SUWANEE, GA. — Anixter, a Chicago-based provider of communication products, has signed a 205,700-square-foot lease renewal at 250 Horizon Drive, a 267,600-square-foot distribution building in Horizon Business Center in Suwanee. The company has occupied the building since it opened in May 1998. Best Buy occupies the remaining 61,600 square feet in the property. The owner, Duke Realty, was self-represented by Brian Sutton in the transaction. Nathan Anderson and Darren Butler of NAI Global represented the tenant.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Wood Partners has started construction on a 200-unit apartment community on Spring Lake in Orlando. The site, located at the northwest corner of Sand Lake and Turkey Lake roads, is a quarter mile from I-4 and three miles from Walt Disney World. The urban-style community will include 17,000 square feet of retail space, to be owned by The Wilder Cos. The apartment units will average 1,056 square feet and community amenities will include a leasing center, clubhouse, pool and fitness center. Construction is slated for completion in 2014. Real Estate Capital Partners is Wood Partners' equity partner in the project and Synovus Bank is the lender.
LAKE CITY, FLA. — Plum Creek Timber Co. Inc. and the Rockefeller Group will pursue a joint venture development on 4,722 acres of land in the Southeast. Plans for the property, which is owned by Plum Creek, include manufacturing and distribution facilities, inland ports and office buildings. The agreement covers two large tracts of land: about 2,600 acres near Lake City in Columbia County, Fla., and about 2,122 acres near Dublin, in Laurens County, Ga. The companies have also agreed to review other land parcels owned by Plum Creek for consideration of future development opportunities. No timetable for evaluating potential developments has been announced.
DORAL, FLA. — Yusen Logistics Americas, a freight forwarding and supply chain services company, has renewed its lease for 178,000 square feet of industrial space at 10200 NW 21st St. and 10000 NW 17th St. in Doral. Steven Medwin and Nick Wigoda of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the landlord, IndCor Properties, in the transaction. Stephen DiGiacomo of DiGiacomo Group represented the tenant.
PANAMA CITY, FLA. — UC Funding has arranged a $6.7 million bridge loan to recapitalize and complete the restoration of a 147-room hotel in Panama City. The borrower had acquired a shuttered, antiquated hotel with three acres of beach frontage, and will use part of the loan to complete $1.8 million in upgrades to the rooms, common areas and amenities. The aim is to transform the dilapidated hotel into a Class A resort.
LOUISBURG, N.C. AND PRINCETON, W. VA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of two Sheetz ground leases in Louisburg and Princeton for a total of $3.6 million. The Louisburg location sold for $1.7 million, while the Princeton site sold for $1.9 million. Sheetz, a quick serve restaurant/convenient store with gasoline pumps, has 435 locations, with plans to reach 500 stores by 2015. Laurie Ann Drinkwater and Seth Richard of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the transaction. Brian Munn, also of Marcus & Millichap, represented the sellers.
RALEIGH, N.C. — KBS Realty Advisors has acquired Captrust Tower, a 300,389-square-foot office and retail building in the North Hills area of Raleigh. The sale also includes a six-level parking deck. The 17-story tower is 95 percent leased to 18 tenants, including Captrust Financial Advisors, the American Board of Anesthesiology and Regus. Duke Realty and Kane Realty developed the building in 2009 and Kane will retain an ownership interest in the project through a joint venture with KBS.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Consolidated-Tomoka Land Co. has acquired a two-building, 133,000-square-foot office complex leased to Hilton Resorts Corp. in Orlando for $14.6 million. Both buildings are under a long-term lease, with more than eight years remaining on the term. The purchase marks the company's sixth acquisition in 2013, and brings its single-tenant portfolio to a total of 38 properties across seven states.
ATLANTA — Novare Group and Baston-Cook Development Co. have broken ground on a 23-story apartment high-rise in Midtown Atlanta called 100 6th Street. The $63 million development will include 320 units with floor-to-ceiling glass, wood floors and granite countertops. An investor account advised by the U.S. real estate business of UBS Global Asset Management is providing construction and permanent financing for the project. NGI and Baston-Cook are providing equity. The project team also includes project architect Smallwood, Reynolds, Stewart, Stewart and general contractor Baston-Cook Construction.
ATLANTA — Wyatt Family Partnership has purchased Venture Center, a 39,185-square-foot office building at 1605 Chantilly Drive in Atlanta, for $3.1 million. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta is the anchor tenant in the three-story property, which is fully leased. The building, visible from I-85, is just north of the Lenox Road/Cheshire Bridge intersection. Hunter Henritze, Michael Howell and Chip Sipple of Lincoln Property Co. Southeast represented the seller, CRM Properties LLC. Wyatt Realty Co. represented the buyer.