PARSIPPANY, N.J. — Colliers has relocated its office in the Northern New Jersey community of Parsippany. The space spans 7,500 square feet and is located within Northpoint, a 225,000-square-foot development that is owned by Vision Real Estate Partners. The building underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation program in 2020. Colliers employs some 50 brokers and 25 dozen support team members across its four New Jersey offices.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Senior Living Investment Brokerage (SLIB) has negotiated the sale of Cornerstone Care Option, a 38-unit, 56-bed skilled nursing facility in Portland. The community was originally built in 1955 on 7.3 acres, with renovations in 2006. The 98,700-square-foot asset was 98 percent occupied. The seller was a local owner-operator looking to retire from seniors housing. A regional group based in the West acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Jason Punzel, Brad Goodsell and Vince Viverito of SLIB handled the transaction.
BARDSTOWN, KY. — Heaven Hill, a family-owned spirits company overseeing brands such as Evan Williams and Deep Eddy Vodka, has broken ground on a $135 million distillery in Bardstown, approximately 40 miles south of Louisville. The project, known as Heaven Hill Springs Distillery, is located at 1015 Old Bloomfield Pike, which was the site of the former Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery. The former distillery opened in 1935, but was destroyed in a fire in 1996 that engulfed the distillery, seven rickhouses for barrel aging and about 100,000 barrels of whiskey. After the fire, Heaven Hill moved its distillery operations to the historic Bernheim Distillery in downtown Louisville, where the company still operates today. “We’re honored to celebrate this homecoming with a return to distilling in Bardstown to augment our overall bourbon-making capacity, as well as continue to make an impact in the Bardstown community,” says Max Shapira, president of Heaven Hill. Heaven Hill Springs Distillery is scheduled to open by the end of 2024. Heaven Hill anticipates the distillery will handle 150,000 barrels of spirits annually at first and ramp up production to 450,000 barrels annually over time, which mirrors the production at its Louisville distillery. Bardstown, which has …
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ATLANTA — PMG and Toronto-based Greybrook Realty Partners have broken ground on Society Atlanta, a 31-story mixed-use development at 811 Peachtree St. in Midtown Atlanta. Designed by Cooper Carry, the mixed-use property will feature 460 residential units, 81,000 square feet of office space and 16,500 square feet of retail space. Juneau Construction Co. is serving as general contractor for project, which is slated to open in late 2024. Society Atlanta will offer traditional layouts alongside “rent-by-bedroom” (also known as co-living) options. Community amenities will include a rooftop pool and restaurant, a coworking lab with private conference rooms, a gym and a fitness studio. The property is the first of PMG’s Society Living multifamily platform to enter the Atlanta market.
BALTIMORE — New York-based Link Logistics has completed the disposition of Beltway+ Industrial Portfolio, a six-property, 430,118-square-foot industrial portfolio located in the Mid-Atlantic region. Massachusetts-based High Street Logistics Properties acquired the portfolio for $67.5 million. Situated in the Baltimore-Washington Corridor, Beltway+ Industrial Portfolio was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to 26 tenants. The largest asset in the portfolio is a 114,980-square-foot, Class A property located at 6695 Business Parkway within Meadowridge Business Park in Elkridge, Md. The remaining properties are small-bay industrial assets with direct access to Interstate 695. Christopher Abramson, Ben McCarty and Nicholas Signor of Newmark represented the seller in the deal. Brian Kruger, Thomas Hinder and Erik Evans of Newmark will handle leasing of the property on behalf the new ownership.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Publix Super Market Inc. has purchased River Bridge Centre, a community shopping center situated on 28.4 acres at 6714-6868 Forest Hill Road in West Palm Beach. An affiliate of Apollo Global Management sold the asset to the Lakeland, Fla.-based grocer for $56.5 million. Danny Finkle, Eric Williams and Kim Flores of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Opened in 1986 and renovated in 2005, River Bridge Centre features 229,781 square feet of retail space. Publix, Ross Dress for Less, Crunch Fitness, Five Below, Ace Hardware, Chipotle Mexican Grill, MD Now Urgent Care, Humana and Pizza Hut are tenants at the retail center. The value-add center was 86.3 percent occupied at the time of sale.
DULUTH, GA. — Skyline Seven Real Estate has arranged the sale of Howell Crossing, a metro Atlanta shopping center located at the intersection of Pleasant Hill Road and Peachtree Industrial Boulevard in Duluth. The property traded for $11 million. Planet Fitness and Taco Mac anchor the 68,682-square-foot property, which was built in 1996. Skyline Seven arranged the sale between two undisclosed private parties.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Southern California-based developer Majestic Realty Co. is underway on construction of Majestic Silver Creek Business Park, a 520-acre project in northwest Fort Worth. Phase I centers on the speculative development of a 1.1 million-square-foot building that is slated for a second-quarter 2023 delivery. Majestic is also underway on sitework for a 732,284-square-foot building that will be situated on the adjacent parcel.
SAN ANTONIO — JLL has negotiated the sale of Corner Ridge Crossing, a 576,047-square-foot industrial park on San Antonio’s east side. Built in 2020, the property comprises four industrial buildings: one cross-dock, one front-load and two rear-load buildings. Each building has 28- to 32-foot clear heights, 28- to 60-foot dock high doors and truck court depths ranging from 130 to 210 feet. Trent Agnew, Dustin Volz, Dom Espinosa, Josh Villarreal and Zach Riebe of JLL represented the seller, Houston-based Hines, in the transaction. Global investment firm KKR acquired the development for an undisclosed price.