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MCDONOUGH AND STOCKBRIDGE, GA. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sales of Stonegate at Eagles Landing in Stockbridge and Mandalay Villas in McDonough. Mike Kemether, Travis Presnell and Alex Brown of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Bluedog Capital Partners, in the transactions. The RADCO Cos. acquired Stonegate at Eagles Landing, a 167-unit community that was built in 2006, for $25.1 million. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, clubhouse, house-sitter services, playground and a car wash area. Rockworth Acquisitions bought Mandalay Villas, a 300-unit property, for $48.8 million. Mandalay Villas offers one- through three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities include a fitness center, playground, swimming pool, game room, clubhouse and a business center.

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TAMPA, FLA. — Sunstone Properties Trust has acquired Carlyle at Waters, a 392-unit multifamily community in Tampa, for $42.2 million. The community was built in 1985 across 12.7 acres, comprising 16 garden-style buildings and covered parking. Communal amenities include two swimming pools and two ponds. The new owner plans to build an outdoor kitchen and a fitness center. Further renovation plans include upgrading unit interiors, swimming pools and the leasing office. Berkadia provided a Freddie Mac mod-rehab loan to the buyer for renovations. The seller was not disclosed.

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PACE, FLA. — Blackwater Resources has sold Pace Crossroads, a 75,904-square-foot shopping center in Pace. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to Dick’s Sporting Goods, Michael’s and Ulta Beauty. Pace Crossroads was built in 2018 and is located 15 miles northeast of Pensacola. Mark Joines, Drew Fleming and Henry Kushner of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was a private company based in the Mid-Atlantic. The sales price was not disclosed.

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BLACKSBURG, VA. — NorthMarq has arranged $16 million in construction financing for Park 37 Apartments, a 215-bed student housing community located near the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg. Mike Lowry of NorthMarq secured the loan through a regional bank on behalf of an undisclosed, Virginia-based developer. The financing features a three-year term and interest-only payments. The developer broke ground on Park 37 Apartments in April, with completion scheduled for July 2020. Shared amenities at the property will include a clubhouse, lounge, fitness center, swimming pool, fire pit, covered bike storage and onsite access to one of Blacksburg’s walking/biking trails.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Michelle Kidd has joined Crossman & Co. as its new director of client services. Kidd has lived and worked in Orlando since 1997, most recently as a partner at TSCG. Crossman specializes in commercial property management, leasing and investment sales. “I feel a responsibility to make our team stronger through hands-on training and support,” says Kidd. “My goal is to build a concierge service that’s extended to all of our clients as we continue to strengthen the relationships, by identifying individual goals and manage the asset with that objective in mind.” Kidd is on the Legislative Committee for the Orlando Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) and is seeking the organization’s Real Property Administrator (RPA) designation. Kidd is also an active member of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), serving on the Special Events Committee.

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The momentum of the Charlotte office market continued in the first quarter of 2019, as office rents rose for an eighth consecutive quarter and the city notched a major economic development win with the announcement that BB&T and SunTrust would merge, creating a new bank that will be headquartered in Charlotte. The news came on the heels of announcements late last year that Honeywell plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to the city and that LendingTree would expand its headquarters, creating 436 jobs over five years. The city’s economic strength has been fueled by a growing labor market that was led by the tech sector in 2018. Last fall, CompTIA’s 2018 Tech Town Index found that Charlotte is the No. 1 city for information technology workers when it comes to job opportunity and cost of living. At the time of the report, more than 44,000 IT jobs had been posted in Charlotte over the previous 12 months. That number is projected to grow by 11 percent over the next five years as Bank of America Corp., Wells Fargo & Co. and Ally Financial look to fill IT jobs at all levels. Office rental rates in Charlotte increased by 6.5 percent …

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ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $71.5 million sale of The District, a 309-unit multifamily complex in Asheville. The property is located at 100 District Drive, three miles south of downtown Asheville. The District offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging from $1,248 to $2,700. Communal amenities include a 2,300-square-foot clubhouse with a fitness center, game room, lounge, business center and cyber café, heated saltwater pool, fenced dog park, picnic area with six grills and a car care center. Jordan McCarley, Marc Robinson and Watson Bryant of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Flournoy Development, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE has provided a $39.7 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan for Arbor Steele Creek, a 384-unit apartment community in southwest Charlotte. The borrower, a joint venture between Charleston, S.C.-based Blaze Partners and Acre Valley Real Estate Capital, plans to continue interior and exterior renovations. The previous owner, a joint venture between Blaze Partners and True North Management Group, acquired the property in 2017 and began renovations. The complex comprises 16 three-story buildings. Communal amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, business center, picnic areas with grilling stations, pet park, playground and a clubhouse.

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ATLANTA — Savlan Capital has acquired six office buildings totaling 289,433 square feet within Camp Creek Business Center, a 400-acre business park in south Atlanta. Hollywood, Fla.-based Savlan bought the property from Indianapolis-based Duke Realty for $111.25 per square foot. The office buildings are located at 1000, 1100, 1200, 1400, 1800 and 2000 Centre Parkway, five miles west of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Duke Realty is developing Camp Creek, which comprises 2.9 million square feet of existing industrial and office buildings with the capacity for an additional 2 million square feet of development. The six buildings were 79 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Sto Corp., DoverStaffing, Hopebridge, Jaguar Land Rover Automotive North America, Keller Williams and Primerica.

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FULTONDALE, ALA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Promenade Fultondale, a 208,568-square-foot retail center in Fultondale. The property was completed in 2008 and is located five miles north of downtown Birmingham. The center was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Ross Dress for Less, Five Below, JC Penney, Books-A-Million and Shoe Dept. LBX Investments acquired the property for an undisclosed amount. Jim Hamilton, Mike Allison and Brad Buchanan of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

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