Benzinga | Apr 19, 2021 06:04AM EDT

Highwoods Agrees to Acquire Office Assets from Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc.

Highwoods Properties, Inc. (NYSE:HIW) has agreed to acquire a portfolio of office assets from Preferred Apartment Communities, Inc. (NYSE:APTS) ("PAC"). The core portfolio to be acquired consists of four Class A office assets in Charlotte and Raleigh and one mixed-use redevelopment site in Atlanta. The Company has also agreed to acquire two non-core assets: a mezzanine loan related to a recently constructed office building in Atlanta; and Armour Yards, a multi-building creative office project in Atlanta.

The Company's total investment, including the estimated value of the non-core assets, is expected to be $769 million, which includes $28 million of near-term building improvements and $5 million of transaction costs. The transaction is expected to include, among other things, the assumption of four secured loans collateralized by the core office buildings estimated to be recorded at fair value of $403 million in the aggregate, with a weighted average effective interest rate of 3.7% and a weighted average maturity of 10.8 years. The value of the non-core assets represents less than 12% of the anticipated total investment.