PORT CHARLOTTE, FLA. — Aries Capital LLC has arranged a $3.8 million, non-recourse CMBS loan for La Quinta Inn & Suites in Port Charlotte. The 81-room hotel, built in 2008, is located at I-75 and Kings Highway. Leonard Smith of Aries Capital’s Houston office orginated the loan on behalf of the borrower, an unnamed developer that also owns the Four Points by Sheraton in Punta Gorda, Fla.
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CANTON, GA. — Hendricks-Berkadia has arranged the $28 million sale of Harbor Creek, a 316-unit apartment community in Canton, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The apartment complex features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging from 806 to 1,435 square feet in size. David Oakley and David Etchison of Hendricks-Berkadia, represented the seller, REDUS Georgia Commercial LLC, along with Bo Brown, Judy MacManus and Cory Sams of Brown Realty Advisors. The buyer was New York-based Mar Harbor Creek LLC.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — The Greysteel Co. has arranged the $18.8 million sale of Townsend Square Apartments, a 200-unit, transit-oriented community in Fredericksburg. Federal Capital Partners purchased the garden-style community located at 1100 Townsend Blvd. The apartment community features a fitness center, picnic area, playground, volleyball court and swimming pool. Federal Capital Partners has retained Kettler to manage the community. Ari Firoozabadi, John Mullen, Kyle Tangney, Lance Ahmadian, Caleb Brown, Mike Bediones and Jake Ying of Greysteel represented the seller, Insight Property Group, in the transaction.
MURRELLS INLET, S.C. — Rendina Healthcare Real Estate has commenced construction on a 23,000-square-foot medical office building in Murrells Inlet. Slated to open in March 2015, the facility will house Coastal Surgery Center on the ground floor and Carolina Orthopaedic Specialists and Proaxis Physical Therapy on the second floor. Greenville, S.C.-based Surgery & Recovery Partners LLC will manage the surgery center.
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — Industrial Developments International (IDI) has inked a lease renewal and expansion agreement with Whole Foods Market Group Inc. at Pompano Business Center in Pompano Beach. Whole Foods has expanded its 71,754-square-foot lease to 123,062 square feet, which will bring Pompano Business Center’s Building M to full occupancy. The grocer uses the facility as its South Florida distribution center. Charlie Allen and Sky Groden of Cushman & Wakefield represented Whole Foods in the lease transaction. IDI was internally represented by Larry Dinner.
KEY WEST, FLA. — Hersha Hospitality Trust has purchased Parrot Key Resort, a 148-room resort in Key West, for $100 million. The resort features a restaurant and tiki bar, four private swimming pools, a fitness center and waterfront sun-bathing terraces, as well as water sport rentals such as kayaks, paddle boards and jet skis. Gregory Rumpel and Carolina Lacerda led the JLL team in representing the seller, Northwood Investors LLC.
ATHENS, GA. — Juneau Construction Co. has commenced construction on a seven-story, 375,000-square-foot mixed-use project in downtown Athens, blocks from the University of Georgia. The $35.5 million Broad Street project will feature 252 residential units, retail space and a parking structure. The residential portion will feature one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments, as well as a rooftop terrace, patio and pool. The project team includes developers GEM Realty Capital and Education Realty Trust, as well architect BKV Group. The Broad Street project will open in August 2015.
METAIRIE, LA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital secured a $25 million loan for Westgate Plaza, a 207,866-square-foot shopping center in Metairie, about seven miles west of New Orleans. Academy Sports + Outdoors anchors the center, and HH Gregg and Michaels are the center’s junior anchors. Randy Martin of KeyBank originated the loan.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Chambers Street Properties has signed a five-year, 316,000-square-foot lease with a new, unnamed tenant at its Union Cross Building II in Winston-Salem. The property is located on U.S. Highway 311, in close proximity to I-40, I-85, I-77 and I-81. Chambers Street, an industrial and office REIT, purchased Union Cross Building II in 2007.
DRUID HILLS, GA. — Cousins Properties and Gables Residential have signed Earth Fare, an organic and natural foods grocer, to a 24,782-square-foot lease in Druid Hills, a suburb of Atlanta. The grocer will be part of the tenant mix of Phase II of Emory Point, a luxury mixed-use development near The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Emory University and Emory Healthcare. Phase I of Emory Point opened in 2012 and includes 80,000 square feet of retail space and 443 apartment units. Earth Fare’s lease will bring Phase II’s retail portion to 64.6 percent pre-leased. Phase II, which is slated to open in early 2015, features 43,000 square feet of retail space and 307 apartments.