NASHVILLE, TENN. — Cushman & Wakefield | Cornerstone's capital markets group has arranged the $6 million sale of three distribution centers in Nashville. Atlanta-based Johnson Hailey Investments purchased the facilities from ProLogis-Nashville. The properties total 174,600 square feet and are located at 1416 and 1418 Antioch Pike and 1914-1919 Elm Tree Drive.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kite Realty Group Trust has purchased Toringdon Market, a 60,000-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center in Charlotte, for $15.9 million. The property is located near the intersection of Interstate 485 and Johnston Road. Earth Fare, a specialty grocer, anchors the center, which is 97 percent leased.
FORT MILL, S.C. — Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. has acquired Stockbridge Commons, a 99,473-square-foot shopping center located in Fort Mill, about 18 miles south of Charlotte, N.C., for $15.3 million. Harris Teeter anchors the center, which is 96 percent leased. Harris Teeter is the No.1 grocer by market share in Charlotte, according to Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. The Stockbridge Commons acquisition, along with the public non-traded REIT's purchase of the Dyer Crossing shopping center in Dyer, Ind., brings the REIT's portfolio to 55 properties in 20 states totaling about $801.5 million.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — The CMT Building, an iconic office tower anchored by Country Music Television (CMT) in downtown Nashville, has sold for $11.2 million. Commerce Street Nashville Partnership purchased the 114,038-square-foot, Class A office tower, located at 330 Commerce St. CMT, a wholly owned subsidiary of Viacom, recently signed a seven-year lease renewal for its 86,000-square-foot stake in the building. Cushman & Wakefield | Cornerstone represented the seller, Wells Real Estate Funds, in the transaction.
ATLANTA — Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital has purchased eight industrial assets in and around Atlanta, totaling nearly 900,000 square feet. The properties are located near I-285 and vary in type, from flex to distribution. The properties are located at 2600/2650 Pleasantdale Road; 4300 Bankers Circle; 2732/2750 S. Cobb Industrial Blvd.; 4490/4492 Commerce Circle; 650 Selig Drive; 3495 Donald Lee Hollowell Parkway; and 3770 and 3735 Zip Industrial Blvd. The properties are around 90 percent leased, according to Westmount. Wilson, Hull & Neal has been retained to lease the properties, and Westmount will provide property management services.
LEXINGTON, S.C. — CBRE's national retail investment group has brokered the sale of Hendrix Crossing, a 61,712-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center in Lexington, a suburb of Columbia. Additional tenants of the center include Subway, Great Clips, Yogen Fruz and Bella Nails and Spa. Mike Burkard, Chris DeCoufle, Kevin Reavey and Steve Shields of CBRE represented the seller, Columbia-based EDENS, in the transaction. The buyer was Raleigh, N.C.-based Centrex Properties.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture between Baltimore-based Alex Brown Realty Inc. and Charleston, S.C.-based Chartwell Holdings has acquired Arbor Trace, a 384-unit multifamily community located in southwest Charlotte. The joint venture purchased the Class B community for approximately $23.8 million, or $62,000 per unit. The property was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. Dean Smith, Blake Okland, John Heimburger and Sean Wood of ARA's Charlotte office represented the seller, Wilmington, N.C.-based Biltmark Corp., in the transaction. The joint venture plans to invest nearly $1 million in exterior and capital improvements at Arbor Trace.
RIVERVIEW, FLA. — Cassidy Turley has arranged the $17.5 million sale of Shoppes of Southbay, a grocery-anchored retail center located in Riverview, a suburb of Tampa. The property is located at Big Bend Road and U.S. Highway 301. Sweetbay Supermarket anchors the center with a 51,000-square-foot location. Other tenants include AT&T, Buffalo Wild Wings, H&R Block and GNC. Drew Fleming and Mark Joines of Cassidy Turley represented the seller, Shoppes of Southbay LLC, in the transaction. Peter Wenzel of Wenzel Investment Group advised the buyer, Terre Investments LLC.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Steadfast Income REIT has purchased the newly constructed Watermark at Hamburg Place apartment community in Lexington for $16.3 million. The 150-unit community was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. The REIT purchased the community from Watermark Residential. The community offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with average rents of $952 per month. The community's amenity package includes a resort-style swimming pool, WiFi hotspots, a spa, 24-hour fitness center, outdoor fireplace, clubhouse with a coffee center, barbecue area and a dog park. The property will be renamed the Retreat at Hamburg Place. With this purchase and the $20.1 million acquisition of a community in Ohio, Steadfast Income REIT has surpassed $1 billion in assets.
BILOXI, MISS. — Rock Apartment Advisors has brokered the $6.5 million sale of Royal Gulf, a Class B apartment community located in Biloxi. The 144-unit community is located along the Mississippi Gulf Coast, minutes from the beach. Joseph Holt of Birmingham, Ala.-based Rock Apartment Advisors and Blake Pera of CBRE Memphis brokered the sale. Engle Realty Co. purchased the community from Newport Property Ventures. Royal Gulf is Rock's 14th transaction along the Mississippi Gulf Coast since 2007, totaling approximately $136 million in total sales.