BATON ROUGE, LA. — FelCor Lodging Trust Inc. has agreed to sell the 223-room Embassy Suites in Baton Rouge for $20 million. The buyer has already paid a $2 million non-refundable deposit toward the purchase price. FelCor Lodging will use all of the proceeds from the sale to pay down outstanding debt.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Paramount Group, a real estate investment and management firm based in New York, has purchased the Commercial National Bank Building, located at 700 14th St. N.W. in Washington, D.C.'s East End. The acquisition bring's Paramount's total Washington, D.C., portfolio to more than 1.8 million square feet in six trophy assets. The property is located within one block of the White House. The building was built in 1917 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Eastdil Secured represented the seller, Tishman Speyer, in the transaction. Dan Lauer represented Paramount Group in-house.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Adler Kawa Real Estate Advisors (AKREA), a joint venture between Adler Group and Kawa Capital Management, has purchased Carmel Executive Park, a 225,000-square-foot business complex in Charlotte. The six-building property is located at the intersection of Carmel and Pineville-Matthews roads and houses more than 100 tenants, including Liberty Mutual Insurance, JP Morgan Chase Bank, Crump Life Insurance Services, Bank of North Carolina and Hanson Brick East. The property is currently 95 percent leased. The transaction is the first purchase for Adler Kawa Real Estate Fund II. AKREA purchased the property from Pizzagalli Properties, which originally developed the property in 1990. Patrick Gildea and Ryan Clutter of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Charles Foschini, Christopher Apone and Compie Newman of CBRE's Debt & Equity Finance Group arranged acquisition financing.
RICHMOND, VA. — Thalhimer Realty Partners, the investment and development subsidiary of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, has purchased Deering Manor Apartments in Richmond for $3.7 million. The 168-unit multifamily property is located at 2712 Hopkins Road. Thalhimer purchased the property from 2712 Hopkins Road Holdings LLC, which CW Capital controls. Thalhimer has engaged Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer to manage the community.
TAMPA, FLA. — ABILITY Network Inc., a healthcare technology company, has leased 11,720 square feet of office space at One MetroCenter in Tampa's Westshore Business District. One MetroCenter is located in MetWest International, a 32-acre mixed-use development. ABILITY Network will consolidate two Tampa offices totaling 75 employees to its new office space. Angela Odell of Taylor & Mathis and David Green of Jones Lang LaSalle negotiated the transaction. With the deal, One MetroCenter is 92 percent leased.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — A joint venture between affiliates of Feldman Equities, Tower Realty Partners and Second City Capital Partners, has acquired a 17-story, 187,000-square-foot office building in downtown St. Petersburg for $20 million. The Class A office building, formerly known as Wells Fargo Plaza, is located at 150 Second Ave. North. In June, Wells Fargo vacated its 22,000-square-foot office at the property, dropping the building's occupancy to 65 percent. Larry Feldman of Feldman Equities will spearhead leasing and redevelopment efforts at the property, and Tower Realty Partners will handle management responsibilities. Dale Peterson of CBRE's Tampa office arranged the deal. This is the second acquisition in downtown St. Petersburg for the joint venture. About two years ago, the joint venture bought the 242,000-square-foot City Center office building. The property, which was 44 percent occupied at the time of purchase, is now 94 percent occupied.
ORLANDO, FLA. — McCraney Property Co. (MPC), an industrial real estate developer and manager, has completed construction on Dade Paper Co.'s new 150,000-square-foot distribution center in Orlando. The facility is located in MPC's 25-acre John Young Business Park. The property is the first of three properties in John Young Business Park that MPC has committed to develop in its joint venture arrangement with Clarion Partners. The other two spec projects, totaling 243,236 square feet, will break ground this month with an expected completion in first quarter 2014.
LAKE MARY, FLA. — McKinley, an Ann Arbor, Mich.-based real estate owner and operator, has sold Lake Emma Corporate Park, a 245,000-square-foot office complex in Lake Mary, approximately 20 miles north of Orlando. McKinley was appointed as receiver in August 2011 and was subsequently retained as property manager. During its time as manager, McKinley successfully negotiated a tax appeal, completed an extensive HVAC replacement, increased occupancy, reduced operating costs and enhanced the overall property appearance.
KEY WEST, FLA. — Cronheim Mortgage has secured $10.6 million for a 104,000-square-foot Home Depot property located on North Roosevelt Blvd. in Key West. Dev Morris and Andrew Stewart of Cronheim Mortgage arranged financing on behalf of the borrower, Industries Exchange No. 2 LLC. The loan was structured over 19 years and 10 months at a 3.63 percent interest rate.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Franklin Street, a full-service commercial real estate firm, has closed the sale of an 8,050-square-foot warehouse/office facility, located at 5760 Mining Terrace in Jacksonville. The property is located within the South Jacksonville Industrial Park. National Loan Corp. sold the property to Specialty T's, a company that specializes in silk screen printing, for $260,000, or $32.30 per square foot. Monte Merritt of Franklin Street's Jacksonville office represented the seller in the transaction.