SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Colliers International has brokered the $3.5 million sale of a 133,240-square-foot industrial facility located at 2641 New Cut Road in Spartanburg. Reger Holdings LLC purchased the former Faurecia manufacturing facility from Faurecia Emissions Control Technologies LLC. Faurecia is a manufacturer of automotive seating, interior systems, automotive exteriors and emissions control technologies and is major supplier for BMW, which has a major presence in South Carolina. Colliers is the global real estate services provider for Faurecia, which has 238 production facilities and 38 research and development centers in 33 countries. Chuck Salley, Dave Mathews, Givens Stewart, Sam Myers, Garrett Scott and Brockton Hall of Colliers represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction. Reger Holdings has retained Colliers to lease and manage the facility.
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NORTH MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $5 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to Walgreens at 4300 Highway 17 South in North Myrtle Beach. Walgreens has operated at the store, located at the intersection of Highway 17 and Windy Hill Road, since 2002 and has seven years remaining on its lease agreement. Randy Blankstein and John Feeney of The Boulder Group represented the buyer, a Midwest-based private investor, in the 1031 transaction. The seller was a private investor based in California.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $12.8M Sale of Walmart Neighborhood Market in Charleston MSA
by John Nelson
GOOSE CREEK, S.C. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $12.8 million sale of a 41,117-square-foot, freestanding Walmart Neighborhood Market in Goose Creek, a suburb of Charleston. Built in 2014 and opened for business in June 2015, the store features a drive-thru pharmacy and a six-pump Walmart fuel station on an outparcel. Walmart has signed a 20-year modified triple-net lease on the property with four five-year options, each with rent increases. Don McMinn and Zach Taylor of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office and principals of the firm’s Taylor McMinn Group represented the seller, a developer. The buyer is a private investor in a 1031 exchange. Raj Ravi of Marcus & Millichap’s Charleston office is the firm’s broker of record in South Carolina.
ANDERSON, S.C. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of a newly constructed, 41,369-square-foot Walmart Neighborhood Market located at 2003 E. Greenville St. in Anderson. The store is situated at the northwest corner of Greenville Street and Reed Road directly across the street from AnMed Health Medical Center. Kyle Stonis, Pierce Mayson, and John Topping, Jr. of SRS’ Atlanta office represented the seller, Cypress Equities, in the transaction. The buyer, VEREIT Inc., was self-represented. The purchase price was undisclosed.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — NAI Avant has arranged a 5,400-square-foot office lease in downtown Columbia. The Mariner Group has relocated its headquarters to the TD Bank Building located at 1501 Main St. Mariner is a provider of maritime situational awareness and response management solutions and services. Paul Hartley, Roger Winn and Paul Paschal of NAI Avant represented Mariner in the transaction.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — GBT Realty Corp. will develop a new BJ’s Wholesale Club in Summerville, S.C. The $12 million development is situated on a 10.5-acre site at the southeastern corner of Interstate 26 and North Main Street. The 87,800-square-foot membership warehouse club will feature a BJ’s gas station and is expected to open in late 2016. Construction is set to commence immediately following the acquisition of the site in December. Summerville is located 20 miles northwest of Charleston. BJ’s Wholesale Club Inc. currently has more than 200 locations in 15 states with, the closest store located in Charlotte, N.C.
COLUMBIA, S.C. — NAI Avant’s Tom and Tombo Milliken have brokered the sale of 1,185 acres on Beckham Swamp Road and Longwood Road in Richland County, S.C. The property, known as Liberty West, was owned by Congaree Carton LP and sold for $3 million. NAI Avant represented the purchaser in the timber and recreational holding.
ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield’s equity, debt and structured finance group in Atlanta has arranged a $90 million joint venture recapitalization of a five-property multifamily portfolio. The borrower, Peak Capital Partners, owns and operates the portfolio, which spans 1,249 units in Atlanta, Charlotte, Denver and Dallas. Mike Ryan, Telly Fathaly, John Alascio, Jeff Walker and Brian Linnihan of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the financing, which includes joint venture equity provided by an institutional investor and debt from GSE and conduit lenders.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — VW Multifamily has purchased Haddon Hall Apartments, a 71-unit multifamily community located in Charleston’s West Ashley submarket, for $8 million. The property is located at 1801 Haddon Hall Drive within the Grand Oaks Plantation development. The value-add multifamily investor plans to upgrade Haddon Hall’s units with plank hardwood flooring, stainless steel appliances, washer and dryer units and upgraded fixtures.
Cardinal Ventures Hires Frampton Construction to Build New Seniors Housing Property in Columbia MSA
by John Nelson
ELGIN, S.C. — Mississippi-based seniors housing developer Cardinal Ventures has hired Frampton Construction Co., a South Carolina-based construction firm, to build The Blake at Woodcreek Farms, an assisted living and memory care community in the Columbia suburb of Elgin. The Class A community will be a two-level, 100-unit facility when completed. This will be the first South Carolina location of The Blake, which has other locations in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi. Frampton Construction broke ground on the community in September, and expects to open The Blake in the fall of 2016.