LARGO, FLA. — Franklin Street Real Estate Services has arranged the approximately $3 million sale of East Bay Plaza at 5395 E. Bay Drive in Largo. The unanchored, 10,401-square-foot strip center is fully leased to Einstein Bros. Bagels, Anytime Fitness, Liberty Tax Service, Radio Shack and Zoom Tan. Jonathan Graber and Rafeal Wright of Franklin Street represented the seller, East Bay Plaza Integra LLC, in the transaction. Warner Enterprises LLC purchased the asset in a 1031 tax-deferred exchange.
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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — CBRE Hotels has brokered the sale of the 166-room Crowne Plaza in North Charleston. Arpit Shah of CBRE Hotels’ Charlotte office represented the seller, Inland American Lodging Management LLC, in the transaction. This is the 10th hotel in the Carolinas that CBRE Hotels has brokered on behalf of Inland since 2010. Atlanta-based Peachtree Hotel Group purchased the asset for an undisclosed amount.
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — TM Windows LLC has leased an entire 124,894-square-foot industrial facility in Pompano Beach for warehouse, manufacturing and showroom space. The property is located at 1543 N. Powerline Road in the three-building Superior Commerce Park development. Michael Crissy of Stiles Realty represented the aluminum window and door manufacturer in its 10-year lease transaction. Michael Scarpino and Jennifer Scarpino of NAI Rauch Weaver Norfleet Kurtz & Co. represented the unnamed landlord.
WEST POINT, GA. — Batson-Cook Construction and its sister company Batson-Cook Development Co. have partnered with Principal Senior Living Group for a spate of new seniors housing facilities in the Southeast. The development team has delivered or is constructing seven facilities totaling $56 million and 275,000 square feet. The facilities, operating under the Benton House brand, are located in Douglassville, Ga.; Johns Creek, Ga.; Alpharetta, Ga.; Woodstock, Ga.; Brunswick, Ga.; Clermont, Fla.; and Bluffton, S.C. West Point-based Batson-Cook Construction is building the Benton Houses at approximately 40,000 square feet each, with each memory-care property housing 55 beds. The company also began a $1.8 million expansion to Benton House of Alpharetta in April.
ATLANTA — Starwood Hotels & Resorts and DeBartolo Development have opened Aloft Downtown Atlanta, a 10-story, 254-room hotel in downtown Atlanta immediately adjacent to the Atlanta Merchandise Mart. Banyan Investment Group manages the hotel, which includes a bar, lounge, swimming pool, 24-hour fitness center and 2,500 square feet of meeting space. The new hotel is Starwood’s largest Aloft hotel in the Southeast.
BRISTOL, TENN. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has closed a $32.9 million construction loan for The Pinnacle, a 386,853-square-foot power center in Bristol. The Pinnacle’s tenant roster includes Belk, Marshalls, Michaels, Marquee Cinema, Ulta Beauty and Pier 1 Imports. Upon completion, Bass Pro Shops will anchor the center, which will span 1.3 million square feet and feature retail, restaurants, a hotel, medical office space and an outdoor pavilion.
FOREST PARK, GA. — A joint venture between Dallas-based Sealy & Co. and AEW Capital Management has purchased a 242,000-square-foot industrial park in metro Atlanta. The asset is located in Forest Park in the Airport/North Clayton submarket, Atlanta’s largest industrial submarket. AEW Capital Management previously owned the property on behalf of AEW Partners VII LP.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — QR Capital has acquired Hillwood Pointe Apartments, a 180-unit multifamily community in Nashville, for approximately $14.9 million. Atlanta-based QR Capital plans to invest $1.9 million in renovations in the next 12 months to the apartment community, which was built in 1997. The Kirkland Co. brokered the sale, and Trevor Ritter of Colliers International and Charlie Mentzer of Capital One Multifamily Finance arranged acquisition financing on behalf of QR Capital and it’s co-sponsor, Militello Capital.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Commonwealth Cooperative, a newly formed group of multifamily investors, has made its first acquisition: the 131-unit South Cathedral Mansions, located at 2900 Connecticut Ave. in Washington, D.C.’s Woodley Park neighborhood. Commonwealth Cooperative is comprised of Commonwealth Residential and CAS Reigler, with Oculus Realty providing property management services and Snead Construction providing contractor services. The new ownership is planning an extensive two-year redevelopment of the property, which will include the addition of 29 new apartments, 17 of which will feature 20- to 30-foot ceilings. The landmark property, which is listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the D.C. Inventory of Historic Sites, has traded hands only four times since its development in 1922.
MIAMI — Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. has purchased a portfolio of five grocery-anchored shopping centers totaling 347,478 square feet in Florida. The properties include Deerwood Lake Commons in Jacksonville; Heath Brook Commons in Ocala; West Creek Commons in Coconut Creek; Park View Square in Miramar; and St. Johns Commons in Jacksonville The portfolio is 92.7 percent leased and anchored by either Publix or Winn-Dixie. Casey Rosen, Dennis Carson and Cliff Taylor of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.