BLUFFTON, S.C. — Boca Raton, Fla.-based Halvorsen Holdings is planning to develop May River Crossing, a 70,200-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center in Bluffton, 16 miles north of downtown Savannah and 16 miles west of Hilton Head Island. May River Crossing will be situated on 15 acres on the northeast corner of Okatie Highway and May River Road. Publix will occupy 48,000 square feet and will feature a drive-thru pharmacy. There is 21,845 square feet of available space. May River Crossing’s committed tenants include a nail salon, national hair salon and a national cellphone provider. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Coworking firm Spaces has signed an office lease to occupy the bottom two floors of Falls Tower in downtown Greenville. Falls Tower is a 184,000-square-foot office building under construction at 423 S. Main St. as part of Centennial American Properties’ Camperdown development. This marks Spaces’ first location in South Carolina. It will occupy 28,900 square feet, business solutions firm Elliott Davis will occupy 65,000 square feet and Bank of America will occupy 32,000 square feet at Falls Tower. At full buildout, Camperdown will offer office, residential, retail and hotel space, as well as an outdoor courtyard. Centennial American Properties expects to complete Falls Tower in mid-2020. Charles Gouch and Doug Webster of CBRE represented the landlord and developer in lease negotiations.
LAFAYETTE, LA. — Alpha Capital Partners has acquired University Place, a 342-bed student housing community located near the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The acquisition is the second of five identified projects in the company’s Opportunity Zone Fund, which was launched last October in an effort to take part in the opportunity zone program implemented by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017. University Place offers access to campus through a private pedestrian bridge, alongside shared amenities including a 24-hour fitness center, swimming pool and cyber café. The new ownership plans to invest capital to reposition the property, details of which have yet to be announced. The seller and terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
ATLANTA — John Portman & Associates has unveiled plans for 712 West Peachtree, a 578,851-square-foot office tower in Midtown Atlanta. The tower will stand 20 stories high and include one story below ground. The total rentable office space will span 309,465 square feet from the eighth to 20th floor. The building will also include 8,761 square feet of retail space, 516 parking spaces and an outdoor terrace on the eighth floor. Developed by Portman Holdings LLC, an affiliate of the Atlanta-based architectural firm, 712 West Peachtree will be located near NCR’s headquarters, Anthem Technology Center and Norfolk Southern’s headquarters. The project is also near Coda at Tech Square, a 770,000-square-foot mixed-use development on the edge of Georgia Tech’s campus that Portman Holdings is also developing. A timeline for 712 West Peachtree’s construction was not disclosed.
RIVERDALE PARK, MD. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $57 million construction loan for the development of The Residences at Riverdale Park Station in Riverdale Park. The Residences will stand five stories, offer 229 residential units, 8,000 square feet of amenity space, 10,000 square feet of retail space and 750 parking spaces. The Residences will be situated at 4650 Van Buren St. within Riverdale Park Station, a 36-acre master-planned community that will contain 119 townhouses, 850 apartment units, 160,000 square feet of retail space, 20,000 square feet of office space and a 120-key hotel at full buildout. Calvin Cafritz Enterprises is developing The Residences, which is slated for completion in the second quarter of 2020.
WHITE MARSH, MD. — A joint venture between Atapco Properties Inc. and Chesapeake Real Estate Group (CREG) has broken ground on two industrial buildings within Nottingham Ridge Logistics Center in White Marsh. The two buildings will total 750,000 square feet and are expected to be delivered in early 2020. The first building, situated at 5300 Nottingham Drive, will total 585,000 square feet and feature 36-foot clear ceiling heights. The adjacent 5301 Nottingham Drive will be a 165,000-square-foot building with 32-foot clear ceiling heights. Both buildings will be equipped with drive-in and dock door loading capabilities. Atapco will lead development and construction activities, and CREG will lead marketing and leasing efforts. Nottingham Ridge Logistics Center is situated near Interstate 95 and about 10 miles from downtown Baltimore.
ORLANDO, FLA. — WeWork has signed a three-floor lease within downtown Orlando’s SunTrust Center. This is the first Orlando location for the New York-based coworking giant, which will occupy more than 70,000 square feet and accommodate more than 1,000 members who will have access to the onsite fitness center and conference center. The landlord, Piedmont Office Realty Trust, recently unveiled plans for upgrades at SunTrust Center, which is located at 200 Orange Ave. Renovations will include upgrading the lobby and adding a rooftop terrace and food hall. Terms of WeWork’s lease were not disclosed.
FULTON, MISS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a Walmart-anchored shopping center situated at 100 Interchange Drive in Fulton in two separate transactions. In the first deal, Bright-Fulton LP sold a 109,400-square-foot Walmart Supercenter to Bluejay Capital LLC, a private real estate investor based in New York, for $6.2 million. The property is triple-net leased to Walmart, which recently signed a new 10-year lease extension. On the same property, Bright-Fulton sold a 30,000-square-foot retail strip center that was 69 percent occupied at the time of the sale to tenants including Cato, Rent-A-Center, Shoe Show and AT&T. SJ Trust and DJ Trust, private local investors, bought the center for $1.3 million. Don McMinn and Zach Taylor of Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group represented the seller in both transactions. The seller divided the property during the sale into two separate parcels to “achieve 50 basis points better than market pricing for the entire shopping center,” says Taylor.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Carr Properties has broken ground on Signal House, a 225,000-square-foot office development in the Union Market neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Located at 350 Morse St., the project will be situated adjacent to Florida Avenue and near the NOMA-Gallaudet Metro Station. Designed by Gensler, the 10-story office building will pay tribute to the historic industrial surroundings of the area with a terra cotta, metal and glass exterior. Amenities at the property will include a penthouse with a demonstration kitchen, bar, recording studio, DJ booth, karaoke room and conference center. Other features will include 10,000 square feet of private terraces, fitness facilities, bike storage and 12,500 square feet of retail space. “Signal House will be the first new office development in Union Market and will add to the revitalization of an area that is becoming one of the most dynamic creative and retail destinations in the city,” says Oliver Carr, CEO of Carr Properties. Completion of the project is slated for the first quarter of 2021. John Moriarty & Associates is the general contractor. The developers are seeking LEED Gold certification for the property. Carr Properties is a privately held real estate investment trust that owns, acquires and develops …
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Berkadia has provided a $323 million Freddie Mac refinancing loan for 13 multifamily properties in seven states totaling 3,911 units. Mitch Sinberg, Matt Robbins and Jared Hill of Berkadia’s Boca Raton office worked on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between El-Ad National Properties and Yellowstone Portfolio Trust called STAR Real Estate Ventures, to provide the seven-year, fixed-rate loan. The properties include Tuscany Pointe Boca and Savannah Place Apartments in Boca Raton; Melrose on the Bay Apartments in Clearwater, Fla.; Park at Northside, Rivoli Run and The Manchester at Wesleyan in Macon, Ga.; The Grove at Stonebrook in Norcross, Ga.; Traditions at Augusta Apartments in Augusta, Ga.; Verandas on the Green in Aiken, S.C.; Summerlin at Concord in Concord, N.C.; Avalon at Northbrook in Fort Wayne, Ind.; Windsor Lakes in Woodridge, Ill.; and Legacy of Cedar Hill in Cedar Hill, Texas.