BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Hunt Real Estate Capital has hired Chad Thomas Hagwood as senior managing director and Southeast regional manager. Formerly with Capital One Multifamily Finance, Hagwood will be based in Hunt’s Birmingham office. In this role, Hagwood will be actively involved in the origination of multifamily and manufactured home community debt throughout the nation, with a focus on loan originations through Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, CMBS and FHA programs. Additionally, Hagwood will oversee the firm’s Southeast Region and the Manufactured Home Community production nationally. Over the course of his career, Hagwood has closed in excess of $8 billion in commercial real estate transactions throughout the United States, and he is annually ranked as one of the industry’s leading loan originators.
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Marcus & Millichap Brokers $3.7M Sale of Walmart-Occupied Retail Property in Chattanooga
by Amy Works
CHATTANOOGA — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 3901 Hixson Pike Suite 181 in Chattanooga. Fletcher Bright Co. sold the property to 3901 LLC for $3.7 million. Walmart Neighborhood Market occupies the 41,117-square-foot building, which was constructed in 2015. Don McMinn of Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group represented the seller, while Louie Granteed of Tobin Properties Inc. represented the buyer in the deal.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Aria Development Group has purchased a land parcel located at the corner of Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street N.E. in Washington, D.C., for an undisclosed price. The buyer is planning to develop a mixed-use building, including residential space, on the 25,000-square-foot site. The purchase represents the culmination of three years of assemblage activity to connect tree-lined P Street N.E. with Florida Avenue and North Capitol Street. Additional details of the transaction were not released. This acquisition represents Aria’s eighth multifamily or mixed-use investment in Washington, D.C.
Sunshine Retirement Breaks Ground on Seniors Housing Community in Upstate South Carolina
by Amy Works
MAULDIN, S.C. — Sunshine Retirement Living has broken ground on Maple Brook Terrace Retirement Community, a 133-unit seniors housing community in Mauldin, a suburb of Greenville in Upstate South Carolina. The three-story community will feature 150,000 square feet of living and communal space nearby to local shopping and entertainment centers. The project is scheduled for completion in late 2019. Based in Bend, Ore., Sunshine Retirement Living manages 21 retirement communities in 10 states, offering senior apartments, independent living, assisted living and memory care.
The Shopping Center Group Brokers $12.2M Sale of Grocery-Anchored Retail Center in Southwest Florida
by Amy Works
FORT MYERS, FLA. — The Shopping Center Group has brokered the sale of Pelican Preserve, a grocery-anchored neighborhood center in Fort Myers. An affiliate of Baltimore-based Continental Real Estate purchased the property from an institutional seller for $12.2 million. Completed in 2007 and situated on 18.4 acres, Pelican Preserve features 69,500 square feet of retail space. At the time of sale, the property was 95.7 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Winn-Dixie, H&R Block, Pizza Hut, Suncoast Credit Union and Great Expressions. Also included in the transaction is a city-approved plan for a second phase of the shopping center. Ready for immediate development, the plan includes two outparcels that can accommodate nearly 35,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Anthony Blanco and Lynn De Marco led The Shopping Center Group team that represented the seller in the deal.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Chicago-based Redwood Capital Group has completed the disposition of Reserve at Conway, an apartment community located at 3149 Landtree Place in Orlando. Virginia-based Chandler Residential acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Reserve at Conway features 220 garden-style apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom floor plans, averaging 748 square feet. At the time of sale, the property was 98.2 percent occupied. ARA Newmark brokered the transaction.
Charles Wayne Properties Acquires Five-Building Industrial Property in Sanford, Florida for $9.6M
by Amy Works
SANFORD, FLA. — Charles Wayne Properties has purchased Monroe CommerCenter South, a five-building industrial/flex campus located on 8.5 acres in Sanford, a Florida town in north Seminole County. Miami-based Monroe South RE LLC sold the asset for $9.6 million. Totaling 116,500 rentable square feet, the five buildings are located at 627-655 Progress Way, 663-691 Progress Way, 703-739 Progress Way, 4141-4186 Incubator Court and 4140 Flex Court. Built in 2013, Monroe CommerCenter South features office and warehouse space with grade-level roll-up doors. Ron Rogg and Chip Wooten of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Charles Wayne Investment Management will handle asset and investment management functions for the property and its investors.
The greater Baltimore metropolitan region achieved positive absorption of more than 6 million square feet of warehouse and industrial space in 2017, smashing the previous record by several million square feet and triggering yet another wave of speculative development activity. While on the surface there seems to be no end in sight to this unprecedented level of activity as we cross the midway point of 2018, there does exist several warning signs that are worth monitoring. But, who wants to dwell on anything remotely negative, when experiencing a seemingly end-less supply of 600,000-square-foot requirements? A Major Industrial Market The Baltimore-Washington, D.C. region is considered the fourth largest MSA in the country with more than 10 million people in the Combined Statistical Area. Several major seaports are within close proximity, approximately one-third of all consumers residing in the United States can be accessed within a one-day truck drive and developable land is still avail-able, although an increasing number of projects involve the demolition of unusable product to make way for the modern variety. Local fundamentals mirror conditions found in “white-hot” sections of the country, including the Inland Empire in Southern California, Northern New Jersey and sections in Pennsylvania where Interstates 81 …
TAMPA, FLA. — Colliers International has brokered the $55 million sale of 10 single-tenant retail properties in Florida and Georgia that are net-leased to Walgreens. Mike Milano, Sean Glickman, Donald Jennewein, Nathan Lynch and Tara Paronto of Colliers arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Olympia Development Group. A California-based real estate investment company acquired six of the locations, while private investors purchased the other four locations as part of a 1031 exchange. The sales prices ranged from $2.7 million to $8.2 million. Two of the Walgreens stores are located in Naples, and the other Florida locations are in Sarasota, Temple Terrace, Bradenton, Merritt Island, Seminole, Dunedin and Oldsmar. The one Georgia property is located in Lawrenceville. Each building ranges between 15,000 and 17,000 square feet.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Pollack Shores Real Estate Group has acquired AMLI Northwinds, an 800-unit apartment community in Alpharetta, roughly 25 miles north of Atlanta. The name of the seller and sales price were not disclosed. Pollack Shores will rename the community Avery at Northwinds and will invest more than $13 million in property upgrades and amenity improvements. Project plans call for new appliances, countertops and light fixtures for all residential units. Amenity upgrades will include renovations to the property’s three pools, a new fitness center and the conversion of two-thirds of the tennis courts into “The Hub.” The new area will provide a green space to host special events for residents. Atlanta-based Pollack Shores acquired the property in partnership with an account advised by UBS Asset Management. Matrix Residential, a subsidiary of Pollack Shores, will manage the community.