CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Honeywell has signed a long-term lease with Lincoln Harris to occupy on a 23-story office tower in downtown Charlotte. Honeywell will occupy 280,000 square feet of space spanning nine floors. The company plans to house 700 employees there by the end of 2024. The building is located at 700 S. Mint St., directly across the street from Bank of America Stadium and will offer ground-floor retail, approximately 800 parking spaces and a rooftop terrace. In December 2018, Honeywell announced it would move its headquarters from New Jersey to Charlotte, relocating up to 200 jobs and creating up to 500 jobs. Lincoln Harris is expected to break ground on the new building in September. Legacy Union will span two city blocks and feature offices, retail shops, restaurants, hotels, residences, a parking garage, public green space and a pedestrian promenade. In May, Charlotte-based Parker Poe law firm signed an 86,000-square-foot office lease at 620 S. Tryon within Legacy Union. Completion is slated for 2021.
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HOMESTEAD, FLA. — CREC Capital has purchased Homestead Pavilion, a 302,346-square-foot retail center in Homestead, for $62.3 million. The property is situated on 42.1 acres and includes a six-acre site for future development. CREC Capital plans to hold the undeveloped portion of the property for the long-term and develop the site in the future. The center is located near the Florida Turnpike and was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Ross Dress for Less, T.J. Maxx, Old Navy, Michaels, Petco, Five Below, Bed Bath & Beyond, Panera Bread, Planet Fitness and Olive Garden. Casey Rosen, Dennis Carson and Paul Ahmed of CBRE represented the seller, RVT Homestead Pavilion, in the transaction.
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the $14.8 million sale of Altamonte Commerce Center, an eight-building industrial property in Altamonte Springs. The property is located at 217-311 Altamonte Commerce Blvd. and 620-658 Douglas Ave., 10 miles north of downtown Orlando. SunCap Opportunity Fund acquired the 185,000-square-foot property from EastGroup Properties. Altamonte Commerce Center is situated near Interstate 4 between state roads 436 and 434. David Murphy and Monica Wonus of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
ATLANTA — LeaseQuery, an Atlanta-based tech company, has signed a 52,888-square-foot, full-floor lease at Three Ravinia in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter district. In addition to the lease, LeaseQuery plans to add up to 200 Atlanta-area jobs in the next year. The jobs will include all departments and functions, such as sales, marketing, customer solutions, software engineering, product management and analytics. Three Ravinia is an 816,748-square-foot building situated 15 miles north of downtown Atlanta. Andy Sumlin and Kyle Kenyon of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Preferred Office Properties, in the lease negotiations. Michael Tucker, Scott O’Halloran and Robert Patton of Scotland Wright Associates represented the tenant.
Best Deals for Investors, Lenders Lie Outside of Urban Cores, Say InterFace Carolinas Panelists
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The urban districts in the Carolinas have a lot going for them: Honeywell is leasing nine floors within downtown Charlotte’s Legacy Union project; The Fallon Co. is building a 20-story office tower in downtown Raleigh; and The Beach Co. and Centennial American Properties are separately building mixed-use developments in downtown Greenville. While these projects only scratch the surface of the new developments in the Carolinas’ urban markets — especially for new apartments — speakers at the 10th annual InterFace Carolinas conference said that for a market to be truly successful, there needs to be “growth in both” urban and suburban districts. Panelists emphasized that some of the best deals for their businesses lie outside of the urban cores in the two-state region. “[Suburban] projects aren’t as expensive to develop,” said Carman Liuzzo, senior vice president of investments at Highwoods Properties. “I hope suburban [developments] don’t go away, our most recent three office developments have been in suburban Nashville, Tampa and Raleigh.” Liuzzo was a participant on the “State of the Market” panel that took place Thursday, May 30 at Hilton City Center in Uptown Charlotte. InterFace Conference Group and Southeast Real Estate Business hosted the conference, which …
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — HFF has arranged a $100 million construction loan for the development of The Plaza Coral Gables, a mixed-use project in downtown Coral Gables. Developer Agave Holdings LLC will use the loan to finance the first of two phases of the project. Phase I will include a 14-story, 291,129-square-foot office building; 135 residential units; and 101,439 square feet of retail space. CallisonRTKL is designing the first phase to incorporate Fred B. Harnett Ponce Circle Park, which will add to the project’s outdoor space. At full buildout, the development will comprise a 242-room hotel and 222,541 square feet of rentable office, retail and living space. Manny de Zárraga, Jim Dockerty and Matthew McCormack of HFF arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower.
SILVER SPRING, MD. — Washington Property Co. (WPC) has delivered Solaire 8250 Georgia Avenue, a 20-story, 338-unit multifamily community in Silver Spring. The building offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as 5,000 square feet of amenity space, including a rooftop swimming pool and pool deck; café with free Wi-Fi; private courtyard with grilling areas; fitness center; and an expansive residents’ club room with catering kitchen, library, flat-screen TV, indoor-outdoor fireplace and a game room. The property is situated two blocks from the Silver Spring Metro station and six miles north of downtown Washington, D.C. The building totals 470,000 square feet and includes three stories of below-grade parking. Collective of Baltimore served as the architect for the project, and Lendlease was the general contractor.
Motto by Hilton to Anchor $80M Mixed-Use Project Within Opportunity Zone in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward
by Alex Tostado
ATLANTA — Sixty West Funds and Lucror Resources have picked Motto by Hilton to anchor their $80 million mixed-use project in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward. The project, named Waldo’s Old 4th Ward, is situated on 1.5 acres at the intersection of Edgewood and Boulevard within an Opportunity Zone. Construction on the hotel is expected to begin in August. TVSDESIGN is serving as the architect, and Hirsch Bender & Associates is serving as the interior designer. Waldo’s Old 4th Ward will also offer more than 100,000 square feet of office space. The project is funded through the Sixty West O4W Opportunity Fund and will be one of the first developments to break ground within an Opportunity Zone in the city.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges $12M Sale of New Grocery-Anchored Shopping Center in Upstate South Carolina
by Alex Tostado
GREER, S.C. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $12 million sale of Riverside Crossing, a 58,358-square-foot, Lowes Foods-anchored shopping center in Greer. Other tenants include Smoothie King, Great Clips, Family Dentistry at Riverside Crossing, CT Nails and Madi Boutique. EA Riverside LLC built the center in 2017 and sold it to JohnCo LP, a private family office. Zach Taylor, Brian Munn and Don McMinn of Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group represented the seller in the transaction.
BALTIMORE — Duke Realty has signed Ace Logistics to two industrial leases totaling 351,000 square feet in Baltimore. The first lease, a renewal at Chesapeake Commerce Center 5900, spans 169,000 square feet. The second lease totals 182,000 square feet and is located at Chesapeake Commerce Center 6000, which is a build-to-suit building still under construction. The industrial campus comprises 177 acres and is situated off Interstate 95, one mile north of the Port of Baltimore. A construction timeline for the build-to-suit building was not disclosed, but Chesapeake Commerce Center will be fully occupied upon completion, according to Duke Realty. Peter Hajimihalis and Ben Meisels of JLL represented the tenant in the lease transactions. Justin Mohler of CBRE and Battista Orcino of Duke Realty represented the landlord.