CHARLESTON, S.C. — Madison Capital Group has broken ground on 577 Meeting Street, a 118-unit apartment complex within an Opportunity Zone in downtown Charleston. Madison Capital expects the project to deliver in early 2021. 577 Meeting Street will offer studio and one-bedroom floor plans. Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group arranged construction financing through CIBC Bank USA on behalf of Madison Capital, which is also raising equity for the project through a single-asset Opportunity Zone Fund. This is Madison Capital’s eighth multifamily development in Charleston.
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Senior Helpers Breaks Ground on Retro Town Center Near Baltimore Catered Toward Seniors
by Alex Tostado
PERRY HALL, MD. — Senior Helpers has broken ground on Town Square, an 11,000-square-foot center in Perry Hall that will cater toward seniors in the area. Senior Helpers, a provider of in-home senior services, plans to open Town Square this fall. Town Square, situated at 9708 Belair Road, 15 miles northwest of downtown Baltimore, will offer seniors an interactive environment set in the 1950s. This is the first of several planned centers around the country. Each new Town Square will feature an interactive midcentury “town” that includes 13 distinctive storefronts and experiences that evoke the age when most members were young adults. These experiences include a 1950s-era diner, vintage car, movie theater, library, game room and garden shop, all arranged around a green central park. Each Town Square is designed to accommodate 100 guests per day. The first Town Square will be open to seniors in the Baltimore metro area and surrounding communities.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — FCP and High Real Estate Group have sold Plantation Oaks, a 264-unit multifamily community in Charleston, for $36.1 million. New York-based White Eagle Property Group acquired the property. In July 2015, FCP recapitalized the property and became partners with High Real Estate for Plantation Oaks, as well as a property in Charlotte that also sold to White Eagle. Plantation Oaks offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans and communal amenities including a bark park, pet spa, 24-hour health club, residential clubhouse, car care center, boat parking, fitness center and a saltwater swimming pool. Alex Okulski and Anthony Rotunda of Newmark Knight Frank represented the sellers in the transaction.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — A joint venture between Hendon Properties and Harbert United States Real Estate Fund VI LP (HUSREF VI) has sold Westport Village, a 169,515-square-foot shopping center in Louisville, for $30.3 million. Westport Village is situated at 1315 Herr Lane, 10 miles east of downtown Louisville. Since acquiring the site in May 2016, Hendon Properties has signed 13 new leases totaling 56,000 square feet and renewed 32 leases totaling 102,000 square feet. Birmingham, Ala.-based Wicker Park Capital Management LLC acquired the center.
KeyBank Provides $26.6M Loan for Refinancing of Retail Property in Suburban Maryland
by Alex Tostado
PASADENA, MD. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $26.6 million, non-recourse bridge loan to refinance Pasadena Crossroads, a 320,249-square-foot retail center in Pasadena. The loan includes funds for leasing and capital expenditures. The center was originally built in 1973 and was renovated earlier this year. Hobby Lobby, Art Van Furniture, LA Fitness and Sprouts Farmers Market anchor the property, which is 37 percent leased. Jacob Proctor of KeyBank arranged financing on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
ATLANTA — Jamestown has acquired The Shops Buckhead Atlanta, a 355,646-square-foot retail and office property in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Situated along Peachtree Road and bounded by Pharr Road and Buckhead Avenue, The Shops Buckhead Atlanta is home to international retail brands such as Hermès and Tom Ford, as well as restaurants, entertainment and fitness tenants. The office space is fully leased to two tenants, Spanx’s global headquarters and No18, the first U.S. coworking location. Additionally, the property includes two prime development sites totaling 2.7 acres. OliverMcMillan developed the upscale, six-block property in 2014. In 2018, Brookfield Residential purchased OliverMcMillan and certain assets in its portfolio, which did not include Shops Buckhead Atlanta. Richard Reid, Trey Morsbach, Barry Brown, Jim Hamilton and Mike Allison of JLL represented the seller, an institutional joint venture, in the transaction. Atlanta-based Jamestown, which developed Ponce City Market and Manhattan’s Chelsea Market, will host a series of town hall meetings in the coming weeks that will be open to the community.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Orlando has topped CBRE’s list of tech talent momentum markets in the firm’s annual Scoring Tech Talent Report, which measures growth and acceleration in 50 cities across the United States and Canada. Over the two-year period from 2017-2018, the tech talent labor force in Orlando grew 14.1 percent compared with the previous two-year period. According to the study, San Diego and Chicago were the second and third fastest growing cities with 10.2 percent and 8 percent increases from 2017-2018, respectively. Cleveland (7.9 percent) and Long Island, N.Y. (7.1 percent) round out the top five growing markets. CBRE also found that the number of students completing tech degrees in Orlando increased 59.1 percent from 2013 to 2017, a year in which 2,744 students completed such degrees in Orlando. The report found that the 10 fastest-growing markets increased their tech labor pools between 33 and 54 percent over the past five years.
Madison Realty Capital Provides $225M Construction Loan for Residential High-Rise in Boca Raton
by Alex Tostado
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Madison Realty Capital has provided a $225 million loan for The Residences at Mandarin Oriental, a planned 12-story, 580,00-square-foot condominium tower in Boca Raton. The borrower, owner and developer Penn-Florida Cos., is developing the project within Via Mizner, a $1 billion, 2 million-square-foot mixed-use project. Penn-Florida broke ground on The Residences several months ago, along with the connected 164-room Mandarin Oriental Hotel. The hotel and condos are joined by an underground parking tunnel as well as an upper-level bridge. In addition to the hotel and condo components, Via Mizner will include a 366-unit apartment building and the 60,000-square-foot The Shoppes at Via Mizner. Anthony Orso, Bill Weber and Henry Stimler of Newmark Capital Market Strategies arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower.
Joint Venture Completes Value-Add Strategy for Charlotte Office Campus, Sells for $63M
by Alex Tostado
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture between Atlantic Creek Real Estate Partners, Origin Investments and Stream Realty has sold Cambridge Corporate Center, a 349,815-square-foot office campus in Charlotte, for $63 million. Lakestar Properties acquired the 50-acre campus for $180 per square foot. The joint venture acquired the property in 2014 for $44 million with a value-add strategy in place. Upgrades included adding 33,000 square feet of rentable office space; a two-story, 452-space parking deck; and a new security camera system. The joint venture purchased the property when it was 81 percent leased. Since then, Red Ventures signed a 10-year, 97,66-square-foot lease that brought occupancy up to 96 percent, where it stood at the time of the sale. Duke Energy and General Motors also signed lease renewals totaling 126,000 square feet with rate increases. Rob Cochran, Jared Londry, Nolan Ashton, David Meline and Samir Idris of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Mark DeLillo and Craig Callaway of BlueGate Partners, represented the seller in the transaction.
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $49M Sale of Whole Foods-Anchored Shopping Center in Southwest Florida
by Alex Tostado
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $49 million sale of Daniels Marketplace, a 106,739-square-foot shopping center in Fort Myers. The site, situated at 6891 Daniels Parkway, was fully leased at the time of the sale to tenants including Whole Foods Market, a salon, dentist, Pilates gym, dry cleaner, pet hospital and several fast-casual restaurants such as Mellow Mushroom and Panera Bread. There are also future development opportunities at the property. Fain Hicks, Mark Gilbert, Lane Breedlove, Adam Feinstein and Mitchell Halpern of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, S.J. Collins Enterprises, in the transaction. The Cushman & Wakefield team of Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan and Richard Henry arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, AEW Capital Management.