WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the $24.3 million sale of Gardens Medical Pavilion, a 75,424-square-foot medical office building (MOB) in West Palm Beach. Charlottesville, Va.-based Anchor Health Properties acquired the building for $24.3 million, or $322 per square foot, from Gardens Medical Pavilion LLC. The five-story MOB was built in 1991 at 3401 PGA Blvd., which is situated near Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Jupiter Medical Center and the North County Surgery Center. Gardens Medical Pavilion was 84 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Florida Cancer Specialists, the University of Miami, Gastro Group of the Palm Beaches and Pediatric Partners. Scott O’Donnell, Michael Ciadella, Dominic Montazemi, Greg Miller, Miguel Alcivar, Anthony Librizzi and Michael Feldman of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
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ATLANTA AND WASHINGTON, D.C. — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has entered into agreements to sell both InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta and Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square for a combined $331 million. InterContinental Buckhead Atlanta is a 422-room hotel in Atlanta’s Buckhead district, situated 10 miles north of downtown Atlanta. The hotel sold at a 6.4 percent cap rate. Sofitel Washington DC Lafayette Square is a 237-room hotel situated a block north of The White House. The property sold at a 5.7 percent cap rate. An undisclosed third-party buyer will acquire both properties. Pebblebrook expects to close both sales by the end of the first quarter.
Unicorp to Develop 300,000 SF Office Headquarters for Marriott Vacations Worldwide in Orlando
by Alex Tostado
ORLANDO, FLA. — Unicorp National Development Inc. will construct a nine-story, 300,000-square-foot building that will house Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corp.’s headquarters in Orlando. The building will be situated within Unicorp’s O-Town West development, a $1 billion mixed-use project that will include restaurants, offices, entertainment, retail stores, hotels, apartments and residential homes. HuntonBrady Architects is the designer and Finfrock Construction will serve as the general contractor of the office project. Construction of the new campus is scheduled to begin in early 2020 with a 2021 anticipated completion date. Additional details and features of the global headquarters are yet to be determined. Marriott Vacations Worldwide operates under Marriott International while offering vacation ownership, exchange, rental and resort and property management.
Jamestown, Grubb Ventures to Construct $150M Phase I of Mixed-Use Project in Raleigh
by Alex Tostado
RALEIGH, N.C. — Jamestown and Grubb Ventures will develop Phase I of Raleigh Iron Works, a planned mixed-use project that will feature 500,000 square feet of office space, 90,000 square feet of retail space and 220 multifamily units. Phase I is expected to cost more than $150 million to develop and will include a new seven-story multifamily building and the renovation of historic steel mills and warehouses that were once part of Peden Steel. The new residential building will pay homage to historic Raleigh. The historic buildings will be repurposed into office and retail spaces, featuring original architectural details and distinctive finishes. Construction will begin this year and continue through 2023 with plans for additional development. The project site is situated at Raleigh’s Five Points, Person Street and Mordecai neighborhoods, about three miles north of downtown Raleigh.
NAP to Break Ground on Jones Day Office Building Within Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta
by Alex Tostado
ATLANTA — North American Properties (NAP) will break ground Wednesday on Building 500, a six-story, 135,600-square-foot office building within Colony Square in Atlanta’s Midtown district. Jones Day, a Cleveland-based law firm, will lease the entire office component of the building, which will feature ground-level retail space and an outdoor terrace on the fourth floor overlooking Peachtree Street. Hoar Construction is the general contractor. A timeline for completion was not disclosed. NAP began vertical construction of Colony Square in April 2019. Colony Square at full buildout will include 912,000 square feet of Class A office space, 160,000 square feet of retail and restaurants, a 466-room W hotel, outdoor space and 262 luxury residences.
PNC Bank, CIT Provide $81.4M Acquisition Loan for DoubleTree Hotel in Downtown Nashville
by Alex Tostado
NASHVILLE, TENN. — PNC Bank and CIT have jointly provided an $81.4 million acquisition loan for the DoubleTree by Hilton Nashville Downtown, a 341-room hotel that is situated less than a mile from Nissan Stadium and Bridgestone Arena, home to the NFL’s Tennessee Titans and the NHL’s Nashville Predators, respectively. Walton Street Capital LLC sold the hotel to AWH Partners. The hotel, which was originally built in 1979, offers an upgraded lobby; 20,000 square feet of meeting and event space; Fourth & U restaurant and bar; Patio 315, a seasonal outdoor bar and grill; an indoor pool; onsite Starbucks; a fitness center; and valet parking. Jordan Roeschlaub, Dustin Stolly, Ben Greazel, Joel Simmons Nick Scribani, Chris Kramer and Drew Ahlers of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, New York-based AWH Partners. Mark Schoenholtz, also with NFK, brokered the sale.
In Raleigh-Durham, there is approximately 58 million square feet of retail space with year-end vacancy at 4 percent. The consistently low vacancy has helped drive rental rates up to an average of $22 per square foot. The Raleigh area had approximately 460,000 square feet of retail space constructed in 2019 that was more than 80 percent preleased. The largest projects included the completion of Midtown East in the Wake Forest/Falls of Neuse Road submarket, which heralded the arrival of North Carolina’s first Wegmans store. This also marks Wegmans’ 100th U.S. store and set an opening day record with more than 30,000 shoppers. Wegmans expects to open five additional stores in the Triangle, including locations in Holly Springs, Wake Forest, Chapel Hill and two stores in Cary. Another large project was the new Publix supermarket that opened recently at Leesville Market near Interstate 540. And according to some sources, Hobby Lobby will be moving into the space formerly occupied by Toys ‘R’ Us in the Cary Crossroads Plaza. In Durham, Chapel Hill-based developer Beacon Properties Group is building a project called Oakridge directly off US 15-501. Tentative plans for the 108-acre property include a walkable mixed-use village with residential units, office …
DUNCAN, S.C. — CRG, Clayco’s real estate division, has delivered and sold a 1.3 million-square-foot distribution center within The Cubes at Inland 85 in Duncan. Situated less than two miles from Inland Port Greer, the facility was originally designed as a 500,280-square-foot speculative building but was expanded to fit the needs of the new tenant, an undisclosed Fortune 500 company. An affiliate of Lexington Realty Trust acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. The building features a cross-dock configuration with 36-foot clear heights and an ESFR sprinkler system. Lamar Johnson Collaborative designed the property, and Clayco served as the general contractor. CRG is the main developer of The Cubes. This is the first building to be delivered within The Cubes.
FREDERICK, MD. — The Kroger Co. and Ocado, an online grocer based in England, will develop a 350,000-square-foot customer fulfillment center in Frederick. The new automated warehouse facility will service several nearby markets such as Baltimore, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. When fully operational, the facility will house 400 employees and feature digital and robotic capabilities. The site is located at 7106 Geoffrey Way, 55 miles west of downtown Baltimore and 65 miles north of downtown D.C. The companies expect the facility to open 24 months after groundbreaking, a timeline for which was not disclosed.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Alliance Residential Co. has acquired 15 acres in south Charlotte to develop Broadstone Ayrsley, a planned 320-unit multifamily community. Alliance Residential will begin construction this year and expects to welcome its first residents in 2021. Named Broadstone Ayrsley, the property will comprise one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments and townhomes averaging 939 square feet. Amenities will include a pool, clubroom, fitness center, dog park and a walking path on property. Broadstone Ayrsley will be situated at 2215 Silver Crescent Drive, nine miles south of downtown Charlotte. Cline Design Associates served as the architect.