HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Ironside Realty has acquired a 7,500-square-foot industrial property located at 376 Dan Tibbs Road N.W. in Huntsville. The property was fully leased to United Rentals at the time of sale. A local broker represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction, and Jimmy Goodman of Chicago-based The Boulder Group represented Ironside. The sales price was not disclosed.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — First Citizens Bank has provided a $37 million loan for the refinancing of Grandview Physicians Plaza I, a medical office building (MOB) in Birmingham. Rethink Healthcare Real Estate was the borrower. Tenants at the property, which totals 200,000 square feet on the Grandview Medical Center campus, include practices specializing in endoscopy, imaging, orthopedics, women’s health services, internal medicine and physical therapy.
MADISON, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $21.7 million sale of St. Andrews Villas, a newly built, 96-unit townhome community in Madison, about four miles west of the Mazda Toyota Manufacturing plant in Huntsville. Josh Jacobs and Royce Emerson of Marcus & Millichap represented the developer, Keelon Development Inc., in the sale. The buyer was not disclosed. Built in 2023, St. Andrews Villas features one-level luxury rental townhomes with 9-foot ceilings, walk-in showers and garages featuring electric vehicle charging. Amenities include a swimming pool, coworking space and a fitness center.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Zach Taylor of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $17.6 million sale of Eastwood Village, a 130,056-square-foot shopping center in Birmingham. Situated near a new Amazon facility, the center is anchored by Walmart, which was not part of the transaction. Other tenants of Eastwood Village include Ross Dress for Less, Office Depot, Michael’s and Party City. Taylor represented the seller, a partnership based in Louisiana, and sourced the buyer, a private syndicator based in California that paid all-cash. “The key to this transaction was selecting a buyer that was truly all-cash,” says Taylor. “This took the uncertainty of rising interest rates off the table and allowed us to trade at an aggressive cap rate.”
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — A joint venture between Essex Capital and Ascend Property Group has broken ground on Front Row, an 11-acre mixed-use project in downtown Huntsville. The $220 million first phase of Front Row is now underway, following news last week that Banco Inbursa and a group led by Keel Point and Opportunity Alabama provided $115 million in construction financing. The first retail space is slated for delivery in late 2025, followed by apartments and office space in early 2026. Upon full build-out, the first phase of Front Row will comprise two six-story buildings featuring 545 apartments, 36,000 square feet of office space and 47,000 square feet of retail space. Further plans for the project — including a hotel, a class A office tower and luxury condos — will be disclosed at a later date, according to the developers. The development will be situated across from the Von Braun Center, a 170,000-square-foot entertainment center that opened its doors in 1975. The developers state that Front Row is intended to interlink the Von Braun Center with other key areas of the city, such as Big Spring Park, Fountain Circle, University of Alabama Huntsville and Downtown Greenway. The project’s team also includes …
CHEROKEE, ALA. — An affiliate of AE Industrial Partners (AEI), a private equity firm specializing in aerospace investments, has purchased a vacant industrial facility in Cherokee spanning nearly 2.3 million square feet. The Retirement Systems of Alabama sold the facility to AEI for an undisclosed price. The property sits on a 638-acre site at 1200 Haley Drive in northwest Alabama’s Shoals area and was previously home to tenants including National Steel Car, Navistar and FreightCar America. AEI plans to renovate the facility to serve as an aerospace center and house the headquarters of aerospace suppliers, manufacturers and innovators. The company will also be partnering with Poarch Band of Creek Indians, a federally recognized tribe of Native Americans with reservation lands in lower Alabama, on the project. The facility sits roughly 75 miles west of NASA Marshall Space Flight Center and the U.S. Space and Rocket Center in Huntsville, Ala.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — WaterWalk has opened a 126-room extended stay hotel and apartment living property at 1550 Perimeter Parkway in Huntsville, the first Alabama property for the lodging brand and its 12th total. WaterWalk Huntsville comprises 76 fully furnished hotel rooms and 50 apartments that range in size from studios to two-bedroom units. All units feature kitchens with full-size appliances, a pantry and a kitchen island. Additionally, each unit features full-size washers and dryers, as well as bathrooms that include vanities with storage space and walk-in showers. Amenities include a lobby lounge, fitness center, outdoor pool and a patio with a fire pit, lawn games and grilling areas.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — An affiliate of grocer Food City has purchased two acres in Huntsville from The Beach Co. The entity is Marathon Realty Corp., a real estate subsidiary of Food City parent company K-VA-T Food Stores Inc. The site is located between The Foundry, The Range and Stovehouse along Governors Drive and will be connected to the developments via a 10-foot-wide pedestrian sidewalk. Marathon Realty plans to break ground on the new store next quarter with plans for an early 2025 opening. Last year Marathon Realty entered into a development agreement with the City of Huntsville to develop six new Food City grocery stores in the greater Huntsville area.
MADISON AND HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $6 million portfolio sale of two newly developed gas station/convenience stores in Alabama. The assets are located at 8464 Madison Blvd. in Madison and 11010 Highway 231-431 N in Huntsville. Both properties span 5,200 square feet and have 15-year triple-net ground leases with Circle-K in place. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, a developer based in the Southeast, in the transaction. The California-based private buyer purchased the assets in a 1031 exchange. The unnamed investor purchased the fee-simple ownership of the land, which span about 2 acres for both locations, in both deals.
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — General contractor Jim Chapman Construction Group (JCCG) has broken ground on Nestledown Farm, a build-to-rent (BTR) residential community in Huntsville. Upon completion, the development will feature 201 attached townhomes in two- and three-bedroom layouts ranging from 1,020 to 1,466 square feet. Amenities at the community will include a 4,000-square-foot clubhouse, swimming pool, fitness center, dog park, illuminated sidewalks, gated entrance and 24-hour emergency maintenance services. Move-ins are scheduled to begin in fall 2024.
