ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Harbor Group International has sold Sussex at Kingstowne, a 556-unit apartment community located in Alexandria, about eight miles south of Washington, D.C. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed, but Harbor Group purchased the property in 2018 for $144 million. Prior to the sale, Harbor Group implemented a multimillion-dollar capital improvement program for Sussex at Kingstowne’s interiors, common areas and amenities, including the community’s two swimming pools, fitness center, cyber café and a resident’s lounge.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Aventon Cos. has broken ground on Aventon Mikasa, a 336-unit apartment community located in Charleston’s Daniel Island submarket. Set to open for leasing in fall 2024, the property will be situated on 19 acres and comprise multiple four-story, elevator-serviced buildings housing one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Amenities will include a clubhouse with a remote working lounge, game room and fitness center, as well as a resort-style swimming pool. The design-build team includes architect Scott + Cormia, interior designer Studio 5 Interiors Inc. and civil engineer/landscape architect Thomas & Hutton. Aventon Mikasa is the second multifamily development in the Charleston area for Raleigh-based Aventon Cos.
TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $23 million sale of 4908 Tampa West, a 214,806-square-foot industrial facility in Tampa’s Airport submarket. Rick Brugge, Mike Davis, Rick Colon, Dominic Montazemi and Chloe Strada of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Robert Curran from Tryumph LLC, in the transaction. Jason Hochman and Ron Granite of Cushman & Wakefield secured $15.1 million in acquisition financing through an unnamed national insurance company on behalf of the buyer, IP Capital Partners. 4908 Tampa West is situated about eight miles from Tampa International Airport and near I-275 and I-4. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to companies including anchor tenant CAE. The acquisition includes five acres of additional land onsite for outdoor storage or new development.
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Higher Interest Rates Cause Affordable Housing Values to Return to Old Norms
Rising interest rates dinging commercial real estate and multifamily assets have plunged low-income housing tax credit (LIHTC) properties back into reality, especially those coming to the end of their 15-year compliance periods. “There were some huge profits made in the affordable housing space over the last two or three years,” says Cliff McDaniel, a managing director with Lument, which is representing Harmony Housing in the $1.4 billion sale of its affordable housing portfolio to the Michaels Organization. “We sold a lot of properties for $60,000 a unit or even $120,000 a unit, and the debt was $40,000 a unit. But the mania over that type of profitability is over, and values are going back to where they were before.” Up until about five years ago, the phrase “huge profits” and “affordable housing” would rarely if ever have occurred in the same sentence. Or even in the same story. Prior to that, affordable housing properties typically had very little value at the end of their initial 15-year compliance periods, and limited partners who provided equity to the project by buying tax credits routinely agreed to sell their interest to the general partner for a nominal fee. At that point, the …
MIAMI — Berkadia has arranged a $165 million loan to refinance the construction loan for The Dorsey, a recently completed mixed-use development located in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood. The property — which was co-developed by Related Group, LNDMRK and Tricera Capital — features 306 apartments, 73,000 square feet of offices and 36,000 square feet of retail space. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors and Industrious fully occupy the office portion of the development. Scott Wadler, Brad Williamson, Matt Robbins, Mitch Sinberg and Michael Basinski of Berkadia’s South Florida office arranged the 30-month, interest-only financing through MF1 Capital on behalf of the borrowers.
MIDWAY, GA. — Seohan Auto Georgia, a subsidiary of South Korean automobile parts manufacturer Seohan Group, will construct a new facility in Midway, approximately 35 miles outside Savannah. Seohan plans to invest $72 million into the development, which will be situated within the Tradeport East Business Center, a Georgia Ready for Accelerated Development (GRAD) site. Production at the facility is scheduled to begin in late 2024. Alyce Thornhill of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), in partnership with the Liberty County Industrial Development Authority, Georgia Ports Authority, Georgia Quick Start and Georgia Power, negotiated the terms of the project. Seohan, which manufacturers front and rear axles and drive shafts, is one of many automotive suppliers expanding near Hyundai’s planned $5.5 billion campus in the Savannah region.
FREDERICK, MD. — Diamond Point Development and The Ardent Cos. have opened a 100,000-square-foot self-storage facility located at 1845 Brookfield Court in Frederick. Formerly the Frederick Indoor Sports Center, the two-story facility comprises 700 climate-controlled units across 74,000 rentable square feet. The property is also fully solar powered, marking the first environmentally friendly self-storage facility in the city, according to the developers. Buffalo, N.Y.-based Life Storage operates the property.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — GreenBarn Investment Group and Skyview Cos. are underway on the first phase of The Allen, a mixed-use development situated on 20 acres within the Medical Arts District of Kissimmee. Upon completion, the property’s first phase will feature an apartment community comprising 312 units. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank has provided a $52.7 million construction loan for the residential development, and NTT Urban Development Corp. and Rithm Capital Corp. are co-investors. Plans for the project site currently include up to 1 million square feet across three phases of development, with the possibility of an additional 300 multifamily units and a medical office building.
COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — Edwards Realty Co. and Core Acquisitions have acquired The Shops at Carriage Crossing, a 514,000-square-foot shopping center located in Collierville, roughly 30 miles outside Memphis. The joint venture purchased the property for $25 million from an undisclosed seller. Jones Aur Commercial Real Estate will lead leasing efforts at the property on behalf of the new owners.
Once bypassed by national developers and investors for larger, metropolitan cities like Miami, the real estate community is now realizing what locals have known for years: Tampa is trending. Tampa Bay’s recognition as one of the country’s top places to live has trickled into the region’s office market, which as of the first quarter of the year, has continued to reap the benefits. While some credit the Tom Brady effect to Tampa’s rise into the national spotlight, the Tampa Bay region is seeing growing demand in other economic sectors beyond sports, including housing, business and leisure. In fact, Time Magazine just featured Tampa as one of only four U.S. cities in its highly coveted 2023 list of the “World’s Greatest Places.” Flurry of activity to start 2023 For the first time in five quarters, the Tampa Bay office market recorded positive absorption of more than 55,000 square feet thanks to more companies moving into space rather than vacating it, JLL’s first-quarter Office Insight Report for 2023 shows. This can be largely attributed to Reliaquest’s move into its 140,000-square-foot headquarters located at Thousand & One Water Street, where it is currently occupying 120,000 square feet, and which made up the lion’s …