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Newmark Brokers Sale of 200-Unit Nichols Park Apartments in Southwest Austin

by Taylor Williams September 4, 2025

AUSTIN, TEXAS — Newmark has brokered the sale of Nichols Park, a 200-unit apartment complex in southwest Austin. Built in 1985, Nichols Park offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 670 square feet. Amenities include a pool, basketball court, dog park, outdoor grilling stations and a community lounge and coffee bar. Jim Young, Patton Jones, Andrew Dickson and Matt Michelson of Newmark represented the seller, Austin-based Thrive FP, in the transaction. Mesa West Capital provided a $23.4 million acquisition loan to the buyer, Los Angeles-based investment firm DreamField Capital. Nichols Park was 96 percent occupied at closing.

September 4, 2025

Development Florida Leasing Activity Mixed-Use Retail Southeast

Gateway Jax Signs Publix to Anchor $2B Pearl Square Mixed-Use Development in Jacksonville

by John Nelson September 4, 2025

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Gateway Jax has signed a lease with Publix to anchor Pearl Square, a 1.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development underway in downtown Jacksonville. The new Publix will span 31,000 square feet in a building that will also include a 15-story residential tower with 250 apartment units and 400 parking spaces. Gateway Jax and Corner Lot are expected to begin construction on the grocery store in summer 2026. Matthew Clark of Colliers handles the retail leasing assignment at Pearl Square on behalf of Gateway Jax. Upon completion of Pearl Square, the $2 billion development will comprise 1,250 residential units, approximately 200,000 square feet of retailers and restaurants and a renovation of the 100-room Ambassador Hotel. The project will also include new public spaces and parks, widened and shaded sidewalks, as well as a curbless festival street with outdoor dining options. A timeline for completion has not been disclosed. Gateway Jax is a locally based real estate development firm sponsored by JWB Real Estate Capital and DLP Capital.

September 4, 2025

Development Healthcare Texas

Brasfield & Gorrie Tops Out 152,000 SF Healthcare Project in Metro Austin

by Taylor Williams September 4, 2025

ROUND ROCK, TEXAS — General contractor Brasfield & Gorrie has topped out a 152,000-square-foot healthcare project in the northern Austin suburb of Round Rock. The building is known as Ascension Seton Williamson and is part of a larger campus of healthcare provider and seniors housing operator Ascension. A tentative completion date was not disclosed. In addition to construction of Ascension Seton Williamson, some 100,000 square feet of renovations and expansions are underway across the surgery and emergency departments and medical office building on the campus.

September 4, 2025

Acquisitions Development Georgia Retail Southeast

Gwinnett County to Acquire Former Sears at Gwinnett Place Mall in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson September 4, 2025

DULUTH, GA. — The Urban Redevelopment Agency of Gwinnett County has approved the purchase of a former Sears department store at Gwinnett Place Mall, a struggling shopping mall situated off Pleasant Hill Road near the I-85 exit in metro Atlanta. Northwood Ravin will sell the 11.5-acre site to the county for $11.5 million, the same price the Charlotte-based multifamily developer paid for the property in 2018. With the Sears acquisition, Gwinnett County now owns a combined 87.5 acres at Gwinnett Place Mall. Plans for the mall redevelopment include a mixed-use destination that is “green and walkable.” The county and the mall’s redevelopment consultant, CBRE, will release a nationwide request for proposal (RFP) to developers later this month. The mall redevelopment will include the Gwinnett Place Transit Center, which the county’s board of commissioners approved in March and is funded largely by the Federal Transit Administration. The project will expand transit connection throughout the county and is projected to be completed in 2032.

September 4, 2025

Acquisitions Restaurant Retail Texas

SRS Arranges $5.6M Sale of Restaurant Building Leased to First Watch in Addison, Texas

by Taylor Williams September 4, 2025

ADDISON, TEXAS — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $5.6 million sale of a 5,672-square-foot restaurant building in the northern Dallas metro of Addison. The tenant, Florida-based breakfast eatery First Watch, recently committed to a 12-year term at the property via a corporate-guaranteed lease. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the seller, Dallas-based real estate private equity firm 90Ten, in the transaction. The buyer, a New Mexico-based private investor, acquired the asset via a 1031 exchange. The sales price equates to a cap rate of 5.5 percent.

September 4, 2025

Arkansas Development Healthcare Southeast

McCarthy Delivers $185M Expansion of Mercy Hospital Fort Smith in Arkansas

by John Nelson September 4, 2025

FORT SMITH, ARK. — McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. has delivered the new addition for Mercy Hospital Fort Smith, a hospital situated off Rogers Avenue in Fort Smith. The five-story addition spans 162,000 square feet and represents a $185 million expansion for the hospital, which opened in 1975. The expansion allows Mercy to accommodate approximately 25,000 more patients annually. Construction began in 2022 and increased the number of emergency rooms from 29 to 50, added six new trauma rooms and expanded the number of ICU beds from 36 to 64. Infrastructural upgrades include enhancements to the hospital’s mechanical penthouse, helipad and parking decks, along with an expanded central utility plant and the addition of a 22-bed observation unit in the former ICU space. The design-build team for the expansion project included ENFRA (mechanical engineer), HKS Architects, Olsson Associates (civil engineer) and Northstar Management (program manager). Mercy is one of the 15 largest health systems in the United States and serves patients in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma.

September 4, 2025

Industrial Leasing Activity Texas

HydroGraph USA Signs 20,555 SF Industrial Lease in South Austin

by Taylor Williams September 4, 2025

AUSTIN, TEXAS — HydroGraph USA Inc. has signed a 20,555-square-foot industrial lease in South Austin. The chemicals manufacturer is taking space at the building at 2101 E. St. Elmo Road, which according to LoopNet Inc. was completed in 2021 and totals 52,236 square feet. Eric Sheaffer of Partners Real Estate represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. The name and representative of the landlord were not disclosed.

September 4, 2025

Development Georgia Industrial Southeast

Joint Venture Breaks Ground on 686,400 SF Industrial Park in Buford, Georgia

by John Nelson September 4, 2025

BUFORD, GA. — A joint venture between Trammell Crow Co. and a consortium led by CBRE Japan has broken ground on Buford Creek Business Center, a three-building, 686,400-square-foot industrial park in metro Atlanta. Situated at the northeast corner of Lanier Islands Parkway and Big Creek Road in Buford, the park will sit three miles from I-985 and 30 miles northeast of Atlanta. The developers plan to deliver Buford Creek Business Center by third-quarter 2026. The design-build team includes architect Atlas Collaborative and general contractor The Conlan Co. CBRE is leasing the park, which will comprise Building 100, a 349,440-square-foot cross-dock warehouse with 40-foot clear heights, and Buildings 200 and 300, two identically sized rear-load buildings spanning 168,400 square feet each.

September 4, 2025

Acquisitions Industrial Leasing Activity Mississippi Southeast

Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors Arranges Sale-Leaseback of Industrial Portfolio in Jackson, Detroit

by John Nelson September 4, 2025

JACKSON, MISS. AND DETROIT — Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors has arranged the sale-leaseback of a five-property light-manufacturing industrial portfolio totaling 169,043 square feet. Four of the five assets are located in metro Jackson and one facility is located in metro Detroit. Landon Williams and Katie Hargett of Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial, along with Pratt Rogers of Kerioth Corp., represented the seller, an entity doing business as Multicraft Real Estate LLC. The buyer, an entity doing business as Harrison Cayden Holdings LLC, purchased the portfolio and leased it back on a 15-year term to Multicraft, which specializes in manufacturing equipment for the automotive, power tool and HVAC industries. Other terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

September 4, 2025

Arizona Loans Multifamily Western

CBRE Secures $116M Refinancing for Three-Property Multifamily Portfolio in Metro Phoenix

by Amy Works September 4, 2025

PEORIA, GILBERT AND MARICOPA, ARIZ. — CBRE has secured $116 million in pre-stabilized bridge financing for a three-property multifamily portfolio in the greater Phoenix market. Bruce Francis, Doug Birrell, Bob Ybarra, Nick Santangelo and Shaun Moothart of CBRE secured an initial two-year, floating-rate term featuring full-term interest-only payments with three extension options on behalf of the owner. The lender was MF1 Capital. The portfolio includes the 112-unit Bella Olivia in Peoria, the 120-unit Woodcrest at Power Ranch in Gilbert and the 209-unit Honeycutt Run in Maricopa. The properties were each built in 2025 and are all currently leased. Each community features a resort-style pool, clubhouse, fitness center and attached one- and two-car garages.

September 4, 2025

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