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Marketwake Signs Office Lease at Campus 244 Mixed-Use Development in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson

DUNWOODY, GA. — Marketwake, a marketing consultancy based in Atlanta, has signed a 17,395-square-foot office lease at Campus 244, a 12-acre mixed-use development underway in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. The tenant will occupy space within an adaptive reuse of a three-story, 1970s-vintage office building located at 244 Perimeter Center Parkway in Dunwoody that is being redeveloped into a five-story mass timber property spanning 400,000 square feet. The Georgetown Co., Beacon Capital Partners and RocaPoint Partners are the developers behind Campus 244. Aileen Almassy, Will Porter and Rob Kuppersmith of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlords in the lease negotiations, while Ellis Murray of Capital Real Estate Group represented Marketwake. The new lease brings Phase I of Campus 244 to 90 percent occupancy, with approximately 46,000 square feet of office space remaining available on the top floor. Phase II will include a new Class A, 300,000-square-foot tech office and life sciences building that is expected to be completed in 2027. Also on the horizon for Campus 244 is the 145-room Element by Westin Atlanta Perimeter hotel set to open this fall.

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AcquisitionsGeorgiaRetailSoutheast

Cohen & Steers, Sterling Purchase 142,000 SF Shopping Center Near Savannah

by John Nelson

POOLER, GA. — Cohen & Steers Income Opportunities REIT (CNSREIT) has acquired Village on Pooler Parkway, a 142,000-square-foot shopping center located in Pooler, roughly 15 miles outside Savannah. CNSREIT purchased the center through a joint venture with Sterling Organization. Built in 2014, the property was fully leased at the time of sale. Tenants at the center include T.J. Maxx, Ross Dress for Less, Michaels, PetSmart, Panera Bread, Buffalo Wild Wings and Jersey Mike’s. 

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Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta to Open 2 MSF Children’s Hospital in Brookhaven

by John Nelson

BROOKHAVEN, GA. — On Sunday, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (CHOA) is set to open Arthur M. Blank Hospital, a 2 million-square-foot children’s hospital located in the northeastern Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven. The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that development costs for the facility, which is situated at the heart of CHOA’s new North Druid Hills campus, totaled approximately $1.5 billion. Arthur M. Blank Hospital rises 19 stories on a 70-acre site at the corner of I-85 and North Druid Hills Road. The new facility offers 446 patient beds, a 70,000 square-foot emergency department with 69 emergency exam rooms and a level one pediatric trauma center — the only dedicated one in Georgia, according to CHOA. The new hospital is named after Arthur Blank, one of the founders of The Home Depot and the current owner of the Atlanta Falcons and Atlanta United professional sports teams. The Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation made a $200 million donation to help fund the cost of the new hospital. The property also offers amenities for patients and their families, such as lounges, libraries, child life activity rooms, a business center and laundry facilities and kitchenettes on every floor. The building cafeteria, dubbed The Eatery, will provide patient …

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Northwood Investors Acquires $160M Industrial Portfolio in Sun Belt

by Hayden Spiess

BAYTOWN, TEXAS, BRASELTON, GA., AND MIAMI — Northwood Investors has acquired a $160 million industrial portfolio located in Georgia, Florida and Texas. Totaling 1.8 million square feet, the “Sunbelt Logistics Distribution Portfolio” was fully leased at the time of sale. The portfolio comprises three industrial buildings: Home Depot Cedar Port Distribution Center in Baytown, Texas; Havertys Distribution Center in Braselton, Ga.; and 10000 N.W. 15th Terrace in Miami. Britton Burdette, Trent Agnew and Luis Castillo of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the sale. Bobby Norwood of JLL secured acquisition financing through affiliates of Apollo on behalf of Northwood Investors. 

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Three Tenants Sign Leases Totaling 695,560 SF at Industrial Campus in Savannah

by Hayden Spiess

SAVANNAH, GA. — Three tenants have signed leases at Phase I of Logistics 16 at Ottawa Farms, an industrial campus currently underway in Savannah. The new leases bring the campus, which currently totals 1 million square feet, to well above 50 percent preleased. Linemart Inc., Homylink Furniture Inc. and BFG Supply will occupy 232,000; 309,000; and 153,000 square feet at the development, respectively. Construction on the project began in the third quarter of 2022. Ryan Hoyt, Bennett Rudder, Chris Tomasulo and Lindsey Wilmot of JLL manage leasing on behalf of the landlord, McCraney Property Co. 

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Atlanta Opera to Open $45M Performing Arts Venue on the BeltLine

by Hayden Spiess

ATLANTA — The Atlanta Opera will open a $45 million performing arts venue on Woodward Way along the Atlanta BeltLine. The project is a redevelopment of the historic Bobby Jones Clubhouse. Upon completion, which is scheduled for summer 2027, the development will feature a 56,000-square-foot complex with a 200-seat recital hall, administrative offices, a costume shop, film studio, rehearsal hall and garden spaces. Theater Projects and A’kustics LLC will develop the recital hall. Allen Post of architecture firm Post Loyal is leading the design of the new facility. The project is part of the Atlanta Opera’s recently launched $110 million campaign, for which core funding has already been secured. 

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AcquisitionsGeorgiaMultifamilySoutheast

CBRE Facilitates $57.2M Multifamily Portfolio Sale in College Park, Georgia

by John Nelson

COLLEGE PARK, GA. — CBRE has facilitated the $57.2 million sale of a two-property multifamily portfolio in College Park, a southern suburb of Atlanta near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The communities in the portfolio include Meadow Springs and Meadow View and comprise 456 apartments combined. Greybrook acquired the portfolio from an affiliate of Harbor Group International LLC. Shea Campbell, Ashish Cholia, Kevin Geiger, Keith Geiger, Colleen Hendrix, Don Hoffman, Malcolm McComb and Kurt McGarry of CBRE Southeast Multifamily represented the seller in the transaction. The team also represented Harbor Group in its $102 million sale of a metro Atlanta multifamily portfolio to LRE Management LLC.

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Lalani Ventures, Exact Capital to Develop $160M Mixed-Income Multifamily Tower at Underground Atlanta

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — Lalani Ventures, owner of the historic Underground Atlanta development in downtown Atlanta, has formed a joint venture with New York-based Exact Capital to develop a $160 million multifamily high-rise project. The 30-story tower will feature a mix of 163 affordable housing units, with incomes restricted to households earning at or below 60 percent of the area median income, as well as 242 market-rate apartments and community amenities. Lalani Ventures and Exact Capital are currently in the planning and design phases for the tower and have tapped architectural firm Niles Bolton to handle the unnamed tower’s design, engineering and permitting. The site for the tower is at Underground Atlanta’s fountain plaza, which is bordered by Peachtree Street to the west, Wall Street to the north, Pryor Street to the east and Upper Alabama Street to the south. The board at Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta’s economic development arm, voted yesterday to approve an inducement for a $40 million tax-exempt bond issuance to help finance the tower’s affordable housing units. The Invest Atlanta board will have an opportunity to review the project again before providing its final resolution in advance of the Lalani-Exact joint venture closing on its construction …

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Gwinnett County Acquires 23-Acre Macy’s Site at Gwinnett Place Mall in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson

DULUTH, GA. — Gwinnett County’s Urban Redevelopment Agency has acquired a Macy’s department store and furniture store at Gwinnett Place Mall, a beleaguered regional shopping mall in the northeast Atlanta suburb of Duluth. In 2021, the county initially purchased a 39-acre portion of the Gwinnett Place Mall site, and with this 23-acre acquisition, will own a total 76 acres. The mall originally opened in 1984. Gwinnett County’s Urban Redevelopment Agency purchased the two Macy’s stores, which span 293,059 square feet, in a sale-leaseback with the New York-based retail giant. Macy’s will continue to operate the two stores through early 2025. The county purchased the stores for $16.5 million and will issue bonds to finance the transaction, which is expected to close in November. “The acquisition of the Macy’s site marks a pivotal step forward in the redevelopment of Gwinnett Place Mall, setting the stage for Gwinnett County to establish a national — and possibly international — model for equitable and impactful transformation,” says Nicole Love Hendrickson, Gwinnett County chairwoman. “This redevelopment will be a catalyst for change, creating transformative opportunities that enhance property values, align with neighboring investments and drive growth for a new generation of entrepreneurs, residents and local …

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Technology Can Complement — But Never Replace — The Human Touch in Seniors Housing Communities, Say InterFace Panelists

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — Though the older population is often seen as removed from modern technology, tech products offer great promise to the seniors housing sector. Participants in the “Technology Revolution: Enhancing Resident Care and Operational Cost Effectiveness” panel at the InterFace Seniors Housing Southeast conference (held recently in Atlanta) all agreed on this point. Importantly though, the panel — which was moderated by Mark Petty, vice president of corporate accounts with ICON — also highlighted the fact that seniors housing is an industry rooted in human interaction. Given this fact, the panelists concluded that technology can complement and enhance, but never replace, the human touch. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. Three Questions A strategic approach in the purchase and application of technology within seniors housing communities is paramount, pointed out Joe Jasmon, CEO and managing partner of American Healthcare Management Group. In addition to being highly helpful, the products offered by tech companies can be costly. “To have tech just to have tech is really a waste of time, effort and money,” asserted Jasmon. …

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