AVENTURA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Aventura Plaza, an 89,883-square-foot mixed-use center in suburban Miami. Situated along Biscayne Boulevard, the property comprises a neighborhood shopping center and a two-story office building spanning 23,554 square feet. Aventura Plaza was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Ace Hardware and a recently opened grocery store, Plum Market, that replaced a former Office Depot. Mark Gilbert, Adam Feinstein and Mitchell Halpern of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Aventura Plaza Partners, which has owned and operated the property for several decades. The buyer is an entity related to New York-based Elysee Investments. The sales price was not disclosed.
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ROSWELL, GA. — Red Door Revivals, a locally based development firm led by Will Coley, has broken ground on Roswell Junction, a new food hall in Roswell’s historic district. The site of the 12,000-square-foot venue formerly housed Atlanta Street Baptist Church, which moved to a church in nearby Woodstock, Ga. Red Door is retrofitting the church building for the venue and is working on integrating parking and other infrastructural elements into Roswell Junction. Roswell Mayor Kurt Wilson and other city officials participated in the groundbreaking ceremony. Slated for completion this summer, the venue will house eight different food concepts and three bars, including an indoor/outdoor bar. The food hall will feature a bandstand, covered patio, arcade, big screen media, outdoor games, children’s play space and a fenced dog area. Pat Garza of National Food Hall Solutions will operate Roswell Junction upon completion.
ATLANTA — Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU), a global financial technology platform, has opened its 360,000-square-foot office in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward neighborhood. The 10-story space will serve as a hub for the company as the only Intuit office in the Southeast, as well as the corporate headquarters for Mailchimp, a locally based email marketing platform that Intuit acquired in 2021 for $5.7 billion. Atlanta-based New City Properties delivered Intuit’s new space as part of the developer’s Fourth Ward development. The office sits along the Eastside Trail of the Atlanta BeltLine, a 22-mile rail loop that connects 45 distinct neighborhoods around the city. Mailchimp was formerly headquartered in Ponce City Market, Jamestown’s massive mixed-use redevelopment that also sits on the Eastside Trail in Old Fourth Ward, two blocks away from the new office building. The new space at Fourth Ward will accommodate nearly 1,000 current Intuit employees and provide space for future growth. The office is already one of Intuit’s top five largest campuses globally. “It’s no secret that Atlanta is a bustling tech ecosystem that Mailchimp has been central to for over 20 years,” says Rania Succar, senior vice president and general manager of Intuit Mailchimp. “Our beautiful new workspace is …
GEORGETOWN, KY. — Auto giant Toyota has announced plans to invest $1.3 billion at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, the company’s flagship plant in Georgetown. Toyota will invest the capital to increase production of its all-electric, three-row SUVs at the plant, including the establishment of a battery pack assembly line. CNBC reports that Toyota will begin production on the electric SUVs between late 2025 and early 2026. Toyota announced in May that it plans to invest $591 million in future projects and increase job retention to 700 full-time jobs at the plant. Situated about 16 miles north of Lexington within Scott County, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky represents an approximately $10 billion investment since operations first began in 1988. The company has produced more than 12 million vehicles at the plant over the past four decades.
ASHLAND, VA. — Matan Cos. has delivered Phase I of Northlake II, an industrial park located along the I-95 corridor in Ashland, a northern suburb of Richmond. The first three buildings of the park span 345,000 square feet and were fully leased upon delivery to tenants including Ferguson, Chadwell Supply, Envoy Solutions and Haskell Hardware. Gareth Jones, Chris Avellana and Charlie Polk of JLL handle the leasing at Northlake II on behalf of Matan. Construction of Phase II will commence this summer, with expected completion at the end of 2025 for the final building, which will span approximately 200,000 square feet.
MIAMI — Colliers has arranges the $10.9 million sale of Casa Linda, a six-story apartment building located at 3300 S. Dixie Highway in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood, roughly four miles outside of downtown. Situated on a 32,000-square-foot site, Casa Linda comprises 45 units in one- and two-bedroom layouts. Private investor Philip Rahimzadeh acquired the asset from an entity doing business as Trizel CRE. Virgilio Fernandez of Colliers represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction.
HYATTSVILLE, MD. — Primark, a global apparel retailer, plans to open a 30,000-square-foot store at Mall at Prince George’s, a regional shopping mall in Hyattsville. PREIT owns the mall, which is located about six miles north of Washington, D.C. Primark recently announced plans to grow its regional footprint from 24 stores to 60 locations. The retailer plans to open its Hyattsville store in 2025 within a space formerly occupied by J.C. Penney. Other tenants at the mall include Target, Planet Fitness, H&M, DSW, Old Navy, Victoria’s Secret and Miller’s Ale House.
OOLTEWAH, TENN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.6 million sale of Wolftever Crossing Shopping Strip, a 12,040-square-foot strip retail center located in Ooltewah, roughly 20 miles outside Chattanooga. Tenants at the property, which was built in 2017, include AT&T, Supercuts, Salsarita’s, Firehouse Subs and a standalone AFC Urgent Care. Harrison Creason and Andrew Margulies of Marcus & Millichap arranged the sale on behalf of the seller, a South Carolina-based partnership, and procured the buyer, a California-based private investor. Jody McKibben assisted in closing the transaction as the firm’s broker of record in Tennessee.
MIAMI — Developer Mast Capital has received a $600 million construction loan for Cipriani Residences Miami, an 80-story condominium tower in the city’s Brickell neighborhood. The 397-unit project will offer views of Biscayne Bay, the Brickell skyline and Coconut Grove. Mexico-based Banco Inbursa and Ascendant Capital Partners provided the financing, contributing $350 million and $250 million, respectively. The loan marks the largest single-tower residential construction loan ever obtained in Florida and underscores the project’s strong pre-sale activity, according to Mast. Camilo Miguel, CEO of Mast, says the unprecedented financing is a testament to the demand for an ultra-luxury condominium project in the neighborhood. The area has experienced an influx of new residents, particularly since mid-2020. Mast purchased the 2.8-acre site at 1420 S. Miami Ave. for $103 million in December 2021. Cipriani Residences Miami will offer floor plans ranging from 1,123 to 3,495 square feet as well as penthouses with private pools. Pricing will start at $1.7 million for most of the condos, while pricing for the penthouses will begin at $17 million. All residents will have access to dining services in a private restaurant as well as 24-hour in-home dining and catering services. Dining services will extend to the …
HAGERSTOWN, MD. — The Webstaurant Store LLC, an online restaurant supplier based in Pennsylvania, has signed a 1.2 million-square-foot lease for a new distribution center in Hagerstown, a city near the Maryland-Pennsylvania border. A partnership led by Baltimore-based MCB Real Estate is the landlord/developer of the 1.5 million-square-foot industrial park, dubbed Currwood Logistics Center. Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord in the lease negotiations, while Newmark represented Webstaurant Store. Other member firms in the park’s ownership include Invesco Real Estate, Curated Development Group, Birchwood Capital Partners and Artemis Real Estate Partners. Currwood Logistics Center is situated near the intersection of I-70 and I-81 along Paul Smith Boulevard and will create 700 new jobs at full capacity, according to MCB. The property will serve as the hub of Webstaurant Store’s Northeast fulfillment network.