BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — The Opus Group and The McKinney Fund have delivered Ascend Five Points South, a 520-bed student housing community near the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The property offers studio to four-bedroom floor plans with rents starting at $739 per month. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, study rooms and a spa. The asset is situated at 1001 20th St. S., adjacent to the UAB campus. The design team for Ascend Five Points South included Rabren General Contractors, Myefski Architects and Creative License International. Asset Living manages the community.
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BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Lexerd Capital Management LLC has acquired Emerald Pointe, a 152-unit multifamily community in Birmingham, through one of its funds. The property comprises 21 two- and three-story buildings offering one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a clubhouse, pool, sundeck, picnic area, playground and an onsite childcare facility. The asset is situated at 2149 Emerald Pointe Drive, 11 miles south of downtown Birmingham. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — EGS Commercial Real Estate Inc. will develop a 67,174-square-foot build-to-suit industrial facility in Birmingham. Ferguson Enterprises LLC, a distributor of commercial and residential plumbing supplies, will occupy the property upon completion. The developer expects to commence construction in December and plans to deliver the asset 12 months later. The project includes approximately 15,000 square feet for offices and customer pickup, as well as nearly 2.5 acres of paved outside storage. The new building will be situated on First Avenue North within Avondale Commerce Park, a 10-building, 381,325-square-foot industrial park. INCO Group is the general contractor, Birmingham-based Caprine Engineering is providing engineering services and Atlanta-based Appleby + Laccetti Architects is the designer. ServisFirst Bank is providing construction financing. Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord in the lease negotiations, and CBRE represented the tenant.
Aptitude Development Breaks Ground on 409-Bed Student Housing Community Near UAB in Birmingham
by Alex Tostado
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Elmwood Park, N.J.-based Aptitude Development has broken ground on The Marshall Birmingham, a 409-bed student housing community located near the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). The 200,000-square-foot, seven-story building will feature shared amenities including a fitness center, resident lounges, breakout areas, open-air social space, courtyards and a pool. Construction is expected to be completed in summer 2022. The design team comprises Stone Construction, BSB Design and CHA Engineering.
DOTHAN, ALA. — Chase Properties has acquired Shops on the Circle, a 183,000-square-foot retail property in Dothan. TJ Maxx, Big Lots, PetSmart, Five Below and Old Navy anchor the center. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Shops on the Circle is located at 3500 Ross Clark Circle, three miles northwest of downtown Dothan. Beachwood, Ohio-based Chase Properties says that despite COVID-19, the sale closed on schedule.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — The Sanders Trust has sold a portfolio of 11 medical office buildings and inpatient rehabilitation facilities for $240 million. The assets total 474,100 square feet and are located across eight states: Texas, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Georgia, Mississippi and Iowa. The names of the individual properties were not disclosed. Harrison Street was Sanders Trust’s joint venture partner for nine of the 11 properties. The assets were purchased in the past three and a half years and were fully leased at the time of sale. Lincoln Advisors, an affiliate of Dallas-based Lincoln Property Co., purchased the portfolio on behalf of a public pension fund client. Chris Bodnar and Lee Asher of CBRE’s Healthcare and Life Sciences Capital Markets team represented Sanders Trust and Harrison Street in the portfolio transaction.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Daniel Corp. has broken ground on Grandview Medical Plaza II, a four-story, 144,000-square-foot medical office building in Birmingham. White Plains, N.Y.-based Seavest Healthcare Properties is the developer and owner. Grandview Medical Plaza II is situated next to Grandview Medical Plaza I, an eight-story, 208,000-square-foot building that is also owned by Seavest. Grandview Medical Plaza II will be situated within the 103-acre Cahaba Center at Grandview campus, which is located nine miles southeast of downtown Birmingham. Daniel Corp. expects to deliver Grandview Medical Plaza II in early 2022.
MADISON, ALA. — Wicker Park Capital Management has sold Elements of Madison, a 336-unit apartment complex in Madison. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 999 square feet. Communal amenities include two pools, a business center, playground, fitness center and a clubhouse. Elements of Madison was built in two phases between 1986 and 1999. The asset was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. The community is located at 101 Royal Drive, 12 miles west of downtown Huntsville. Justin Uffinger and Bo Flurry of Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) represented the Savannah, Ga.-based seller in the transaction. Mishawaka, Ind.-based The Sterling Group acquired the complex for an undisclosed price.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $46.6 million sale of Ascent at Jones Valley, a 431-unit apartment community in Huntsville. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, pool, a playground and tennis courts. The asset was originally developed in 1978 and was renovated in 2018. The seller, Stonecutter Capital Management, implemented $2.2 million in upgrades, including a renovated swimming pool area, upgraded tennis courts and a new fitness center. The buyer, Wicker Park Capital Management, plans to expound on the renovations. Jimmy Adams and Andrew Brown of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Franklin Street has arranged the $18.5 million sale of a two-property multifamily portfolio in southeast Montgomery. The portfolio comprises the 240-unit Fields One Center and the 242-unit Fields Carriage Hills. Fields One Center is located at 4220 Strathmore Drive, which is situated two miles from Fields at Carriage Hills at 3364 Fountain Lane. The properties each offer one-, two- and three-bedroom floor pans averaging 970 square feet. The properties were 72 percent occupied at the time of sale. Communal amenities at the assets include three swimming pools, two clubhouses, a fitness center, business center, playground, tennis courts, storage space and laundry facilities. Dan Phelan, Jake Reid, Chad Defoor and Alex Croy of Franklin Street represented the seller, Houston-based Elite Street Capital, in the transaction. Atlanta-based Two Waters Capital Management acquired the portfolio.