Gaia Acquires New Apartment Community in Nashville for $76.4M

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Gaia Real Estate has acquired Carillon, a 306-unit apartment community in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood. Embrey Partners, the project developer, sold the community to the private real estate investment firm for an undisclosed price, but the Nashville Business Journal reports the sales price was $76.4 million. Constructed in 2016, the community features a central courtyard, fire pit, swimming pool, fitness center, yoga room and bike storage. In addition, Gaia Real Estate recently acquired Station R, a 285-unit apartment community in Atlanta’s Reynoldstown neighborhood. The property was delivered this year, and features a rooftop deck, central courtyard, fire pit, swimming pool with cabanas and sundeck, fitness center, yoga and spinning studio and a bocce ball court. Greystar developed and sold the property. The sale price was not disclosed. Gaia Real Estate purchased both assets with its institutional partners Amitim Senior Pension Funds and Israeli-based Psagot Investment House.