FLORENCE, S.C. — An 8,500-square-foot Five Below and a 20,000-square-foot HomeGoods will join the tenant mix at PREIT’s Magnolia Mall in Florence. The first-to-region retailers join Burlington, which opened in 2017, backfilling the space formerly occupied by Sears. In addition to these openings, H&M will open later this year, Chick-fil-A is expanding its location to include indoor seating and Texas Roadhouse will lease an outparcel location at the mall. PREIT has also renewed a 10-year lease with Belk, which will undergo a store remodel. Philadelphia-based real estate investment trust PREIT owns and operates more than 22.5 million square feet of retail space located primarily in the eastern United States.
South Carolina
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — New Jersey-based The Silverman Group will break ground next week on Foreign Trade Zone, a $65 million industrial project located on 400 acres in Summerville, roughly 25 miles from the Port of Charleston. The first building at the development will total 562,544 square feet and will feature 36-foot clear heights, ample dock doors and trailer storage. The park will also include 520,000 square feet of proposed build-to-suit land. The project is slated for completion in the fourth quarter.
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $17.4 million sale of Cushendall Commons, a 168-unit multifamily community located in Rock Hill, a South Carolina suburb of Charlotte. Watson Bryant, Paul Marley and Jordan McCarley of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Hamilton Point Investments LLC. Triangle Real Estate of Gastonia Inc. acquired the asset. Cushendall Commons offers a mix of one- to three-bedroom floor plans with walk-in closets and private balconies. Community amenities include a resort-style pool, fitness center and a business center.
GLENVIEW, ILL. — Glenview-based Providence, the parent company of Providence Management Co. LLC, has sold its interest in a 14-property, 3,451-unit multifamily joint venture portfolio located throughout the Carolinas, Alabama, Georgia and Kentucky. In North Carolina, the portfolio included three properties in Charlotte and three properties in Greensboro. In South Carolina, the portfolio included three properties in Greenville and a property in Spartanburg. In addition, the portfolio included a property in Huntsville, Ala., Savannah, Ga., and Lexington, Ky. The sales price and specific property names were not disclosed.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has arranged two acquisition loans totaling $35.2 million for Metropolitan Apartments and 2900 North Apartments in Greenville. Mike Ortlip and Josh Davis of Grandbridge arranged the non-recourse loans with an initial period of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule through its lending platform, BB&T Real Estate Funding. The Charlotte-based firm is a subsidiary of BB&T. The financing included a $21.6 million, first mortgage loan for Metropolitan Apartments, a 246-unit community located at 660 Halton Road, and a $13.6 million loan for 2900 North Apartments, a 172-unit community located at 2900 E. North St. The names of the borrowers were not disclosed. Both properties feature swimming pools, fitness centers and grilling stations.
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Columbia-based Red Rock Developments has unveiled plans to develop Smith Farms Industrial Park, a 5.9 million-square-foot industrial project in Upstate South Carolina’s Spartanburg County. The development will be located on 475 acres at the intersection of Highway 101 and Reidville Road, roughly three miles from Interstate 85 and eight miles from the Greenville/Spartanburg International Airport. According to the developer’s site plans, the project could eventually include up to 11 buildings, ranging in size from 60,000 square feet to 1.6 million square feet. The company said it will soon reveal details of a speculative building to be constructed at the site. A construction timeline was not disclosed. Red Rock has tapped NAI Earle Furman to market and lease Smith Farms.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — SunCap Property Group has acquired 30 acres within Palmetto Commerce Parkway in North Charleston with plans to develop a new industrial campus. The project, dubbed Palmetto Trade Center, will accommodate two buildings totaling 375,000 square feet. The property is located roughly 17 miles northwest of the Port of Charleston. Palmetto Trade Center I will total 141,000 square feet and is scheduled to break ground in May. McMillan Pazdan Smith is the project architect, and CBRE’s Charleston office will handle the campus’ leasing assignment. The project marks SunCap’s third project in the Charleston area since the company’s inception in 2009.
NEW YORK CITY — New York-based Hunt Mortgage Group has provided $187 million in refinancing for a portfolio of affordable and student housing properties located throughout Texas, Florida and South Carolina. The portfolio includes more than 3,500 units and 16 properties. The specific names and locations were not disclosed. The financing included $102 million in floating-rate debt through Freddie Mac and $83 million in fixed-rate financing through Fannie Mae. Hunt also provided a $2 million loan, as well as additional financing through its proprietary lending group. Hunt Mortgage originated the financing package on behalf of the borrower, Atlantic Housing Foundation, a community housing development organization in the affordable housing sector. The company plans to invest $14 million in the portfolio to make green improvements and other renovations.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — Madison Capital Group and Chaucer Creek Capital, along with their capital advisor Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group, have broken ground on Sweetgrass at Bees Ferry, a 192-unit apartment community in Charleston’s West Ashley submarket. Patterson arranged a construction loan through Dallas-based Bank of Texas on behalf of the developers. The property is located within a master-planned, mixed-use development and is across from a proposed Harris Teeter grocery store. The initial units are expected to deliver in summer 2019.
MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — PMZ Realty Capital LLC has arranged a $19.5 million construction loan for the Hotel Indigo – Charleston, a 158-room hotel under construction in Mount Pleasant, roughly 10 miles northeast of Charleston. The name of the borrower was not disclosed. The hotel is located next to the Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge and four miles from historic Charleston sites including The Market and The Battery. The hotel is scheduled to open later this year and will feature an onsite restaurant and bar, a resort-style pool and meeting and event spaces. The new hotel will be the first Hotel Indigo in the Charleston area.