CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Duke Realty Corp. has acquired Morehead Medical Plaza I on the Carolina Medical Center campus in Charlotte. The 190,773-square-foot medical office building is directly connected to Carolinas Medical Center's 874-bed inpatient care tower via an enclosed walkway. The property is 100 percent leased to Carolinas Medical Center. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
ALCOA, TENN. — Second Harvest Food Bank of East Tennessee has acquired a 77,540-square-foot office, showroom and distribution center property in Alcoa. Walker Supply Company sold the property, which is located at 136 Torijack Landing Dr., for $4 million. Maribel Koella and Brian Tapp of NAI Knoxville represented the buyer; Mike Price and Jerry Holloway of Oliver Smith Realty represented the seller in the transaction.
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a BB&T Insurance office building in St. Petersburg. Located at 800 49th St. N., the 16,000-square-foot property sold for $400,000. Leon Brockmeier and Tim Phillips of Marcus & Milichap represented the Maryland-based seller and the Florida-based buyer.
LEXINGTON, KY. — The Boulder Group has brokered the sale of a single-tenant, ground-lease retail property in Lexington. The property sold for $2.65 million. The 2-acre property is occupied by CVS/pharmacy on a long-term lease. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the undisclosed buyer. The seller was not released.
RALEIGH AND CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Federal Capital Partners and Grubb Properties have made a joint venture investment in two multifamily properties in North Carolina. The venture, which is valued at $42 million, includes Riverwoods apartments in Raleigh and Glen Lennox in Chapel Hill. The joint venture acquired Riverwoods, a 174-unit property located on Six Forks Road, from Duham, N.C.-based Dilweg Companies. Andrea Howard of Grubb Properties represented the joint venture in the acquisition, while Steve Heffner of CB Richard Ellis Capital Markets helped the joint venture secure financing through Freddie Mac. The partnership plans to reposition the property as Sterling Forest Apartments. Jason Nettles of Holliday Fenoglio Fowler represented the seller. The 440-unit Glen Lennox is located on Hamilton Road. Dean Smith and Blake Oakland of Apartment Realty Advisors represented Grubb Properties in the acquisition.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Drucker Falk has added four apartment communities totaling 776 units to its fee management portfolio in North and South Carolina. The properties include the 168-unit the Tides at Town Center in Calabash, N.C.; the 124-unit Summerlyn Apartments in Raleigh; the 212-unit Windjammer Apartments in Charleston, S.C.; and the 272-unit Heron Reserve in Charleston.
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA. — Kenneth Gentzel and Gary McGlynn of NorthMarq Capital's Washington, D.C., office has arranged $7.2 million in first mortgage financing for Signal Hill in Loudoun County. The property offers 61,115 square feet of office space. Financing was arranged for the undisclosed borrower through NorthMarq's correspondent relationship with Genworth Life Insurance Co.
MACON, GA. — Newmark Realty Capital has arranged $1.26 million in financing for acquisition of Walnut Hills Apartment Complex in Macon. The 100-unit community was 96-percent occupied at the time of closing. Adam Parker of Newmark's Phoenix office arranged the financing for the undisclosed borrower. The 25-year term loan has a fixed-interest rate period for 5 years.
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Lofton Island Holdings, a joint venture that includes Southwest Properties and Nova Scotia, Canada-based Geosam Capital, has closed on the purchase of one of the two completed towers at Oasis Grand in Fort Myers. Located along the Caloosahatchee River, the 17-acre Oasis Grand is partially development, with two of its planned five condo towers complete. Lofton has purchased the 224 unsold units in the 240-unit Tower II, which Miami-based The Related Group completed in 2008. T. Sean Lance and John Burpee of NAI Tampa Bay handled the transaction behalf of Lofton Island Holdings. The seller was The Related Group. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Atlanta-based Jamestown has acquired The Madison Hotel in Washington, D.C. The acquisition also includes The Madison office building, an adjacent 95,000-square-foot office property. Jamestown purchased the properties for $123 million from Bentall Kennedy. Built in 1963, The Madison Hotel offers 353 guest rooms, 13 suites and 14,000 square feet of event space. Jamestown has a $20 million renovation planned for the hotel, which will relaunch in spring 2012. The company has retained interior designer Dominick Coyne and his team to head the interior renovations of the guest rooms and communal spaces. The hotel will be operated by managing agent Destination Hotels & Resorts.