South Carolina

MT. PLEASANT, S.C. — Holder Properties is underway on Portside, a 120,000-square-foot office building located within Ferry Wharf, a master-planned development in Mt. Pleasant that includes office, retail, hospitality and residential projects. The development is located at the foot of the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge along the Charleston Harbor. Holder Properties broke ground on Portside in March. The five-story building is approximately 45 percent preleased, including a recently executed lease with Serendipity Labs Coworking. Portside will share a parking deck with a new hotel under construction at Ferry Wharf. The office building will be available for occupancy in spring 2019. McMilan Pazdan Smith Architecture is designing the building, and Freese Johnson is the general contractor.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Serendipity Labs Coworking will open two office coworking locations in Charleston totaling 63,200 square feet. A 30,200-square-foot, corporate-owned location will anchor Holder Properties’ Portside-Ferry Wharf Development at the base of the Mount Pleasant Ravenel Bridge. The second, a 33,000-square-foot franchised location owned by hotel industry veteran Trey Scott, will be part of the Garco Mill mixed-use redevelopment project in North Charleston at 4854 O’Hear St. WECCO Development is developing the project. Both Serendipity Labs locations will feature a Lab Café, event space, wellness rooms, private rooms, studios with full A/V capabilities and complimentary tech support. In addition, the locations will feature art shows from local artists and member-only events. Lee Allen and Michael Berman of JLL represented Serendipity Labs in the lease transactions.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. — Dominion Realty Partners (DRP), in partnership with Blue Vista Capital Management, has acquired Synergy Business Park, a 315,919-square-foot office park in Columbia, for $24.3 million. The new ownership plans to make significant investments in building renovations and capital improvement projects. The four-building property was 78 percent leased at the time of sale. Rob Cochran, Jared Londry and Nolan Ashton of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Hunt Real Estate Capital has provided a $17 million loan for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Azalea Hill, a 160-unit apartment community in Greenville. The borrower, Willow Creek Partners, plans to use proceeds of the loan to renovate the property and stabilize operations. Constructed in 1998, Azalea Hill includes a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units and features a fitness center, dog park, resident clubhouse, swimming pool, coffee bar and concierge dry cleaning and package service.

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GREENVILLE, S.C. — Mission Capital Advisors has arranged a $19 million loan for the refinancing of the Home2 Suites by Hilton Greenville Downtown. The 117-room hotel is located at 350 N. Main St. in downtown Greenville. Beau Williams, Steven Buchwald and Justin Hunt of Mission Capital arranged the non-recourse loan on behalf of the borrower, Sycamore Investment Group, which used the funds to retire an existing construction loan. The extended-stay hotel opened in 2016 and features a Spin2Cycle fitness center, outdoor pool, outdoor patios with grills and fire pits and valet parking.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has acquired a 265,318-square-foot industrial building located at 6850 Weber Blvd. N. in Charleston for $47.2 million. The name of the seller was not disclosed, but the Post & Courier reports an affiliate of SunCap Property Group completed construction on the warehouse building earlier this year. The property is net-leased for 15 years to FedEx Ground Packaging System Inc. The building is located roughly 18 miles northwest of the Port of Charleston, and less than 10 miles from Charleston International Airport. The transaction marks Monmouth’s fourth acquisition in the Charleston market.

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BELMONT, N.C. AND NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Berkadia has arranged the sales of two multifamily communities located in Belmont and North Charleston. In Belmont, roughly 14 miles west of Charlotte, Berkadia arranged the $16.7 million sale of Abbey Court, a 176-unit community. Texas-based Napali Capital LLC acquired the asset from Raleigh-based American Residential Investment Management. The community includes one- and two-bedroom units and features a pool, playground, grilling and picnic area and a laundry facility. In North Charleston, Berkadia arranged the $31 million sale of Legends at Charleston Park, a 232-unit community that includes a mix of one- to three-bedroom units. Memphis, Tenn.-based Fogelman Properties acquired the asset from Macon, Ga.-based United Residential Properties. The community features a playground, barbecue station, clubhouse, fitness center, pool and garages. Mark Boyce and Blake Coffey of Berkadia represented the sellers in both transactions.

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ROCK HILL, S.C. — McCraney Property Co. has signed a 507,512-square-foot lease with NFI at Logistics 77 @ Riverwalk in Rock Hill, roughly 27 miles south of Charlotte in South Carolina. NFI, a supply chain solutions provider and one of the primary third-party logistics providers to Amazon, will be the sole tenant at the facility. Warren Snowdon and David Hanna of Foundry Commercial arranged the lease on behalf of McCraney, which developed the building. Logistics 77 @ Riverwalk is located within Riverwalk Business Park, a 1,000-acre mixed-use project that includes housing, retail, office and industrial properties.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Beach Co. has broken ground on The Jasper, a 12-story mixed-use building located at 310 Broad St. in Charleston’s Harleston Village neighborhood. The property, situated at the western gateway to Charleston’s historic district, will feature views of the Ashley River and offer 75,000 square feet of office space, 219 multifamily units and 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and restaurant space. The residential portion of the project will feature a rooftop pool and garden, resident clubhouse and lounge and enclosed parking. Chicago-based Antunovich Associates is designing the community in partnership with LS3P Architects and Charleston-based DesignWorks. The Beach Co. expects to wrap up construction on The Jasper in 2020.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — The RADCO Cos. has acquired a two-property multifamily portfolio in Charleston for $30 million. Dubbed the West Ashley Portfolio, the Class B communities total 300 units. The properties have been renamed Ashford Riverview and Ashford Palmetto Square. The Atlanta-based firm plans to invest more than $5 million to update the buildings, which were constructed in the late 1960s. The communities are located less than a mile apart and include a mix of one- to three-bedroom floor plans. Community amenities across the portfolio include swimming pools, a community garden, dog parks, fitness centers, business centers, laundry facilities, barbecue and picnic areas and fire pits. RADCO Residential, the company’s management platform, will manage the communities. RADCO financed the acquisition using its private capital platform, as well as debt funded by SunTrust Bank. The name of the seller was not disclosed.

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