CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Crescent Communities plans to develop a new mixed-use, transit-oriented project in Uptown Charlotte that will bring the neighborhood its first Whole Foods Market. The development will feature a 47,000-square-foot Whole Foods, a 450-unit luxury apartment community, two hotels and retail space. The project will be located on a 5.4-acre site at the Lynx Light Rail’s Stonewall Station. In addition to a raised, transit-level public plaza, the new project at Stonewall and Caldwell streets will include a resident-only outdoor amenities area atop the parking deck, which will feature a resort-style pool. Crescent will break ground on the new community on Stonewall Street this year and is targeting 2017 for its opening date. Bill Moseley of Moseley Real Estate Advisors represented Whole Foods Market in the lease transaction. Lord Aeck Sargent and Preston Partnership LLC provided site planning and design services for Crescent Communities, and Land Design is the civil engineer.
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MERIDIAN, MISS. — Sean Glickman of Coldwell Banker Commercial NRT, founder of the Glickman Retail Group, has brokered the $27 million sale of Meridian Crossings, a 206,365-square-foot shopping center in Meridian. Built in 2007, the asset was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to T.J. Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, Bed Bath & Beyond, Best Buy and Books A Million. Glickman represented the buyer, a 106-year-old family-owned company that owns, manages and develops shopping centers in 11 states.
FRANKLIN, TENN. — CFG Capital Markets has brokered the $7.5 million sale of Claiborne Hughes Health Center, a 157-bed skilled nursing facility (SNF) located in the town of Franklin. The facility is located approximately 30 minutes south of Nashville and is one of five licensed skilled nursing facilities in the county. The building was originally constructed in 1949 as a high school and converted into a SNF in 1981. Claiborne Hughes was sold for $47,770 per bed to a private investor group. Proceeds were used to fully retire HUD mortgage debt and other liabilities. Michael Burchell, Mike Coiro and Samer Tahboub of CFG Capital Markets were the advisors on the transaction representing the seller.
RALEIGH, N.C. — JPB Holdings LLC has acquired the 32,272-square-foot TrustAtlantic office building located at 4801 Glenwood Ave. in Raleigh for $7.3 million. The fully leased property’s anchor tenant is TrustAtlantic Bank, with other tenants including Workday Inc., Maginnis Law and Executive Suites of North Carolina. Jimmy Barnes and Whit Brown of NAI Carolantic represented JPB Holdings in the transaction. Ben Kilgore and Jeff Glenn of CBRE|Raleigh represented the seller. Built in 1973, the Class A office building was renovated in 2009 to LEED Silver standards.
PORT ST. LUCIE, FLA. — Atlantic | Pacific Development (A|P Development), the development platform under Atlantic | Pacific Cos. (A|P Cos.), has opened The Atlantic at Tradition, a 252-unit luxury apartment community in Port St. Lucie. The property is the Town of Tradition’s first luxury apartment community. The property features a swimming pool, fitness center, meeting rooms, children’s playroom, movie theater and an outdoor summer kitchen. Each unit features kitchens with stainless steel appliances, wood flooring in all living areas, washer and dryer units and personal balconies and patios.
ATLANTA — HFF has arranged $8.3 million in acquisition financing for Midtown West, a portfolio of two industrial warehouses and an adjacent 3.2-acre parcel in Midtown Atlanta. The borrower, a joint venture between Stream Realty Partners and a private joint venture partner, plan to convert the two buildings, which total 75,000 square feet, and the adjacent parcel into loft office space. The properties are located at 1460, 1494 and 1510 Ellsworth Industrial Blvd. N.W. Stream plans to reintroduce the project as Ellsworth in June 2015. The conversion will create speculative office studios ranging from 1,500 to 6,000 square feet at 1494 Ellsworth, while 1510 Ellsworth will be marketed for single-tenant use. Travis Anderson, Gregg Shapiro and Cory Fowler of HFF negotiated the financing on behalf of the borrower.
SUWANEE, GA. — CBRE has brokered the $7.5 million sale of Suwanee Depot, a 68,409-square-foot shopping center in Suwanee, a northern suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. The shopping center is 91 percent leased to a 20,000-square-foot Office Depot, 22,000-square-foot Georgia Fitness, Jackson Hewitt, Lenny’s Subs, Sylvan Learning and a mix of local service and restaurant tenants. Craig Taylor of CBRE’s Atlanta office represented the sellers, Atlanta-based Columbia Properties and New York-based Red Starr. Taylor brokered the sale in conjunction with Auction.com. The buyer was Mahesh Marjani.
MIAMI — Miami-based Mattoni Group has purchased more than 11,000 square feet of retail space at 1010 Brickell, a 50-floor, 387-unit condominium project in Miami’s Brickell district. Mattoni purchased all the ground-floor commercial units and is planning to lease those spaces to major retailers. 1010 Brickell’s developers, 13th Floor Investments and Key International Development, plan to complete the property in fall 2017. The development is positioned near the Tenth Street Metromover station on the Brickell Loop.
Lincoln Property Co. Southeast Arranges Volkswagen’s Office Lease Renewal in Alpharetta
by John Nelson
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Lincoln Property Co. Southeast has brokered Volkswagen Group of America’s long-term renewal of its 16,557-square-foot office lease in Alpharetta. The automaker renewed its lease at Two Northwinds, a six-story, 146,972-square-foot Class A office building located at 2520 Northwinds Parkway in Atlanta’s North Fulton submarket. Hunter Henritze and Michael Howell of Lincoln Property Co. Southeast represented the landlord, Equity Office, in the lease transaction. Shannon Newell of JLL represented Volkswagen.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — JE Dunn Construction Co. has topped off the Charlotte VA Health Care Center, a $104 million, six-story, 420,000-square-foot clinic in Charlotte. The healthcare complex, located on 35 acres near Charlotte Douglas International Airport, will be the largest leased facility of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The facility will provide outpatient primary and mental health care, as well as specialty clinics for radiology, neurology, cardiology, dialysis, women’s health, dental and oncology. In addition to JE Dunn, the project team also includes Childress Klein Properties and Cambridge Development Group, who formed Childress Klein-Cambridge Healthcare Solutions LLC to design, build and provide facility management for the project, which it owns and will lease to the VA. Charlotte-based RPA Design, the architect of record, designed the project to achieve LEED Silver certification. The clinic is scheduled for completion in spring 2016 and is estimated to produce roughly 2,000 jobs during construction and, upon completion, about 500-600 permanent jobs.