WASHINGTON, D.C. — A joint venture led by Urban Investment Partners (UIP) has purchased The Policy, a 62-unit apartment building in Washington, D.C., for $22 million. The partner and seller were not disclosed, though multiple media outlets report that the partner is Pacolet Milliken Enterprises and the seller was an affiliate of Goldman Sachs. The 90-year-old building is situated in the Adams Morgan historic district. UIP is expected to begin renovations in the first quarter of this year. UIP purchased The Policy in 2009 as part of a separate joint venture, performed a major renovation and sold the asset in 2014. The pet-friendly community offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include bike storage and a clothes care center.
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MIAMI — Spaces, an international coworking operator backed by Regus, has signed on to anchor One Cocowalk, the office component of Coconut Grove’s mixed-use development CocoWalk. Spaces will occupy a total of 42,883 square feet when construction of One Cocowalk is expected to be complete — first-quarter 2020. Spaces will occupy 2,029 square feet on the ground floor and space on the second and third floors of the five-story, Class A office building. The lease brings One Cocowalk to 50 percent leased. This will be Spaces’ third location in Florida. Spaces operates 160 locations in 80 countries. Coconut Grove is located about four miles south of downtown Miami. Randy Carballo and Gavin Macphail of JLL’s Miami office represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Tere Blanca, Danet Linares and Juan Ruiz of Blanca Commercial Real Estate represented the landlord One Cocowalk, a joint venture comprising Federal Realty Investment Trust, Grass River Property and Comras Co.
FARMINGVILLE, N.Y., SMITHFIELD, R.I., AND HERNDON, VA. — Washington D.C.-based real estate investment firm Excel Group has acquired three hotel properties in New York, Rhode Island and Virginia. The price and seller were not disclosed. The properties are the 161-room Hampton Inn Long Island Brookhaven in Farmingville; the 101-room Hampton Inn & Suites Providence-Smithfield in Smithfield; and the 151-room Hyatt Place Dulles Herndon-East in Herndon.
POMPANO BEACH, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $62.3 million sale of Powerline Business Park, a 443,720-square-foot, small-bay industrial park in Broward County. The park comprises 24 small-bay buildings on about 26.4 acres. The property features 16- 20-foot clear heights, air-conditioned office space and illuminated parking, as well as dock-high truck loading and grade-level, overhead 12-by-14-foot doors. The park was developed between 1983 and 1994 and was 96.8 percent leased at the time of the sale. Mike Davis, Scott O’Donnell, Rick Brugge, Michael Lerner, Dominic Montazemi and Greg Miller of Cushman & Wakefield represented the locally based seller, Industrial Development Co., in the transaction. San Francisco-based Stockbridge was the buyer.
CONCORD, N.C. — Bootsmead LeaseCo LLC has announced that demolition will begin at The Grounds at Concord in the next 30 days, and the project is expected to last all year. D.H. Griffin will perform the demolition of the former cigarette manufacturing facility, which entails 3.5 million square feet across 500 acres. The whole site comprises more than 2,000 acres and was once a filming site of “The Hunger Games” and TV series “Homeland.” JLL Carolinas is marketing the site, which offers access to Interstate 85, is serviced by Norfolk Southern Rail Co. and is situated about 19 miles northeast of Charlotte. According to the marketing team, Charlotte-based Bootsmead is clearing the site in compliance with state and local officials to “create a clean canvas that will appeal to potential users and economic development prospects interested in Concord and the greater Charlotte region.” Chase Monroe, Pete Pittroff, John Cashion, Louis Stephens and Britten Mathews of JLL Carolinas are marketing The Grounds at Concord and are working closely with the Cabarrus Economic Development team.
SUFFOLK, VA. — Capital One has provided a $51.3 million HUD 221 (d)(4) loan to BECO Cos. for a mixed-use development in Suffolk. The loan will fund the development of 3800 Acqua, a project that includes 288 apartments and 69,000 square feet of retail and commercial space. The project is the first phase of Bridgeport, which will comprise 150,000 square feet of office space and more than 700 apartment units. The 221(d)(4) product is HUD’s flagship program for financing the construction and redevelopment of market-rate and affordable housing communities.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Colliers International Mid-Atlantic has arranged the $42.8 million sale of Woodshire Apartments, a 288-unit complex in Virginia Beach. Amenities include a swimming pool, sundeck, fitness center, dog park, playground and package management services. Will Matthews of Colliers represented the sellers, The Bainbridge Cos. and Core Real Estate Capital, in the transaction. Capital Square 1031 LLC was the buyer.
CLEVELAND, TENN. — MedProperties Realty Advisors LLC and Aurum Property Partners LLC have created a joint venture to acquire Bradley Professional Building, a four-story, 81,382-square-foot medical office building in Cleveland. The property is situated on the Tennova Healthcare — Cleveland campus, about 30 miles northeast of Chattanooga. The value-add site can accommodate another building up to 40,000 square feet. Bradley Professional Building was 95 percent leased at the time of the transaction. The sales price and seller were not disclosed.
To ring in the New Year, Student Housing Business — sister publication to REBusinessOnline — sat down with Ryan Lang, executive managing director and head of Newmark Knight Frank’s student housing division, to discuss his outlook for the year ahead. SHB: What challenges will your market face in 2019? Where are the opportunities within these challenges? Lang: It appears volatility on the capital markets side will continue to be closely monitored heading into 2019 and beyond. There remains great opportunity as the student market, as a whole, is fundamentally sound and viewed as a risk averse asset class within the larger investment community. SHB: Which submarkets will surprise people in 2019? Lang: While average occupancy at major Tier I universities continues to be stable near 95 percent, we believe several markets that have been supply constrained over the past few academic year cycles will begin making noticeable recoveries. Of note, we believe Texas Tech (Lubbock), Ole Miss (Oxford), and Michigan State (Lansing) have the potential to outperform investor expectations. SHB: What market shifts are you noticing that others haven’t? What would you whisper to clients and prospects? Lang: Along with newer construction product, there are clearly more opportunistic assets hitting the market and more yield driven …
ARLINGTON, VA. — Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) has signed a 15-year lease to remain with landlord JBG Smith Properties. PBS will relocate from JBG Smith’s 2100 Crystal Drive asset in Arlington’s Crystal City district to JBG Smith’s asset situated at 1225 S. Clark St. in Arlington’s National Landing district. National Landing is a newly branded neighborhood encompassing parts of Pentagon City and Crystal City in Arlington and Potomac Yard in nearby Alexandria. The two assets are located less than a mile apart. PBS is expected to relocate in mid-2020, where it will occupy 120,328 square feet alongside March of Dimes, Conservation International and other nonprofits. Paul Darr, Dale Powell and Chaise Schmidt of Cushman & Wakefield represented PBS in the lease transaction.