FAIRFAX, VA. — Washington, D.C.-based Greysteel has negotiated the sale of Oak Knolls Realty Corp. for $10 million. Oak Knolls Realty Corp. is a Florida S corporation that controls a single asset, the Oak Knolls apartment community, which is located at 3979 Oak St. in Fairfax. The community currently contains 110 units, but the City of Fairfax recently released a comprehensive plan that encourages the rezoning of the property for high-density residential development. The Greysteel team of Ari Firoozabadi, John Mullen, Kyle Tangney, Henry Schuldinger and Caleb Brown represented the buyer, Capital Investment Advisors.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Newmark Grubb Phoenix Realty Group (NGP) has brokered the sale of a Jacksonville flex industrial building for $5.2 million. Situated near the interchange of Interstate 95 and Baymeadows Road at 8813 Western Way, the property contains 168,125 square feet of office and warehouse space. Bobby Gatling and Bryan Bartlett of NGP represented the seller, COFE Properties Fund 1 – Western Way LLC. Bruce Jackson of CB Richard Ellis represented the undisclosed buyer.
DURHAM, N.C. — Berkeley Capital Advisors has arranged the sale of a McDonald’s absolute net ground lease for $1.37 million. The property, which is located in Durham, totals approximately 1.7 acres. McDonald’s has a new 20-year lease in place. Berkeley’s Steve Horvath and Jay Levell represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer was a private trust.
MT. PLEASANT, S.C. — Blair Belk and Trey Lucy, formerly vice presidents with Lincoln Harris, have formed a new commercial real estate firm. Belk | Lucy will provide a full range of commercial real estate services to South Carolina’s Low Country. The new firm will be based out of the Charleston suburb of Mt. Pleasant. Since 2007, Belk and Lucy have completed over 1 million square feet in commercial real estate transaction and averaged more than 40 transactions per year.
MCLEAN, VA. — LCOR has received county approval for the development of The Commons, a transit-oriented community to be constructed in McLean. Phase I will include the property’s north parcel, which comprises 21 acres located at the corner of Anderson Road and Chain Bridge Road. LCOR received approval to develop up to 2,500 residential units, approximately 50,000 square feet of street-level retail space and green space. LCOR anticipates beginning construction for Phase I in the second half of 2014.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A joint venture between Charleston, S.C.-based Hudson Capital Investments and Phoenix-based RW Partners has purchased a Class A apartment community in Greenville from Carroll Companies. Candleton Village is located at 741 Woodruff Road near the intersection of Interstates 85 and 385. Constructed in 2006, the property contains one- through three-bedroom units averaging 986 square feet in size. Jason Nettles and Megan Thompson of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler represented Carroll Companies in the transaction.
TIFTON, GA. — Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) has brokered the sale of Tifton Corners, a 186,629-square-foot shopping center located at 21 Virginia Ave. South in Tifton. Tenants of the center include Big Lots, Save A Lot, Tractor Supply Co., Dollar Tree, Citi Trends and Hibbett Sports. Occupancy was 84 percent at the time of closing. JLL’s Margaret Caldwell and Kris Cooper represented the seller, Atlanta-based RCG Ventures. The buyer was a Georgia-based limited liability company. The acquisition price was not released.
NORTH EAST, MD. — Cushman & Wakefield has completed the sale of a 345,600-square-foot industrial property in North East. The building is located on 36 acres near Interstate 95 at 4 Center Drive. It is fully leased to the General Services Administration and Herr Foods. Cushman & Wakefield’s Christopher Abramson, Brian Kruger, Nicholas Signor and Jonathon Chalkey represented the undisclosed seller. The buyer is SK Realty Management.
SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY. — Dermody Properties has acquired approximately 36 acres in Shepherdsville for a new speculative industrial project. Dermody is partnering with Granite REIT to construct a 624,000-square-foot industrial building within Settlers Point Business Park at the interchange of Interstate 65 and Highway 44. The building will feature 36-foot clear ceiling heights and 60 docks doors with cross docking capability and expansion capability up to 117 docks. Dermody expects to break ground for the project in June and complete it by the fourth quarter of 2014. Summit Construction is serving as general contractor, and Kovert Hawkins Architects is the designing the building. Tom Sims of CB Richard Ellis’s Louisville office is marketing the project for lease.
VERO BEACH, FLA. — CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) has brokered the sale of South Vero Square, a 147,417-square-foot neighborhood retail center located in Vero Beach, for $7.8 million. Constructed in 1989, the center is situated at the corner of U.S. Highway 1 and Oslo Road. Its anchor tenant is Publix, and its outparcel tenants include Wendy’s, McDonald’s and Seacoast National Bank. Occupancy was 61.5 percent at the time of the sale. The CBRE team of David Donnellan, Todd Weintraub, Casey Rosen and Dennis Carson represented the seller, Florida-based Vero Beach Shopping Center Associates LP. The buyer was Indian River Holdings LLC.