CARBARRO, N.C. —Fairfield Autumn Woods LLC has sold the 236-unit Autumn Woods Apartments, located at 222 Old Fayetteville Road in Carbarro for $26.25 million. Blake Oakland, Dean Smith, Sean Wood and John Heimburger of ARA’s Charlotte, N.C., office represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was Centerville, Ohio-based The Connor Group. The property is 94 percent leased.
Southeast
OAK BROOK, ILL. — Oak Brook-based Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has purchased a portfolio of nine retail bank branches located in Ohio, North Carolina, Florida and Georgia for a total of approximately $18.6 million. The portfolio includes five Ohio properties leased to KeyBank N.A., two Regions Bank locations in Georgia and two BB&T locations in North Carolina and Florida, which total 42,882 square feet. The buyer was self-represented by Joe Cosenza.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Aragon Holdings has purchased the 373-unit Abaco Key Apartment Homes, a Class A apartment complex located adjacent to the Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando. The property is 95 percent leased, and includes a fitness center, basketball and tennis courts, a pool with cabanas and sundeck, media and game room, outdoor kitchen with tables and a grill, business center and dog park. The Aragon Multi-Family Cash Flow Fund provided equity for the purchase.
MELBOURNE, FLA. — A 124,000-square-foot industrial building, located on 3900 Sarno Road in Melbourne, has sold to a local church for $2.5 million. The building, which was vacant at the time of the sale, includes 10,000 square feet of mezzanine space and 114,000 square feet of warehouse space. A local CBRE broker represented the seller, Roseview’s bank client, in the transaction. The Roseview Group oversaw significant improvements to the property, including a complete cleanup and mold removal.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Southbridge Fellowship, a North Carolina-based non profit, has purchased 10.79 acres for $1.46 million on Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh. The organization plans to build a church campus on the property and hopes to consolidate and expand its existing offices to the new campus within the next two to three years. Randy Williamson and Jim Anthony of Colliers International represented the buyer in the transaction.
CHANTILLY, VA. — Strategic Storage Trust Inc. has acquired an 870-unit self-storage property, located at 14518 Lee Road in Chantilly, for $7.3 million. The property is 93 percent leased. The new facility will be rebranded under the SmartStop Self Storage name.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — MCA has acquired the 603,000-square-foot Bridge Street Town Centre, a lifestyle center located in the 4,000-acre Cummings Research Park in Huntsville. Tenants include Bed Bath & Beyond, DSW, Barnes & Noble, ULTA, Toys “R” Us/Babies “R” Us and a 14-screen Monaco Pictures movie theater. Adam Howells and David Disney of UCR Investment Sales represented the seller, O&S Holdings, in the transaction.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — CDI Properties has sold the 56-unit Grentton Place Apartments, located at 4107 Yanceyville St. in Greensboro, for $3.17 million. Austin Green of Capstone Apartment Partner's Charlotte office represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was a Chicago-based private investor.
NORTH MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Continental Real Estate Cos. (CREC) has arranged the sale of the 314-unit Star Creek Apartments, located at 361 NE 191st St. in North Miami Beach. The property is 94 percent leased. Amenities include two resort-style pools and a Jacuzzi. Peter Mekras of CREC represented the seller, a Miami-based private owner and operator, in the transaction. The property was purchased in a 1031 exchange with a first mortgage loan from City National Bank.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Atlanta-based First Fidelity Mortgage Corp. has arranged $240 million in senior secured financing for the 1.35 million-square-foot Crabtree Valley Mall, located in Raleigh. The loan proceeds were used to repay existing maturing debt and fund ongoing capital spending programs. Kell Martin and Richard Booth of First Fidelity secured the 10-year loan through a major life insurance company on behalf of the borrowers, a separate-account client of Clarion Partners and an affiliate of Plaza Associates.