ATLANTA — Simon has introduced 18 new and expanded retailers debuting at Lenox Square, a 1.5 million-square-foot retail destination located in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Nine of the tenants are now open and operating at Lenox Square, including three expanding concepts: Rolex, Burberry and Ferragamo. The other six opened stores are Good American, AllSaints, Ray-Ban, Rowan, Starbucks Coffee and Claire’s. Nine more concepts are set to open later this year, including IWC, Panerai, Mejuri, Cole Haan, Garage, Lovisa, Levi’s, Kelly’s Cajun Grill and Great American Cookie Company/Marble Slab. David Vinehout serves as Simon’s vice president of leasing at Lenox Square and Phipps Plaza, another high-end shopping mall in Buckhead that Simon owns and operates. Lenox Square is anchored by Bloomingdale’s, Neiman Marcus and Macy’s and includes 250 specialty stores and several restaurants, including The Cheesecake Factory, North Italia and True Food Kitchen.
SAVANNAH, GA. — First National Realty Partners (FNRP) has opened a new 22,000-square-foot Ross Dress for Less store at McAlpin Square in Savannah. The 169,690-square-foot shopping center is located at 1900 E. Victory Drive and is anchored by Kroger. Other tenants include Goodwill and the U.S. Postal Service. Ross Dress for Less is backfilling a former Big Lots store following the latter retailer’s Chapter 11 filing. With the new store, McAlpin Square is 95 percent occupied.
DECATUR, GA. — Northwood Ravin plans to develop Halo, a 370-unit luxury apartment community in Decatur. The Charlotte-based developer plans to deliver first units next April and fully finish the five-story development by January 2027. Situated in the city’s East Decatur neighborhood, Halo will offer a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as retail and plaza space and live-work units with street-level entrances. Northwood Ravin is partnering with Eric Carlton of Oakhurst Realty Partners on the retail tenant mix. The first confirmed retail tenant is Galore Market, a neighborhood market concept from the creators of O4W Market near Krog Street Market. Planned amenities at Halo include a rooftop pool, more than 3,000 square feet of fitness space, including a private yoga studio and exercise room, gaming lawn, pergola with covered seating, outdoor movie projector, fire pit, a hidden bar with full service and surprise cocktail events, sports bar, golf simulator, pet spa and a community coworking club with an embedded coffee shop.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — GE Appliances, a Haier company, has unveiled plans to invest more than $3 billion in its U.S. operations over the next five years. The company plans to expand its air conditioning and water heating portfolio, increase production output across all product lines and further modernize its 11 U.S. manufacturing plants with new automation and capital equipment. The first phase of investments will begin at GE Appliances plants in Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina. Upon completion of the plan, Louisville-based GE Appliances will have invested $6.5 billion across its U.S. manufacturing plants and nationwide distribution network since 2016, which is the year that the company was sold by General Electric (NYSE: GE) to Haier. The new $3 billion announcement marks the second-largest investment in the company’s history. The GE Appliances plant in Camden, S.C., currently produces gas water heaters. With the new investment, electric and hybrid water heater manufacturing will be added, doubling the plant’s output and employment once the project is complete. The first phase will be implemented by early 2026. In December, GE Appliances will add two new models of air conditioners to its air and water product portfolio at its Selmer, Tenn., plant. …
DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA. — DC Blox has obtained $1.15 billion in construction financing for a new data center campus coming to Douglas County, which sits west of Atlanta. ING Capital LLC, Mizuho Bank Ltd. and Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking served as lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the financing package. Other participating capital sources include First Citizens Bank, CoBank ACB, LBBW, Toronto-Dominion Bank, KeyBank and Huntington National Bank. The funds will support the development of a 120-megawatt (MW) data center and include campus expansion to support an additional 80 MW of space. The financing follows DC Blox securing a $265 million green loan and equity from Post Road Group for the project. DC Blox expects the campus, which will be utilized by cloud and AI users, to be available as early as 2027. The developer and operator has a data center underway in the county, as well as in Conyers, Ga., with a few more scattered around the Southeast.
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — North Carolina-based Prudent Growth Partners has acquired Sugarloaf Village, a 32,000-square-foot shopping center located in Lawrenceville, for $7.3 million. The seller was not disclosed. Situated approximately 30 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta, the property was originally built in 2008 and features a mix of 17 tenants including lifestyle retailers and service providers such as a nail salon, pet groomer and barber shop. Other nearby retailers include AT&T, Starbucks Coffee, Publix, Target, Marshalls, Aldi, The Home Depot, PetSmart, Hobby Lobby and Panera Bread.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — Life Time, a leading healthy lifestyle fitness brand, has opened its ninth athletic club in Atlanta in the northern suburb of Sandy Springs. Situated between the “King and Queen” office towers along the confluence of I-285 and Ga. Highway 400, Life Time Perimeter transformed the former Concourse Athletic Club into a three-story, 79,000-square-foot facility. The multimillion-dollar renovation includes eight outdoor pickleball courts, five tennis courts and a beach club-style swimming pool area. Other facilities include an expansive fitness floor with cardio equipment, resistance machines and free weights, as well as a recovery space that features water massage and cold therapy chairs. The club also offers more than 100 classes weekly, including barre, yoga and Pilates, a LifeCafe and a Kids Academy. Life Time Perimeter joins other area athletic clubs in the Atlanta submarket including Alpharetta, Sugarloaf, Johns Creek, Woodstock, Peachtree Corners, Buckhead and North Druid Hills, which opened in December 2024.
AUBURN AND PORT WENTWORTH, GA. — Dwight Mortgage Trust has financed two bridge loans totaling $44.3 million for two new build-to-rent (BTR) communities in Georgia. The assets include The Station at Kentmere in Auburn and Waterside at Rice Hope in Port Wentworth. The borrower was ARK Homes for Rent. The Station at Kentmere is a 149-unit townhome community featuring three-bedroom residences, all with one-car garages and two-and-a-half bathrooms. Amenities include a modern clubhouse with an indoor lounge, fitness center, resort-style pool with sun deck, outdoor entertainment and picnic areas and grilling stations. Waterside at Rice Hope comprises 103 three-bedroom townhomes, each with two-and-a-half-bathrooms and one-car garages. Amenities include a clubhouse, playground, lap pool, lazy river, fishing pond and grilling areas.
ATLANTA — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Central Park Apartments, a 280-unit community located at 2900 Camp Creek Parkway in southwest Atlanta. Built in 1969, Central Park sits on a 23-acre lot near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the city’s Camp Creek neighborhood. The property comprises 143 one-bedroom and 137 two-bedroom apartments. Scott Spalding of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office represented the seller in the transaction. Marco Welch, also with Marcus & Millichap, procured the value-add buyer. Both parties requested anonymity. Marcus & Millichap’s Joe Mitchell helped facilitate the transaction.
ATLANTA — CP Group has executed more than 47,000 square feet of leases at Cumberland Center II, a 421,000-square-foot, 17-story office building in Atlanta’s Cumberland-Galleria office submarket. Jeff Bellamy and Brooke Dewey of JLL represented the Boca Raton, Fla.-based landlord in each transaction. The deals included a 17,300-square-foot lease with C.H. Robinson, a logistics operations firm represented by Tim Wright of Cushman & Wakefield; a 13,200-square-foot lease with Mikart, a pharmaceutical manufacturing company represented by Ryan Hudson of CBRE; a nearly 5,000-square-foot spec suite deal with Young Management and Consulting, a professional services provider represented by Austin Donaldson and Corey Ferguson of T. Dallas Smith; a 3,200-square-foot spec suite deal with Applied Economics, a financial services firm represented by Henry Kreimer and Dan Granot of Savills; a 2,300-square-foot lease for a spec suite with Setty, an engineering consulting firm represented by Jody Selvey and Meredith Selvey of Colliers; and a 6,200-square-foot expansion for spec suite space with JM Huber, a national producer of consumer and industrial products. CP Group recently completed a major capital improvements program at Cumberland Center II that included a lobby renovation, new tenant lounge and a 100-seat conference facility.
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