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Zeke Capital Sells Apartment Community in Metro D.C. to Klingbeil Capital for $23M

by John Nelson

ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Zeke Capital, based in Berwyn, Pa., has sold Hermitage Hill in Alexandria for $23 million to Columbus, Ohio-based Klingbeil Capital Management. The 122-unit apartment community is situated five miles southwest of the Pentagon and six miles southwest of Arlington National Cemetery. Hermitage Hill’s amenities include a fitness center and pet-friendly units. CBRE’s Bill Roohan, Robert Dean, Jonathan Greenberg, John McFadden, Yalda Ghamarian and Tom Leachman represented Zeke Capital in the transaction.

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Amazon Selects New York City, Northern Virginia for $5B Second Headquarters, Nashville for Operations Hub

by John Nelson

SEATTLE — Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has officially selected New York City and Arlington, Va., as the homes for its second headquarters, confirming reports last week of the e-commerce giant’s decision to split HQ2. Amazon will invest $5 billion and create more than 50,000 jobs across the two new headquarters locations, with more than 25,000 employees in each new headquarters. Both campuses will feature 4 million square feet of new office space, which is expandable up to 8 million square feet at each location. New York City and Arlington will join Seattle as the company’s three headquarters in North America. “These two locations will allow us to attract world-class talent that will help us to continue inventing for customers for years to come,” says Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon. “The team did a great job selecting these sites, and we look forward to becoming an even bigger part of these communities.” The New York location will be in Queens’ Long Island City neighborhood. The Arlington office will be in River Landing, a newly branded neighborhood encompassing parts of Pentagon City and Crystal City in Arlington and Potomac Yard in nearby Alexandria. Amazon estimates the incremental tax revenue to exceed $10 billion for the New York location …

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PRP, GMF Capital Acquire 334,000 SF Office Building on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C.

by Amy Works

WASHINGTON, D.C. — PRP, in partnership with GMF Capital, has acquired the Presidential Building, an office building located at 1111 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. in Washington, D.C. The name of the seller and acquisition price were not released, but media outlets report the asset sold for $338 million. Originally built in 1967, the property was renovated and expanded in 2002 from 12 stories and 253,000 square feet to 14 stories and 334,000 square feet. The property also includes a four-story underground parking structure. Law firm Morgan, Lewis & Bockius occupies the entire building on a long-term lease through 2032. SKB redesigned the building’s interior space in 2017 as part of Morgan Lewis’ lease renewal. Since 2010, $35 million has been spent on base building and tenant space improvements.

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Mosaic Development Sells Newly Built Apartment Community in Fort Myers for $49.7M

by Amy Works

FORT MYERS, FLA. — St. Petersburg, Fla.-based Mosaic Development has completed the disposition of Mosaic at the Forum, an apartment community located at 3100 Champion Ring Road in Fort Myers. An entity led by InvestRes acquired the property for $49.7 million, or $197,321 per unit. Brad Capas, Luis Elorza and Robert Given of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal. Developed in 2017 and situated on 13 acres, the property comprises 10 three-story buildings featuring a total of 252 units, with an average unit size of 908 square feet. Community amenities include a resident clubhouse, leasing center, pool deck with fire pit, grills and gazebos, fitness center, two dog parks, Wi-Fi, a resident package delivery system, detached garages and storage closets. At the time of sale, the property was 95 percent occupied.

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Songy Highroads, Hyatt Hotels Underway on 175-Room Hotel in Downtown Atlanta

by Amy Works

ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Songy Highroads LLC, in partnership with Hyatt Hotels Corp., is developing Hyatt Place Centennial Park, located at 300 Luckie St. in downtown Atlanta. Construction has reached the fifth floor of the 11-story hotel, which is slated to open in August 2019. Situated one block north of Centennial Olympic Park and adjacent to the Georgia Aquarium, the hotel will feature 175 guestrooms, a pool, fitness center, on-site food service, parking deck, 2,100 square feet of meeting space and retail space fronting Luckie and Marietta streets. Reeves Young is serving as general contractor, and Wakefield Beasley is providing architectural services for the project.

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Hunt Midwest, Integral Break Ground on Seniors Housing Project in Palm Beach County

by Amy Works

ROYAL PALM BEACH, FLA. — Hunt Midwest and Integral Senior Living have broken ground on The Capstone at Royal Palm, a seniors housing development located on Okeechobee Boulevard in Royal Palm Beach, a village in South Florida’s Palm Beach County. Slated to open in early 2020, The Capstone at Royal Palm will feature 84 studio, one- and two-bedroom assisted living and memory care suites, offering accommodates for up to 114 residents. Community amenities will include a great room, formal dining room, fitness center, bistro lounge, sunroom, walking trails, gazebo and a dog park. Integral Senior Living will manage the property upon completion.

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Kirkland Arranges Sale of New Multifamily Community in Elizabethtown, Kentucky

by Amy Works

ELIZABETHTOWN, KY. — The Kirkland Co. has arranged the sale of Crossfield Townhomes, a multifamily property located at 2201 Crossfield Drive in Elizabethtown. Mark Harris Construction sold the property to Bob and Deborah Hart for an undisclosed price. Built in 2017, the property features 28 two-bedroom apartments. Brandon Wilson and Brian Devlin of The Kirkland Co. handled the transaction.

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Louisville’s CBD, Suburbs Offer Good Landing Spots for Office Tenants

by John Nelson

Louisville’s office landscape can be described as a tale of two distinct submarkets woven together by a common thread of consistency. In the central business district (CBD), Class A vacancy rate stands at approximately 13 percent while the suburban Class A vacancy rate hovers around 8.5 percent. As can be noted, there is a substantial gap in occupancy between the two submarkets — 450 basis points. The thread of consistency in the Louisville office market lies in the fact that both are within 100 basis points of those vacancy rates for the same quarter of last year. The suburban office market continues to see healthy rental rate increases driven by the low rate of delivery for new product, coupled with consistently lower vacancy rates. Newer projects are advertising rates in the range of $24 to $28 per square foot, while second-generation, Class A product has quoted rates in the high teens and low 20s. Many companies such as Thornton Oil, BrightSpring Health Services (formerly ResCare) and V-Soft have chosen to grow their headquarters presence in Louisville, which is helping maintain stability in the suburban market. As in most markets, Class B and C product continues to struggle as functional obsolescence, …

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Admiral Capital, Elite Street Sell Multifamily Community in Metro Atlanta for $51.2M

by Amy Works

NORCROSS, GA. — Admiral Capital Group and Elite Street Capital have completed the disposition of The Fields Peachtree Corner, a multifamily property located on One Ashley Lakes Drive in Norcross, about 20 miles northeast of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. An undisclosed buyer acquired the 490-unit asset for $51.2 million. Through a joint venture, Admiral and Elite acquired the community in May 2016 for $36.3 million and implemented a repositioning and capital improvements program. Renovations included deferred maintenance, enhancing exteriors and upgrading interior units. Select improvements included fitness center, pool area and other amenity upgrades, replacement of wooden decks and landscaping improvements. Interior renovations included replacing countertops, modernizing kitchen cabinets, appliances and flooring and renovating bathrooms. Dan Phelan of Newmark Knight Frank handled the transaction.

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DivcoWest Opens D.C. Office, Acquires 392-Unit Apartment Community in Northern Virginia

by Amy Works

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Divco West Real Estate Services (DivcoWest), a real estate investment firm based in San Francisco, has opened an office in Washington, D.C. Located at 1620 L St. N.W., the new location joins the firm’s roster of offices in Boston, Los Angeles and New York. Additionally, DivcoWest has acquired Avalon Woodland Park, a 392-unit apartment community in Herndon, Va., for an undisclosed price. The company purchased the asset in partnership with Arlington, Va.-based Blackfin Real Estate Investors and renamed the property as Adara Herndon. The gated community features a fitness center, resort-style pool, picnic tables and park benches, sand volleyball court, children’s playground and private garages.

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