SHREVEPORT, LA. — G. Archer Frierson III and Cecile Coutret of Vintage Realty Co. negotiated the sale of a 36,000-square-foot industrial building in Shreveport for more than $1 million. The buyer was Dallas-based Cardinal Capital Partners. Frierson and Coutret also negotiated a 10-year lease of the facility to P-Americas LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of PepsiCo Inc.
Southeast
The government shutdown impacted local economies and real estate dynamics in many U.S. markets, but none moreso than the Washington, D.C., region. With anywhere from a quarter to over a third of metro D.C.’s privately owned office leasing tied to the federal government, the inability of the federal government to engage in long-term real estate planning has serious implications for the office sector. Non-federal tenants in the region are impacted as well in that a significant portion of the region’s occupiers are reliant, at least in part, on government contracts and spending. In fiscal 2012 alone, more than $72.6 billion of federal contracting dollars were procured in Washington, D.C., and its suburbs. Possible repercussions in the contracting arena from the shutdown and continued budgetary uncertainty from the federal sector could include contract cancellations, delays in payments and scope reductions. With ongoing questions about government funding and spending, these companies, like the government itself, cannot plan for the future and make decisions in areas that affect their businesses such as staffing, office and facility needs and support infrastructure. The inevitable uncertainty due to the current stop-gap fiscal environment creates questions about where funding for fit out, technology and equipment will come …
ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of One and Two Premier Plaza, a two-building, Class A office complex located in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. The buildings total 316,269 square feet. David Meline, Stewart Calhoun, Samir Idris and Casey Masters of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers, CenterSquare Investment Management and Ackerman & Co., in the transaction. Cornerstone Real Estate Advisers purchased the office buildings, which were 78 percent leased at the time of sale.
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.
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.