CHARLESTON, S.C. —JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Sagebrook Home Distribution Center, a 430,920-square-foot facility located at 574 Trade Center Parkway within the Charleston Trade Center. Completed in 2021, the property was fully leased at the time of sale to Sagebrook Home, a home décor company with showrooms in Atlanta, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and High Point, N.C. Stockbridge acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Dave Andrews, Pete Pittroff, Patrick Nally and Josh McArdle of JLL represented the seller, Lightstone Group, in the transaction.
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GREENVILLE, SPARTANBURG AND COLUMBIA, S.C. — Greystone Affordable Development is serving as development manager four affordable housing properties totaling 855 units in South Carolina. The three properties include: The Park at Sondrio in Greenville, which comprises 271 one- and two-bedroom units. Greystone acquired the property for $38.1 million. The Park at Vietti in Spartanburg, which comprises 204 units. Greystone acquired the property for $26.9 million. According to Apartments.com, the property was originally built in 1986, and offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Windsor Shores in Columbia, comprising 176 units, which Greystone acquired for $22.4 million. The Ivy in Greenville, comprising 212 units, was acquired for $30.5 million. For the fourth transaction, Greystone’s Adam Lipkin originated a financing solution through GHI. Greystone Affordable Development will serve as the developer on this renovation project at that property as well. Two nonprofit entities recently acquired the portfolio — Greenville Housing Fund acquired The Ivy and Opportunity South Carolina acquired the other three. The acquisition price was $118 million. Greystone Housing Impact Investors LP (GHI) provided financing for the acquisition and rehabilitation development transactions. Cushman & Wakefield, with which Greystone has a strategic joint venture, provided multifamily investment sales advisement on the transactions. The teams …
Terwilliger Pappas to Develop 210-Unit Solis Birkdale Apartments in Huntersville, North Carolina
by John Nelson
HUNTERSVILLE, N.C. — Terwilliger Pappas plans to break ground this September on Solis Birkdale, a 210-unit apartment community in the Charlotte suburb of Huntersville. The property will serve as the multifamily component of Birkdale Place, a mixed-use development by Gustafson Partners that will also feature a 140-room hotel and conference center and 45,000 square feet of shops and restaurants. Terwilliger Pappas plans to complete Solis Birkdale in the second quarter of 2025. The property will have studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments and townhomes, as well as a resort-style pool, fitness center with yoga studio, coworking offices, game and lounge areas and a pet spa. The project team includes general contractor Clancy & Theys, architectural firm BB+M and landscape architect and civil engineer Bolton & Menck. Also in the Carolinas, Terwilliger Pappas recently sold Solis Nexton in the Charleston suburb of Summerville, S.C., to Boston-based West Shore. The sales price was not disclosed.
Eric Newton Real Estate Sells 380-Bed Student Housing Community Near Clemson University
by John Nelson
CLEMSON, S.C. — Eric Newton Real Estate has sold Cambridge Creek Clemson, a 380-bed student housing community located near Clemson University in South Carolina. The property offers 132 townhome units in three- and four-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a resort-style swimming pool and tanning deck with cabanas; bathhouse; outdoor pavilion with TVs; and a clubhouse with study lounges, a coffee bar and fitness center. The buyer and terms of the off-market transaction were not disclosed.
GAFFNEY, S.C. — Glenstar Properties plans to develop Cherokee Commerce Center 85, a 290-acre industrial park in Gaffney, which is situated between the Greenville-Spartanburg market and Charlotte. Glenstar, along with capital partner Creek Lane Capital, will break ground this spring on the first building of the park, a 550,000-square-foot speculative warehouse that will be expandable to 1.3 million square feet. The cross-dock warehouse, dubbed Building 2, is expected to come on line in spring 2024 and feature 40-foot clear heights, up to 232 dock doors, four drive-in doors and parking for 452 trailers and 540 cars. At full buildout, Cherokee Commerce Center 85 will span 3.6 million square feet across five buildings. The design-build team includes architect Ware Malcomb, general contractor The Conlan Co. and civil engineer SeamonWhiteside. Glenstar has tapped Colliers to lease the park.
Cushman & Wakefield Secures $77.5M Sale of Broadstone Ingleside Apartments in Metro Charleston
by John Nelson
LADSON, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has secured the $77.5 million sale of Broadstone Ingleside, a 336-unit apartment community located in the Charleston suburb of Ladson. A joint venture between Abacus Capital and Westbrook Partners purchased the property, which was delivered in 2021. John Phoenix, Louis Smart and Austin Green of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Broadstone Ingleside features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as a resort-style swimming pool, coworking spaces, dog park, hammock lawn, outdoor kitchen and firepit, walking trail, 24/7 package room, bocce ball court and an outdoor fitness area, according to Apartments.com.
Berkadia Arranges Equity for Three Southeast Apartment Communities Totaling 875 Units
by John Nelson
NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has arranged programmatic equity on behalf of The Sterling Group for the recapitalization of three apartment communities in the Southeast. Cody Kirkpatrick, Noam Franklin and Chinmay Bhatt of Berkadia JV Equity & Structured Capital secured the undisclosed amount of financing through a global institutional investor. Properties included in Sterling’s recapitalization include Wellsley Park at Deane Hill in Knoxville, Tenn.; Apartments @ Eleven240 in Charlotte, N.C.; and Enclave at Bailes Ridge in Indian Land, S.C. The communities comprise 358, 271 and 246 units, respectively.
Montecito Medical Receives $31.2M Acquisition Financing for Healthcare Property in Columbia
by John Nelson
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Montecito Medical Real Estate has received a $31.2 million loan for the acquisition of a cancer treatment center located in Columbia. First Citizens Bank’s Healthcare Finance group, part of the CIT division, provided the financing. The facility is currently leased to South Carolina Oncology Associates (SCOA).
COLUMBIA, S.C. — NAI Columbia has sold a 40,883-square-foot retail center located at 3900 N. Main St. in Columbia’s NOMA District for an undisclosed price. Dubbed the “Ultra Hub,” a 30,000-square-foot O’Reilly Auto Parts store, warehouse and distribution center anchors the property. North Main Kidney Center and TitleMax are also tenants at the shopping center. NAI Columbia’s development team purchased the property, formerly home to a BI-LO grocery store, in December 2021 before making extensive renovations. Ben Kelly and Patrick Chambers of NAI Columbia brokered the sale to the undisclosed buyer.
WALTERBORO, S.C. — Pomega Energy Storage Technologies, a subsidiary of Kontrolmatik Technologies, has broken ground on its first U.S. lithium-ion battery manufacturing plant in South Carolina. The company will invest $300 million in upfront capital expenditures in the new facility in Walterboro, a suburb of Charleston in Colleton County. Pomega Energy Storage expects to begin production at the 500,000-square-foot facility in mid-2024, create about 575 new jobs and have an initial production capacity of 3 gigawatt-hours (GWh) — with plans to later increase capacity to 6 GWh with future development on the site. In addition to manufacturing the battery cells at the South Carolina plant, Pomega Energy Storage will also manufacture and assemble turnkey battery energy storage systems, including modules, cabinets and final containerized energy storage solutions. JLL led the site selection process for Pomega Energy Storage, which considered more than 200 locations before selecting the Colleton County site.