Georgia

MARIETTA, GA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $11 million sale of Market Square, a 137,889-square-foot shopping center located at 2932 Canton Road in Marietta. The center sits on 13.4 acres and houses tenants such as Big Lots, Ace Hardware and Planet Fitness. A privately held entity doing business as MSQ Realty LLC purchased the asset from an entity doing business as Wood Marietta Center LLC. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the seller in the transaction, and the buyer was self-represented.

ALPHARETTA, GA. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of Windward Square, a 11,166-square-foot shopping center located at 5215 Windward Parkway in the northern Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta. Jeff Enck of Stan Johnson Co. represented the 1031 exchange buyers, a group of private investors based in Georgia. Penn Hodge Properties sold the property for more than $3.2 million. Windward Square was fully leased to six tenants at the time of sale, including Verizon Wireless and Eye Level Learning Center. Originally constructed in 2003, the center is shadow-anchored by Costco and has other neighboring tenants including The Home Depot and Walmart. The property fronts Windward Parkway and is situated on nearly 1.6 acres.

ATHENS, GA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of Athens West, a 178,930-square-foot shopping center in Athens. SomeraRoad, a New York-based commercial real estate investment and development firm, sold the property for $16 million to an entity doing business as Trinity Apex LLC. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the seller, and the buyer was self-represented in the transaction. Athens West is anchored by Big Lots, America’s Thrift, American Freight, BioLife and Citi Trends. Additional tenants at the property include Anytime Fitness, CiCi’s Pizza, Metro PCS, H&R Block, Direct Insurance and Domino’s Pizza. Roughly 42,000 square feet of new tenants have joined the center since 2019. The shopping center is located at 3190 Atlanta Highway, about 7.2 miles from the University of Georgia’s campus.

ATLANTA — Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group in Atlanta has brokered the $54.6 million sale of a portfolio of 35 Dollar General-leased stores across 12 states. Don McMinn of Taylor McMinn represented the seller, CMK Properties, a privately held real estate investor and syndicator based in Brentwood, Tenn., in the sales transaction. The buyer was Realty Income, a net lease REIT based in San Diego. All the Dollar General leases were triple net lease and had around 10 years of term remaining. “This transaction illustrates the current peak demand for Dollar Generals in the market today from both private and institutional investors. Due to the limited supply these stores are trading at historic levels both individually and on a portfolio level,” says McMinn.