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Meridian at the Port

MOBILE, ALA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Meridian at the Port, a 267-unit apartment community located in downtown Mobile. Jimmy Adams and Craig Hey of Cushman & Wakefield represented the Nashville-based seller, Bristol Mobile Partners LLC, in the transaction. Houston-based ApexOne acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Built in 2019, Meridian at the Port offers one- and two-bedroom floorplans ranging from 602 to 1,308 square feet. Unit features include in-unit washers and dryers, granite countertops, walk-in closets and hardwood floors. Community amenities include a fitness center, saltwater swimming pool, pet spa, bark park, rooftop lounge, outdoor fireplace with kitchen, clubhouse, billiard and media room and a resident lounge. The property was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. Located at 300 N. Water St., the property is situated within walking distance of downtown Mobile and about 10.8 miles from the University of Mobile.

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Halifax

SOUTH DAYTONA, FLA. — The Klotz Group of Cos., a Jacksonville, Fla.-based private equity real estate investment platform, plans to develop the Halifax Riverfront Residences & Marina, an $85 million mixed-use multifamily and marina project in South Daytona. Klotz, in partnership with KABR, purchased the site in September 2020 for $1.6 million and immediately began working with the City of South Daytona to review and approve the project. The partnership expects to break ground in late 2022, and construction is expected to take about 24 months. Located at 2941 S. Ridgewood Ave., the Halifax Riverfront Residences & Marina will include 330 residential units, more than 15,000 square feet of commercial space and 145 boat slips. The project will have dockside restaurants and a tiki bar.

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Mosby at Riverlights

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Middleburg Communities, a Vienna, Va.-based multifamily development, investment, construction and management company, has completed the disposition of Mosby at Riverlights, a 250-unit, Class A apartment community in Wilmington. Boca Raton, Fla.-based RAS Realty Partners purchased the property for $63.8 million and plans to rebrand the property as Oasis at Riverlights. Developed and completed by Middleburg Communities earlier this month, Mosby at Riverlights features one-, two- and three-bedroom homes. Units feature granite countertops, hard-surface plank flooring, designer lighting and stainless steel appliances. Community amenities include a pool with outdoor cabanas, an 8,000-square-foot, two-level clubhouse with terraces and an outdoor kitchen with grilling areas. Located at 4027 Watercraft Ferry Ave., the property is situated 6.5 miles from downtown Wilmington, about 7.6 miles from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and approximately 6.4 miles from Wilmington Riverwalk.

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Riverwalk Center

JUPITER, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Riverwalk Center, a 35,324-square-foot, Class A office building located in Jupiter. ESJ Capital Partners sold the property for $12.3 million. Anthony Librizzi of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyer, an entity doing business as RJM Jupiter Riverwalk LLC, in the transaction. Librizzi will also oversee leasing at the property. Truist Wealth, a wealth management advisory firm, recently renewed a 10,930-square-foot lease at Riverwalk Center. Truist Wealth has been a tenant at the property since 2005. The new owner of the property will occupy the fifth floor. Located at 150 US Highway 1, Riverwalk Center sits within Jupiter Yacht Club, a master-planned, mixed-use development that includes five condominium buildings, a 23,150-square-foot retail and restaurant building and a protected marina. Built in 2003, the office property offers amenities such as garage parking.

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KENNESAW, GA. — TSB Realty has negotiated the sale of Bixby Kennesaw, a 656-bed student housing community located near the Kennesaw State University campus in Georgia, on behalf of Gilbane Development Co. TSB Capital Advisors helped to secure acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, an undisclosed joint venture partnership. Bixby Kennesaw offers a mix of studio, one-, two-, three-, four- and five-bedroom units. Community amenities include a heated saltwater swimming pool, outdoor courtyard with fire pits, 24-hour fitness center and a rooftop terrace overlooking the university’s football stadium.

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Lincoln Gardens

HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — FM Capital has arranged the $6.2 million financing of Lincoln Gardens Apartments, a 77-unit multifamily community in Hollywood. Sheridan Capital provided the loan, which was structured with an 80 percent loan-to-cost ratio and full-term interest-only payments. Noam Temchin of FM Capital arranged the financing for the borrower, Gelt Team. Located at 2711 Lincoln St., Lincoln Gardens is situated about 3.6 miles from Hollywood Beach, 7.6 miles from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and 10.5 miles from Fort Lauderdale. Built between 1952 and 1987, the property was 80 percent occupied at the time of financing. Community amenities include a pool, courtyard and parking.

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The calculus for which asset classes are likeliest to demonstrate strong growth continues to shift as the pandemic appears to be receding. Patterns in labor shortages, supply chain issues and material costs have managed to solidify through the third quarter of 2021. Lee & Associates’ newly released Q3 2021 North America Market Report dissects third-quarter 2021 industrial, office, retail and multifamily findings, with a focus on where demand is moving and the challenges facing each asset class. Lee & Associates has made the full market report available at this link (with further breakdowns of factors like vacancy rates, market rents, inventory square footage and cap rates by city). Below is a bird’s-eye overview of four commercial real estate asset classes as general categories, broken down to frame each through the trends and complications they faced up to the fourth quarter, according to Lee & Associates’ research.  Industrial: Q3 Posts More Record Demand Pandemic-fueled consumer spending drove up third-quarter demand for warehouse and distribution facilities that eclipsed previous records. And despite a nationwide surge in new construction, some metros can barely accommodate the pace of tenant expansion. Additionally, year-over-year rent growth is at a record 6.7 percent for the industrial property sector …

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CHEVY CHASE, MD. — Maryland-based investment firm FCP has acquired six multifamily properties totaling 1,975 units in the metro Atlanta area. The private investor purchased the assets across three separate transactions for a combined total of $287 million. The sellers in each of the transactions were not disclosed. In the first deal, FCP acquired ReNew Parc Shores, a 520-unit community in the northeastern suburb of Duluth, for $94.7 million. The company partnered with local operator Zevulon Capital on the purchase. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program and rebrand the property as Summit Station at Duluth. In the second transaction, FCP bought a portfolio of three communities that are located south of Atlanta and total 1,075 units for $107.3 million. The portfolio consists of Laurel Point, a 593-unit complex in Morrow; Bradford Ridge, a 262-unit community in Forest Park; and Ashwood Ridge, a 220-unit community in Jonesboro. In the final deal, the company purchased a two-property portfolio totaling 380 units in Peachtree City, also located on the southern outskirts of the state capital. ReNew Peachtree City and ReNew Braelinn total 198 and 182 units and will be rebranded as The Greens at Peachtree City and The Greens at …

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“Infill, redevelopment and reuse” are the mantras in the city of Richmond and even in some suburbs, where new construction continues to follow residential growth in nearly all the surrounding counties, with Chesterfield and Henrico being the most active. The municipalities themselves play key roles as well. Costs for land and construction continue to escalate, so creativity is key no matter what avenue pursued in the retail world. And like most of the United States, Richmond’s developers and property owners are getting creative to keep their centers relevant. Short Pump Town Center, Richmond’s darling mall that is owned by a partnership of Brookfield Properties, QIC and local developer Pruitt Cos., is not immune to closures and felt the pain when Nordstrom announced it was not reopening after shuttering the store during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, with the strength of the retail market in Short Pump, the mall and the surrounding market continue to perform. The Container Store and an expanded Arhaus backfilled a vacant hhgregg, and the mall has recently announced deals with Fabletics and Warby Parker. ShopCore Properties, which owns West Broad Village anchored by Whole Foods Market, REI and HomeGoods, struggled for years with vacancy …

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Legacy Place

PALM BEACH GARDENS, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Legacy Place, a 425,316-square-foot open-air shopping center in Palm Beach Gardens. A joint venture between Lone Star Funds and Woolbright Development purchased the property for $101.7 million. Casey Rosen and Dennis Carson of CBRE National Retail Partners in Florida represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Legacy Place was 72 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Barnes & Noble, Bassett Furniture, Best Buy, Ethan Allen, Michael’s, Nicklaus Children’s Hospital, Petco, The Container Store and Total Wine & More. Located at 11290 Legacy Ave., Legacy Place is situated near the Interstate 95 interchange and PGA Boulevard. The property is also situated about 10.7 miles from West Palm Beach.

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