Monday, July 30, 2012

Voit Real Estate Services Directs $7 Million Orange County, CA Industrial Acquisition for Aerospace Company



 Orange County, CA – Mitch Zehner (top right photo) and  Seth Davenport (middle left photo) of Voit Real Estate Services’ Anaheim office have successfully directed the $7.25 million acquisition of an 82,544 square-foot industrial building situated on 4.56 acres in Anaheim, Calif. on behalf of the buyer.

 The building, previously occupied by a hardwood distribution company, will be fully occupied by the buyer, a North Orange County-based Aerospace Shop, according to Zehner, an Executive Vice President in Voit’s Anaheim office.

Zehner and Davenport represented BT La Palma as the buyer in the transaction. This is a relocation for BT La Palma, as the firm is moving its business from a neighboring city in North Orange County, according to Zehner.

“Our client was seeking a large industrial building in Anaheim with ample yard space to accommodate its aerospace business,” explained Zehner. “As industrial inventory continues to tighten in Anaheim, properties with these specifications are becoming rare commodities.”

Zehner noted that because the Voit team is constantly tracking the OC industrial market, they were able to quickly identify and secure this facility, which met their client’s operational and location needs.

The seller, Dunham & Gilliland LLC, was represented by Clyde Stauff of Colliers International.

 This free-standing building is located at 4890 E. La Palma Avenue (bottom right photo) in Anaheim, Calif. with major street visibility on La Palma Avenue, according to Zehner.

Contact:

Jenn Quader/ Judith Brower
Brower, Miller & Cole
(949) 955-7940

RCG Ventures Sells South Georgia Shopping Center for $4.4 Million




 ATLANTA, GA-- Cassidy Turley, a leading commercial real estate services provider in the U.S., has brokered RCG Ventures’ $4.4 million sale of Cordele Corners (top left photo), a 120,868-square-foot shopping center in Cordele, Ga.  The buyer was a Florida-based private equity group.

 Mark Joines (lower right photo) and Drew Fleming, both vice presidents in the Brokerage Services division of Cassidy Turley’s Atlanta office, represented RCG Ventures in the transaction, while the buyer represented itself.

Built in 1986, Cordele Corners is a former Walmart located near I-75whose anchor tenants include Tractor Supply, Bealls and Dollar Tree. Its occupancy rate is currently 70 percent.

 “Cordele Corners is a strong asset with outstanding anchor tenants and plenty of upside potential,” Joines said. “This transaction was a good one for both buyer and seller and one in which Cassidy Turley was able to deliver significant value to our client.”

 Public Relations Contact

 Tony Wilbert
Wilbert News Strategies
404-965-5022

Agree Realty Announces Goodyear Acquisition in Fort Mill, SC




FARMINGTON HILLS, MI /PRNewswire/ -- Agree Realty Corporation (NYSE: ADC) announced it has acquired an auto service store in Fort Mill, South Carolina leased to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.

  The store is an outlot to a Harris Teeter anchored shopping center located at South Carolina Highway 160 and State Highway 22.  The cost of the acquisition was approximately $2,400,000.


"We are extremely pleased to add this Goodyear Tire store to our expanding portfolio," said Joey Agree (lower right photo), President and Chief Operating Officer.  "This acquisition complements our existing automotive service assets and continues our diversification strategy among industry leading net lease retailers."

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

 Alan Maximiuk,
Chief Financial Officer,
+1-248-737-4190

Sunday, July 29, 2012

CalPERS Names Anthony Suine Chief of Benefit Services Division



 SACRAMENTO, CA –The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) announced the appointment of Anthony Suine as the pension fund’s new Benefit Services Division Chief.

Suine will oversee a staff of more than 250 and be responsible for the day-to-day operations of providing benefits to CalPERS retirees, beneficiaries and survivors, including service and disability retirements, death benefits, refunds and adjustments.

He will report to Donna Lum (top right photo), Deputy Executive Officer of CalPERS Customer Services & Support.  Suine starts September 1 and replaces Mary Lynn Fisher who is retiring after more than 34 years with CalPERS.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

External Affairs Branch
(916) 795-3991
Robert Udall Glazier, Deputy Executive Officer
Brad Pacheco, Chief, Office of Public Affairs
Contact: Amy Norris, Information Officer

4 New Condo Towers Proposed For South Beach and Miami's Brickell Avenue




MIAMI, FL -- Developers are proposing four new condo towers - a pair in South Beach (Ocean Drive lower right photo)  and another two on Brickell Avenue (skyline  top left photo) in Greater Downtown - for the coastal South Florida region, and in the process have boosted the total number of planned buildings to 50 since the real estate crash began in 2007, according to a new report from CondoVultures.com.

With the newly announced towers, more than 8,600 condo residences have now been proposed for the tricounty South Florida region of Miami-Dade, Broward, and Palm Beach counties as of July 26, 2012, according to the Preconstruction Condo Projects list compiled by the licensed Florida brokerage CVR Realty™.    

Some five years after the South Florida condo market began to stall, one new tower has already been completed in the tricounty region and 10 other highrises are under construction as the post-crash development era gains momentum, according to a recent CondoVultures.com report.

 For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Condo Vultures® LLC is a real estate consultancy and marketing company based in the 225 Midtown Building at 225 NE 34th St., Suite 209B, Downtown Miami, Florida, 33137. Condo Vultures® LLC can be reached at 800-750-0517.


HFF marketing for sale 215 West Washington in Chicago, IL



CHICAGO, IL – HFF announced it has been selected to market the sale of 215 West Washington (top left photo), a 389-unit, Class A luxury high-rise multi-housing property in Chicago, Illinois.

HFF is marketing the property exclusively on behalf of the seller, Cornerstone 215 West Washington LLC, for an undisclosed amount free and clear of debt.

215 West Washington is located in downtown Chicago’s Loop area within a mile of Millennium Park, Chicago’s theater district and the River North neighborhood. 

The property is a LEED certified 50-story luxury community featuring studio, convertible, one-, two- and three-bedroom units averaging 814 square feet.  Although not being offered as part of the sale, the property also features a separately owned attached 600-space parking garage and 12,100 square feet of ground floor retail.

The HFF investment sales team representing the seller is led by managing directors Sean Fogarty (bottom right photo) and Marty O’Connell along with executive managing director Matthew Lawton. 

Contacts

SEAN P. FOGARTY                                 
 HFF Managing Director                              
312) 528-3650                                          
sfogarty@hfflp.com                                  

 MYRA F. MOREN
HFF Director, Marketing
(713) 852-350


HFF secures $44.5 million financing for Lugano Cherry Creek in Denver, CO




DALLAS, TX – HFF announced it has secured a $44.5 million financing for Lugano Cherry Creek (top left photo), a 328-unit, Class A multi-housing community in Denver, Colorado. 

HFF worked on behalf of the owner, a fund managed by GenCap Partners, Inc., to secure the two-year, adjustable-rate loan through GE Capital Real Estate. 


Lugano Cherry Creek is located on the northwest corner of East Iliff Avenue and South Emporia Street in the East Cherry Creek submarket of Denver.

 The community is comprised of two four-story buildings that include ground-floor retail and structured garage parking.  Units include one-, two and three-bedroom options averaging 1,025 square feet each.

 Currently more than 90 percent occupied, the community offers amenities such as courtyards, 1.5 acres of green space, club room with gaming and lounge area, resort-style swimming pool with heated sun deck and views of the Rocky Mountains.

The HFF team representing the borrower was led by senior managing director John Brownlee (middle right photo) and managing director Andy Scott (lower left photo)along with senior managing director Eric Tupler and directors Josh Simon and Brock Cannon of the Denver office of HFF.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

 JOHN S. BROWNLEE                                   
  HFF Senior Managing Director                        
  (214) 265-0880                                                  

MYRA F. MOREN
HFF Director, Marketing
(713) 852-350


Marcus & Millichap Sells Blackstone Building in West Palm Beach, FL for $3 million



WEST PALM BEACH, FL – Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm, has announced the sale of the Blackstone Building (top left photo), a three-story office building with street level retail located in downtown West Palm Beach, FL, according to Gregory Matus, Vice President/Regional Manager of the firm’s Fort Lauderdale, FL office. The asset commanded a sales price of $3,000,000.

Douglas K. Mandel, (lower right photo) Vice President Investments and Brian L. Rosen, Associate in the Fort Lauderdale office, had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller, a local West Palm Beach owner/developer.

The Blackstone Building comprises 16,721 square feet, 5,791 square feet of which is retail and the remaining 10,930 square feet is office.

 Palm Sugar, an Asian restaurant and dessert bar, occupies the ground level retail space and its office tenants include a law firm, testing center and other strong local tenants.  The property is located at 100 S Dixie Highway in downtown West Palm Beach on the hard corner of Clematis Street and Dixie Highway.

Press Contact:

Ashley Steele
Fort Lauderdale Office
954.245.3400

Bull Realty Brokers $4.851 Million Sale of Roswell Summit Office Building, Wins Leasing Assignment for the Facility



 ATLANTA, GA– Bull Realty has brokered the $4.851 million sale of Roswell Summit (top left photo) a 127,342-square-foot office complex in the Roswell, Ga., sub-market of metro Atlanta.

Sean Williams (middle right photo), vice president, corporate office services, with Bull Realty, represented the buyer, Emcade Acquisitions.

Kevin Markwordt ofTranswestern represented the seller, CSMC 2006-C5 Holcomb Office Limited Partnership. The estimated cap rate on the transaction is 11.8 percent.

Emcade Acquisitions also has awarded Bull Realty the leasing assignment for Roswell Summit, making the property one of several leasing assignments Bull Realty handles for Emcade.

The property, located near Georgia 400 at 1080 HolcombBridge Road, currently has a vacancy rate of nearly 50 percent. Emcade willinvest in interior and exterior upgrades and offer enticing rental rates and terms. Roswell Summit was constructed in the mid-1980s and features two three-story buildings, each approximately 63,500 square feet in size.

“This represents an exciting opportunity for tenants, as the new landlord has a much lower basis and is able to offer very competitive rental rates,” Williams said. “Our client has a great track record of improving facilities and is ready to combine physical improvements with an enhanced management and tenant rep incentives to drive occupancies at Roswell Summit.”

Contacts

Stephen Ursery
 Wilbert News Strategies LLC
404-965-5026



Mercantile Capital Corp. CEO Chris Hurn in the running for 2012 Small Business Influencer Award



ORLANDO, FL– Chris Hurn (top right photo), chief executive officer and co-founder of Orlando based Mercantile Capital Corporation, has been nominated for a 2012 Small Business Influence Award, under the category “small business expert.”

Hurn, whose Mercantile Capital Corporation opened nine years ago and ranks as one of the nation’s leading providers of U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 504 loans for small business owners who want to acquire or develop their own facilities, said he is flattered by the nomination.

Currently, Hurn ranks third in the U.S. in an online poll of small business owners voting for 2012 Small Business Influencer Award nominees. Nominations for the award closed on July 15. Online voting will continue through Aug. 5.

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Chris Hurn, Chief Executive Officer, Mercantile Capital Corporation, ChrisHurn@MercantileCC.com, 407-786-5040
Anita Campbell, Chief Executive Officer, Small Business Trends, LLC, admin@smallbiztrends.com
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications, 407-644-4142





Lincoln Property Company Brokers 25,691-SF Lease by IPG at North Atlanta Office Building



 ATLANTA, GA– Lincoln Property Company Southeast has brokered a seven-year, 25,691-square-foot new lease with Implantable Provider Group (IPG) at 400 Northwinds Center (top left photo), located at 11605 Haynes Bridge Road in Alpharetta, Ga., in the North Fultonsubmarket of Atlanta. IPG will occupy an entire floor in the building.

Hunter Henritze (middle right photo) and Michael Howell (middle left photo), both vice presidents of leasing for Lincoln Company Property Southeast, represented the landlord, Equity Office, in the transaction. Dom Wyant of Jones Lang LaSalle represented the tenant.

 IPG previously was located in Two Northwinds, which, like 400 Northwinds, is part of the Northwinds Center office park. “IPG has experienced tremendous growth over the past few years, having more than doubled in size since 2009,” Henritze said. “This is a great example of how a park the size of Northwinds is a good fit for growing tenants.”

400 Northwinds Center is a six-story, Class-A office building featuring a comprehensive package of amenities. It is located near two hotels, four banks, nine restaurants, two complimentary fitness centers and a daycare/learning facility.

 In December 2011, Equity Office awarded Lincoln Property Company Southeast contracts to manage 3.3 million square feet and lease 1.9million square feet in suburban Atlanta.

The management assignment covers buildings in the North Fulton and Northeast submarkets, and the leasing assignment, which includes the Northwinds Center office park, is for buildings in North Fulton. Lincoln began servicing the contracts at the start of the year.

 Contact:

Stephen Ursery
Wilbert News Strategies
E-mail: sursery@wnspr.com
Office: (404) 965-5026
Cell: (404) 405-2354


$84 Million in Net-Leased Investment Sales Closed in First Half by Marcus & Millichap’s John Glass


 SAN FRANCISCO, CA– John Glass (top right photo) of Marcus & Millichap Real Estate Investment Services, the nation’s largest real estate investment services firm, has closed $84,413,625 in single-tenant net-leased property sales during the first six months of 2012.

Glass, a senior vice president investments and senior director of the National Retail Group (NRG), is based in the San Francisco office of Marcus & Millichap. He has closed more than $2.4 billion in commercial real estate transactions during his 23-year career. 

“John has successfully advised a wide array of institutional and private owners of QSR restaurant chains, bank branches, drugstores and other single-tenant net-leased properties by putting together unique execution strategies that allow his clients the twofold benefit of obtaining the highest possible sales price while minimizing their market exposure,” says Bill Rose (middle left photo), national director of Marcus & Millichap’s NRG. 

“The sale-leaseback market continues to thrive,” says Glass. “Current market dynamics are optimal, allowing companies to strengthen their balance sheet at the lowest sale-leaseback rates in the last five years. By repositioning their balance sheets through a sale-leaseback, companies are also able to tap additional sources of both short- and long-term credit facilities at historically low rates,” he adds.

Single-tenant net-leased properties, even in secondary and some tertiary markets, with strong corporate guarantees and backing are in high demand among investors seeking a safe haven from other volatile investments, such as the stock market.

“The single-tenant segment of the market has outperformed virtually every other segment of the commercial real estate market over the past two years,” says Glass.

 “Investor preference for these assets will remain strong as the year progresses, but will hinge upon demand from cost-conscious consumers. While more Americans are returning to work each month, personal incomes are relatively stagnant. As a result, the average consumer has become an avid bargain-hunter after the prolonged recession,” Glass concludes.   

Contact:

Stacey Corso
Public Relations Manager
(925) 953-1716
   

Saturday, July 28, 2012

59% of U.S. Metro Areas Post Higher Foreclosure Activity in First Half, RealtyTrac® Reports



 IRVINE, CA– RealtyTrac® (www.realtytrac.com), the leading online marketplace for foreclosure properties released its Midyear 2012 Metropolitan Foreclosure Market Report, which shows that foreclosure activity in the first half of 2012 increased from the previous six months in 125 of the nation’s 212 metropolitan areas with a population of 200,000 or more.

 Despite the increases from the second half of 2011, 129 of the metro areas still posted year-over-year decreases in foreclosure activity.

California accounted for seven of the 10 highest metro foreclosure rates and 10 of the top 20 metro foreclosure rates during the first half of the year.

Florida accounted for four of the top 20 metro foreclosure rates, and Illinois accounted for two of the top 20. Georgia, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado each had one city in the top 20.

“Increasing foreclosure starts in many local markets helped push total foreclosure activity higher in the first half of this year compared to the second half of 2011,” said Brandon Moore (top right photo), CEO of RealtyTrac.

“Those foreclosure starts are welcome news for prospective buyers and real estate brokers in many local markets where a shortage of aggressively priced inventory has been holding up sales activity.

"Markets with increasing foreclosure starts will likely see more distressed inventory for sale in the form of short sales and bank-owned properties in the second half of the year.” 

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:
:
Christine Stricker
949.502.8300, ext. 268

Michelle Schneider
949.502.8300, ext. 139

Order Custom Data:
Data Sales Department
800.913.0439

Friday, July 27, 2012

Hendricks & Partners Negotiates Sale of Cedarbrook Apartments in Hoover, AL for $16,750,000




BIRMINGHAM, AL--- Hendricks & Partners, one of the nation’s largest and most active multifamily investment banking and research companies, recently negotiated the sale of Cedarbrook Apartments, a 320-unit apartment community located in Hoover, Ala. for $16.75 million.

David Oakley (lower right photo), senior investment advisor of Hendricks & Partners Alabama office negotiated the sale representing the seller, Cedarbrook Apartments, LLC, an Alabama limited liability company, based in Birmingham.

Cedarbrook, built in 1972 and renovated in 2010/2011, has a total of 329,980 square feet of rentable living space with one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments.

The buyer was Landmark at Deerfield Glen, LLC, based in Florida, and was represented by Tom Hinton of Hinton Properties.

 For more information, contact:

David Oakley, Senior Investment Advisor, Hendricks & Partners - Alabama, 205.918.0785,  doakley@hpapts.com. 
Larry Vershel or Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications 407-644-4142 lvershelco@aol.com.

Faris Lee Investments Names Michael Ward to Director



 IRVINE, CA – Faris Lee Investments, the nation’s largest retail-specialized investment advisory firm, has named Michael Ward (top right photo) to director.

At Faris Lee, Ward will focus on business development, expanding the firm’s market and client share primarily in the multi-tenant retail sector.

Ward had recently worked as vice president, director of acquisitions for Centro Properties where he was involved in the acquisition and closing of nearly $9 billion dollars of retail properties across the country.

“Michael is a strong addition to our team. He brings great diversity to the firm having spent the last ten years working on the principal side of the business,” said Rick Chichester (lower left photo), president and COO, Faris Lee Investments.

 “Michael will provide valuable insight and expertise to our focused approach to retail investment and will play a key role in our growth plans.”

For a complete copy of the company’s news release, please contact:

Darcie Giacchetto
Spaulding Thompson & Associates
949.278.6224