CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A partnership between New York-based Town Lane and locally based Trinity Capital Advisors has purchased 440 South Church, a 15-story office building located in Uptown Charlotte. The seller and purchase price were not disclosed, but Charlotte Business Journal reported that New York-based Epic Investment Partners sold the building for $75.8 million. Patrick Gildea and Matt Smith of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. J.P. Cordeiro, Mike Ryan and Brian Linnihan of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team arranged acquisition financing. Built in 2009 and lightly renovated in 2022, 440 South Church’s occupancy rate was 47 percent at the time of the sale. Town Lane and Trinity Capital, which is also the 388,657-square-foot tower’s original developer, plan to invest $20 million in capital improvements and renovations, including an overhauled lobby, new lounges, new street-level retail space, updated building systems and upgrades to the amenity level on the second floor. Tenants at 440 South Church include Driven Brands and HDR Engineering.
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DURHAM, N.C. — Accesso has purchased 555 Mangum, a 251,464-square-foot office building located in downtown Durham. The developer and previous owner, Northwood Ravin, sold the Class A office building to Accesso for $72 million. Ryan Clutter, Mike McDonald, Daniel Flynn and C.J. Liuzzo of JLL brokered the sale. Built in 2020 adjacent to the Durham Bulls Athletic Stadium, 555 Mangum features an onsite parking garage comprising 812 spaces, a newly opened rooftop bar and restaurant called The Lenny, a fitness center with locker rooms, conference center and an outdoor courtyard. Tanium, a global cybersecurity firm, recently renewed and expanded its lease to 48,000 square feet at the building.
NORTH MIAMI, FLA. — The University of Miami Health System (UHealth) has opened UHealth SoLe Mia, a 363,000-square-foot outpatient medical facility in North Miami. The seven-story property is the largest ambulatory center in UHealth’s network. The property features the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, Desai Sethi Urology Institute and a collaboration with musculoskeletal care provider Hospital for Special Surgery. Other specialties offered include neurology, neurosurgery, cardiology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, dermatology, otolaryngology and gynecology.
RUSTON, LA. — KDC has delivered a 50,000-square-foot call center and operations hub for JPMorgan Chase in Ruston, a north Louisiana city located about 68 miles east of Shreveport via I-20. The $31 million Chase Operations Center is an extension of an existing customer support center in Monroe, which is about 32 miles east of Ruston. Situated on 5 acres along Woodward Avenue, the facility opened with 50 employees and has the capacity to grow to 200. The design-build team includes architect HKS and general contractor Lincoln Builders Inc.
MIAMI — A partnership between The Easton Group, Lennar and MPKA LLC has proposed City Park at West Kendall, a $2 billion, 990-acre master-planned community in Miami. The development team has filed its application with Miami-Dade County. Plans call for 7,800 new homes in a variety of price points, including townhomes, multifamily units, single-family homes and workforce housing, as well as 1.4 million square feet of retail space and 500,000 square feet of office space. At the heart of the proposed project is Village Core, a walkable town center with shops, restaurants, entertainment, plazas and a boardwalk. With the development application filed, the next step involves collaborating with local neighbors, government officials and community stakeholders to fine-tune the plan, according to Bill Albers, partner with MPKA, which is a consultant to the homebuilding industry. City Park is expected to generate $2.4 billion in annual economic output for the county. The project is also estimated to create more than 19,000 construction jobs during build-out followed by more than 13,000 permanent jobs. By reducing the need for daily commutes to job centers like downtown, Brickell, Doral and Coral Gables, City Park will also help reverse traffic patterns and ease congestion that has …
DUNCAN, S.C. — JLL has arranged a 477,360-square-foot, full-building lease for an industrial facility located at 171 International Park Drive in Duncan. Built in 2023, the facility is situated within Crossroads Logistics Park, a three-warehouse development totaling more than 800,000 square feet in the Greenville-Spartanburg industrial market. The cross-dock warehouse features 36-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, LED lighting, ample trailer and auto parking and more than 2,500 square feet of office space. Perry Major, Chuck Rosien and Joan McCarthy of JLL arranged the loan on behalf of the tenant, an undisclosed global manufacturer. NAI Commercial represented the landlord, metro Chicago-based Brennan Investment Group, in the transaction.
BATON ROUGE, LA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of the seven-story, 93-room Hotel Indigo located at 200 Convention St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Jesse Lastofsky, David Greenberg, Gabriel Shamay, Chris Passeggiata, Rick Redmond, Ely Silverstein and Craig Hey of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an entity doing business as Project King LLC, in the transaction. A&R Development Co. acquired the hotel for an undisclosed price. The Hotel Indigo spans 46,676 square feet and offers an onsite fitness center, full-service restaurant and bar, complimentary Wi-Fi and pet-friendly accommodations.
CREG, Sagard Underway on 170,000 SF Speculative Industrial Facility in Metro Baltimore
by John Nelson
HAVRE DE GRACE, MD. — Chesapeake Real Estate Group (CREG) and Sagard Real Estate are underway on a new speculative industrial facility located at 1621 Clark Road in Havre de Grace, a Baltimore suburb in Harford County. The co-developers have tapped the CBRE Baltimore office to market and lease the project, which is expected to deliver in March 2026. The facility will offer 36-foot clear heights, a 180-foot truck court, 37 dock-high loading positions, 51 trailer drops, 122 vehicle parking spaces and a 2,500-square-foot speculative office suite.
Atlantic Capital Negotiates $12.1M Sale of Woodford Square Shopping Center in Chesapeake, Virginia
by John Nelson
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Atlantic Capital Partners has negotiated the $12.1 million sale of Woodford Square, an 85,323-square-foot shopping center located in the Hampton Roads city of Chesapeake. Harbor Freights anchors the center, which was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Dollar General, Hair Cuttery, Roses Discount Store, Dragon China Restaurant and Med Emporium, among others. Fred Victor of Atlantic Capital represented the seller, New York-based Moxie Equities, in the transaction. The buyer was United Properties.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Colliers’ Savannah office has hired four new professionals: Craig White as director of property management, Ryan Bergman as brokerage associate, Matt Reynolds as research analyst and Sarah Cunningham as marketing coordinator. White will direct Colliers’ property management division, which now oversees 16.2 million square feet space across the region. He has over 30 years of property management experience. Bergman will help expand Colliers’ brokerage team; Reynolds will expand the research team, providing market analytics, quarterly reporting and custom client insights; and Cunningham will provide support across a range of initiatives, including property listings, social media, email campaigns and project coordination. “As the Savannah market continues to evolve, we are committed to staying ahead of our clients’ needs,” says Hilary Shipley, principal at Colliers’ Savannah office. “With these strategic additions, we’re not only expanding our capabilities but also reinforcing our position as the market leader in commercial real estate services.”