FAIRBURN, GA. — Battery giant Duracell Corp. has signed a full-building lease totaling 873,800 square feet of industrial space at Core5 Logistics Center at Shugart Farms, an industrial development located in Atlanta’s I-85/Airport submarket in Fairburn. The Core5 facility will provide Duracell distribution services for all of North America. Sonoco, a global diversified packaging company, will support Duracell’s new battery packaging operation, and DHL will handle the logistics. Kris Bjornson and Bill Kee of JLL represented the tenant in the lease deal. Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Core5 Industrial Partners.
Southeast
ORLANDO, FLA. — Stan Johnson Co. has arranged the $28 million sale of 14 restaurants in Central Florida leased to Ker’s WingHouse, now known as WingHouse Bar & Grill. STORE Capital, a single-tenant, net-lease real estate investment firm, purchased the 89,282-square-foot portfolio. Joshua Pardue of Stan Johnson’s New York City office led the brokerage team in the transaction.
MOORESVILLE, N.C. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged a $27.8 million Freddie Mac loan for Carriage Club Apartments, a 268-unit apartment community located in Mooresville, about 28 miles north of Charlotte. The property was built in 2000 and renovated in 2005. Timothy DeWispelaere of KeyBank arranged the three-year, interest-only loan, which the borrower will use to acquire and renovate Carriage Club.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Covenant Capital Group has sold Regency Place Apartments, a 180-unit, garden-style apartment community located at 6210 St. Regis Circle in west Raleigh. Towne Properties purchased the property, its first acquisition in the Southeast, for $20.8 million free and clear of existing debt. Regency Place comprises nine three-story buildings with a mix of one- and two-bedroom units averaging 848 square feet. Covenant Capital Group upgraded the property’s amenities, exteriors and unit interiors over the past two years. Justin Good, Allan Lynch, Jeff Glenn and Jason Nettles of HFF represented the seller in the transaction.
SHREVEPORT, LA. — Transwestern has arranged the $9 million sale of East Side Plaza, a 78,761-square-foot shopping center located at 7460 Youree Drive in Shreveport. Dalton Street Properties purchased the shopping center from Eastside Dunhill. Built in 2004, the property’s tenant roster includes Michael’s, Guitar Center, Dollar Tree and Cato. Fred Victor of Transwestern represented Eastside Dunhill in the transaction.
LAKE WORTH, FLA. — Big Rock Partners has opened a welcome center and begun pre-leasing for Atria at Villages of Windsor, a $105 million independent living, assisted living and memory care community situated on a 22.5-acre site in the Palm Beach County city of Lake Worth. The community’s 186 units of independent living are scheduled to open this summer, followed by 80 assisted living units and 54 memory care units in the fall. Atria Senior Living will operate the community once completed. Gensler designed the property, while Moss & Associates served as construction manager. Walker & Dunlop arranged a $68.2 million construction loan for the project last year.
ARA Newmark Arranges Two Student Housing Sales in the Carolinas Totaling More Than $50M
by John Nelson
COLUMBIA, S.C. AND GREENSBORO, N.C. — ARA Newmark has arranged two sales of student housing assets near the University of South Carolina and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The sales totaled more than $50 million. In the first transaction, Pittsburgh-based Campus First Student Living purchased The Club at Carolina Stadium in Columbia from Aspen Square Management for $30.5 million. Situated directly across from Carolina Stadium, the 240-unit, 486-bed asset was fully occupied at the time of sale. In the second deal, Shanghai-based private equity fund OC Ventures and operating partner SkyeCroft Realty purchased Sterling Cottages at West End in Greensboro from Houston-based The Dinerstein Cos. for an undisclosed price. Built in 2011, the 176-unit, 600-bed asset was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale. Ryan Lang of ARA Newmark’s Student Housing group in Austin, Texas, represented the sellers in both transactions.
New York Life Insurance Provides $38.8M Loan for Two-Building Office Complex in Atlanta
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — New York Life Insurance Co. has provided a $38.8 million loan for One and Two Perimeter Plaza, a two-building office complex located at 5605 and 5607 Glenridge Drive N.E. in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter office submarket. The recently renovated office buildings total 316,734 square feet and feature covered building access, structured parking, an exterior patio with barbeque grills, café, conference facility and a fitness center. The 11-story One Premier Plaza and the seven-story Two Premier Plaza were 81.4 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as McGriff, Siebels & Williams, Mozley, Finlayson & Loggins, FirstPRO, JMG Realty, Peachtree Hotel Group and The Gap. Ed Coco and Matt Casey of HFF arranged the floating-rate, three-year loan through New York Life on behalf of the borrower, Zeller Realty Group.
PEACHTREE CITY, GA. — The $9.5 billion MEPT Fund, along with its affiliated funds, has purchased Kedron Village II, a 157,185-square-foot shopping center located in Peachtree City, about 30 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta. MEPT also owns the adjacent Kedron Village I, a 97,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored retail center. Built in 2006, Kedron Village II was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ross Dress for Less, Bed Bath & Beyond and Petco. The weighted average remaining lease term for all tenants is nearly five years and 80 percent of the tenant base has been at the center for seven or more years. Bentall Kennedy, a Sun Life Investment Management company, advised MEPT in the transaction.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Divaris Real Estate Inc. has arranged a 39,000-square-foot office lease within Town Center of Virginia Beach, a 17-block mixed-use development in Virginia Beach. The tenant, Mythics Inc., an Oracle systems integrator and consulting firm, will occupy the top floor and majority of the eighth floor of a LEED-certified office building located at 4525 Main St. Mythics retained Vivian Turok of Divaris Real Estate to represent the firm in its search for new corporate headquarters. Mythics will relocate 143 full-time employees to the new headquarters, with plans to create an additional 30 full-time positions. Michael Divaris and Krista Costa, also with Divaris Real Estate, represented the landlord, TCA Block 11 Office LLC, in the lease deal. Town Center of Virginia Beach features seven office buildings totaling 900,000 square feet of office space, including 4525 Main, which was 95 percent leased at the time of the lease.