SMYRNA, TENN. — Summit Hotel Properties has purchased the 83-room Hampton Inn & Suites, located at 2573 Highwood Blvd. in Smyrna, for $8 million. The company plans to invest $500,000 in capital improvements. This is the company's 11th acquisition.
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BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Passco Cos. has purchased the 260-unit Stonegate, a luxury apartment community located at 101 Leaf Lake Blvd. in Birmingham, from EBSCO Income Properties. The property is 92 percent leased. Ryan Griffin of Rock Apartment Advisors represented both parties in the transaction.
CUMMING, GA. —Atlanta-based Bull Realty has arranged the $2 million sale of the 32,463-square-foot The Village at Creekstone, a mixed-use development located on Peachtree Parkway in Cumming. The property includes two retail buildings totaling 27,190 square feet, a two-story office condominium totaling 5,273 square feet, as well as three 2,500-square-foot office pad sites, one 4,581-square-foot office pad site and a .65-acre retail outparcel. Rob Whitmire and Theresa Johnson of Bull Realty represented the seller, a super regional bank, in the transaction. John Harrison, also of Bull Realty, represented the buyer, Alpharetta, Ga.-based Penn Hodge LLC.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — The Morgan Group has started construction on the 240-unit Terrace at Town Center, a garden-style apartment community located in Jacksonville's Southside/JTB corridor. Amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool with grilling stations, a dog park, state-of-the-art fitness center, Internet lounge, demo kitchen and resident room. The first units are slated for completion in December. The Morgan Group will serve as the management company upon completion.
ORLANDO, FLA. — GDC Properties has broken ground on the 118-room Aloft Orlando Downtown, a new Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide hotel located at 500 S. Orange Ave. in Orlando. The hotel will include a w xyz bar, re:mix lounge, re:charge fitness center, splash outdoor pool and 5,000 square feet of flexible meeting space. Yedla Management Co. will operate the hotel upon completion, which is slated for 2013.
PENSACOLA AND ORLANDO, FLA. — IRA Capital has purchased two Florida shopping centers totaling 63,000 square feet for $9 million. The 49,800-square-foot Fairfield Crossings in Pensacola is fully leased to Ross Dress for Less, Office Depot and T-Mobile. Alvin Mansour with Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction, and AZUR Realty Partners, an affiliate of IRA, represented the buyer. In Orlando, the company acquired a 10,500-square-foot center that is fully leased to Verizon Wireless and Mattress Firm. Jeff Winokur of JH Winokur represented the seller in the transaction. AZUR Realty Partners represented the buyer.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — HFF has arranged $29.5 million in refinancing for a 12-building office portfolio totaling 569,841 square feet, located in Greenville. The properties are part of the Park East and Park Central office parks. Wally Reid and Chip Sykes of HFF secured the four-year, fixed-rate loan through a private investor.
SOUTHAVEN, MISS. — StyleCraft Home Collection has signed a 167,600-square-foot lease at the Airways Distribution, located at 8474 Marketplace Drive in Southaven. The space is located in the 602,500-square-foot Building E. The company will relocate and expand its distribution center in DeSoto County, and approximately 10,000 square feet will be used as a lighting and decor showroom. Allen Wilkinson and Dan Wilkinson of Colliers International represented the tenant in the lease transaction. IDI, the landlord, was self-represented by Tim Moore.
COOPER CITY, FLA. — The $45 million, 300-unit Monterra Apartments, a workforce housing community located in Cooper City, has opened. ZOM Florida and The NRP Group developed the property, and its amenities include a swimming pool, clubroom with computer work stations, 24-hour fitness center, playground, covered barbeque area and a dog park. Financing for the project included $26 million in NIBP bonds issued by the Florida Housing Financial Corp., HOME loan funding and additional loans provided under the SHIP loan program, funded and administered by Broward County. Bank of America provided project equity and construction financing. ZRS Management has been retained to provide property management services.
ATLANTA — Parkway Properties has sold 100 Ashford Center and Peachtree Ridge, two office properties totaling 321,000 square feet in Atlanta, for $29.9 million. Combined, the assets are 74.6 percent leased. The properties were part of the company's first discretionary fund, and with the close of this sale, the company has shed all assets that were part of this fund. The buyer assumed a $29.7 million mortgage.