Southeast

Steeplechase Deep River Pointe Park Forest

GREENSBORO AND HIGH POINTE, N.C. — HFF has secured financing totaling $49.8 million for a three-property apartment portfolio spanning 811 units in Greensboro and High Pointe. The properties include Steeplechase at Adam’s Farm located at 1338 Adams Farm Parkway in Greensboro; Park Forest located at 3214 Brassfield Road in Greensboro; and Deep River Pointe located at 3971 River Pointe Place in High Pointe. Each apartment community features swimming pools with sundecks, 24-hour fitness centers, business centers, tennis courts and walking trails. The portfolio’s average occupancy is 96 percent. Thomas Didio and Luke Vanderpoel of HFF arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate Freddie Mac loans on behalf of the borrower, Hudson Capital Properties.

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Southwinds Stockbridge Apartments

STOCKBRIDGE, GA. — Atlanta-based The Shoptaw Group has sold Southwinds Stockbridge Apartments, a 240-unit multifamily community located at 50 Evergreen Way in Stockbridge, roughly 20 miles south of Atlanta. PointOne Holdings LLC purchased the property for $17.8 million. Built in 1993 and renovated in 2007, Southwinds Stockbridge features a gated entrance, pool with sundeck, club room, conference center with coffee bar, lighted tennis courts and a fitness center. The property’s units have crown molding, accent walls, custom cabinetry, double stainless steel sinks, washer/dryer connections and private patios/balconies. Mike McGaughy and Jon Kleinberg of Transwestern represented the seller in the transaction.

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Native Sun Natural Foods Market Jacksonville Beach

JACKSONVILLE BEACH, FLA. — Native Sun Natural Foods Market, an organic grocery chain based in Jacksonville, will open a new store at the corner of 3rd Street and 15th Avenue North in Jacksonville Beach in September. The new store will anchor North Beach Village, a 20,604-square-foot shopping center leased to tenants such as El Potro Mexican Restaurant and Philly’s Finest Cheesesteaks. Native Sun has begun hiring and expects to employ roughly 50 positions. The Jacksonville Beach store will be the grocer’s third location.

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Ziff Properties Inc. has acquired Merrill Crossings Shopping Center Phase I, a 125,869-square-foot, mixed-use property located in Jacksonville, for $8.6 million. The property comprises 45,135 square feet of retail anchored by Big Lots and 80,734 square feet of self storage. Michael Mele of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller.

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Embassy Suites Charlotte/Ayrsley

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Hilton Worldwide has opened Embassy Suites Charlotte/Ayrsley, a 170-room hotel located at 1917 Ayrsley Town Blvd. in southwest Charlotte. The six-story hotel is located within walking distance of shopping, dining and a movie theater, and is also 11 miles from Charlotte Douglas International Airport. The hotel features 13,000 square feet of meeting space, a Brickstones Grill dining venue, heated indoor pool, 24-hour fitness center, complimentary Wi-Fi and a 24-hour business center. Griffin Stafford Hospitality manages the new hotel.

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ATLANTA — CBRE has brokered the $23 million sale of Lakeside Village, a 310-unit apartment community located on a 50-acre parcel in Atlanta. FPA Multifamily purchased the property from Arenda Capital Management LLC, a private investment firm based in Los Angeles. Lakeside Village’s units average 1,400 square feet, among the largest floorplans in the North DeKalb submarket according to CBRE. Shea Campbell and Kevin Geiger of CBRE’s Southeast multifamily group represented the seller in the transaction.

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — CPA:18-Global, a non-traded REIT sponsored by W. P. Carey Inc., has purchased an 88,000-square-foot office building located in Jacksonville’s Southside submarket. The Class A property is triple-net leased to Acosta Inc., an affiliate of The Carlyle Group, for 12 years. Built in 2001 as a build-to-suit for Acosta, the property serves as Acosta’s corporate headquarters and houses 400 employees.

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Rutland Place Apartments Macon

MACON, GA. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $9.6 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Rutland Place Apartments, a 228-unit multifamily property located in Macon. The apartment community features one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans, as well as a fitness center, two swimming pools, onsite laundry facility and a clubhouse. Dougherty’s Nashville office arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrower, Rutland Apartments LLC.

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120 Caliber Ridge Drive Greer

GREER, S.C. — Lincoln Property Trust has signed a 31,200-square-foot lease with Ariens Co. for industrial space at 120 Caliber Ridge Drive. The 62,400-square-foot industrial facility is situated within Caliber Ridge Industrial Park, a 624,000-square-foot industrial park located at I-85 and Highway 101 near Greer’s inland port. Elliott Fayssoux, Brian Young and Kacie Jackson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented Lincoln in the lease transaction. Campbell Lewis of CBRE represented Ariens Co., an outdoor equipment manufacturer based in Wisconsin.

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Italian Embassy Washington DC

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mill Creek Residential has purchased the former Italian Embassy in Washington, D.C., which it plans to convert into luxury apartment homes. The sales price was $16.2 million, according to the Washington Business Journal. Originally built in 1925, the property is located at 2700 16th St. N.W. The building served as the diplomatic mission of the Italian Republic to the United States until 2002. The new chancery is located about two miles away at 3000 Whitehaven St. Mill Creek Residential’s designs for redevelopment will aim to satisfy the guidelines set forth by the Historic Preservation Review Board, and Mill Creek plans to begin construction on the community in 2016. Plans include the renovation of the existing building, as well as construction of a nine-story high-rise with two levels of below-grade parking. The community will consist of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartment homes and feature a resident clubhouse, business center, rooftop terrace, fitness center and landscaped outdoor terraces. Dallas-based Mill Creek Residential owns and operates 2,671 apartment homes in the D.C. metropolitan area and has begun construction on more than 1,400 additional apartments, not including the Italian Embassy project.

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