FAIRHOPE, ALA. — Country Place Senior Living has opened its first assisted living property in Fairhope at 8127 Gayfer Road Extension. The 24-suite property, known as Country Place Senior Living of Fairhope, is designed so that every resident’s room is within 150 feet of all the features and amenities, including 24/7 staffing and emergency response systems, housekeeping services, laundry services and life-enrichment programs.
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MONTGOMERY VILLAGE, MD. — The Donaldson Group and its equity partner Angelo, Gordon & Co. have acquired Cider Mill Apartments, an 864-unit garden-style apartment community in Montgomery Village. The acquisition price was approximately $110 million, and the partnership plans to invest an additional $15 million to renovate the property. The property was delivered in 1973 and is comprised of 72 buildings. The property’s amenity package includes an Olympic-size swimming pool, fitness center, resident services center, playgrounds, laundry facilities, picnic/barbecue areas and a car wash station. Matthew Williams and Maury Zanoff of CBRE Capital Markets arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyers through HSBC Bank. Bill Roohan and Brian Margerum of CBRE’s Baltimore office represented the seller, Home Properties, in the transaction.
JEKYLL ISLAND, GA. — Jekyll Oceanfront Hotel LLC, a joint venture between Leon N. Weiner & Associates Inc. and New Castle Hotels & Resorts, has topped off the $41 million Westin Jekyll Island. The 200-room beachfront hotel is located adjacent to the new Jekyll Island Convention Center. The new hotel, which is slated for completion later this year, will be part of the Jekyll Island Beach Village project. Memphis, Tenn.-based LLW Architects designed the U-shaped, five-story hotel to achieve LEED Silver certification. Pinkerton & Laws of Georgia Inc. is the hotel’s general contractor.
MANASSAS, VA. — Pyramid Management Group (PMG) has acquired an interest in the Manassas Mall in Manassas, Va. PMG will be taking over all leasing and management of the 935,000-square-foot regional shopping center. The closing, which took place on Feb. 28, is Pyramid's first foray into northern Virginia. Pyramid plans to restructure the mall with a balanced mix of fashion retail, dining and unique entertainment offerings. In addition, Pyramid will update the shopping center with a redesigned interior, new common area with soft seating and a modernized food court.??Pyramid, known for developing Destiny USA in Syracuse, N.Y., is the largest privately owned developer of shopping centers in the northeastern United States. Pyramid has focused on retail-based tourism and entertainment industry for more than 40 years. “We look forward to evolving the Manassas Mall into a shopping center the city of Manassas and its residents deserve,” says Stephen Congel, CEO of Pyramid Management Group.
WOODSTOCK, GA. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of Woodstock Crossing, a Kroger-anchored shopping center located at 12050 Highway 92 in Woodstock, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The asset sold for approximately $5.7 million. Woodstock Crossing Center LLC purchased the asset from Charter Hall, an Australian real estate investment trust. Joe Montgomery and Tony D’Ambrosio of Colliers International’s Southeast shopping center investment sales group represented the seller in the transaction. This is the third grocery-anchored shopping center sale in metro Atlanta that Montgomery and D’Ambrosio has brokered on behalf of Charter Hall.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — H.G. Hill Realty Co. has secured a lease for Phase II of Hill Center Green Hills, H.G. Hill’s 220,000-square-foot, mixed-use lifestyle center in Nashville. The company signed the lease with Williams-Sonoma Inc. for its Pottery Barn brand to occupy a 12,684-square-foot store. Redevelopment at the site will begin in early 2015, and Pottery Barn is expected to begin its build-out in the fall of 2015. Bank of America will continue to occupy the site until its relocation to a property on Richard Jones Road.
RALEIGH, N.C. AND ALPHARETTA, GA. — Trade Street Residential has acquired two recently built apartment communities in the Southeast totaling 502 units for $73.2 million. The acquisition includes Waterstone at Brier Creek, a 232-unit apartment community in Raleigh. Trade Street acquired the property for approximately $32.7 million. The asset, which was delivered this year, includes a saltwater swimming pool, fitness center, courtyards and dog parks. The other property is Waterstone at Big Creek, a 270-unit apartment community in Alpharetta, a suburb of Atlanta. The asset, which was delivered in November 2013, sold for approximately $40.5 million. The property features a fitness center, resort-style saltwater swimming pool and lounge areas.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Meridian Capital Group LLC has arranged a $43.8 million mortgage for the refinancing of a 14-property portfolio of shopping centers in the Southeast and Indiana. Michael Brown and Zach Nimhauser of Meridian Capital Group’s Boca Raton office arranged the 10-year loan through a CMBS lender. The portfolio is composed of: · the 34,156-square-foot Green Acres in Havana, Fla. · the 170,745-square-foot Oak Station in Marianna, Fla. · the 123,778-square-foot Jackson Park in Seymour, Ind. · the 142,760-square-foot Village Center in Seymour, Ind. · the 131,553-square-foot River Creek located in Aurora, Ind. · the 35,179-square-foot Quitman Shopping Center in Quitman, Miss. · the 76,247-square-foot Flint River Plaza in Montezuma, Ga. · the 73,612-square-foot Jackson Square in Jackson, Ala. · the 68,451-square-foot Town & Country Center in Manchester, Ga. · the 37,350-square-foot Vancleave Center in Vancleave, Miss. · the 52,891-square-foot Village Square in Wiggins, Miss. · the 175,381-square-foot Prestonburg Village in Prestonburg, Ky. · the 160,713-square-foot Twin County Plaza in Galax, Va. · the 78,245-square-foot Country Roads in Plaza Hinton, W.Va.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Faris Lee Investments has brokered the $36 million sale of a four-property retail portfolio totaling 186,052 square feet. The four assets — three in Kentucky and one in Tennessee — are fully leased to LA Fitness. The properties include 3001 Blake James Drive in Lexington, Ky.; 1028 Wellington Way in Lexington, Ky.; 6013 Preston Highway in Louisville, Ky.; and 2401 Edge O Lake Drive in Antioch, Tenn. Richard Chichester, Matt Mousavi, Patrick Luther and Tom Chichester of Faris Lee Investments represented both the buyer, Arizona-based STORE Capital, and the seller, a Kentucky-based private entity, in the transaction.
CARY, N.C. — Greystone has acquired Cary Brook Apartments, a 360-unit multifamily community in Cary, part of the Research Triangle area, for $24.3 million. The property was built in 1984 and features a clubhouse and leasing center. Greystone purchased the community from RFI Cary Brook LLC. Greystone Property Management Corp. will take over property management services for the community.