GAITHERSBURG, MD. — Columbia Property Trust Inc. has sold an office property at 800 N. Frederick Ave. in Gaithersburg for $48 million. The buyer, SunCap Property Group, plans to redevelop the asset as a distribution center. The 40-acre property includes a 393,000-square-foot office building that formerly housed an IBM data center. Columbia Property Trust plans to use the proceeds from the transaction to reduce borrowings on its revolving credit facility.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has closed on the purchase of a 95-acre site in north Charlotte known as The Metrolina Expo Center for the development of Metrolina Park, a 1.2 million-square-foot manufacturing and logistics campus. Beacon Partners purchased the site from Linda Pistone for an undisclosed price. The industrial park will be situated off Statesville Road nearly one mile from I-77. Phase I of the development features two spec facilities totaling more than 600,000 square feet, as well as infrastructure and pre-grading on three additional lots to accommodate an additional 600,000 square feet. The two facilities include a 140,634-square-foot rear-load building fronting Statesville Road and a 495,950-square-foot cross-dock facility located near the park’s entrance. Beacon Partners plans to deliver both properties in the second quarter of 2017. The development team includes general contractor Edifice, civil engineer Orsborn Engineering Group and architect Merriman Schmitt. Wells Fargo provided construction financing on behalf of Beacon Partners.
SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY. — Dermody Properties has begun construction on LogistiCenter at 480, a 546,000-square-foot industrial facility located in Shepherdsville, about 20 miles south of Louisville near the Louisville International Airport and the UPS Worldport air hub. The project will be situated within Cedar Grove Business Park on Park Loop Road, less than two miles from the I-65 and Kentucky Highway 480 interchange. Users within Cedar Grove Business Park include Amazon, Best Buy, Clorox, eBay, Gordon Foods, UPS and Zappos. LogistiCenter at 480 will include 36-foot clear heights, 49 dock doors, 63 trailer stalls and 320 parking stalls. Dermody and general contractor Gordian Design and Construction expect to deliver the asset by the end of the year. Dermody has selected Kevin Grove and Doug Butcher of CBRE to lease the asset, which Dermody thinks will be well-suited for an e-commerce user.
WOODBRIDGE, VA. — The JBG Cos. has signed seven new retailers and restaurants at Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center, a 482,631-square-foot retail center located in the Washington, D.C., suburb of Woodbridge. The new tenants include a 4,026–square-foot Brew Republic Bierwerks; a 2,256-square-foot Duck Donuts; a 2,693-square-foot BurgerFI; a 1,255-square-foot Sushi Jin Next Door; a 5,561-square-foot Lane Bryant; a 3,201-square-foot Massage Envy; and a 3,354-square-foot Sleep Number. BurgerFI, Sushi Jin Next Door, Lane Bryant and Massage Envy are already open. Brew Republic Bierwerks, Duck Donuts and Sleep Number will open later this summer. Stonebridge at Potomac Town Center is now 93 percent leased to tenants such as Apple, REI, DSW Shoe Warehouse, Orvis, Uncle Julio’s and South Moon Under.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Quadrangle Development Corp. and The Wilkes Co. have started construction on The Lydian, a 324-unit luxury apartment building located at 400 K St. N.W. in Washington, D.C. Situated within the heart of Mount Vernon Triangle, The Lydian is located adjacent to another Quadrangle/Wilkes K Street apartment development, Lyric 440K. The Lydian will be the Quadrangle/Wilkes development team’s seventh building in its 2 million-square-foot, mixed-use Mount Vernon Place community. The first floor of The Lydian will have 13,410 square feet of shop and restaurant spaces, featuring 14-foot finished ceilings with floor-to-ceiling windows fronting the sidewalks of K Street. Designed by Davis, Carter, Scott, apartments at The Lydian will include 26 studios, 220 one-bedroom, 26 one-bedroom/den and 52 two-bedroom units on 14 floors. Amenities will include a rooftop pool and spa, cyber café with free Wi-Fi, rooftop clubroom with panoramic views, second-floor garden, fitness center, pet washing and grooming areas, underground parking garage and a bike repair and storage room.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — American Commercial Realty Corp. (Amcom Realty) has purchased Highland Square, a 277,000-square-foot, Publix-anchored shopping center located along I-95 and Dunn Avenue in Jacksonville. Amcom Realty purchased the asset for $22.7 million. The property’s tenant roster includes CVS/pharmacy, dd’s Discounts, Family Dollar, Bealls Outlet, Baileys Powerhouse Gym, Rainbow, Starbucks Coffee, Chase Bank and BBVA Compass. Ironstone Partners advised Amcom Realty in the transaction.
KEY LARGO, FLA. — Ocean Reef Club Real Estate Co., which is owned and operated by Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, has sold the three-story, 24,673-square-foot Plaza Building in Key Largo for $21.2 million. Mary Lee of Ocean Reef Club Real Estate represented both the buyer and Ocean Reef Club in the sale of the building, which was the largest commercial property for sale at the club. Ocean Reef Club is situated on 2,500 acres and features 65 commercial properties, a 275-room hotel, 30,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space, two 18-hole golf courses, a 175-slip marina, 12,000-square-foot spa and salon and 20 tennis courts.
KEY LARGO, FLA. — Ocean Reef Club Real Estate Co., which is owned and operated by Ocean Reef Club in Key Largo, has sold the three-story, 24,673-square-foot Plaza Building in Key Largo for $21.2 million. Mary Lee of Ocean Reef Club Real Estate represented both the buyer and Ocean Reef Club in the sale of the building, which was the largest commercial property for sale at the club. Ocean Reef Club is situated on 2,500 acres and features 65 commercial properties, a 275-room hotel, 30,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor meeting space, two 18-hole golf courses, a 175-slip marina, 12,000-square-foot spa and salon and 20 tennis courts.
LAVONIA, GA. — The Elrod Group, a brokerage division with Athens, Ga.-based Coldwell Banker Commercial Upchurch Realty, has arranged the $4.1 million sale of an industrial facility in Lavonia. The 746,735-square-foot warehouse development is situated on 55.8 acres along I-85. Brian Elrod of The Elrod Group represented the seller, Heritage Global Inc., in the transaction. The buyer was an unnamed automotive logistics user.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Mast Capital has sold The Graham Hotel Georgetown, a 57-room upscale boutique hotel within Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown Historic District. The Miami-based real estate investment and development firm sold the asset to Legacy Hotel Group LLC for $37 million, or $649,000 per key, one of the highest price per key transactions ever in Washington, D.C. The hotel underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation in 2013, after which the hotel more than quadrupled its profitability, according to Mast Capital. Andy Wimsatt and Ian Banger of CBRE’s Washington, D.C., office, along with Christian Charre, Paul Weimer and Natalie Castillo of the firm’s Miami office, represented Mast Capital in the transaction. Nelson Migdal of Greenberg Traurig LLP executed the deal. Mast Capital originally purchased the hotel in 2011 for $16.4 million.
