ATLANTA — Manhattan Construction Co. has completed work on a $22 million, 10-story parking garage adjacent to the Georgia State Capitol in downtown Atlanta. The state of Georgia owns the 447,193-square-foot parking garage, which features 1,169 parking spaces and two helipads. The parking garage will be used by government employees. Matthew Widmaier of Manhattan Construction’s Atlanta office oversaw the construction of the facility, and Stevens & Wilkinson designed it.
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TIFTON, GA. — HFF has arranged the sale of Publix Plaza, a 52,600-square-foot Publix-anchored shopping center in Tifton. Publix Super Markets Inc. purchased the property for approximately $7 million. Brad Peterson and Whitaker Leonhardt of HFF represented the seller, TMall Development LLC, an entity of Atlanta-based RCG Ventures, in the transaction. The property, which was built in 2012, was 98.1 percent occupied at the time of sale.
JACKSON, MISS. — Dougherty Mortgage LLC has closed a $2.6 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Southbrook Gardens Apartments, a 100-unit affordable housing community in Jackson. Dougherty Mortgage’s Austin, Texas, office arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Daniel Lake Partners LP.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Meridian Development Group, in a joint venture with Singerman Realty Estate LLC, acquired a 235,404-square-foot industrial property at 3401 Gresham Lake Road in north Raleigh. The new ownership plans to extensively renovate the property into a Class facility known as North 540 Distribution Center. Chris Norvell and Jackson Rives of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer are handling the property’s marketing and leasing responsibilities.
ATLANTA — Bull Realty has arranged the $4.3 million sale of 1753 Peachtree St., a 1.2-acre site in Atlanta’s Buckhead submarket. UHS-Pruitt, a healthcare real estate owner and operator based in Norcross, Ga., purchased the land from Woodhaven Ventures LP. UHS-Pruitt plans to develop an upscale, six-story skilled nursing facility on the property that will house 120 beds. The corner site is located within a half mile of Piedmont Hospital and the Shepherd Center. Michael Bull and Daniel Latshaw of Atlanta-based Bull Realty represented the seller in the transaction. Rush Bradley of Lavista Associates represented the buyer. The site is located at the intersection of Peachtree Street and Huntington Road.
MIAMI — White & Case LLP has signed a long-term lease renewal for 57,954 square feet of office space at Southeast Financial Center, a 1.2 million-square-foot office tower in Miami’s CBD. The tower is the tallest and largest office building in Florida, according to Jones Lang LaSalle. Donald Cartwright and Nicole Vassilaros of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Tere Blanca of Blanca Commercial Real Estate Inc. represented White & Case in the transaction.
WALDORF, MD. — A new Silver Diner is set to open a new location at The Shops at Waldorf in Waldorf. The new 6,500-square-foot restaurant is slated to open in spring 2014. Silver Diner operates 15 locations in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan region, with the new Waldorf location being the only Silver Diner restaurant in southern Maryland. Madison Marquette manages The Shops at Waldorf, a 495,162-square-foot neighborhood center.
CARY, N.C. — Dominion Realty Partners LLC, a multifamily developer and investor based in Raleigh, N.C., has broken ground on Parkside Place, a 294-unit apartment community. The Class A community will be located on a 13-acre tract at the intersection of Highway 55 and Highway 540 in Cary, which is within the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Triangle area. The community will feature a swimming pool with a sundeck and will be integrated with Parkside Town Commons, a 435,000-square-foot retail center whose tenants include Target, Harris Teeter, Frank Theatres, Field & Stream and Golf Galaxy. Dominion Realty will lease and manage the new community on-site. The new apartment community is expected to be delivered in the first quarter of 2015.
COCONUT CREEK, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of a 32,635-square-foot, two-story building at 3700 Coconut Creek Parkway in Coconut Creek. The South Florida Academy of Learning purchased the property from the Technological University of America for approximately $4.9 million. The property will be the new home for the South Florida Jewish Academy. The property was built in 1976 and renovated in 2008. It features 17 classrooms, two laboratories, a library, data center, auditorium, café and faculty room. Deanna Lobinsky, Dominic Montazemi, Travis Herring, Katherine Ridgway, Scott O’Donnell, Jason Hochman and Miguel Alcivar of CBRE brokered the transaction.
SANFORD, FLA. — NAI Realvest has arranged the $3 million sale of a 242,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution facility at 1201 Cornwall Road in Sanford. George Livingston, Christie Alexander, Drew Saphos and Paul Vera of NAI Realvest represented the seller, Columbus, Ohio-based Lake Mary Industrial Partners LLC. Colliers International represented the buyer, 1201 Cornwall LLC.