NEW CARROLLTON, MD. — HFF has arranged a total of $65.4 million in capital for Urban Atlantic to develop The Stella, a 282-unit multifamily community in New Carrollton. HFF arranged a $46.6 million construction loan through TD Bank and also arranged $18.8 million in joint venture equity from Bridge Investment Group. The Stella will be located at 3950 Garden City Drive, which is situated within an Opportunity Zone about 11 miles northeast of downtown Washington, D.C. The property will offer studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, as well as 3,500 square feet of ground-level retail space. Community amenities will include a swimming pool, common outdoor terraces, club room, game room, fitness center, coworking space, private entertaining room and terrace, coffee bar and a dog wash station. Urban Atlantic expects the project to be delivered in late 2020. Walter Coker, Brian Crivella, Jamie Leachman and Evan Parker of HFF arranged both transactions.
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KeyBank Provides $50.2M Refinancing Loan for Multifamily Complex in Fredericksburg, Virginia
by Alex Tostado
FREDERICKSBURG, VA. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided a $50.2 million Fannie Mae refinancing loan for Silver Collection at Celebrate, a 278-unit apartment community in Fredericksburg. The borrower, Meridian Capital Group, is using the refinancing to take out the balance sheet loan that KeyBank provided a year ago, which took out a previous construction loan. The new capital KeyBank provided is to repay the sponsor. Silver Collection at Celebrate comprises 12 three-story buildings and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, pet spa, dog park, car wash area, spa facilities and an entertainment lounge. John Ward of KeyBank arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower.
TEMPLE TERRACE, FLA. — Plaza Advisors has arranged the sale of Temple Terrace Plaza, a 90,328-square-foot shopping center in Temple Terrace. The Winn Dixie-anchored property was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including the United States Post Office, Greenberg Dental, Sally Beauty, Rainbow, Mariner Finance and Sprint. Temple Terrace Plaza is located at 8837 N. 56th St., nine miles north of downtown Tampa. Jim Michalak and Keith Nurre of Plaza Advisors represented the seller, a REIT, in the transaction. The buyer was an undisclosed private equity group. The sales price was not disclosed.
MARTINSBURG, W.VA. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $9.6 million sale of Shenandoah Village, a 143-unit apartment complex in Martinsburg. The property was built in 1973 and offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Dana Newton and Mike Maxwell of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both undisclosed limited liability companies, in the transaction.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — WashREIT (NYSE: WRE) has agreed to sell five of its retail properties for $485 million, plus an additional three power centers, as part of a strategic move to increase its investment in the multifamily sector. The buyers are two undisclosed institutional investors. The first sale agreement includes five retail properties totaling 800,000 square feet. Those assets include Gateway Overlook in Columbia, Md.; Wheaton Park in Wheaton, Md.; Olney Village Center in Olney, Md.; and Bradlee Shopping Center and Shoppes of Foxchase in Alexandria, Va. The second transaction includes three Maryland properties spanning 850,000 square feet. The properties are Centre at Hagerstown in Hagerstown, and Frederick Crossing and Frederick County Square in Frederick. WashREIT said it will disclose the sales price of the second transaction after the deal’s closure, which is expected to occur in late July. Simultaneously, WashREIT has agreed to acquire an urban-infill, value-add multifamily community for $70 million. Details about the property were not disclosed at this time. Earlier this year, WashREIT announced that it would acquire a portfolio of seven multifamily properties in the Washington, D.C. area for $461 million, thereby increasing its multifamily portfolio from 28 percent to 45 percent based on net …
FRANKLIN, TENN. — Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) will relocate its corporate U.S. headquarters from Cypress, Calif., to Franklin by the end of this year. The move will begin in August, where MMNA will occupy office space in a temporary location in Franklin. The company said the move will occur in an effort to reinvent itself and to be closer to sister company Nissan North America, which is headquartered in Nashville. MMNA is working with JLL to identify a permanent office location. There are nearly 200 people working in MMNA’s Cypress office. All corporate departments will be relocating, including sales, marketing, IT, human resources, communications, parts and service, product planning, dealer operations, finance and legal. Additionally, 25 employees representing the company’s Western Region operations will move to new offices in Orange County, Calif. It was not immediately clear on how much office space MMNA will lease in Franklin. MMNA is in talks with Nissan North America to move its West Coast distribution center, which is located on its existing corporate campus, to a new, shared facility in Riverside, Calif.
TYSONS, VA. — Park Hotels & Resorts Inc. has sold three assets for a total of $166 million, or $151,000 per room. The sold hotels include the 507-room Hilton Atlanta Airport; the 317-room Hilton New Orleans Airport; and the 274-room Embassy Suites Parsippany in Parsippany, N.J. The three properties had a combined $109 million RevPAR in 2018, which was 37 percent less than Tysons-based Park Hotels’ 2018 portfolio average. The buyer(s) was not disclosed.
AUSTELL, GA. — Castle Lanterra Properties (CLP) has acquired Premier Apartments, a 280-unit multifamily community in Austell. Built in 1972, Premier Apartments offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans across 24 buildings. Communal amenities include tennis courts, a community lake, swimming pool and playgrounds. Premier Apartments is situated on 24 acres at 7200 Premier Lane, 11 miles west of downtown Atlanta. The seller and sales prices were not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — An affiliate Philadelphia-based Equus Capital Partners has acquired a five-property industrial portfolio and 500 acres of developable land in Virginia’s Hampton Roads region. The five buildings total nearly 1.8 million square feet. Three of the buildings, 1006, 1010 and 1020 CenterPoint Drive in Suffolk, were developed between 2011 and 2017 as build-to-suits. The buildings are fully leased and the original tenants remain. The portfolio also includes 3516 S. Military Highway in Suffolk, which was built in 2007, and 375 Kenyon Road in Chesapeake, which was built in 2008. A third-party logistics provider occupies the buildings, both of which service the Port of Virginia. The 500 acres of land is located near CenterPoint Drive and can support up to 5 million square feet of industrial space. A sales price and seller(s) were not disclosed.
DURHAM, N.C. — Duke University and McKinney have renewed their respective leases totaling 179,000 square feet within the American Tobacco Campus (ATC) mixed-use project in Durham. Duke has been at the campus since 2004 and its new lease will go through April 2030. The school will house some or all of its IT, financial services, university counsel, corporate education, alumni affairs and other resources at ATC, occupying 136,000 square feet of office space. McKinney, an advertising agency based in Durham, has also been at ATC since 2004. It will occupy 43,000 square feet of office space through 2031. D3 Development developed ATC in phases from 2004 to 2006. The campus comprises 720,000 square feet of office space, 80 residential units and two parking decks, as well as the former Lucky Strike tobacco plant, Diamond View, DPAC and the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.