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Eden Crystal Lake

PORT ORANGE, FLA. — Trez Capital, a private real estate lender, has provided a $44.1 million construction loan for a new Class A, garden-style apartment community in Port Orange, a city near Daytona Beach. The 288-unit development is known as EDEN Crystal Lake. Ben Jacobson of Trez Capital originated the loan on behalf of the developer, EDEN Multifamily. Located on 19.5 acres at 1270 Reed Canal Road, EDEN Crystal Lake will have a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with nine-foot ceiling heights, granite countertops, high-end appliances, walk-in closets and balconies/patios in three-story buildings. Planned community amenities include a clubhouse, resort-style pool, fitness center, lakefront boardwalk, dog park with a grooming station, expansive lawn areas and detached garages. The EDEN Crystal Lake site is located within four miles from the beaches in Daytona Beach, the Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach International Airport and LPGA headquarters. The property is also near Interstates 95 and 4. Construction of EDEN Crystal Lake is scheduled for completion in mid-2022.

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Stone Ridge Apartments

MOBILE, ALA. — Lument has provided a $33 million Fannie Mae loan to refinance Stone Ridge Apartments, a 317-unit, garden-style apartment complex in Mobile. Chad Hagwood and Brandon Pate of Lument led the transaction. The unnamed borrower has over 35 years of commercial real estate experience and a 15-year working relationship with Lument’s Chad Hagwood. The 12-year loan features a low, fixed interest rate, five years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. In addition, the loan has a maximum loan-to-value ratio of 75 percent. Stone Ridge offers eight different floor plans throughout its 18 residential buildings. The apartment complex was originally built in 2008 and recently underwent approximately $1.3 million in capital improvements and renovations.

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Tuscany Apartments

ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Berkadia has secured $24.9 million in financing for the acquisition of The Tuscany Apartments, a mid-rise multifamily property in Alexandria. Jonathan Pratt of Berkadia’s Salt Lake City office secured the acquisition financing on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Maryland-based Advantage Properties Inc. and Cove Property Management LLC. An affiliate of CW Financial Services LLC participated in the acquisition as a joint venture equity partner. The 10-year Freddie Mac loan features a floating interest rate, an approximately 70 percent loan-to-value ratio and a five-year interest-only period followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Located at 260 Yoakum Parkway, Tuscany Apartments features one- and two-bedroom floor plans with in-unit washers and dryers, walk-in closets and private patios or balconies. Community amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center and a pet playground. The property is close to Stevenson Park, Interstate 395 and the shops and restaurants along South Van Dorn Street.

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MIAMI — Sterling Bay, a Chicago-based real estate development firm, has signed a retail lease with eatery Love Life Café in Miami’s Wynwood district. Love Life Café will take 3,767 square feet of storefront space at 545wyn, Wynwood’s first Class A creative office building. Sterling Bay broke ground on 545wyn in January 2019 and completed the building in late 2020. The 298,000-square-foot creative office and retail property offers tenants flexible floorplates and access to amenities like a wellness center, touchless elevator systems, lounges with outdoor space, air filtration systems, a private parking garage and art installations by local artists. Gensler, the global design and architecture firm, is another confirmed tenant. Love Life Café, a plant-based dining concept, will be relocating its existing Wynwood location at 2616 NW 5 Ave. to its new location at 545 NW 26th St. later this year. Veronica Menin and her husband, Diego Tosoni, created Love Life Café in 2015. Tosoni, a self-taught chef with a passion for vegan cooking, aims to bring plant-based foods to 545wyn, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner items. Love Life Café currently operates venues at Time Out Market in Miami Beach and another at 18 N Dollins Ave. in Orlando.

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Stecher

MIAMI — Shorenstein Properties, a privately owned investment firm with offices in New York City and San Francisco, has sold 2 & 3 MiamiCentral, a 320,000-square-foot office complex in the city’s downtown area. A fund backed by Blackstone purchased the property for $230 million. Constructed in 2018, the two-building complex is located within MiamiCentral, a transit-oriented, mixed-use development that spans nine acres and roughly 3 million square feet of residential and commercial space. The site’s history as a transit hub dates back to 1896, when it served as the southern terminus for Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railway that ran throughout the Florida Keys. According to the Miami Herald, Florida East Coast was the original developer of the MiamiCentral project in 2007. The first office building rises 17 stories and includes a 288-space valet parking garage. The second building comprises four floors of office, eight levels of parking and a 33,000-square-foot Publix grocery store on the ground floor. Amenities include a conference room, caterer’s kitchen, fitness center with locker rooms and an outdoor amenity deck. In addition, the adjacent MiamiCentral train station houses an 18,000-square-foot food hall with more than 20 different food and beverage vendors. Blackstone is also a …

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In addition to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, Nashville weathered tornadoes that traveled through its core in the first quarter and a bomb explosion on 2nd Avenue North in the fourth quarter. Both catastrophes destroyed commercial properties. Despite these events last year, the fundamentals that make Nashville a strong office market remain unchanged. Nashville stays a magnet for corporate relocations, most recently attracting multiple companies from California. According to the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce data, The Daily Wire, Design Lab, N2M Advisory and Revance Therapeutics announced relocations in the second half of 2020. These announcements encompass over 100,000 square feet of office to be occupied and 540 jobs total. Industry experts surveyed by Urban Land Institute (ULI) and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) for the latest Emerging Trends in Real Estate report ranked Nashville as the No. 3 “Market to Watch in 2021.” This is Nashville’s sixth consecutive year in the top 10. The report credits Nashville’s attractive business climate, affordable cost of living and speed of recovery post-COVID-19. The report names Nashville as one of six new boomtowns as it’s a top in-migration market that is attracting a large share of smart young workers. Additionally, ULI and PwC acknowledge that Nashville …

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Tribeca

CAMP SPRINGS, MD. — Excelsa Properties has acquired Tribeca at Camp Springs, a multifamily property located at 4701 Old Soper Road in Camp Springs, for $64 million. This is the seventh multifamily property acquisition for the Excelsa US Real Estate I LP investment vehicle. The seller was not disclosed. Tribeca features 224 apartments and over 18,000 square feet of retail space. Completed in 2006, Tribeca’s units feature nine-foot ceilings, poured concrete construction and structured parking. The property is located adjacent to the Branch Avenue Metro station. Excelsa and its undisclosed joint venture partner intends to invest more than $2 million in property upgrades at Tribeca, including improvements to unit interiors, common areas and amenities.

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The Cottages at Ridge Pointe

ATHENS, GA. — New York-based J.P. Morgan has purchased The Cottages at Ridge Pointe, a single-family rental community in Athens, for $50.8 million. The seller is Vinings, Ga.-based Jim Chapman Communities, which delivered the 216-unit community property in 2020. Located at 805 Zelkova Ridge, the property comprises single-story rental ranch cottages. Each rental unit includes private patios and front-porch entryways, kitchens with granite countertops and subway tile backsplashes, designer lighting, stainless steel appliances, wide doorways, a zero-step entry into the home, walk-in closets and attached, single-car garages. Community amenities include a resort-style pool, a 4,000-square-foot clubhouse with fitness center, catering kitchen and leasing and management offices. The community also offers onsite management by Atlanta-based RangeWater Real Estate, which includes 24-hour emergency maintenance service.

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147 Exchange

DURHAM, N.C. — Trinity Capital Advisors has acquired 20 acres at 923 Ellis Road in Durham to develop a 274,370-square-foot, Class A industrial building known as the 147 Exchange. The site is located near the Durham Freeway and Highway 147 in Raleigh-Durham’s Research Triangle Park (RTP) industrial submarket. The 147 Exchange building will feature 32-foot clear heights, 52-foot column spacing, 56 dock doors and two ground-level drive-in doors. Parking is expected to accommodate 274 cars with an additional 50 trailer parking spots. Trinity Capital has hired CBRE’s industrial team of Ann-Stewart Patterson, Bryan Everett and Austin Nagy to handle leasing of the building. Trinity Capital expects to open the property in the first quarter of 2022. DMA Architecture is in charge of architectural services, and Seamon Whiteside is the lead for civil engineering services. The industrial project is Trinity Capital’s second RTP property in the works. Development has commenced for the firm’s Alexander Commerce Park, a three-building industrial park totaling 441,000 square feet. Trinity Capital’s other projects in the Carolinas include 850,000 square feet in Charleston’s Palmetto Commerce Park and plans for 600,000 square feet in the Charlotte region at Delta Industrial Park. The firm is also currently developing the …

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Veranda Shoppes

PLANTATION, FLA. — RK Centers, a privately held family-owned real estate development company, has purchased Veranda Shoppes, a 45,000-square-foot shopping center in Plantation. The property is situated on 4.2 acres at 550 N. Pine Island Road. Adam Feinstein of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Jacksonville-based Regency Centers, in the $17 million transaction. Built in 2007, Veranda Shoppes is home to several neighborhood shopping, dining and service options. The Publix-anchored center is leased to tenants such as Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza, Pei Wei Asian Diner, Dunkin’, Venetian Nails Spa and the Banfield Pet Hospital.

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