CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Charter Properties Inc. has sold three multifamily communities totaling more than 800 units to Centennial Holding Co. for $96 million. Atlanta-based Centennial acquired Long Creek Club ($35.8 million) and Longview ($32.2 million) in Charlotte's Northlake submarket, along with The Paddock at Springfield ($28 million) in Fort Mill. The company has renamed the Northlake properties as Century Northlake and rebranded The Paddock at Springfield as Century Springfield Meadows. Charter sold the complexes because the company is developing three new properties in Charlotte, Fort Mill and Mooresville. Phil Brosseau, vice president of investment properties of CBRE Group Inc.'s Carolinas multi-housing group, represented Charter in the transaction.
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MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Courtyard Cadillac Miami Beach Oceanfront, a boutique hotel in Miami Beach, is set to debut its new 93-guestroom, oceanfront tower. The 356-room hotel has recently undergone a $25 million restoration, which includes the addition of the LEED certified tower, a new oceanfront salt water pool, fitness center, updated lobby, 5,803 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting space, renovated restaurant/bar and new poolside cabanas. Courtyard Cadillac Miami Beach Oceanfront is a Courtyard by Marriott hotel and Hersha Hospitality Trust, a hotel REIT, is the hotel’s owner and operator.
ATLANTA — The Shoptaw Group, along with its capital advisor Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group, has arranged two loans totaling $37.2 million for the refinancing of two multifamily properties in metro Atlanta. The apartment communities in the transaction are Cypress Point, a 306-unit, Class A multifamily property in Alpharetta, and Uptown Buckhead, a 216-unit, Class A community in Atlanta’s Buckhead submarket. Shoptaw arranged the loans through MetLife Real Estate Investors.
PEACHTREE CITY, GA. — Somerby of Peachtree City, a $16 million seniors rental community, has opened in Peachtree City. Phase I of the facility includes 72 assisted living units and 24 memory care units. The upscale community includes a Wellness Your Way Clinic, which is staffed by Agape Senior Primary Care physicians. The community features amenities such as a fitness center, restaurant, bistro and café, library with a computer center and a theater. Somerby Senior Living, a division of Birmingham, Ala.-based Dominion Partners, is the project developer. Chicago-based Harrison Street Capital is Somerby’s equity partner in the project. The project team includes architect Trammell + Rubio LLC, general contractor Hardin, construction manager Maxus Construction and civil engineer/landscape architect Eberly & Associates.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — NAI Avant has arranged the lease of a Class A distribution center currently under construction in Columbia. Trane USA, a division of Ingersoll Rand, will occupy the facility in late January 2014. The 38,500-square-foot distribution center is located at 1510 Key Road. Dick Stanland and Nick Stomski of NAI Avant arranged the lease for the speculative distribution center.
DENVER — Smashburger, a Denver-based burger restaurant concept, is targeting several Southeast cities as sites for new restaurants. The company has partnered with Robert Marshall of Bamaberto LLC to open 23 new restaurants in Atlanta during the next several years. Marshall, formerly with McDonald’s, and his team will also purchase five existing Smashburger restaurants in Atlanta. Smashburger has also partnered with Ray Ruiz and Wellesley Bromfield of Two Spurs LLC to open 18 new locations in Orlando and Jacksonville, Fla. Ruiz and Bromfield were former franchisees of McDonald’s. Lastly, Smashburger has partnered with Steven Taylor, Chris Smith and Jay Kikel of CapQueen3 to open six restaurants in Charlotte, N.C. Taylor and Smith currently own a Smashburger in Columbia, S.C., and Kikel was a former operator of Five Guys Burgers & Fries franchises.
RAINBOW CITY, ALA. — Paradise Ventures, a developer based in Safety Harbor, Fla., plans to build a new Publix-anchored shopping center in Rainbow City, about 60 miles outside of Birmingham, Ala. The Shoppes at Rainbow Landing will be located at the intersection of Rainbow Drive and Alabama Highway 77. The shopping center will feature a 45,600-square-foot Publix and 20,000 square feet of retail space and two outparcels. Paradise Ventures plan to open the center in the fourth quarter of 2014. Andrew Loveman of Birmingham-based Southpace Properties Inc. is handling the property’s leasing responsibilities.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has provided $44.2 million in acquisition financing for Madison at Ridgelake, a 560-unit apartment community located in Nashville. The borrower, Arenda Capital Management, will use the funds to purchase the apartment community and make capital improvements. Stephen West and Matthew Wallach of Walker & Dunlop led the team that structured the two-year interest-only bridge loan.
WESTON, FLA. — HFF has arranged the sale of Weston Shops, a 30,420-square-foot neighborhood center in Weston, located in Broward County. The property, located at 4473-4477 Weston Road, is fully leased to tenants including Walgreens and Mayors Jewelers. Danny Finkle, Luis Castillo and Coler Yoakam of HFF represented the seller, an affiliate of Spirit Realty Capital Inc., in the transaction. The buyer, Savitar Properties Inc., purchased the asset free and clear of existing debt.
MIDLOTHIAN, VA. — Ingenuity Development LLC has acquired Archway Sixty Office Park, a 65,000-square-foot office complex in Midlothian, about 16 miles west of Richmond, Va. Ingenuity Development is an affiliate of Virginia Beach, Va.-based Divaris Real Estate Inc., which will lease and manage the office complex. Ingenuity Development plans to upgrade the property’s interior and exterior, as well as give the complex a new name.