South Carolina

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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

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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.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Frampton Construction has completed Upstate Trade Center, a 907,400-square-foot industrial park in Greenville, on behalf of the developer, The Keith Corp. Situated within four miles of I-85 and adjacent to US Highway 25 and Donaldson Center Airport, the speculative project took approximately 12 months to complete. Building One of Upstate Trade Center is a cross-dock facility spanning 640,640 square feet with a clear height of 36 feet, and Building Two is a rear-load facility totaling 266,760 square feet with a clear height of 32 feet. The design-build team includes architect Merriman-Schmitt Architects and civil engineer Thomas + Hutton. JLL is marketing Upstate Trade Center for sale.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — GE Appliances (GEA) has announced plans for a new 584,820-square-foot distribution facility located in Greenville. Provident Realty Advisors Inc. is the developer for the project. Situated within August Grove Business Park, the development is scheduled for completion in the first quarter of 2024. GEA plans to invest $50 million in the facility, which marks the company’s second location in the state.

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HARTSVILLE, S.C. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5 million sale of a 14,450-square-foot store at 901 S. 5th St. in Hartsville that is net-leased to Walgreens. The drug store chain has a little less than 11 years left on the lease, as well as 50 one-year extension options. A buyer based on the East Coast purchased the store in an all-cash deal from the seller, a limited liability company. Both parties requested anonymity. Bruce Cowley and Lisa Sickinger of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Ben Yelm, Marcus & Millichap’s South Carolina broker of record, assisted in the deal.

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SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — A subsidiary of North America Sekisui House LLC (NASH) plans to develop Dayfield Park, a mixed-use campus set within the company’s Nexton master-planned development in the Charleston suburb of Summerville. Situated on 60 acres near Nexton’s Brighton Park neighborhood, Phase I of Dayfield Park will feature 100,000 square feet of office space and 20,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space across five single-story buildings, as well as additional outparcels. Committed tenants include The Goddard School daycare, HYLO Fitness and Go Dog, a pet daycare, boarding and grooming facility that also features a bar for pet owners. Dayfield Park will be developed in three phases, each with five buildings. The project is expected to bring approximately 500 new jobs to the community. NASH plans to break ground on the project in the summer and deliver the entire campus in 2026. The project team includes leasing brokerage Bridge Commercial, property management firm Brookfield Properties, engineering firm SeamonWhiteside and architectural firms Rush Dixon Architects and Bello Garris Architects.

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NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Jamestown, along with local real estate developers Weaver Capital Partners and WECCO Development, has broken ground on the first buildings at Navy Yard Charleston, the 79-acre mixed-use redevelopment of a former naval base in North Charleston. This first phase of the redevelopment involves converting two historic storehouses — Storehouse 8 and Storehouse 9 — on the project site into a total of 107,000 square feet of mixed-use space for restaurants, retail, office space and apartments. The buildings are scheduled to open in 2024. The 40,000-square-foot, two-story building known as Storehouse 8 will be restored and repurposed as a restaurant, event space and offices. To preserve the history and character of the building, which was constructed in 1906 as naval administrative offices, the renovation will salvage architectural details such as the original hallways, trim, railings, flooring, slate roof and copper soffits. The adjacent Storehouse 9, a 67,000-square-foot, four-story building constructed in 1918 as naval administration offices and storage facility, will be converted into restaurant and retail space on the ground floor, a rooftop bar and restaurant with views of the Cooper River and 86 multifamily units offering flexible live/work layouts. In addition to the redevelopment of Storehouses …

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