CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Trinity Partners has arranged the sale of One & Two Fairview Center, a 182,841-square-foot, two-building office park in Charlotte’s SouthPark office submarket. The buyer was an entity affiliated with Taurus Investment Holdings, a Boston-based global private equity real estate firm. Dunn Mileham and David Morris of Trinity Partners handled the transaction on behalf of the seller, an affiliate of CapRidge Partners. The sales price was not disclosed. One & Two Fairview Center was approximately 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. After purchasing the properties in early 2019, CapRidge executed a capital improvement, spec suite and leasing plan. The property is located right across from SouthPark Mall, which features over 150 stores including Dillard’s, Macy’s, Belk, Nordstrom, Dick’s Sporting Goods and Victoria’s Secret. Trinity Partners leased One & Two Fairview Center on behalf of CapRidge, an Austin, Texas-based real estate investment firm.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Knighthead Funding LLC has provided a $50 million loan for the acquisition of a three-property office portfolio in downtown West Palm Beach. The financing is a 48-month, interest-only loan. The borrower, Morning Calm Management, is buying the portfolio from an undisclosed seller. The three office buildings, which are located at 224 Datura St., 324 Datura St. and 319 Clematis St., are located within one mile of each other. The properties range in size from four to 15 stories and total 234,902 square feet. Collectively, the portfolio is approximately 80 percent leased. A portion of the loan proceeds will be used toward capital improvements, as well as leasing costs.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Dwight Capital has provided a $29 million loan for Monte Sano Terrace, a 324-unit apartment complex located in Huntsville. The property includes 23 garden and townhome-style buildings, as well as a clubhouse and leasing office. Located on over 25 acres at 125 Ridgegate Place, Monte Sano Terrace is situated about 2.3 miles from downtown Huntsville. Built in 1988, the community was 96 percent occupied at the time of the transaction. Community amenities feature a fitness center, swimming pool, business center, sports court, dog park, picnic area and a playground. The refinancing is a HUD 223(f) loan. The loan benefitted from a green mortgage insurance premium (Green MIP) reduction set at 25 basis points because the property qualifies as green/energy efficient housing. Brandon Baksh and Daniel Malka of Dwight Capital originated the loan on behalf of the borrower and property owner, Tibs Realty.
LAKE MARY, FLA. — Avanti Way Capital has acquired Shoppes at Lake Mary, a 37,685-square-foot shopping center located at 101 N. Country Club Road in Lake Mary. Avanti Way Capital purchased the 4.6-acre development from Miami-based real estate investment firm, Galium Capital, for $8.4 million. New York-based Morgan Stanley provided a $5.4 million acquisition loan for the sale. Dan Gorczycki and Peter Stobierski of TrueRate Services arranged the loan. Located off Lakeview Avenue and State Road 15, Shoppes at Lake Mary was originally built in 1985 and is situated about 19 miles from downtown Orlando. The shopping center was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Lake Mary Dry Cleaners, Debs Kitchen, Lighthouse Seafood, Morganic Meats and Foxcase LLC. The property has 175 parking spaces. Avanti Way Capital is a Miami-based real estate asset management firm with roughly $1 billion worth of properties in Florida.
KNIGHTDALE, N.C. — Frampton Construction Co. LLC has broken ground on the final building within Eastgate 540, an industrial park in the Raleigh suburb of Knightdale. The facility is the seventh building in the park and the fourth built by Frampton. Eastgate 540’s final building will be a 204,000-square-foot industrial facility with features including 32-foot clear heights, 50 dock doors and two drive-in doors. The property will feature concrete tilt walls and a structural steel frame. Eastgate 540 is located beside Interstate 540 in Raleigh’s East Wake submarket and totals 1.2 million square feet. The developer, Trinity Capital Advisors, has sold three buildings at Eastgate 540, and there are agreements in place for the disposition of the four remaining buildings once construction and delivery near completion. Merriman Schmitt Architects completed the design for the buildings, and Advanced Civil Design Inc. provided civil engineering services. Construction for the final building is expected to finish in May 2022.
BOYNTON BEACH, FLA. — JLL has arranged the sale of 3301 Quantum, a 100,000-square-foot medical office property in Boynton Beach. Apex Capital purchased the property for $37.3 million. Hermen Rodriguez, Matthew McCormack, Ike Ojala and Max Lescano of JLL represented the seller, a partnership between Fox Ridge Capital LLC and developer/investors Joshua Schrager and Daniel Schwartz, in the transaction. 3301 Quantum is a two-story office building that was recently renovated in 2021. Improvements made by the previous ownership included elevators, HVAC systems, restrooms, common areas and roofing. The property is a single-tenant, triple-net leased property fully leased to NYU Grossman School of Medicine, which operates a division of the NYU Langone Health System onsite. The facility will soon house approximately 900 employees who facilitate the billing, scheduling and telemedicine services for the healthcare group. 3301 Quantum Blvd. sits on an 8.2-acre site within the Quantum Office Park in the center of Palm Beach County. The property is close to Interstate 95 and is located 15.1 miles from West Palm Beach.
CARY, N.C. — Katz Properties Retail, a New York-based real estate firm, has acquired Amberly Place, a 77,675-square-foot shopping center located in Cary. Dennis Carson, Casey Rosen and Mike Burkard of CBRE represented the St. Petersburg, Fla.-based seller, The Sembler Co. The sales price was $28.4 million. Amberly Place is 98.6 percent leased and anchored by a 50,280-square-foot Publix grocery store. The Publix has been an anchor at Amberly Place since the property was constructed. Built in 2018, Amberly Place is situated at 10225 Green Level Church Road just two miles from Apple’s new Raleigh campus.
BOWLING GREEN, KY. — The Kirkland Co. has negotiated the sale of The Enclave, a 105-unit multifamily complex located in Bowling Green. Brian Devlin, Brandon Wilson and John Seale of Kirkland brokered the transaction between the buyer, JBT Partners LLC, and the seller, Village Green Apartment Partners LLC. The sales price was $8 million. Built in 1964, The Enclave includes studios, one- and two-bedroom floorplans with a monthly rent range of $739 to $929, according to Apartments.com. The units include walk-in closets, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and a patio. Community amenities include a pool, laundry facilities, grill, storage space and a property manager onsite. Located at 1132 Fairview Ave., the property is close to retailers including Burger & Bowl, Hibachi Grill & Supreme Buffet, China Express and Shell. The property is also about 0.3 mile from the Fairview Plaza Shopping Center.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4 million sale of Abbott Arms, a 25-unit apartment property located in Miami Beach. Evan Kristol and Felipe Echarte of Marcus & Millichap had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, Richard Shindler, the Trustee of Abbott Arms Trust. The buyer was not disclosed. Abbott Arms is made up on two separate properties that will be combined into one. Located at 7830 & 7834 Abbott Ave., Abbott Arms is situated 11.7 miles from downtown Miami. Built in 1963, 7830 Abbott Ave. is an eight-unit, two-story building. Built in 1940, the 7834 property is a 17-unit building. At both properties, the units feature a total of 16 one-bedroom units, eight two-bedroom units and one studio. The buildings sit on a corner site that includes three lots and has the potential to add 5,077 of rentable square feet. The community amenities for both properties include 12 onsite parking spaces, a pool, sundeck and basement for laundry and storage.
Momentum in the local industrial market has been maintained because of Memphis’ world-class infrastructure offering the “four Rs” of transportation: river, road, rail and runway. Thanks to Memphis’ central location, truck freight can reach 65 percent of the nation’s population in 24 hours. The Port of Memphis is the fifth-largest inland port in the United States and an east-west highway spans the width of the country. As home to FedEx Global Headquarters and a UPS hub, Memphis International Airport surpassed Hong Kong International Airport this year as the busiest cargo airport in the world. The direct vacancy rate of the metro industrial market went from 6.5 percent in 2020 to 4.8 percent by mid-2021. Currently, there is 13.7 million square feet of inventory under construction with over 75 percent of it being speculative. The demand and recent growth continue to improve in 2021. Net absorption is above 5.3 million square feet with tenants like Yeti, Walgreens, Hamilton Beach and Amazon moving into new facilities mid-year. Rents have also continued to rise faster than the national average in many years. The average rent growth over the past 12 months is 6.9 percent, or $4 per square foot. Large preleased facilities are …