ATLANTA — The Allen Morris Co. has signed Spaces to a 56,121-square-foot lease at Star Metals Offices, the commercial component of the mixed-use Star Metals Atlanta development in Atlanta’s West Midtown district. The coworking company will occupy the seventh and eighth floors of the building, located at 1055 Howell Mill Road. The space will include a 5,642-square-foot ground-floor reception area, private business club and 8,000 square feet of outdoor amenity space for Spaces’ tenants. Benjamin Moss of JLL represented Regus, Spaces’ parent company, in the lease transaction, and JLL’s Jeff Bellamy, Brooke Dewey and Elizabeth Koteles represented Allen Morris Co. Star Metals Offices will offer approximately 230,000 square feet of office space, 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail and a 5,000-square-foot rooftop restaurant and bar. Amenities will include landscaped outdoor terraces, tenant collaboration areas, a fitness center and a bike rack. Oppenheim Architecture and Warner Summers Architecture are designing the building, which is slated for completion in spring 2020.
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FAIRBURN, GA. — Red Rock Developments is underway on Shugart Farms Phase II, a three-building industrial campus totaling approximately 3 million square feet. The campus is located within Shugart Farms Industrial Park, which will eventually span 16 million square feet and 2,500 acres. The park is located along the Interstate 85 South industrial corridor in Fairburn, roughly 20 miles southwest of downtown Atlanta. Construction is currently underway on a 982,777-square-foot speculative building at the park. Two additional build-to-suit opportunities in Phase II will total roughly 1.5 million square feet and 485,381 square feet. Red Rock expects to wrap up construction on Phase II in the fourth quarter. The first phase of Shugart Farms Industrial Park was delivered last year and included two buildings totaling roughly 2 million square feet. The buildings are leased to Smucker’s and Duracell.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT Inc. has sold the Alpharetta Data Center II in the northern Atlanta suburb of Alpharetta for $64 million. Delaware-based Alpharetta DC LLC acquired the asset, which totals 165,000 square feet. The facility include 50,400 square feet of powered-shell enterprise data center space, 58,814 square feet of office and administration space and 59,746 square feet of supporting infrastructure space. Carter Validus is a REIT that invests in mission critical real estate assets located throughout the United States. Defined as purpose-built facilities designed to support the most essential operations of tenants, mission critical real estate includes data centers and medical facilities.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Capital Development Partners, in a joint venture with Greenfield Partners, has broken ground on the $125 million Savannah Port Logistics Center. The 2.3 million-square-foot campus is being developed to meet the needs of Port of Savannah’s import, export and e-commerce customers. Operated by the Georgia Ports Authority, the Port of Savannah is the largest single-container port in the United States. The 190-acre Savannah Port Logistics Center will offer dual rail service via Norfolk Southern and CSX Tier 1 railroads, and will include two buildings totaling 1.1 million square feet and 1.3 million square feet. Both buildings will feature 40-foot ceiling heights and cross-dock capability. Building I is slated for completion in April 2019, and developers expect to break ground on Building II later this year. Atlanta-based Capital Development Partners is a national developer of industrial infrastructure facilities. Greenfield Partners is a private equity real estate firm headquartered in Westport, Conn., with $3.3 billion in gross assets under management. To date, the company has invested more than $5 billion in equity across multiple sectors, including 25 million square feet of industrial.
COMMERCE, GA. — GE Appliances will invest $55 million to build a new Southeast Region Appliance Distribution Center in Commerce, a city roughly 70 miles northeast of Atlanta. Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal announced Thursday, June 14 that the household appliances manufacturer will create 100 new jobs at the new facility upon completion in April 2019. GE Appliances will have the ability to deliver products in three days or less to 90 percent of U.S. homes from the new center. Louisville, Ky.-based GE Appliances already has a strong presence in Georgia, with 1,960 employees at Roper Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary in LaFayette, and 50 employees supporting its Factory Service Operations based out of Atlanta. GE Appliances’ offerings include refrigerators, freezers, cooking products, dishwashers, washers, dryers, air conditioners and water filtration systems.
ATLANTA — CBRE has brokered the sale of Glenridge Point, a two-building, Class B office campus located at 100 and 200 Glenridge Point Parkway in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. Richmond Honan Development acquired the five-story buildings, which total 185,402 square feet. Jay O’Meara, Justin Parsonnet, Will Yowell, Ryan Reethof and Lee Asher of CBRE arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, a partnership between Pope & Land and Noro. The pair originally acquired the property at 62 percent occupancy in 2015. At the time of sale, the campus was 99 percent leased to tenants including eVestment and Northside Hospital’s IT division. Glenridge Point is located less than a half-mile from the Medical Center MARTA station.
KENNESAW, GA. — Varner Developers has submitted plans to the City of Kennesaw for a $65 million mixed-use project located at the current site of Kennesaw Crossing, a shopping center located roughly 27 miles northwest of Atlanta in Kennesaw. The proposed project would include a 140-room hotel, two single-story retail buildings totaling 22,000 square feet, three multifamily buildings with a total of 274 units, two office condominium buildings totaling 9,750 square feet and the positioning of future pedestrian connectivity to the Noonday Trail and other planned pedestrian infrastructure. If approved, Kennesaw Crossing would be completely demolished to make way for the new development. Applications are scheduled to be heard and considered by the mayor and city council for final action on Monday, June 18.
ATLANTA — PCCP LLC has acquired Cumberland Center II, a 419,000-square-foot office building located at 3100 Cumberland Blvd. in Atlanta’s Cumberland/Galleria submarket. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports the 17-story tower sold for $68 million. The name of the seller was not disclosed. Constructed in 1989, the building is currently 94 percent leased but 67 percent occupied following the departure of HD Supply to a new build-to-suit office building within the submarket. The seller has invested more than $5.4 million in capital improvements since 2007, including a renovated conference center and café. Cumberland Center II is situated adjacent to a Courtyard Marriott hotel and the 1.4 million-square-foot Cumberland Mall, and less than a mile from Cobb Galleria. In addition, the property is located less than two miles from SunTrust Park, home ballpark of the Atlanta Braves.
KENNESAW, GA. — Avison Young has brokered the $9 million sale of 3075 Chastain Meadows Parkway, a 130,250-square-foot warehouse in the northwest Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw. Brent Weitnauer, Chip Watson and Ben Parker of Avison Young arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Suzuki. Exeter 3075 Chastain Meadows LLC, an affiliate of Exeter Property Group, acquired the asset. The building has the capability to expand by an additional 2.9 acres.
EAST POINT, GA. — Arbor Realty Trust Inc. has provided a $21.7 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Parkside at Camp Creek Apartments, a 486-unit multifamily community in East Point, roughly eight miles south of downtown Atlanta. Ryan Duff of Arbor originated the loan, which features a 30-year amortization schedule. Constructed in 1970, Parkside at Camp Creek includes a mix of two- and three-bedroom floor plans and features a clubhouse, laundry facility, two swimming pools, a fitness center, playgrounds and a basketball court.