WASHINGTON, D.C. — First Potomac Realty Trust (NYSE: FPO) has sold Storey Park, a mixed-use project currently under development in the NoMa submarket of Washington, to 1005 LLC for $54.5 million.
When completed, Storey Park will include 350,000 square feet of office space, 65,000 square feet of retail and 300 loft apartments. An estimated completion date was not disclosed.
The buyer is a partnership between Perseus Realty LLC and W-G Capital LLC, an affiliate of Four Points LLC and Greencourt Capital. First Potomac and Perseus Realty jointly acquired the site in August 2011, with First Potomac owning a 97 percent interest.
The proceeds from the sale were used to repay a $22 million land loan at the property, and First Potomac used its portion of the remaining proceeds to repay outstanding borrowings on its unsecured revolving credit facility.
Perseus Realty began as a Washington, D.C.-focused investment firm in 2004 and has created a development portfolio within the metropolitan area.
W-G Capital is a Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm focused on real estate investments in the United States with a particular focus on the northeast corridor and the nation’s capital.
FPO is a real estate investment trust that owns, operates, develops and redevelops office and business park properties in the Washington, D.C. region. The company’s stock price closed at $10.21 per share on Tuesday, July 26, down from $10.89 one year ago.
— Haisten Willis