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Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $71.4M Sale of Colony Woods Apartments in Birmingham

by John Nelson

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $71.4 million sale of Colony Woods, a 414-unit apartment community in the Cahaba Heights submarket of Birmingham. Andrew Brown and Craig Hey of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Denver-based Forum Investment Group, in the transaction. The buyer was Arcan Capital, a multifamily investment firm based in Marietta, Ga. Built in 1991 and 1995, Colony Woods was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. The property features units averaging 1,088 square feet with wood-burning fireplaces, walk-in closets, in-unit washers and dryers and private patios or balconies.

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AcquisitionsAlabamaIndustrialSoutheast

Cushman & Wakefield | EGS Arranges $7.8M Sale of New Birmingham Warehouse

by John Nelson

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Cushman & Wakefield | EGS Commercial Real Estate has arranged the $7.8 million sale of a 67,000-square-foot warehouse in Birmingham. Situated at 101 39th St. N., the property is a new build-to-suit facility for Ferguson Enterprises, a distributor of commercial and residential plumbing products. Cushman & Wakefield | EGS delivered the facility in March 2022. Boston-based Stag Holdings purchased the property. Adam Eason of Cushman & Wakefield | EGS led the development efforts and also brokered the lease and sale transactions. INCO Group and WatsonBruhn Builders were the general contractors for the project. Stag Holdings has retained Cushman & Wakefield | EGS to provide management services for the property

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AcquisitionsAlabamaRetailSoutheast

JRW Realty Arranges Sale of Publix-Anchored Shopping Center in Decatur, Alabama

by John Nelson

DECATUR, ALA. — JRW Realty has arranged the sale of Point Mallard Centre, a grocery-anchored shopping center in Decatur. Situated near I-65, the property features a 45,600-square-foot Publix store and 16,800 square feet of small shop, restaurants and healthcare tenants. The buyer is an unnamed institutional investor that is actively acquiring net-leased and value-add properties. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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Tauro Capital Advisors Arranges $149.7M Bridge Loan for 24-Store Walgreens Portfolio

by Amy Works

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles-based Tauro Capital Advisors, on behalf of borrower IBF Properties, has facilitated a $149.7 million, one-year, floating-rate bridge loan for a 24-property Walgreens portfolio. The stores are located in nine states across the United States, primarily in Tennessee, Wisconsin and Alabama. The borrower is purchasing retail assets occupied by investment-grade tenants and plans to create a REIT to hold and operate the portfolio of income-producing real estate. Matt Bucaro, Eric Alvarez, Michael Bucaro, Matthew Ingle and Garryn Laws of Tauro Capital Advisors arranged the financing transaction. Benefit Street Partners was the lender. Totaling 314,852 square feet, the borrower purchased the portfolio in 2021. After acquisition, longer leases were negotiated for the majority of the tenants, which provided stability for those investors purchasing dividends within the REIT and offering a level of commitment by Walgreens to the sites and a low probability of leaving.

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AcquisitionsAlabamaIndustrialSoutheast

GCP, Highline Purchase 404,000 SF Industrial Park Near Birmingham

by John Nelson

ALABASTER, ALA. — Growth Capital Partners (GCP) and Highline Real Estate Partners have acquired Shelby West, a 404,000-square-foot industrial park in suburban Birmingham. The property represents the third investment for the GCP-Highline investment platform, which also includes strategic equity placements from the McWane Family and other third-party investors. The facilities at Shelby West include a 250,000-square-foot building at 175 Airview Lane and a 154,000-square-foot property at 1840 Corporate Woods Drive. The Airview building was built in 2006 and recently leased to MailSouth and AGC. The Corporate Woods building was built in 2009 and leased to The Home Depot and U.S. AutoForce. Adam Eason of Cushman & Wakefield | EGS Commercial Real Estate represented the seller in the transaction. Brad Moffatt of Cushman & Wakefield | EGS is handling the leasing at Shelby West. The sales price was not disclosed but the sellers were entities doing business as Shelby West Industrial Enterprises and Shelby West Industrial Enterprises II.

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AlabamaMarket ReportsOfficeSoutheastSoutheast Market Reports

Birmingham Landlords Prepare as Workforce Transitions Back to the Office

by John Nelson

While the Birmingham market never fluctuates too heavily in either direction, it typically remains relatively stable compared to national trends. Such has been the case with the effects of COVID-19. Birmingham is well-positioned for a return to the office, thanks in large part to our economy’s heavy makeup of local and regional businesses. Most smaller businesses have been in the office for some time, while large national enterprises still wrestle with what normal operations will look like moving forward. General market information Birmingham saw some positive absorption in 2021, with the occupancy rate holding steady at 81 percent, around the historical average. Birmingham comprises approximately 20 million square feet of office space with five main submarkets. Midtown, comprising mostly mid-size, Class A office buildings, remains the strongest submarket with an occupancy rate over 92 percent and rental rates in the mid to high $20s per square foot ($24.12 per square foot average). The Central Business District has seen companies leave for suburban submarkets like Midtown and Highway 280/Interstate 459, however the occupancy rate of 78 percent has remained relatively stable over the past couple of years, with rents in the low to mid $20s per square foot ($21.07 per square …

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UAB, Hoar Construction Top Out $76M Science and Engineering Complex in Birmingham

by Julia Sanders

BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Hoar Construction has topped out Phase I of the new Science and Engineering Complex at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The $76 million, 138,842-square-foot development represents Phase I of a three-part project that aims to consolidate all the basic science undergraduate and graduate studies into one complex. Construction of Phase I began in February 2021 and is expected to be completed in the spring of 2023. The first phase of the concrete structure features four levels that will house biology, chemistry and physics labs and classrooms alongside faculty and staff offices. The project will also feature specialized labs, including an optics lab and cold-growth environment rooms. Collaboration spaces will be designed to allow students across different disciplines and levels of education to mingle and work together in a cohesive learning environment. Located on 14th Street South between University Boulevard and 10th Avenue South, the property is situated 1.6 miles from downtown Birmingham. Additional project partners include Goodwyn, Mills & Cawood as lead architect; Lord Aeck Sargent as lab and research spaces consultant; MBA Engineers as structural engineers; Schoel Engineering as civil engineers; Newcomb & Boyd as mechanical engineers; and Hyde Engineering as electrical engineers.

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AlabamaMarket ReportsRetailSoutheastSoutheast Market Reports

Birmingham is Poised to Stake its Claim as a Burgeoning Retail Destination

by John Nelson

Like many of the markets within the Sun Belt, Birmingham’s economy remained relatively resilient through the emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite its share of small business and restaurant closures, leasing activity is back to par, and owners continue to see steadily rising rental rates — up 3.1 percent over the last 12 months — as tenant demand continues to be robust. Retail absorption over the last 12 months is a healthy 400,000 square feet compared to -510,000 square feet a year ago, which is a phenomenal 909,000-square-foot change just 18 months out from the emergence of the Coronavirus and effective shutdown of the U.S. economy. As Americans return to whatever the new normal is deemed to be and retail conditions continue to rebound, Birmingham is poised and ready to stake its claim in the South’s hierarchy of bourgeoning retail markets. Over the course of retail’s revival during the last 12 to 15 months, development has picked up throughout the Birmingham MSA, fueled primarily by build-to-suit projects for established chains in rapidly expanding suburban markets like Hoover. Stadium Trace Village, a master-planned, mixed-use development at Interstate 459 and Ala. Highway 150, has been one of the most recent projects to …

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Marcus & Millichap Brokers $19M Sale of Apartment Portfolio in Auburn, Alabama

by Julia Sanders

AUBURN, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the Auburn Summit Portfolio, three apartment communities with a total of 187 units in Auburn. Josh Jacobs, Andrew Jacobs, Matthew Prozzillo and Benjamin Skinner of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and procured the Utah-based buyer in the transaction. The sales price was $19 million, or about $101,500 per unit. The Auburn Summit Portfolio includes the following: • The Summit at Glenn is a 72-unit multifamily property located at 516 E. Glenn Ave. that was built in 1974. • The Summit at Dean is a 54-unit multifamily property located at 555 N. Dean Road that was built in 1977. • The Summit on Ross is a 60-unit multifamily property located at 650 N. Ross St. that was built in 1964. The properties are locally managed assets located less than two miles from Auburn University.

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Birmingham’s Multifamily Market is Making a Splash as In-Migration Soars

by John Nelson

The Sun Belt is experiencing unprecedented growth with in-migration trends setting the stage for further expansion and bolstering in-place multifamily product. This includes Birmingham, which has weathered COVID-19 well not only from an employment perspective, but from a rent growth perspective too. The latter is not sustainable without the former, and local capital investments point to more tailwinds. Birmingham has been on the move, adding 60,000 jobs since April 2020 and becoming the primary driver of economic growth in Alabama. With the influx of new jobs, the city has surpassed its pre-pandemic peak and as a result, the city’s rent growth has outperformed the national average for several years. There was a short period where downtown rents and velocity fell off during the pandemic, but it came back fast and strong. Riding the tailwinds One notable example of in-migration, both investment and population wise, was when Landing announced it would be relocating its headquarters from San Francisco to Birmingham. Landing is a tech startup that provides access to a network of fully furnished apartments, and its move to the city is expected to create more than 800 direct, full-time jobs. The announcement was exciting locally as Birmingham presumably wouldn’t have …

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