CHESAPEAKE, VA. AND ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of the Templeton Portfolio, a three-property apartment portfolio in Chesapeake and Elizabeth City. Altay Uzun of Marcus & Millichap facilitated the transaction and secured the buyer, MRKT Capital. The undisclosed seller sold the portfolio for $61 million. The properties within the Templeton Portfolio include Green Tree Apartments and Oak Grove Apartments in Chesapeake and Emerald Lake Apartments in Elizabeth City. Green Tree is a 208-unit apartment community that offers one- and two-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, volleyball court, walking and biking trails, controlled building access, onsite laundry facilities and a package receiving service. Located at 749 Green Tree Circle, the property is situated 10.6 miles from Norfolk. Oak Grove is a 132-unit apartment community that offers one- and two-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities include onsite laundry facilities, controlled building access, a volleyball court and ample parking. Located at 408 Trotman Way, the property is situated near Chesapeake Regional Medical Center and the Great Bridge Lock Park. Emerald Lake is a 132-unit apartment community that offers three-bed/two-bath floorplans. Community amenities include a pool, clubhouse, parking, onsite management and a package receiving service. Located …
ORLANDO, FLA. — JLL Capital Markets has secured a $318.5 million acquisition loan for a six-property multifamily portfolio located across Maryland, Virginia and Alabama. There were multiple sellers for the properties. The 1,494-unit workforce housing portfolio includes the following: Park at Kingsview Village (326 units) in Germantown, Md.; Stonecreek Club (240 units) in Germantown; Hunt Club (336 units) in Gaithersburg, Md.; Springwoods at Lake Ridge (180 units) in Woodbridge, Va.; Windsor Park (220 units) in Woodbridge; and Oaks of St. Clair (192 units) in Moody, Ala. Melissa Marcolini Quinn, Lee Weaver, Drew Jennewein, Rob Rothaug, Emily Moallem and Cody Mizelle of JLL arranged the loan through J.P. Morgan Chase Bank on behalf of the borrower, Carter Multifamily. The floating-rate, non-recourse bridge loan will facilitate a Single Asset Single Borrower (SASB) securitization, which is a single loan large enough to create its own pool for securitization. “This portfolio acquisition featured multiple sellers and a compressed timeframe, with less than 30 days from signed term sheet to closing,” says Quinn. “The team at JP Morgan was able to provide an attractive, short-term, balance sheet financing option, which is ideal for the planned SASB take out.”
Dwight Capital Provides $60.8M HUD Refinancing for Affordable Housing Community in Herndon, Virginia
HERNDON, VA. — Dwight Capital has provided a $60.8 million HUD 223(f) cash-out refinancing loan for Coppermine Run, a 288-unit affordable housing community in Herndon. Brandon Baksh of Dwight Capital originated the loan transaction. The loan includes a Green Mortgage Insurance Premium (MIP) Reduction set at 25 basis points because Coppermine Run is Energy Star-certified. Coppermine Run includes 11 four-story residential buildings and a clubhouse and leasing office situated on 15.7 acres. The property offers two-bed/one-bath, two-bed/1.5 bath and three-bed/two-bath floorplans. Unit features include trash and snow removal, walk-in closets, central air and heat, cable ready and updated appliances and cabinets. Community amenities include a basketball and multi-sports court, fitness center, playground, swimming pool with sundeck and walking paths. Located at 2450 Masons Ferry Drive, Coppermine Run is situated 19.7 miles from Arlington, 25 miles from Washington, D.C., and 31.6 miles from Alexandria.
SALEM, VA. — A joint venture between Essential Growth Acquisition Properties and Viking Partners has acquired Spartan Square, a 180,346-square-foot shopping center in Salem, about 15 miles west of Roanoke. Will Bradley, Mark Williford, Peter Vick and Harrison Hall of Colliers represented the seller, an entity known as Spartan Square LP, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. Anchored by Kroger, Spartan Square was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Dollar Tree, Pet Supplies Plus, Starbucks and Truist. The property features a weighted average tenure of over 24 years. Located at 1425-1499 W. Main St., Spartan Square is situated 11.9 miles from the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport and 1.6 miles from Roanoke College.
MARION, VA. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ Investment Properties Group has brokered the sale of Marion Shopping Center, a 50,275-square-foot multi-tenant retail center in Marion. The buyer, Eire Investments USA LLC, purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Anchored by Food Lion, Marion Shopping Center is fully occupied by retailers such as CVS/pharmacy and Fresenius Medical Care. Both Food Lion and CVS/pharmacy have been at the property for over 35 years. Fresenius recently signed a 10-year lease at the property. Located on 4.6 acres, the property is situated along Interstate 81 near where the North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia borders intersect.
KINGSTOWNE, VA. — Avison Young’s Capital Markets Group has brokered the sale of two office buildings located in Kingstowne, a live-work-play community situated about 16.3 miles south of Washington, D.C. Melrose Solomon Enterprises purchased the two office buildings, 5695 Kings Centre Drive and 5901 Kingstowne Village Parkway, for $12.9 million. Chip Ryan and Matt Weber of Avison Young represented the seller, The Halle Cos., in the transaction. Jon Goldstein, Wes Boatwright and Mike Yavinsky of Avison Young arranged the undisclosed amount of acquisition financing on behalf of Tenafly, N.J.-based Melrose Solomon. 5695 Kings Centre Drive is a three-story, 44,262-square-foot office building constructed in 2002, and 5901 Kingstowne Village Parkway features 8,000-square-foot floorplans and has 22,117 square feet of net rentable space. The properties were a combined 93 percent leased to a variety of medical office, government contractors and traditional office tenants at the time of sale. Developed by The Halle Cos. in the mid-1980s, Kingstowne spans 1,200 acres and is Northern Virginia’s second largest master-planned community. Kingstowne has more than one million square feet of retailers and office buildings.
ARLINGTON, VA. — JBG Smith (NYSE: JBGS), an owner and developer of mixed-use properties in the greater Washington, D.C. market, has begun construction on a pair of multifamily towers at 2000 and 2001 South Bell Street in Arlington. The development is expected to bring 775 apartments and nearly 27,000 square feet of retail space to National Landing, a neighborhood anchored by Amazon’s HQ2 campus and the Virginia Tech Innovation Campus, both of which JBG Smith is developing. “The start of construction at 2000 and 2001 South Bell Street is a major milestone in National Landing’s ongoing transformation and delivers on our pledge to build new housing in lockstep with Amazon and Virginia Tech’s growth in the neighborhood,” says Bryan Moll, executive vice president of development at JBG Smith. KPF designed 2000 South Bell Street to be a modern, 25-story glass tower with 355 multifamily units situated above approximately 15,000 square feet of street-level retail space. The adjacent 2001 South Bell Street was designed by Studios to be a 420-unit, 19-story tower with a green-glazed brick façade and approximately 10,000 square feet of street-level retail space. SK+I will serve as the architect of record for both towers, which are designed to …
ASHBURN AND ARCOLA, VA. — A joint venture between American Real Estate Partners (AREP) and Harrison Street has announced plans to develop six powered shell data centers in Virginia’s Data Center Alley for $1 billion. The campuses will span 2.1 million square feet across two sites in Ashburn and Arcola. The first project will include a portion of the former AOL headquarters on Pacific Boulevard in Ashburn. The development will feature four built-to-suit data centers delivering 300 megawatts (MW) of electrical power capacity. The second development will be located on Arcola Boulevard, directly across the street from a new development by Google and near Dulles International Airport in Arcola. The campus will include two built-to-suit data centers offering approximately 100 to 125 MW of electrical power capacity. The new buildings will range from 265,000 to 440,000 square feet in size. A timeline for the developments was not announced. The joint venture has also broken ground on ABX-1 at Beaumeade, a 265,000-square-foot, two-story, powered shell data center located on Loudoun County Parkway along the Ashburn Fiber Ring in Ashburn. The partnership acquired the site in January 2021 and has not announced a timeline for the project. A number of large-scale data …
The Washington, D.C., and Baltimore markets, when combined, represent the fourth-largest metropolitan region in the nation by population, and retailers are taking notice again. Grocery-anchored projects are the most prevalent in the headlines. For example, the first of nearly 20 Amazon Fresh locations has opened in the area. Additionally, Wegmans’ smaller format rollout plan is active with its first location in Stonebridge’s Carlyle Crossing in Alexandria opening spring 2022, along with Roadside Development’s City Ridge Project at the former Fanny Mae Headquarters in Northwest D.C. Former Shoppers Food Warehouse boxes also continue to get absorbed by new grocers. A less-covered sector of the grocery market is the international markets category, which remains very active in the region. There are 29 different banners across the region that exceed 10,000 square feet in size, with the newest entrant being Oh! Markets in Northern Virginia. Other international market newcomers, including 99Ranch and Enson Market, are also searching for space. With the immense ethnic diversity of the region, we expect investors to start taking notice of this sector with their acquisition appetite, just as they have in other regions like Texas and Florida. Publix, a customer favorite, is in the early stages of identifying …
ARLINGTON, VA. — SRS National Net Lease Group has arranged the $4 million sale of a two-tenant retail property in Arlington, about five miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Andrew Fallon and Rick Fernandez of SRS represented the seller, Chicago-based McCaffery Interests Inc. The undisclosed, Virginia-based private buyer purchased the property in a 1031 exchange. The sales price represented $1,286 per foot. Built in 1979, the 3,100-square-foot, two-story property is occupied by Wireless Rxx and Starbucks. The property is positioned on Clarendon Boulevard, across the street from a Whole Foods Market. The Starbucks has been at this location since the location was redeveloped into The Crossing Clarendon, a mixed-use destination featuring open-air retail, restaurants, residential and office buildings.