Virginia

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — O’Connor Capital Partners has acquired The Shops at Stonefield in downtown Charlottesville, near the University of Virginia, for $121.1 million. The 265,000-square-foot lifestyle shopping center is located at the intersection of Hydraulic Road and Route 29. The Shops at Stonefield was nearly 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Trader Joe’s, lululemon athletica, Vineyard Vines, Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Brooks Brothers, Orvis, bluemercury and Regal Cinema. The shopping center was built in two phases in 2013 and 2016 and features a Costco, which was not part of the transaction. Concurrent with the acquisition, L.L. Bean has leased 15,000 square feet at the center with plans to occupy the space this summer. O’Connor Capital purchased the asset from Edens. Peter Bergner of O’Connor Capital’s Palm Beach office will handle leasing for The Shops at Stonefield. O’Connor Capital is an institutional real estate investment, management and development firm based in New York City. Edens develops, owns and operates community-oriented shopping places in primary markets across the country. — Kristin Hiller

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WINCHESTER, VA. — An affiliate of Baltimore-based Klein Enterprises has purchased Pleasant Valley Shopping Center, a 104,703-square-foot shopping center located at 2021-2065 S. Pleasant Valley Road in Winchester, for $15.9 million. Pleasant Valley’s tenant roster includes Hobby Lobby, Dollar Tree, Cici’s Pizza, Jimmy John’s, Staples and Verizon Wireless. The seller was undisclosed. The center is Klein Enterprises’ second venture in Virginia, joining a shopping center the developer built in Stafford in 2014.

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RICHMOND, VA. — CBRE | Richmond has arranged the $24.1 million sale of a five-building, 228,879-square-foot office portfolio within Forest Office Park in Richmond’s West End submarket. The portfolio includes the Almond, Culpepper, Lee, Ratcliffe and Wythe buildings, which have an average 95 percent occupancy rate. The Commonwealth of Virginia’s Department of General Services recently renovated its 127,694 square feet of office space within the portfolio and extended its lease. CBRE | Richmond managed the renovation and negotiated the lease extension. David Wilkons and Matt Anderson of CBRE | Richmond, along with Scott Adams of CBRE | Hampton Roads and Justin Parsonnett of CBRE’s Atlanta office, represented the seller, NNN Forest Office Park LLC, in the transaction. The buyer, Equitable Real Estate Partners LLC, has retained Wilkins and Anderson to lease the office portfolio.

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WINCHESTER, VA. — KLNB Retail’s investment sales group has brokered the $15.9 million sale of Pleasant Valley Marketplace, a 104,703-square-foot retail center located at 2021-20165 S. Pleasant Valley Road in Winchester. Andy Stape and Vito Lupo of KLNB Retail represented both the seller, Pleasant Valley Marketplace LLC, and the undisclosed 1031 buyer in the transaction. Built in 1995, Pleasant Valley Marketplace was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Hobby Lobby, Staples, Dollar Tree, Jimmy John’s, Cici’s Pizza and Verizon Wireless.

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FALLS CHURCH, VA. — Phillips Realty Capital has arranged a $90 million permanent loan for West Broad Residences, a newly built seven-story mixed-use complex in Falls Church, roughly nine miles west of Washington, D.C. Developed by Rushmark Properties, the property features 285 residential units, a 60,000-square-foot Harris Teeter grocery store, 2,250 square feet of ancillary retail space and an underground parking garage. West Broad’s apartments began leasing in January and the Harris Teeter opened in July. Stephen Shaw Jr., John Sieber Jr. and Emily Beeler of Phillips Realty Capital arranged the financing on behalf of Rushmark Properties.

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DAVIDSON, N.C. AND VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Armada Hoffler Properties Inc., a publicly traded REIT based in Virginia Beach, has closed on the acquisitions of Renaissance Square, a grocery-anchored retail center located in the greater Charlotte area, and Columbus Village II, a retail and entertainment center adjacent to the Town Center of Virginia Beach. Armada Hoffler acquired Renaissance Square for approximately $17.1 million in cash and Columbus Village II for 2 million shares of common stock. The 80,000-square-foot Renaissance Square is currently 92 percent leased and anchored by a 50,000-square-foot Harris Teeter store with over 11 years remaining on its lease term. Columbus Village II comprises over 92,000 square feet and is 100 percent leased to Bed Bath & Beyond, Regal Cinemas and Schlotzsky’s Deli. Gerald Divaris of Divaris Real Estate Inc. represented both Armada Hoffler and the seller, Capitol Industries, in the Columbus Village II transaction. Armada Hoffler has retained Divaris Real Estate and Divaris Property Management to manage and lease the property. Armada Hoffler acquired Columbus Village I, a 65,000-square-foot retail center, in 2015.

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RICHMOND, VA. — Boston-based GID Investment Advisors has sold Windsor Business Park, a 341,960-square-foot, six-building industrial park located on a 62-acre tract at 8550-8570 Magellan Parkway in Richmond. Bethesda, Md.-based Fernau LeBlanc and co-investor John B. Levy & Co. Inc. purchased the asset from GID for $33.3 million. John B. Levy & Co. was the debt advisor and placed the majority of the equity through its affiliate Pickwick Capital. Eric Robison, Evan Magrill and Dean Meyer of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the seller in the transaction. Windsor Business Park was 97.5 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Bon Secours Health System, CVS and GPM Investments.

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CHESTERFIELD, VA. — S2 Capital Partners LLC has purchased Stonebridge Shopping Center, an 8.1-acre retail property located at 7000 Tim Price Way in Chesterfield, a suburb of Richmond. S2 Capital Partners purchased the center from an affiliate of Crosland Southeast, Stonebridge’s original developer, for $12 million. Berkeley Capital Advisors represented the seller in the transaction. Stonebridge was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Firestone, Krispy Kreme, Mattress Firm, Virginia ABC, Subway and Qdoba. The center is shadow-anchored by a 123,600-square-foot Kroger Marketplace and a Kroger Fuel Center. S2 Capital Partners plans to construct an additional 15,600 square feet of multi-tenant retail space on the site’s two pad sites, bringing the total footprint of the shopping center to 67,416 square feet.

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University Hospital, Charlottesville, Va.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Skanska USA, a division of the Sweden-based construction company, has been chosen for a $142 million renovation and expansion of University Hospital, located on the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville. The main part of the expansion will be a 425,000-square-foot, 15-story tower on a plot adjacent to the current hospital, a helipad that is no longer in use. The expansion includes a new emergency department, surgical suites, a six-story inpatient section and expanded ancillary services. The project also includes 95,000 square feet of renovations to the existing buildings, including new drop-off and entry points for the ambulances. The project will be completed in phases. The tower is scheduled to open in the fourth quarter of 2019, and the renovations are scheduled for completion in the fourth quarter of 2020. The hospital is part of the University of Virginia Health System. International architecture firm Perkins+Will designed the project. — Jeff Shaw

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MCLEAN, VA. — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II Inc., a Tampa-based REIT focused on owning data centers and healthcare properties, has purchased two data centers in McLean, a city in Northern Virginia roughly 10 miles outside of Washington, D.C. The REIT purchased the facilities from an undisclosed seller for $85 million. The acquisition includes a two-story, 65,794-square-foot colocation data center that was 94.9 percent leased at the time of sale. The asset’s major tenant is an undisclosed global telecommunications company. The other property is a three-story, 62,002-square-foot colocation data center that was fully leased at the time of sale. The facility’s major tenant is PAETEC Communications LLC, a Windstream company.

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