TEMPLE TERRACE, FLA. — Cullinan Properties has completed the development of the U.S. Tampa Veterans Affairs (VA) Mental Health Clinic in Temple Terrace, roughly 10 miles outside of Tampa. Cullinan broke ground on the $100 million project in late 2021. The facility, which totals 150,000 square feet, will begin seeing patients in January 2024. Situated on 20 acres, the development features a 120,000-square-foot clinic, 265 consult rooms, 60 patient rooms, an activities courtyard, full-service kitchen, dining room and social activities room. The General Services Administration (GSA), along with the VA, selected the project team, including Hoar Construction and Leo A Daly as the general contractor and architect, respectively. Lincoln Harris is the facility manager.
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WOODBRIDGE, VA. — A joint venture between Ideal Realty Group, Rock Creek Property Group and The Sigmund Cos. has purchased a portfolio of four regional shopping centers in Woodbridge’s Dale City neighborhood. An affiliate of Interstate Management Inc. sold the properties, which total 470,000 square feet, for $52.8 million. The properties include Center Plaza, Mapledale Plaza, Forestdale Plaza and Glendale Plaza, all of which are located within three miles of each other along Dale Boulevard. The centers were 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants include Giant Food, Truist Bank, CVS, Ace Hardware, Advance Auto Parts, Wells Fargo and Dollar General. The new ownership is working with MV+A Architects to renovate the interiors and exteriors of the portfolio. KLNB has been selected for the portfolio’s leasing assignment, and TSCG has been tapped to handle property management services.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — FCP has provided $13.9 million in preferred equity for the development of Easton at Mountain Island, a 240-unit apartment community located along Garron Point Drive in Charlotte. FCP provided the capital to the developer, Waypoint Residential, through its Structured Investments platform, which has invested approximately $640 million to date. When complete, Easton at Mountain Island will be situated on nearly 20 acres near the Catawba River and Charlotte Douglas International Airport.
TAMPA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $7.3 million sale of a freestanding store located at 8701 W. Hillsborough Ave. in Tampa. The 64,031-square-foot retail property is net leased to Publix. Situated on 6.3 acres at the intersection of Memorial Highway and Hillsborough Avenue, the store was built in 1977 as an Albertsons. Evan Cannan and Reid Thedford of Marcus & Millichap’s Tampa office represented the seller, a private investor whose family has owned the land for nearly a century. Dean Zang, David Crotts, and Josh Ein of Marcus & Millichap’s Washington, D.C., office procured the buyer, which provided a bid that was $1.3 million higher than the highest off-market bid.
Taylor McMinn Retail Group Brokers $1.2M Sale of Store in Kinston, North Carolina Leased to Advance Auto Parts
by John Nelson
KINSTON, N.C. — The Taylor McMinn Retail Group, a retail investment sales team within Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $1.2 million sale of a 7,000-square-foot store in Kinston leased to Advance Auto Parts. The retailer, which has operated at the store since it was built in 2003, recently signed a new 10-year lease at the property. The Advance Auto Parts is situated on a 0.7-acre site at 302 W. Vernon Ave., about 85 miles north of Wilmington, N.C., via I-40. Don McMinn of Taylor McMinn represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was an out-of-state 1031 investor. “Investment-grade tenants with lower rents and price points continue to receive strong demand in an environment where debt is a challenge,” says McMinn.
ATLANTA — The demand metrics of seniors housing are extremely compelling, given the demographics of Americans aging into the product type. But that demand is not necessarily translating directly to occupancy at senior living properties. This disparity between leads and move-ins is just one of the gaps that the panelists highlighted throughout the “Power Panel” at France Media’s InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference that touched on marketing, generational differences and family expectations. Hosted Aug. 16 at the Westin Buckhead in Atlanta, the panel offered insight into the state of the industry, as seen through the eyes of C-Suite executives. Participants included Iyvonne Byers, CFO of Priority Life Care; Judd Harper, president of The Arbor Co.; Doug Schiffer, president and chief operating officer of Allegro Senior Living; Shelley Esden, president and CEO of Sonata Senior Living; and Terry Rogers, president and CEO of Westminster Communities of Florida. John Lariccia, CEO of WelcomeHome Software, served as the moderator. Follow the lead Esden said that the “big discrepancy between the rise in the number of leads and the rise in move-ins” can be partly accounted for by the prevalence of digital marketing and automation, particularly in the post-COVID landscape. For this reason, she …
IMS Development Acquires 130 Acres in Huntsville, Plans Mixed-Use Campus With 800 Residences
by John Nelson
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Tuscaloosa, Ala.-based IMS Development has purchased 130 acres on the north side of Huntsville from the University of Alabama in Huntsville Foundation. The site is located at the corner of State Routes 255 and 53 and Blake Bottom Road. The buyer plans to build a mixed-use campus on the site dubbed North Valley, which will comprise 800 residences and 20 acres of commercial space. IMS Development says potential uses for the commercial component could include big-box retailers, hotels, restaurants, convenience stores and entertainment venues. Eric St. John of Crunkleton Commercial Real Estate assisted IMS in the land acquisition. The construction timeline was not released.
Landmark, Manulife to Break Ground on 859-Bed Student Housing Development Near Florida State University
by John Nelson
Management has announced plans for The Mark at Tallahassee, an 859-bed student housing development located near the Florida State University (FSU) campus in Tallahassee. The three-building community will offer fully furnished units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities are set to include a rooftop clubhouse with an outdoor swimming pool, sun shelf, lounge seating, a grill station, fire pits and a jumbotron; a fitness center overlooking the university’s Doak Campbell football stadium; 24-hour study lounge; collaboration space; and bike storage. The project, which is being built by Landmark’s in-house general contractor Landmark Construction, is expected for completion in August 2025.
Canyon Partners, J.P. Morgan Provide $174.6M Recapitalization Loan for One22One Office Tower in Nashville
by John Nelson
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Canyon Partners Real Estate and J.P. Morgan have co-originated a $174.6 million construction loan for the recapitalization of One22One, a 24-story office tower in Nashville. The borrower, a joint venture between locally based GBT Realty and Koch Real Estate Investments, delivered the Class A property last summer. One22One comprises 373,232 square feet of office space, 16,938 square feet of retail space and 13 stories of parking totaling 930 spaces. Amenities include a conference center, outdoor terrace overlooking downtown Nashville, tenant lounge, port cochere and a fitness center. Tenants include law firm Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP, FirstBank, which will also relocate its headquarters to One22One, and Slalom, a global management consulting company.
GBT Realty Obtains $88M Construction Loan for Village at Carnes Crossroads Apartments in Metro Charleston
by John Nelson
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Brentwood, Tenn.-based development firm GBT Realty Corp. has obtained an $88 million construction loan for The Village at Carnes Crossroads, a 306-unit multifamily community in Summerville. The property will be the latest multifamily component for the 2,300-acre Carnes Crossroads master-planned development in metro Charleston. Matt Stewart and Chip Sykes of JLL arranged the loan through Bank of America and Meta Real Estate Partners. The multifamily community will be situated directly across from The Marketplace at Carnes Crossroads, a Publix-anchored shopping center. Set to open first units in spring 2025, The Village at Carnes Crossroads will feature a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities will include separate small- and large-breed dog parks, a resort-style saltwater pool with lounge deck, outdoor kitchen, club room with catering kitchen and golf stimulator, fitness complex and a coworking center, as well as 11,000 square feet of retail space. The design-build team includes architect Dynamik Design, civil engineer Thomas & Hutton and general contractor Samet Corp.