Georgia

Urban Realty, Prestwick Break Ground on 205-Unit Multifamily Community in East Atlanta

by Alex Tostado May 27, 2020

ATLANTA — Urban Realty Partners and Prestwick Cos. have broken ground on 982 Memorial Drive, a 205-unit multifamily community in Atlanta’s Reynoldstown neighborhood. The five-story property will offer studio and one-bedroom floor plans. The community will be located at 982 Memorial Drive, two blocks from the Atlanta BeltLine Eastside Trail and two miles east of downtown Atlanta. Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group arranged a construction loan through Principal Real Estate Investors and also procured a limited equity partner, Humphreys Capital, on behalf of the developers. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.

May 27, 2020

Affordable Housing Georgia Loans Multifamily Southeast

Berkadia Provides $16.2M Refinancing Loan for Affordable Housing Community in Atlanta

by Alex Tostado May 26, 2020

ATLANTA — Berkadia has provided a $16.2 million Freddie Mac refinancing loan for The Residences at City Center, a 182-unit affordable housing community in Atlanta’s Vine City neighborhood. The 10-year loan features a floating interest rate and five years of interest-only payments, followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units that were recently renovated to include granite countertops, walk-in closets, stainless steel appliances and bay windows. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, laundry facilities, outdoor area with grilling stations and a dog park. The Residences is located at 55 Maple St. NW, adjacent to Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Andy Hill and Tyler Nowlin of Berkadia originated the loan on behalf of the borrower, Texas-based Domain Communities.

May 26, 2020

Development Georgia Mixed-Use Multifamily Office Retail Southeast Top Stories

Ackerman, MDH Partners to Develop $85M Mixed-Use Expansion at Lee + White Project in Atlanta

by Alex Patton May 22, 2020

ATLANTA — A partnership of local developer Ackerman & Co. and MDH Partners will soon begin construction of an $85 million multifamily, office and retail expansion to the Lee + White retail property in Atlanta’s West End neighborhood. The partnership acquired the 11-building, 433,204-square-foot property from Stream Realty Partners in September 2019 and began redeveloping the former industrial property as a mixed-use dining and beverage destination. Atlanta-based Smith Dalia Architects is the master designer of the project. Development plans include the ground-up construction of a two-story glass structure featuring a 17,000-square-foot food and retail “collective” on the first floor and 18,000 square feet of loft offices on the second floor. The team will convert multiple warehouses on the property into 127,000 square feet of modern office space, as well as 250 multifamily units. Monday Night Brewing currently anchors the property with its 22,000-square-foot Monday Night Garage brewery and event space. Other tenants include Wild Heaven Beer, ASW Distillery, Cultured South Fermentation Co. and Hop City Craft Beer & Wine. All current tenants have been implemented into the master plan and will remain in their current spaces. The property is located directly along the Atlanta BeltLine’s Westside Trail, a 22-mile walking trail …

May 22, 2020

Development Georgia Multifamily Seniors Housing Southeast

Watercrest Senior Living Breaks Ground on Seniors Housing Community in Macon, Georgia

by Alex Tostado May 22, 2020

MACON, GA. — Watercrest Senior Living Group and its equity partners, Peninsula Alternative Real Estate and Corecam Capital Partners, have broken ground on Watercrest Macon Assisted Living and Memory Care in Macon. The community will feature 76 assisted living and 22 memory care units. Renasant Bank provided construction financing, and EMJ Corp. is serving as the general contractor. Watercrest Macon will be located within the Providence at Bass development, which offers residential, retail and dining establishments, as well as entertainment venues. Watercrest Macon is scheduled to welcome residents in summer 2021.

May 22, 2020

Georgia Loans Multifamily Southeast

Greystone Provides $17.8M Refinancing Loan for Apartment Complex Near Atlanta

by Alex Tostado May 21, 2020

FAIRBURN, GA. — Greystone has provided a $17.8 million Fannie Mae refinancing loan for Cambridge Faire Apartment Homes in Fairburn. The 12-year loan features two years of interest-only payments and a 30-year amortization schedule. The undisclosed borrower will use the funds to further upgrade the community. The 208-unit property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, sports courts, dog park and a car wash area. The asset, which was built in 2001, is situated at 900 Meadow Glen Parkway, 21 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta. Keith Hires of Greystone originated the loan on behalf of the borrower.

May 21, 2020

Acquisitions Georgia Retail Southeast

Marcus & Millichap Arranges $2.4M Sale of Wells Fargo-Occupied Retail Property in Metro Atlanta

by Alex Tostado May 20, 2020

PEACHTREE CORNERS, GA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $2.4 million sale of a retail property leased to Wells Fargo in Peachtree Corners. The 10,851-square-foot building was built in 1968 and is triple-net-leased to the bank. The asset is situated at 6155 Buford Highway, 17 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. Don McMinn of Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Group represented both the seller, Linkpoint Properties, and the buyer, Matthews Family Investments LLC, in the 1031 transaction. Linkpoint originally purchased the asset in November 2017 for a little over $2 million.

May 20, 2020

Florida Georgia Loans Multifamily Southeast

Berkadia Arranges $22M in Equity for Six-Property Multifamily Portfolio in Georgia, Florida

by Alex Tostado May 19, 2020

NEW YORK CITY — Berkadia has arranged $22 million in equity for a six-property multifamily portfolio in Georgia and Florida. An undisclosed REIT partnered with the owner of the portfolio, Strategic Holdings. The four properties in Georgia are Belmont Crossing, a 192-unit complex in Smyrna; Sierra Terrace, a 135-unit community in Atlanta; Sierra Village, a 154-unit property in Atlanta; and Georgetown Crossing, a 168-unit asset in Savannah. The two properties in Florida are the 240-unit Park on the Square in Pensacola and the 328-unit The Commons in Jacksonville. Noam Franklin, Chinmay Bhatt and Cody Kirkpatrick of New York City-based Berkadia arranged the equity partner on behalf of the owner. Strategic Holdings acquired the properties from 2016 to 2019 and plans to use the funds to target more acquisitions throughout the Southeast.

May 19, 2020

Arkansas Company News Georgia Retail Southeast

Retailers Walmart, The Home Depot Report Increased Sales in First Quarter Despite Pandemic

by Alex Tostado May 19, 2020

BENTONVILLE, ARK. AND ATLANTA — Retailers Walmart and The Home Depot have reported increased sales during their respective first quarters. Bentonville-based Walmart, which operates on a fiscal year calendar running from Feb. 1 to Jan. 31, reported a spike of 74 percent in its e-commerce department, and an overall growth of 10 percent. Walmart’s total revenue reached $136.4 billion, which was 8.6 percent higher than first-quarter 2019. The uptick from e-commerce was mostly due to grocery pick-up and delivery services. Additionally, overall sales for Sam’s Club was up 12 percent and e-commerce demand for the Walmart-owned brand jumped 40 percent. The Home Depot, which is based in Atlanta, reported sales reached $28.3 billion, which was 7.1 percent higher than its first-quarter 2019. The Home Depot’s fiscal year ends Feb. 2. Despite the increased sales, the company’s revenue dipped by $300 million from first-quarter 2019 due to expanded benefits for its employees. Some of the benefits include extra time off for hourly employees, more still for associates 65 years of age and older, doubled overtimes rate, weekly bonuses for hourly employees and extended dependent care benefits and waived related co-pays.

May 19, 2020

Acquisitions Georgia Healthcare Office Southeast

Anchor Health Properties Acquires Medical Office Building in Metro Atlanta’s Gwinnett County for $5.3M

by Alex Tostado May 19, 2020

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Anchor Health Properties has acquired Walther Professional Center, an 18,471-square-foot medical office building in Lawrenceville, for $5.3 million. Two tenants, Northeast Atlanta Ear, Nose & Throat and Eastside Heart and Vascular, fully occupy the single-story building. The property is located at 766 Walther Road NW, a mile from Northside Hospital-Gwinnett and 30 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. Charlottesville, Va.-based Anchor Health manages more than 5 million square feet of medical office space nationwide. Steve Hall and Kevin Markwordt of Transwestern represented the seller, ENTOB LLC, in the transaction.

May 19, 2020

Georgia Leasing Activity Office Southeast

Microsoft Leases 523,000 SF in Atlanta’s West Midtown District, Expects to Create 1,500 Jobs

by Alex Tostado May 18, 2020

ATLANTA — Microsoft Corp. is investing $75 million for its new office space at Atlantic Station in West Midtown Atlanta. The software giant is leasing 523,000 square feet within Atlantic Yards, a two-building office project that Hines and Invesco Real Estate are developing and where Microsoft will be the sole office tenant. The company expects to open its new offices in summer 2021 and create 1,500 high-tech jobs. Microsoft plans for the new space to focus on artificial intelligence and cloud services and include retail space. In metro Atlanta, Microsoft currently operates a cloud computing engineering center in the Coda Building at Technology Square and maintains offices in Buckhead and at Avalon in Alpharetta, another project co-developed by Hines. Hines and Invesco Real Estate also co-developed T3 West Midtown within Atlantic Station, which has attracted other high-profile technology companies such as Facebook.

May 18, 2020

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