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Merritt Properties Buys 142 Acres Near Raleigh, Plans to Build Industrial Park

by Julia Sanders March 17, 2022

CARY, N.C. — Merritt Properties has bought 142 acres in Cary for $9 million with plans to build Merritt RDU Business Park, a 738,750-square-foot industrial park. The transaction includes three parcels. Construction is expected to begin early 2023. The seller of the land was not disclosed. Merritt RDU Business Park will span up to 13 single-story buildings ranging from 8,400 to 108,225 square feet. The industrial park will offer clear heights from 18 to 32 feet, leasable bays starting at 1,500 square feet, traditional rear-loaded docks and drive-in capabilities and free surface parking. The first phase of the project will include three buildings on the western side of the site, near the corner of Nelson and Pleasant Grove Church roads. The park will be located three miles from RDU International Airport, and will be close to Interstates 540 and 40, as well as US Highway 70. The project will be Merritt’s’ sixth speculative industrial project in the state, as well as the company’s largest North Carolina project since 2020. Merritt has nearly 2 million square feet of leasable space that is developed, proposed or under construction across five other projects in the Triangle area.

March 17, 2022

Florida Hospitality Loans Southeast

Hall Structured Finance Provides $29.4M Refinancing for Serena Hotel in Aventura, Florida

by Julia Sanders March 17, 2022

AVENTURA, FLA. — Dallas-based Hall Structured Finance (HSF) has provided a $29.4 million loan for the refinancing of Serena Hotel, a Tapestry Collection Hotel by Hilton in Aventura. Locally-based Rieber Developments is the owner and developer of the hotel, and Driftwood Hospitality Management is the property manager. Dmitry Levkov and Jeffrey Donnelly of Colliers sourced the financing for the project. Built in 2021, Serena Hotel is a 100-room hotel that features 12-foot ceilings, luxury interior finishes and 34 extended stay guestrooms. Onsite amenities include a restaurant and lounge with a Michelin-rated chef, rooftop bar, outdoor pool and bar, meeting spaces, fitness center and lobby workstations. Additionally, the property is LEED Gold certified. Located at 2820 NE 214th St., the hotel is situated 13.7 miles from Fort Lauderdale, 8.8 miles from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and 21.9 miles from Miami Beach. The property is also located in the Aventura medical district within a mixed-use development including medical offices, ground-level retail and structured parking. HSF’s bridge loan financing program targets existing hotel properties and serves to complement its hotel and multifamily construction loan programs. HSF expects to close over $600 million in new loans in 2022, through a combination of new hotel …

March 17, 2022

Acquisitions Florida Office Southeast

CBRE Arranges Sale of 57,790 SF Office Property in Metro Miami

by Julia Sanders March 17, 2022

CORAL GABLES, FLA. — CBRE has arranged the sale of 2990 Ponce, a 57,790-square-foot office building in Coral Gables, about six miles from Miami. Black Diamond Equities LLC, an affiliate of Mexico-based BEA Equities, purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Christian Lee, Amy Julian and Tom Rappa of CBRE Capital Markets represented the undisclosed sellers. 2990 Ponce is a six-story building with 6,617 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Built in 2012, the property features contemporary finishes, a floor-to-ceiling curved glass curtain wall and a rooftop lounge offering views of Coral Gables and downtown Miami. The property’s tenants include Zubi Advertising, FirstBank Puerto Rico, Hunt Mortgage Group, Mas Group, Altermark and Collection Hair Studio. Located at 2990 Ponce De Leon Blvd., the property is situated 13 miles from Miami Beach, 2.5 miles from the University of Miami and 5.5 miles from Miami International Airport.

March 17, 2022

Acquisitions Florida Office Southeast Top Stories

CP Group, Related Fund Acquire Las Olas Square Office, Retail Complex in Fort Lauderdale for $144.5M

by Taylor Williams March 17, 2022

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — A partnership between locally based office owner-operator CP Group and New York City-based investment manager Related Fund Management has acquired Las Olas Square, an office and retail complex in Fort Lauderdale. The sales price was $144.5 million, according to The South Florida Business Journal. The local news outlet also reports that the seller was a partnership between Steelbridge Capital, Square2 Capital and Apollo Global Management. Las Olas Square consists of a 17-story office building and a three-story office and retail building. Combined, the two buildings total 267,000 square feet. The larger office building features structured parking, meeting and conference facilities, and newly created outdoor amenity spaces. The previous owner recently completed a multimillion-dollar renovation of the lobby, common areas and restrooms. Suites are equipped with motion-activated lighting systems and floor-to-ceiling windows. Retail tenants at Las Olas Square include restaurant Del Frisco’s Grille, Truist Bank and Spaces, a coworking concept. Part of the appeal of Las Olas Square is the strong pipeline of multifamily developments that are underway in the area, as well as the location at a “main and main” intersection within the city’s urban core, according to Brett Reese, senior vice president at CP Group. …

March 17, 2022

Development Loans Maryland Mixed-Use Retail Southeast

PCCP Provides $83.9M Loan to WRS for Metro D.C. Mall Acquisition, Renovation

by Julia Sanders March 16, 2022

GAITHERSBURG, MD. — PCCP LLC has provided a $83.9 million senior loan to WRS Inc. for the acquisition and renovation of Lakeforest Mall, a 102-acre retail development in Gaithersburg. The loan terms were not disclosed. Lakeforest Mall features tenants including Aeropostale, Bath & Body Works, Macy’s, T-Mobile, The Jewel Box, Waldin Jewelers, The Bridal at Lakeforest and Unique Eyebrows. The site also offers about 5,700 parking spaces. Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based WRS originally acquired the mall’s inner core in 2019, and now will purchase the four big-box department anchors with the loan that PCCP provided. With a simultaneous closing of the four anchor properties, WRS now controls the entirety of the site. The developer plans to renovate the mall into a mixed-use concept featuring residential, commercial and green space. The construction timeline for the redevelopment project was not disclosed. Located at 701 Russell Ave., the property’s infill site is located within Montgomery County and is approximately 24 miles northwest of Washington, D.C.

March 16, 2022

Affordable Housing Development Maryland Multifamily Southeast

Amazon to Invest $81.7M for Two Transit-Oriented Affordable Housing Projects in Metro D.C.

by Julia Sanders March 16, 2022

SEATTLE — Amazon has committed to invest $81.7 million to build 742 new affordable homes near public transit sites in the metro Washington, D.C. region. The new housing commitments included in Amazon’s recent investment include The Margaux at the New Carrollton Metro Station and Atworth at the College Park Metro Station. Amazon will work in collaboration with the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) to complete the housing developments. The deals are related to Amazon’s $300 million transit commitment from 2021 to create 3,000 new affordable homes in collaboration with the transit agencies in Amazon’s hometown communities. In partnership with Metro and developer Urban Atlantic, Amazon is developing The Margaux at the New Carrollton Metro Station, a 291-unit property with one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Amazon is providing $25.4 million to Urban Atlantic to begin construction on the project. Atworth at the College Park Metro Station will be a 451-unit apartment property close to the University of Maryland and the Discovery District, as well as the MARC Train, University of Maryland Shuttle Service and Metro’s under-construction Purple Line. Amazon is funding a $56.3 million loan to the Gilbane Development Co. to begin construction. Since launching the Amazon Housing Equity Fund …

March 16, 2022

Acquisitions North Carolina Retail Southeast

Irgang Group Acquires 196,462 SF Shopping Center in Metro Charlotte

by Julia Sanders March 16, 2022

MONROE, N.C. — Nyack, N.Y-based Irgang Group has acquired Poplin Place, a 196,462-square-foot regional shopping center in Monroe, about 21.3 miles south of Charlotte. Ben Bruner of the Bruner Group represented Irgang Group in the transaction. Thomas Kolarczyk, Danny Finkle and Eric Williams of JLL Capital Markets represented the seller, Big V Property Group. The sales price was not disclosed. Built in 2005, Poplin Place is fully occupied by an anchor tenant lineup that includes T.J. Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, PetSmart, Burlington, Big Lots and pOpshelf. Poplin Place’s other tenants include Boot Barn, Rack Room Shoes, Kay Jewelers and Claire’s. Additionally, the center’s former Dress Barn space was divided to accommodate Bath & Body Works and Spectrum. Located on 30.2 acres at 2901 W US Highway 74, Poplin Place is located 28 miles from Charlotte Douglas International Airport and 28 miles from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Target shadow-anchors the shopping center.

March 16, 2022

Acquisitions Florida Multifamily Southeast

Berkadia Arranges Sale of 276-Unit Apartment Property in Fort Lauderdale

by Julia Sanders March 16, 2022

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Riverland Apartments, a 276-unit, garden-style apartment community located in Fort Lauderdale. Roberto Pesant, Jaret Turkell, Omar Morales and Jose Mota of Berkadia represented the Houston-based seller, Morgan, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Developed by Morgan in 2021, Riverland Apartments features six, four-story buildings with a unit mix of 24 studios, 164 one-bedroom, 80 two-bedroom and eight three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a business center, internet lounge, clubroom for gatherings, entertaining kitchen, fitness center, mailroom with parcel lockers, covered seating area with gas grill stations, covered veranda for relaxation, pool pavilions, sunbathing deck, dog park and a heated pool that overlooks a lake. Located at 420 SW 27th Ave., the property is situated close to Interstate 95 and the Tri-Rail Station. Additionally, the property is situated two miles from downtown Fort Lauderdale and 7.8 miles from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.

March 16, 2022

Georgia Retail Southeast

Walmart Plans to Open Tech Hub in Atlanta

by Julia Sanders March 16, 2022

ATLANTA — Walmart has plans to open the Walmart Global Tech hub in Atlanta in order to accelerate its digital capabilities. The Arkansas-based retailer says it selected Atlanta because of the city’s growing tech presence in the United States, its connection to Walmart and the strong talent base in the area. The location of Walmart’s new offices was not disclosed. The Walmart Global Tech hub will develop and manage cloud, data, enterprise architecture, DevOps, infrastructure and security functions to support stores and customer experience. Most of the new positions will be for data scientists and software engineers, as well as cybersecurity professionals, architects, developers, data engineers, technical program managers and product managers. Along with Atlanta, Walmart plans to build 15 other Walmart Global Tech hubs, including in Toronto, Austin, Dallas, Silicon Valley, Seattle and Charlotte. Globally, the Walmart Global Tech hub includes more than 20,000 associates, with plans to hire over 5,000 more tech workers in the next year.

March 16, 2022

Acquisitions Florida Multifamily Southeast Top Stories

Harbor Group International Acquires 816-Unit ParkLine Miami Luxury Apartment Community

by Kristin Harlow March 16, 2022

MIAMI — Affiliates of Harbor Group International (HGI) have acquired ParkLine Miami, an 816-unit luxury apartment community in downtown Miami. The purchase price was not disclosed, but news outlets reported last fall that the asking price was $500 million. The seller, Florida East Coast Industries (FECI), completed construction of the property in 2020. The development is perched directly above MiamiCentral, a transportation hub spanning six city blocks that connects to four major transit lines. “The ParkLine Miami investment represents a unique opportunity to acquire a world-class asset in a desirable, high-growth location with accessibility to major employment drivers and direct elevator access to all major regional and local transportation modes,” says Richard Litton, president of HGI. ParkLine Miami consists of two apartment towers rising 44 and 47 stories. Connecting the two towers is a two-acre amenity deck set 150 feet above street level. Offerings include pools, outdoor and indoor fitness centers, pet parks, a quarter-mile running track and a business center with coworking spaces. HGI, a privately owned international real estate investment and management firm based in Norfolk, Va., now owns 1,105 units across five properties in Miami-Dade County. Cammeby’s International Group partnered with HGI on the transaction. Cammeby’s, which …

March 16, 2022

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