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Welcome Group Inks Full-Building Industrial Lease in Durham, North Carolina Totaling 100,100 SF

by Abby Cox

DURHAM, N.C. — Welcome Group has executed a 100,100-square-foot full-building lease at Welcome Venture Park, an industrial and flex business park under construction in Durham. The undisclosed tenant will occupy Building C at the property. Larry Lakins, Andrew Young, Hunter Willard and Shields Liggett of Colliers represented Welcome Group, while Doug Brock of Newmark represented the tenant. Welcome Venture Park will total 1.3 million square feet across 10 buildings upon completion of all four phases. Phase I comprises nearly 395,000 square feet across four buildings and is more than 90 percent leased. Existing tenants include Cavalier Logistics, the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina, Great Day Improvements, Mobile Communications America (MCA), PEP Move and DeHaven’s Transfer & Storage. Scheduled for delivery in fall 2026, Phase IIA consists of Buildings C and H and totals approximately 200,550 square feet. Building C is fully leased, while Building H offers 100,450 square feet available for lease. City Bank is financing Phase IIA. Phase IIB, which will include an additional 439,560 square feet across Buildings I and J, is anticipated to deliver in late 2027 and early 2028. The overall development is designed to accommodate manufacturing, laboratory, warehouse, distribution and technology-focused users. …

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Leasing ActivityNorth CarolinaRetailSoutheast

Six New Tenants Sign Leases at Mixed-Use Development in Pittsboro, North Carolina

by Abby Cox

PITTSBORO, N.C. — Six new tenants have signed leases at MOSAIC at Chatham Park, a 44-acre development in Pittsboro, roughly 35 miles east of Raleigh. MOSAIC serves as the commercial gateway to Chatham Park, an 8,500-acre mixed-use development currently underway. Italian restaurant a Tavolo is slated to open this August, and Atlanta-based restaurant Flying Biscuit is anticipated to open in the third quarter of 2027. New View Eye Care will open in March 2027, while gourmet ice creamery and candy kitchen Pecan Jacks is anticipated to open this summer. Verizon will open in the fourth quarter of 2026. Meanwhile, First Horizon Bank has acquired a nearly 1-acre parcel for $2.6 million to construct a 3,150-square-foot building. Eight of the 17 buildings planned for MOSAIC are complete. One building is currently under construction and nine are in the pre-construction phase. The project is expected to be fully complete by 2030. Upon completion, Chatham Park is expected to comprise approximately 22,000 homes, with 22 million square feet of office, research, retail, educational and community space. Northwood Landing, a grocery-anchored mixed-used development situated adjacent to MOSAIC, has also recently welcomed two new tenants, including Chase Bank and Wells Family Dental Group. Additional tenants …

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Lowes Foods to Anchor Mixed-Use Project in Mooresville, North Carolina

by John Nelson

MOORESVILLE, N.C. — Lowes Foods plans to anchor Cadia Village Mooresville, a mixed-use development underway in suburban Charlotte. The Winston-Salem-based grocer will open a 52,000-square-foot store that features various departments, including a craft brewery (The Beer Den), coffee shop (Boxcar Coffee) and bakery (The Cakery). The developer, Pappas Properties, plans to break ground on the new Lowes Foods store in the third quarter, aiming for delivery in 2027. Situated near Lake Norman, Cadia Village Mooresville will feature a retail center, offices, a community village green space, for-sale homes, active adult apartments and cottage townhomes. Pappas Properties broke ground on Phase I of the mixed-use project last November.

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InterFace: Industrial Developers Are Fielding More Atypical Requirements from Tenants

by John Nelson

During his keynote address at InterFace I-85 Industrial Corridor, a two-day conference held May 19-20 at the Hilton Uptown Charlotte, Gregg Healy, executive vice president and head of industrial services at Savills, shared a quote from Charles Darwin to end his presentation. “It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most adaptable to change.” Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. Industrial owners and developers have had to be adaptable given the haymakers issued by macroeconomic forces the past several years. During the COVID-19 pandemic, they rode the reinvigorated demand wave for e-commerce fulfillment with large-scale developments in key transportation corridors. In the following years, they scaled down their pipelines to focus on smaller, more targeted requirements as construction and capital costs rose significantly. And since Liberation Day, when the Trump administration declared a sweeping package of tariffs for foreign trade partners and specific commodities in April 2025, industrial developers have been building and leasing facilities for domestic and global manufacturers that were nearshoring their investments. Today, owners and …

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Obrecht Properties Enters North Carolina With Planned 325,550 SF Industrial Development Near Fort Bragg

by John Nelson

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Obrecht Properties LLC has purchased 30 acres adjacent to Fort Bragg, a U.S. military base spanning 160,000 acres in central North Carolina. The Maryland-based developer plans to develop The Gateway at Military Business Park, a six-property industrial park spanning 325,550 square feet, on the site at 2755 Procurement Circle in Fayetteville. The park represents Obrecht’s entry into North Carolina. The developer plans to break ground immediately on Phase I, which will comprise two single-story buildings totaling 52,500 square feet, with plans to deliver the first phase next summer. Obrecht has tapped Neil Grant and Roger Marx of Grant-Murray Real Estate to oversee leasing at The Gateway at Military Business Park.

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Partnership Breaks Ground on 809,141 SF Industrial Park in Durham

by John Nelson

DURHAM, N.C. — A partnership between Hines and an Ares Real Estate fund has begun construction on Parkside Commerce Center, a four-building industrial park spanning 809,141 square feet in Durham. The project will be situated along Silicon Drive and sit adjacent to Research Triangle Park. The co-developers have tapped Foundry Commercial to lead leasing and marketing at Parkside Commerce Center, which will be developed in two phases. Phase I, which is slated to deliver in fourth-quarter 2027, will include Building 1 (a 237,824-square-foot rear-load facility) and Building 2 (a 283,724-square-foot rear-load building). Both buildings will feature 36-foot clear heights and 63 trailer stalls. Phase II will include Building 3 (a 172,289-square-foot facility) and Building 4 (a 115,304-square-foot property), both of which will have 32-foot clear heights.

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AcquisitionsNorth CarolinaRetailSoutheast

Wilder, Greenberg Gibbons Purchase 163,975 SF Shopping Center in Raleigh, Plan Renovations

by Abby Cox

RALEIGH, N.C. — Wilder and Greenberg Gibbons have formed a joint venture to acquire Wakefield Commons, a 163,975-square-foot shopping center located in Raleigh. According to the Triangle Business Journal, an entity doing business as Mishorim Gold NC LP sold the asset for $33 million. The acquisition marks Wilder’s entry into North Carolina, as well as Greenberg Gibbon’s first purchase through its $300 million Real Estate Income Fund II. Wakefield Commons was 96.3 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Starbucks, Marquee Cinemas and Burn Boot Camp. Greenberg Gibbons plans to renovate and improve the shopping center. Additional details were not disclosed.

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InterFace: Concessions Remain an Operational Necessity for Multifamily Stakeholders

by John Nelson

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Midway through a panel discussion comprising apartment operators, moderator Stephanie Garris, director and head of North Carolina at property management firm Arqline, asked the panelists for one thing in multifamily operations that they wish they could stop doing tomorrow. “Offering concessions,” said Dallas Green, regional vice president of RPM Living. “Dallas stole my answer,” said Sherry Yarborough, director of multifamily management Southeast at Drucker & Falk. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. The panelists were part of InterFace Carolinas Multifamily, an annual networking and information conference held on May 21 at the Hilton Charlotte Uptown. The conference, hosted by InterFace Conference Group and Southeast Real Estate Business, brought in 273 attendees. Concessions often take the form of free rent for a set period, typically one or two months. Renters at newly delivered properties can get up to three months of free rent in some markets today, with longer rent-free periods reserved for those who sign longer term leases or for signing a lease within 24 to 48 hours of touring the property. Yarborough said …

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Mesa West Provides $29.7M Acquisition Loan for Apartment Community in Cary, North Carolina

by John Nelson

CARY, N.C. — Mesa West Capital has provided a $29.7 million acquisition loan for The Ellery of Cary, a 194-unit apartment community located at 100 Hempstead Court in Cary, a suburb of Raleigh. Trevor Brotman, Tricia Linden and Kara Profitt of Walker & Dunlop’s Irvine, Calif., office arranged the five-year, non-recourse loan on behalf of the borrower, McDowell Properties. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Built in 1988 on nearly 19 acres, The Ellery of Cary offers a mix of one- and two-bedroom floorplans averaging 875 square feet in size. Amenities include a swimming pool with a sundeck, 24-hour fitness center, dog park, outdoor courtyard with fire pits and grills and walking trails with direct access to the Black Creek Greenway.

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Walker & Dunlop Arranges $223M in Bridge Financing for Southeast Multifamily Portfolio

by Abby Cox

BETHESDA, MD. — Walker & Dunlop has arranged $223 million in bridge financing for five multifamily properties in North Carolina, South Carolina and Florida totaling 1,345 units. Walker Layne, Austin Sneed and Tyler Evenson of Walker & Dunlop secured the loans through multiple undisclosed debt funds. The borrower was Madison Capital Group. The portfolio includes:

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