Georgia

SMYRNA, GA. — Conlon Capital has arranged an $11.9 million CMBS loan for the refinancing of Ivy Walk Shoppes, a 42,499-square-foot retail center located at 1675 Cumberland Parkway in Smyrna’s Vining district. The retail property is situated within a mixed-use development near SunTrust Park, the new home of the Atlanta Braves in Cobb County. Rushi Shah of Conlon Capital arranged the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Atlanta-based MRE-Ivy LLC. The loan features a 75 percent loan-to-value ratio and interest-only payments for 18 months.

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BUFORD, GA. — Liberty Property Trust has signed ProCraft Cabinetry, a Nashville, Tenn.-based distributor of kitchen cabinets, to a 120,400-square-foot industrial lease at the REIT’s new 38-acre Liberty Business Center in Buford, a northeastern suburb of Atlanta. ProCraft Cabinetry will move into Building One, located at 3525 Gravel Springs Road, in June. Both of Liberty Business Center’s LEED Silver-certified buildings feature 50- by 54-foot column spacing, 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems and trailer parking. Matt Nelsen of Hughes Commercial Real Estate represented ProCraft Cabinetry, and Price Weaver and Lee Cardwell of Colliers International represented Liberty in the lease transaction.

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ATLANTA — Cousins Properties and Gables Residential have sold Emory Point I and II, a mixed-use property in Atlanta’s Druid Hills area comprising the 750-unit Gables Emory Point and 125,000 square feet of retail space. Blackstone purchased the development for a gross price of $199 million. The project was owned through a 75/25 joint venture between Cousins and Gables Residential, and Cousins’ portion of the sales proceeds, before transaction costs and debt payments, was approximately $150 million. Tenants at Emory Point include American Threads, Fab’rik, Francesca’s, Lizard Thicket, Loft, Fresh to Order, Marlow’s Tavern, Tin Lizzy’s, CVS/pharmacy, Earth Fare, Orangetheory Fitness, Empower Yoga and Pink Barre. Paul Berry, John Whitlow, Chris Decoufle and Kevin Hurley of CBRE represented Cousins Properties and Gables Residential in the transaction. CBRE’s Robert Kadoori secured acquisition funding on behalf of Blackstone. Atlanta-based Cousins plans to sell another $150 million to $175 million worth of assets for the remainder of 2017.

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FORSYTH COUNTY, GA. — Greystar plans to develop a 300-unit apartment community and a 160-unit seniors housing property within Halcyon, a $370 million mixed-use development located off exit 12 on Ga. 400 in Forsyth County. The multifamily community, known as Elan Halcyon, will feature top-of-market amenities and 11,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The seniors housing property will feature 12,000 square feet of resort-style amenities, including a resident clubhouse, pool and spa, demonstration kitchen, game room, theater room, fitness center and a golf simulator. RocaPoint Partners, an Atlanta-based affiliate of The Georgetown Co., is the master developer of Halcyon. Set to open in 2018, the development will include more than 500,000 square feet of office and retail space, a high-end CMX movie theater, two hotels and 690 residential units, including Greystar’s two projects.

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ATLANTA — Lincoln Property Co. Southeast has executed four lease deals at 309 East Paces, a redevelopment of the former Aaron’s Inc. headquarters office building in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The new tenants include Chicago-based Industrious, Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group, The Loudermilk Cos. and Atlanta Consulting Group Advisors. Shaun Weinstock of Weinstock Realty & Development LLC represented Industrious in the lease deal. Set to open in June, the property will span 80,000 square feet of office space atop ground-level retail space. The property is currently 60 percent preleased, but Lincoln Property Co. Southeast expects the property will be fully leased upon delivery.

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TUCKER, GA. — Eastern Union Funding has arranged a $39.1 million acquisition loan for Landmark at Mountain View, a 989-unit apartment community located at 110 Wood Bend Drive in Tucker, a suburb of Atlanta in DeKalb County. Marc Belsky and Jonathan Singer of Eastern Union Funding arranged the three-year loan through Arbor Commercial Mortgage on behalf of the borrower, a private investment group based in New York that purchased the property for $38 million. Built in 1986, Landmark at Mountain View was 92 percent occupied at the time of sale. Berkadia Real Estate Advisors represented the seller in the sale.

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MISSISSSAUGA, ONTARIO — R&R Real Estate Investment Trust (R&R REIT) has agreed to acquire a portfolio of nine extended stay hotels in the Southeast and Midwest totaling 1,020 rooms for an aggregate purchase price of $35 million. The properties are currently owned and operated by entities controlled by R&R REIT’s Majid Mangalji and Michael Klingher. Five of the hotels operate under the HomeTowne Studios brand, and the remaining four operate under the HomeTowne Suites brand. The properties are located in Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama, Illinois and South Carolina. Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP and Greenberg Traurig LLP acted as legal counsel to the REIT, and Raymond James Ltd. acted as financial advisor to the special committee charged with approving the portfolio acquisition. Following the closing of the acquisition, the REIT’s portfolio will comprise 10 hotels located in nine states.

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MCDONOUGH, GA. — American Realty Advisors has purchased Phase I of King Mill Distribution Park, an 846,496-square-foot distribution center in the south Atlanta suburb of McDonough. Trammell Crow Co. (TCC) and Allstate sold the asset to American Realty Advisors for an undisclosed price. Wayfair, a furniture and décor e-commerce retailer based in Boston, fully leases the distribution center, which is being built on spec. The building will feature 36-foot clear heights, trailer storage, employee vehicle parking, ingress/egress at two separate entrances and a flexible design that can accommodate multiple tenants served by separate entrances. Frank Fallon and Chris Riley of CBRE’s Atlanta office represented the sellers in the sale.

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ATLANTA — Duke Realty Corp. has expanded its metro Atlanta industrial portfolio by nearly 600,000 square feet. The Indianapolis-based REIT broke ground on Camp Creek 4505, a 336,960-square-foot warehouse within Camp Creek Business Center in East Point near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Camp Creek 4505 will be the 10th warehouse Duke Realty has developed in its 400-acre industrial park. Duke Realty also purchased a 250,000-square-foot industrial facility at 2601 Skyview Drive in Lithia Springs for an undisclosed price. With these transactions, Duke Realty now owns and manages more than 11.3 million square feet of industrial properties in the Atlanta metro area.

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DECATUR, GA. — Colliers International has arranged the $30 million sale of Perimeter East Industrial Park, an eight-building, 775,339-square-foot development situated near Interstate 285 in Decatur. Shreveport, La.-based Sealy & Co. purchased the property from Boston-based High Street Realty Co. Dennis Mitchell and Matt Wirth of Colliers represented High Street Realty in the transaction.

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