SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — A joint venture between Childress Klein and MidCity Real Estate Partners has purchased 3.7 acres of land in Sandy Springs for the development of NorthPlace, a two-building office campus totaling 370,000 square feet. Situated within Atlanta’s Central Perimeter office submarket, the office development will sit at the intersection of Barfield Road and Mount Vernon Highway, one block from the new Mercedes-Benz U.S. headquarters and two blocks from the Sandy Springs MARTA station. Comprising a 250,000-square-foot building and 120,000-square-foot building, NorthPlace will offer signage visibility along Ga. 400. Childress Klein and MidCity will co-develop the property, and MidCity will oversee day-to-day construction responsibilities and will market the project to prospective corporate and medical tenants. A timeline for construction has not been announced at this time.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Pollack Shores Real Estate Group plans to develop a 350-unit apartment community at 327 and 349 Tremont Ave. in Charlotte’s South End district. Design is currently underway on the project, which is located within walking distance of Atherton Mill. The residential units will feature stone countertops and stainless steel appliances, and the community amenities will include a pool courtyard, clubroom, sky lounge, two courtyards with outdoor kitchen amenities and a dog park. The community will also feature 2,500 square feet of street-level retail space and “Live Work Units” fronting Tremont Avenue. Pollack Shores expects to deliver the unnamed project in late 2018.
GREENBELT, MD. — ACORE Capital has provided a $46.6 million acquisition loan for Capital Office Park, a seven-property office portfolio totaling 806,531 square feet in the Greenbelt suburb of Washington, D.C. Cary Abod and Michael Gigliotti of HFF worked on behalf of the borrower, Morning Calm Management, to arrange the floating-rate loan. Located at 6301-6421 Ivy Lane, the portfolio is currently 60 percent leased to tenants including Bozzuto & Associates, Whiting Turner and the U.S. District Attorney’s Office. Morning Calm, who will be moving its primary office to Capital Office Park, plans to upgrade the property’s lobbies, elevators, windows and amenity spaces.
NORCROSS AND LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Berkadia has brokered the $38.1 million combined sale of two apartment communities in metro Atlanta’s Gwinnett County. The properties include the 180-unit Ellington Woods located at 1359 Beaver Ruin Road in Norcross and the 192-unit Lealand Place at 2945 Cruze Road in Lawrenceville. Andrew Mays and Paul Vetter of Berkadia represented the seller, a private entity based in Atlanta, in both sales. Ellington 192 LLC purchased Ellington Woods for $18 million and Lealand 180 LLC purchased Lealand Place for nearly $20.1 million. Richard Levine of Berkadia originated two Freddie Mac loans totaling $26.9 million for the acquisition of both apartment communities. The loans feature seven-year terms and a floating 2.85 percent interest rate.
MANDEVILLE, LA. — SRSA Commercial Real Estate has brokered the $17 million sale of Northlake Shopping Center, a 166,371-square-foot retail center in Mandeville, situated on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain across from New Orleans. Northlake’s tenant roster includes The Fresh Market, Office Depot, Stage, Gordon’s of Mandeville and PetSmart. Steven Reisig and Kirsten Early of SRSA Commercial represented the buyer, Epic Real Estate Partners, in the transaction. Epic has retained SRSA Gulf South Management, a division of SRSA, to manage and lease the center.
ATLANTA — Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC) has formed a joint venture partnership with Regent Partners LLC to acquire a parcel in the Buckhead financial district of Atlanta and develop a $400 million mixed-use project. The office, retail and multifamily development will be located at 3354 and 3356 Peachtree Road, near State Route 400 and Buckhead’s MARTA train station. The four-acre property will consist of two buildings with more than 550,000 square feet of office and retail space, 60 condominiums and 300 multifamily units. Construction is expected to begin in 2018. The project will feature outlet roads leading to Peachtree Road, Piedmont Road and the Buckhead Loop. The new MARTA pedestrian bridge spanning Georgia 400 gives the project direct access to public transit. The Buckhead Community Improvement District has also proposed a nine-acre park on top of a half-mile stretch of Georgia 400 from the Buckhead Loop to Peachtree Road. Upon completion, the $245 million park will serve as the entrance to the joint venture’s new project. BCDC is a wholly owned subsidiary of Kajima USA, based in Atlanta. The company provides development and capital solutions, primarily through partnerships on commercial real estate projects in the Southeast. Atlanta-based Regent Partners is …
TAMPA, FLA. — NorthMarq Capital has arranged a $31.5 million construction loan for Cortona South Tampa, a 300-unit multifamily property located at 5145 S. Dale Mabry Highway in Tampa. The gated development will feature a two four-story apartment buildings and 20 two-story townhome buildings, as well as a 6,000-square-foot clubhouse with a resort-style swimming pool and recreation areas. Robert Hernandez of NorthMarq Capital’s Tampa office arranged the 3-year loan with a two-year extension option through a regional bank. The loan features interest-only payments for the primary term and a 25-year amortization schedule for the extension.
Kimco Delivers $18.1M Redevelopment of Mixed-Use Center in Columbia, Signs Three Tenants
by John Nelson
COLUMBIA, MD. — Kimco Realty Corp. has completed the $18.1 million redevelopment of Wilde Lake Village Center, a mixed-use development in Columbia that features 230 residential rental units, 30,000 square feet of office space, 41,000 square feet of retail space and 20,000 square feet of restaurants. As part of the redevelopment, Kimco is remerchandising the center and has recently executed leases with three tenants. Starbucks Coffee is opening both a café and a drive thru in the fall, Dynamic Dental Care LLC opened in December and Salons by JC is scheduled to open early this fall above David’s Natural Market.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and its joint venture partners have signed the Department of General Services (DGS) of the District of Columbia to a long-term lease for office space at Sentinel Square II, a 280,000-square-foot office building located at 1050 First St. N.E. in Washington, D.C.’s NoMa district. The DGS signed the 164,110-square-foot lease on behalf of the District’s Office of State Superintendent of Education and Department of Insurance, Securities and Banking. Both departments will move into the first eight floors of Sentinel Square II by November. The office building is owned by a joint venture between TCC, Cottonwood Partners and a subsidiary of a private real estate fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital-Real Estate. Sheryl Ellison Ponds and Robert Cooper of DGS, along with Bill Quinby, Tim Foley and David Cornbrooks of Savills Studley, represented DGS in the lease transaction.
LIVONIA, MICH. — Schostak Brothers & Co. Inc., a metro Detroit-based real estate investment firm, has purchased a portfolio of six retail properties adjacent to Walmart Supercenters in Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas. The company purchased the assets, which total nearly 160,000 square feet, through SFP Pool Seven LLC for an undisclosed price. The properties include Eagle Plaza-Ruston at 1401 Eagle Drive in Ruston, La.; Eagle Plaza-Farmerville at 775 Sterlington Highway in Farmerville, La.; Eagle Plaza-Forest at 1303 Highway 35 South in Forest, Miss.; Eagle Plaza-Cleveland at 710 N. Davis Ave. in Cleveland, Miss.; Sulphur Marketplace at 301-341 N. Cities Services Highway in Sulphur, La.; and Stone Street Plaza at 1101 Stone St. in Kilgore, Texas. Occupancy for the six locations averages 92 percent, with tenants including Cato Fashions, Dollar Tree, Hibbett Sports, PetSense, Rue 21 and Shoe Show. With these transactions, Schostak Brothers has 73 shadow Walmart retail assets in its portfolio.