CHARLOTTE, N.C. — HFF has brokered the sale of a 32-story, 330,483-square-foot office tower located at 121 W. Trade St. in downtown Charlotte. Lincoln Property Co.’s affiliate, LPC Realty Advisors I LP, purchased the asset from a partnership controlled by The Dilweg Cos. for $71.6 million, according to the Charlotte Business Journal. Lincoln Property Co. purchased the asset in conjunction with local affiliate Lincoln Harris on behalf of a pension fund client. Tenants of the office tower include Chicago Bridge & Iron, SAS Institute, Caudle & Spears and Brookwood Associates. The building also features the Charlotte City Club on the top two levels and parking on levels two through nine. Ryan Clutter led HFF’s investment sales team representing the seller.
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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Olympus Property, a multifamily owner and operator based in Fort Worth, Texas, has purchased Midtown, a 170-unit, Class A apartment community in downtown Nashville. Built in 2010, Midtown’s amenities include a media lounge with billiards and Wi-Fi, Zen garden, 24-hour sky bridge fitness studio, elevator access, electronic building access, parking garage and valet dry cleaning services. Unit interiors include black energy star appliances, granite countertops, walk-in closets, 9-foot ceilings, wood flooring, designer cabinetry, under-mount sinks, washers/dryers and patios/balconies with Nashville skyline views. Midtown is Olympus Property’s third acquisition in Tennessee and fourth acquisition for its WW Olympus Property V LLC investment fund.
DURHAM, N.C. — The Dilweg Cos. has purchased South Square I and II, two office buildings located at 3710 University Drive and 3708 Mayfair St. in Durham, respectively. The buildings total 120,301 square feet and were 47 percent leased at the time of sale. Primary tenants at the two properties include Yadkin Bank, aWhere and SHIFT NC. Dilweg plans to invest more than $2.5 million to improve the buildings’ operating systems, common areas and tenant amenities. The Durham-based firm owns roughly 1.3 million square feet of office space in the Raleigh-Durham area.
Jamestown Begins Road Reconstruction for Riverview Landing Development in Metro Atlanta
by John Nelson
SMYRNA, GA. — Atlanta-based Jamestown LP has begun the reconstruction of Riverview Road for its Riverview Landing mixed-use development in Smyrna, roughly 15 minutes from Midtown Atlanta. The mixed-use project will be the only development of its kind in Atlanta with direct access to the Chattahoochee River. The new tree-lined thoroughfare will feature a landscaped median, neighborhood boulevard, bike lanes and sidewalks. Jamestown expects the road reconstruction to wrap up in December 2016. The site for the future Riverview Landing is currently being utilized as a REI Outdoor School outpost. Upon completion, Riverview Landing will feature rental townhomes and apartments, single-family houses, retail and recreational amenities, such as bike trails and river access for kayaking and canoeing.
SMYRNA, GA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Paces West, a Class A office development that features two office towers totaling 646,471 square feet. The development is located in Smyrna, a city in Atlanta’s Cumberland/Galleria office submarket. Investcorp and Crocker Partners teamed up to purchase the office development from a joint venture between TIER REIT and funds managed by Oaktree Capital Management LP for an undisclosed price. Formerly Home Depot’s corporate headquarters, Paces West was 90 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Piedmont Healthcare, Reliance Worldwide, British Telecom and Project Time & Cost. The office campus recently underwent an $11.7 million renovation. The sales price was undisclosed.
The Louisville multifamily market has consistently demonstrated strong, favorable market fundamentals, which has drawn significant interest in this growing riverfront city. Since 2010, the market has seen 19.8 percent rent growth and continually posted occupancy gains. This momentum resulted in a record amount of multifamily transactions in 2014 and continues to fuel investor demand today. This momentum in the multifamily sector is happening not only in Louisville, but across the U.S., according to CBRE Research. Overall demand for rental housing continues to be driven by demographic-led household formation and a deepening preference for rental vs. owner tenure. Supply continues to grow briskly and rent and revenue growth are accelerating. Additionally, a recent CBRE multifamily study found that the national homeownership rate is 63.4 percent — its lowest level since 1967. The report also discovered that the national rent growth has reached its strongest year-over-year gain in nine years. And we don’t expect this trend to level off anytime soon. During the first half of 2015, the Louisville market demonstrated strong fundamentals with increasing rents and occupancy. Between 2014 and 2015, the annual market-wide rent growth was 3.4 percent, bringing the average rent to $786, or $0.86 per square foot. The …
DURHAM, N.C. — CBL & Associates Properties Inc., a shopping center owner and developer based in Chattanooga, Tenn., and its 50/50 joint venture partner have sold Renaissance Center, a 363,000-square-foot community shopping center in Durham. The joint venture sold Renaissance Center to an unnamed institutional investor for $129.2 million. The property’s tenant roster includes REI, Best Buy, Chili’s, David’s Bridal, Old Navy, Nordstrom Rack, Moe’s Southwest Grill, Ruth’s Chris Steak House, Starbucks and The Melting Pot. The transaction is scheduled to close during the first quarter of 2016, subject to the assumption of a $16 million loan secured by the property’s Phase II and defeasance of a $31.6 million loan secured by the property’s Phase I.
Cousins Signs Bank of America to 922,684 SF Lease Renewal at Gateway Village in Charlotte
by John Nelson
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cousins Properties Inc. has signed a 10-year lease renewal with Bank of America for office space at Gateway Village in Uptown Charlotte. The Charlotte-based bank will continue to lease 922,684 square feet of office space at the 1.06 million-square-foot building. A 50/50 joint venture between Cousins and Bank of America own the office development, located at 800 and 900 W. Trade St.
RALEIGH, N.C. — SunTrust Bank has performed as the lead arranger for a $66.7 million construction loan for a Class A office tower in Midtown Raleigh. The borrower, Kane Realty Corp., will use the loan to develop Midtown Plaza, a 12-story, 330,000-square-foot office tower in North Hills, a 130-acre mixed-use development in Raleigh. Allscripts, a Chicago-based healthcare information technology company, will anchor the new office development. Kane Realty plans to deliver the project in July 2017. SunTrust has funded two other Kane-developed projects in North Hills — CAPTRUST Tower and The Dartmouth.
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Capstone Capital has closed the $32.5 million cash-out refinancing of Kilnsea Village Apartments, a 313-unit multifamily property located at 5300 Patron Place in Summerville, roughly 26 miles west of Charleston. The unnamed borrower, a Southeast-based developer, refinanced an existing $20 million loan and withdrew approximately $12.5 million from the new financing. Jackson Howard of Capstone Capital arranged the Fannie Mae loan at a fixed interest rate of 4.45 percent. The loan features three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.