ATHENS AND CLEVELAND, TENN. — SVN Multifamily LLC has arranged the $32.5 million sale of Park Oak and Park Crest Apartments, two multifamily properties with a total of 410 units located in Athens and Cleveland. Andrew Agee and Joseph Shaw of SVN Multifamily represented both the seller, Park Properties, and the buyer, New Jersey-based C.J. Lombardo Co. The buyer plans to renovate the units including upgrading interiors with LVT flooring and new appliances, as well as painting the exterior. Built in 1990, Park Crest offers 160 units with features such as washer and dryer hookups, a security system, storage units, dishwasher, walk-in closets and a balcony. Community amenities include laundry facilities, a car wash area, clubhouse, fitness center, pool and a picnic area. Located at 2108 Congress Parkway S. in Athens, the property is situated adjacent from the Tennessee College of Applied Technology and 56.5 miles from Chattanooga. Built in 1989, Park Oak offers 250 units with unit features including washer and dryer hookups, a security system, dishwasher, walk-in closets and balconies. Community amenities include a pool, fitness center, laundry facilities, car wash area, business center, playground and a basketball court. Located at 1159 Harrison Pike in Cleveland, the property …
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ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — An affiliate of Walton Street Capital LLC in partnership with St. Petersburg-based Stoneweg US LLC has acquired Waterview Echelon, a 226-unit, Class A multifamily property located in St. Petersburg. The sales price and seller were not disclosed. Built in 2021, the Waterview Echelon features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments that were 99 percent occupied at the time of sale. Unit features include quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances, full-size washers and dryers in-unit and floor to ceiling windows with views of Tampa Bay. Community amenities feature an infinity pool with cabanas, gas grills and fire pits, fitness center, club lounge, single-use workspaces, covered parking and a private conference room. Located at 100 Main St. N., the property is situated adjacent to a Publix-anchored shopping center, 14.3 miles from downtown Tampa and 10.9 miles from downtown St. Petersburg. The property is also located within one mile of Carillon Office Park, which houses over 3 million square feet of office space.
BRASELTON, GA. — Foxfield Industrial has sold a 455,602-square-foot bulk distribution facility at 1001 Cherry Drive in Braselton, about 49.3 miles from downtown Atlanta. Dennis Mitchell, Matt Wirth, Mitchell Townsend and Britton Burdette of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller. Birmingham-based Growth Capital Partners acquired the property for $27.4 million. Completed in 1985 and expanded in 1996, the property is fully triple-net leased to two tenants: YearOne Inc. and TransSouth Logistics. The building’s amenities include clear heights ranging from 22 to 28 feet, 45 dock-high doors, eight drive-in doors and 486 auto spaces. The 30.5-acre site provides excess land for potential building expansion and/or additional outdoor and trailer storage. The property is situated adjacent to Interstate 85 and is 56 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport.
Joint Venture to Break Ground on $1B Life Sciences Campus in North Carolina’s Research Triangle
by Katie Sloan
MORRISVILLE, N.C. — A joint venture between Starwood Capital Group and Trinity Capital Advisors has announced plans to develop Spark LS, a $1 billion life sciences campus located within North Carolina’s Research Triangle in Morrisville. The 109-acre development will be located at the intersection of McCrimmon Parkway and Airport Boulevard, four miles from Raleigh-Durham Airport and five miles from Apple’s new $1 billion office campus. The 1.5 million-square-foot project is set to include 12 to 15 buildings with lab and bio-manufacturing space, green spaces, restaurants, retail, a STEM education and amenity center, and several multi-use outdoor recreation areas. “We’re excited to continue investing in the Raleigh life sciences market, one of the top clusters in the country,” says Mark Keatley, managing director at Starwood Capital. “The Raleigh life sciences market benefits from record levels of public- and private-sector funding, which is driving increasing demand for high-quality lab and bio-manufacturing space.” Architectural firm Hanbury has been tapped to design the campus, with Doug Cook and Suzanna Nichols of Cushman & Wakefield heading up leasing efforts for the project. A timeline for the development was not announced. Starwood and Trinity have acquired or developed 5.1 million square feet of office and life …
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Stoneweg US has acquired Middletown Landing and Mallard Crossing at St. Matthews, two multifamily properties in metro Louisville, for $230 million. The deal added 1,246 units to the company’s portfolio. Jay Weiner of Rosewood Realty Group represented the buyer and the seller, Columbus, Ohio-based Lifestyles Communities. Middletown Landing comprises 646 units in mostly townhome-style floorplans with an average unit size of nearly 1,100 square feet. Unit features include granite countertops, nine-foot ceilings, subway tile backsplashes and wood-style plank flooring. Community amenities include a two-story fitness center, pool, volleyball courts, and The Goat, an onsite restaurant. Built in 2014 and 2016, Middletown Landing is located near employers including UPS, Amazon and Ford Motor Co., as well as retailers such as Target and Kroger. Mallard Crossing at St. Matthews contains 600 units. Built in 1988, Lifestyles Communities previously completed renovations on 20 percent of the units, including installing quartz countertops, walk-in showers, upgraded cabinetry and new lighting fixtures. Community amenities include a pool, gym and storage. Located at 400 Mallard Creek Road, the property is situated 10.9 miles from downtown Louisville and 8.7 miles from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. As a new owner, Stoneweg US will make capital …
MIAMI — Miami-based Mast Capital and Boston-based Rockpoint have bought a 2.8-acre site in Miami for $103 million. The site is located on the southern side of the Brickell Central Business District submarket. Construction on the project is slated for 2022. Mast Capital plans to build an 80-story condominium tower with 400 residences and two multifamily towers spanning 50 stories and 60 stories with a combined 850 apartments. The three residential towers will span 2.6 million square feet. Community amenities will include food and beverage services, 1,650 parking spaces and ground-floor retail on South Miami Avenue. Located at 1420 S Miami Ave., the development will be situated one mile from downtown Miami, 6.8 miles from University of Miami and 9.6 miles from Miami International Airport. The property is also near retailers and restaurants including Branca Café, PM Fish & Steak House and Publix.
VANCE, ALA. — Highline Real Estate Partners and Growth Capital Partners have purchased Vance Logistics Center, a 604,000-square-foot, cross-dock logistics facility in Vance. Stewart Calhoun and Casey Masters of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, Niantic Partners and Rothschild Capital Partners, in the transaction. Mark Byers of Cushman & Wakefield provided local leasing support. The sales price was $55 million. Built in 2004, Vance Logistics Center was fully leased to two tenants, ARD Logistics and BLG Logistics, at the time of sale. Located at 10095 Brose Drive, the facility is situated near a Mercedes-Benz Assembly Plant and is located near Interstate 20, Interstate 59 and University of Alabama, Birmingham. The property’s features include Class A tilt-wall construction, LED lighting with motion sensors, 116 dock-high doors, loading docks on three sides of the building, plenty of onsite employee and trailer parking and a guard house.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — SRS National Net Lease Group has brokered the $27 million sale of a Whole Foods Market-occupied retail property in Alexandria. The 42,243-square-foot Whole Foods is located within The Royalton, a 116-unit residential condominium property built in 2006. Andrew Fallon and Rick Fernandez of SRS, along with Joe Friedman of Edge Capital Markets, represented the undisclosed seller, a family trust based in Hawaii, in the transaction. Sarasota, Fla.-based Benderson Development Inc. was the buyer. Located at 1700 Duke St., the property is situated 8.2 miles from the new Amazon HQ2 in Arlington and about 10 miles from Washington D.C. Whole Foods has been a tenant at this location since 2007 and has about four years remaining on the initial lease term. Whole Foods is the only retail tenant at the property, which is fully occupied.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Huntsville-based SVN Multifamily LLC has arranged the $25.3 million sale of Country Club Apartments, a 200-unit multifamily property located at 1000 Airport Road in southeast Huntsville. The buyer, Houston-based Truepoint Capital, plans to invest more than $2 million into the property, including renovating the units with vinyl plank flooring, upgraded appliances, cabinetry and repainting exteriors. Averbuch Enterprises was the seller. Built along Airport Road on about 22 acres in 1965, Country Club Apartments offers one- and two-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities include a fitness center, onsite property management, picnic area and grills, emergency maintenance, pool, arts and crafts room, three laundry rooms, clubroom and a tennis court. The property was fully occupied at the time of sale.
RALEIGH, N.C. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $330 million sale of Bloc 83, a new office development totaling 495,121 square feet in Raleigh. The sale represents the largest single real estate transaction in downtown Raleigh’s history, according to JLL. Heritage Properties Inc. sold the asset to City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO). Bloc 83 consists of two Class A office towers that were built in 2019 and 2021. Known as One Glenwood and Tower II, the buildings are 79 percent leased and are anchored by Envestnet, First Horizon Bank and McAdams. Envestnet is a financial services and technology company, while McAdams is a civil engineering company. The development features street-level retail space and two onsite parking garages. Amenities include a fitness center, rooftop space, locker rooms with showers, tenant lounges and an interactive sports room with a golf simulator. The properties are positioned on a little over three acres in Glenwood South, a growing mixed-use district of Raleigh. The Origin Hotel is located onsite and is connected to the One Glenwood parking garage. “Glenwood South has rapidly transformed into the preeminent live-work-play destination in Raleigh,” says Ryan Clutter, senior managing director with JLL. “About half of the residents have …