ARLINGTON, VA. — JLL has negotiated the $80.1 million sale of Siena Park, a 188-unit apartment community located in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Arlington. The price equates to approximately $426,000 per unit. The property, which is located near multiple public transit stations and shopping and dining destinations, also houses 33,602 square feet of retail and 17,373 square feet of office space. Residential units feature studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans and have an average size of 844 square feet. Units are also furnished with stainless steel appliances, contemporary cabinetry, granite countertops, kitchen islands and built-in bookshelves. Communal amenities include a fitness center and weight room, game room with billiards, clubhouse, outdoor pool, rooftop deck, coffee bar and cybercafé. Walter Coker, Brian Crivella, Robert Jenkins and Bill Gribbin of JLL represented the seller, Zurich Alternative Management, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed. — Taylor Williams
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FORT MYERS, FLA. — Westside Capital Group, a Miami-based real estate investment firm, has purchased Oasis Grand II, a 32-story residential tower located in downtown Fort Myers. Westside acquired the property in an off-market transaction for $71 million, or approximately $268,000 per unit. Geosam, a Canadian-based developer, was the seller. Originally built by Related Group as a condominium in 2008, the Oasis Grand II features studio, one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 629 square feet to 1,700 square feet. The property also includes several two-story, three-bedroom waterfront townhomes with up to 1,800 square feet of space. Located at 3040 Oasis Grand Blvd., the property is situated on a 1.3-acre site along the Caloosahatchee River. The tower was 98 percent occupied at the time of the sale. Westside Capital will invest in improvements to the property, including enhancements to amenities, common areas and individual apartments. Community amenities include gated-entry; a fitness center; clubhouse and social lounge with wet bar, TV and Wi-Fi; a private boat launch ramp; gated pet run; library; a pool deck with poolside cabanas and lounges; private barbecue and picnic areas; and men’s and women’s spa facilities with saunas and showers. As part of the purchase, Westside Capital …
HIALEAH AND TAMPA, FLA. — Washington, D.C.-based Phillips Realty Capital has secured a $57.5 million bridge loan for HighBrook Investors, which is acquiring and repositioning a four-property, 740,400-square-foot industrial portfolio located near Miami and in Tampa. The portfolio includes three buildings in metro Miami and one in Tampa. The metro Miami properties were delivered between 1959 and 1968, and the Tampa warehouse was built in 1987. The Miami-area properties include three industrial warehouses totaling 306,000 square feet. These properties are located at 3455 NW 54th St., 5400 NW 32nd Court and 5530 NW 32nd Court in Hialeah, which is two miles northeast of Miami International Airport and less than six miles northwest of downtown Miami and Port of Miami. Building amenities include reinforced concrete buildings on approximately 10.9 total acres of land with onsite access to a CSX freight rail line. Located at 6708 Harney Road in the East Tampa submarket, the fourth property is a 434,000-square-foot warehouse situated one mile northwest of Interstate 4, six miles northeast of downtown Tampa and eight miles east of Tampa International Airport. The property is located within three miles of two new Amazon fulfillment centers. Additionally, the property includes 13.2 acres of vacant …
MIAMI — CIM Group and Miami Worldcenter Associates have broken ground on the 78,000-square-foot “Jewel Box” building, one of the last retail components within the $4 billion Miami Worldcenter project. Slated for completion in the second quarter of 2022, the Jewel Box building will feature two levels of retail space. The property will also include a rooftop overlooking the development’s World Square, a 20,000-square-foot public plaza and park. Located at 150 NE Eighth Street, the Jewel Box is situated directly west of the upcoming citizenM boutique hotel and north of apartment tower known as Bezel at Miami Worldcenter. Miami Worldcenter is a 27-acre, master-planned mixed-use project in downtown Miami. More than 150,000 square feet of retail space at Miami Worldcenter has already been completed, with another 130,000 square feet currently under construction and nearing delivery.
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — JLL has arranged the $24.9 million sale of Mallory Corners, an Aldi-anchored, 70,000-square-foot shopping center in the Nashville suburb of Brentwood. Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan and Taylor Callaway of JLL represented the seller, Longpoint Realty Partners, a Boston-based real estate private equity firm. Pine Tree, a Chicago-based retail specialized real estate company, represented the buyer, a state pension fund. Located on 6.5 acres at 1701 Mallory Lane, Mallory Corners is situated 16 miles from downtown Nashville. Built in 1995 and acquired by Longpoint Realty Partners in 2018, Mallory Corners is a fully leased center with a variety of tenants, including Barnes & Noble, Play it Again Sports, AAA, Hoover Paint Store and Brilliant Sky Toys & Books. The property is shadow anchored by Costco.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The National Multifamily Housing Council (NMHC) has publicly shown support of the Supreme Court’s decision to end the nationwide eviction moratorium. In a statement released this morning, NMHC detailed its support of a short-term ban to evictions during the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, but it does not believe a long-term ban on evictions is going to help sustain the economy. At the beginning of August, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had extended the eviction ban once again to end on Oct 3. On Thursday, Aug. 26, The Supreme Court voted 6-3 to end the pandemic-related federal eviction ban. The Supreme Court ruled that the CDC had overstepped its authority, and Congress must be the one to implement any future eviction ban. During the onset of the pandemic, NMHC convinced Congress to create a federal rental assistance program to prevent a housing crisis, and so Congress created the Emergency Rental Assistance Program. The program, plus the rest of the $4 trillion of economic relief provided by the government, helped residents to pay their rent. About 80.2 percent of apartment renters made a full or partial rent payment by Aug. 6, according to NMHC’s latest Rent …
ATLANTA — The beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic made everyone question the future, and for investors and owners in the seniors housing business sector, things were rocky. The National Investment Center for Seniors Housing and Care reported the occupancy rate in seniors housing facilities decreased 680 basis points in 2020 to record lows. In 2021, there has been a renewed confidence in the economy as people return to working in an office and many Americans have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Additionally, occupancy rates in seniors housing properties have continued to rise. Now that things seem to be getting marginally better, the question many investors may be asking themselves is if they should buy, sell or hold assets in the current market? At the InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference in Atlanta, Ga. on Wednesday, Aug. 18, a group of industry-related leaders discussed the tips and tricks to survive in today’s market, as well as their predictions for the seniors housing sector in the future, during the “Investment Panel.” In a discussion lead by Marcus Van Ameringen, vice president of business development at 12 Oaks Senior Living, many of the investors in the panel mentioned the importance of making deals with …
WOODBRIDGE, VA. — Finmarc Management Inc. has sold a 14-building industrial portfolio in Woodbridge for $104.2 million. The buyer was a joint venture between Stockbridge Capital Group and Rosenthal Properties. Gerry Trainor, Caulley Derringer and Jim Cardellichio of Transwestern represented Finmarc in the transaction, and Joe Hoffman of Kelley Drye & Warren provided legal services to the Bethesda, Md.-based firm. The portfolio, which is located within Featherstone Industrial Park, includes nearly 740,000 square feet of warehouse and industrial space. The portfolio was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Coleman Worldwide Moving, Foundation Building Materials, General Services Administration and Joe Moholland Moving. Featherstone Industrial Park is located adjacent to Jefferson Davis Highway, two miles from Interstate 95, 25 miles from Washington, D.C. and 30 miles from Dulles International Airport. The properties were part of a larger 16-building portfolio acquired by Finmarc in 2017.
NAVARRE, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has secured $48.9 million in construction financing on behalf of Atlanta-based Branch Properties LLC for Elevate Navarre Beach, a 332-unit apartment community located in Navarre. Michael Ryan, Brian Linnihan, Richard Henry and Taylor Crowder of Cushman & Wakefield secured the five-year, floating-rate loan through IberiaBank. Elevate Navarre Beach will include 11 three-story residential buildings offering one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with an average unit size of 894 square feet. Community amenities will include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling stations with private cabanas, dog park and spa and car care center. The property is slated to break ground before the end of the year, and construction is expected to be complete by late 2023. Located at 8250 Naverre Parkway, the property will be adjacent to Paradise Shoppes of Navarre, a Publix-anchored neighborhood center offering retail, restaurants and entertainment space. Elevate Navarre Beach will be situated approximately 20 miles from Pensacola Beach and 41 miles from Santa Rosa Beach.
BUFORD, GA. — Hanley Investment Group has arranged the sale of Holland Point, a 68,187-square-foot, Publix-anchored neighborhood shopping center in Buford. Ed Hanley and Kevin Fryman of Hanley Investment Group, along with ParaSell Inc., represented the 1031 exchange buyer, a private investor based in Norco, Calif. Chris Decouflé, Kevin Hurley and Matt Karempelis of CBRE represented the seller, Atlanta-based Watkins Real Estate Group, which sold the property for $20.1 million. Located on a 16-acre site at 4108 Hamilton Mill Road, Holland Point was built in 2020 at the intersection of Hamilton Mill and Bogan roads near Interstate 985. Publix takes up 48,387 square feet at Holland Point and includes a drive-thru pharmacy. The fully leased property’s other tenants include Great Clips, Buford Smile Dental Care, Mathnasium of Buford, City Nail & Spa, Bravos Cantina Grill, Nagoya Restaurant, Johnny’s New York Style Pizza and Express Vets. Hanley Investment Group recently worked with the buyer to acquire two other grocery-anchored shopping centers in the Atlanta metro area, including Alpharetta Commons, a 94,500-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center in Alpharetta, and Cofer Crossing, a 136,139-square-foot shopping center anchored by Kroger and HomeGoods in Tucker.