ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Akridge has partnered with Long Wharf Real Estate Partners to acquire 2800 Eisenhower Ave., a four-story, 116,000-square-foot office building in Alexandria’s Carlyle/Eisenhower submarket. The property is part of the Alexandria Tech Center, a nine-building complex than includes office buildings and two hotels. Matt Konrad of Akridge, along with Philip Murphy and John Schonborn of Long Wharf, represented the ownership in the transaction. Steve Gichner and Eric Berkman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
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FORT MYERS, FLA. — Tampa-based Aileron Capital Management has closed a $7.2 million loan for the construction of The Rose Gardens of Fort Myers, a 110-bed assisted living facility in Fort Myers. The property is located at 2117 Earl Road. Aileron provided a $4.5 million first mortgage and a $2.7 million mezzanine loan on behalf of the borrower, a Florida-based seniors housing owner and developer. The SBA 504 loan will convert to long-term permanent financing upon the completion of construction, expected for June 2015.
The U.S. hotel market continues to gain strength following the Great Recession, where in 2009, revenue per available room (RevPAR) fell by 17 percent making it the single-worst performing year in the history of the hotel industry. Atlanta, which is one of the top 25 hotel markets in the U.S., as defined by Smith Travel Research (STR), the hotel industry’s leading performance data provider, experienced a similar decline with RevPAR falling by 18 percent in 2009. Since that time, across the country RevPAR has grown at a compounded average growth rate (CAGR) of 6.4 percent. Atlanta’s RevPAR CAGR during this time period has been 6.1 percent. The main reason Atlanta’s recovery has trailed the nation is related to its average daily rate (ADR). Atlanta’s ADR CAGR has been just 1.3 percent since 2009 as compared to 3 percent for the U.S. Put simply, hotels in Atlanta have not been able to grow their average rate as much as the U.S. average coming out of the recession. The Atlanta hotel market, like other segments of the Atlanta real estate market, has historically tended to get overbuilt when times are good. While hotels often do not represent the “highest and best use” …
RICHMOND, VA. — Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners has acquired Richmond Marriott West, a 242-room hotel located in Richmond’s affluent Glen Allen suburb. The hotel is part of Innsbrook Corporate Center, a mixed-use park with more than 8 million square feet of office space, stores, restaurants and multifamily housing. Lingerfelt’s affiliate, CommonWealth Lodging, will manage the hotel and oversee its multi-million renovation, which will wrap up by summer 2015. The hotel will remain open during the planned renovations. Lingerfelt, which is headquartered in the Innsbrook Corporate Center, owns roughly 1 million square feet of office space in close proximity to the hotel.
CANTON, GA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $24.2 million loan for the Lodge at Bridgemill, a 150-unit seniors independent living community in Canton, a northern suburb of Atlanta. Melissa Marcolini Quinn of NorthMarq’s Orlando office arranged the 10-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through a CMBS lender for an undisclosed borrower.
COVINGTON, GA. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has originated a $13.2 million HUD 223(f) loan to refinance Wellington Ridge, a 220-unit apartment community in Covington. Dougherty’s Minneapolis office arranged the 35-year loan with a 35-year amortization schedule on behalf of the borrower, Lochridge Newton LP.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — KBS Realty Advisors has signed 18,396 square feet in new leases at its 555 Washington building in Miami Beach. The leases bring the Class A, 64,617-square-foot office and retail property to 96.5 percent occupancy. CVS/pharmacy has signed an 11,569-square-foot lease, and Bok’s Restaurant Group has signed a 6,827-square-foot lease for a Soo Woo Japanese & Korean Steakhouse. CVS/pharmacy is expected to open its store in August. Aaron Butler of Avenue Real Estate Partners represented KBS in both lease transactions.
ATLANTA — Bull Realty has completed the second expansion in less than two years of its office space at 50 Glenlake Parkway in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. Bull Realty now occupies 15,075 square feet, increasing its footprint by roughly 3,000 square feet. The office features a large open coffee shop area looking in on the company’s Studio One, a radio/video studio where the nationally syndicated “Commercial Real Estate Show” is produced. The space now has a new game room with a pool table, ping pong, dartboard, Bluetooth sound system and flat screen TVs. The space also includes a new high-tech meeting room, a lounge with a large video screen and an executive boardroom. Facilitec designed the space and consulted on the office’s furniture. Bull Realty’s cubicles were also replaced with modern pods. Bull Realty's current specialties include office, retail, industrial, multifamily, healthcare, land, seniosr housing, student housing, automotive properties, self storage, daycare and single-tenant net lease properties.
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Landmark Apartment Trust, a publicly registered multifamily real estate investment trust, has purchased Andros Isles, a 360-unit, newly constructed apartment community at 100 Acklins Circle in Daytona Beach. The property was 95 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Delivered in August 2012, the gated community is comprised of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. The island-inspired property features private patios and balconies, gourmet kitchens, walk-in closets, in-home washers and dryers and iPod docking stations with surround sound. The community’s amenity package includes a resort-style swimming pool with a patio bar, poolside grills and a clubhouse with a fitness center, business center and game room.
GERMANTOWN, TENN. — Trademark Property Co. has begun the overhaul and expansion of Saddle Creek, its lifestyle center located in the affluent Memphis suburb of Germantown. General contractor Linkous has begun the demolition of 20,000 square feet of space on the southwest side of Poplar Avenue and West Street. Construction will begin soon on 40,000 square feet of new retail space. The expansion, expected to deliver in spring 2015, will bring Saddle Creek to a total of 168,000 square feet. Trademark will also upgrade Saddle Creek’s lighting, signage, plazas and landscaping. Saddle Creek’s tenant roster includes Anthropologie, Apple, Banana Republic, Brooks Brothers, Chico’s, Coach, Free People, J. Crew, kate spade new york and Madewell. Trademark has managed and leased the property since 2011.