BUFORD, GA. — Allied Esports, a global esports entertainment company, and Simon Property Group Inc., a REIT and shopping mall operator, have announced that Mall of Georgia in Buford will be the location for the companies’ first dedicated esports venue. The two-level, 13,000-square-foot facility will be a gaming and esports destination. The venue will feature regular amateur and professional esports tournaments and events spanning a variety of games and genres. The location, which will have full broadcast and streaming production capabilities, will also offer PCs and consoles for daily use, full food and beverage options and experiential retail. The redevelopment of the current retail space is expected to begin in the second quarter of 2020, with an opening of the venue anticipated in the second half of the year. Mall of Georgia, the largest shopping destination in the Southeast, features more than 200 shops, a dining pavilion and movie theater. Allied Esports and Simon announced a strategic alliance in June 2019. The two companies plan to open dedicated esports venues at Simon centers around the country and create a co-produced national amateur esports tournament — the Simon Cup — featuring online competition and in-person events at Simon locations.
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DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $10.9 million sale of Speedway Village, a three-building, 28,075-square-foot retail center located directly across the street from Daytona International Speedway. The center was fully occupied at the time of sale to tenants including Verizon Wireless, Jimmy John’s, FedEx Office, The Vitamin Shoppe, Eyeglass World and Smashburger. The seller, Evans Speedway LLC, developed the property in 2008. The buyers, Ty and Tovah Lohman, represented themselves. Kevin Yaryan, Patrick Luther and Matthew Mousavi of SRS represented the seller in the transaction.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has purchased two parcels totaling over 7.6 acres in Charlotte from Raleigh-based Cherokee Fund that will house a five-story, office building. The project will be part of LoSo Station, a mixed-use development in Charlotte’s Lower South End (LoSo) neighborhood. Beacon’s office development will encompass 80,000 square feet of office and retail space, with an expected move-in date of 2021. The design team for the office building includes RBA Architects and landscape architect LandDesign. Beacon’s Kristy Venning is overseeing leasing. The 15-acre LoSo Station is master-planned to include over 1 million square feet of office and retail space, a hotel and 350 multifamily units to be developed by Crescent Communities. LoSo Station is located directly across from the Scaleybark Lynx Station and is situated on the Charlotte Rail Trail, a 3.5-mile public path. The master plan for LoSo Station incorporates rooftop entertainment, meeting space, outdoor retail plazas and athletic fields.
Gables Residential Opens Transit-Oriented Apartment Community in Arlington, Virginia
by Alex Tostado
ARLINGTON, VA. — Gables Residential has opened Gables Pointe 14, a 370-unit apartment community in the Fort Myer Heights neighborhood of Arlington. KTGY Architecture + Planning designed the LEED Silver-certified complex, which features Art Deco elements. Located at 1351 N. Rolfe St. near Route 50, the development comprises a six-story mid-rise building and a 12-story high-rise building. The urban-infill development is located on a 2.2-acre, triangular-shaped site that is within walking distance to the Court House and Rosslyn Metro stations. The complex offers studios, one-, two and three-bedroom apartment homes, as well as townhomes. Amenities include a 24-hour work center with a business bar and conference rooms, subterranean parking, fitness center featuring on-demand classes, bike storage and repair station, a resident lounge with free Wi-Fi, theater room, dog wash station and concierge services. Gables Pointe 14 also has a private outdoor courtyard and a rooftop pool and lounge.
MAITLAND, FLA. — Berkadia has secured $68.5 million in acquisition financing for Town Trelago, a recently completed, 350-unit multifamily property in Maitland, a suburb seven miles north of Orlando. J. Tyler Blue, Ted Hermes, Nick Nicholson and Jonathan Pratt of Berkadia’s metro D.C. office secured the financing on behalf of the borrower, McLean, Va.-based Kettler Inc. An unnamed life company provided the 10-year, fixed-rate loan that features interest-only payments for half of the loan’s term. Located at 601 Trelago Way, Town Trelago features studio through three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a pool, Jacuzzi, fitness center, game room, business center, clubhouse, assigned parking and an outdoor grilling area. Residents have nearby access to Interstate 4 and Lake Maitland.
ORLANDO, FLA. — JLL has arranged the $50.4 million sale of Resource Square One and Three, two fully occupied buildings in Orlando’s Central Florida Research Park. A joint venture between Crocker Partners LLC and PCCP LLC purchased the assets from TerraCap Management LLC. The JLL Capital Markets team led by Ike Ojala, Hermen Rodriguez, Robbie McEwan and Matt McCormack represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. JLL’s Maxx Carney and Reid Carleton worked on behalf of the buyers to secure a seven-year, floating-rate acquisition loan with Synovus Financial Corp. Totaling approximately 245,000 square feet, the buildings are located at 13501 Ingenuity Drive and 12001 Research Parkway, near University of Central Florida (UCF) and Fla. State Routes 50 and 408. Resource Square One is a three-story building constructed in 1999, and Resource Square Three is a five-story building delivered in 2003. As the largest office landlord in the state, this acquisition brings Crocker’s total assets under management in Central Florida to almost 1 million square feet.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Greenville-based Gordian has renewed its lease early and expanded its office space to 44,000 square feet at 30 Patewood Drive in Greenville. Colliers International’s Brantley Anderson and Taylor Allen represented the information technology and services company in the expansion. Gordian provides construction costs analytics, estimating information, pricing data and procurement software and services.
SHREVEPORT, LA. — Eldorado Resorts Inc. has agreed to sell the Eldorado Resort Casino Shreveport, located on the banks of the Red River in Shreveport in the northwest corner of Louisiana. Maverick Gaming LLC will purchase the asset for $230 million. The property features 400 hotel rooms, six restaurants, two nightclubs, 1,400 slot machines, 50 gaming tables and a full-service spa. The transaction is scheduled to close in the first half of this year, prior to or at the same time as Eldorado’s previously announced merger with Caesars Entertainment Corp. “The agreement to divest the Eldorado Shreveport is consistent with our continued focus on reducing debt ahead of the expected closing for the Caesars transaction,” says Tom Reeg, CEO of Eldorado. The buyer hopes to cater to residents of Dallas, which is approximately 200 miles to the west. Casinos are illegal throughout the state of Texas. Although there are a handful of legal casinos on boats and Native American land, none are near the Dallas metro. “The population in the Dallas market exceeds 7.5 million people, and Dallas encompasses the third-largest concentration of Fortune 500 companies in the United States,” says Eric Persson, owner of Maverick Gaming. “Maverick’s focus to …
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nuveen, the asset management unit of TIAA, has sold The Woodley, a 212-unit apartment community in Northwest Washington, D.C., for $180.3 million, according to The Washington Business Journal and land records from the D.C. Recorder of Deeds. Boston-based GID Real Estate Investments purchased the property located at 2700 Woodley Road NW for nearly $15 million less than what TIAA-CREF paid for The Woodley in 2014. The apartment complex features studio through three-bedroom units. Community amenities include a courtyard with reflecting pool, rooftop lounge and clubroom with kitchen, infinity pool, library and a fitness center. The Woodley is located adjacent to the Woodley Park Washington Metro station.
THOMASVILLE, GA. — Walmart has opened a 201,000-square-foot meat processing facility at 121 Roseway Drive in Thomasville, 15 miles north of the Georgia-Florida border. The Thomasville Times-Enterprise reported the facility cost $90 million to develop. The plant will house more than 200 employees who will distribute a selection of Angus beef cuts, such as steaks and roasts, from the new supply chain to 500 Walmart stores in the Southeast. Construction of the property began in August 2018. In conjunction with the opening of the facility, Bentonville, Ark.-based Walmart has awarded a $7,500 grant to Georgia Wildlife Federation, a $2,500 grant to the Thomasville Police Force and a $2,500 in grant to Second Harvest of South Georgia. Walmart employs more than 62,000 associates across Georgia’s 211 retail units and seven distribution centers.