KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Realty Trust Group has opened the University of Tennessee Medical Center’s New Advanced Orthopaedic Institute, a 91,000-square-foot clinic in Knoxville. The freestanding property is situated within University of Tennessee Research Park at Cherokee Farms, which is across Alcoa Highway from UT Medical Center’s main campus. The clinic is operated by the University Orthopaedic Surgeons (UOS) and OrthoTennessee, which relocated from the main UT Medical Center campus to the new facility. Fourteen UOS and OrthoTennessee surgeons will practice at the new location and offer clinical, imaging, diagnostic, surgical, rehabilitative care and therapy services. In addition to developer Realty Trust Group, the project team included Barber McMurry Architects and general contractor Christman Co.
ROCKVILLE, MD. — CBRE has negotiated the $25.5 million sale of Research Square, a two-building office complex located at 1500 and 1550 Research Blvd. in Rockville, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The seller is Westat, an employee-owned research company based in Rockville. Tommy Cleaver, Dan Grimes and Stuart Kenny of CBRE represented Westat in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed. CBRE says that the properties, which were fully vacated at the time of sale, represent a “premier life sciences conversion opportunity” as the Washington-Baltimore Corridor ranked No. 2 in CBRE’s Life Sciences Research Talent 2022 report.
DURHAM, N.C. — Virginia Beach, Va.-based Armada Hoffler Properties has sold two single-tenant retail properties in Durham for a combined $23.9 million. The assets include a 120,000-square-foot store at 1700 N. Pointe Drive that is leased to The Home Depot and a 148,663-square-foot store at 1510 N. Pointe Drive leased to Costco. The adjacent, triple-net-leased stores are situated within two miles of Duke University and downtown Durham. Alex Sharrin, Alex Geanakos and Michael Roberts of JLL represented Armada Hoffler in the transaction. An unnamed investment firm based in New York City purchased both stores.
AUGUSTA, GA. — Berkadia has arranged the $16.8 million sale of Terraces at Summerville, a 120-unit apartment community located at 817 Hickman Road in Augusta. Mark Boyce and Blake Coffey of Berkadia’s Charleston office represented the seller, Nebraska-based Burlington Capital Group, in the transaction. The buyer was Tennessee-based JBT Holdings. Built in 1972, Terraces at Summerville was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. According to Apartments.com, the property features a pool, fitness center, laundry facilities, tennis court, clubhouse and picnic area.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $10.7 million sale of Cherrydale Market, a newly built, 70,635-square-foot shopping center in Greenville. The property houses three tenants: Burlington, Ulta Beauty and Five Below. Zach Taylor of IPA arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, an entity doing business as Cherrydale 245 LLC. The buyer was Agree Realty, a net lease retail REIT based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. “We procured the equity for the developer to get the property out of the ground and sourced an active REIT willing to commit to a pre-sale during construction,” says Taylor.
BALTIMORE — Klein Enterprises, an investment and development firm based in Baltimore, has purchased a portfolio of nine grocery-anchored shopping centers in the Mid-Atlantic. The portfolio spans 800,000 square feet of retail space and was 80 percent leased at the time of sale. Cedar Realty Trust sold the portfolio for an undisclosed price in conjunction with the broader asset acquisition of Cedar’s grocery-anchored portfolio by a joint venture between DRA Advisors and KPR. United Bank provided an undisclosed amount of debt financing for the acquisition. As part of the transaction, Klein is acquiring seven stabilized shopping centers and two centers actively under redevelopment: Valley Plaza in Hagerstown, Md., and Yorktowne Plaza in Cockeysville, Md. The other seven centers in the portfolio include: • The Shoppes Arts District located in Hyattsville, Md. • Oakland Mills located in Columbia, Md. • Elmhurst Square located in Portsmouth, Va. • General Booth Plaza located in Virginia Beach, Va. • Kempsville Crossing located in Virginia Beach, Va. • Oak Ridge Shopping Center located in Suffolk, Va. • Swede Square located in East Norriton, Pa.
ATLANTA — Miami-based Westside Capital Group has purchased The Lofts at Twenty25, a 16-story high-rise apartment tower located at 2025 Peachtree Road in Atlanta. The unnamed developer sold the 623-unit property, which was originally built in 1951 and completely redeveloped in 2021, for $136 million. Situated between Atlanta’s Buckhead and Midtown districts, Lofts at Twenty25 features one-bedroom apartments ranging from 430 square feet to 600 square feet. Unit interiors feature eight- to 10-foot ceilings, wood-style plank flooring, quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances, walk-in closets and barn-style doors. Amenities include a 5,000-square-foot fitness center, swimming pool, movie theater, convenience store and coffee shop, dog park and dog wash, swimming pool, billiards and game room, office and conference rooms, bike storage, putting green, laundry facility and dry cleaning service, EV charging stations and 405 parking spaces.
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $64 million sale of Union Cross Distribution Center, a newly built logistics center located at 4051 Wallburg Road in Winston-Salem. The developer, Front Street Capital, sold the 610,000-square-foot facility to Galaxy Investments LLC, an affiliate of The Halle Cos. Rob Cochran, Nolan Ashton, Bill Harrison, Stewart Calhoun, Casey Masters, Bobby Finch, Jason Ofsanko and Hap Royster of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Union Cross Distribution Center was fully leased to an undisclosed tenant at the time of sale. The property features 40-foot clear heights, cross-dock loading, LED lighting, concrete tilt-wall construction and access to the Triad’s major transportation arteries along with Piedmont Triad International Airport. It is also located adjacent to the established Union Cross Business Park, a 403-acre industrial park.
ATLANTA — Jamestown has signed Anduril Industries, a defense tech firm, to an 180,000-square-foot industrial lease at Allied Studios, a three-building mixed-use campus located at 1435 Hills Place in Atlanta’s Upper Westside district. Anduril will invest $60 million and bring 180 jobs to the new manufacturing and research facility. The facility will house Area-1, a subsidiary of Anduril that manufacturers unmanned aircraft systems. When complete, Area-1 will operate offices, research and development space and production space across two buildings at Allied Studios. Capital Real Estate Group represented Jamestown in the lease transaction, and Hughes Marino represented Anduril.
TUSCALOOSA, ALA. — GBT Realty has sold McFarland Plaza, a 188,406-square-foot shopping center located at 2600 McFarland Blvd. in Tuscaloosa. Cincinnati-based Select Strategies Realty purchased the property from the Brentwood, Tenn.-based owner for an undisclosed price. Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan and Andrew Kahn of JLL represented GBT Realty in the transaction. Situated one mile from the University of Alabama, McFarland Plaza’s tenant roster includes HomeGoods, T.J. Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, Michaels, Dollar General, CosmoProf, Shoe Carnival, Slim Chickens, Party Wow, MS Cos. and Jersey Mike’s.