CARY, N.C. — KBS Real Estate Investment Trust I, a non-traded real estate investment trust headquartered in Newport Beach, Calif., has finalized a 154,519-square-foot office lease for Xerox Business Services LLC in Cary. Xerox, which was represented by Tom Flynn and Matthew Cooke of Jones Lang LaSalle, renewed its lease at the 248,823-square-foot Crescent Green. Ed Pulliam and John Brewer of CBRE-Raleigh represented KBS. Xerox Business Services, an affiliate of Xerox Corp., and its predecessor, Affiliated Computer Solutions, have been at Crescent Green since 2006.
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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Parkway Properties Inc. has entered into a purchase and sale agreement to acquire an eight-property office portfolio totaling 1 million square feet in Jacksonville’s Deerwood submarket for $130 million. The properties were developed from 1996 to 2005 and are 93.7 percent occupied. Parkway also completed the previously announced purchase of Tower Place 200, a 260,000-square-foot office tower in Atlanta’s Buckhead submarket, for $56 million. The 13-story Class A Tower Place 200 was built in 1998 and is 82.9 percent occupied.
ATLANTA — Phillips Edison-ARC Shopping Center REIT Inc. has purchased six grocery-anchored shopping centers totaling 507,668 square feet in metro Atlanta for approximately $60.5 million. The retail portfolio includes five Kroger-anchored properties and one Publix-anchored property. The six properties are Butler Creek in Acworth, Ga.; Fairview Oaks in Ellenwood, Ga.; Grassland Crossing in Alpharetta, Ga.; Hamilton Ridge in Buford, Ga.; Mableton Crossing in Mableton, Ga.; and Shops at Westridge in McDonough, Ga. The REIT is co-sponsored by Phillips Edison & Co. and AR Capital LLC, a real estate investment program sponsor.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Summit Hotel Properties Inc. has acquired three hotels totaling 426 guestrooms from affiliates of Hyatt Hotels Corp. for $36.1 million. Two of the Hyatt hotels are located in Orlando with the other hotel in Illinois. Summit has entered into an agreement with Select Hotels Group LLC, an affiliate of Hyatt, to operate each hotel. The Orlando hotels include the 151-room Hyatt Place-Universal and the 149-room Hyatt Place-Convention Center.
HERNDON, VA. — Parmenter Realty Partners has acquired its first asset in the Washington, D.C., area with the purchase of 460 Herndon Parkway, a 205,074-square-foot office building in Herndon, for an undisclosed price. American Fund US Investments LP sold the property, which was 96 occupied at the time of the transaction. The office building was built in 1986 and is positioned in the heart of the Dulles corridor in the Washington, D.C., area. Andre Kinney of Real Estate Capital Partners and Eric Berkman, Steve Gichner and Andrew Asbill of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets Group represented the seller.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Fort Myers-based J.L. Wallace Inc. has completed renovations on Victory Lane Chevrolet at 3980 Fowler St. in Fort Myers. The renovations consisted of a new exterior facade and interior renovations to the new car showroom, used car building, new service drive entrance and office, lounge and administrative offices. All renovations are in compliance with General Motors Chevrolet Dealership Re-Image Program. Ted Gadoury of J.L. Wallace served as project manager. Titsch & Associates Architects served as the project architect.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Trinitas Ventures LLC, a student housing and mixed-use developer, has broken ground on an urban infill redevelopment in Lexington near the University of Kentucky. The Collegiate on Angliana will be a 278-unit, 699-bed student housing property that will serve UK students. It is anticipated to open this August. A joint venture between Trinitas and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital (HSRE) provided equity financing. The project is the fourth development for the Trinitas/HSRE partnership. Key Bank provided construction financing.
GREENACRES, FLA. — The 131,210-square-foot Woodlake Plaza, a grocery-anchored shopping center in Greenacres, has sold for an undisclosed price. The property is located at the intersection of Lake Worth Road and Sherwood Forrest Boulevard. Tenants include Monterrey Market, Dollar General, Goodwill, Phoenix Theatres and Medical Institute of Palm Beach. The property also includes freestanding outparcels for TD Bank, ABC Liquors, Olive Garden and Tire Kingdom. Jim Michalak and Paul Bores of Plaza Advisors represented the seller, JBH Woodlake Plaza LLC. A South Florida-based private investor purchased the retail property.
RICHMOND, VA. — Hungarybrook Shopping Center, located at 1200 Concord Ave. in Richmond, has sold for $5.7 million. Coastal Equities, a privately held investment, development and property management company with offices in Weston, Fla., and Garden City, N.Y., purchased the 87,190-square-foot retail property, which is anchored by Food Lion. Alexander Divaris and Jason Oliver of Divaris Real Estate (DRE) represented the special servicer, CW Capital Asset Management LLC, in the transaction. DRE has been retained as exclusive leasing agent for the neighborhood shopping center.
ATLANTA — Retailers in Phase I of Emory Point, a $100 million mixed-use project by Cousins Properties and Gables Residential near Emory University in Atlanta, are open and the project is in the pre-development stage for Phase II, which will include a 40,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Phase I consists of 80,000 square feet of retail space and is 90 percent committed. Emory Point includes retailers Jos. A. Bank Clothiers, LOFT by Ann Taylor, Lizard Thicket, Francesca’s Collections, American Threads, Strippaggio and fab’rik.