RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale and financing of Eastport Industrial Park, a nearly 1.1 million-square-foot industrial portfolio in Richmond. Rockpoint purchased the property from Equus Capital Partners for $142 million. Jonathan Carpenter, Graham Savage, Dawes Milchling and James Check of Cushman & Wakefield, alongside Eric Robison and Bo Mckown of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, represented the seller in the transaction. John Alascio, T.J. Sullivan, Chris Meloni and Michael Zelin, also with Cushman & Wakefield, arranged acquisition financing through an unnamed global alternative investment firm on behalf of Rockpoint. Situated near the Richmond International Airport, Eastport Industrial Park comprises eight buildings with 25-foot clear heights, 182 loading positions and modern infrastructure to support a diverse tenant base. The property was 97 percent leased to 19 tenants at the time of sale.
CHANTILLY, VA. — IKEA U.S. has announced plans to open a nearly 110,000-square-foot store in Chantilly, making it the Swedish retailer’s third location in Virginia. Set to open in spring 2026, the new store will be located at 4320 Chantilly Shopping Center Drive, about 28 miles west of Washington, D.C. IKEA says that the store will feature its popular fully furnished room settings and display more than 7,700 products, with more than 4,400 products available for immediate takeaway, including home furnishing accessories and approximately 500 smaller furniture items. The store will also offer free in-store pick-up for online orders, as well as its famous in-store restaurant and a central planning area where shoppers can get design consultation from an IKEA staff member. In addition to the Chantilly store, the retailer recently announced a new 93,000-square-foot IKEA store coming to Webster, Texas, as well as its second store coming to Manhattan.
COLONIAL HEIGHTS, VA. — Charlotte-based Crescent Communities has sold AXIAL Gateway 95, an industrial property located at 16401 Walthall Industrial Parkway in Colonial Heights, a city near Richmond in Chesterfield County. The property spans more than 500,000 square feet and was fully leased at the time of sale to Hillphoenix, a subsidiary of Dover Food Retail and a leading manufacturer of commercial refrigeration systems. JLL represented Crescent Communities in the sale. LaSalle Investment Management purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Hillphoenix’s investment at AXIAL Gateway 95 is expected to add more than 320 new jobs to the region. Financial partners for AXIAL Gateway 95 included Kyuden Urban Development America LLC, the U.S. subsidiary of Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc. (equity) and Santander Bank (lender). The design-build team included DMA Architecture (architect), Timmons Group (civil engineer), KBD Group (general contractor) and JLL (leasing agent and capital markets advisor).
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — A joint venture between Kemmons Wilson Hospitality Partners LP and Ascendant Capital Partners LP, doing business jointly as KW Kingfisher LLC, has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Sotherly Hotels Inc. (NASDAQ: SOHO), a hospitality REIT based in Williamsburg. Sotherly owns 10 upscale hotels in the Sun Belt and Mid-Atlantic totaling 2,786 hotel rooms, as well as interests in two condominium hotels and their associated rental programs. Sotherly’s portfolio includes:– The Georgian Terrace in Atlanta– The Whitehall in Houston– The DeSoto in Savannah, Ga.– Lyfe Resort & Residences in Hollywood, Fla.– Hyde Beach House in Hollywood, Fla.– DoubleTree by Hilton Hollywood Beach Resort in Hollywood, Fla.– Hotel Ballast in Wilmington, N.C.– Hotel Alba in Tampa, Fla.– Hyatt Centric Arlington in Arlington, Va.– DoubleTree Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Fla.– DoubleTree by Hilton Laurel in Laurel, Md.– DoubleTree by Hilton Philadelphia Airport “This transaction is a testament to the high-quality portfolio that Sotherly has built over the past 20-plus years as a publicly traded company, and we are confident this will pave a path toward future success for our hotels and the associates and guests who enjoy them every day,” says David Folsom, CEO of Sotherly. Under terms …
RICHMOND, VA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of a six-building industrial portfolio spanning more than 1 million square feet near Richmond International Airport. The portfolio comprises Class A and B buildings that were constructed between 1971 and 1999 across three sites. The assets are situated on the eastern side of Richmond’s metropolitan area near the intersection of I-295 and I-64. Bill Prutting, Pete Pittroff, Craig Childs, Chris Dale, Dave Andrews and Ginna Wallace of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed. The buyer, Silverman Group, has tapped SL Industrial Partners to manage the portfolio.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Whole Foods Market Daily Shop, the grocer’s smaller format retail concept, has opened its fourth location in the Crystal City neighborhood of Arlington. The grocery store spans 10,000 square feet of retail space, which makes it the largest Whole Foods Market Daily Shop to open and the first location to open outside of New York City. The store features more than 250 local items from the broader Washington, D.C., Maryland and Virginia (DMV) areas. The Arlington store officially opened on Thursday, Oct. 23. Information about the landlord was not released.
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Chapel Hill, N.C.-based Prudent Growth Partners has acquired Castle Shops, a 37,309-square-foot retail strip center located in Chesapeake, for $5.4 million. Dollar Tree anchors the two-building property, which was fully leased at the time of sale. Additional tenants include CHKD Thrift Store, Boost Mobile and Liberty Tax. Jeff Fritz and Jay O’Donnell of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction. George Fox, also with Colliers, served as the leasing agent at Castle Shops.
By Louis Rogers of Capital Square Navigating the complex tax rules of a Section 1031 exchange can be a complicated experience. For many, investing in a Delaware Statutory Trust, or DST replacement property, simplifies and streamlines the process so that more investors can enjoy the benefits of Section 1031. Introduction to Section 1031 Exchanges Section 1031 of the Internal Revenue Code, commonly referred to as a “tax-deferred exchange,” provides for the complete deferral of federal and state taxes on the sale of investment real estate. The seller must reinvest the net sale proceeds into a qualifying replacement property, which can be any type of real property. The gain that would have been recognized in a taxable sale is deferred until the replacement property is sold in a taxable transaction. Section 1031 has been in the tax code since 1921. Historically, most exchangers have acquired a “whole” property, meaning they acquired an entire replacement property. However, starting in 2002, many exchangers have acquired a fractionalized interest in their replacement property, first using the Tenant in Common (TIC) structure and, more recently, the DST structure. Instead of acquiring a whole property, they acquire a fractionalized interest or a percentage of a replacement …
BLACKSBURG, VA. — A joint venture between Cardinal Group Development and PGIM has broken ground on a 493-bed student housing development near the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg. Located at 501 S. Main St., the community will offer 215 units across two five-story buildings and 50 three-story townhomes. The property will also feature 17,456 square feet of retail space on the ground level. Shared amenities are set to include a pool and hot tub, fitness center, clubhouse and collaborative study lounges. Each townhome will offer a private rooftop terrace and two-car garage. The project is scheduled for completion ahead of Virginia Tech’s 2027-2028 academic year.
ELKTON, VA. — Merck has broken ground on the Center of Excellence for Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, a $3 billion pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Elkton. The 400,000-square-foot property will support more than 500 full-time jobs and 8,000 construction jobs, according to Merck. The facility will feature manufacturing and testing space for Merck’s active pharmaceutical ingredient and drug product divisions. In addition to the Elkton plant, Merck has announced nearly $6 billion in manufacturing investments in North Carolina, Delaware and Kansas, as well as $3.5 billion for its Rahway, N.J., headquarters.
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