ATHENS, GA. — Fogelman Properties has acquired The Columns at Timothy Woods, a 204-unit apartment community located in Athens, roughly 70 miles northeast of Atlanta. Fogelman acquired the property for an undisclosed price from ECI Group, which acquired the community in 2019 and completed improvements to the property’s interiors and amenities. Originally built in 1996, the community features units in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Kevin Geiger of CBRE represented ECI in the transaction.
CLEVELAND, TENN. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Cleveland Towne Center, a 148,203-square-foot shopping center located in the northeast Chattanooga suburb of Cleveland. Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan and Andrew Kahn of JLL represented the seller, Wicker Park Capital Management LLC, in the $19.5 million transaction. Bodin Properties acquired the center, which was fully leased at the time of sale. Ross Dress for Less, Ashley Furniture, Old Navy, Books-A-Million and Electronic Express anchor the property, which is also shadow-anchored by Kohl’s and Target.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — A joint venture between two Miami-based developers, Global City Development and Gilu Development, plans to develop a $90 million multifamily project in Fort Myers. The companies purchased the site, a 17- acre parcel on the corner of Crystal Drive and 6 Mile Cypress Parkway, in August. The unnamed, 255-unit gated property will comprise one-, two- and three-bedroom residences ranging in size from 786 to 1,690 square feet. Amenities will include private garages, outdoor exercise areas and a two-story clubhouse that will feature a fitness center, meditation area, children’s playroom, private Zoom studios, coworking space, event room, onsite management office, package room and a pool overlooking the community’s private lake. The development team, including general contractor ANF Group Inc., plans to break ground in January 2023 with a completion date set for second-quarter 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greysteel has brokered the sale of a six-property multifamily portfolio in Northwest Washington, D.C., totaling 362 apartments. The six properties in the portfolio include Barclay, Ravenel, Park Meridian, Park Marconi, Richman Towers and Sarbin Towers. Van Metre Cos. and institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management sold the portfolio to four different buyers for approximately $76.7 million, three of which were sold to local nonprofit affordable housing provider Jubilee Housing. Kyle Tangney and Herbert Schwat of Greysteel represented the sellers in the transaction. Four of the assets will be preserved as affordable housing. All six properties were sold via an assignment of their respective tenant associations to third-party developers pursuant to D.C.’s Tenant Opportunity to Purchase Act (TOPA).
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — Northmarq has arranged the $34.3 million sale of Timber Ridge Townhomes, a 147-unit affordable housing community located at 3500 Goldenfield Lane in Fredericksburg, a town equidistant between Richmond and Washington, D.C. Northmarq’s Richmond investment sales team of Wink Ewing, Mike Marshall and Matt Straughan represented the seller, CAPREIT, in the transaction. The firm’s Richmond debt placement team of Keith Wells, Reina Abboud and Hunter Wood originated an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the buyer, Linden Property Group, through an unnamed regional bank. Built in 1999, Timber Ridge is a LIHTC community that comprises 21 apartment buildings. The property had a waiting list at the time of sale, and the Virginia Housing Development Authority recently raised rent caps at the property by 12 percent, according to Northmarq. Community amenities include onsite property management, a pet play area, business center, fitness center and a pool, with Wi-Fi access available at the clubhouse and pool areas.
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $32 million sale of a newly built, 159,492-square-foot industrial facility within Park at Huntersville, an industrial park in metro Charlotte. Rob Cochran, Nolan Ashton, Bill Harrison and Josh McGee of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, a joint venture between Edgewater Ventures and an institutional equity partner, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed private investor. Located at 13359 Reese Blvd. in Huntersville, the facility was built on a speculative basis but was fully preleased at the time of sale to Safeguard Medical, a global provider of emergency medical products, technologies and skills training programs used by first responders and military personnel. The facility serves as Safeguard Medical’s global headquarters and houses the firm’s manufacturing, logistics and front office operations. The property features 30-foot clear heights, 49 potential dock-high positions, 28 trailer parking spaces, 155 auto parking spaces and a 130- to 200-foot truck court.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Red Mountain Group Inc., a retail redevelopment firm based in Southern California, has purchased a 4,925-square-foot, single-tenant net-lease restaurant in Virginia Beach for $1.6 million. The restaurant is leased to Dirty Buffalo, a wing chain based in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region. The property is an outparcel to Target and has roughly seven years remaining on its lease. Matthew Mousavi of SRS Real Estate Partners represented Red Mountain Group in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
KISSIMMEE, FLA. — LV Lending has arranged an undisclosed amount of construction financing for Phase I of the expansion of Reunion Resort, a 2,226-acre resort community located in the Orlando suburb of Kissimmee. The borrower is Orlando Reunion Development LLC, a related company wholly owned by the same principle of Kingwood Orlando Reunion Resort LLC. The 31.6-acre expansion spans two contiguous parcels surrounding the property’s 10-acre Crystal Lagoon. The expansion will feature 1,800 vacation rental homes and townhomes and a hotel, as well as an amphitheater for events. The $1 billion expansion will take place over five phases and several years. Groundbreaking is slated to begin in 2024. Existing uses at Reunion Resort include thousands of luxury homes, villas and condominiums; three championship golf courses; seven food-and-beverage outlets; waterparks; 11 pools; a rooftop pool and private club faculty; and conference areas.
RICHMOND, VA. — Locally based real estate investment firm Lingerfelt has sold a portfolio of 11 office buildings in and around the Innsbrook master-planned park in Virginia’s Henrico County. Charlottesville, Va.-based Seminole Trail purchased the portfolio for approximately $119 million. The 723,103-square-foot portfolio was approximately 82 percent leased at the time of sale. The buyer plans to move forward with adding over 1,300 apartments to five of the 11 properties in the portfolio, which Henrico County rezoned for mixed-use in 2021. Lingerfelt and its investors will continue to own eight properties within Innsbrook totaling 240,000 square feet of office and flex warehouse buildings. The company also has an active development pipeline for new industrial assets and multifamily communities in Henrico County and beyond.
SILVER SPRING, MD. — A joint venture between CP Capital and The NRP Group plans to develop White Oak, a 390-unit, wrap-style apartment community in Silver Spring, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The developers expect to break ground in the first quarter of 2023. First units are expected to deliver in the third quarter of 2024, with construction expected to be completed in the second quarter of the following year. The site will give future renters direct access to Montgomery County’s new FLASH Bus Rapid Transit System, MD Route 29, I-95 and the MD-200 Intercounty Connector. The five-story community will feature some townhome-style units, as well as an enclosed courtyard, sundeck and pool, outdoor cooking and dining areas, work-from-home amenities, dog park, pet spa and a fitness center. White Oak marks the second time CP Capital, formerly known as HQ Capital Real Estate, has partnered with The NRP Group, having previously developed the Rockwell in Massachusetts.
