HAGERSTOWN, MD. — PCCP LLC and Panattoni Development Co. Inc. have partnered in a joint venture to acquire a 90-acre site in Hagerstown for the speculative development of Creekside Logistics Center. The project will be a fully entitled, 730,880-square-foot industrial warehouse building featuring 40-foot clear heights. Located at 16422 National Pike, the project is anticipated for completion in December. Located directly south of the Pennsylvania/Maryland border, Creekside Logistics Center sits just off Interstate 81 in an area in high demand from big box distribution tenants. The project will feature multi-modal infrastructure, low operating costs, a super-regional highway network, regional parcel and freight hubs and a concentration of third-party logistics (3PL) carriers. PCCP is a real estate finance and investment management firm focused on commercial real estate debt and equity investments. Panattoni Development is a privately held, full-service development company based in Irvine, Calif.
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SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Avison Young has facilitated the sale of a 587,720-square-foot industrial property located at 537 Omni Industrial Blvd. in Summerville. The building was constructed in 2018 and is fully leased to 3G Distribution Services, a third-party logistics (3PL) provider. The Class A facility is situated on a 43-acre site within the Omni Industrial Campus, a 221-acre business park situated 28 miles from the Port of Charleston. The industrial facility features LED light fixtures, ESFR sprinkler systems and 36-foot clear heights. The property includes 79 docks (expandable to 111), as well as 151 remote trailer stalls, heavy power and a fenced lot. Erik Foster and Mike Wilson of Avison Young represented the sellers, Clarius Partners LLC and Wanxiang America Real Estate Group, in the transaction. Foster and Wilson also raised development equity on Clarius’ behalf in order to commence the project. The buyer was an institutional real estate venture capital firm, and the sales price was not disclosed. Clarius Partners is a full-service real estate investment and development company with offices in Chicago and Scottsdale, Ariz. Wanxiang America Real Estate Group is a Chicago-based real estate investment firm.
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the $10 million sale of a 28,434-square-foot, multi-tenant medical office building located at 3401 Village Drive in Fayetteville. Stan Johnson’s Scott Briggs represented the seller, an individual investor and developer based in North Carolina. The property, known as Village Medical Plaza, was purchased by an out-of-state private fund whose name was not disclosed. Village Medical Plaza features both medical and traditional office space and is fully leased to three tenants: the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for an initial 15-year term, the State of North Carolina Department of Revenue for an initial 10-year term and Piedmont Physical Therapy Specialists for an initial term of seven years. The three-story property was built in 2017 and sits on 1.3 acres in a medical and office district immediately adjacent to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, a 200-bed acute care facility that treats more than 1 million patients annually.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Alexandria Housing Development Corp. (AHDC) has partnered with local homeless shelter Carpenter’s Shelter for The Bloom at Braddock and Carpenter’s Shelter, a hybrid affordable housing community and homeless shelter in Alexandria. The project is a redevelopment of the former 17,000-square-foot Carpenter’s Shelter, which provides support and accommodations to people who are experiencing homelessness. The Bloom at Braddock has 97 low-income tax credit housing (LIHTC) units. Carpenter’s Shelter partnered with architectural firm Cooper Carry’s Alexandria office to complete the project. The redevelopment of Carpenter’s Shelter transformed the shelter, previously housed in a two-story building originally designed for the Department of Motor Vehicles, into a new, 163,000-square-foot building that supports both organizations’ missions under the same roof. The hybrid design features the build-to-suit homeless shelter and an apartment community that features a community room, multiple outdoor spaces and a 1,600-square-foot community produce garden. The two housing facilities share several amenities, including a level of underground parking and a playground. Carpenter’s Shelter has a new entrance to welcome residents seeking temporary housing for an average shelter stay of two to four months. A separate entrance to David’s Place at Carpenter’s Shelter provides access to shower facilities, laundry and lockers for …
SPRINGDALE, ARK. — CBRE has arranged a $30.1 million sale-leaseback of 13 freestanding grocery stores leased to Harps Foods Stores Inc. totaling 459,525 square feet in Arkansas and Missouri. Harps sold the portfolio to New Jersey-based Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc. Will Lightfoot, Jason Little, David Erstine and Hunter Groce of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Since 2015, CBRE assisted Harps in sale-leaseback transactions totaling $110 million. All 13 properties were sold subject to new, long-term net leases with Harps and will continue to operate under Harps-operated brands, including Harps Food Stores and 10Box. The sale will not affect store operations in any way. Harp’s Food Stores Inc., based in Springdale, is a chain of 113 supermarkets located across Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas. In 2001, the company did a leveraged buy-out with the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) purchasing outstanding stock from the family and management. Harps is the largest employee-owned company headquartered in Arkansas and the 20th largest in the United States.
TAMPA, FLA. — A joint venture between Birtcher Anderson & Davis and Belay Investment Group has purchased Sunstate Business Park in Tampa for $17.1 million. The property’s eight buildings total 180,323 square feet of flex and industrial space and are located at the intersection of West Waters Avenue and Sunstate Street, two miles from Tampa International Airport. Ryan Vaught, Robyn Hurrell and Nathan Lynch of Colliers International represented the seller, Indianapolis-based Citimark. The buyer was self-represented. At the time of the sale, Sunstate Business Park was 91.1 percent leased to 26 tenants, including Freedom Scientific Inc., Cooper Speed, Calta’s Fitness Center and American Technologies Group. The property recently underwent capital improvements to refresh signage, landscaping and exterior paint. Having sold off over 1 million square feet in Tampa-based assets over the past two years, Sunstate Business Park is currently the only property Birtcher Anderson & Davis owns in the Tampa Bay market.
BABCOCK RANCH, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has secured construction financing for the development of Crescent B Commons, an 82,640-square-foot, Publix-anchored neighborhood shopping center in Babcock Ranch, a new town situated northeast of Fort Myers. Tarik Bateh and Jennifer Swanson of JLL arranged the loan through Ameris Bank on behalf of the developer, Kitson & Partners. Construction on Crescent B Commons began in August 2020 and is slated to be completed in summer 2021. The Publix is set to open shortly after. Crescent B Commons will be located in the front of Babcock Ranch, a Kitson & Partners’ planned community that is self-described as the United States’ first solar-powered town.
STERLING, VA. — Combined Properties has signed three new tenants, including two anchor leases, at Sugarland Crossing shopping center in Sterling. The three tenants are JOANN Fabrics and Crafts, Lidl and Tropical Smoothie Café. Sugarland Crossing is located at the intersection of Route 7 and Community Plaza in Sterling, about 30 miles west of Washington, D.C. JOANN Fabrics and Crafts, a Hudson, Ohio-based fabric and crafts retailer, will open in a 35,000-square-foot space previously occupied by Home Vivant Furniture. Lidl, the Germany-based discount grocery chain, is signed on to replace the former Shoppers Food Warehouse as the grocery anchor in a 26,114-square-foot store this spring. Tropical Smoothie Café, a quick-service chain offering sandwiches, wraps, salads and flatbreads, is also scheduled to open in the spring. Sugarland Crossing is a 256,500-square-foot center in Loudoun County. Other tenants include Party City, Patient First, Club Pilates, FedEx Office, Firehouse Subs, Chipotle Mexican Grill, PHOrever, Chick-fil-A and Dunkin’. Combined Properties is a Washington, D.C.-based private real estate company specializing in retail, multifamily and mixed-use.
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Walker & Dunlop: Single-Family Rental and Build-for-Rent in High Demand
A number of factors are driving an increase in demand for single-family rental assets. Declines in home ownership rates, increasing demand/short supply for multifamily options and baby boomer renting preferences have made renting these single-family properties an increasingly popular choice. Meanwhile, COVID-19 spurred increases in teleworking that created a desire for additional space in the home and allowed more people to move to suburban locations — accelerating demand for single-family rental properties. Seeing the growing demand and increasing rents in the single-family rental (SFR) and build-for-rent (BFR) sector, Walker & Dunlop has created a new team — Walker & Dunlop SFR & BFR Practice Group — to provide investors information on construction, bridge lending, permanent financing, equity structuring and property sales, for a market estimated at $3.4 trillion (compared to $3.5 trillion for the multifamily market).1 Popularity, high occupancy and increasing rent rates have drawn the attention of larger investors to SFR and BFR assets, according to Kris Mikkelsen, executive vice president of investment sales with Walker & Dunlop. “Currently, larger investors make up less than 2 percent of the SFR market, which has been traditionally governed by individuals or small-scale parties. But that number will increase as investors recognize …
NorthMarq has added a multifamily investment sales team to its Charlotte and Raleigh, N.C., offices. The new team, which consists of Andrea Howard, Jeff Glenn, John Currin, Allan Lynch and Caylor Mark, all formerly of JLL, brings NorthMarq’s investment sales locations to 18. This addition also allows NorthMarq to expand its visibility, Carolinas coverage and service offerings to clients as the firm sets its sights on high-growth markets. Trevor Koskovich, NorthMarq’s president of investment sales, sat down with Finance Insight to discuss the multifamily investment sales market and his new five-person team. Finance Insight: What does this new team and location add to the NorthMarq platform and breadth of services? Koskovich: The new Raleigh and Charlotte locations allow NorthMarq to be in lower-regulation, high-growth U.S. regions. From an investment sales perspective, we’re really targeting high-growth markets for population movement and investment sales transaction volume. Raleigh and Charlotte continue to be part of this conversation, and we’re super excited about our new team’s ability to service those markets. This new team will help us drive more business through the Southeast and in overlapping markets, including Nashville, Chattanooga and north Florida. These team members are an integral part of our growth platform, …