The firm has signed a 14,020-lease expansion, increasing its leased space at the property to more than 27,000 square feet. The latest deal marks the customized employee discount firm's second expansion in 13 months.
The financing package consisted of six new Freddie Mac Value Add Green Advantage loans, five loan assumptions from Fannie Mae and $40 million in equity over the entire portfolio.
The new facility will be constructed by the Hillwood Group of Dallas and Chapman Properties of Leetsdale, PA. Amazon has committed to investing more than $30 million into the project, state officials note.
CBRE reports that a bidding process for the 1,035-unit portfolio attracted more than 33 offers. The portfolio benefits high occupancy, 4.1% average annual rent growth since 2014 and high resident retention.
The sale of the two properties—Shorewind Towers at 7000 South Shore Drive, and Shorewind Court, nearby at 6951 S. Oglesby Ave.—was the largest by dollar amount and unit count in the submarket in the last 10 years, according to CoStar. Both properties were originally built nearly a century ago.
The IRS will vacate more than 32,000 square feet in the third quarter of this year, which will lower the building's occupancy to 61.1% and create what Cushman & Wakefield terms as a tremendous value-add opportunity for Capstone.
The brokerage firm also reports that another lease deal with a co-working firm involving multiple floors of a City Center office building is currently pending.
The three properties that traded included the 195-unit Regency House at 304 Erial Road in Sicklerville, Camden County; Upper Deerfield Estates (67 units) at 23 McCormick Boulevard in Bridgeton, Cumberland County and Polo Ridge Apartments (64 units) at 1210 North Route 130 in Burlington Township, Burlington County.