Raleigh-Durham

Residents at the new Water Garden Village community in northwest Raleigh can breathe easy on the entire 11-acre property. According to WRAL, the recently opened 100 percent smoke-free apartment complex has been quite successful, leasing within nearly a month of opening.
Located at 8441 Mount Valley Lane, the 60-unit community has been developed by nonprofit DHIC. The newspaper reports that the property’s non-smoking policy extends beyond apartment walls and includes the fitness center, the clubhouse, the playground and even the laundry facilities.
“We were concerned that it might even limit our ability to rent the apartments,” DHIC President Gregg Warren said in regard with the smoking restriction.

Brookfield Asset Management Inc. has purchased five multi-family properties in the Triangle region, as part of its $414 million deal to acquire a total of 19 apartment communities in North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. Babcock & Brown Residential, the seller of the 4,892-unit portfolio was advised by Robert W. Baird & Co.
According to the Triangle Business Journal, the assets located in the Triangle accounted for a combined $108 million, or $76,900 per unit.
The newspaper reports that the 462-unit Oak Hollow property in Cary sold for $32.6 million, while the 144-unit Bridges at Chapel Hill in Carrboro sold for $11.6 million. The region’s other three communities that were included in the sale are located in Durham: the 346-unit Bridges at Wind River (pictured), which sold for $32.6 million, the 264-unit Woods Edge, which sold for $18.7 million, and the 192-unit Bridges at South Point, which sold for $12.76 million.

On January 31, a joint venture partnership between the Indianapolis-based real estate investment trust Duke Realty Corp. and the Raleigh-based real estate development firm Kane Realty Corp. sold the prestigious 17-story Captrust Tower in the city’s North Hills area. KBS Realty Advisors of Newport Beach, California acquired the approximately 300,000-square-foot property for $98.4 million, or nearly $326 per square foot.
Developed in 2009, the LEED Gold-certified high-rise at 4208 Six Forks Road offers 275,630 square feet of office space, 26,813 square feet of retail space and a six-level parking deck. The property is 95 percent leased to 18 companies, including Captrust Financial Advisors, the American Board of Anesthesiology, CBRE, Regus, RBC Capital Markets, as well as other national and regional tenants.

Grubb Properties is planning a 203-unit luxury apartment complex in Raleigh’s Glenwood South district. According to the NewsObserver, the project will be developed on half a block bordered by Jones, West and Harrington streets.
“We think it’s one of the best sites, certainly in the Triangle market, and one of the top sites that we’re working on in the entire Southeast,” Todd Williams, Grubb’s senior vice president of investments, told the newspaper.
The new complex will feature 162 one-bedroom units and 41 two-bedroom units. The apartments will be developed under the company’s Link brand, which targets younger renters who prefer to live in urban areas that offer easy access to jobs, entertainment and cultural amenities. Grubb recently opened its first Link property in Richmond, Va. (pictured).

The 140 West Franklin development, one of Chapel Hill’s largest mixed-use projects, will be complete by late April. Located at the intersection of West Franklin and Church streets, the venture is expected to boost economic activity and bring new markets to the town. According to The Daily Tar Heel, the $55 million downtown complex will offer 140 condominiums, 26,000 square feet of retail space, a public plaza and 337 parking spaces. Developed by Ram Realty Services, the structure stands eight stories tall at its highest point. “The goal was definitely to develop Franklin Street — this is some of the first Class ‘A’ retail space available on Franklin Street in a long time,” development manager Jon Keener told the newspaper.

by Adriana Pop, Associate Editor Global hospitality brand Hampton Hotels announced the opening of the Hampton Inn & Suites Raleigh/Crabtree Valley. Located at 3920 Arrow Drive, on the site of the former Crabtree Inn building, the 136-room hotel is the 11th Hampton property in Raleigh. Amenities include a business center, meeting space, a fitness center, […]