SARASOTA, FLA. — JLL has arranged the sale of four retail properties in downtown Sarasota totaling 30,188 square feet. The four properties, which are situated on Main Street and Lemon Avenue, sold for $10.3 million. The properties were 89 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Sur La Table, Bluemercury, Eileen Fisher, Hyde Park Prime Steakhouse, Boca Kitchen, J. McLaughlin and Sara Campbell. Eric Williams, Daniel Finkle and Luis Castillo of JLL represented the seller, Lemon Avenue Partners LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
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MIAMI — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $7.7 million sale of Bank of America Center, a six-story, 68,174-square-foot office building in Miami. Bank of America Center is situated at 1313 N.W. 36th St. within an Opportunity Zone. The property was 88.8 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Bank of America and the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s office. Miguel Alcivar, Dominic Montazemi, Scott O’Donnell, Tony Jones and Frank Begrowicz of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an investment group affiliated with Golden Sands. This is the third property the investment group has sold within the same Opportunity Zone since last year. Scott Sime of Sime Realty Corp. represented the buyer, New York City-based Edenderry Properties LLC. In March 2018, Edenderry Properties acquired Centennial Express Building, which is located directly east of Bank of America Center.
Cabot, Republic Property Break Ground on 275,000 SF Distribution Center Near Atlanta for Biolab Inc.
by Alex Tostado
CONYERS, GA. — Cabot Properties and Republic Property Co. have broken ground on a 275,000-square-foot, build-to-suit distribution center in Conyers. Biolab Inc. will occupy the entire building upon completion. Biolab, which has operated in Conyers since 1973, will use the new facility to house production and storage space for pool and spa water-treatment chemicals. The center will feature a 32-foot ceiling clear height, fifteen overhead dock doors and two drive-in doors. ARCO Design/Build is the general contractor. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.
LEXINGTON, KY. — The Thrash Group has opened Origin Lexington, a 120-room, 76,000-square-foot hotel situated within The Summit at Fritz Farm in Lexington. Origin Lexington includes 2,100 square feet of meeting space as well as 33 Staves, a restaurant named after the number of wooden stave pieces needed to form a full-sized oak barrel used to age bourbon. Amenities at the hotel include a fitness center, in-room yoga kits and in-room tents and sleeping bags. Birmingham, Ala.-based Bayer Properties is the owner and developer of Summit at Fritz Farm, an outdoor shopping center that has more than 60 retailers and restaurants across 54 acres.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Spectrum Cos. has sold Paxton Point Hope, a 274-unit multifamily community in Charleston, for $51.1 million. Paxton Point offers studio through three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a 4,100-square-foot fitness center, 7,500-square-foot clubhouse, saltwater swimming pool, dog park, game room and an outdoor grilling area. The Spectrum Cos. delivered the property earlier this summer and it was 35 percent occupied at the time of sale. Capstone Apartment Partners represented the seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, VTT Management.
RALEIGH, N.C. — JPB Raleigh Holdings has acquired Northchase Executive Center, a two-building office campus in Raleigh, for $39.8 million. The property has a total of 176,620 square feet of office space. The two buildings were built in the mid-1980s and were 95.6 percent leased at the time of sale. The previous owners invested more than $14 million in renovations across the property, which is located at 6601 Six Forks Road. Jimmy Barnes of NAI Carolantic represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.
Dougherty Provides $7.3M Fannie Mae Acquisition Loan for Affordable Housing Community in Brunswick, Georgia
by Alex Tostado
BRUNSWICK, GA. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has provided a $7.3 million Fannie Mae acquisition and rehabilitation loan for Glynn Pines Apartments, an 88-unit affordable housing community in Brunswick. The 17-year loan features a 35-year amortization schedule, which was arranged for the borrower, Glynn Pines Housing Partners LP. The property includes 18 single-story buildings with one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Glynn Pines was built in 1970. The seller was not disclosed.
The apartment construction boom continues in Miami as rapid demographic and employment growth foster rental demand. Employers expanded staffs by 25,900 personnel year over year in February, roughly 6,900 more than in the preceding annual period, which has kept the unemployment rate below 4 percent for 12 consecutive months. Hiring during this period was led by the professional and business services sector, due in part to a growing tech sector. The relatively higher salaries in this segment helped boost the median household income 6.8 percent year-over-year in March, among the top five growth rates in the nation. Available employment is helping draw new residents and produce population growth above the national pace. Over the past 12 months, the metro has gained nearly 28,000 residents, generating a strong need for additional housing options, and many are opting to rent. These factors are contributing to robust apartment demand and maintaining minimal rental availability in several submarkets, including Downtown and North Central Miami, despite the increase in deliveries over the past few years. The rise in household income is providing demand for apartments with luxury amenities in walkable urban neighborhoods. During the first quarter of 2019, apartment deliveries remained above the five-year average …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture between Spectrum Cos. and Invesco Real Estate has broken ground on a mixed-use development that will span five acres in Charlotte’s South End. The project will include two 11-story office buildings, an urban park with event space, restaurants, retail space and a 200-room hotel. The project will be located one block from the Carson light rail stop in South End and two blocks from Uptown. The two office towers will total 577,000 square feet of space and offer a fitness center, conference center and private terraces. LendingTree, an online lending marketplace, will anchor the development, moving its headquarters into 175,000 square feet in the first office building, which is set to be complete in January 2021. Construction on the hotel is expected to begin in summer 2020 and be delivered in late 2021.
RALEIGH, N.C. — KBS has sold CapTrust Tower, a 300,389-square-foot office tower in Midtown Raleigh, to Preferred Office Properties. KBS originally bought the tower in 2013 in a joint venture with Kane Realty Corp, which will stay on as a partner with Preferred Office Properties, a subsidiary of Atlanta-based Preferred Apartment Communities. Kane Realty built the tower, which was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including CapTrust, Wells Fargo, PWC, Wasserman, Insight Global and Kilpatrick Townsend. CapTrust Tower offers nine floors of office space atop a six-story parking garage with a restaurant on the ground level. Patrick Gildea, Will Yowell, Ben Kilgore and Chandler Hawkins of CBRE represented the sellers in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.