ORLANDO, FLA. — NXT Capital has provided a $15.1 million acquisition loan for the Reserve at Maitland, a three-building, Class B office property in Orlando totaling 197,000 square feet. The property is situated on the south side of Maitland Center, just north of Orlando’s central business district, with access to I-4.
MACON, GA. — Equus Capital Partners Ltd. has sold Madison River Place, a 240-unit apartment community in Macon, for $14.5 million. Mullberry Properties LLC purchased the property, which was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Built in 1988, the community features a resort-style swimming pool, fitness center, tennis and sand volleyball courts and a playground. Robert Stickel of Multi Housing Advisors represented the seller in the transaction. Greg Curci of Equus oversaw the company’s disposition of Madison River Place.
RALEIGH, N.C. — CBL & Associates Properties Inc. (NYSE: CBL) has closed on a new joint venture with DRA Advisors LLC that significantly reduces the retail real estate investment trust’s ownership stake in Triangle Town Center and Commons mall in Raleigh. The new joint venture acquired the property from an existing 50/50 joint venture between CBL and The Richard E. Jacobs Group for a total consideration of $174 million, including the assumption of a $171.1 million loan secured by the property. CBL now holds a 10 percent ownership position in the asset and is responsible for leasing and managing the property. DRA Advisors holds a 90 percent ownership position. The center, which was 96 percent occupied at the end of 2015, is anchored by North Carolina’s only Saks Fifth Avenue location, and is located at the intersection of Triangle Town Boulevard and I-540 near Capital Boulevard and Old Wake Forest Road. The $171.1 million loan on the property, which matured in December 2015, has been modified and restructured with an initial term of three years maturing in December 2018. The loan includes two one-year extension options available to the new joint venture for a final maturity date of December 2020. …
ORLANDO, FLA. — CBRE has brokered the $42 million sale of The Glenn, a 396-unit luxury apartment community located at 10801 Heather Ridge Circle in Orlando. Insula Cos. purchased the property from Heather Glen Holding Co. LLC. The Glenn features three swimming pools with sundecks and tanning areas, a clubhouse, sand volleyball court and a newly constructed, 2,500-square-foot fitness center with a spin and yoga room. Built in 1986 and updated in 2014 and 2015, The Glenn was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Shelton Granade, Luke Wickham and Justin Basquill of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.
WESTON, FLA. — New York Life Real Estate Investors has purchased Weston Pointe, a 388,112-square-foot, four-building office park in Weston, a town in Broward County. Built between 1999 and 2006, Weston Pointe was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Wells Fargo, BB&T, Merrill Lynch, Regus, Ultimate Software and the General Services Administration. New York Life Real Estate Investors purchased the asset on behalf of the Madison Core Property Fund.
DAVIE, FLA. — PREMIER Design + Build Group LLC has finished construction on a speculative industrial warehouse in Davie, a town in Broward County. The 145,800-square-foot project, known as Bridge Point Davie, is located at 3501 S.W. 46th Ave. PREMIER completed the project on behalf of Bridge Development Partners LLC. Bridge Point Davie is a Class A facility featuring 32-foot clear heights, 43 truck dock positions, four drive-in doors, an ESFR fire protection sprinkler system and 241 parking stalls. Mark Melone and Michael Pacini of PREMIER were the project managers and Ed Lebak, also with PREMIER, was field superintendent. RLC Architects provided architectural services, and Landplan Engineering Group Inc. was the civil engineer. David Wigoda and Steve Wasserman of JLL are leasing the project on behalf of Bridge Development Partners.
CHAPIN, S.C. — Aztec Group Inc. has secured a $14 million construction loan for Chapin Crossing Shopping Center, a Publix-anchored project underway in Chapin. The shopping center will feature a 45,600-square-foot Publix, roughly 36,000 square feet of inline shop space and three outparcels that can span up to 41,000 square feet. The project will be situated on a 20-acre lot near Lake Murray. Jason Shapiro and Sean Harrington of Aztec Group originated the three-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Chapin & Lex LLC, a joint venture between Mayan Properties, Elion Partners and CF Properties. The loan features a four-year extension option.
HOUMA, LA. — Venture Commercial Real Estate and SRSA Commercial Real Estate, two X Team International partners, have arranged a 20,023-square-foot lease for Northern Tool + Equipment in Houma. The family-owned and operated chain of hardware stores will occupy space at Houma Power Center, joining Old Navy, Burkes Outlet, Shoe Carnival and Pier 1 Imports. The shopping center is located between Martin Luther King Boulevard and West Main Street. Clay Mote of Venture Commercial and Kirsten Early of SRSA Commercial represented Northern Tool in the lease deal. Austin Lavin of Corporate Realty represented the landlord, Andrew Associates LLC. The Houma store will be Northern Tool’s second location in Louisiana.
The New Orleans office market remains dynamic. The city has obviously changed dramatically in the 10 years since Hurricane Katrina and is on a continued path of change going forward. Positive change. In the past 12 to 18 months, more than 1 million square feet of what used to be considered office space in downtown New Orleans has been converted to retail, hotel, residential or multifamily use. Projects such as 225 Baronne Street, the 1100 block of Tulane Avenue, 600 Carondelet Street, Factor’s Row redevelopment and approximately 130,000 square feet of space at 1250 Poydras Street (a 423,000-square-foot, Class A tower) are just a number of examples. More of this space was unoccupied than occupied at the time of the conversions. The most recent of these conversions, 600 Carondolet Street, resulted in the largest absorption of Class A office space in the market. Additionally, URS, now AECOM, leased approximately 70,000 square feet of space in 1515 Poydras, a 530,000-square-foot building located across from the Mercedes-Benz Superdome. In the central business district (CBD), Class A office occupancy is a healthy 90 percent and average rental rates have increased in the past 12 to 24 months to approximately $19 per square foot. …
ATLANTA — Post Properties has announced it will develop Post Centennial Park, a 438-unit, midrise apartment community located in Atlanta’s central business district. Development costs are expected to total $96 million. The luxury apartment project will be located adjacent to Centennial Park and within walking distance of the MARTA Civic Center and Peachtree Center rail stations and the Atlanta Streetcar. The community will include a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments averaging 808 square feet. Post Properties forecasts market rents to average approximately $1,620 per month. Ten percent of the planned units will be designated as workforce housing, with rents forecast to average approximately $1,090 per month. Atlanta-based Post Properties currently has 2,290 units in six apartment communities under construction with a total estimated development cost of $478.6 million. The company expects to complete Post Centennial Park in mid-2018.
