ROANOKE, VA. — Donohoe Real Estate Services/CORFAC International has arranged the $7.3 million sale of Holiday Inn Valley View, a 153-room hotel in Roanoke. Originally built in the 1980s as a Sheraton, the hotel is situated on 10 acres near the Roanoke-Blacksburg Regional Airport. The buyer, Roanoke Airport Hotel Partners LLC, plans to make renovations and brand updates to the hotel, which will continue to operate as a Holiday Inn. Bill Moyer and Charlotte Seale of Donohoe Real Estate Services/CORFAC International represented the seller, and Seale procured the buyer. Donohoe Real Estate Services/CORFAC International is a member of Hotels Brokers International.
GLEN ALLEN, VA. — BH Properties has sold the Owens & Minor office building to Real Estate Value Advisors for $8.3 million. The 62,941-square-foot property is located at 4800 Cox Road in Glen Allen, a suburb of Richmond. The building was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to three tenants: The Winebow Group, Covington Travel and Free Agents Marketing. Eric Robison, Mark Douglas and Mac Wilson of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer brokered the transaction.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — Lidl, a German grocery retailer that has been expanding recently in Virginia, has purchased 6.3 acres of land on Warrenton Road in Fredericksburg for $2.6 million. Lidl plans to develop a new grocery store at the site, which is situated near the Stafford Lakes Super Walmart. The site is the third parcel that the grocer has purchased in the greater Fredericksburg area and roughly the 20th in the state. The other two Fredericksburg stores are underway at 5455 Plank Road and 10110 Southpoint Parkway. Brian Cunningham of Coldwell Banker Commercial Elite represented the former land owner in the sale, and the firm’s Jonathan Gardner assisted Lidl in the site selection process and negotiating the transaction. Lidl is also underway on its $125 million, 1 million-square-foot distribution facility at 6120 Smith Station Road, which is expected to create 200 local jobs.
WINCHESTER, VA. — CBRE has arranged a $7.4 million loan for a joint venture between Care Investment Trust and affiliates of Inspirit Senior Living. The capital will be used to purchase Hilltop House Assisted Living, a 73-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community. Inspirit will operate the property, which is located in Winchester, approximately 75 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Aron Will of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the five-year, floating-rate loan with 18 months of interest-only payments through a regional bank. Care Investment Trust is a seniors housing REIT and a wholly owned subsidiary of Tiptree Financial Inc. Inspirit is a seniors housing operator formed in 2015.
FAIRFAX, VA. — AIG Investments has provided a $72 million loan for the refinancing of Plaza at Landmark, a 437,299-square-foot, grocery-anchored regional power center located at 6244 Little River Turnpike in Fairfax. Cary Abod and Dana Brome of HFF arranged the 18-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Landmark HHH LLC. Plaza at Landmark was 98.2 percent leased at the time of financing to tenants such as Shoppers, Marshalls, Ross Dress for Less, LA Fitness, Total Wine & More, Dollar Tree, Verizon Wireless, DFurniture Galleries, BB&T, Five Below, Gamestop and Chipotle Mexican Grill.
ASHBURN, VA. AND CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Walker & Dunlop Inc. has closed two Fannie Mae loans totaling $160.7 million on behalf of Cortland Partners for the acquisition and rehabilitation of Stoneridge Apartments in Ashburn and Century Northlake Apartments in Charlotte. Stephen Farnsworth led Walker & Dunlop’s New Orleans team in arranging both loans using Fannie Mae’s Structured Adjustable-Rate Mortgage (SARM), which provides long-term financing with floating interest rates and prepayment flexibility. Cortland Partners plans to reposition both properties through capital improvements, unit renovations and rebranding. The SARM backed by Stoneridge is a seven-year, interest-only loan, and the SARM backed by Century Northlake is a 10-year loan with five years of interest-only payments.
RESTON, VA. — Rubenstein Partners LP has purchased a 180,000-square-foot office building located at 11493 Sunset Hills Road in Reston, about 20 miles west of Washington, D.C., in northern Virginia. Rubenstein plans to reposition and re-tenant the building and has selected Andy Klaff and Steve Hoffeditz of Newmark Grubb Knight Frank to lease the property. The renovations, which are set to wrap up by the end of 2017, will include fashioning higher ceilings within the floor plates, overhauling the HVAC and building management systems, renovating the lobby and restrooms, upgrading the aesthetic to a more “industrial-loft” design and enhancing the amenity package, including a new fitness center, conference center, food service and an outdoor deck. Built in 1988, the five-story building is the former home of Unisys Corp. and is situated within walking distance to the new Wiehle-Reston East Station on the Metrorail’s Silver Line, as well as a Whole Foods Market, Reston Station and Reston Town Center.
CHESAPEAKE, VA. — S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co. has arranged the $8.2 million sale of 16.8 acres in Chesapeake for a new Kroger Marketplace store. Kroger LP I purchased the land situated at Dominion Boulevard and Cedar Road from Chesapeake Development. Tommy Drew of S.L. Nusbaum Realty represented Kroger in the purchase. The new 124,000-square-foot Kroger Marketplace will anchor the new shopping center at the site known as Dominion Commons. The new Kroger will feature 94,000 square feet of grocery space and 30,000 square feet of general merchandise, pharmacy, health and beauty and jewelry, as well as a fuel center. This store will be the sixth Kroger Marketplace in the Hampton Roads region and the second in Chesapeake. S.L. Nusbaum Realty is a member of X Team International.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Transwestern has arranged the $69.5 million sale of Ballston Metro Center, a 235,568-square-foot office building located at 901 N. Stuart St. in Arlington, roughly five miles outside of Washington, D.C. A joint venture between PERSEUS Realty and ELV Associates purchased the asset from Ballston Metro Investors LLC. Gerry Trainor and Mark Glagola of Transwestern’s Mid-Atlantic capital markets group represented the seller in the transaction. The new ownership group plans to make capital improvements to the office building. Ballston Metro Center is situated directly above Ballston Metro Station and within one block of Ballston Common Mall, which is undergoing a $317 million renovation and repositioning into Ballston Quarter.
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND NEW YORK — The board of trustees at Vornado Realty Trust (NYSE: VNO) has approved the tax-free spinoff of its Washington, D.C., portfolio and has agreed to the subsequent merger of the new entity with JBG Cos. The transaction is valued at $8.4 billion. The company, known as JBG Smith Properties, will be structured as a real estate investment trust (REIT). Vornado shareholders are expected to own roughly 74 percent of the new company, JBG’s limited partners are expected to own approximately 20 percent and JBG management is expected to own the remaining 6 percent. JBG’s senior management team will lead JBG Smith, which will have a portfolio totaling 50 office properties spanning 11.8 million square feet, 18 multifamily properties totaling 4,451 residential units and 11 other properties totaling about 700,000 square feet. The new company will be the largest landlord to the U.S. government in Washington, D.C. The portfolio is situated in Washington, D.C., as well as the suburban Maryland markets of Columbia and Bethesda and Crystal City, Pentagon City, Rosslyn, Arlington and Reston in Virginia. Additionally, JBG Smith will have a pipeline of projects under construction and land for future development that could span more …