JONESBORO, GA. — Big V Capital LLC has purchased Crossroads South, a 207,404-square-foot shopping center located at 7965 Tara Blvd. in Jonesboro, roughly 17 miles south of Atlanta. The center was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Kroger, Badcock Furniture, Planet Fitness, Roses, Subway, UPS and H&R Block. Big V Properties, the property management affiliate of Big V Capital, will manage the retail center. The sales price and seller were not disclosed.
MARIETTA, GA. — Ziff Properties Inc. has acquired Burnt Hickory Village, a 56,640-square-foot retail center located in Marietta, roughly 20 miles north of Atlanta, for $8.7 million. Robby Pfeiffer of Marcus & Millichap facilitated the transaction. The seller was not disclosed. Chicken and the Egg, a farm-to-table restaurant, is housed in the center.
NAPLES, FLA. — Continental Realty Corp. has sold Aventine at Naples, a 350-unit apartment community located at 9300 Marino Circle in Naples, for $67 million. The Baltimore-based real estate company originally purchased the asset in 2013 for $44.3 million, and executed interior and amenity upgrades. ARA Newmark’s Hampton Beebe represented Continental Realty in the sale to Miami-based Advenir Inc. The property features an outdoor kitchen and grilling area, swimming pool, fitness studio, clubhouse and a 24-hour package pick-up room.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Velocis, in a joint venture with CREC, has acquired One Clearlake Centre, a Class A, 218,461-square-foot office building in West Palm Beach. The sales price was not disclosed, but The Real Deal reports AEW Capital Management sold the asset for $42.3 million. Christian Lee and José Antonio Lobón of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction, and Amy Julian of CBRE represented Velocis and CREC in financing the asset. Constructed in 1986, the 18-story tower is connected to a five-story, 662-space parking garage and is LEED Silver-certified. The joint venture plans to renovate the property, focusing on upgrading the lobby, corridors and bathrooms. A tenant lounge, conference center and multiple spec suites will also be created.
BOCA RATON, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the $38.9 million sale of 301 Yamato, a 206,946-square-foot, four-story office building in Boca Raton. Douglas Mandel, Todd Everett and Jason Carros of IPA represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Mandel and Everett also procured the undisclosed buyer. Eric Fixler of IPA Capital Markets secured $29.5 million in debt on behalf of the buyer. Constructed in 1987, 301 Yamato features an atrium with glass curtain walls, indoor and outdoor water elements and an air-conditioned bridge that connects to a five-story parking garage.
CARRBORO, N.C. — ARA Newmark has brokered the sale of Autumn Woods, a 236-unit apartment community in Carrboro, roughly five miles from the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Dean Smith and Sean Wood of ARA Newmark represented the seller, Dayton, Ohio-based The Connor Group. Manhattan- and Dallas-based The Milestone Group acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Constructed in 1997, Autumn Woods includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and a features a pool, cabana, fitness center, playground, business center and a car care center. The property was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale.
RICHMOND, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group has arranged the $7.4 million sale of Windsor VI, a 51,800-square-foot, Class A industrial property located within the Windsor Business Park in Richmond. Constructed in 2004, the property is fully leased on a long-term basis to Williamson Drug, a CVS Health Corp. subsidiary. Los Angeles-based Rich Uncles acquired the asset from the seller, an affiliate of Bethesda-based Fernau LeBlanc Investment Partners. Eric Robison of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer completed the transaction.
LAFAYETTE, SHREVEPORT AND SLIDELL, LA. — AVR Realty Co., a Yonkers, N.Y.-based multifamily investment and development firm, has sold a portfolio of nine multifamily properties totaling 2,079 units in Louisiana for approximately $250 million. Israel-based investment firm El-Ad National Properties purchased the portfolio. According to the company’s LinkedIn page, its portfolio of American properties consists of 12,700 apartment units, 1 million square feet of office space and several hotels. The holdings are spread across nine states and collectively valued at $1.2 billion. The sale represents the disposition of nine of AVR’s 11 multifamily assets in Louisiana. The portfolio includes four properties totaling 972 units in metro Lafayette, located approximately two hours west of New Orleans; three properties totaling 705 units in the metro of Shreveport in northwestern Louisiana; and two properties totaling 402 units in Slidell, approximately 30 miles north of New Orleans. Mike Kemether of Cushman & Wakefield’s Southeast Multifamily Advisory Group and Larry Schedler of Larry G. Schedler & Associates represented AVR in the transaction. El-Ad was represented internally. “This portfolio sale represents a substantial statewide multifamily investment and transaction,” says Schedler. “The high level of local and international investor interest was driven by the opportunity to purchase …
In 2016 and the first quarter of this year, Atlanta’s economy boomed, showing several positive signs that point to another banner year for the multifamily market. From December 2016 through February 2017, Atlanta added 96,700 total non-farm jobs, an increase of 3.7 percent over the same time the previous year. Additionally, in 2016 the city experienced 3 percent wage growth overall. This translates to a robust multifamily market with solid fundamentals. According to Axiometrics, Atlanta’s average effective rent broke the $1,000 ceiling in second-quarter 2016 and has not stopped climbing since, reaching $1,068 as of first-quarter 2017. Rents are projected to increase by just under 5 percent in 2017. While the market’s rent growth rate is slowing, we cannot forget that Atlanta is breaking historical rent records while maintaining an occupancy rate in the 94 percent range for the last 11 consecutive quarters. Throughout the city, all asset classes — from Class C suburban properties to trophy Class A properties in the urban core — are posting strong performances. One trend we are keeping an eye on is single-family development, which is starting to come back as rental rates continue to rise and renters look to make a more permanent …
OPA-LOCKA, FLA. — Avison Young has arranged the sale of the Opa-locka Hialeah Flea Market and neighboring auto auction site for $80 million. The property comprises three parcels of land totaling over 72.1 acres — the 43.8-acre flea market located at 12691 and 12705 N.W. 2nd Ave., and the 28.3-acre auto auction site, Insurance Auto Auctions, located at 12700 N.W. Le Jeune Road. Michael Fay of Avison Young negotiated the transaction on behalf of the buyer, Gramercy Property Trust, and the sellers, Bodwin Ltd. and SeaBase Florida Corp. At the time of sale, a 12-year lease with three, five-year renewal options was executed with RER Outdoor Marketplace LLC, a group of Miami investors, that will operate the flea market and has plans for capital improvements.
