ATLANTA — Hunter Hotel Advisors has brokered the sale of three MainStay Suites hotels for Choice Hotels International. Regional investors purchased the three hotels, located in Pittsburgh, Nashville and Greenville, S.C. David Perrin of Hunter Hotel Advisors’ Washington, D.C., office represented Choice Hotels International in the transaction. All three hotels will undergo extensive renovations.
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BESSEMER, ALA. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $5.9 million sale of a single-tenant CVS/pharmacy store located at 2901 Morgan Road in Bessemer, part of the Birmingham MSA. CVS has 10 years of lease term remaining at the 10,880-square-foot store. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a high net worth individual from the Midwest, in the transaction. The buyer was a private real estate investment company.
CORAL SPRINGS AND PALM BAY, FLA. — Thomas D. Wood & Co., a commercial mortgage banker based in Coral Springs, has secured approximately $14.3 million for two properties in Coral Springs and Palm Bay. Thomas D. Wood & Co. arranged approximately $10.8 million to refinance University Centre West III, a 83,936-square-foot mixed-use development at 2702-2788 University Drive in Coral Springs. The property features Class A office space set above ground-floor retail space. The leases for three of the major tenants, which together occupy 42 percent of the property, expire in the near term. Patrick Harrington of Thomas D. Wood arranged the loan through LoanCore Capital, a CMBS lender, at a fixed interest rate of 5.42 percent. Thomas D. Wood also arranged $3.5 million to refinance of Shoppes of Palm Bay, a 76,886-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center located at 1150 Malabar Road S.E. in Palm Bay. Thomas Wood Jr. of Thomas D. Wood arranged the 10-year loan with a 25-year amortization schedule and a fixed 4.45 percent interest rate through Woodmen of the World Life Insurance Society. Thomas D. Wood worked with Pinnacle Financial Group, a Strategic Alliance Mortgage LLC (SAM) member. Thomas D. Wood is also a SAM member.
WINTER PARK, FLA. — Orlando-based Cuhaci & Peterson | Architects, Engineers, Planners has completed the redesign of the Publix supermarket in Winter Park Village, a shopping center located at Canton Avenue and U.S. 17-92 in Winter Park. The redesigned Publix will offer 55,000 square feet of retail space. Construction on the project is currently underway.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 51,200-square-foot industrial facility located at 225 Mooresville Blvd. in Mooresville, about 27 miles north of Charlotte. Michael Yamada of Colliers International’s Detroit office, along with Don Moss of the firm’s Charlotte office, represented the seller, Toyo Seal America Corp., in the transaction. Moss and Chuck Salley of Colliers International’s Columbia, S.C., office represented the buyer, Reger Holdings LLC. The property was formerly used as a manufacturing facility for plastic seals.
Birmingham was recently ranked among the “Top 10 Emerging Downtowns in the Country” by Livability.com, and the city has also become an attractive place for national investors. The Birmingham apartment market has shown stable occupancy of 93 percent and experienced gains in effective rents, despite 540 units being delivered in 2013. Construction of new communities is ramping up as projects delivered in 2012 and 2013 such as The Hill, Tapestry Park, Village at Lakeshore Crossing and Ashby at Ross Bridge were absorbed at record-setting rental rates. Additionally, new buyers are flocking to the Birmingham multifamily market. Improving Fundamentals Rental rates among Birmingham properties are showing encouraging signs of growth. Between mid-year 2012 and mid-year 2013, 61 percent of Birmingham-area properties experienced average effective rent increases, and 53 percent experienced quoted rent increases. This growth is reinforced by nearly universal drops in concession usage. Only one of the eight Birmingham submarkets (East submarket) experienced increased concession usage, and only the West submarket experienced no change. Overall, the Birmingham area experienced an 11.3 percent drop in the number of properties offering concessions. Between mid-year 2012 and mid-year 2013, six of eight submarkets in the Birmingham MSA experienced overall effective rent growth. Of …
OVIEDO, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged $58 million in financing for NorthView Student Housing, a seven-story, 340,271-square-foot student housing community in Oviedo. The 600-bed, 180-unit property is located on the University of Central Florida (UCF) campus. The UCF Housing System operates the property and incorporates it into its inventory. In addition to the housing units, the development also consists of 40,000 square feet of space occupied by the Hillel Foundation for Jewish Campus Life and the Newman Catholic Student Center. Amenities of the property include a video game room, 24-hour fitness center, resort-style pool, lap swimming area with a Swedish sauna, sky deck with a tiki hut, outdoor sand volleyball court, life-sized chess board, computer lab, café and convenience store. Lee Weaver and Bill Hardman of NorthMarq Capital arranged the 15-year loan with a 30-year amortization schedule through a tax-exempt private placement bond structure.
WOODSTOCK, GA. — The LaSalle Group has opened Autumn Leaves of Towne Lake, a 28,000-square-foot, $9.8 million memory care facility at 1962 Eagle Drive in Woodstock, about 30 miles north of Atlanta. The facility will serve residents with Alzheimer’s, dementia and memory impairment. Each unit will feature the Vigil System, a motion sensor program. This project is the first freestanding memory care facility in Woodstock, according to Susan Tidwell of Autumn Leaves of Towne Lake.
CARY, N.C. — A joint venture between Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. and Spectrum Properties has acquired a four-story, Class A office building in Regency Park in Cary. Regency Park includes a dozen office buildings, three hotels, a 110,000-square-foot fitness club, retailers and upscale housing. The property will be rebranded and marketed as Regency Pines. Spectrum also purchased 17 adjacent acres, which can house an additional 250,000 square feet of office space. Spectrum Properties will handle the leasing and management for the new property.
MIAMI — New Boston Fund Inc. has sold Waterford Centre, a six-story, Class A office building in Miami, for an undisclosed price. The 91,285-square-foot asset is located at 6205 Blue Lagoon Drive in the Blue Lagoon Business Park. Ivy Realty purchased the office building, which was 91 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants such as McAfee, a subsidiary of Intel; Whirlpool Corp.; Travel Traders; Xerox Corp. and Remy Cointreau. Christian Lee, Jose Lobon, Charles Foschini and Chris Apone of CBRE represented New Boston Fund in the transaction. Danet Linares of Blanca Commercial Real Estate assisted CBRE in the transaction.