Southeast

OCOEE AND ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Landmark Apartment Trust of America Inc., a multifamily REIT, has acquired and rebranded two apartment communities in Florida for $53.2 million. Collectively, the two communities total 826 units and are 94 percent occupied. In the first transaction, Landmark acquired Vizcaya Lakes, a 522-unit property located at 1024 Vizcaya Lake Road in Ocoee, a suburb of Orlando. The community is now known as Landmark at Stafford Landing. In the second transaction, Landmark acquired Avondale by the Lakes, a 304-unit community located at 5473 27th St. South in St. Petersburg. The community is now known as Landmark at Avondale. In July, Landmark acquired 11 multifamily communities totaling 3,586 units in Florida, North Carolina, Texas and Tennessee.

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LOUISVILLE, KY. — First Hospitality Group Inc., a Rosemont, Ill.-based hotel management and development firm, has announced its plans to develop a new eight-story Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Louisville's Clay Commons district. The 156-room hotel will span 109,900 square feet and feature a rooftop bar and restaurant. First Hospitaly will manage the property and serve as the investment partner to local developer City Properties. First Hospitality currently owns and operates more than 50 hotels nationwide. The Hilton Garden Inn is slated to open in the summer of 2014.

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GLEN BURNIE, MD. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.5 million sale of a 13,650-square-foot Walgreens, located at 7901 Ritchie Highway in Glen Burnie, which is 11 miles south of Baltimore. Craig Fuller, Erin Patton, Scott Wiles and Dustin Javitch of Marcus & Millichap's Cleveland office represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The group, along with Jason Cropper of Marcus & Millichap, secured and represented the buyer, a limited liability company. Bryn Merrey of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the transaction.

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LOUISVILLE, KY. — PRG Investments has arranged the sale of the 192-unit, Class C Colonial Oaks Apartments in Louisville for $4.3 million. The property is located at 101 Colonial Oaks Court in southern Louisville off Southside Drive. Reed Weinberg and Fred Sutterlin of PRG Investments represented the seller, New York City-based Intervest Bank, in the transaction. Multifamily owner and manager Goldin Management acquired the property from Intervest Bank.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — KBS Realty Advisors, a commercial real estate investment advisor firm based in Newport Beach, Calif., has signed pharmaceutical company Salix to a lease extension and expansion at its Colonnade One office building in Raleigh. Colonnade One is a five-story, 126,928-square-foot office building and is now fully leased. Salix signed an extension to its existing 42,949-square-foot lease, as well as a 16,749-square-foot expansion. Both lease terms run through 2023. Ed Pulliam of CBRE represented Salix in the transaction.

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Hendricks-Berkadia Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $19.2 million sale of Addison Landing Apartments, a 289-unit multifamily community located at 9455 103rd St. in Jacksonville. The community's amenities include a controlled-access gate, swimming pool, fitness center, business center and 24-hour maintenance services. Cole Whitaker, Hal Warren and Jason Stanton of Hendricks-Berkadia represented the seller, Jacksonville Zone LLC, in the transaction. St. Petersburg, Fla.-based WRH Income Properties acquired the property from Jacksonville Zone.

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RICHMOND AND CHESTER, VA. — Arbor Commercial Mortgage LLC has arranged two FHA-insured multifamily loans totaling more than $29 million. Hal Reinauer of Arbor's Boston office arranged a 40-year, $22 million construction loan for Shafer Grace, a planned apartment community in Richmond that will include 152 units. The loan features a 40-year amortization schedule. Planned amenities include a fitness center, roof deck, clubhouse, washer/dryer units, garage parking, storage and Internet, phone and cable included in the rent payments. Reinauer also arranged a 37-year, $7.3 million refinance loan for Chesterfield Gardens Apartments, a 105-unit community in Chester, located 17 miles south of Richmond. The loan features a 37-year amortization schedule. Amenities include a clubhouse, 24-hour fitness center, swimming pool, tennis court and playground.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Stirling Sotheby's International Realty has arranged a six-year, $1.5 million lease for 10,000 square feet of office space at The Plaza, an office building located at 121 S. Orange Ave. in downtown Orlando. The tenant, Team Gemini LLC, a sustainable project design and development firm, will occupy the penthouse space that features a rooftop garden terrace. John Kurtz of Stirling Sotheby's International Realty represented the tenant and the landlord, ACM DT Properties LLC, in the lease deal. The new office space will serve as the world headquarters of Team Gemini, which is expanding due partly to its $300 million planned project in Ohio.

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GASTONIA, N.C. — Chyrch Realty has arranged a 3,000-square-foot lease for Class A flex space at 1821 Wren Road, located within the Gaston Business Park in Gastonia, about 22 miles west of Charlotte The five-year lease features a five-year extension option. Jennifer Church of Chyrch Realty represented the owner, COW-III LLC, in the lease transaction. Marty McLaughlin of Piedmont Properties represented the tenant, Invacare Outcomes Management LLC, a subsidiary of Invacare Corp. The Elyria, Ohio-based Invacare Corp. is a medical products manufacturer and distributor.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — The City of Greenville's Design and Review Board have approved Hughes Development Corp.'s plans to update and renovate the Bank of America Tower, located at 101 N. Main St. in Greenville. The multi-million dollar plan includes lobby renovations, upgraded elevators and 4,000 square feet of glass to serve as the building's new facade. The first floor will be designated retail space. The common areas will include outdoor patios and a basketball and bocce ball court. The office building will be surrounded by a new parking garage that will provide more than 1,300 parking spots. Hughes Development will be leasing the retail spaces on the first floor, and NAI Earle Furman will lease the office spaces on the second, third, fourth, ninth and 16th floors.

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