NASHVILLE — Griffin Capital Corp. has purchased the 21-acre HealthSpring MetroCenter campus in Nashville for $36.4 million. The two-building, 170,515-square-foot campus is located at 500 and 530 Great Circle Road. The u-shaped twin buildings are part of the master-planned MetroCenter business park. The property is fully leased by HealthSpring, a subsidiary of insurer CIGNA. The campus houses the company's shared services such as marketing, sales and customer service. CBRE represented the seller, Nashville-based Southeast Venture, in the transaction. Griffin plans to retain Southeast Venture as the property manager.
RALEIGH, N.C. — The downtown Raleigh skyline will be adding a new 11-story office building by 2014, with project developers expecting to break ground this fall. According to local reports, the Charter Square project has been stalled since the credit markets froze five years ago. But Raleigh-based developer Dominion Realty Advisors announced it is joining the development team and will help commit equity to the project. Dominion will help lead construction of the first of two towers planned for the site. The new $50 million Charter Square building, located across the street from the Marriott City Center Hotel, will encompass 225,000 square feet. The company has secured four tenants who will occupy about 35,000 square feet. JDavis Architects will serve as the project architect and CBRE is the property leasing agent. A general contractor will be selected this summer.
FAIRFAX, VA. — Exxon Mobil Corp. has selected Cassidy Turley to market its 117-acre campus in Fairfax, as it prepares to relocate its local operations to a consolidated site in The Woodlands, a suburb of Houston. The property, located at 3225 Gallows Road, includes five buildings with 1.3 million square feet of office space. The site also includes 1 million square feet of parking structures and 92 acres of undeveloped land.
INDEPENDENCE, KY. — Balluff Inc., a German automation supplier, is expanding its U.S. headquarters in Independence, located in northern Kentucky. The expansion will add 24 full-time jobs and the company will invest $6 million in the project. The U.S. headquarters now employs more than 150 people and has been based in Independence since 1983. The company expanded twice before, in 1994 and 2001. The company's new 48,000-square-foot building is scheduled for completion in March 2014. The Kentucky Economic Development Finance Authority preliminarily approved tax incentives up to $300,000 for the company through the Kentucky Business Investment program.
FAIRFAX, VA. — Exxon Mobil Corp. has selected Cassidy Turley to market its 117-acre campus in Fairfax, as it prepares to relocate its local operations to a consolidated site in The Woodlands, a suburb of Houston. The property, located at 3225 Gallows Road, includes five buildings with 1.3 million square feet of office space. The site also includes 1 million square feet of parking structures and 92 acres of undeveloped land.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Crescent Communities has broken ground on the $33.6 million Alexander Village, a 63-acre mixed-use development in Charlotte's University Research Park. Phase I will include the construction of Crescent Alexander Village, a 320-unit apartment community on Senator Royall Drive, just south of Mallard Creek Church Road. Plans for Alexander Village also include a hotel, up to 75,000 square feet of retail and 250,000 square feet of office. Crescent expects to begin preleasing the apartments this fall and have the first units available for occupancy in early 2014.
ST. JOHNS, FLA. — St. Johns Medical Ventures LLC has acquired 2 Doctors Village Drive in St. Johns, a 10,944-square-foot freestanding emergency room built in 2012, for $3 million. Giles Stevens of Lee & Associates represented the buyer in the transaction. Josh Pardue of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, Jacksonville Medical Center Development LLC.
NORFOLK, VA. — Mid-Atlantic Maritime Academy has leased 20,833 square feet of office space at 5301 Robin Hood Road in Norfolk Commerce Park II. The three-story, Class A property includes a renovated lobby, onsite cafe and onsite management. Perry Frazer and Matt Wilbricht of CBRE | Hampton Roads represented the landlord, Norfolk Commerce Park II, in the transaction. Don Crigger of CBRE | Hampton Roads represented the tenant.
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $8.2 million sale of Dolphin Plaza, a 93,991-square-foot shopping community at 17201-17237 N.W. 27th Ave. in Miami Gardens. The property, which is 90 percent occupied, is anchored by a recently renovated Winn-Dixie. Additional tenants include Foot Locker, BP Gas Station, Rent-A-Center and Rainbow Fashions. Jason Yukins of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyers, business partners from Canada, in the transaction.
GREENSBORO, N.C. — Parkstone Capital has selected The Woodlark Cos. as management operating partner for The District, a 228-bed student housing property near the University of North Carolina in Greensboro. Woodlark will lead an $800,000 renovation and rebranding effort that includes interior renovations, new landscaping, parking lot repairs and enhancements to the pool and the pool deck. Woodlark's total management portfolio is 18,962 beds, and its ownership portfolio is 13,807 beds.