CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cousins Properties Inc. plans to develop Dimensional Fund Advisors’ new 229,000-square-foot regional headquarters in Charlotte. The Class A office building will be located on a 2.3-acre site in Charlotte’s South End. The project is a 50/50 joint venture between Cousins and Dimensional. Construction is anticipated to begin in the fourth quarter, and delivery is slated for the fourth quarter of 2018. Dimensional signed a 15-year lease to occupy 100 percent of the building upon completion.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Mesa West Capital has originated a $56.8 million acquisition loan for Northbridge Centre, a 287,000-square-foot, Class A office building located at 515 N. Flagler Drive in West Palm Beach. The sponsor, 515 N. Flagler Drive Owner LLC, recently acquired the property from Gaedeke Group, which had owned the building for 20 years. The floating rate loan includes a future funding component to be used toward leasing costs, according to Mesa West Capital. Built in 1987 and renovated in 2002, the office building was 71 percent leased at the time of sale.
MAUMELLE, ARK. — Dominium, an apartment development and management firm based in Minneapolis, has purchased The Gables of Maumelle, a 120-unit apartment community located in the Little Rock metro area. Built in 2001, The Gables is Dominium’s first acquisition in Arkansas. Dominium will upgrade the property’s clubhouse and pool with new furniture, artwork, painting and a new fully equipped fitness room. All units will receive washers and dryers, and select units will receive new flooring, appliances and other improvements. The property will also receive updated signage, major landscaping and new lighting. The sales price and seller were not disclosed.
COVINGTON, LA. — Doster Construction has broken ground on Springs at River Chase, an apartment community located in Covington, situated across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans. The property will feature floor plans ranging from studio to three-bedroom, and community amenities will include a clubhouse, resort-style pool, 24-hour fitness center, dog park, attached and detached garages, car care center and a pet spa. The project team includes developer Continental Properties and architect of record Phillips Partnership. Doster has completed more than 1,000 units of multifamily housing in the last year, including Springs at Fremaux in Slidell, La.
PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia-based PREIT has sold three non-core malls in Alabama and Virginia for $66 million. The malls include Gadsden Mall in Gadsden, Ala.; Wiregrass Commons Mall in Dothan, Ala.; and New River Valley Mall in Christianburg, Va. All three malls are anchored Belk and JC Penney. As part of its disposition strategy, PREIT has sold 13 non-core malls since November 2012, as well as a few retail power centers and land parcels, for roughly $600 million in gross proceeds. Average gross rents for the 13 malls sold were $28.82 per square foot, nearly 50 percent lower than PREIT’s portfolio average of $54.56 per square foot, excluding non-core malls. Average non-anchor occupancy for the 13 malls at the time of sale was 82.1 percent, which compares to a portfolio average of 92.9 percent at the end of 2015, excluding non-core malls.
GRETNA, LA. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $29 million HUD 223(f) loan for the refinancing of Calypso Bay Apartments, a 280-unit multifamily community in Gretna, situated across the Mississippi River from New Orleans. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and features a swimming pool, fitness center, billiards room and a business center. Dougherty’s Dallas office arranged the 40-year HUD 223(f) loan on behalf of the borrower, Calypso Bay LLC.
HYATTSVILLE, MD. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $25 million loan for the refinancing of Plaza Towers Apartments in Hyattsville, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Built in 1963, the 289-unit, 11-story property is located at 6700 Belcrest Road. The building features a key-controlled entrance lobby, an office with a conference room, fitness and laundry rooms and access to an adjacent pool and tennis courts. Doug Westfall and Jonathan Hiller of NorthMarq Capital arranged the refinancing through its Fannie Mae DUS program.
WELLINGTON, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $9.5 million sale of a 14,820-square-foot Walgreens located at 10420 Forest Hill Blvd. in Wellington, a suburb of West Palm Beach. The store is located at the entrance to The Mall at Wellington Green, a 1.3 million-square-foot regional mall anchored by Nordstrom, Dillard’s, JC Penney and Macy’s. The buyer, a limited liability company, purchased the Walgreens store at a sub 5 percent cap rate. Russell Malayery and Walter Chapman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Benjamin Silver, Douglas Mandel and Richard Niewiadomski of Marcus & Millichap’s Fort Lauderdale office represented the buyer.
KENNESAW, GA. — Winter Construction has started the construction of Canterfield Senior Living of Kennesaw, a luxury seniors housing community in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw. Atlanta-based Medical Development Corp. (MDC) hired Winter to build the three-story, 74,000-square-foot community. The expected completion date for Phase I of construction is spring 2017. Number of units, continuum of care and development costs were not disclosed. MDC launched the Canterfield brand in 2011. Atlanta-based architecture firm Corcoran Ota Group designed the model. Winter Construction is a general contractor based in Atlanta.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) has selected PN Hoffman for the redevelopment of Waterfront Station II in southwest Washington, D.C. DMPED has approved PN Hoffman’s plans, which include a LEED Gold-certified mixed-use asset spanning 400,000 square feet. The project will comprise 310 market-rate apartment residences, 133 affordable multifamily units, 20,000 square feet of retail space and a 10,000-square-foot theater space. The development will be located on a 59,000-square-foot lot at 1000 Fourth St. S.W. The project team includes Paramount Development, ER Bacon Development, CityPartners and AHC Inc. PN Hoffman is also underway on The Wharf, 525 Water and Riverside Baptist Church in southwest D.C.