SUNNY ISLES BEACH, FLA. — HSBC has provided a $284 construction loan for the development of Jade Signature, a luxury 57-story condominium tower in Sunny Isles Beach, 16 miles north of Miami. The developer, Fortune International Group, will use the proceeds of the loan to develop the 192-unit tower by 2017. The project team includes general contractor Suffolk Construction, architect Herzog & de Meuron, interior design firm PYR and landscape architect Raymond Jungles. Individual condominium units range in price from $3 million to more than $26 million. According to Fortune International Group, roughly 80 percent of the homes are under contract.
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ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. has acquired four multifamily communities totaling 1,397 units in Nashville, Kansas City, Dallas and Houston. Preferred purchased the assets from four new wholly owned subsidiaries for roughly $182 million. The acquisitions were financed through separate Freddie Mac loans from KeyBank National Association totaling $119.9 million.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — GE Oil & Gas plans to soon open its new 510,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Jacksonville’s Westside submarket. The property will be located at AllianceFlorida at Cecil Commerce Center. The developer of the asset is Hillwood Property Investments, which will develop the property on land owned by the city of Jacksonville. The new facility will manufacture GE’s Mooney regulators and Becker control valves for the energy industry. The property will feature $50 million in investments for manufacturing and IT equipment, as well as additional real estate improvements. The facility is slated to open next month and create more than 500 jobs during the next three years.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Wheeler REIT has assumed a contract previously entered into by Wheeler Interests LLC to acquire Bryan Station, a 67,177-square-foot retail center in Lexington, for roughly $6.1 million. Wheeler REIT expects to acquire the asset using a combination of cash and debt. The property is fully leased to tenants such as Planet Fitness, Shoe Carnival, Rent-A-Center and Cato Fashion. The retail center, built in 1995, is shadow-anchored by Kroger.
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Drever Capital Management has refinanced The Village at Southlake, a 122-unit independent living community in Lexington, with a $12.5 million bridge loan. CBRE’s senior housing debt and structured finance team in Houston arranged the five-year loan with two years of interest-only payments through an unnamed regional bank. Amenities of The Village at Southake include a nature and wildlife habitat preserve, large pond, walking trails, raised gardens, swimming pool, clubhouse, movie theater, wine bar and a salon.
The economic recovery has flipped Louisville’s office market. Historically, the central business district (CBD) has lower vacancy and higher leasing rates than the suburban office market, while new development and low barriers to entry generally kept vacancy higher in the suburbs. Now, suburban vacancy rates rest below the CBD’s, especially for Class A product. Even as speculative development returns to the suburbs, the submarket’s hot streak shows no signs of abating, and the downtown submarket has plenty of positive momentum as well. Suburban Class A vacancy was 8.4 percent at mid-year, with average asking rates in the $20 to $22 per square foot range, or higher in top-tier new office developments. The suburban office market has been quite active, but Class A and B vacancies haven’t materially changed this year due to a spate of renewals and net moves from one building to another. Still, we expect a noteworthy fourth quarter as demand is perhaps as strong as it’s ever been, and owners remain aggressive, in many cases offering three months free rent and turnkey tenant improvements with long-term deals. Lack of available large blocks of space could lead to build-to-suit activity, too. There are virtually no available blocks of …
TAMPA, FLA. — Franklin Street Real Estate Services has brokered the $3.1 million sale of Sandanay and Stonehenge Apartments, two adjacent multifamily communities located at 13132 N. 19th St. and 13136 N. 20th St. in north Tampa. The sales price equates to approximately $30,500 per unit. The buyer is a South Florida-based investor that plans to implement capital improvements to both apartment communities, which were built between 1967 and 1970. Kevin Kelleher, Darron Kattan, Robert Goldfinger and Zach Ames of Franklin Street represented the seller, a local investor, in the transaction. Danny York of Franklin Street Capital Advisors structured acquisition debt for the buyer, and Franklin Street’s insurance division provided the insurance policy.
DORAL, FLA. — Miller Construction Co. is building a $10.9 million, 218,000-square-foot complex at 8301-8303 N.W. 27th St. in Doral, a suburb of Miami. The industrial property, known as the Transal Logistic Center, will feature 30-foot clear heights, T5 lighting and a central 180-foot truck court. The property will be comprised of a 110,600-square-foot building A and a 107,400-square-foot building B, which will both wrap around the central truck court. The developer, KVRG Developers, is expected to deliver the property in the fourth quarter of this year. The project team includes architect RLC Architects and leasing agent Fairchild Partners.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $11.1 million sale of Addison Court Shoppes, a 16,860-square-foot shopping center with a Bank of America outparcel in Boca Raton. The property’s address is 17940 N. Military Trail. Douglas Mandel and Brian Rosen of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company based in Boca Raton. The shopping center’s tenant roster also includes Starbucks Coffee, Offerdahl’s, a salon, a drycleaner and Kee Grill.
ATLANTA — Two Atlantic Station office towers owned by CBRE Global Investors — 201 17th St. and 271 17th St. — have been designated as BOMA 360 Performance Buildings by the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International. The BOMA 360 Performance Program recognizes commercial properties that demonstrate best practices in building operations and management, according to BOMA. In addition to the BOMA 360 designation, 201 17th St. also received the 2013-2014 Regional TOBY Award in the 250,000- to 499,999-square-foot category, and 271 17th St. received the 2013-2014 Regional TOBY Award in the 500,000- to 1 million-square-foot category. This year both towers were also awarded LEED-EB Gold certification, as well as ENERGY STAR certification.