ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Tricera Capital has acquired a ground-floor retail space at Related Group’s recently completed ICON Central, a mixed-use development in St. Petersburg. The transaction totaled $11.1 million and included the adjoining Union Trust Bank building. In total, the ground-floor retail space and historic bank building span nearly 35,000 square feet of rentable space. Related Group was the seller. Currently, about 7,000 square feet of the retail space is leased to BurgerFi and Watts Dental, which are open now. Related Group constructed the 368-unit ICON Central on an entire city block along Central Avenue. As part of its redevelopment, Related renovated the bank building, which was originally constructed in 1926, for commercial use. Scott Wadler and Alec Fox of Berkadia arranged $9.9 million in acquisition financing on behalf of Tricera. Money360 provided the financing.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) reports in a survey of apartment owners and managers that 100 percent of respondents worked with their residents struggling to pay rent during the COVID-19 pandemic. The NMHC Pulse Survey on Eviction Mitigation Practices surveyed 74 multifamily owners and managers. The NMHC report comes out days before July 31 when the U.S. government’s nationwide ban of evictions ends. This ban was extended from when it was originally planned to expire on June 30. Additionally, the U.S. government rolled out two COVID-19 relief bills that gave out a total of approximately $46 billion in rent relief, including the $21.6 billion in emergency rental assistance through the American Rescue Plan. The report also showed that 100 percent of apartment owners and managers assisted renters by giving out payment plans. Other ways landlords assisted were deferred payments, waiving late fees and extended, shortened or other changes to lease terms. About 95 percent of apartment owners said they increased cleaning and sanitation as well to help their renters during the pandemic, and about 86 percent said they connected residents with food banks, charities and other local support resources. The NMHC encourages apartment owners to take …
LOS ANGELES — Haven Realty Capital, a Los Angeles-based single-family rental investor, has acquired three communities in the Southeast to add to its institutional single-family rental and build-to-rent portfolio. The housing developments are currently under construction and are located in metro Atlanta and in Charlotte. The two separate transactions totaled $80 million, and the sellers were not disclosed. The first metro Atlanta community, Stapleton Park, is located at 150 John Wesley Way in McDonough and will include 76 homes. The property will have three- and four-bedroom floorplans ranging in size from 1,916 to 2,655 square feet. The other property, Rosemary Park at Sugarloaf, is located at 819 Sugarloaf Parkway in Lawrenceville and will include 78 three-bedroom and two-and-a-half bedroom townhomes. Ranging in size from 1,559 to 1,804 square feet, each home in Rosemary Park will feature granite countertops, hard surface flooring, new stainless-steel appliances and private backyard. In a separate transaction, Haven Realty closed on the first phase of Queen City Townes, a 106-unit rental townhome community in Charlotte’s South End. The two- and three-bedroom townhomes range in size from 1,370 to 1,599 square feet. Located at 4928 Old Pineville Road, the community is situated 0.2 miles from the Woodlawn …
HORN LAKE, MISS. — JLL has brokered the sale of DeSoto A2, a 328,355-square-foot bulk distribution facility in Horn Lake. The facility is triple-net-leased to Toshiba, a Tokyo-based computer and electronics retailer company. Dennis Mitchell, Matt Wirth, Britton Burdette, Jim Freeman, Mitchell Townsend and Jack Wohrman of JLL represented the seller, Preylock Holdings, in the transaction. Bixby Land Co. purchased the property for an undisclosed price. DeSoto A2 is part of DeSoto 55 Logistics Center, a business center developed in 2020 by Atlanta-based Core5 Industrial Partners. The single-tenant building features 36-foot clear heights, ESFR fire protection, a TPO roof, auto and trailer parking and dock-high doors with view windows. The facility is located at 1453 Commerce Parkway in a suburb less than 20 miles south of downtown Memphis. The infill location is just off Interstate 55, about 10 miles from Memphis International Airport. Additionally, the property has unparalleled regional access along with proximity to multiple intermodal facilities, including Canadian National Harrison Yard, BNSF Railway and Norfolk Southern.
ATLANTA AND DALLAS — Atlanta-based PulteGroup Inc. and Dallas-based Invitation Homes have formed a joint venture to build and lease new single-family rental homes. PulteGroup expects to design and build approximately 7,500 new homes over the next five years specifically for sale to Invitation Homes for inclusion in its single-family rental leasing portfolio. The companies have already agreed on the construction and sale of over 1,000 homes across seven communities over the next several years, with the first sales expected to close in 2022. Initial projects are scheduled for delivery in growth markets such as Florida, Georgia, Southern California, North Carolina and Texas. PulteGroup Inc. is a homebuilding company with operations in more than 40 markets throughout the country. Invitation Homes is a single-family home leasing and management company.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Lodging Partners LLC has arranged the sale of Quality Inn & Suites Myrtle Beach, a 65-room hotel. Lodging Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. The eight-story hotel sold to a regional owner and operator of select-service hotels. The property is located directly across the street from the Atlantic Ocean and 6.7 miles from Family Kingdom Amusement Park and Splashes Water Park and 7.5 miles from the Myrtle Beach Boardwalk. Quality Inn & Suites Myrtle Beach is the 20th hotel deal that Lodging Partners has been involved with in the Myrtle Beach market. Other recent sales completed in 2021 by Lodging Partners include the sale of three mid-market extended-stay hotels: the Affordable Corporate Suites located in Concord, Statesville and Kannapolis, N.C. Lodging Partners is a specialized hotel brokerage and advisory firm focused on the sale of select-service hospitality investment properties on behalf of institutional and private investors throughout the United States.
LEXINGTON, KY. — SVN | Stone Commercial Real Estate has brokered the $17.4 million sale of Mist Lake Plaza, a 217,292-square-foot shopping center in Lexington. Matt Stone, Justin Ryder and Nathan Dilly of SVN | Stone represented the seller, DF Lexington Properties LLC. Jim Powell of The Gibson Co. represented the buyer, S & P Holdings LLC. The center will be the future home of Lexington Motorsports, a motorcycle dealer in Kentucky. Mist Lake Plaza is located near Man O’ War Boulevard, Saint Joseph East Hospital and Hamburg Pavilion. The City Council of Lexington approved the lifting of a deed restriction that would allow Lexington Motorsports to operate on the site. Lexington Motorsports will occupy about 125,442 square feet of the facility. Built in 1992, Mist Lake Plaza is 89 percent occupied. The other tenants at the property include Nay’s Hair Braiding, Gabe’s, Hibbett Sports, Texas Roadhouse, Check Advance, H&R Block, Pro Nail Salon and Rent-A-Center.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Office Properties Income Trust has broken ground on a redevelopment of a Class B office building located at 20 Massachusetts Ave. NW in Washington, D.C. The project will expand and reimagine the seven-story, 340,119-square-foot building to a 10-story, 427,000-square-foot property. The project, named 20 Mass, is expected to be completed in early 2023 and is predicted to cost approximately $200 million. Designed by Leo A. Daily Architects, 20 Mass will include 184,000 square feet of Class A office space on the top four floors with 45,000-square-foot floor plates, 14,000 square feet of retail space, a 271-room Royal Sonesta Hotel and a fitness club. Property amenities will include a vegetated green roof and a conference center. 20 Mass will feature touchless systems and will have WELL and LEED certifications. Located in D.C.’s Capitol Hill neighborhood, 20 Mass is adjacent to Union Station, a regional transit hub, and Capital One Arena, home stadium of the Washington Wizards basketball club and Washington Capitals ice hockey team. The property is also close to neighborhoods such as Chinatown, Penn Quarter and the Mount Vernon Triangle. Office Properties Income Trust is a REIT managed by the operating subsidiary of The RMR Group Inc., …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CP Group has purchased Harris Corners, a 370,000-square-foot office campus located at 9115 Harris Corners Parkway in Charlotte. CP Group and Siguler Guff, a private equity investment firm based in New York, purchased the property in a joint venture. The sales price and seller were not disclosed. Built between 2000 and 2006, Harris Corners includes two five-story buildings and one four-story building. Property amenities include a conference facility, tenant lounge with a café, fitness center, food truck program and a central courtyard. The property is also home to a newly constructed Courtyard/Residence Inn. Harris Corners is located 14.7 miles north of the Charlotte Douglas International Airport. Following the acquisition, CP Group will renovate the common areas and amenities while implementing its Class A management and tenant service programs. Formerly known as Crocker Partners, CP Group is a Boca Raton, Fla.-based owner-operator and developer of commercial real estate.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — EverWest Real Estate Investors has purchased The Mint, a 178-unit multifamily community in Uptown Charlotte. EverWest purchased The Mint from Spectrum Cos. Allan Lynch and Caylor Mark of NorthMarq represented Spectrum Cos. in the transaction. The sales price was $64.1 million. Located 425 W. Trade St., The Mint totals seven stories and 161,723 square feet. The property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments with an average unit size of 909 square feet. Delivered in 2015, The Mint features a brick, stone and stucco façade. Community amenities include a fitness center, Zen courtyard, swimming pool, resident clubhouse, sky lounge and dog run. Denver-based EverWest plans to upgrade the property’s unit interiors, amenity spaces and exteriors. The plan includes modernization of all amenity spaces and an upgrade of unit interiors with new plank flooring, updated kitchen and bathroom cabinets, designer lighting and hardware fixtures and a full technology package.