CHARLOTTE, N.C. — JLL has arranged $29.5 million in financing for Whitehall Tech Center, a three-building industrial park totaling 279,150 square feet in Charlotte’s Southwest submarket. The third building in the development, Whitehall III, will break ground this quarter. Kevin MacKenzie, Peter Thompson and Taylor Alison of JLL arranged the three-year, floating-rate loan through an undisclosed life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, CIP Real Estate. Whitehall Tech Center is situated on nearly 27 acres close to I-77 and I-485. At full completion, the park will feature a combined 493 parking stalls, clear heights ranging from 20 to 28 feet and 57 dock-high doors.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The Milestone Group has delivered the second phase of Courtney Ridge Apartments, a garden-style multifamily community located in Charlotte’s LoSo (Lower South End) neighborhood. Phase II is a 13-acre expansion that comprises 180 units across seven new buildings. The project team includes Atlanta-based general contractor TuckerCraft, architect SGA|NW and engineer Design Resource Group. PNC Bank provided construction financing for Phase II, which features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Phase II also features a new clubhouse equipped with individual workstation consoles, a main conference room, 24/7 package delivery center, coffee bar, kitchen area and patio overlooking a pond. Milestone purchased the existing, 280-unit Courtney Ridge Apartments in 2018.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Jamestown has signed three new office tenants to join Ballston Exchange, a mixed-use campus located in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Arlington. The newcomers include Management Sciences for Health (MSH), EPIGEN and COMTO. Cresa represented MSH and COMTO in their lease negotiations, and Cushman & Wakefield represented Jamestown in all three deals, as well as EPIGEN. All together the three new tenants will occupy 30,000 square feet of space. Other tenants at Ballston Exchange include Booz Allen Hamilton, Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) and CENTRA Technology. Retailers and restaurants include Shake Shack, Orangetheory Fitness, CorePower Yoga, Greenheart Juice Shop, Dunkin’, Cava, The UPS Store and Bearded Goat Barber, among others.
SARASOTA, FLA. — Benderson Development has acquired Bee Ridge Square, a 128,399-square-foot shopping center in Sarasota. Burlington anchors the center, which houses 15 tenants, including Stage Door Studios, ofKors Bakery and EGGSTraordinary Café. Burlington recently downsized its footprint at the center, which it has anchored since 2001. Bee Ridge Square is located off exit 207 of I-75 at the intersection of Bee Ridge and Cattlemen roads. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Fred Victor and Sam Koonce of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
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Lee & Associates’ First-Quarter 2023 Sector-by-Sector Analysis Indicates Market-Wide Cooling
High interest rates and economic uncertainty in the first quarter of this year contributed to lower absorption and declining rent growth in industrial, retail and multifamily sectors across the country, with some regional exceptions, according to Lee & Associates’ 2023 Q1 North America Market Report. Meanwhile office continues to struggle. The sector experienced its third-largest quarterly contraction since the beginning of the pandemic, as work-from-home preferences decoupled office occupancy from job growth numbers. The full Lee & Associates report is available (with further breakdowns of factors like vacancy rates, market rents, inventory square footage and cap rates by city) here. The analysis below provides an overview of four major commercial real estate sectors alongside trends, economic background and exceptions within each sector. Industrial Overview: Sharp Decline Hits First-Quarter U.S. Demand There was a sharp first-quarter decline in U.S. tenant demand for industrial space as wholesalers and retailers reconsider their inventory levels out of caution over the economic outlook. Net absorption in the first quarter totaled 39.4 million square feet, a 57 percent drop from the record set a year ago. The overall U.S. vacancy rate settled at 4.4 percent, an increase of 40 basis points from the close of 2022, comfortably …
TAMPA, FLA. — Boca Raton-based Basis Industrial has purchased portfolio of industrial properties located in Tampa for $33 million. The portfolio includes Brandywine Business Center at 3801 Corporex Park Drive; Corporex Plaza at 3902 Corporex Park Drive and Presidents Plaza Business Center at 4801 George Road. Together the properties total 224,108 square feet. Tenants at the properties, which were 96 percent occupied at the time of sale, include Joffrey’s Coffee, Global Alliance Distributors, Ademco Inc., E-Med Source and Tri-Ed Distribution. Anthony Scavo represented Basis Industrial on an internal basis. Douglas Mandel of Marcus & Millichap’s Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) division represented the undisclosed sellers.
PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA. — Spalding Site Partners LLC has acquired a 2.2-acre land parcel in Peachtree Corners with plans to develop a mixed-use property. Upon completion, the development will include 170 residential units, ground-floor retail space, a fitness center and an extension of the Peachtree Corners public trail system. Redline Property Partners, which has a 98,040-square-foot office building at the site, sold the land for an undisclosed price.
ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of an industrial portfolio comprising 241,124 square feet across three buildings in Orlando. Located at 10425 S. Orange Ave., 523 W. Grant St. and 44 27th St., the buildings total 130,400, 62,210 and 48,514 square feet, respectively. GID Industrial purchased the portfolio, which was fully leased to 14 tenants, including USPS, at the time of sale. José Lobón, Trey Barry, Frank Fallon, Royce Rose and Alain Bonvecchio of CBRE Capital Markets represented the undisclosed, Boston-based seller in the transaction. David Murphy and Monica Wonus of CBRE also assisted with the sale, the price of which was not disclosed.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — MZ Capital Partners has purchased the Residences at Devanshire, a community comprising 87 single-family rental homes in Knoxville. Built in 2006, the property features units with three bedrooms and two full bathrooms. Homes also feature back porches or patios, attached garage parking and grass backyards. The sales price and seller were not disclosed.
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield|Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group has brokered the $7.3 million sale of Wistar Center in Richmond. Located at 8101-8157 Staples Mill Road, the portfolio comprises 49,092 square feet of industrial and retail space. Fully leased to 20 tenants, the retail property features 20,436 square feet. Totaling 28,656 square feet across two buildings, the industrial space was also fully leased at the time of sale. Bo McKown, Catharine Spangler and Eric Robison of Cushman & Wakefield|Thalhimer arranged the sale on behalf of the seller, Fernau LeBlanc Investment Partners. Prudent Growth Partners was the buyer.