Southeast

WOODBRIDGE, VA. — Beech Street Capital has closed on a $49.5 million Freddie Mac CME loan for the acquisition of an apartment property located in Woodbridge. Misty Ridge Apartments comprises 25 two-story buildings containing a total of 409 units. The community also contains a clubhouse/leasing building, a fitness room, a laundry room, a playground and a dog run. The seller, Klingbeil Capital, has renovated 130 of the community’s units to date. Barry Lefkowitz of Meridian Capital Group originated the loan on behalf of Beech Street, which financed it. The loan carries a 7-year term with 1 year of interest-only payments, 6.75 years of defeasance and a fixed rate.

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MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Mumford Co. has brokered the sale of the former Econo Lodge in Myrtle Beach. The three-story, 96-room property is located next to the Tanger Outlet Mall and 10 minutes from downtown Myrtle Beach. Steve Kirby and Burton Brooks of Mumford’s Atlanta office arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Kelley Properties. The buyer was owner-operator Zeal LLC.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — CoStar has received LEED Platinum for Commercial Interiors (CI)certification for the remodel of its headquarters at 1331 L St. in Washington, D.C. Sustainable features of the building include exclusive use of fluorescent and LED light fixtures, Greenguard-certified workstations and offices, extensive water conservation measures, Smart Building System technology, a green roof garden, and electric car charging stations in the building’s garage. CoStar currently has one LEED Platinum CI office in Boston and two offices in Atlanta and San Diego pending Platinum CI certification. Six of its offices are maintained in LEED-Gold certified buildings.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Proffitt Dixon Partners has acquired a site for its newest Charlotte-area apartment community, Fountains Uptown. The $40 million, six-story community will include 230 apartments, located at 900 E. Stonewall St. Nearby employers include Duke Energy, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and NASCAR. The apartments will include 10-foot ceilings, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, built-in microwaves and ceiling fans. Select apartments will have oversized garden tubs, large master closets and moveable kitchen islands. The 8,000-square-foot clubhouse will feature a fitness center and pet spa. Construction is expected to start in early fall with move-ins expected to begin in 2015.

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ST. PETERSBURG AND DUDEDIN, FLA. — CBRE has arranged $12.5 million in financing for two apartment communities in St. Petersburg and Dunedin. One of the properties is Gateway Apartments, a 144-unit community on Gandy Boulevard in St. Petersburg that consists of 11 one- and two-story buildings. The second is Lo Garto Apartments, a 188-unit community at 257 Milwaukee Ave. Amenities include on-site laundry facilities, a fitness center and designated dog walking area. Charles Foschini, Christian Lee and Christopher Apone of CBRE arranged the 10-year loans through Freddie Mac.

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DURHAM, N.C. — Mount Olive College, a small, private Christian college, has renewed its lease for 17,904 square feet at Central Park South, located at 5001 S. Miami Blvd. in Durham. Central Park South is part of a two-building office campus totaling 220,500 square feet. Mount Olive renewed its lease for seven years. Lee Clyburn of Avison Young represented the landlord, James Campbell Co., in the transaction. Gardner Gibson of David Moore Advisors represented the tenant.

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Overall, the Atlanta real estate market has continued to improve. Low interest rates have helped stabilize assets and attract new business, with manufacturing leading the way. At the end of first quarter 2012, CoStar Group reported the overall Atlanta industrial vacancy rate was 15.5 percent. For the same period ending in 2013, CoStar reported the vacancy had fallen to 12.7 percent. Those numbers have not come easy and are a true testament to the quality of Atlanta’s real estate brokers, landlords and owners who have shown a creative ability to solve problems and make deals. The past 12 months have been filled with exciting new project announcements, including build-to-suits. Among the companies that have announced construction projects include Baxter Healthcare, Porsche, PPG, Caterpillar, Hill Phoenix and Mitsubishi. Additionally, companies such as US Lumber, Subaru, American Building Supply, Atlanta Bonded, Carters and Decoster have recently expanded, filling existing vacancies in the market. While the list is impressive, we need more expansion from the existing industry. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the population in Atlanta’s MSA was 5.4 million in 2012, which included 1.9 million households. STDB Online data service projects that the Atlanta MSA population will increase at an average …

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HARRISONBURG, VA. — Morgan Property Group (MGP) has acquired land for the development of a new freestanding 7-Eleven store in Harrisonburg. MPG acquired the 1.1 acres from Trenton Inc. for $1 million. 7-Eleven Inc. will lease the project and develop a 2,940-square-foot convenience store with six pumping stations. MPG will break ground on the new store in June. The store is expected to open this fall.

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