COVINGTON, GA. — TrueRate Services has arranged a $9.3 million refinancing loan for the final phase of Covington Town Center, a mixed-use development in Covington spanning 180 acres. Thorofare Capital provided the loan. Dan Gorczycki of TrueRate secured the capital from the Los Angeles-based lender on behalf of the sponsor, an entity doing business as Covington Town Center LLC. The collateral for the loan was for vacant retail parcels within the Town Center. Comprising 54.5 acres, the final phase of Covington Town Center includes retail outparcels that will be sold to individual retailers, as well as single-family homes, 350 apartments, 270 luxury townhomes, two hotels and a 48,000-square-foot Publix supermarket that is scheduled to break ground this summer. Founded in 2020, TrueRate is backed by Olive Tree Ventures, an affiliate of national multifamily property owner Olive Tree Holdings.
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ROSWELL, GA. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $37.6 million sale of Roswell Market Place, a fully leased, 95,522-square-foot shopping center in the metro Atlanta city of Roswell. Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan and Andrew Kahn of JLL represented the locally based seller, Branch Properties LLC, in the sale. East Coast Acquisitions acquired the property. Roswell Market Place is located at 10800 Alpharetta Highway. Built in 1986 and most recently renovated in 2015 and 2016, the retail property is anchored by Sprouts Farmers Market. The property’s tenant roster also includes Starbucks, Chipotle, Subway, Hollywood Feed, Another Broken Egg Cafe, Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar and Tin Drum. Branch Properties LLC is a private real estate investment firm primarily focused on the acquisition and development of high-quality, grocery anchored shopping centers located in the Southeastern United States. East Coast Acquisitions (ECA) is a Tampa-based real estate investment firm focused on the acquisition of grocery-anchored retail centers in core and robust secondary markets.
HARTWELL, GA. — Industrial Properties Group Inc. has arranged the sale of a 143,590-square-foot speculative industrial building located at 2052 Knox Bridge Crossing Road in Hartwell. Developed in 2020 by Adams Hart Partners I LLC, the building is situated on 14.8 acres within Gateway Industrial Park, located one exit south of the Georgia-South Carolina border along Interstate 85. Industrial Properties Group represented the seller and Russell D. Dye of Avison Young (formerly The Simpson Co.) represented the buyer. Richard R. Holdings LLC, a regional manufacturer, bought the property for an undisclosed price. The seller plans to build a second 120,000-square-foot building within Gateway Industrial Park, which Industrial Properties Group will market.
POOLER, GA. — Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has acquired Two Addison Place, a 325-unit multifamily community located at 2 Addison Place in Pooler, 10 miles from Savannah. The property was purchased via Continental Realty Fund V L.P., a $210.8 million private equity fund focused on acquiring retail and multifamily properties in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions. The sales price and seller were not disclosed. Delivered in 2014, Two Addison Place offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans ranging from 723 to 1,737 square feet. Thirty seven custom floor plans are available, with open space units featuring nine- to 14-foot ceiling heights, granite kitchen and bathroom countertops, ceiling fans throughout, wood-style and stained concrete flooring, washers and dryers, walk-in closets and balconies or porches. The garden-style community, which also features some cottage homes with attached garages, was 97 percent occupied at the time of the off-market sale. Community amenities include a clubhouse with conference center, cybercafé, fitness center, yoga room and a resort-style saltwater swimming pool with private cabanas, as well as two outdoor courtyards with fireplaces and grilling areas, a dog park, dog wash area and a car care center. With this acquisition, CRC now owns three properties in Georgia, …
DECATUR, GA. — Faropoint has purchased an eight-building industrial portfolio totaling 255,013 square feet on 12.6 total acres in Decatur. Faropoint bought the property for a total of $23 million. Construction Resource is the seller and tenant. The company sold the properties to Faropoint and has leased the buildings back. The properties are approximately 8.3 miles from downtown Atlanta and about 21 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Brian Bratton and Steve Ratchford of King Industrial Realty Inc./CORFAC International represented Faropoint in the transaction. Faropoint is a real estate investment firm that is based in Israel with U.S. offices situated in Memphis.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — RocaPoint Partners has broken ground on the next wave of ground-up development at the $370 million, 135-acre mixed-use Halcyon community in Alpharetta that first opened to the public in the fall of 2019. The second phase includes a four-story brick and steel building that will feature 60,000 square feet of creative office space and The Forum Athletic Club, a new two-story fitness center totaling 23,000 square feet with an adjacent outdoor fitness field. Set to open in early 2022, this will be the third location of The Forum Athletic Club. Phase II will also include a 5,000-square-foot Dogtopia dog boarding and grooming studio. AKA Studio designed the interior of Building 1100 to feature open, accessible stairwells with natural light, HVAC systems with UV filtration and hands-free access throughout the building. The development is also located right off of Ga. Highway 400. RocaPoint made a deal with publicly traded pharmaceutical company Alimera Sciences to occupy a full floor totaling 14,900 square feet of Building 1100, which is set to deliver by the fourth quarter of 2021. Newmark is in charge of office leasing for the development. In addition to Alimera Sciences, Halcyon’s roster of office tenants includes JLL, …
WOODSTOCK, GA. — Continental Realty Corp., a Baltimore-based real estate investment and management company, has acquired The Summit at Towne Lake, a 59,772-square-foot, 98 percent occupied neighborhood shopping center in Woodstock, anchored by LA Fitness. Located in a suburb approximately 30 miles north of downtown Atlanta, the shopping center was purchased for $11.6 million. Formerly owned by a joint venture between Atlanta-based RCG Ventures LLC and New York City-based DRA Advisors LLC, The Summit at Towne Lake becomes the second retail center and third property owned and managed by CRC in Georgia. Bryan Belk of Franklin Street represented both the buyer and the seller. Continental Realty Fund V L.P., a $210.8 million private equity fund focused on acquiring value-add retail and multifamily properties in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast regions, aided in purchasing the property. The Summit at Towne Lake represents the eighth retail property and 10th property overall acquired by the fund. Constructed in 2009 and located at 2060 Eagle Drive, The Summit at Towne Lake features tenants including six national and local retailers offering health and fitness, medical, beauty services and a fast-casual dining option. Some of the tenants include Marco’s Pizza, Palm Beach Tan and Family Orthodontics. The …
KENNESAW, GA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Lewis House at Kennesaw, a 132-unit apartment property located in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw. The property sold for $31.8 million, which equates to approximately $240,530 per unit. Walt Gill of True North Cos. built the Lewis House at Kennesaw. The Class A property was less than 30 percent occupied when it was brought to market. The community is located adjacent to several recreational and entertainment venues, including a new $10 million recreation center, a new 4,400-seat amphitheater and a 33-acre community park. The Lewis House is approximately 2.2 miles from Kennesaw State University. The property features a unique “big house” design concept that is single-family-home-like in appearance while providing apartment amenities and services to its residents. John Brigel of Marcus & Millichap had the exclusive listing to market the property on behalf of the seller and procured the buyer, an undisclosed limited liability company. John Leonard of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the transaction.
DECATUR, GA. — Decatur-based Tapestry Development Group and Atlanta-based Columbia Residential have opened Stride Senior Residences, a $19 million mixed-income seniors housing community in Decatur. The property offers income-restricted and market-rate units, with 80 percent of the residences affordable to seniors at 60 percent of area median income. Currently, 88 of the 90 units are leased, including all the affordable units. The property is located at 651 Decatur Village Drive, about 2.2 miles north of downtown Decatur. The community is also close to stores, restaurants, professional services options, DeKalb Medical Center, MARTA bus lines and the MARTA Decatur station. Amenities include a shared community park, fenced community garden, movie theater room, fitness center, computer center, community room with a kitchen and free Wi-Fi in common areas. The new community is situated at Scott Boulevard and North Decatur Road within Decatur Crossing, a 26-acre mixed-use development by Atlanta-based Fuqua Development. Decatur Crossing’s three phases contain approximately 94,000 square feet of commercial space, including three grocery stores, 14,000 square feet of office space and over 950 apartments. Tapestry Development Group and Columbia Residential assembled the land in December 2017 and broke ground in May 2019. The developers had the Stride project certified …
NEWPORT NEWS, VA. AND LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has brokered the sales of two single-tenant retail properties for a combined $10.6 million. The properties are located in Newport News and Lawrenceville and were both built in 2020. Petsuites, a pet resort and spa operator based in Erlanger, Ky., signed long-term, 20-year leases at both locations. The properties were in high demand as the $232 billion pet care industry has seen a huge increase in growth amid the pandemic, according to Raymond of SRS. Britt Raymond and Kyle Fant of SRS represented the seller, a North Carolina-based developer, in both 1031 exchange transactions. Both stores span 14,000 square feet. The Newport News location is located at 12533 Warwick Blvd. The property is situated on just over two acres and sold for $5.5 million. Danny Brooker of Monument Retail represented the Florida-based, privately held buyer. The store is close to other national retailers including Harris Teeter, Food Lion and Chick-fil-A. The Lawrenceville property is located at 2525 Sugarloaf Parkway and is situated on 4.7 acres. Elizabeth Morgan of Pinnacle Real Estate represented the Minnesota-based buyer in the $5.1 million transaction.