FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — New Home Media has acquired a 39,000-square-foot warehouse located at 50 Joseph Mills Drive in Fredericksburg, for $2.6 million. Mid-Atlantic Associates LLC sold the property, which is situated on 2.5 acres. Virgil Nelson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller in the transaction.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — CoConstruct LLC, a construction software provider, has leased 40,000 square feet of office space at 3Twenty3 in downtown Charlottesville. CoConstruct will consolidate its two locations to form one headquarters. Insite Properties is developing 3Twenty3, a five-story, 120,000-square-foot office building located at 323 2nd St. SE that will be situated atop a four-story parking structure. Amenities will include a pedestrian plaza and walkway, common lobby gathering space, rooftop event and conference space, catering kitchen, patio, electric car charging stations and bike racks. A timeline for completion was not disclosed. John Pritzlaff of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the landlord in the lease transaction. Robin Amato of REIII Commercial Properties represented the tenant.
RESTON, VA. — Parse Capital has provided $29.1 million in preferred equity to Rooney Properties for the construction of Faraday Park, a 407-unit multifamily community in Reston. The asset will be situated at 1831 Michael Faraday Drive, less than a mile from the Wiehle-Reston East Metro Station and about 20 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. The property will comprise two seven-story buildings and two above-ground parking garages. Floor plans will include studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 842 square feet. Amenities are set to include a rooftop swimming pool, fitness center, coworking space, dog park and a refrigerated package room. Construction is slated to begin immediately. Walter Coker and Brian Crivella of HFF arranged the financing on behalf of Rooney Properties.
ARLINGTON, VA. — The five elected members of the Arlington County Board unanimously approved the incentive and investment packages negotiated between the Commonwealth of Virginia and Amazon for the e-commerce giant to locate its second headquarters in Arlington’s National Landing. Through the incentives agreement, Amazon will receive up to $23 million if it creates 25,000 jobs with an average salary of $150,000 by 2025 and occupies 6 million square feet of office space in Arlington County by 2035. The money will be paid through allocating a portion of the anticipated increase in hotel tax revenues. According to the Arlington Economic Development Commission, the county will realize a $14 return for every $1 that Amazon earns in performance-based incentives. The additional tax revenues generated by Amazon’s headquarters will be used to invest in improvements to the county’s schools, affordable housing, parks and transportation network. Combined with Saturday’s Arlington Board vote, approval has now been secured for all of the government’s pledged support as part of a November 2018 Memorandum of Understanding with Amazon. In February, Amazon announced it was pulling out of its HQ2 deal with New York City, leaving Arlington as the only headquarters for Amazon outside of Seattle. Chevy …
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — Morgan Properties, a Pennsylvania-based investment and management firm, has acquired a portfolio of 10 apartment communities totaling 4,130 units in the metro areas of Philadelphia and Northern Virginia. The sales price was not disclosed, but The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that the portfolio fetched a price of $890.5 million. The Philadelphia assets consist of seven properties totaling 2,346 units, which makes the transaction the largest multifamily acquisition in the city’s history. Two communities, Stonegate at Devon and Villas at Bryn Mawr, account for 947 units. The remaining five properties are located in the suburban submarkets of Conshohocken, West Chester, Downington, Jeffersonville and Bensalem. The portfolio’s Northern Virginia assets comprise three communities and 1,784 units. The bulk of those residences (1,387) are housed within a single property — Mount Vernon Square in Alexandria — while the other two are located in Fairfax and Sterling, both near Dulles International Airport. Morgan Properties, which is based in King of Prussia, Pa., will invest a combined $20 million in renovations and upgrades to the 10 Class B properties. Capital improvement plans will focus on both unit interiors and amenity spaces. “This acquisition is a game-changer for our organization,” says principal Jason …
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has brokered the $7.5 million sale of Windsor I, a single-story, 58,000-square-foot office/flex building situated at 8550 Magellan Parkway within Windsor Business Park in Richmond. The asset was built in 1999 and was 100 percent leased at the time of the sale to Bon Secours Nursing School and Patterson Dental Supply. Windsor I is one of six buildings in the 62-acre business park, which is located about eight miles north of downtown Richmond. Eric Robinson and Evan Magrill of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller, Magellan Investors LLC, in the transaction. Gregg Beck of Thalhimer represented the buyer, JBW Winsdor Investment Co.
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has arranged the $125 million sale of a five-property shopping center portfolio in metro Richmond spanning 745,000 square feet. Connie Jordan Nielsen of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller, Marchetti Properties, in the transaction. Rosenthal Properties and PGIM Real Estate purchased the portfolio, which includes Stonehenge Village, a 180,000-square-foot power center anchored by Wegmans. The shopping center also features 71,300 square feet of inline space and five outparcels. Other assets in the portfolio include Staples Mill Marketplace, a 156,476-square-foot, Kroger-anchored retail center, with additional tenants including Panda Express and Zaxby’s; Staples Mill Square, a 96,488-square-foot center leased to Petco, Aldi and a separately owned Target, as well as Discount Tire, McDonald’s and Taco Bell; Parham Plaza is a 177,450-square-foot center anchored by Walmart, T.J. Maxx and Petco; Ridge Shopping Center, situated across from Parham Plaza, is a 101,163-square-foot center anchored by The Fresh Market, with other tenants including Sherwin Williams, Chick-fil-A, Hallmark, Virginia ABC and Sugar Shack.
GAINESVILLE, VA. — Life Time Athletic has opened a 173,000-square-foot gym in Gainesville, about 40 miles west of Alexandria. The new property features a 123,000-square-foot building and a 50,000-square-foot outdoor oasis. This is Life Time’s 143rd location in North America and seventh in the northern Virginia/Maryland market. The new site is located at 13978 Promenade Commons St. and will house 270 employees.
CHANTILLY, VA. — Klein Enterprises has purchased Chantilly Plaza I-IV, a four-building, 150,000-square-foot property in Chantilly. Chantilly Plaza was 76 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants including DaVita Kidney Care, Dulles GeoTech and United Bank. The asset is situated at 14225 Sullyfield Circle, about 20 miles west of downtown Arlington and about seven miles south of Dulles International Airport. Transwestern Commercial represented the seller, Veslor Properties, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Blackfin Real Estate Investors and GMF Capital LLC have purchased Baker Crossing, a 75-building, 600-unit apartment complex in Virginia Beach. Amenities at Baker Crossing include a clubhouse, swimming pool, sundeck, grilling area, fitness center, playground, basketball court and a racquetball court. As part of the transaction, the buyers assumed an agency loan originated by Newmark Knight Frank. The sales price and seller were not disclosed.
