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JOHNS CREEK, GA. — Toro Development Co., a locally based development firm led by Mark Toro, has officially opened Medley, a $560 million mixed-use campus in Johns Creek, a northern suburb of Atlanta in Fulton County. Toro Development held a grand opening ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 29 for the 43-acre project, which culminated in the opening of 25 new restaurants and retailers, including Trader Joe’s, Shake Shack, Sephora, BODYROK, Kontour Med Spa, Five Daughters Bakery, Summit Coffee, Hollow Oak, Drybar and Petfolk, among others. Additionally, Medley’s office component (112,000 square feet) was built on a speculative basis but opened fully leased to tenants including Boehringer Ingelheim (73,000 square feet for its U.S. Animal Health headquarters), Brightree (17,751 square feet) and an unnamed tenant. Stream Realty Partners is leasing the office space on behalf of Toro Development, and Cushman & Wakefield represented Boehringer Ingelheim and Brightree in their lease negotiations. Medley was formerly a suburban office campus for State Farm Insurance, which relocated away from the site in 2013. In addition to offices, shops and restaurants, Medley will feature 881 luxury residences, featuring for-sale townhomes and apartments; a 25,000-square-foot plaza; and a 150-room boutique hotel set to open in 2028 that …

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CBRE has arranged an $81 million construction loan for Sutherland at Piper Glen, a 299-unit apartment development located at 9621 Elm Lane in Charlotte’s Piper Glen neighborhood. Nate Sittema, Kristen Reilley and Elliott Voreis of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team arranged the financing through Western-Southern Life Insurance Co. on behalf of the borrower, a consortium of investors led by the developer, RK Investors. The community will feature four five-story apartment buildings atop structured parking. Planned amenities include a fitness center, bike storage, coworking spaces, golf simulator, game room, swimming pool, fire pit, grilling areas, pet wash station and a coffee bar. The development team plans to launch leasing for Sutherland at Piper Glen next fall, with first units scheduled for delivery in March 2028. The property will be the multifamily component of Greenway at Piper Glen, a master-planned development by RK Investors.

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BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — JLL has negotiated the $32.5 million sale of the second phase of Village at Lee Branch, a power retail center located at 1201 Doug Baker Blvd. in Birmingham. Brad Buchanan, Jim Hamilton and Anton Serafini of JLL represented the seller, Atlanta-based Cygnus Capital, in the transaction. The buyer was Richmond-based Hackney Real Estate Partners. Situated in Birmingham’s Meadowbrook submarket along U.S. Highway 280, Village at Lee Branch was 83 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Onelife Fitness, Hobby Lobby and Dollar Tree. The property sits adjacent to the first phase of Village at Lee Branch, which is anchored by Publix.

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NEW ORLEANS — Matthews has brokered the sale of Magnolia Marketplace, a 115,281-square-foot shopping center located at 2900 S. Claiborne Ave. in New Orleans. Pierce Mayson, Kyle Stonis and Boris Shilkrot of Matthews represented the locally based seller, Stirling Properties, and sourced the buyer, Agree Realty. The sales price was not disclosed, but the deal marks the highest sales price for a retail property sold within New Orleans’ Mid-City/Central City submarket within the past 10 years, according to data from CoStar Group. Built in 2015 by Stirling, Magnolia Marketplace was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Ross Dress for Less, T.J. Maxx, Michaels, Five Below, PetSmart and Ulta Beauty. Stirling is retaining ownership of an outparcel at the center leased to Raising Cane’s.

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TOMBALL, TEXAS —SEG Solar has acquired two manufacturing buildings totaling roughly 1.1 million square feet within Northwest 99 Business Park in Tomball, a northwestern suburb of Houston. Building 2 totals 450,320 square feet and is under construction as a planned conversion into an additional solar module manufacturing facility. Building 3 totals 704,080 square feet and is also under construction to support the company’s distribution operations. Jon Lindenberger and Barkley Peschel of Colliers represented SEG Solar, which previously purchased the 425,360-square-foot Building 1 within the park in 2025, in both transactions. Clay Development owns Northwest 99 Business Park.

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SPRING, TEXAS — Alliance Residential is underway on construction of Broadstone Gosling Oaks, a 388-unit multifamily project in the northern Houston suburb of Spring. The site spans 14.6 acres within the Gosling Oaks mixed-use development, which is owned by Newman Commercial Real Estate. Information on floor plans was not disclosed, but the community will be pet-friendly, and units will be furnished with individual washers and dryers. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center and a business center. The first units are expected to be available for occupancy before the end of the year.

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GRANBURY, TEXAS —The multifamily arm of local developer Realty Capital has broken ground on Lofts at Lakeview, a 289-unit apartment complex that will be located in Granbury, about 40 miles southwest of Fort Worth. The property will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom across four buildings. Amenities will include a pool, fitness center, resident clubhouse, coworking space, a sky lounge and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Origin Bank is financing construction of the project, which is slated for an early 2028 completion.

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WEST SACRAMENTO, CALF. — Lewis Apartments, the multifamily development and management arm of Upland, Calif.-based Lewis Group of Cos., has completed and opened Independence, a 208-unit rental townhome community in the Southport area of West Sacramento. The community comprises two- and three-bedroom units ranging from approximately 1,176 to 1,722 square feet, with private entrances, direct-access one- and two-car garages and private outdoor living spaces. Amenities include a heated pool and a hot tub area with cabanas, a 24-hour fitness center, pickleball courts, outdoor barbecue and gathering areas, a fire table, dog park and spa, package lockers and a borrow-a-bike program. Independence in West Sacramento is Lewis’ second Independence-branded development in Northern California, following on the heels of Independence in Dixon, which opened in 2025. Lewis plans to expand the Independence concept to additional Northern California markets, with future communities planned in Folsom, Vacaville, Fairfield, Newark and other locations.

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LAKEWOOD, COLO. — Deerfield, Ill.-based Core Acquisitions and Chicago-based Midloch Investment Partners have acquired Lamar Station Plaza, a regional shopping center in Lakewood, approximately five miles west of downtown Denver. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $30.2 million. Lamar Station Plaza features 271,632 square feet of retail space anchored by Casa Bonita, a Mexican restaurant and entertainment destination owned by “South Park” television show creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The 1,000-seat Casa Bonita features live entertainment with an indoor waterfall and cliff-diving pool and accommodates more than 650,000 visits annually. Additional tenants include Ross, Planet Fitness, Dollar Tree, Dutch Bros. and ARC Thrift Stores. At the time of sale, the property was 76 percent occupied. The buyers secured a new mortgage loan from Old National Bank for the purchase, which was brokered by Cushman & Wakefield. An affiliate of Core will manage the property, with Cushman & Wakefield handling leasing efforts. The new ownership plans to execute a targeted capital improvements program for the asset. Upgrades include an enhanced façade, upgraded signage, roof replacements, parking lot and landscaping upgrades and an increased focus on operations, including janitorial and sweeping services.

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HOUSTON — Los Angeles-based Thorofare Capital has provided a $16.5 million acquisition loan for a 240-unit multifamily property in Houston. The undisclosed property is located on the city’s northwest side and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 969 square feet. The borrower and direct lender were also not disclosed. A portion of the loan proceeds will be used to further both interior and exterior capital improvements at the property.  

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