MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $9.6 million sale of Flagler Station Shops, a 42,800-square-foot shopping center located in Flagler Station near the Florida Turnpike in Miami. Built in 2001 along 106th Street, the retail center was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. Drew Kristol and Kirk Olson of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the seller, a New York-based advisor, in the transaction. The buyer is a private investment group based in Miami.
LANHAM, MD. — A partnership between Chesapeake Real Estate Group and Thompson Creek Window Co. has purchased a six-story, 122,000-square-foot office building located at 4200 Parliament Place in Lanham, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. The partnership acquired the Class A office building and an adjoining land parcel from Mack-Cali Realty Corp. for $6.3 million. The partnership plans to immediately design and permit an additional development on the adjacent land parcel, which can house up to 120,000 square feet of commercial space. Built in 1989, the office building was roughly 33 percent leased at the time of sale. Thompson Creek plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to the property this year, which will increase the occupancy to approximately 48 percent. The company designs, builds and installs replacement windows, doors and siding on existing residential homes throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. Christopher Murray of Chesapeake Real Estate Group will be responsible for managing and leasing the project.
NORTH EAST, MD. — Amazon plans to open a new 1.2 million-square-foot fulfillment center in North East, a town in northeast Maryland near the Delaware border. The e-commerce giant currently employs more than 3,000 associates at its fulfillment and sortation centers in Baltimore and plans to create 700 new positions at its new facility, the company’s third fulfillment center in Maryland. Situated within Principo Commerce Center I, the Amazon facility is a joint venture development between Trammell Crow Co. and Diamond Realty Investments. The joint venture broke ground on the project last May and plans to open the Amazon facility in the second quarter of this year.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A joint venture between Federal Capital Partners (FCP), Level 2 Development LLC and Clark Enterprises Inc. plans to develop The Highline, a $100 million apartment community located at 320 Florida Ave. N.E. in Washington, D.C. The property will feature 314 residential units, four penthouse residences and roughly 10,000 square feet of first-floor retail space. Designed by Eric Colbert & Associates, the 12-story community will feature warehouse-style windows, materials reminiscent of rail cars and riveted steel columns. Located one block from the NoMa/Gallaudet Red Line Metro Station, The Highline will include a rooftop pool, a green roof, bio retention facility, energy-efficient building design and 105 bicycle parking spaces. In conjunction with The Highline, the joint venture will develop 13 three-bedroom townhomes off-site in conjunction with DC Habitat that will be set aside for households earning no more than 50 percent of the area median income (AMI). In addition, 4 percent of The Highline’s units will be reserved for households earning no more than 80 percent of AMI. United Bank and EB5 Capital provided construction financing for the project, and MAC Realty Advisors assisted the venture in acquiring development financing.
CLEARWATER BEACH, FLA. — Wyndham Hotel Group has opened Wyndham Grand Clearwater Beach, a new 343-room hotel in Clearwater Beach, a beachfront town situated along the Gulf of Mexico in Pinellas County. The hotel features more than 22,000 square feet of meeting space, a full-service spa, outdoor pool, bar and Asian fusion restaurant, as well as a fitness center and business center open 24 hours a day. The hotel also includes two presidential suites, which feature three bedrooms, private elevator access, a balcony, dining area and living room.
BECKLEY, W.VA. — PREIT has sold Crossroads Mall, an enclosed regional mall in Beckley, for $24.8 million. The mall’s tenant roster includes anchors Belk, Dick’s Sporting Goods, J.C. Penney and Sears, as well as tenants such as AT&T, Bath & Body Works, GameStop, Hallmark, Hot Topic, PetSmart, Victoria’s Secret and Zales. Since January 2013, PREIT has sold 16 lower productivity malls and other non-core properties, generating $720 million in gross proceeds. The company’s portfolio featured 27 Sears stores in 2012 but is now down to just 10 stores in its portfolio, following the sale of Crossroads Mall. The buyer was undisclosed.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — G&C Mansell Investors LLC, an affiliate of South Florida-based investment firm Grover Corlew, has purchased five office buildings within Mansell Court at Mansell Overlook in Alpharetta for $12.3 million. The portfolio originally sold in 2007 for $22 million. Totaling nearly 190,000 square feet, the office buildings were a combined 77 percent leased at the time of sale. The new ownership plans to invest $1 million in significant upgrades to the brick office buildings, which were constructed in 1987. Grover Corlew has awarded Heather Lamb of CBRE the leasing assignment for all five buildings.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has unveiled its plans for a 3.5-acre block, situated at South Tryon and Bland streets in Charlotte’s South End, that the firm is currently redeveloping. The new development will feature two eight-story buildings spanning 320,000 square feet. Named the RailYard, the project will feature office space, 30,000 square feet of retail and restaurants and 100 residential units. The site sits one block from the LYNX Bland Street Station and at the head of the Rail Trail, a 3.5-mile trail along the LYNX Blue Line. The RailYard’s buildings will feature a brick exterior, masonry, ornamental steel and glass, double-door arched entryways and open floor plates offering views of Uptown and South End. The development will include a one-acre rooftop park and an outdoor courtyard between the two buildings. The design team includes RBA Group and David Furman of Centro Cityworks. Kristy Venning and Charlie Swanson of Beacon Partners are handling the leasing. Construction on RailYard is scheduled to begin this summer.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — SunTrust Bank has provided a $68.3 million loan to GoodWorks Unlimited LLC, a seniors housing provider with communities in Kentucky and Tennessee, for the refinancing of its portfolio. GoodWorks’ properties feature independent living, assisted living and memory care components. The organization will use the loan proceeds to refinance existing debt and expand its facilities. Currently 11 of GoodWorks’ 23 facilities are positioned for expansion. Harborview Capital Partners advised GoodWorks during the transaction.
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Avison Young has arranged the $20.9 million sale of Horizon Center, a four-story, Class A office building located at 9020 Overlook Blvd. in Brentwood, a suburb of Nashville. Chicago-based TRP Investments LLC purchased the 104,899-square-foot building. Built in 1999, Horizon Center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as OnLife (Blue Cross Blue Shield), Cross Country Education and Aerotek. Terry Smith, Dick Fleming, Ben Burns and Henry Trost of Avison Young represented TRP Investments in the transaction. TRP has retained Avison Young to lease and manage the property.
