MANASSAS, VA. — HFF has secured $33.8 million in refinancing for Davis Ford Crossing, a 152,391-square-foot neighborhood shopping center in Manassas. The center was 97.5 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as LA Fitness, Staples, Petco, CVS, Sleepy’s and GNC. Outparcel tenants include McDonald’s, United Bank, Arby’s and Exxon. Mark Remington and Robert Carey of HFF arranged the 10-year loan through Principal Real Estate Investors on behalf of the borrower, Rappaport. The loan features a fixed interest rate of 4.34 percent.
Virginia
LCOR Closes on $59M Construction Loan for Multifamily Development in Northern Virginia
by John Nelson
MCLEAN, VA. — LCOR has received a $59 million loan from Santander Bank to construct a multifamily property at 7480 Birdwood Ave. in McLean, roughly 10 miles west of Washington, D.C., in the Tysons region of northern Virginia. LCOR plans to redevelop the land into two residential buildings spanning 12 and 15 stories that will be connected by a central sky bridge. Totaling 340,000 square feet, the property will comprise 11,000 square feet of amenity space, 388 below grade parking spaces and 319 residential units, of which 64 units will be reserved for Workforce Dwelling Units. Upon completion in the first quarter of 2017, the project will include a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with duplex units featured on the ground floor. The residences will feature carpeted bedrooms, vinyl wood plank flooring in the kitchen and living areas and ceramic tiles in the bathrooms. Stainless steel appliances will be featured in the kitchen. The project’s amenities will include an outdoor swimming pool, fitness center, game center, kids room, party space, bicycle storage, dining room, pet grooming station, glass-enclosed Sky Lounge on the 10th floor and a rooftop amenity area with garden plots located on the west tower. …
RICHMOND, VA. — Capstone Apartment Partners has brokered the $12.3 million sale of Match Point, a 258-unit apartment community located at 5846 Westower Drive in Richmond. Built in 1975, the apartment complex features a swimming pool, tennis courts, picnic areas and grilling stations. Match Point was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. The buyers, West End Capital and Atlas Real Estate Partners, purchased the asset from Ben White of Commonwealth Realty & Development for roughly $47,674 per unit. Beau McIntosh, Todd Conner and Jared Alcorn of Capstone represented the seller in the transaction.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA. — Federal Capital Partners (FCP) and joint venture partner Westmoreland Partners have sold Settlers Market, a 239,464-square-foot retail power center in Willamsburg, for $61.2 million. The property is located at the intersection of State Route 199 and Monticello Avenue. AEW Capital Management acquired the property on behalf of the AEW Core Property Trust, an open-end core real estate fund. Tenants of the 97 percent leased center include Trader Joe’s, Walmart Neighborhood Market, Michaels, HomeGoods, ULTA Beauty, Stein Mart, Cost Plus World Market, Party City, Petco, Pier 1 Imports, Zoës Kitchen, Which Wich and Noodles & Co. FCP and Westmoreland Partners originally purchased the asset in 2011 as a financially distressed property. The Shopping Center Group is the leasing agent and manager of Settlers Market. HFF represented AEW Capital Management in the acquisition.
HERNDON, VA. — ARA Newmark has brokered the sale of Monroe Place, a 202-unit mid-rise apartment community located in Herndon. Constructed in 2008, the property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Monroe Place is situated within the main square of the Woodland Park Crossing lifestyle center, which features 124,000 square feet of retail and office space. Drew White and Ryan Ogden of ARA Newmark represented the seller, an institutional investor advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management, in the transaction. The buyer, Washington, D.C.-based Dweck Properties, purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
RICHMOND, VA. — Wheeler Real Estate Investment Trust Inc. (Wheeler REIT) has purchased Brook Run Shopping Center, a 147,738-square-foot shopping center located in Richmond. Wheeler REIT acquired the asset for roughly $18.5 million from an undisclosed affiliate. Built in 1990, the property was 91.2 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Martin’s Food Market, CVS/pharmacy, Crunch Fitness, Hair Cuttery and H&R Block. Wheeler REIT funded the purchase using proceeds from a recent financing, debt and issuance of operating partnership units.
IRVINE, CALIF. — Hanely Investment Group has negotiated the sales of four shopping centers in Oregon, Florida, Tennessee and Virginia totaling 372,000 square feet for a combined $24 million. Eric Wohl of Hanley Investment Group represented the seller, Cincinnati-based Phillips Edison & Co., in the four transactions. The shopping centers include the 100,762-square-foot Sandy Marketplace in Sandy, Ore.; the 115,198-square-foot Ferry Pass Plaza in Pensacola, Fla.; the 82,088-square-foot Rivergate Square in Madison, Tenn.; and the 73,788-square-foot Cross Pointe Marketplace in Chesterfield, Va. Hanley Investment Group has completed the sale of 11 Phillips Edison properties in eight months and currently has two additional Phillips Edison-owned retail properties in escrow totaling 248,767 square feet.
STAFFORD, VA. — The Greysteel Co. has brokered the $6.2 million sale of the Town Center at Aquia, a 25-acre retail development site located at 2848 Jefferson Davis Highway in Stafford. Gil Neuman led Greysteel’s Mid-Atlantic retail investment sales team in representing the seller, Ramco Gershenson Properties Trust. The Greysteel team also procured the buyer, Mosaic Realty Partners LLC. Currently home to Regal Cinemas and Rite Aid and adjacent to a 98,000-square-foot office building and a 256-unit multifamily project, the buyer plans to develop a 160,000-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center on the site.
GLEN ALLEN, VA. — InvenTrust Properties Corp., a self-managed REIT, has purchased Westpark Shopping Center, a 176,935-square-foot shopping center located in the Richmond suburb of Glen Allen, for $33.8 million. The grocery-anchored property was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Martin’s, Christmas Tree Shops, The Tile Shop and Victory Lady Fitness Centers. The four largest tenants have an average 6.9 years remaining on their lease terms. Since 2011, the property has received $1.4 million in capital improvements.
HERNDON, VA. — DTZ has secured $83 million in financing for Woodland Park, a three-building office portfolio located in Herndon, a Virginia suburb of Washington, D.C. The 480,324-square-foot portfolio — comprising Plaza Ridge II and South Point I and II — is currently 96 percent leased. John Campanella arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate loan through an unnamed bank on behalf of the borrower, a joint venture between AEW Capital Management and American Real Estate Partners.