TAMPA, FLA. — Rookis Investment Partners and Gulf Coastal Development have broken ground on Arbor Terrace Senior Living, a 139-unit independent living community in Tampa. Atlanta-based The Arbor Co. will manage the community, which is slated for completion in spring 2018. Tampa-based Chancey Design Architects and Interiors designed the project. The company will also handle interior design. Gulf Coastal Development is a Tampa-based developer of residential properties. Rookis Investment Partners brings together architects, builders and real estate professionals to create residential and commercial developments, mainly in Florida.
MIAMI — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $11.4 million sale of Plaza 8, a 53,428-square-foot mixed-use center located in Miami. The two-story property consists of ground-floor retail with a mix of office and retail space on the second floor. Miguel Alcivar, Dominic Montazemi and Michael Mandel of Cushman & Wakefield and Bill Strauss of WCL Properties represented the seller, AD4 Group, in the transaction. The buyer was undisclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Greysteel has arranged the $6.6 million sale of Brookland Place, an affordable multifamily community located at 617 Hamlin St. N.E. in Washington, D.C. Built in 1950, the 80-unit property is situated near Catholic University and within walking distance of two Metrorail stations in Washington, D.C.’s Brookland neighborhood. Ari Firoozabadi, Kyle Tangney, Rawles Wilcox, Alicia Orkisz and Herbert Schwat of Greysteel represented the seller, Jair Lynch Development Partners. The buyer, Wesley Housing Development Corp., will preserve the community’s affordability using financing from the DHCD and Enterprise Community Partners Inc.
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
LEBANON, TENN. — Premier Design + Build Group LLC plans to construct Commerce Farms V, a 650,000-square-foot spec distribution facility situated within the 145-acre Commerce Farms Industrial Park in Lebanon, a suburb of Nashville. Premier Design + Build is building the property on behalf of the developer, HSA Commercial Real Estate. The facility will sit on 41 acres at Highway 109 and feature 32-foot clear heights, 144 truck dock positions, four drive-in doors, a parking lot with 184 trailer stalls and a TPO roofing system. Joe Ahrens is the project manager and Johnathan Nelsen is the field superintendent from Premier Design + Build. Harris Architects will deliver architectural services for the project, and Joe DeLemos of NorthStar Real Estate Advisors is leasing the building.
DURHAM, N.C. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $26.5 million loan for Whetstone Apartments, a 204-unit multifamily community located at 501 Willard St. in downtown Durham. The undisclosed borrower is using the loan to refinance existing debt for the property, which was built in 2014. Chris Black of KeyBank arranged the seven-year loan with 12 months of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule.
SANDY SPRINGS AND MARIETTA, GA. — Stein Investment Group has purchased two office properties in metro Atlanta for a combined $18 million. The Atlanta-based buyer purchased both properties from Baltimore-based Alex Brown Realty. The assets include the 120,000-square-foot Northside Tower located at 6065 Roswell Road in Sandy Springs and the five-building, 60,000-square-foot East Cobb Office Complex located at 1000 Johnson Ferry Road in Marietta. Northside Tower was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to 70 tenants, including Signature Bank. East Cobb Office Complex was 80 percent leased to office and healthcare tenants such as Atlanta Falcons Physical Therapy Centers, Allstate Insurance, Sheffrin Men’s Health and Creative Dentistry. Stein Investment plans to invest $2 million to upgrade Northside Tower and $1 million to update East Cobb Office Complex.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the $12 million sale of a 76,899-square-foot, freestanding office building and call center located at 14401 Carowinds Blvd. in Charlotte. The property is leased on a long-term basis to iQor, an outsourcing firm that employs more than 1,000 agents at the facility. Britton Burdette of Stan Johnson’s Atlanta office represented the developer, 14401 Southlake Crossing LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was a private investor.
DUNWOODY, GA. — Avison Young has arranged the $5.6 million sale-leaseback of a 16,500-square-foot medical office building located at 4646 N. Shallowford Road in Dunwoody, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. The property features 12 examination rooms and features a rehabilitation center on-site. The seller, Progressive Medical, a medical clinic specializing in both traditional and holistic forms of medicine, has occupied the building since 1998 and has recently signed a 12-year lease with the new owner as part of the transaction. Art Waldrop and Sean Moynihan of Avison Young brokered the deal.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners LLC has sold Riverplace Tower, a 441,000-square-foot office tower located at 1301 Riverplace Blvd. in downtown Jacksonville. The undisclosed buyer purchased the 28-story tower, which is situated along the St. Johns River, for $53.4 million. The new owner has retained Richmond, Va.-based Lingerfelt CommonWealth to operate the asset, which the company purchased in 2014 for $29 million. Ameris Bank has signage on the office tower and occupies the entire 26th floor. The bank also operates a branch in the lobby. Commonwealth Commercial Partners, Lingerfelt CommonWealth’s property management affiliate, will handle day-to-day asset and property management responsibilities at Riverplace Tower. JLL will continue to handle the leasing and marketing of Riverplace Tower on behalf of the new owner. Lingerfelt CommonWealth Partners is a full-service real estate investment management firm with additional offices in Nashville, Jacksonville, Tampa, Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro and Hampton Roads. Together with its predecessors in the private sector and public REIT sector, its partners have built, acquired and managed nearly 20 million square feet of commercial real estate valued at approximately $2 billion across the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. In addition to Riverplace Tower, Lingerfelt CommonWealth recently sold the Bank of America Plaza, a …