ATLANTA — Exact Capital has delivered Skyline Apartments, a 250-unit affordable housing community located along the Atlanta Beltline’s Southside Trail in the city’s Peoplestown neighborhood. The property is located at 1090 Hank Aaron Drive SE and represents a $94 million investment. Capital partners on the project included Invest Atlanta (the City of Atlanta’s economic development arm), Goldman Sachs, Stonehenge, LISC and Walker & Dunlop. Exact Capital and joint venture partner Aleem Construction broke ground on Skyline Apartments in 2022 in a ceremony with Atlanta Mayor Andre Dickens. The community features studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments reserved for households earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). Amenities include a healthcare center, modern fitness facility, community room, meeting spaces, dog wash station, secure gated entry and covered parking.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Principal Asset Management has sold a 15.2-megawatt (MW) data center in Alpharetta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed, but the acquisition included developable land adjacent to the data center. A U.S.-based data center fund managed by Principal purchased the facility in 2022 in a joint venture with Lincoln Rackhouse, a division of Lincoln Property Co. The single-story data center was leased to two unnamed companies at the time of sale, one of which is a Fortune 100 financial services firm. The data center was originally built in 2009 as a build-to-suit for a telecommunications tech company.
KINGSPORT, TENN. — Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors has brokered the sale of a three-property office portfolio in Kingsport, a city near the Tennessee-Virginia border. The properties — 4, 7 and 8 Sheridan Square — span 90,723 square feet combined and serve the Bristol-Johnson City-Kingsport region. Landon Williams and Katie Hargett of Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Advisors, along with Miguel Alcivar of Cushman & Wakefield, represented the seller, Raptor Realty Investments 7 LLC, in the transaction. Gary Heeseman of Franklin Street represented the buyer, a locally based investment group doing business as AG Commercial GP.
GRAYSON, GA. — FrostPoint Capital, an investment firm based in West Palm Beach, Fla., has acquired Olde Towne Grayson, a 13,896-square-foot retail strip center in Grayson, a northeast suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. The property, which FrostPoint is rebranding as Grayson Square, was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including AutoZone, Lendmark Financial, Little Caesars Pizza, JB’s Barbershop and Katie’s Sports Bar & Grill. Marc Irvin and Matthew Welch of Marcus & Millichap brokered the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
NEBRASKA — Casino operator WarHorse Gaming LLC has secured refinancing of $300 million in startup loans for a five-year deal that will launch the next phase of casino expansions and construction of a new casino in Nebraska. U.S. Bank organized the deal, which includes Capital One, KeyBank, The Huntington National Bank, BOK Financial and Comerica Bank. WarHorse is expanding its casinos at horse racetracks in Omaha and Lincoln. The $70 million expansion of the Lincoln casino will include larger gaming areas for machines, more table games, a new steakhouse and a high-end sports bar. The Omaha expansion was completed in April. New construction of a third casino in South Sioux City is scheduled to begin next summer.
DES PERES, MO. — Albion Residential, along with partners Koplar Properties and Theis Group, have broken ground on Magnolia Ridge in Des Peres, a western suburb of St. Louis. The five-story, 182-unit apartment complex will feature a fitness center with sauna and yoga room, a private dining room, game lounge, resident speakeasy, dog wash, outdoor pool, golf simulator and resident mini mart. Brinkmann Constructors is the general contractor, and Old National Bank provided construction financing. Completion is slated for spring 2027.
ST. PETERS, MO. — Berkadia has arranged a $15.4 million Freddie Mac loan for the refinancing of Pure St. Peters, a 143-unit multifamily community in the northwest St. Louis suburb of St. Peters. Charles Foschini, Christopher Apone and Shannon Wilson of Berkadia arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, Tilden Legacy Pure St. Peters Apartments LLC. The loan features a five-year term and a fixed interest rate. The property was 94 percent occupied at the time of the loan closing. The three-story community was built in 2019. Amenities include a pool with sundeck, fitness center, package receiving area, business center and outdoor lounge.
GAYLORD, MICH. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $7.6 million sale of Shops at Edelweiss Village, a 51,857-square-foot shopping center located at 859 Edelweiss Village Parkway in Gaylord, a city in northern Michigan. Built in 2004 and situated on nearly 13 acres, the property is 78 percent occupied and was sold as a value-add opportunity. Dollar Tree is the anchor tenant. Additional tenants include Pet Supplies Plus, Kay Jewelers, AT&T and Sally Beauty. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the seller, a Michigan-based family partnership. Kevin Jappaya, David Jappaya and Preston Rabban of KJ Commercial Real Estate Advisors represented the buyer, a Michigan-based group of private investors and owners of retail centers throughout the state.
CHICAGO — Greenstone Partners has brokered the $3.6 million sale of two multifamily properties located at 1343 N. Western Ave. and 1045 N. California Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park and Smith Park neighborhoods. Jordan Multack and Jacob Goldstein of Greenstone represented the seller, a Chicago-based private investor. The buyer was also a private investor. The assets feature spacious layouts, rooftop decks and onsite parking.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Automaker Stellantis (NYSE: STLA), parent company of brands including Jeep, Dodge and Ram, has unveiled plans to invest $13 billion over the next four years to grow its business in the U.S. market and increase its domestic manufacturing footprint. The investment, the largest in the company’s 100-year U.S. history, will support the introduction of five new vehicles across the brand portfolio; production of the all-new four-cylinder engine; and the addition of more than 5,000 jobs at plants in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. Stellantis says the investment will increase its annual finished vehicle production in the United States by 50 percent over current levels. The new product launches will be in addition to 19 refreshed products across all U.S. assembly plants and updated powertrains planned through 2029. In Illinois, Stellantis plans to invest more than $600 million to reopen the Belvidere Assembly Plant to expand production of the Jeep Cherokee and Jeep Compass for the U.S. market. Initial production launch is expected in 2027, and the company anticipates the creation of roughly 3,300 new jobs. With an investment of nearly $400 million, Stellantis plans to move assembly of an all-new midsize truck from Belvidere to the …