TYSONS, VA. — Lerner Enterprises has received $200 million in permanent financing for 1775 Tysons Boulevard, a 17-story office tower located in Tysons, Virginia. The developer, Lerner, delivered the property in late 2016. The 476,000-square-foot office tower is LEED Platinum certified, and features a state-of-the-art fitness center, conference center, café, indoor and outdoor social areas, and an onsite Fogo de Chão restaurant. Tenants at the property include EY, DXC Technology and WeWork. JLL is handling leasing at the tower. KPF designed the project. Towers Golde was landscape architect, Dewberry handled engineering and Paladino was LEED consultant. The office complex is the newest building in the Tysons II master plan, which features office, retail, dining, hotel and residential space. The 117-acre development is home to Tysons Galleria, an 800,000-square-foot luxury retail center, and a Ritz-Carlton. TH Real Estate — the real estate investment management arm of TIAA — provided the capital for the financing, which John Sieber Jr. of Phillips Realty Capital structured. Rockville, Md.-based Lerner Enterprises is one of the largest development and management companies in metro Washington, D.C. The company’s portfolio includes Dulles Town Center, a 1.4 million-square-foot regional mall in Loudoun County, Va., and Washington Square, a 1 …
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MANASSAS, VA. — Finmarc Management Inc. has purchased Festival at Manassas, a 117,000-square-foot shopping center located at 10280-10388 Festival Lane in Manassas, from Katz Properties for $20 million. Bill Kent of CBRE represented Bethesda, Md.-based Finmarc Management in the transaction. The Global Food-anchored center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Potbelly Sandwich Works, CiCi’s Pizza, 360 Buffet, Nutritional Wellness Center and Furniture House are among the center’s other retail tenants.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges $10.5M Sale of Mixed-Use Property in Richmond’s Shockhoe Bottom District
by John Nelson
RICHMOND, VA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10.5 million sale of Haxall View, a mixed-use property in Richmond comprising 29 one- and two-bedroom apartments and 24,307 square feet of office and restaurant space. Located at 2101 E. Main St. in Richmond’s Shockhoe Bottom district, the two conjoined buildings are situated on 22,815 square feet at the corner of East Main and South 21st streets. The apartments at the former cigar factory feature exposed brick, private balconies, hardwood floors, bay doors and new kitchen appliances. Property amenities include secured parking, a fitness center and a rooftop deck. Christopher Chadwick and Dawson Rinder of Marcus & Millichap’s Washington, D.C., office represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer purchased the asset in a 1031 exchange.
WOODBRIDGE, VA. — Sterling Organization has sold Market at Opitz Crossing, a 157,724-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center in Woodbridge, a suburb of Washington, D.C., in northern Virginia. Klein Enterprises purchased the asset from Sterling for $29.3 million. Price Rite anchors the center, which is located one mile east of Interstate 95 at the intersection of Jefferson Davis Highway and Opitz Boulevard. Other tenants include Advance Auto Parts, Dollar Tree, Checkers, Subway, BB&T Bank, Taco Bell, Edible Arrangements, Papa Johns, Hair Cuttery, Mariner Finance, Quest Diagnostics and T-Mobile. Geoffrey Millerd and Mat Adler of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank represented Sterling, which sold the asset through its institutional fund Sterling Value Add Partners LP. Marc Tropp of Eastern Union Funding arranged an acquisition loan through Apple Federal Credit Union on behalf of Klein Enterprises. Sterling purchased the asset in 2013 for $17.8 million and increased its occupancy rate from 77 percent to 96 percent. During its ownership, Sterling added an outparcel retail building leased to Chipotle Mexican Grill at the center.
Southeastern Arranges $38.7M Sale of Kroger-Anchored Shopping Center in Hampton Roads Area
by John Nelson
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — Southeastern has brokered the $38.7 million sale of Greenbrier Square, a 260,602-square-foot shopping center located in Chesapeake, about seven miles south of Norfolk in Virginia’s Hampton Roads area. Principal Real Estate Investors purchased the asset from a regional developer. Anchored by the market’s first Kroger Marketplace, Greenbrier Square was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Dick’s Sporting Goods, HomeGoods, Five Below, Tuesday Morning and Field & Stream. Ryan McArdle, David Rivers and Steve Collins of Southeastern’s investment sales team brokered the transaction.
NORFOLK, VA. — The Cordish Cos. and the City of Norfolk have opened Waterside District, a $40 million overhaul and rebranding of the former Waterside Festival Marketplace. The restaurant-heavy development is situated along the Elizabeth River waterfront in downtown Norfolk. Waterside District is anchored by The Market, a 30,000-square-foot food hall designed by Jeffrey Beers International that features local and regional concepts such as Starr Hill, Rappahannock Oyster Co. and Cogan’s Pizza. The Market will also feature a stage for live events. Other tenants at Waterside District include Guy Fieri’s Smokehouse, Blue Moon TapHouse, PBR Norfolk, The Fudgery, Chipotle and Stripers Seafood, as well as Harbor Club, an 8,000-square-foot mixed-use space overlooking the river for dining, cocktails and private events. Waterside District has created roughly 1,000 jobs for the local economy. Cordish signed a 50-year lease with the City of Norfolk for $1 per year featuring two 15-year extension options, according to The Virginian-Pilot. The newspaper also reports that Cordish will manage and operate Waterside District as per the lease agreement.
CHANTILLY, VA. — Avison Young has arranged the $19.9 million sale of two flex buildings in Washington, D.C.’s Dulles South industrial submarket totaling 245,888 square feet. Beckham Gumbin Ventures purchased the buildings from CIM Group. Built in 1986, the assets are located within Sullyfield Business Park at 14320 and 14340 Sullyfield Circle in Chantilly, about 30 miles west of Washington, D.C. John Kevill, Chip Ryan, Bert Harrell and Jesse Martin of Avison Young represented CIM Group in the sale. Sullyfield Commerce Center I was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to seven tenants including Northrop Grumman, and Sullyfield Commerce Center II was 63 percent leased.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Citizens Bank has led the financing on two deals in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area with The JBG Cos. totaling $90 million. The financing included the $49 million refinancing of Georgetown Center, two office buildings at 2115 and 2121 Wisconsin Ave. in D.C.’s Georgetown district, and a $41 million loan to finance the Old Centerville, a 171,631-square-foot, H-Mart-anchored shopping center on Braddock Road in Centerville, Va. Citizens was the administrative agent and sole lead arranger for both transactions.
COPT to Develop Two Build-to-Suit Industrial Projects in Northern Virginia Totaling 300,000 SF
by John Nelson
ASHBURN, VA. — Corporate Office Properties Trust (COPT) has executed two long-term leases with a subsidiary of an unnamed Fortune 500 company for two build-to-suit industrial facilities totaling nearly 300,000 square feet. The buildings will be situated within Paragon Park in Ashburn, roughly 33 miles west of Washington, D.C. COPT plans to deliver one of the facilities by the end of the year and the second in the first quarter of 2018.
Chesapeake Realty Partners Delivers Fitness-Centric Apartment Community in Metro D.C.
by John Nelson
FORT BELVOIR, VA. — Chesapeake Realty Partners has opened Belvoir Square, a 282-unit apartment community located outside of Fort Belvoir’s Tulley Gate in Fairfax County, roughly 20 miles south of Washington, D.C. The fitness-focused development features the country’s only MyEquilibria outdoor gym, an outdoor workout center that was imported from Italy. Nicknamed the “fitness tree,” MyEquilibria is the centerpiece of the outdoor Fitness Park and supports rings, pull-up bars and parallel bars. Workout stations with box steps, parallettes, level and incline benches, a battle rope and rotating push up handles surround the feature. Belvoir Square also features a 24-hour indoor gym known as the FX Well Fitness Center, which is equipped with treadmills, elliptical machines, a Jacobs Ladder machine, full weight rack and free weights. Complimentary group yoga classes will be offered at the FX Well Fitness Center, and personal training will soon be available. Other community amenities include dry cleaning services, a pet salon, central courtyard with gas grills and lounges, resident clubhouse, game room, business center and a walking trail. Chesapeake Realty has selected Greystar to manage the property.