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SG Holdings Completes Leasing at $350M Mixed-Use Development in Miami, Plans Summer Opening

by John Nelson

MIAMI — SG Holdings has completed leasing at Sawyer’s Walk, a 3.4-acre mixed-use development underway in Miami’s Overtown neighborhood. The project, which will feature retail space, offices and affordable housing for seniors, is set to open this summer. SG Holdings is a partnership comprising Swerdlow Group, SJM Partners and Alben Duffie. The development team broke ground on Sawyer’s Walk in summer 2021. The development costs were not disclosed, but the Miami Herald reported the price tag hovers around $350 million. “The anticipated delivery of our mixed-use development will serve as an economic catalyst for Overtown, with the creation of over 1,000 quality jobs, the opening of a new full-service supermarket and mix of national retail stores that will serve the immediate community and surrounding neighborhoods,” says Michael Swerdlow, managing partner of Swerdlow Group. Sawyer’s Walk will feature 175,000 square feet of retail space. Committed tenants include Target (50,000 square feet), Aldi (25,000 square feet), Ross Dress for Less, Five Below, Tropical Smoothie Café and Burlington. MSC Group, a global cargo ship line and the world’s third-largest cruise line, purchased the property’s 130,000 square feet of office space with plans to combine its South Florida cruise and cargo operations under one roof. …

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The Shifting Tides: Real Estate Trends Reshaping St. Louis Office Market

by Kristin Harlow

By Nick Fiquette, Sansone Group Lingering effects of COVID-19 In the aftermath of the global pandemic, the St. Louis real estate market finds itself at a crossroads, continuing to see the persistent impacts of COVID-19. Corporate strategies are evolving as companies evaluate their real estate footprints to accommodate the changing work environment and desires of employees. As lease expirations loom, businesses are engaged in a delicate dance of evaluating their physical space needs. The pendulum of work-from-home policies, initially adopted to streamline footprints, appears to be swinging back. Recently, Edward Jones listed a 227,000-square-foot Class A building that it owns on the market for lease and is planning on occupying it instead. This example could serve as a positive indicator for the future of the office market. The market is transforming as companies look to accommodate employee demands, prioritizing safe, walkable areas and amenity-rich buildings. This shift is particularly evident in the struggle faced by commodity real estate, as businesses increasingly gravitate toward locations that contribute positively to the employee experience. As a result, investors are remaining cautious about purchasing office assets due to surging interest rates and uncertainties surrounding the future of the office market. Corporate giants reevaluate real …

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Previous Year’s Challenges Shape 2024 Outlook for Cap Rates, Investment Activity, Distressed Properties

by Sarah Daniels

If NAI Global president and CEO Jay Olshonsky had to use one word to sum up the 2023 commercial real estate market, it would be “inactive.” The interest rate-fueled bid-ask spread stifled investment sales of all property types, and in the office sector especially, tenants avoided making any space decisions if they didn’t have to. One month into 2024, not much has changed. From an investment sales perspective, Olshonsky still sees properties offered at capitalization rates between 4 and 5 percent while interest rates are 6 percent or higher, which is prolonging the disconnect between buyers and sellers. Meanwhile, robust job creation well beyond today’s levels is needed to create the leasing demand that will reverse the office sector’s troubles in the new era of hybrid work. But that’s not likely to happen in 2024 as the tech sector, in particular, continues to lay off workers.  “I’ve been in the real estate business a long time, and this is a cycle unlike most others,” says Olshonsky. “The biggest problem we have right now is mainly record-high office vacancy just about everywhere — certainly in the large cities — which we’ve never really seen before. On the investment side, lenders cannot …

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JLL Secures $149M Financing for Southeast Multifamily Portfolio

by John Nelson

SAN DIEGO — JLL has secured a $149 million loan for the refinancing of a three-property multifamily portfolio in the Southeastern United States. Aldon Cole, Tim Wright and Bharat Madan of JLL’s San Diego office arranged the three-year, fixed-rate loan through a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, Sunroad Enterprises. The properties in the portfolio include the 313-unit Verde Vista in Asheville, N.C.; the 288-unit Avenues at Verdier Point in Charleston, S.C.; and the 256-unit Adara at Godley Station in Savannah, Ga. San Diego-based Sunroad Enterprises acquired the three properties in 2021 and has since completed 100 percent of its planned exterior and common area renovations and 50 percent of interior renovations.

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Jamestown Announces Details for 405-Unit Hospitality Tower at Ponce City Market in Atlanta

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — Jamestown has announced details about its 405-unit hospitality tower underway at Ponce City Market, a large-scale mixed-use development in Atlanta’s Old Fourth Ward district. The project, branded Scout Living, is part of Ponce City Market’s second phase, which also includes 619 Ponce and Signal House. The property will feature fully furnished one- and two-bedroom units for short-term and extended stays, including full kitchens, appliances and separate living and sleeping spaces. Rooftop amenities will include a pool, wellness studio, terrace, rentable livings rooms and a chef’s kitchen. Scout Living’s second floor will feature lounge, meeting and event spaces for guests. The property will also feature 12,000 square feet of retail space with 21-foot ceilings on the ground floor that will be occupied by a food-and-beverage concept and convenience shopping, as well as a courtyard that connects the property to other elements of Ponce City Market and the Atlanta BeltLine. When Phase II construction is complete, Ponce City Market will include five buildings offering more than 700,000 square feet of office space, 350,000 square feet of retail space and more than 800 residential and hospitality living units. Jamestown is aiming for all three components of Phase II to achieve LEED …

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Berkadia Negotiates $38.5M Sale of Woodmere Trace Apartments in Norfolk

by John Nelson

NORFOLK, VA. — Berkadia has negotiated the $38.5 million sale of Woodmere Trace, a 300-unit apartment community located at 6741 E. Tanners Creek Drive in Norfolk. Raleigh-based Fulton Peak Capital purchased the garden-style property from Enterprise Community Development, a nonprofit owner and developer of affordable housing in the Mid-Atlantic. Drew White, Carter Wood and Cole Carns of Berkadia represented the seller in the transaction. Additionally, Patrick McGlohn, Brian Gould, Miles Drinkwalter and Hunter Wood of Berkadia arranged a $25.5 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan on behalf of the buyer. Built in 1974, Woodmere Trace was renovated in 2014 and features one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a swimming pool, laundry facility, fitness center, picnic pavilion with grilling stations, playground and a dog park.

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BWE Arranges $29.5M Construction Loan for Apartment Development in Oakwood, Georgia

by John Nelson

OAKWOOD, GA. — BWE (formerly Bellwether Enterprise) has arranged a $29.5 million construction loan for the development of Imperium Oakwood, a 229-unit apartment development in Oakwood, about 48 miles northeast of Atlanta. Thomas Wiedeman, Alan Tapie, Hanley Long and Brad Walker of BWE arranged the fixed-rate loan through an unnamed community bank on behalf of the developer, Alpharetta, Ga.-based Imperium Development. The property will be situated adjacent to University of North Georgia’s Gainesville campus and will feature a clubhouse with fitness and office rooms, resort-style pool, fireplace, grill stations, covered lounge, game area, onsite parking and a dog park with a wash station. The construction timeline was not disclosed.

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Feil Organization Signs New Tenant to 9,000 SF Office, Retail Lease in Metairie, Louisiana

by John Nelson

METAIRIE, LA. — The Feil Organization has signed FastPass Tag and Title LLC to a 9,000-square-foot lease in Metairie, a suburb of New Orleans. The tenant will occupy two suites at 3445 North Causeway Boulevard, a 10-story, 127,858-square-foot office building. One suite will include a retail space where customers can obtain and renew their drivers’ licenses and IDs, while the second space will be dedicated to the company’s back-of-house and office operations. Scott Graf of Corporate Realty represented Feil Organization in the lease transaction.

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Eastham Capital, Mosaic Residential Acquire 318-Unit Sola Westchase Apartments in Houston

by Taylor Williams

HOUSTON — Eastham Capital and Mosaic Residential have acquired a 318-unit apartment community in Houston’s Westchase neighborhood. Sola Westchase was built in 1999 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that range in size from 626 to 1,436 square feet. Amenities include a pool, outdoor BBQ pavilion, fitness center, clubhouse lounge and a business center. Sola Westchase was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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SRS Real Estate Brokers $10.3M Sale of Retail Building Leased to Academy Sports in Brenham, Texas

by Taylor Williams

BRENHAM, TEXAS — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $10.3 million sale of a 63,224-square-foot retail building in Brenham, about 75 miles northeast of Houston, that is leased to Academy Sports + Outdoors. The newly constructed building sits on a six-acre site at 1041 Nolan St. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the seller, a Texas-based developer, in the transaction and procured the buyer, a San Antonio-based private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.

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