ATLANTA — T-Mobile has renewed its approximately 100,000-square-foot lease at One Ravinia, a 17-story office tower in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. Boca Raton-based CP Group is the landlord of One Ravinia, as well as sister property Two Ravinia. T-Mobile has been a tenant at the tower since 2007. Eric Ross of CBRE represented CP Group in the lease negotiations, and Kirk Diamond, April Parrish, Erin Smith and Steven Taylor of Cushman & Wakefield represented T-Mobile. CP Group recently completed a series of capital improvements across One and Two Ravinia, including enhancing the lobbies, renovating and expanding the cafe and coffee bar, adding a modern tenant lounge with outdoor seating, upgraded the onsite conference center and introducing 85,000 square feet of worCPlaces, or speculative suites.
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LANHAM, MD. — Baldor Specialty Foods has opened a new 100,000-square-foot warehouse in Lanham, a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. The new facility is situated within Hargrove Industrial Campus and features 35 dock doors and refrigeration and frozen storage capabilities. Baldor currently has a staff of 140 employees at the facility, with plans to hire more drivers and warehouse staff. The Lanham facility serves as the fourth hub for the food distributor, joining Baldor’s headquarters in The Bronx and regional hubs in Boston and Philadelphia. The Lanham facility houses more than 7,000 premium and specialty produce, meat, fish, dairy and grocery items.
SANFORD, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $15.8 million sale of a 109,610-square-foot industrial building located at 2963 Stonewall Place in Sanford, roughly 28 miles north of Orlando. The buyer, Harvest Valley, a leading foodservice distributor specializing in Asian cuisine, plans to convert the property to a cold storage facility to serve its Central Florida clients. Wayne Schuchts, Michael Palmer and Andrew Lehrer of SRS’ industrial team represented Harvest Valley in the sale. The seller was not disclosed. The property was built in 2018 and sits on nine acres.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Cushman & Wakefield / EGS Commercial Real Estate has arranged a 51,750-square-foot industrial lease at CenterState Logistics Park One, a newly constructed, 225,000-square-foot warehouse and distribution building located at 225 Daniel Payne Drive in north Birmingham. The tenant is Atlanta-based Conklin Metal Industries, a distributor of sheet metal, HVAC and duct fabrication supplies. The company is expanding its Birmingham footprint to accommodate growth within its manufacturing and distribution operations and is the first tenant to sign on at CenterState Logistics Park One. Mark Byers and Brad Moffatt of Cushman & Wakefield / EGS represented the landlord, an entity doing business as CenterState Logistics Park One LLC, in the lease negotiations. Jack Brown of Graham & Co. represented the tenant.
Continental Realty Corp. Acquires 630,000 SF Crossroads of Taylorsville Retail Center Near Salt Lake City
by Amy Works
TAYLORSVILLE, UTAH — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has entered the Utah market with the purchase of The Crossroads of Taylorsville, a shopping center in Taylorsville, for an undisclosed price. The asset was purchased with funds from Continental Realty Opportunistic Retail Fund I, a closed-end fund for which approximately $323 million has been raised. Totaling nearly 630,000 square feet, The Crossroads at Taylorsville is located at 5400 S. Redwood Road, 12 miles south of Salt Lake City. The property consists of 10 buildings and seven separate outparcels or multi-tenant strip buildings, all of which is surrounded by a free surface parking lot that can accommodate nearly 3,900 vehicles. At the time of sale, the property was 94 percent leased. Current tenants include Target, T.J.Maxx, HomeGoods, Ross Dress for Less, EOS Fitness, Regal Cinema, PetSmart, Dollar Tree, Guitar Center, King Buffet, Lifetime Products, Mr. Mac, Rockler Woodworking and Sierra Trading Post. Mark Damiani of Eastdil Secured represented the seller, TriGate Capital, in the deal. With this transaction, Baltimore-based CRC has now acquired more than $700 million in retail real estate since the beginning of 2021.
FRISCO, TEXAS — FC Dallas and the City of Frisco have formed a public-private partnership to undertake a $182 million renovation of Toyota Stadium, the Major League Soccer (MLS) team’s home playing field. Upgrades will include three new clubs and a new roof structure that will provide shade for the majority of fans in the seating bowl. The partnership will also deliver expanded seating capacity, renovated entrances and new concession stands and restroom locations. HKS Architects is handling design of the project, and Manhattan Construction Group is serving as the general contractor. Construction will be carried out in phases and will begin early next year. Toyota Stadium originally opened in 2005, which makes it the third-oldest soccer-specific venue among MLS teams, according to the newly formed partnership.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — Developer CLX Ventures has completed New Braunfels Commerce Center, a 651,010-square-foot speculative industrial project on the northeastern outskirts of San Antonio. Designed by Powers Brown Architecture and built by Arch-Con Construction Corp., New Braunfels Commerce Center consists of four buildings ranging in size from 129,949 to 204,876 square feet on a 46.7-acre site. All buildings feature 32-foot clear heights, rear-load configurations, move-in ready office spaces, drive-in and dock doors, extended truck courts and ESFR sprinkler systems. Stream Realty Partners is the leasing agent. Construction began in August 2023.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Dallas-based Provident Industrial has sold the 345,394-square-foot Building III within Gateway Logistics Park in El Paso. Completed in August, the building features 36-foot clear heights, 59 dock doors, two ramp doors and a separately gated trailer staging area with 98 parking spaces, bringing the total trailer parking capacity to 173 stalls. The buyer was Philadelphia-based investment firm EQT Exeter, which also purchased Building I and II within Gateway Logistics Park earlier this year. Provident developed Building III in partnership with WestStar Bank and Singerman Real Estate. The sales price was not disclosed.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Cobble Hills, a 136-unit apartment complex located on the east side of Fort Worth. The property consists of 12 buildings that house a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Al Silva and Ford Braly of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Obsidian Capital, and procured the buyer, an out-of-state family office. Additionally, Danny Abergel of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged $7.5 million in acquisition financing for the deal. The loan carried a seven-year term, a loan-to-value ratio of 60 percent and two years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.
NEWPORT BEACH, CALIF. — California-based pizza chain Mountain Mike’s has signed three multi-unit franchise agreements to open 11 new restaurants in Texas. The deals call for five restaurants in Austin, three restaurants in metro Houston and three restaurants in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex. Franchisees Rajeev Dewan, Ajay and Karina Gorde and Tim Fogarty will own and operate the units in Austin, metro Houston and DFW, respectively. Mountain Mike’s current portfolio includes four existing restaurants in the DFW area and one in greater Houston.