VIENNA, VA. — Stewart Commercial Realty Services LLC has brokered the $7.8 million sale of a 12,200-square-foot retail property in metro Washington, D.C., that is fully leased to Rite Aid. The store is located at 215 Maple Ave. W. in Vienna. Toby’s Vienna LLC purchased the store from David L. Hunter at a 6 percent cap rate. Terrell Marsh of Stewart Commercial represented the seller in the transaction.
MCLEAN, VA — Hilton Worldwide (NYSE: HLT) has announced plans to spin off the majority of its real estate business into a publicly traded REIT. The company also plans a second spinoff, putting its Hilton Grand Vacations timeshare business into a third publicly traded company. The company hopes the spinoffs will help focus Hilton Worldwide’s model on its core business. “The transactions we announced today will result in three pure-play companies, enabling dedicated management teams to fully activate their respective businesses,” says Christopher Nassetta, president and CEO of Hilton Worldwide. “We intend to have the appropriate leadership, strategies and capital structures in place to set up all three companies for further success.” If approved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Hilton’s new REIT will include about 70 properties and 35,000 rooms, comprising one of the largest and most geographically diversified publicly traded lodging REITs. The REIT’s portfolio will contain luxury and upper-upscale assets in high-barrier-to-entry urban and convention markets, top resort destinations, select international regions and strategic airport locations. The new timeshare company will contain nearly 50 club resorts in the United States and Europe. The company will have a long-term license agreement with Hilton Worldwide to market, sell …
MANASSAS, VA. — Sterling Organization has purchased Westgate Shopping Center, a grocery-anchored shopping center located in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Manassas, for $42.5 million. The 171,909-square-foot property is located at the southeast corner of Sudley Road and Lomond Drive, roughly 25 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. Westgate was 99 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants such as Giant, CVS/pharmacy, Barnes & Noble, Total Wine, Pier 1 Imports, Panera Bread, Virginia ABC, Baja Fresh and Sleepy’s. Sterling purchased the shopping center through its institutional stabilized fund Sterling United Properties I LP from a subsidiary of Katz Properties.
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has brokered the sale of Bank of America Center, a 24-story, 513,479-square-foot office tower located at 1111 E. Main St. in downtown Richmond. The sales price and buyer weren’t disclosed, but some media outlets report the sales price was $42 million and the buyer was an undisclosed private investment group made up of principals from Washington, D.C., and New York City. Eric Robinson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller, an institutional investor represented by Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers, in the transaction. The property was 71 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants such as the Commonwealth of Virginia, Bank of America, Sands Anderson PC, McCandlish Holton and DurretteCrump Law Firm.
TYSONS CORNER, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $92.5 million sale of Tysons Overlook, a 157,021-square-foot trophy office building in Tysons Corner, a northern Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. The Pentagon Federal Credit Union purchased the asset from Logistics Management Institute. Built in 2014 within a mile from the new Tysons Corner Metro Station, the office building features a 3,500-square-foot fitness center, business lounge, on-site café and a furnished event terrace. Bill Collins, Paul Collins, Paul Darr, Dale Powell, James Cassidy, Jud Ryan and Drew Flood of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
SAVANNAH, GA. AND SUFFOLK, VA. — CenterPoint Properties has acquired a 1.1 million-square-foot, three-building industrial portfolio in Savannah and Suffolk. The rail-served portfolio spans 94.4 acres and is situated in close proximity to ports. The two properties in Savannah feature 32-foot clear heights and were fully leased at the time of sale. The properties are located within four miles of the Port of Savannah and feature dual rail service. The Suffolk property is situated near the Port of Virginia and features 32-foot clear heights and trailer storage. Stewart Calhoun and Casey Masters of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, McDonald Development, in the transaction. This acquisition brings CenterPoint’s East Coast portfolio to 9.4 Million square feet across 65 buildings.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — The U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command in Norfolk has awarded Hourigan-Sundt a $36 million contract to design, construct and renovate an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Consolidated Operations Complex in Virginia Beach. The 150,000 project will be situated within the Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story. The facility will provide space for operations, logistics, storage and administrative support services. Hourigan-Sundt, a joint venture between Hourigan Construction and Sundt Construction Inc., expects to break ground on the project in mid-2016. Completion is slated for October 2018. Sundt has five other construction projects with the Navy, including the Camp Johnson Bachelor Enlisted Quarters at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
BRISTOL AND GLEN ALLEN, VA. — Publix Super Markets Inc. has signed two leases for stores in Virginia, which will be the first two stores in the state for the Lakeland, Fla.-based grocer. Publix has leased 54,000 square feet of space at the northeast corner of Lee Highway and Clear Creek Road in Bristol and 49,000 square feet at the northeast corner of Nuckols and Twin Hickory roads in Glen Allen. Grand opening dates for both locations have yet to be determined, but the Bristol store is tentatively planned to open in the fourth quarter of 2017, and the Glen Allen store will follow in 2018. David Crawford and Kevin South of CBRE|Richmond assisted Publix with market analysis, site selection and leasing for the Glen Allen location. Virginia will mark Publix’s seventh state of operation, and the company is looking ahead to aggressive growth within the state and in its current operating areas of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina and North Carolina.
RICHMOND, VA. — In a previously announced transaction, Monument Partners LLC, an entity owned by Starwood Capital Group and Milestone Apartments Real Estate Investment Trust, has closed the $1.9 billion acquisition of Richmond-based Landmark Apartment Trust Inc. Landmark is a multifamily REIT with assets located in metropolitan areas throughout the Southern U.S., including Dallas, Atlanta, Orland, Tampa, Charlotte and Nashville. Landmark owns or has an ownership position in approximately 24,000 apartment units and provides management services for an additional 883 units owned by affiliates. Under the terms of the deal, Starwood Global Opportunity Fund X, through a controlled affiliate, will acquire Landmark Apartment Trust’s ownership interest in 19,615 units in 63 apartment communities. Milestone — which will acquire 4,172 units in 15 assets as part of the transaction — will serve as property manager for Starwood’s portion of the portfolio.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite has brokered the $3.8 million sale of an 11-acre multifamily site in Fredericksburg. The parcel is located off Noble Way close to the Wegmans at Celebrate Virginia and the 2.2 million-square-foot Central Park Power Center. The buyer, Hampton at Noble LP, a division of S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co., plans to develop a 128-unit luxury apartment community at the site. The property, known as Valor, will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units with granite countertops and other high-end finishes. Community amenities will include a clubhouse, resort-style swimming pool, fitness center and outdoor grilling area. Hampton at Noble plans to deliver the clubhouse in the fourth quarter and deliver Valor’s first units in the first quarter of 2017. Brian Cunningham of Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite brokered the transaction.
