WINTER PARK, FLA. — Watercrest Senior Living Group and Titan Development Real Estate Fund I have opened Watercrest Winter Park Assisted Living and Memory Care, a 107-unit seniors housing community in Winter Park. Watercrest Winter Park features 75 assisted living and 32 memory care apartments. The property is located at 1501 Glendon Parkway, seven miles north of downtown Orlando. This is the second senior living development partnership between Watercrest and Titan Development. Titan Development Real Estate Fund I is a $200 million private equity real estate fund established in 2017 to raise and invest equity in approximately $600 million of Titan Development’s investment opportunities.
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OAK ISLAND, N.C. — Halpern Enterprises has delivered Oak Island Market Place, a 35,800-square-foot, Publix-anchored property in Oak Island. Publix occupies 28,800 square feet. The remaining restaurant and retail space is available for lease. The property is situated at 5001 E. Oak Island Drive, 36 miles south of downtown Wilmington. This is the ninth shopping center Halpern has developed or redeveloped with a Publix anchor and the fourth in North Carolina.
DURHAM, N.C. — Grail Inc. will invest $100 million at a new laboratory facility in Durham’s Research Triangle Park, a project that is expected to create about 400 new jobs. Menlo Park, Calif.-based Grail will be able to detect more than 50 types of cancer from a single blood sample at the facility. The average salary at the cancer center will be in line with Durham’s average household income of $71,756 per year, according to North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper. Over the course of 12 years, the project is estimated to grow the state’s economy by $1.2 billion. The North Carolina Economic Investment Committee approved a Job Development Investment grant, which authorizes the potential reimbursement of $5.2 million to Grail if the company meets specific job creation measures and investment targets. This will mark Grail’s first production lab outside of California. Jay Phillips, Wayne Kumagai, Ben Stern and Doug Brock of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented Grail in the land transaction. Alan Reeves, Joe Gioino, Ramya Sannananjegowda and Bob Hess, also of NKF, advised the buyer on the site selection. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.
HIALEAH GARDENS, FLA. — Easton Group will develop a 266,000-square-foot warehouse in Hialeah Gardens near Miami. An affiliate of Easton acquired an 8.5-acre site for $8.2 million. In September, a different Easton affiliate bought an adjacent 8.5-acre site for $5.6 million. Easton will develop the 266,000-square-foot property across the entire 17-acre site, which is located on NW 107th Street near the Florida Turnpike. The facility will feature 32-foot clear heights and 75 trailer parking spaces. Construction is expected to start in the first quarter of 2021, and leasing efforts are already underway. Ware Malcomb designed the property. Dalton Easton internally represented the buyer in both land transactions. The seller(s) was not disclosed.
ELKRIDGE, MD. — KeyBank has provided a $66.7 million Freddie Mac refinancing loan for Verde at Howard Square, a 344-unit multifamily community in Elkridge. The 16-year loan features 10 years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. The property, which was built in 2019, comprises eight four-story buildings spanning 20 acres. Communal amenities include covered parking, a business center, clubhouse, fitness center, pool, lounge deck, game room and a dog-washing room. Dirk Falardeau of KeyBank originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Atapco Properties.
Transwestern Investment Group Acquires 238,533 SF Industrial Property in Metro Atlanta
by Alex Tostado
FAIRBURN, GA. — Transwestern Investment Group has acquired Bohannon Logistics Center, a 238,533-square-foot industrial building in Fairburn. The seller, DHL Supply Chain, delivered the asset earlier this year. The property is situated at 5002 Bohannon Road, 13 miles southwest of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and 22 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta. The building features 47 dock doors, 32-foot clear heights, 130 auto parking spaces, 54 trailer parking spaces and a 185-foot concrete truck court. Transwestern Real Estate Services will provide property management services. Reed Davis and Bob Currie of JLL are handling leasing efforts. Mike Chambers and Bill Kee of NAI Brannen Goddard represented the seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
DAVENPORT, FLA. — JLL has provided a $32.3 million loan through Freddie Mac for the refinancing of Lake House, a 240-unit apartment complex in Davenport. HFF, a JLL company and Freddie Mac Optigo lender, will service the 10-year, floating-rate loan. Lake House offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a clubhouse, fishing lake, tennis court, outdoor grill area, pool, fitness center, storage space and a car wash area. The asset is situated at 200 Village Blvd., 29 miles south of downtown Orlando. Mona Carlton, Elliott Throne, Jesse Wright, Amit Kakar and Michael DiCosimo of JLL originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Beachwold Residential.
Aligned Energy Breaks Ground on 513,000 SF Data Center Extension in Northern Virginia
by Alex Tostado
ASHBURN, VA. — Aligned Energy has broken ground on a 513,000-square-foot extension of its hyperscale data center in Ashburn. Phase I, which was completed in 2019, comprises 370,000 square feet and has a 60-megawatt capacity. Upon completion of Phase II, the data center’s capacity will double to have 120-megawatt capacity. Upon full buildout, the data center will have 180-megawatt capacity and span 1 million square feet. Aligned Energy expects to deliver Phase II by the end of 2020. The facility is located at 21890 Uunet Drive, 30 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. The colocation property offers access to more than 50 carriers in the region. Plano, Texas-based Aligned Energy has data centers in Ashburn, Phoenix, Dallas and Salt Lake City that offer innovative, sustainable and adaptable colocation and build-to-scale solutions for cloud, enterprise, and managed service providers.
Regency Centers Collects 58 Percent of May Rent Checks, Down from 68 Percent in April
by Alex Tostado
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Regency Centers Corp. reported that it collected 58 percent of base rent from its tenants in May. The Jacksonville-based company released the data during its June 2020 presentation, which also reported that Regency collected 68 percent of base rent in April. The presentation broke its tenants down by category. Of the essential retailers, which includes grocers, drugstores, mass merchandisers, banks, pet stores, office supplies and medical tenants, 92 percent were able to pay May rent. Essential, quick-service restaurants paid rent at a 48 percent clip, while 31 percent of essential, full-service restaurants paid May rent. Additionally, other tenants in Regency’s portfolio, including soft goods, personal service providers and fitness centers, paid at a 28 percent rate. In April, every rent rate by category was higher than May. Regency said that as of May 31, approximately 75 percent of its tenants were open for business across the 408-property portfolio.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Westside Capital Group has purchased The Residences at Veranda Park, a 150-unit multifamily community in Orlando, for $45 million. The five-story building was built in 2008. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,239 square feet. Communal amenities include two fitness centers, two spas, a clubhouse, 482 parking spots and 48,385 square feet of commercial leasable space on the ground floor. Westside Capital aims to update common areas and perform targeted management initiatives. Evan Kristol, Jason Hague and Duane Anderson of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed. Additionally, Charles Foschini of Berkadia originated a $31.5 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer.