ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MD. — Somerset Construction Co. and OA Partners have broken ground on Annapolis Junction Town Center, a mixed-use, transit-oriented development in Annapolis Junction, equidistant from Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The $180 million property will feature 100,000 square feet of Class A office space, 416 luxury apartment residences, a 150-room hotel, 17,250 square feet of retail space and a new transit station for the Maryland Rail Commuter line featuring a 700-space parking garage. The MARC station and parking garage will open in the fall of this year, and the retail, office, hotel and apartment components will open in 2016. The project team includes office developer Corporate Office Properties Trust, residential and retail developer Southern Management Corp. and general contractor Whiting-Turner Construction Co.
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ATLANTA — Houlihan-Parnes Realtors LLC has closed a $34 million loan for The Preserve at Legacy Park, a 498-unit apartment community in Atlanta. The property, built in 2001, is 98 percent occupied. Fred Stahl and Sheldon Stahl of Houlihan-Parnes Realtors LLC originated the 10-year loan with a fixed interest rate of 4.45 percent.
MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $11.6 million sale of Plaza Del Rey, a 50,186-square-foot shopping center located at 10000 W. Flagler St. in Miami, approximately one mile from Florida International University. The property is 95 percent leased to tenants such as Navarro Discount Pharmacy, Rent-A-Center, T-Mobile and Vicky Bakery. Drew Kristol and Kirk Olson of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the seller and the buyer, both limited liability companies based in Miami.
STOCKBRIDGE, GA. — Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. has assumed the contract to acquire Freeway Junction, a 156,834-square-foot shopping center in Atlanta suburb Stockbridge, for $10.5 million. Wheeler REIT (NASDAQ: WHLR) is assuming the contract from Wheeler Interests LLC, an affiliated company. The shopping center, located along Georgia Highway 138, is 95.5 percent leased to tenants such as Northern Tool + Equipment, Goodwill, Ollie’s, Farmer’s Furniture, Cato Fashion, Citi Trends and Jackson-Hewitt.
TAMPA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $91 million sale of an eight-property, 7,000-unit portfolio of Best Florida Storage facilities in Florida’s Broward County. Michael Mele of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the buyer and the seller in the transaction. The eight properties include: · Best Storage One (115,528 square feet, 1,074 units) in Fort Lauderdale · Best Storage Two (56,107 square feet, 740 units) in Fort Lauderdale · Best Storage Three (104,474 square feet, 1,070 units) in Fort Lauderdale · Best Storage Five (87,137 square feet, 1,041 units) in Lauderhill · Best Storage Six (52,113 square feet, 346 units) in Pompano Beach · Best Storage Seven, (88,694 square feet, 519 units) in Oakland Park · Best Storage Eleven (220,000 square feet, 1,169 units) in Pompano Beach and Deerfield Beach · Best Storage Twelve (100,450 square feet, 1,199 units) in Fort Lauderdale
TYSONS CORNER, VA. — Calkain Cos. has brokered the $24.7 million sale of a CVS/pharmacy store at 8117 Leesburg Pike in Tysons Corner, about 16 miles west of Washington, D.C. The asset sold for the lowest cap rate (4.97 percent) of any CVS/pharmacy sale in the United States, according to Calkain. Jonathan Hipp, Andrew Fallon and Jonathan Florin of Calkain represented the sellers, Regency Centers and J. Donegan Co., in the transaction. The buyer, an unnamed entity based in the Middle East, purchased the property in conjunction with The Rappaport Cos.
MIAMI AND MEDLEY, FLA. — JLL has brokered the sale of two industrial facilities totaling 312,000 square feet in South Florida. In the first transaction, Marjam Supply Co. Inc. purchased a 271,000-square-foot warehouse located at 18000 State Road 9 in Miami’s North Dade submarket. Brian Smith and Audley Bosch of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, ProLogis, in the transaction. Steven Medwin, Nick Wigoda and Matt Maciag of JLL represented the buyer. In the second transaction, the JLL team represented ProLogis in the sale of a fully leased, 41,000-square-foot facility inside of the Pan American North Business Park at 11200 N.W. 138th St. in Medley. An institutional investor purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
YOUNGSVILLE, N.C. — Trinity Partners Construction Services has completed the renovation of Xerium Technologies’ 43,387-square-foot office located at 14101 Capital Blvd. in Youngsville. Xerium Technologies is a manufacturer and supplier of products used in the paper manufacturing business. The project included updated office space, a new fitness center, dining area with full kitchen and an outdoor patio with an outdoor kitchen. The building’s owner, Clemmons and Berenthal LLC, tapped Trinity Partners Construction, a division of Trinity Partners, for the construction project. Phillips Architecture PA designed the renovation project.
KENNESAW, GA. — Westwood Financial Corp. has executed a new 10-year lease agreement with Pep Boys for a 5,000-square-foot store at Orchard Square in Kennesaw. Orchard Square is a 94,212-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center located at 4290 Bells Ferry Road N.W. near I-575. Other Orchard Square tenants include Harbor Freight Tools, Super Clips, First Acceptance Insurance and Mail Boxes Etc. Pep Boys operates roughly 800 automotive stores in 35 states and Puerto Rico.
Miami’s residential boom is not the only red-hot segment of South Florida real estate market. While the world’s attention may be fixated on Miami’s next crop of “starchitect”-designed condo towers and their sky-high penthouses, the city’s commercial office sector is also surging. Growing interest among domestic and multi-national tenants, coupled with diminishing supply and a lack of new office product set to deliver in the coming years, have given way to new confidence in Miami’s office market and initial talk about the need for future commercial development. This would have seemed unlikely as recently as 2010, when three new Class A office towers prepared to deliver 1.9 million square feet of new space in downtown Miami. The first of those buildings to deliver, 1450 Brickell, has been 100 percent leased and occupied since the first quarter of 2013 and is home to a number of global firms, including JPMorgan Chase, American Express, SAB Miller, H.J. Heinz Co. and BBVA Compass. The other two buildings are also experiencing positive absorption as demand for downtown Miami office space grows. This activity is taking place as Miami’s urban core emerges as an international destination for commerce, investment, residential living and travel. What was …