BRADENTON, FLA. — NXT Capital has provided a $34.6 million acquisition loan for Vista at Palma Sola, a 340-unit apartment complex located in Bradenton. Situated one mile from Palma Sola Bay, the property features a clubhouse, two tennis courts, fitness center, pool, volleyball court, playground and a movie theater. Dennis Jimenez of CBRE’s Orlando office arranged the loan through NXT Capital on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Tanger Factory Outlets Center Inc. has sold the company’s 198,877-square-foot outlet mall in Fort Myers to Dahlmann Properties for $26 million. Built in 1993, the property’s tenant roster includes Brooks Brothers Factory Store, Crocs Outlet, Tommy Hilfiger, Adidas, Nike Factory Store, Under Armour, Island Java Café, Coach, Bath & Body Works and Zales The Diamond Store Outlet. Dahlmann Properties plans to rename the outlet mall Sanibel Outlets, due to its proximity to Sanibel Island.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Shopping Center Group (TSCG) has brokered the $16.5 million sale of The Shoppes at Centre Pointe, a 140,000-square-foot shopping center located in North Charleston. An affiliate of Monarch Investments purchased the retail property from an unnamed private real estate investment firm. Anchored by Staples and Ashley Furniture, the shopping center’s other tenants include Dollar Tree, McAlister’s Deli, Qdoba Mexican Eats, Cici’s Pizza, Sally Beauty Supply, GameStop, Cricket Wireless and Dunkin’ Donuts. IHOP and Chick-fil-A also operate at the shopping center but were not included in the sale. Walmart and Sam’s Club shadow-anchor the center. Anthony Blanco, Lenard Williams and Mallory Ham of TSCG’s investment sales team, along with Jeff Yurfest and Michael Silverman of TSCG’s Charleston office, represented the seller in the transaction.
BETHESDA, MD. — Congressional Bank, a Bethesda-based community bank, has closed five loans in three transactions for three seniors housing communities. The loans total roughly $11.6 million. The transactions include a $3 million bridge to HUD loan and a $1.5 million revolving line of credit for the acquisition and renovation of a 107-bed skilled nursing facility in New Bedford, Mass.; a $2.6 million bridge to HUD loan and a $500,000 revolving line of credit for the acquisition of a 67-bed skilled nursing and assisted living facility in Huntington, W.Va.; and a $4 million revolving line of credit in connection with the acquisition and operations of a 118-bed skilled nursing facility in Tucson, Ariz. Following its merger with American Bank with more than $800 million in assets, Congressional Bank becomes one of the 10 largest banks headquartered in Maryland, and one of the 15 largest banks headquartered in the metropolitan Washington, D.C., area.
MIAMI — Taubman Centers Inc. has decided not to move forward with an enclosed regional mall that was slated to be part of the Miami Worldcenter mixed-use development in Miami. Instead, Taubman, in conjunction with The Forbes Co. and Miami Worldcenter Associates, is now pursuing a high street retail plan that will better utilize the characteristics of the site and the market. Taubman expects to recognize a charge of $11 to $12 million for the write off of previously capitalized costs related to pre-development of the enclosed mall plan. Taubman and Forbes have agreed with Miami Worldcenter Associates on preliminary terms to lease the retail portion of the street level project with an option to purchase the retail component for a pre-determined price once it opens.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Crescent Communities is developing a transit-oriented, mixed-use development in Charlotte’s NoDa (North Davidson Arts and Entertainment) district called Crescent NoDa. The project will be located at the planned 36th Street Lynx Blue Line light rail station. Crescent Communities plans to begin construction this month on Crescent NoDa and open the project in 2017, in line with the opening of the city’s light rail extension. Crescent NoDa will feature 344 apartment residences, 7,500 square feet of street-level retail space, an extended platform for the light rail stop, an open plaza, above-ground parking deck and an adjacent commercial parcel, which could include a mixed-use development with up to eight stories in height and 28,000 square feet of additional street-level retail space. Communities amenities will include an outdoor terrace, dog wash station, resident workshop, clubroom, fitness center and private courtyards with a pool, grilling area, green space and fire pits. The project team includes architect Lord Aeck Sargent, landscape architect Land Design and interior designer Vignette Interior Design. Crescent NoDa will be financed with an equity investment by Crescent Communities and debt from Synovus Bank and Citizens Bank. Crescent Communities worked with the NoDa Neighborhood and Business Association in planning …
NORCROSS, GA. — Westmount Realty Capital LLC and Quilvest Private Equity have formed a joint venture to purchase Gwinnett Corporate Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot business park located at 1700-1865 Corporate Drive and 4145-4165 Shackleford Road in Norcross. The companies purchased the asset from the Dexter Cos., which owned and managed the property for more than 30 years, for an undisclosed price. The 115-acre property is situated in Atlanta’s I-85 North industrial submarket in Gwinnett County and features 17 Class A industrial and office buildings. Westmount will provide property management services for the property, which will be rebranded as Gwinnett Commons following tenant improvements. The joint venture has hired Reliant Real Estate Partners to lease the asset. The Corporate Drive assets were 79 percent leased at the time of sale, and the Shackleford Road buildings were 48 percent leased.
SPRINGHILL, TENN. — Trillium Capital Resources (TCR) has arranged a $29 million loan for Grand Reserve Springhill, a newly constructed, 290-unit apartment community located in Springhill. Trillium arranged the 12-year, non-recourse, fixed-rate loan through Aegon Insurance Group on behalf of the borrower, a Columbus, Ga.-based developer. The borrower will use the proceeds of the financing to take out an existing construction loan.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Cushman & Wakefield’s Atlanta retail investment advisors group has brokered the $25 million sale of Village at Lee Branch II, a 223,100-square-foot shopping center in Birmingham. Monarch Investments purchased the property from Rushmore Properties, a private real estate investment firm based in Chicago. Located at the intersection of U.S. Route 280 and Doug Baker Boulevard, the shopping center’s tenant roster includes Hobby Lobby, Carmike Theaters, Baumhower’s, Taziki’s Café, The Melting Pot and Sport Clips. The sale included several undeveloped pad sites. Mark Joines, Drew Fleming and Fain Hicks of Cushman & Wakefield’s Atlanta office, along with Mark Gilbert of the firm’s Miami office, represented the seller in the transaction.
ATLANTA — The Boulder Group has arranged the $4.8 million sale of a newly built Chick-fil-A restaurant located at 1100 Northside Drive in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood. According to CoStar, the transaction represents the highest priced single-tenant Chick-fil-A property ever sold. The restaurant is situated within a half mile of Georgia Tech and Atlanta’s only IKEA location. Randy Blankstein and Zach Wright of The Boulder Group represented the buyer, a Midwest-based real estate developer, in the 1031 transaction. The seller was a partnership based in the Southeast. The ground lease is for 20 years and features rent escalations every five years, seven five-year renewal option periods and no landlord responsibilities. Founded in 1946, Chick-fil-A is a privately owned company based in Atlanta with more than 1,900 locations throughout the country.
