ATLANTA — Banyan Street Capital has unveiled The Hub and The Plaza within the historic Peachtree Center in downtown Atlanta. Banyan Street tapped architectural firm The Beck Group on the design for both portions of the 2.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development. The Hub, formerly known as the Mall at Peachtree Center, is home to more than 50 shops and restaurants. In the past 18 months, Banyan Street has inked leases with Salata, Beni’s Cubano, Taste of India and BEP! Vietnamese, as well as Time to Escape, a locally owned and operated escape room concept that includes live actors. Amy Fingerhut of CBRE’s Atlanta office is leading The Hub’s retail leasing assignment. The Plaza is the development’s overhauled central courtyard that fronts Peachtree Street and is situated between Peachtree Center’s various towers. Beck Group’s design for the public space includes a central area for live events; custom planters and benches; a reflective pool that can be drained for events; a suspended, illuminated canopy; revamped entrances to the adjacent office towers and existing atrium; and a glass-encased staircase leading to The Hub that features a sloped water fountain on the backside. At a private event held Wednesday, Miami-based Banyan Street officially opened The …
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TruAmerica Acquires 608-Unit Multifamily Portfolio in Las Vegas, Metro Atlanta for $97M
by Amy Works
LAS VEGAS AND LITHIA SPRINGS, GA. — TruAmerica Multifamily, in partnership with an institutional partner, has purchased a two-property apartment portfolio in an off-market transaction valued at $97 million. The properties are Vintage Pointe, a 368-unit community in Las Vegas, and Sweetwater Creek, a 240-unit asset in Lithia Springs, a suburb of Atlanta. Neither property—Vintage Pointe built in 1994, nor Sweetwater Creek built in 2003—have undergone significant renovations. The new ownership plans to invest in a multi-million dollar capital improvement program to reposition both properties.
ATLANTA — Broadrange Logistics, a third-party logistics provider, has signed a full-building industrial lease for 408,600 square feet in Atlanta’s Fulton Industrial submarket. The Atlanta-based firm offers air, ocean, trucking and warehouse logistics services to several major companies including Amazon, Wayfair, Drive Medical, SP Richards and Smith Cooper. The facility is located at 105 Kendall Park Lane, 13 miles west of Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport and 16 miles west of downtown Atlanta. Bob Robers and Brian Monaghan of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease transaction. LaSalle Investment Management is the landlord. Brian Alcorn of Cushman & Wakefield will oversee build-out of the space, though details of the build-out were not disclosed.
Serta Simmons Bedding Opens New Office Headquarters at $2B Assembly Yards Project in Metro Atlanta
by Alex Tostado
DORAVILLE, GA. — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp was onhand Friday at the site of the former GM plant in Doraville to officially open the new Serta Simmons Bedding headquarters. The mattress company now employs more than 500 people at its 210,000-square-foot office building situated adjacent to Third Rail Studios within the $2 billion Assembly Yards project. Joining Gov. Kemp were Doraville Mayor Donna Pittman, chairman and CEO of Serta Simmons Dave Smith and outgoing CEO of Serta Simmons, Michael Traub. In 2014, The Integral Group LLC acquired the land after GM closed its plant in 2008 and began working on Assembly Yards. The planned “city within a city” will offer 120,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space, 500,000 square feet of office space, more than 700 residential units and three miles of paved pathways at full buildout. “Assembly Yards is one of the things that really excites me about our metro area,” said Kemp during the event. Autonomous Transportation In addition to creating a place where people can work and live, Integral is also creating a technological hub by bringing in Georgia’s only autonomous shuttle bus operated by Navya that will be able to take employees from the campus to …
MARIETTA, GA. — Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has completed a $42 million expansion that includes two buildings spanning 350,000 square feet in Marietta. The facilities are part of GTRI’s South Cobb Campus. In 20167, GTRI acquired four buildings on an unused, 52-acre Lockheed Martin site next to Dobbins Air Reserve Base. Renovations included transforming 205,500 square feet of retired office space into a research facility featuring computing and electronics laboratories. It also included the 144,500-square-foot renovation of a 403,500-square-foot high-bay industrial warehouse, which GTRI will also use for research. This space incorporates two, 10-ton cranes and a 30-ton crane to handle heavy equipment. The design team included McCarthy Building Cos. and Flad Architects. JLL’s project and development services division managed the design and construction phases.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Carter Multifamily has acquired Ascend at Savannah, a 159-unit community in Savannah, for $13.2 million. Ascend at Savannah was built in 1970 on 8.9 acres, seven miles south of downtown Savannah. Carter Multifamily plans to update unit interiors and communal areas including the swimming pool, clubhouse and recreational areas, as well as add a fenced-in pet park and dog spa, fitness center, internet café and outdoor gathering areas. The property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 744 to 1,050 square feet. The seller was not disclosed.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the $10.8 million sale of an 88,000-square-foot office building in Alpharetta. The property, situated at 5925 Cabot Parkway 25 miles north of downtown Atlanta, was built in 1999 and renovated in 2007. The asset offers 48 private offices, about 130 work stations, 11 conference rooms, two lounge areas and a full-service catering kitchen. Jason Schrago and Frank Clementi of NKF represented the seller, JM Family Enterprises, in the transaction. Tom Kirbo of SK Commercial Realty represented the buyer, The Woodbury Group.
NEWNAN, GA. — The RADCO Cos. has sold a three-property apartment portfolio in the southwest Atlanta suburb of Newnan for $104.9 million. Totaling 789 units, the three properties posted an average occupancy rate of 94 percent at the time of sale. Dallas-based McDowell Properties purchased the largest community in the portfolio, the 561-unit Creekside at White Oak. Colorado-based Vukota Capital Management acquired the other two assets — Woodlands at White Oak and Ashford at Brown Ridge, both of which hold 114 units. Shea Campbell, Colleen Hendrix, Ashish Cholia and Kevin Geiger of CBRE represented RADCO in the transaction. “Newnan remains one of Atlanta’s most desired submarkets with nearly 3,000 jobs added in the specialized healthcare field since 2010 and a surging industrial corridor,” says Campbell, senior vice president at CBRE. “This is a great investment in an area with limited supply of new apartments on the horizon.” The buyers have the potential to significantly renovate the portfolio’s unit interiors. RADCO, a multifamily investment firm based in Atlanta, left about two-thirds of the portfolio’s units in “classic condition,” according to CBRE. RADCO purchased Creekside at White Oak in late 2015 from ECI Group for $53 million. A couple months later, the …
ALPHARETTA, GA. — KBS Strategic Opportunity REIT Inc. has entered into an agreement to acquire Georgia 400 Center, a three-building, 416,463-square-foot office campus situated on 24.4 acres in Alpharetta, for $91 million. Georgia 400 Center was built between 1998 and 2001 and is currently 85 percent leased to 31 tenants. The property is located at 2300 Lakeview Parkway, 25 miles north of downtown Atlanta. A date for the expected closing and the seller were not disclosed.
ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a 16,000-square-foot lease for Piedmont Internal Medicine P.C., a private healthcare practice based in Atlanta, to join Northwest Medical Center in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. Harrison Street and HealthAmerica Realty Group began renovations on Northwest Medical Center, which is situated at 3280 Howell Mill Road, in 2015. Piedmont Internal Medicine is expected to move into the space this September. The first-floor space will include access to wheelchair ramps, patient drop-off and covered pathways from the parking garage. George Olmstead and Brandon Wallace of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Tommy Tift III, James McClintock and Wheeler Briggs of HealthAmerica Realty represented the landlord internally.