, dubbed IKEA Miami, will be the Swedish company’s second store in South Florida, fourth in the state and 39th in the United States. According to Selwyn Crittendon, IKEA Miami’s store manager, the new store will employ roughly 350 individuals. The property will feature 1,500 parking spaces and South Florida’s largest rooftop solar array. The store will offer 10,000 designed items, 44 room settings, three model home interiors, a children’s play area, 600-seat restaurant and baby care rooms.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Adler Kawa Real Estate Advisors has purchased four office buildings totaling 249,000 square feet in Charlotte. The properties are located at Oak Hill Business Park within Charlotte’s I-77 Corridor. The office properties were 68 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Paychex and Canon. Adler Kawa purchased the properties through the Adler Kawa Real Estate Fund II from a private equity firm. Patrick Gildea and Ralph Oldham of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction, and Charles Foschini and Christopher Apone of CBRE’s Miami office secured acquisition financing on behalf of Adler Kawa. Adler Kawa has selected Trinity Partners to lease the properties and affiliate Adler Realty Services to manage the assets on-site.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Berkadia Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $21.3 million sale of Arbour Apartments, a 292,000-square-foot multifamily community in Orlando. The property is located at 11000-11600 MacKay Blvd., which is within walking distance of the University of Central Florida. The apartment complex has two swimming pools, lighted tennis and basketball courts, a fitness center, billiard room and two 24-hour laundry centers. Cole Whitaker and Hal Warren of Berkadia, along with Robert Hold of Hold-Thyssen Inc., represented the seller, Arbour Apartments LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was New York-based BW Arbour Apartments LLC.
ANDERSON, S.C. — The RADCO Cos. has purchased two apartment communities totaling 316 units in Anderson for $11 million. The properties — the 180-unit Country Club and 136-unit Cobblestone — are RADCO’s first apartment acquisitions in South Carolina. The assets are both located off Clemson Boulevard across from Anderson Mall. RADCO plans to invest approximately $3 million to renovate the assets, as well as rebrand the properties as Ashford Pointe (formerly Country Club) and Ashford Village (formerly Cobblestone). RADCO’s portfolio now spans 6,600 units in six cities in the Southeast and Midwest. RADCO financed the acquisition through bridge debt from BBVA Compass and its own privately funded equity. The Atlanta-based multifamily investor purchased the assets from two unnamed limited liability companies.
MIAMI — A joint venture between Duncan Hillsley Capital and Pebb Capital has partnered with Canyon Capital Realty Advisors to acquire the retail component of Downtown Dadeland, a 127,000-square-foot retail and dining destination in Miami across Kendall Drive from Dadeland Mall. The investors purchased the asset for $38.9 million. The new ownership has selected Continental Real Estate Cos. to lease and manage the property. Completed in 2009, Downtown Dadeland is 71 percent leased to tenants such as West Elm, Chil’s Bar & Grill, Men’s Wearhouse and Panera Bread.
PASADENA, MD. — A joint venture between The Dolben Co. and Klein Enterprises, named Stoney Creek Phase I LLC, has purchased The Reserve at Stoney Creek, a 90-unit, Class A apartment community in Pasadena, for $15 million. The property is located near the intersection of Maryland Route 100 and Maryland Route 10. Construction on Phase II of The Reserve at Stoney Creek will begin in the third quarter.
ST. MARYS, GA. — Ackerman & Co. has arranged the $10 million sale of Harbor Pines Apartments, a 200-unit multifamily community located in St. Marys, roughly 38 miles north of Jacksonville, Fla. The asset was 94 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Chitra Subbarayan and Andy Sutton of Ackerman & Co. represented the seller, Harbor Pines Partnership Inc., in the transaction. The buyer was a private investment firm based in New York.
FRANKLIN, TENN. — HFF has arranged the sale of Franklin Marriott Cool Springs, a 300-room hotel located at 700 Cool Springs Blvd. in the Cool Springs office district in Franklin, a suburb of Nashville. The hotel includes three restaurants, a fitness center, business center, indoor pool and three concierge floors. The hotel is connected to the Cool Springs Conference Center. Daniel Peek, K.C. Patel and Cyrus Vazifdar of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
DORAL, FLA. — Blanca Commercial Real Estate has arranged a 50,363-square-foot lease for warehouse space at Prologis Beacon Centre, located at 8578 N.W. 23rd St. in Doral, a suburb of Miami. Juan Ruiz of Blanca represented the tenant, NeutraLogistics LLC, a logistics firm specializing in freight management, imports, exports, trucking and brokerage. George Pino and Ed Lyden of State Street Realty represented the landlord, Prologis.
GREER, S.C. — Liberty Property Trust plans to break ground on two properties totaling 312,000 square feet in Caliber Ridge Industrial Park in Greer, roughly 12 miles northeast of Greenville. The assets are located at 120 and 140 Caliber Ridge Drive, near I-85 and Highway 101 in close proximity to Greer’s new inland port. The 156,000-square-foot facility at 140 Caliber Drive is a build-to-suit for Bosch Security Systems. The 156,000-square-foot 120 Caliber Drive facility is a speculative property, but Pilot Freight has pre-leased 41,600 square feet at the project. Both assets are expected to be delivered by the end of the year. Brian Young, Elliott Fayssoux and Kacie Jackson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, along with Bryan Blythe of Liberty Property Trust, served as the landlord representation for the two lease transactions. Charlie Whitmire of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer and Kent Ilhardt of Cushman & Wakefield’s Chicago office represented Bosch Security Systems, and Frank Larsen, Trey Pennington and Ryan Koop of CBRE represented Pilot Freight.