ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Rubenstein Partners LP has purchased 2461 Eisenhower Avenue, a 360,000-square-foot mixed-use property in Alexandria. The project comprises a 14-story, 335,000-square-foot office tower wrapped by 25,000 square feet of retail and restaurants. The office building is currently gutted and is undergoing a 15-month transformation into a Class A property with a fitness center and conference facilities. Rubenstein Partners also purchased an adjacent retail pad at 2425 Eisenhower Ave. that is zoned for 7,500 square feet. The properties are located across the street from the National Science Foundation’s new 720,000-square-foot headquarters and the Eisenhower Avenue Station Metro within the 56-acre Hoffman Town Center.
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YORKTOWN, VA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has secured a $20.4 million CMBS first mortgage for Village Square at Kiln Creek, a 267,021-square-foot shopping center located in Yorktown. The shopping center is anchored by Kroger. Scott Bois of KeyBank secured the non-recourse loan on behalf of the unnamed borrower.
HAMPTON, VA. — Berkadia has brokered the $14.6 million sale of Langley Square I & II, a Section 8 multifamily property located at 100-130 Doolittle Road in Hampton. Built in 1973, the 254-unit community features one- to three-bedroom units and a swimming pool, baby pool, playground, laundry facilities and on-site parking. The property was 99 percent occupied at the time of sale. The buyer, Langley Apartments LLC, is an established local multifamily operator and plans to renovate the property. The seller was Bethesda, Md.-based Mercury II and III Associates. Alan Meetze and David Hudgins of Berkadia’s Newport News, Va., office brokered the transaction.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Capital One has provided a $14.5 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance Fields of Arlington, a 199-unit, mid-rise affordable housing community in Arlington, a Northern Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. The apartment community features a clubhouse, barbecue grills and picnic areas and an outdoor swimming pool. The property is almost wholly dedicated to affordable housing, with 79.9 percent of units reserved for tenants whose income is 60 percent or less of the area median income (AMI) and 15.1 percent reserved for tenants whose income is 50 percent or less of AMI. Only 5 percent of the apartments are unrestricted. Sadhvi Subramanian and Michael Antonelli of Capital One Multifamily Finance originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Kettler, the largest developer of affordable multifamily housing in the area.
ARLINGTON, VA. — The U.S. General Services Administration, on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security’s National Protection and Programs Directorate division, has renewed a 120,435-square-foot lease at Two Ballston Plaza in Arlington. The 234,000-square-foot, Class A office building is located at 1110 N. Glebe Road. Colliers International’s government solutions team represented the landlord, Brookfield Property Partners, in the lease renewal.
RICHMOND, VA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $10 million refinancing for Old Bridge Apartments, a 222-unit multifamily property located at 2835 Hilliard Road in Richmond. Robert Bhat of NorthMarq’s Miami office arranged the fully amortizing, 20-year loan through an unnamed life insurance company. The loan was structured with a fixed interest rate in the high 3 percent range, according to Bhat.
ARLINGTON, VA. — HFF has arranged $62.5 million in financing for the development of the leasehold interest in 1008 North Glebe, a planned 15-story, 267-unit apartment and retail tower in Arlington, a northern Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. The Shooshan Co. will develop the Class A property on Marymount University’s Ballston Center Campus, located at the intersection of North Glebe Road, North Fairfax Drive and I-66 in the Rosslyn-Ballston Corridor. Adjacent to the new project will be a 165,000-square-foot classroom/office building owned by Marymount University. The combined project is slated for a spring 2017 completion. Sue Carras, Walter Coker and Brian Crivella led HFF’s debt placement team to arrange the construction loan through SunTrust Bank.
MARTINSVILLE, VA. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the $28.5 million sale of Blue Ridge Nursing & Rehabilitation Center, a 300-bed skilled nursing facility in Martinsville. The adjacent assisted living community is also included in the transaction, but is awaiting approval for the assumption of the existing HUD-insured debt. The affiliated operator of the seller, Sovran Management, will continue to manage the communities through a long-term lease with the new owner, which was not identified. Bradley Clousing and Patrick Burke of SLIB handled the transaction.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Franklin Johnston Group has broken ground on Southern Pine Apartments, a $44 million, 240-unit luxury apartment community in Virginia Beach’s Princess Anne area. Upon completion, the property will feature a multi-story clubhouse with a fitness center, bowling alley and pool deck with grilling stations. Other amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool, walking trails and a dog park. The first units will begin leasing next spring, and occupancy will begin in late summer. Rents start at $1,100 per month.
WINCHESTER, VA. — Equus Capital Partners plans to build a 330,000-square-foot spec industrial warehouse and distribution center within Stonewall Industrial Park in Winchester, a town located along I-81 roughly 75 miles west of Washington, D.C. Equus plans to break ground in August. The facility will sit on a 52-acre site, which can accommodate a second building up to 500,000 square feet. Upon completion in March 2016, the facility will feature 32-foot clear heights, T5 lighting, concrete floors, 50- by 50-foot column spacing, an ESFR sprinkler system and a 180-foot truck court. The property will be in close proximity to established industrial employers such as OHL (Red Bull), Rite Aid, Home Depot, Kraft Foods, McKesson and TREX. BPG Development Co. LP, the development arm of Equus, will oversee development and construction of the spec project. John Lesinski of Colliers International will oversee the property’s leasing and marketing efforts.