CHARLOTTE, N.C. — SCOR Global Life America (formerly Transamerica Reinsurance Co.) has signed a 140,000-square-foot lease at the Bank of America Plaza, located at 101 S. Tryon St. in Charlotte. The building is 97 percent leased to tenants including Alston + Bird and Bank of America. Keith Bell of Mohr Partners’ Charlotte office, along with Merrill Roth of Newmark Knight Frank’s New York City office, represented the tenant in the lease transaction. Peter Conway and Rhea Greene of Trinity Partners’ Charlotte office represented Dallas-based Behringer Harvard, the landlord.
MANASSAS, VA. — New York City-based TGM Associates has purchased the 432-unit Tanglewood Apartments, located at 10819 Gambril Dr. in Manassas, from Chicago-based Equity Residential for $68.72 million. The property has been re-named TGM Sudley Crossing. Dean Sigmon and Robin Williams of Transwestern's Bethesda, Md., office represented the seller in the transaction.
HANOVER, MD. — CBRE has negotiated the sale Lincoln Crossroads I & III, two industrial buildings totaling 507,350 square feet located at 7481 and 7451 Coca Cola Dr. in Hanover. According to CoStar, the sale price was $42.5 million. Bo Cashman, Jonathan Beard and John Wilhide of CBRE's Baltimore office represented the seller, Crossroads Venture, a joint venture between Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co. and Dallas-based Invesco Real Estate, in the transaction. The buyer was Denver-based Industrial Income Trust.
PLANTATION, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $26.5 million sale of the 216-unit Mar Lago Village, an apartment complex located at 200 Commodore Dr. in Plantation. Still Hunter, III, and Evan Kristol of Marcus & Millichap's Fort Lauderdale, Fla., office represented the seller, Mar Lago Village Associates, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Henderson Global Investors. The property is 99 percent leased.
WARNER ROBINS, GA. —The 71,167-square-foot Crossroads Marketplace, located at 3040 Watson Blvd. in Warner Robins, has been sold for $11.25 million. Sonny Molloy of Marcus & Millichap's Atlanta office represented Georgia-based Citizens Square, the seller, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Phoenix-based Cole Real Estate Investments. The center is currently 91 percent leased to tenants including Best Buy, Bed Bath & Beyond and Olive Garden.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — NoBe Bay Holdings, a joint venture between Miami-based 13th Floor Investments and Miami-based Key International, has closed on an $18 million construction loan for the 98-unit NoBe Bay, a condominium project located at 6700 Indian Creek Dr. in Miami Beach. U.S. Bank provided the 5-year, interest only loan. Included in the project is a 463-space parking garage and 12,000 square feet of retail space. The parking and retail structure is slated for completion in the first quarter of 2012 and construction on the condominiums will be finished by the summer of 2012.
SILVER SPRING, MD. — Home Properties has broken ground on the 379-unit Eleven55 Ripley, an apartment complex located in downtown Silver Spring. The project is estimated to cost between $111 million and $200 million. Shalom Baranes Associates designed the property, which will include a roof-top outdoor pool, a deck and dining area, a theatre, a two-story fitness center with a yoga room, a 3,000-square-foot clubroom with a demonstration kitchen, business center and conference room, and a private, landscaped courtyard. Home Properties anticipates that Eleven55 will attain LEED Silver certification upon completion, which is slated for the third quarter of 2013.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Vornado Realty Trust has closed on the $104 million acquisition of the 130,000-square-foot 1339 New York Avenue, a Class A trophy office building located in Washington, D.C.'s CBD. The company acquired the 97.5 percent interest it did not previously own in the building. The seller was undisclosed.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Denver-based Continental Realty Advisors has purchased a 1,200 unit multifamily portfolio, located in the St. Matthews and Oxmoor submarkets of Louisville, from Camden for $97 million. The properties include Brookside Apartment Homes, Meadows Apartment Homes, Prospect Park Apartment Homes and Oxmoor Apartment homes. HFF's Chicago office represented the seller in the transaction.
WINTER HAVEN AND TAMPA, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $8.82 million sale of a four-property multifamily portfolio in Winter Haven and Tampa. The properties include the 81-unit Brandywyne, the 60-unit Landings, the 160-unit Hickory Pointe and the 18-unit Country Place. Michael Regan and Francesco Carriera of Marcus & Millichap's Tampa office represented the seller, a Florida-based private investor, in the transaction and procured the buyer, a Tampa-based private investor.