ATLANTA — American Tower, a data center REIT based in Boston, has expanded its American Tower Metro Data Center facility at 55 Marietta St. in downtown Atlanta. The addition brings nearly 20,000 square feet and 2 additional megawatts of capacity to the facility. American Tower has fully integrated the data center, formerly known as Colo Atl, into the American Tower brand. American Tower hopes with the expansion to provide its customers with more power and capacity, giving them a vehicle to provide stronger connectivity options. With the completion of the expansion, American Tower Metro Data Center now has a total of about 44,500 square feet across its second, fifth and eighth floors, while the added capacity brings the total to 4 megawatts. In 2020, additional improvements were completed, including renovations on the fifth floor, the addition of a new dedicated “meet-me-area,” upgrades to the security and surveillance systems and revamped workspaces on each floor for customers.
MARIETTA, GA. — New York City-based Spaxel has acquired the Hills at East Cobb, a 266-unit workforce housing property in Marietta, for $45 million. The multifamily residential complex is located at 1716 Terrell Mill Road, just 1.5 miles from Truist Park, home to the Atlanta Braves. John Kevill, Wes Boatwright, Dean Sands and Casey Keitchen of Avison Young arranged $16.4 million in limited partner equity from Sound Mark Partners, a Greenwich, Conn.-based commercial real estate investment firm. The Hills at East Cobb is a residential community with one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a swimming pool, dog park, fitness center, picnic area and clubhouse.
ATLANTA — Ready Capital has closed a $15.4 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and lease-up of an approximately 520,000-square-foot, Class B industrial property in the North Clayton/Airport submarket of Atlanta. Upon acquisition, the sponsor will implement a capital improvement plan to upgrade the property, with improvements including lighting upgrades, parking lot resurfacing and painting. The non-recourse, interest-only loan features a 36-month term, floating interest rate, two extension options, flexible prepayment and a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures, tenant leasing costs and interest and carry shortfalls. The buyer plans to lease the property aggressively to maximize occupancy at market-rate rents.
SMYRNA, GA. — Atlanta-based real estate investment firm Branch Properties has executed the $96.5 million sale of Elevate West Village, a 313-unit, Class A apartment community located at 4520 Pine St. in Smyrna. The buyer of the property is GID. Elevate is the multifamily component of a larger community known as West Village, which includes a collection of retailers and restaurants. Branch is currently developing the fourth and final phase of the West Village project, a medical office build-to-suit for Northside Hospital. Elevate’s community amenities include a pool with a poolside yoga area, a courtyard featuring an outdoor bar with built-in grills, fitness center and a game room, as well as a number of micro offices and a conference room. Apartments range in size from 660-square-foot studios to nearly 1,500-square-foot apartments, with a parking garage comprising 470 spaces. Construction on Elevate began in April 2019, with the first residents moving in last July. Summit Contracting Group served as the general contractor. Other project partners included Crosby Design Group as the interior designer, Preston Partnership as the architect and Planners & Engineers Collaborative as the civil engineer.
ATLANTA — A joint venture between Skanska and SG Contracting Inc. has been selected to build a $308.3 million Hilton (NYSE: HLT) hotel adjacent to the Georgia World Congress Center (GWCC) in downtown Atlanta. The 1.2 million-square-foot hotel will be the first newly constructed project under Hilton’s upscale Signia banner, and will act as a headquarters hotel for the GWCC. The property will overlook the Mercedes-Benz Stadium and is located near the Omni Atlanta Hotel, CNN Center, State Farm Arena and the Georgia Aquarium. The 40-story hotel is set to feature 975 guest rooms alongside amenities including 75,000 square feet of world-class meeting and event space; a connected walkway to the GWCC; spa; fitness center; 6,670-square-foot pool deck; an outdoor event lawn; a market; two chef-driven restaurants; and three bars. “The Signia by Hilton will further elevate Atlanta’s international presence and position as a major host of civic, cultural and commercial events,” says Scott Cannon, executive vice president and general manager for Skanska’s Georgia and South Carolina operations. Skanska and SG Contracting will provide pre-construction and construction management services for the hotel, which Gensler designed to achieve LEED Gold certification. The development, which Cannon says will generate approximately 600 construction jobs, is …
ATLANTA — PRP has sold Perimeter 31, a 416-unit apartment community in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket, for $98.8 million. The buyer was CWS. A partnership controlled by PRP acquired Perimeter 31 in November 2016 for $74.5 million. Over its ownership, PRP invested over $4 million in base building, amenities and in-unit renovations. According to PRP, Perimeter 31 maintained occupancy levels of 95 percent and rent collections of 98 percent despite the pandemic. Built in 2001, the Class A property includes six five-story buildings totaling 439,846 rentable square feet with an average unit size of approximately 1,000 square feet. The property’s amenities include a fitness center, swimming pool, structured parking with controlled access, outdoor grills, picnic area and a full-service business center. The apartment community is situated within a half-mile of Perimeter Mall and is close to the Dunwoody MARTA station.
ATLANTA — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the $50 million sale of Restoration Hardware (RH) Atlanta, a 63,831-square-foot store in Atlanta’s Buckhead district leased on a long-term basis to Restoration Hardware. Jim Hamilton, Coler Yoakam, Brad Buchanan and Andrew Kahn of JLL represented the seller, a partnership between an affiliate of LaSalle’s Income & Growth value-add fund series, Ferncroft Capital, Redan Group and Blackmount Real Estate Partners. RH, a global lifestyle company, has occupied the five-story building since it was constructed in 2014. RH Atlanta is located on 1.6 acres at 3030 Peachtree Road across the street from Jamestown’s Buckhead Village District and near the Buckhead Theatre. The sale transaction included a land parcel with development rights.
ATLANTA AND RALEIGH, N.C. — Preferred Apartment Communities (NYSE: APTS) has agreed to sell a portfolio of office assets in Atlanta and North Carolina to Highwoods Properties Inc. (NYSE: HIW). The deal, which is expected to close during the third quarter, is valued at $717 million and includes $28 million of planned improvements and $5 million in transaction costs. The sale comprises the bulk of Preferred Apartment Communities’ (PAC) office assets. Joel Murphy, president and CEO of the Atlanta-based REIT, says that the sale of the office portfolio is part of a larger plan to simplify its real estate footprint. The company also sold a portfolio of student housing properties last year as part of that plan. “Upon closing, PAC’s real estate portfolio will be further streamlined with an increased primary weighting on our core, Class A, suburban Sun Belt multifamily business and our complementary 100 percent grocery-anchored Sun Belt retail investments,” says Murphy, referring to PAC’s wholly owned retail investment subsidiary New Market Properties LLC. The portfolio sale to Highwoods includes seven properties in Atlanta, Charlotte and Raleigh. The assets include: • 150 Fayetteville, a 560,000-square-foot tower in downtown Raleigh • Capitol Towers, a two-building complex in Charlotte’s SouthPark …
ATLANTA — Ready Capital has closed a $28.8 million loan for the acquisition, renovation and stabilization of a 240-unit, Class B, garden-style multifamily property in the Briarcliff submarket of Atlanta. The name of the property and borrower was not disclosed. Upon acquisition, the sponsor will implement a capital improvement plan to renovate unit interiors and property exteriors. The sponsor also plans to add washers and dryers to each unit. The non-recourse, interest-only, floating-rate loan features a 36-month term, extension options and flexible prepayment, as well as a facility to provide future funding for capital expenditures.
ATLANTA — Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Alliance Residential Co. has delivered Broadstone Summerhill, a new multifamily development located in the heart of Atlanta’s Summerhill neighborhood on the city’s south side. This property is Alliance Residential’s latest development in the Atlanta area, with three additional developments under construction and three properties recently opening. Broadstone Summerhill comprises of three residential buildings with 276 studio, one- and two-bedroom apartment units. Each unit has entry mud benches, wet islands, plank-style vinyl wood flooring, designer lighting packages, custom cabinetry, quartz countertops and stainless steel appliances. The community has received the National Green Building Standard (NGBS) Green Certification. Located at 100 Fulton St. SE, just north of the Center Parc Credit Union Stadium (formerly Turner Field), the multifamily community is close to the Atlanta BeltLine, Grant Park, Zoo Atlanta and Mercedes-Benz Stadium. The community is also 9.7 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Broadstone Summerhill’s rooftop observatory and lounge includes indoor/outdoor seating areas, a wet bar and arcade games. Also, the property has a pitched-roof clubroom with a demonstration kitchen and private workspaces. Other community amenities include flexible patio area near the indoor/outdoor fireplace, a saltwater pool with two sun shelves and gas grills, fitness center, pet park …