VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Los Angeles-based JRK Property Holdings has acquired a 430-unit multifamily community located in Virginia Beach from Norfolk, Va.-based Harbor Group International. Constructed in 1985 Chase Arbor is a class B property situated off of South Independence Boulevard. Occupancy was 94 percent at the time of closing. The Apartment Realty Advisors team of Drew White, Mike Marshall and Wink Ewing represented the seller. The acquisition price was not released.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Avison Young has arranged the acquisition of Cypress Court, a 41,850-square-foot office building located in Fort Lauderdale, for $4.3 million. The three-story building is situated within Corporate Park at Cypress Creek at 6360 NW 5th Way. Its common areas were recently renovated. Wayne Schuchts and Greg Martin of Avison Young represented the buyer, NRNS Acquisition McNab Road LLC, which plans to occupy the majority of the building and lease the remaining space to third-party tenants. The seller’s name was not disclosed.
HOUMA, LA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Colonial Village, a 123-unit apartment community located at 400 Westside Blvd. in Houma. Billy Hoffpauir of Marcus & Millichap’s Lafayette office represented the seller, a limited liability company. The sale price was not disclosed, but the property listed for $4.2 million.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Richmond, Va.-based Lingerfelt Companies has purchased Nashville’s Bank of America Plaza Tower from Parkway Properties for $41.8 million. Located at 414 Union St. in the downtown submarket, the 21-story office tower contains 435,525 square feet of Class A space. Its anchor tenants, Bank of America and Louisiana Pacific Corp., occupy more than 50 percent of the tower. Total occupancy will be 70 percent by the end of the year. In the near term, Lingerfelt plans to complete capital improvements to the lobby and common areas as well as maintenance upgrades. Commonwealth Commercial Partners will manage the building, and CB Richard Ellis will handle leasing. This purchase more than double’s Lingerfelt’s Tennessee office portfolio, bringing it to 919,672 square feet.
DURHAM, N.C. — Passco Companies has acquired Encore at the Park, a Class A apartment community situated near Research Triangle Park in Durham, for $28 million. Constructed in 2001, the garden-style community is located at 2850 Country Creek Blvd. It contains 280 units in one- through three-bedroom configurations. Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, sundeck, business center, fitness center, car care center, picnic and grilling stations, and dog park. In the near term, Passco plans to complete minor interior and exterior upgrades to keep the property competitive in the marketplace. Sean Wood of ARA Investment Services represented both Passco and the seller, a joint venture between Atlanta-based Centennial Holding Company and Washington, D.C.-based The Carlyle Group. Riverstone Residential Group will take over management duties for the community.
ATLANTA, GA. — Mall Properties Inc. (MPI) has acquired the Sheraton Suites Galleria hotel in Atlanta for $21 million. Constructed in 1990, the 17-story hotel is located at the intersection of interstates 75 and 285 in the city’s Cumberland submarket. It features 277 suites, 4,000 square feet of meeting space, full-service dining options, heated indoor and outdoor pools, 24-hour business center, fitness center and a five-story parking deck. It is connected via pedestrian bridge to the Cobb Galleria Convention Centre. MPI plans to complete a $9 million capital improvements program to the property that will include upgrades to all guest rooms, construction of a Sheraton Club lounge, expansion of the fitness center, and upgrades to all food and beverage facilities. The purchase represents MPI’s first hotel acquisition in the Atlanta area, but the company does own the Akers Mill Square retail center, which is located one mile from the Sheraton Suites.
GAITHERSBURG, MD. — Construction has topped out for Downtown Crown, a new multi-use project under construction on 180 acres in Gaithersburg. JBG Rosenfeld Retail and The Bozzuto Group are currently developing seven buildings and three garages that will contain 260,000 square feet of retail space along with a 538-unit apartment community known as The Cadence at Crown. The apartments will begin pre-leasing in the fall. Some retail tenants will open sooner than the projects’ spring 2014 grand opening. Starbucks Coffee will open in September, LA Fitness will open by the end of the year, and Harris Teeter will open in January. Ruth’s Chris Steak House has also signed on at Downtown Crown.
CLARKSTON, GA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Kristopher Woods Apartments, a 214-unit multifamily community in Clarkston, for $5.9 million. The property is located at 762 Jolly Ave. South and was 99 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Andrew Mays and Paul Vetter of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office arranged the sale between the two undisclosed parties.
From farmland in the early 1970s to a major economic center in Georgia and the Southeast today, Central Perimeter has evolved into the dominant office submarket in metro Atlanta and an employment center larger than the downtowns of Nashville, Charlotte or Jacksonville. A corporate hub, Central Perimeter contains the headquarters of nearly 50 companies, including four that are Fortune 500s. During 2012, Central Perimeter also was the most active submarket in metro Atlanta, accounting for more than half of the region’s total office space absorption at 1.7 million square feet. The largest lease transaction in metro Atlanta in 2012 was in Perimeter. State Farm opened a new customer service center in nearly 500,000 square feet of space in two buildings in Dunwoody, which created 500 jobs. Metro Atlanta’s largest office sale in 2012 was the $300 million purchase of the 2.1 million-square-foot Concourse Corporate Center that includes the landmark King and Queen buildings. Additionally, Cox Enterprises added two buildings totaling 600,000 square feet to its Perimeter campus, delivering the largest office construction project last year. Central Perimeter is maintaining this strong activity in 2013, with State Farm leasing nearly 200,000 square feet of additional office space, adding 800 jobs. Also, …
MIAMI — CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has brokered the sale of a newly constructed Whole Foods Market in Miami for $19.8 million. Completed this past May, the 36,000-square-foot, freestanding building is located on a three-acre site at 12150 Biscayne Blvd. It is solely occupied by Whole Foods on a net lease. Happiness Inc. purchased the property from a Miami-based real estate development firm, which was represented by the CBRE team of Dennis Carson, Casey Rosen, David Donnellan and Todd Weintraub.
