Georgia

ATLANTA — Chicago-based Coyote, a logistics provider and subsidiary of UPS, has signed a lease for 47,986-square-feet of office space within Armour Yards, an adaptive reuse project situated between Atlanta’s Midtown and Buckhead districts. Coyote will lease the entire office portion at 255 Ottley, bringing the overall Armour Yards project to 86.4 percent leased. Gourmet coffee roaster East Pole Coffee Co. will also open at 255 Ottley later this month. Brooke Dewey of JLL represented the ownership group comprising Third and Urban and institutional investors advised by J.P Morgan Asset Management in the lease transaction. MB Real Estate’s David Burkards represented Coyote. The Armour Yards location will be the second Atlanta-area office for the logistics company and will create roughly 325 jobs. Coyote’s existing location is situated at 960 North Point Parkway in Alpharetta, roughly 25 miles north of Atlanta. Situated near the Atlanta BeltLine, Armour Yards comprises 28 buildings and is home to companies including Sweetwater Brewing Co., American Spirit Works, Atlanta Track Club and Fox Bros. Bar-B-Q. The project team includes Smith Dalia Architects and general contractor Gay Construction. Armour Yards’ loft-office portion is housed within four former industrial buildings totaling 190,000 square feet.

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ATLANTA — Woodbine Legacy Investments (WLI) has acquired W Atlanta-Buckhead, a 12-story, 291-room hotel in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The sales price was not disclosed, but the Atlanta Business Chronicle reports the Texas-based private real estate fund, created by Woodbine Development Corp. in June, acquired the asset for $73 million. Mark Elliott and Todd Ratliff of Hodges Ward Elliott brokered the transaction. W Atlanta-Buckhead is home to Whiskey Blue, a rooftop bar and Cook Hall restaurant. The hotel also features a 24-hour fitness center, yoga and barre classes, an infinity pool and 11,000 square feet of flexible indoor and outdoor meeting and event space. W-Atlanta Buckhead marks the second acquisition for WLI.

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ATLANTA — A joint venture between The Simpson Organization and Harbert Management Corp. has sold 730 Midtown, an 11-story, Class A office building in Atlanta’s Midtown district, for $35.3 million. David Meline and Samir Idris of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, and Mike Ryan and Brian Linnihan of Cushman & Wakefield arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Crestlight Capital. Located at 730 Peachtree Street N.E., the 217,090-square-foot office building features an outdoor courtyard, 55-seat conference center and on-site property management office. The property was 92 percent leased at the time of sale.

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COLLEGE PARK, GA. — BMW will develop a new technical training center on the Georgia International Convention Center (GICC) campus in College Park, roughly two miles from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The facility will span 4.1 acres and will bring approximately 10,000 BMW professionals annually for corporate training. The BMW training facility joins other new developments in College Park including ThePad on Harvard, a multifamily community; the expansion of the Federal Aviation Administration Region IV Headquarters; the creation of a multipurpose arena at the GICC that will become the future home of the Atlanta Hawks Development League team; and plans for expansion of the Chick-fil-A corporate headquarters.

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JONESBORO, GA. — Big V Capital LLC has purchased Crossroads South, a 207,404-square-foot shopping center located at 7965 Tara Blvd. in Jonesboro, roughly 17 miles south of Atlanta. The center was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Kroger, Badcock Furniture, Planet Fitness, Roses, Subway, UPS and H&R Block. Big V Properties, the property management affiliate of Big V Capital, will manage the retail center. The sales price and seller were not disclosed.

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MARIETTA, GA. — Ziff Properties Inc. has acquired Burnt Hickory Village, a 56,640-square-foot retail center located in Marietta, roughly 20 miles north of Atlanta, for $8.7 million. Robby Pfeiffer of Marcus & Millichap facilitated the transaction. The seller was not disclosed. Chicken and the Egg, a farm-to-table restaurant, is housed in the center.

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In 2016 and the first quarter of this year, Atlanta’s economy boomed, showing several positive signs that point to another banner year for the multifamily market. From December 2016 through February 2017, Atlanta added 96,700 total non-farm jobs, an increase of 3.7 percent over the same time the previous year. Additionally, in 2016 the city experienced 3 percent wage growth overall. This translates to a robust multifamily market with solid fundamentals. According to Axiometrics, Atlanta’s average effective rent broke the $1,000 ceiling in second-quarter 2016 and has not stopped climbing since, reaching $1,068 as of first-quarter 2017. Rents are projected to increase by just under 5 percent in 2017. While the market’s rent growth rate is slowing, we cannot forget that Atlanta is breaking historical rent records while maintaining an occupancy rate in the 94 percent range for the last 11 consecutive quarters. Throughout the city, all asset classes — from Class C suburban properties to trophy Class A properties in the urban core — are posting strong performances. One trend we are keeping an eye on is single-family development, which is starting to come back as rental rates continue to rise and renters look to make a more permanent …

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ATLANTA — Joel & Granot Real Estate/CORFAC International (JGRE) has sold a 108,000-square-foot office building located at 550 Pharr Road in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The property is situated at the northwest corner of Pharr and Piedmont roads. Alan Joel and Dan Granot of JGRE represented 550 Buckhead LLC, an entity made up of JGRE, its Dallas-based mezzanine partner Rainer and other investors, internally in the sale to Charlotte-based Stone Street Capital. JGRE and Rainer originally acquired the office building when it was vacant in 2013.

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ATLANTA — CGI Strategies has sold City Walk, a mixed-use development located at 171 Auburn Ave. N.E. in Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn Avenue Historic District. The six-story property includes 144 one- and two-bedroom units and approximately 30,500 square feet of street-level retail space. Property amenities include a rooftop tennis court, poolside resident lounge and a 24-hour fitness center. CGI sold the apartment portion of the property to San-Francisco-based FPA Multifamily and the retail portion to a joint venture between Franklin Road Amoco Inc. and Southern Gas Partners LLC. Mike Kemether, Josh Goldfarb and Travis Presnell of Cushman & Wakefield represented both parties in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. At the time of sale, the retail portion was leased to Pizza Hut, Sweet Auburn Seafood and Moe’s Southwest Grill.

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BRUNSWICK, GA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Merritt Landing, a 128-unit multifamily community located at 5700 Altama Ave. in Brunswick, approximately seven miles west of St. Simons Island. Francesco Carriera, Michael Regan, Kurt McGarry and Rich Merryman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a financial institution, and the buyer, a private investor. Michael Fasano of Marcus & Millichap also assisted in the transaction.

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