KENNESAW, GA. — InvenTrust Properties Corp. has acquired Kennesaw Marketplace, a 114,000-square-foot retail center in the northwest Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, for $64.3 million. Atlanta-based Fuqua Development delivered the center in 2017. Whole Foods Market anchors the development, which was 99 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Starbucks Coffee, MOD Pizza, PNC Bank, AT&T, Sports Clips, Del Taco, Zoe’s Kitchen, Newk’s Eatery and Navy Federal Credit Union.
ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield has secured $37.8 million in construction financing for the development of Vue at the Quarter, a 271-unit multifamily community that will be located at 2048 Bolton Drive N.W. in Atlanta’s Upper Westside submarket. Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan, Richard Henry and Blake Cohen of Cushman & Wakefield arranged a $32.8 million senior loan through Ameris Bank and $5 million in preferred equity through RSE Capital Partners on behalf of the project developer, GJ Enterprises Acquisitions. The 359,000-square-foot community will include five four- and five-story buildings. GJ Enterprises expects to wrap up construction on the project in May 2020.
LILBURN, GA. — Sterling Organization has acquired Five Forks Crossing, a 73,910-square-foot shopping center located at the intersection of Five Forks Trickum and Oak roads in Lilburn, roughly 20 miles northeast of Atlanta. Kimco Realty sold the asset for $10.5 million, or $142 per square foot. A 62,000-square-foot Kroger anchors the center. Additional tenants include Great Clips, The UPS Store and Coast Dental. Five Forks Crossing is Palm Beach, Fla.-based Sterling Organization’s seventh property in Georgia.
ATLANTA — Lincoln Property Co. Southeast (LPC Southeast) has broken ground on a fourth building at Airport-West Distribution Center, an industrial development located roughly five miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The facility — dubbed Building 400 — totals 108,202 square feet. Approximately 88,000 square feet is preleased to Pitney Bowes Presort Services Inc. The mail sorting and distribution services company will move from its current location at Airport-West’s Building 100 to the new facility upon its completion in November. Chick-fil-A, which already occupies 30,000 square feet at the industrial park, will fill the space currently occupied by Pitney Bowes. With the addition of Building 400, the four-building industrial park will total 507,000 square feet. LPC Southeast leads the land acquisition, development, leasing/marketing and disposition for Airport-West Distribution Center.
ATLANTA — NKF Capital Markets has arranged the sales of two Publix-anchored shopping centers and one fitness-anchored center in Georgia. The transaction totals more than $36 million and spans approximately 200,000 square feet. In Perry, a city in Central Georgia, Cypress Development sold Paradise Shoppes of Perry to Flag Wharf Inc. for $11.4 million. The 72,200-square-foot center was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Publix, Subway, Marco’s Pizza, El Jalisco Grille and T-Mobile. In Atlanta, Lakha Properties sold the 46,219-square-foot Shallowford Exchange to Shallowford LLC for $12.5 million. The center, located at 2558 Shallowford Road, was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Publix, Subway, Marco’s Pizza, UPS Store and MetroPCS. In Alpharetta, located roughly 25 miles north of Atlanta, WB Holdings-Silos LLC acquired The Silos at North Farm Marketplace for $12.5 million. The 78,765-square-foot center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to One Life Fitness, Alpine Bakery and Bach to Rock. Drew Fleming, Mark Joines and Henry Kushner of NKF arranged all three transactions.
MARIETTA, GA. — Greystone Brown Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $35.1 million sale of Pennington Pointe, a 268-unit apartment community located at 1716 Terrell Mill Road in Marietta, roughly 20 miles north of downtown Atlanta. Barden Brown and Chandler Brown of Greystone Brown arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Hallmark Pennington Pointe LLC, a subsidiary of The Hallmark Cos. Inc. DE Pennington Pointe Apartments LLC acquired the asset. Pennington Pointe is located less than two miles from SunTrust Park, the home ballpark of the Atlanta Braves. The community features a playground, picnic area with barbecue grills, clubhouse, fitness center, dog park, tennis courts and a swimming pool.
ATLANTA — Braves Development Co. has signed Savi Provisions to a 4,500-square-foot lease at The Battery Atlanta. The Atlanta-based gourmet market concept will open its seventh location at the 1.5 million-square-foot mixed-use development in late 2019. The store will feature chef-driven prepared food as well as grab-and-go meals. Customers will be able to order from a menu to enjoy on-site or to take out with them. The market will also deliver anywhere inside The Battery Atlanta. Athens, Ga.-based Jittery Joe’s Coffee will share space within the market as part of the continued expansion of its partnership with Savi Provisions. Gary Lewis of Gary Lewis & Associates Real Estate represented Braves Development Co. in the lease transaction.
CLARKSTON, GA. — Berkadia has arranged the $32.5 million sale of Lakes at Indian Creek, a 603-unit affordable housing community in Clarkston, located roughly 18 miles northeast of Atlanta. Jeremiah Jarmin and Judy MacManus of Berkadia arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Alden Torch Financial. In addition, Josh Finley of Berkadia arranged a 10-year, $28 million Fannie Mae loan on behalf of the buyer, EB Real Estate Group. Lakes at Indian Creek is an affordable housing community under the Section 42 Low Income Housing Tax Credit Program. The community features a mix of one- to three-bedroom units and townhomes. Amenities include a picnic area, tennis courts, swimming pools, fitness center and a computer center.
ATHENS, GA. — HFF has arranged a $30.4 million loan for the refinancing of River Club Apartments and River Club Townhomes, two student housing assets located roughly two miles from the University of Georgia (UGA) campus in Athens. The adjacent communities operate as a single property, and include a total of 1,134 beds. David Keller and Mark Sixour of HFF arranged the seven-year, floating-rate loan through Freddie Mac’s Capital Markets Execution program on behalf of the borrower, an entity managed and controlled by The Scion Group. River Club Apartments includes a mix of two- to four-bedroom units with private bathrooms, hardwood-style plank flooring and flat screen TVs. The adjacent River Club Townhomes features three- and four-bedroom floor plans within two-story townhome units. Community amenities at both properties include swimming pools; volleyball, basketball and tennis courts; fitness centers; computer labs; car wash stations; private tanning salons; and on-site bus stops with service to the UGA campus.
ATLANTA — Zeller Realty Group (ZRG) has unveiled its renovation plans for 100 Peachtree, a 620,000-square-foot, Class A office tower in downtown Atlanta. ZRG — which is a tenant at the building — has partnered with architecture firm Gensler to redesign the property’s amenity spaces. Renovations call for a modernized lobby, new outdoor gathering spaces, soft seating, an interactive screen, public art installations, interactive conference center, tenant lounge and an upgraded fitness center. In addition, ZRG will work with Georgia’s Own Credit Union — also a 100 Peachtree tenant — and Skanska USA to bring the first digital building-top signage to Atlanta. The 174-foot long digital sign will display Georgia’s Own Credit Union’s logo on an energy-efficient, LED sign, as well as community-oriented messages promoting local and charitable events. Amenity upgrades at 100 Peachtree are expected to be completed in early 2019, and the new digital building-top signage is set to be unveiled in time to welcome fans to Atlanta for Super Bowl LIII. In addition to ZRG and Georgia’s Own Credit Union, 100 Peachtree is home to The Boston Consulting Group, which occupies 60,000 square feet.
