ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Selig Enterprises and State Teachers Retirement System of Ohio have acquired Lenox Marketplace, a 421,000-square-foot retail center in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Selig will oversee leasing at the center and will serve as the asset and property manager. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Located at the intersection of Peachtree and Wieuca roads and across the street from Phipps Plaza, Lenox Marketplace spans 9.4 acres with a mix of retail and dining options. The multi-level retail center is anchored by Publix, Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods and LA Fitness, with additional tenants such as Ethan Allen, Roam and Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant. The property is also one block from Lenox Square Mall and adjacent to Selig’s Buckhead Triangle property. With the addition of Lenox Marketplace, Selig’s retail portfolio spans almost 4 million square feet across the Southeast. The firm’s Buckhead portfolio includes Buckhead Triangle, Brookwood Place, Buckhead Square I and II, The Shops of Buckhead, Buckhead Commons and Peachtree Plaza. Selig is also the master developer of The Works, an 80-acre mixed-use development in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood.
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TUCKER, GA. — Berkadia has brokered the $75 million sale of East Ponce Village, a 977-unit, garden-style multifamily property in Tucker. Judy MacManus, Matt White, Paul Vetter and Andrew Mays of Berkadia’s Atlanta office completed the sale on behalf of the buyer, Pennsylvania-based Adams Investor Group. The seller was Toronto-based Medallion Corp. Formerly known as 13Ten, East Ponce Village spans 100 acres at 1310 Wood Bend Drive. The community features one- and two-bedroom floor plans with walk-in closets and washer and dryer connections. Community amenities include a clubhouse, business center, swimming pools, an outdoor area with grilling stations, fitness center and racquetball and tennis courts. The property is located near U.S. Route 78, Eagle Rock Studios, Stone Mountain Industrial Park and Amazon’s Robotic Distribution Facility.
While retail and office have had to adjust to a COVID-19 world, industrial has been the beneficiary. E-commerce, supply chain and last mile delivery are all the rage. But what has really gotten economic development leaders, elected officials and the media excited are the massive warehouse deals in cities like Atlanta that have created headlines and driven investor capital to industrial. Atlanta didn’t even truly get into the big-box industrial development game until 2004. From 1960 to 2006 there were just 13 buildings larger than 1 million square feet constructed in the metro area, but 11 were build-to-suits for users such as JC Penney, Kmart, Publix, Home Depot and the General Services Administration. Only Duke Realty (2004) and Majestic (2006) developed speculative properties spanning more than 1 million square feet. Between 2006 and 2015, there were 11 buildings more than 1 million square feet added to the city’s inventory, with seven of those south of Interstate 20, three in the Northeast 85 corridor and one on the Interstate 20 West Corridor. As Atlanta’s economy roared back in 2016, the market exploded with 17 new big-box facilities in just five years. While prior to 2015 the field of players constructing these …
ATLANTA — Trammell Crow Co. and High Street Residential are co-developing the remaining phases of Technology Enterprise Park (TEP) in Midtown Atlanta. Georgia Advanced Technology Ventures (GATV), a Georgia Tech-led cooperative organization that is overseeing this project, chose the two firms to deliver a mixed-use, life sciences center within TEP. Construction is slated to begin in early 2022. For each of the five planned project phases of TEP, there is a grant to establish a sustainable education and training program for residents, Georgia Tech students and teachers in surrounding neighborhoods to expose them to careers in the biomedical and life sciences industries. TEP currently has two existing buildings that house research and lab space. The property will begin the park’s long-term expansion with Phase I, which will feature two buildings that include 370,000 square feet of lab and office space and 280 residential apartments.
CLEVELAND — Compass Self Storage has acquired several self-storage centers that in total added over 183,000 net rentable square feet to the firm’s portfolio. The newest storage units are located at 9085 SW State Road 200 in Ocala, Fla.; 3300 Jodeco Road and 3497 Jodeco Road in McDonough, Ga.; and 5A Estate Drive in Bluffton, S.C. These three acquisitions bring Compass’ total property count to 98. Compass Self Storage has plans to upgrade all three properties, including upgraded security by offering smart locks, high definition video, lighting and individual access control. Compass Self Storage will also offer onsite truck rental services. These Compass Self Storage locations, as well as all Compass Self Storage centers nationwide, now offer contactless rentals. Compass Self Storage is a member of Cleveland-based Amsdell Cos. The three Southeast acquisitions were made by separate affiliates of Amsdell Group LLC and Compass Self Storage LLC. The sellers and sales prices were not disclosed.
ATLANTA — Community Solutions and Atlanta-based Partners for Home have purchased Centra Villa, a 132-unit apartment building in Atlanta that will be reimagined to provide affordable housing for veterans experiencing homelessness. The project is expected to cost $12 million. Located at 1717 Centra Villa Drive SW, Centra Villa is situated 2.8 miles from the Fort McPherson Veteran Affairs Clinic, providing its tenants with close access to medical services and other community resources, including long-term, permanent housing. Centra Villa will increase the number of units available to house veterans. The current tenants will continue to stay, and the project aims to have 50 percent of the units set aside for vulnerable veterans, which will be accomplished through natural attrition. The City of Atlanta provided a HomeFirst grant to the co-developers. The Atlanta Affordable Housing Fund provided a social impact subordinate loan, and Fannie Mae provided the mortgage. The Home Deport Foundation also provided an undisclosed amount of funding. The property is being built as part of Built for Zero, Community Solutions’ national initiative comprising 80 cities and counties to measurably end homeless. The City of Atlanta joined the initiative last year.
CONYERS, GA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $12.7 million sale of Conyers Square, a 90,218-square-foot, Kroger-anchored shopping center in Conyers. Zach Taylor and Don McMinn of IPA’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group represented the seller, Sansome LLC, and procured the buyer, Forge Capital Partners. Kroger has 15 years of left on its lease term, and Taylor says that the previous owner did not have any COVID-19-related rent concessions with its tenants. “The Conyers Square disposition illustrated how strong and diverse the market is right now for successful, grocery-anchored centers,” says Taylor. “We received over one dozen offers from both private and institutional groups, with the private buyers beating the institutional pricing significantly. We received the most compelling financing quotes I have seen in over a decade and surpassed pricing expectations for our client.” Conyers Square was constructed on 11 acres in 1985. Additional tenants include Sunny’s Beauty Supply, Sapphire Nails, Lendmark Financial and H&R Block.
RINCON, GA. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Georgia International Trade Center’s (GITC) Building 2B, a 1.1 million-square-foot bulk distribution center in the Savannah suburb of Rincon. Britton Burdette, Patrick Nally, Matt Wirth and Dennis Mitchell of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Stonemont Financial Group and The Davis Cos., in the transaction. Invesco Real Estate purchased the property for an undisclosed price. The cross-dock building is situated on 76.6 acres at 2008 Trade Center Blvd. within the broader, fully occupied GITC. Building 2B is less than 10 miles from Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal. Additionally, the property is located close to Interstates 16 and 95 and features access to every major destination east of the Mississippi River via two Class I railroads.
ATLANTA — Walker & Dunlop has brokered the $164.5 million sale of The Mansions Portfolio, a portfolio of four Class A independent living properties in Atlanta. Focus Senior Housing Fund I LP, a discretionary investment vehicle that is managed by an affiliate of Focus Healthcare Partners LLC, bought the portfolio. Joshua Jandris, Mark Myers, Jordyn Berger and Brett Gardner of Walker & Dunlop represented the buyer in the transaction. Additionally, Russell Dey of Walker & Dunlop arranged three acquisitions loans through Freddie Mac. The seller(s) was not disclosed. The Mansions Portfolio includes 559 independent living units across four unnamed properties located within 30 miles of one another. Some communities include restaurant-style dining rooms, fitness centers, landscaped grounds and in-unit washers and dryers. The communities are fairly new as they were constructed between 2016 and 2020. Focus Healthcare Partners is a real estate investment and asset management firm headquartered in Chicago.
COLUMBUS, GA. — The Cotton Cos. is bringing Highside Market, an urban infill and adaptive reuse mixed-use development, to Columbus. The first phase of the development is expected to be open in September, and Cotton Cos. plans to fully open the project by the third quarter of 2022. Located at the intersection of 13th Street and 2nd Avenue, Highside Market will feature four retail, dining, work and gathering spaces. The mixed-use development will also include full-service, dine-in and fast-casual restaurants; 20,000 square feet of retail space; 10,300 square feet of office space; green space; and outdoor lounges. Highside Market’s flagship structure, the 211 Building, was built in 1939 and previously operated as the premier auto dealership in Columbus for 55 years. The building’s ground floor will include a bakery, two dine-in restaurants and a mix of retail market stalls with office space, pop-up space for events and workshops occupying the first floor. An adjacent, circa-1959 Brutalist Bank building will be repurposed and transformed into the 201 Building. Cotton Cos. will remodel the building to have a ground-floor restaurant, basement bar and second floor retail or art gallery space, as well as an outdoor common area. Additionally, a newly constructed building, …