CHARLESTON, S.C. — Capital Square and Method Co. have announced plans to develop 529 King Street, a 50-unit hotel with ground-level retail space in the Cannonborough-Elliotborough neighborhood of historic downtown Charleston. Capital Square has established a project-specific opportunity zone fund called CSRA Opportunity Zone Fund IV LLC, which seeks to raise $7.7 million in equity from investors willing to invest a minimum of $100,000 to fund the hotel development. Method’s ROOST Apartment Hotel brand will operate the hotel. Designed by New York-based Morris Adjmi Architects, the five-story property will feature 4,218 square feet of retail space, valet-operated parking spaces, a courtyard and rooftop lounge. The property will also feature a fitness center, library and coworking space on each floor.
HALLANDALE BEACH, FLA. — Hunt Real Estate Capital has provided a $67.6 million refinance loan for Artsquare at Hallandale, a multifamily property located in Hallandale Beach, approximately 13 miles south of Fort Lauderdale. The borrower is Hallandale Land Ventures LLP, a subsidiary of Integra Investments. The Freddie Mac Lease-Up loan has an 11-year term with four years of interest-only payments, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Built in 2018, the 358-unit community is located at 401 N. Federal Highway, less than two miles from the Atlantic Ocean. The property comprises six residential buildings located on a contiguous 2.7-acre parcel. Three of the buildings are walkups and the other three are mid-rises. Artsquare’s amenities include a pool, fitness center, yoga/spin studio, outdoor lounge, dog wash station, club room, social lounge, conference room, kids’ room and a private theater. The property also features six retail spaces totaling 13,500 square feet, as well as 328 covered parking spaces and 210 surface parking spaces. Artsquare’s current retail tenants include Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee and Orangetheory Fitness.
DILLION, S.C. — Developer Marlboro Development Team Inc. has unveiled plans for a new, 253,800-square-foot industrial project in the I-95 Mega Site in Dillon, seven miles from the South Carolina-North Carolina state line. The 72-acre property within the site is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 2020. The facility will be designed for logistics and distribution, featuring cross-dock capabilities, 200-foot truck court depths, 36-foot clear heights, speed bays and expansion capability up to 650,000 square feet. Adjacent to I-95, the facility will be less than one mile from South Carolina Ports Authority’s (SCPA) Inland Port Dillon, which is CSX-railway served. Marlboro Development Team and its parent company, Marlboro Electric Cooperative, own nearly 4,000 acres surrounding Inland Port Dillon.
TAMPA, FLA. — Vesper Holdings has acquired 4050 Lofts, a 722-bed student housing community located at 4050 Rocky Circle, less than a mile from the University of South Florida in Tampa. Built in 2009, the property offers three- and four-bedroom, fully furnished units with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include two swimming pools, a tanning dome, fitness center, aqua lounge, coffee bar, clubhouse, outdoor kitchen and a pool table. The new ownership plans to invest $1.4 million in capital improvements, which will include a renovation of unit interiors and shared amenity spaces, as well as extensive enhancements to the property’s exterior and technology upgrades throughout. The seller and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — CW Capital has sold Village Shoppes of Sugarloaf, a 149,805-square-foot retail center in Lawrenceville, for $14.8 million. Publix anchors the property, which is located at 3330-3410 Sugarloaf Parkway, 30 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. Village Shoppes was 63 percent leased at the time of sale. Scott Israel, Adam Sklaver and Phil Kates of CBRE represented the Bethesda, Md.-based seller in the transaction. Atlanta-based Branch Properties acquired the asset at a 5.5 percent cap rate.
ANDERSONVILLE, TENN. — Medical supply distributor HemaSource Inc. has leased 114,800 square feet of a newly developed industrial facility in Andersonville, 18 miles northwest of Knoxville. Built by The Hollingsworth Cos., the building is upfitted for high-volume distribution utilizing tax incentive financing. The remaining 13,100 square feet of the 127,900-square-foot building is office space already leased to metal supplier A&S Building Systems. The Hollingsworth facility has the capacity to expand to 172,600 square feet and features 32-foot clear heights and 12 dock doors.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Whole Foods Market has signed a 40,000-square-foot retail lease to anchor the Hartley apartment building within The Parks at Walter Reed in northwest Washington, D.C. The Parks is a 3.1 million-square-foot mixed-use development from the partnership of Hines, Urban Atlantic and Triden Development. The Hartley will be the third new construction at the site, alongside two currently underway projects: The Brooks condominiums and the Vale apartments, featuring 18,000 square feet of retail. The Hartley features 323 rental units, including 32 affordable units, and 58,000 square feet of retail space. The apartment building will be part of the project’s Town Center, which will include 100,000 square feet of dining, shopping, and entertainment fronting Georgia Avenue. Construction on The Hartley is expected to begin in early 2020 with completion of the project set for early 2022. Torti Gallas + Partners is the architect for The Hartley, with interior design by Hickok Cole Lifestyle and landscape design by Oehme van Sweden. Retail broker CBRE + Streetsense will lease The Parks. The campus already contains a firehouse and schools, as well as housing for seniors and veterans.
With the recent influx of young talent, combined with the area’s thriving economy and renowned vibrant culture, the Greater New Orleans region is poised for growth. Although the office market sector is slow to show any significant gains, this signifies a potential undervalued opportunity for users. The metro area has nearly 20 million square feet of office space, including over 11 million square feet of Class A space with a published occupancy rate exceeding 87 percent. The predominant trend is a rightsizing of the market, resulting in more downsizing than growth. On a macro level, the oil and gas industry is phasing out, which has historically been a prominent space user. The conversion of office space into alternate uses also continues, as well as a reduction in company footprints. The outlying suburban office market has seen the most growth, with East Metairie being one of the strongest submarkets in both occupancy and rental rates. With less product in the area, supply and demand are closer to equilibrium. New Orleans’ central business district (CBD) and downtown office submarkets are coasting along. Class A occupancy rates are slightly down from last year, but rents have inched up to high-teens and low-20s. The …
ASHLAND, VA. — Rochester, N.Y.-based Wegmans Food Markets Inc. will invest $175 million to establish a new regional distribution operation in Hanover County, 13 miles northeast of Richmond. Located along Sliding Hill and Ashcake roads in Ashland, the new campus will allow the grocer to expand its distribution network on the East Coast and grow its retail footprint, while creating 700 new jobs. Wegmans currently has over 100 stores in New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, Maryland, Massachusetts and North Carolina. No construction timeline was given for the new Virginia campus. The economic development agency Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) worked with Hanover County and a second economic development agency, the Greater Richmond Partnership, to secure the project. VEDP will administer a $2.4 million grant from the Commonwealth’s Opportunity Fund to assist Hanover County with the project. According to Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s office, the state of Virginia competed directly with the state of North Carolina for the project.
DURHAM, N.C. — Starwood Real Estate Income Trust Inc. a non-traded REIT managed by Starwood Capital Group, has purchased the Exchange on Erwin for $111 million from an affiliate of Ram Realty Advisors. Located at 2610 Erwin Road in Durham, adjacent to Duke University, the mixed-use property contains 265 multifamily units and 96,949 square feet of commercial space. The multifamily property was completed in 2018 and the commercial property, consisting primarily of medical office space, was completed in 2007. The medical office space is fully leased to Duke University medical tenants. The Exchange on Erwin multifamily units were 99 percent occupied and the commercial space was 95 percent leased on the date of sale, resulting in overall occupancy of 98 percent. CBRE|Raleigh’s Howard Jenkins and Ben Kilgore, as well as Kevin Kempf and Mike Burkard of CBRE, represented Ram Realty’s affiliate in the deal.