HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a vacant 243-room hotel located at 9090 Southwest Freeway in southwest Houston. The property, which has been closed since 2019, was previously operated under one of the IHG Hotels & Resorts brands and offers amenities such as an indoor pool, outdoor sundeck, fitness center, business center, gift shop and a guest laundry room. Chris Gomes and Tulsee Nathu of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
JASPER, GA. — Coca-Cola Bottling Co. United Inc. has opened a new $19 million sales center and warehouse in Jasper, about 60 miles north of Atlanta. Situated on three acres off Hugh Mullins Court, the 26,000-square-foot facility includes a sales and distribution center, warehouse, fleet shop and office space. Jasper Coca-Cola will operate the facility, which will serve as a hub to distribute Coca-Cola products throughout Cherokee, Fannin, Gilmer, Pickens, Towns and Union counties. Established in 1932, Jasper Coca-Cola joined the Coca-Cola United family of bottlers in 2017. The company employs 58 associates, serves more than 1,000 customers and sells and distributes nearly 2 million cases of Coca-Cola products annually.
WELLFORD, S.C. — Boston-based STAG Industrial Inc. has signed an unnamed wholesale apparel and promotional product distributor to a 30-month lease in Wellford, a city in Spartanburg County. The tenant will occupy 102,060 square feet within a facility located at 452 Casual Drive. The lease brings the property, which was substantially completed in June 2024, to 69 percent occupancy. The lease commences on April 1 and includes 3.5 percent annual rent escalations.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Nextracker, a smart solar tracker and software solutions provider, has signed an office lease located at 2200 Bowline Ave. in Nashville. The Fremont, Calif.-based company will occupy 15,960 square feet of space within Landings at River North, a 78,000-square-foot creative office building within the River North mixed-use district along the East Bank of the Cumberland River. Nextracker is relocating its Nashville operations from Metro Center and is expecting to move into Landings at River North in the third quarter. Charlie Gibson of Stream Realty Partners represented the landlord, MRP Realty and Creek Lane Capital, in the lease negotiations. Eric Tomchik and Dave Bruzzone of Newmark represented Nextracker.
PLANO, TEXAS — Lockton has signed a 52,961-square-foot office lease at Granite Park in Plano. The insurance brokerage giant is taking two full floors at the newly constructed Granite Park 6, a 19-story, 422,109-square-foot building, with occupancy slated for 2026. Mike Mayer and Josh Goldsmith of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Dan Harris and Randy Cooper of Stream Realty Partners, represented Lockton in the lease negotiations. Robert Jimenez, Burson Holman and Elizabeth Fortado of Granite Properties internally represented the landlord, which owns the asset in partnership with Highwoods Properties.
LAREDO, TEXAS — Lee & Associates has negotiated multiple new leases at Emami Plaza, a 34,000-square-foot shopping center located in the Rio Grande Valley city of Laredo. Among the new tenants at the center are D1 Training (4,600 square feet), SaladWorks (2,000 square feet), Farmers Insurance (1,500 square feet) and Tribalance Chiropractic (1,500 square feet). The deals bring the newly constructed center to full occupancy. Enrique Volkmer of Lee & Associates negotiated the leases on behalf of the undisclosed landlord.
DENTON, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of a 22,300-square-foot industrial building in the North Texas city of Denton. According to LoopNet Inc., the single-story building at 9062 Teasley Lane was constructed on a 1.1-acre site in 1998. Hudson Springer and Jason Vitorino of STRIVE represented the seller in the transaction. Both parties were Texas-based entities that requested anonymity, as did the buyer’s representative.
SOUTH PORTLAND, MAINE — Newmark has brokered the $19.7 million sale of Mall Plaza, a 153,576-square-foot shopping center in South Portland. Mall Plaza is located across from The Maine Mall and was 83 percent leased at the time of sale, with Dick’s Sporting Goods serving as the anchor tenant and Petco as a junior anchor,. The center also features five pad sites, four of which are occupied by Burger King, Verizon, Maine Community Bank and Friendly’s. An entity doing business as GMG LLC sold the property to New Gen Hospitality Inc. Robert Griffin, Jonathan Martin, Paul Penman and Casey O’Brien of Newmark brokered the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Aaronson Rappaport Feinstein & Deutsch LLP has signed a 15-year, 42,764-square-foot office lease extension in Midtown Manhattan. The deal keeps the law firm on the entire fifth and sixth floors at 600 Third Avenue, a 575,254-square-foot building that was originally constructed in 1970, through 2042. Mark Weiss and David Mainthow of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Larry Bank of Matador Capital Management, represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Jonathan Tootell, Tanya Grimaldo and Giannina Brancato represented the landlord, L&L Holding Co., on an internal basis.
SEEKONK, MASS. — Locally based brokerage firm The Stubblebine Co. has arranged the sale of a 2.6-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) site in Seekonk, located near the Massachusetts-Rhode Island border. The site at 75 Mead St. houses a 17,500-square-foot building. Anawan Realty Inc. sold the property to Philadelphia-based Alterra IOS for an undisclosed price. Matty Drouillard and James Stubblebine of The Stubblebine Co. represented both parties in the transaction.