MAULDIN, S.C. — Siemens Industry Inc., a maker of mechanical and electrical drive equipment, plans a new 45,600-square-foot assembly and manufacturing facility in Mauldin. The industrial property will place the company’s products closer to machine builders and manufacturers in the Southeast. “The announcement of this plant adds to Siemens’ ability to be a single-source provider of integrated drive train solutions for the industry,” says Doug Keith, president of Siemens Drive Technologies Division.
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HICKORY, N.C. — Beachwood, Ohio-based Chase Properties Ltd., an owner and operator of community shopping centers, has acquired the 144,000-square-foot Valley Corners from Collett & Associates. The shopping center is located directly on Highway 70 in Hickory and is anchored by Michaels, Ross Dress For Less, Ashley Furniture and PETCO. Other tenants include Rack Room Shoes, Dressbarn, Cato, McDonald’s, Olive Garden and Chili’s. David Webb of Berkeley Capital Advisors brokered the transaction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Chevy Chase, Md.-based Federal Capital Partners (FCP) has sold the 297-unit Allegro Apartments, located in Washington, D.C.’s Columbia Heights neighborhood, to an institutional buyer. The mixed-use property includes a 247-space underground parking garage and more than 6,000 square feet of retail space. Dave Nachison and Alan Davis of HFF represented FCP.
MCDONOUGH, FAIRBURN AND BRASELTON, GA. — An affiliate of USAA Real Estate Co. has acquired a three-building, 2.8 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in metro Atlanta. The Class A bulk distribution warehouses are fully occupied by Home Depot USA Inc., Owens Corning Insulating Systems LLC and PETCO Animal Supplies Stores Inc. Home Depot’s 1.2 million-square-foot distribution center is in McDonough, Owens Corning’s 1 million-square-foot distribution center is in Fairburn and PETCO’s 506,200-square-foot distribution center is in Braselton. “The Atlanta industrial portfolio offers a unique opportunity to acquire three premier quality distribution facilities within a core inland port market,” says Pat Duncan, chairman and CEO of USAA Real Estate Co. The buildings benefit from their proximity to the Port of Savannah.
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Toronto-based Avison Young, Canada’s largest independently owned commercial real estate services company, has expanded its operations into Florida by acquiring Flagler Real Estate Services LLC (FRES). Thirty FRES employees have joined Avison Young’s new Florida operations, which is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale with branch offices in Boca Raton and Miami. Eight new principals join Avison Young including Pike Rowley, Keith O’Donnell, Wayne Schuchts, Greg Martin, A.J. Belt III, Brian Mark, Michael Vullis and Scott Auker. FRES is the service arm of Flagler, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service commercial real estate companies. The move further expands Avison Young’s market coverage in the Southeast. The company also recently agreed to acquire Raleigh, N.C.-based commercial real estate services firm Thomas Linderman Graham Inc.
MIAMI — Miami’s Hampton Village Apartments, a distressed apartment building built in the 1950s, will undergo a $20 million redevelopment into a new four-story affordable housing complex. Landmark Cos., Carrfour Supportive Housing and Special Asset Support Services Inc. are leading the redevelopment at 4301 N.W. 29th Ave. in Miami. It will create 100 newly redeveloped affordable housing units, providing permanent homes for residents at or below 60 percent of the area’s median income. Completion of the project is scheduled for late 2013.
DURHAM, N.C. — Crown Realty & Development has sold a 182,160-square-foot industrial property at 4400 Emperor Blvd. in Durham to Pizzagalli Properties for $11.5 million. The Class A facility is fully leased and situated on approximately 14.32 acres within the Imperial Center Business Park in Durham’s Research Triangle Park/I-40 submarket. Christopher Norvell, James Allaire and Catharine Spangler of Cushman & Wakefield/Thalhimer represented Crown Realty & Development in the transaction.
MIAMI — Ameriworld Enterprises Inc., which provides furnished offices, warehouse space and back-office support services to foreign companies and their subsidiaries looking to expand into the United States, has signed a 124,000-square-foot industrial lease at 3325 N.W. 70th Ave. in Miami’s Airport West submarket. The company is expanding and relocating from its previous 65,000-square-foot space in Opa-Locka, Fla. Steven Medwin and Nick Wigoda of Jones Lang LaSalle represented Prologis, the landlord, in the transaction. Mike Waite and Jim Armstrong of Easton & Associates represented Ameriworld Enterprises Inc.
DURHAM, N.C. — New York-based Clarion Partners, a real estate investment manager, has acquired Palladian I and Palladian II, a two-building suburban office park in Durham, for $36.2 million on behalf of Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) Real Estate Income Fund II. Both four-story office buildings were built between 2005 and 2007, and each has more than 100,000 square feet of office space. The properties are located at the intersection of I-40 and Route 54 with access to the Raleigh-Durham International Airport and the Research Triangle Park.
HYATTSVILLE, MD. — Bethesda, Md.-based Beech Street Capital LLC has provided a $29.1 million Fannie Mae conventional loan with a 10-year term to refinance the 354-unit LaSalle Park, a garden-style multifamily property in Hyattsville. Barry Lefkowitz and Shimshie Tepper originated the transaction for New York-based Meridian Capital Group LLC, which has owned the property since 1986. LaSalle Park was built in 1963 and renovations were made in 2008. The property is 98 percent occupied.