DURHAM, N.C. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Research Commons, a five-building office development totaling 422,483 square feet in Research Triangle Park. The asset is located at 79 T.W. Alexander Drive in Durham. Highwoods Realty LP sold the office park to an affiliate of Greenfield Partners LLC for $58.7 million. Ben Kilgore, Jay O’Meara and Will Yowell of CBRE represented Highwoods Realty LP in the transaction.
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CLERMONT, FLA. — Forness Properties has arranged the $9.5 million sale of Golden Eagle Village, a 64,050-square-foot Publix-anchored shopping center located at 2430 U.S. Highway 27 in Clermont. Constructed in 2009, Publix occupies approximately 45,600 square feet at Golden Eagle Village, which was 85 percent leased at the time of the sale. Other tenants include Great Clips, AT&T, Bamboo Garden and a dry cleaner. Drew Forness of Forness Properties, along with Bob Barkett of Barkett Realty Group, represented the seller, Battaglia Group Management LLC, the developer of the shopping center. The buyers include Golden Eagle Ridge I and Equinox Development Properties.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Nashville-based Elmington Capital Group has acquired Post Oak, a 126-unit apartment community located at 8000 Post Oak Place in Louisville, for $8 million. Elmington purchased the asset from Trade Street Residential. Don Murphy and Kurt Shoemaker of Cassidy Turley’s Cincinnati office represented Elmington in the transaction.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Hart Corp. has arranged the sale of a 142,500-square-foot industrial facility located at 730 King George Blvd. in Savannah. Howard Fertman and Bart Hardison of Hart Corp. represented the buyer, Kimball Midwest, in the transaction.
RICHMOND, VA. — Porter Realty Co. Inc./CORFAC International has secured the 161,445-square-foot lease of bulk industrial space in Building 300 of Hewlett Packard’s complex in the White Oak Distribution Center in Richmond. Clifford Porter of Porter Realty/CORFAC represented the tenant, New York-based Premier Fixtures LLC, a retail store fixture and display specialist, in the lease transaction.
ATLANTA — The Atlanta Braves organization has announced a trio of developers that it will team up for the 74-acre, $400 million mixed-use project that will be integrated with the team’s new stadium in Cobb County. The companies, including Fuqua Development, Pope & Land Enterprises and Pollack Shores Real Estate Group, will develop 630,000 square feet of Class A office space, 500,000 square feet of retail, 450 hotel rooms and 500 residences. Fuqua Development will handle the retail portion, Pope & Land will handle the office portion and Pollack Shores will handle the residential portion. The Atlanta Braves will partner with the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority for the project and retain a majority ownership stake, as well as continue to guide the development process. JLL will remain involved as a real estate and development consultant, and The Jerde Partnership will continue to guide the land planning aspect. The Atlanta Braves and the development team expect to open Phase I, or most of it, by spring 2017, coinciding with the stadium’s debut for Opening Day 2017.
CHEVY CHASE, MD. — The JBG Cos. and JBGR Retail have sold Phase I of Tysons West, a new mixed-use, transit-oriented development in Chevy Chase. LaSalle Investment Management purchased the project’s initial phase, which features more than 165,600 square feet of commercial space, including an urban-format Walmart, 24 Hour Fitness, several restaurants and 30,000 square feet of medical office space. Delivered in August 2013, the asset is located at 1500 Cornerside Blvd. immediately adjacent to the Spring Hill Metro station on the new Silver Line Metrorail. Phase II of Tysons West will include 400,000 square feet of residential space and another 50,000 square feet of retail, and Phase III will consist of 300,000 square feet of residential space, 380,000 square feet of office space and 50,000 square feet of retail. Eastdil Secured brokered the sale of Tysons West. JBGR Retail will continue to manage the property.
TAMPA, FLA. — Fairlead Commercial Real Estate has purchased Fifth Third Center, a 19-story, 281,072-square-foot office tower located at 201 E. Kennedy Blvd. in Tampa’s central business district. Fairlead purchased the asset with its equity partner Bridge Investment Group Partners. The tower’s tenant roster includes Fifth Third Bank, the United States Government, Deloitte, Saxon Gilmore, Skoda Minotti, Marshall Dennehey, Conroy Simberg and Walter Moore. Dale Peterson, Anne-Marie Ayers and Courtney Decker of CBRE represented the seller, Terrace Tower Tampa LLC. Fairlead has tapped Ayers of CBRE as the third-party leasing agent for Fifth Third Center.
NEWNAN, GA. — Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC) has partnered with Ackerman Medical to develop Newnan Centre for Health, a 25-acre, 250,000-square-foot medical office outpatient campus in Newnan. Located on Lower Fayetteville Road, the building will bring state-of-the-art Class A office space to the area for physician groups and healthcare providers. Newnan Centre for Health is situated between Cancer Treatment Centers of America, which is undergoing a $48 million expansion, and the 362,000-square-foot, 136-bed Piedmont Newnan Hospital.
MIAMI — La Belle Properties Inc. and King Ship Corp. have sold the 128-unit Miami Gardens Apartments for $8.1 million. The multifamily complex is located at 660 and 674 N.W. 117th St. in Miami. Steve Sussman of NAI Rauch Weaver Norfleet Kurtz & Co. represented the sellers in the transaction. Kris Wagnes of Keyes Commercial represented the buyer, Miami Gardens Realty LLC.