GLEN ALLEN, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has completed three leases at Franklin Commons, located at 5640 Cox Rd. in Glen Allen. SunTrust Bank has leased 90,000 square feet, Independent Container Line leased 22,000 square feet and an undisclosed Fortune 100 company has leased 44,000 square feet. N. Dean Meyer, Austin Newman and Mac Wilson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer's Richmond, Va., office represented the landlord in the lease negotiations.
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NASHVILLE, TENN.; HATTIESBURG, MISS.; AND KISSIMMEE, FLA. — PMZ Realty Capital's Hotel Finance Group has secured $74 million in first mortgage and mezzanine financing for Sun Development & Management Corp. for a five-hotel portfolio containing 635-units. The hotels were: Hilton Garden Inn in Ridgefield Park, N.J.; Embassy Suites in Palmdale, Calif.; Homewood Suites in Nashville; Candlewood Suites in Hattiesburg and Hampton Inn in Kissimmee. Financing was provide through the investment banking division of a large New York-based commercial bank.
DORAL, FLA. — Miami-based Amadeus North America has selected Stiles Construction for its $5 million, 105,000-square-foot build-out for its new headquarters, located at 3470 Northwest 82nd Ave. in Doral. Stiles will build-out the majority of the corporate space, which will be geared toward functionality and hurricane storm protection.
LAKE MARY, FLA. — CRM Florida Properties has sold the 48,662-square-foot office building, located at 1097 Sand Pond Rd. in Lake Mary, to Meritas for $3 million. Greg Morrison, Damien Madsen and Lisa Bailey of Orlando, Fla.-based Morrison Commercial Real Estate represented the seller. Miguel de Arcos of Sperry Van Ness' Lake Mary office represented the buyer, who plans to convert the building into a dormitory for Lake Mary Preparatory School.
PALM CITY, FLA. — Awareness Technology has purchased the 79,000-square-foot, 9.15-acre Old Palm City Town Square, located at the northeast corner of Martin Highway and Barry Avenue in Palm City. The company will occupy more than 50,000 square feet at the center. The remainder of the center will be leased to retail and office tenants, including Hurricane Grill, Toro Sushi Grill and Ameriprise Financial. Boyd Bradfield, Jr., of Stuart, Fla.-based NAI Southcoast represented the seller, Bridgeville, Pa.-based Sorbara and Son Properties. He will continue to handle leasing and management for Awareness Technology.
WOODLAWN, MD. — Lockheed Martin Corp. has renewed its 41,580-square-foot lease of office space in the Michael Building, located at 1506 Woodlawn Dr. in Woodlawn. Richard Blue, Jr., Paul Obrecht and Krager Sanders of Timonium, Md.-based Blue & Obrecht Realty represented the landlord, Colony Realty Partners, and Stuart Rienhoff of Jones Lang LaSalle's Baltimore office represented the tenant.
FORESTVILLE AND CHEVERLY, MD. — Transwestern's Bethesda, Md.-based Mid-Atlantic Multifamily Group, led by Dean Sigmon and Robin Williams, has arranged the sale of the four-property, 1,107-unit United Investors Portfolio for $72 million. The properties include the 404-unit Pennbrooke Terrace and the 147-unit Valleybrook Apartments in Forestville, and the 366-unit Cheverly Terrace and the 190-unit Hanson Arms in Cheverly. Transwestern represented the seller, United Investors Management Corp. The buyer was a joint venture between Foulger-Pratt Cos. and DLJ Real Estate Capital Partners, with DLJ providing equity capital for the transaction.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Toyota of Orlando has selected Choate Construction Company to build its new 100,000-square-foot facility. The 20.6-acre site will contain the showroom, collision center and car wash, as well as a Scion Sales Center, customer waiting areas, café and child's play room. Exterior site improvements include new wet ponds, retaining wall, screen wall, fencing and stamped concrete vehicle displays.
GAINESVILLE, FLA. — Van Wehr of Atlanta-based CB Richard Ellis' Debt & Equity Finance has secured an $11 million loan for the 103,871-square-foot Archer Square, located on SW Archer Road in Gainesville. The loan was provided by a life insurance company. Tenants of the two-buildling retail property include Kohl's and Walgreens.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — The four-story, 77,622-square-foot Windwood Centre, a Class A office building located at 780 Lynnhaven Pkwy. in Virginia Beach, has sold for $8.45 million. Jason Oliver and Alexander Divaris of Viginia Beach-based Divaris Real Estate's Investment Sales Group represented the seller, Centralia Associates, a Berman Kappler Properties partnership. The buyer was Virginia-based Continental Capital Management.