KNOXVILLE, TENN. — A joint venture between Core Spaces and Schenk Realty has announced plans for an 800-bed student housing development located near the University of Tennessee campus in Knoxville. Located at 1801 Cumberland Ave., the community will rise seven stories and offer 215 units in studio through five-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities will include a rooftop swimming pool, hot tub and sun deck, as well as ground floor retail. Construction on the project is set to begin in spring 2025. In addition to this unnamed project, Core Spaces and Schenk are also currently developing Hub Knoxville, a nearby student housing development that will comprise 1,600 beds.
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Greystone Provides $15.5M Agency Refinancing for Apartment Community in Albany, Georgia
by John Nelson
ALBANY, GA. — Greystone has provided a $15.5 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of 509 North Apartments, a 252-unit community located in the South Georgia city of Albany. Rob Meehan and Avrom Forman of Greystone originated the financing, with Yehuda Heller of Seven Stone Capital acting as correspondent. The non-recourse loan was underwritten with a fixed interest rate, seven-year term and 30-year amortization schedule. The borrower was not disclosed. Built in 1987, 509 North features 14 garden-style buildings comprising one- and two-bedroom apartments. Amenities include a clubhouse, laundry facilities, four swimming pools, dog park and tennis and volleyball courts.
OCALA, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $3.5 million sale of a newly delivered restaurant property located at 4916 E. Silver Springs Blvd. in Ocala, a city in Central Florida. The 2,490-square-foot building was delivered last year and was triple-net leased to Chipotle Mexican Grill at the time of sale. The lease includes scheduled rent increases and extension options for Chipotle, which has a 15-year, corporate-guaranteed lease in place. The restaurant is situated on a 1-acre lot near an Aldi grocer store, Walmart Supercenter, Lowe’s Home Improvement and Ross Dress for Less. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, a national real estate investment and development firm, in the sale. The 1031 buyer is based in Spain and purchased the restaurant at a 4.47 cap rate.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — A partnership between two developers, New York-based Tishman Speyer and Minneapolis-based Ryan Cos., has topped out ATX Tower, a mixed-use tower located at 321 West St. in downtown Austin. The site is bounded by Sixth and Guadalupe streets near the Republic Square transit center. The 58-story building will house 1,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, more than 100,000 square feet of office space, 369 apartments and 440 parking spaces. Handel Architects and Austin-based Page are designing the project, with INC Architecture & Design handling interior design. Ryan Cos. is also the general contractor. Completion is slated for late 2024. Ryan Cos. announced the project in late 2019 and broke ground in spring 2022.
SAN ANTONIO — Atlanta-based developer Wood Partners has broken ground on Alta Westover Hills, a 312-unit multifamily project on the west side of San Antonio. Alta Westover Hills will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments that will be furnished with stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, tile backsplashes, custom cabinets and full-sized washers and dryers. Amenities will include a pool, clubroom, fitness center, business center, conference and entertainment spaces, outdoor kitchen and dining areas and a dog park. Wood Partners is developing the property in partnership with German investment firm EIG EuroInvestor. Completion is slated for summer 2025.
DALLAS — JLL has brokered the sale of Churchill Tower, a 277,187-square-foot office building in North Dallas. Built in 1999 and recently renovated, the 12-story building was 73 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Carr Riggs & Ingram, Level Four Advisory Services, Borden and Relation. Amenities include a fitness center, conference center and a café. Todd Savage, Ben Esterer, Megan Babovec and Andrew Griffin of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, Irving-based TXRE Properties.
LONGVIEW, TEXAS — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has arranged the sale of Haven Care, a 108-bed skilled nursing facility in the East Texas city of Longview. The facility totals 24,653 square feet and is situated on three acres. The seller was a Texas-based partnership, and the buyer was an owner-operator with several other facilities in the state. Both parties requested anonymity. Matthew Alley of SLIB handled the transaction.
DALLAS — Wildcat Management has sold a 4,800-square-foot mixed-use building located at 600 S. Harwood St. near downtown Dallas. The former Liberty State Bank Building is a historic structure that houses retail and office uses. Wildcat originally purchased the building for $1 and relocated the property brick-by-brick from its previous location on Elm Street. The buyer was not disclosed.
BUDD LAKE, N.J. — New York City-based Quinlan Development Group has completed a 761-unit self-storage facility in the Northern New Jersey community of Budd Lake. The facility spans 95,200 net rentable square feet across four buildings and offers a mix of climate- and non-climate-controlled units. The project also features direct unit lighting and hydraulic elevators throughout. Ware Malcomb designed the project, and Gerard Construction served as the general contractor. ExtraSpace Storage will operate the facility.
MOONACHIE, N.J. — Dora’s Naturals, a distributor of perishable food-and-beverage products, has purchased a 105,000-square-foot industrial property in the Northern New Jersey community of Moonachie for $31 million. The building at 210 W. Commercial Ave. was originally constructed in 1966. Kevin Dudley, Chad Hillyer, Nicholas Klacik, Elli Klapper, Kate Granahan and Brian Fiumara of CBRE represented Dora’s Naturals in the transaction. The seller was Beauty Plus, a provider of wigs and hair extensions.