HOMOSASSA, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $8.9 million sale of a retail property in Homosassa that is leased to gas station giant 7-Eleven. Built in 2024 and situated at 4018 S. Suncoast Blvd., the gas station and convenience store totals 4,650 square feet and sits on 1.8 acres. 7-Eleven occupies the property on a 15-year corporate-guaranteed lease. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, a Florida-based developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor from Florida. Both parties requested anonymity.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A partnership between Penzance and TriWest Multifamily has purchased Stoney Trace Apartments, a 380-unit community located at 4616 Stoney Trace Drive in Charlotte’s Mint Hill neighborhood. The previous owner sold the recently renovated apartment community for $59.8 million. Blake Hockenbury and Bryan Frazier of Walker & Dunlop arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing on behalf of Penzance and TriWest Multifamily. The new ownership has tapped ZRS Management to operate Stoney Trace, which offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and amenities including a fitness center, club room with a business center and pool table, soccer field, dog park and an outdoor pool with a grilling area.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Owner-operator Beth Sholom Village has opened Aviva Pembroke, a new community located in Virginia Beach adjacent to the Pembroke Square shopping mall. Pembroke Realty Group developed the property on behalf of Beth Sholom Village. Totaling 153 units, the community features 121 independent living, 20 assisted living and 12 memory care residences. Amenities at the property, which was designed by Kahler Slater, include a pool, fitness center, bistro, community room and a meditation and prayer room. Outdoor amenities include a deck, rooftop lounge and terrace, pickleball courts, putting greens and firepits. The project team also included associate architect Drew Kepley, contractor S.B. Ballard Construction Co., civil engineer Kimley-Horn, structural engineer Lynch Mykins and interior designer Solution 65. JLL provided project oversight to Beth Sholom Village.
ATLANTA — Berkadia has arranged a $28.3 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan for the construction of Englewood Multifamily, a 200-unit mixed-income community underway in Atlanta’s Chosewood Park neighborhood. The non-recourse, fully amortizing loan features a construction-to-perm structure that covers the construction period followed by a 40-year amortization schedule. Carolyn Whatley and Angela Folkers of Berkadia’s FHA/HUD team originated the financing on behalf of the co-developers, The Benoit Group and the City of Atlanta’s Housing Authority (AHA). Englewood Multifamily is part of a 37-acre master-planned development and represents the second building within Phase I of the redevelopment of Englewood Manor on Atlanta’s southeast side. Englewood Multifamily’s development costs are estimated to exceed $86 million. The property will feature 80 percent of the units reserved for households earning 60 percent or less of AMI with the remainder rented at market rates. The community will also include 21,844 square feet of commercial space. The network of companies and organizations that are bringing the Englewood Multifamily development to fruition include the following:
RALEIGH, N.C. — Siemens Energy has signed a 55,279-square-foot lease at 540 Tech Center, a 110,500-square-foot office building located at 4912 Green Road in Raleigh. The tenant doubled its office footprint at the property and is now the sole occupant. Matt Winters and Kimarie Ankenbrand of JLL represented Siemens Energy in the lease transaction. Dennis Hurley, also with JLL, represented the undisclosed landlord. Siemens Energy is expected to occupy the new space, which features lab space for research-and-development purposes, in July.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Portman has signed contrast therapy studio SweatHouz to a retail lease at Starling, a 359-unit apartment community in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood. With this lease, Starling’s 17,000 square feet of retail space is fully committed to concepts including Toastique, Solidcore, Retrograde Coffee, Social Cantina, KyuRamen and PannePazze. The new SweatHouse is set to open in August and will be the brand’s first location in Nashville and second in Tennessee. The location will offer private suites featuring infrared saunas, cold plunges and vitamin-C showers for members.
BARTOW COUNTY, GA. — Hines and Aubrey Corp. plan to co-develop a new 10 million-square-foot mixed-use community in Bartow County, a northwest suburban node of Atlanta. The master-planned project, called Aubrey Village, will sit on 2,390 acres at the I-75 interchange with U.S. Route 411, which is located near multibillion-dollar plants underway for Hyundai-SK Battery and QCells. Once complete, the development will include new manufacturing, data center and logistics facilities, as well as a supermarket, shops, restaurants, hotels and a variety of residential properties that will accommodate 2,800 families. The industrial-zoned land spans 1,200 acres and will accommodate two industrial parks. Aubrey Village will also feature a network of trails, parks and walkways and a Bartow County public school. The project is projected to be completed over the next 10 to 12 years in several phases, with Hines expecting to break ground on the initial infrastructure later this year or in 2026. Jim Ramseur and Samantha Wheeler with Lee & Associates represented Aubrey Corp. in venture formation, and Ramseur Real Estate Advisors will act as the managing consultant for the co-developers’ commercial and residential parcels moving forward.
FARMVILLE, VA. — Avaio Digital Partners has agreed to purchase 280 acres in Farmville to make way for a new $5 billion data center campus. The Connecticut-based data center developer and operator signed the land sale agreement with the Industrial Development Authority (IDA) of Prince Edward County. Andy Walsh of SugarOak Realty represented Avaio Digital and Rhett Weiss with Cottonwood Commercial represented the Prince Edward County IDA in the land transaction. Known as the Farmville Data Hub, the site is fully zoned for five data centers, has ready fiber access, utility access and water supply secured. Avaio Digital has also completed preliminary site engineering and is in the process with Dominion for 300 megawatts of power. The developer is also underway on a $3 billion data center campus in nearby Appomattox County, Va.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Halstatt Real Estate Partners has sold UnionWest at Creative Village, a 664-bed student housing property near the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) downtown Orlando campus. Halstatt developed the 15-story tower in partnership with Development Ventures Group and Ustler Development in August 2019. Provident Resources Group purchased UnionWest for an undisclosed price using bonds underwritten by BofA Securities. Located at the corner of West Livingston Street and North Terry Avenue, the student housing tower is a component of the $1.5 billion Creative Village mixed-use campus, which includes academic space for both UCF and Valencia College’s downtown campus. In addition to student housing, UnionWest offers more than 100,000 square feet of academic space, 11,000 square feet of street-level retail space and a 600-space parking garage.
MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $8.4 million sale of Blue Grotto Plaza, an 11,890-square-foot retail strip center located in Miami. Built in 1973 and renovated in 2023, the multi-tenant property features a mix of service-oriented businesses and food-and-beverage tenants, including 10 retail spaces and 68 parking spaces. Jonathan De La Rosa and Matthew Albregts of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Minkin Enterprises Inc., and procured the buyer, OMAC Real Estate LLC, in the transaction.