LEXINGTON, KY. — A joint venture between Article Student Living and Barings has acquired 5 Twenty Four and 5 Twenty Five Angliana, a 1,060-bed student housing development located near the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington. The property includes 13 buildings spanning 427,200 square feet across 30 acres. The community offers 376 fully furnished units in one- through four-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include two fitness centers; two swimming pools with sun decks and lounges; two study centers; private study space; a half basketball court; game room; movie theater; and onsite parking. The new ownership plans to renovate the community’s amenity spaces and unit interiors. The seller and terms of the transaction were not released.
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SUNRISE, FLA. — A partnership between Denver-based BMC Investments, FCP and The RMR Group has purchased ARIUM Sunrise, a 400-unit apartment community located at 1501 N.W. 124th Terrace in the South Florida city of Sunrise. Robert Given and Zachary Sackley of CBRE represented the seller, a partnership between PCCP and RMR Group, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. Charles Crapse and Denny St. Romain of CBRE arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the buyers through Wells Fargo. Built in 1998, ARIUM Sunrise was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale and features a pool, clubhouse and a gym. The new ownership plans to renovate unit interiors.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged a $65 million bridge loan for the refinancing of The Orchard at Portofino Vineyards, a newly built, 264-unit, garden-style multifamily property located at 9920 Portofino Vineyards Drive in Fort Myers. Brad Williamson, Kyle Ryan, Mitch Sinberg, Scott Wadler and Matt Robbins of Berkadia secured the loan through MF1 Capital on behalf of the owner, Prime Group. The Hollywood, Fla.-based borrower will use proceeds from the two-year, floating-rate loan to pay off a $49.5 million construction loan. Prime Group received its final temporary certificate of occupancy (TCO) for The Orchard at Portofino Vineyards in January. The property was 28 percent occupied at the time of financing.
Marcus & Millichap Negotiates Sale of Holiday Inn Melbourne Viera Hotel on Florida’s Space Coast
by John Nelson
MELBOURNE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $13.5 million sale of Holiday Inn Melbourne Viera, a 128-room hotel located off I-95 in Melbourne, a city on Florida’s Space Coast. Situated on 7.2 acres near the USSSA Space Coast Sports Complex and Patrick Space Force Base, the five-story hotel was built in 1991 and features 7,800 square feet of meeting space, an onsite restaurant, business center, fitness center and an outdoor pool. Robert Hunter and Leo Reilly of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
ASHBURN, VA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $10 million sale of Flagship Commons, a 13,316-square-foot retail strip center located at 44795 Dulles Overlook Drive in Ashburn. Delivered in 2022 near a Topgolf and iFly, the center features an endcap Dunkin’ restaurant and drive-thru. Other tenants at Flagship Commons include Five Guys, The Big Screen Store, Club Champion and Finn Thai. Andrew Fallon, Philip Wellde Jr. and Rick Fernandez of SRS represented the developer/seller in the transaction. John Marshall Bank provided acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, a private investment firm based in Northern Virginia that purchased the retail center as part of a 1031 exchange.
RICHMOND, VA. — The City of Richmond’s Economic Development Authority (EDA) has sold and transferred an 18-acre parcel to the developer of Diamond District, a $2.4 billion mixed-use development in the Virginia state capital. The developer, an entity led by Thalhimer Realty Partners Inc. called Diamond District Partners LLC, will soon begin construction on public works infrastructure and a mixed-use development on the site. The parcel, called Phase 1A, will include six acres of public infrastructure that will be conveyed back to the city and the EDA upon completion. The remainder of the parcel will house a 180-room hotel, 161 workforce housing units that will be reserved for households earning 60 percent of the area median income, 730 market-rate apartments and 30,000 square feet of commercial space that can be expanded. The land sold for $11.4 million. Phase 1B and Phase 1C of Diamond District will include an additional 177 affordable housing units, 625 market-rate apartments and 126,000 square feet of commercial space. Additionally, CarMax Park, the future home of the Richmond Flying Squirrels Minor League Baseball team, is under construction within the Diamond District and is scheduled to open in 2026. Diamond District Partners LLC anticipates breaking ground on …
Joint Venture Secures Financing for Office-to-Residential Conversion Project for Former Duke Energy Building in Charlotte
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture between MRP Realty, Asana Partners and Rockefeller Group has received construction financing for Brooklyn & Church, an adaptive reuse project in Charlotte. The project will convert the former Duke Energy headquarters, located at 526 S. Church St., into a 460-unit apartment community with 57,000 square feet of retail space. The financing amount and construction timeline were not disclosed. The Duke Energy headquarters was originally built in 1975. MRP Realty and Asana Partners acquired the building in 2022. The building’s core and shell will be preserved, but the façade will be reskinned with new windows and balconies. Once converted, Brooklyn & Church will comprise 800,000 square feet across 13 stories, with amenities including a rooftop deck and pool with grilling stations, fitness center and spa space, coworking space, bike room and a dog run with pet spa. The property’s loft-style apartments will have 13.6-foot, exposed ceilings. In addition to the apartments and ground-floor retail space, the property will offer a new three-story, 30,000-square-foot retail building at the corner of Church Street and Brooklyn Village Avenue that will be connected to the main building via a 60-foot walkway.
Berkadia Negotiates Sale of Multifamily Development Site in Metro Charlotte, Buyer Plans 320-Unit Community
by John Nelson
INDIAN TRAIL, N.C. — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of a 28.2-acre multifamily development site in Indian Trail, a southeast suburb of Charlotte. Caleb Troop and Thomas Colaiezzi of Berkadia’s Charlotte office led the transaction on behalf of the seller, High Point, N.C.-based Royal Management. The buyer, a partnership between locally based The Spectrum Cos. and Chicago-based Heitman LLC, plans to develop a 320-unit apartment community on the site called Evoke at Indian Trail. TD Bank is providing construction financing for the project, which is located adjacent to The Shops at Sun Valley and across the street from a Publix-anchored shopping center. The construction timeline was not released.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Sila Realty Trust Inc., a publicly traded healthcare REIT based in Tampa, has purchased an inpatient rehabilitation facility in Knoxville for $35.1 million. The seller was not disclosed. The property is Sila Realty Trust’s first acquisition in Tennessee. Built in 2021 within the 109-acre Tennova Health Park, the 70,000-square-foot property was fully leased at the time of sale to Knoxville Rehabilitation Hospital LLC, which is a joint venture between the University of Tennessee Medical Center, Lifepoint Health and Tennova Healthcare, an affiliate of Community Health Systems.
TruCore Investments Purchases 81,589 SF Baton Rouge Industrial Facility Leased to FedEx
by John Nelson
BATON ROUGE, LA. — TruCore Investments has acquired an 81,589-square-foot industrial facility located at 10781 Cousey Court in Baton Rouge. Situated on 10.8 acres, the Class B property was fully leased at the time of sale to FedEx, which has occupied the facility since its delivery in 1998. Alex Ruch of Elifin Realty brokered the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.