Georgia

365 by Whole Foods Lake Oswego

DECATUR, GA. — Whole Foods Market has selected Decatur as one of the first cities to introduce its new 365 by Whole Foods Market concept. Set to open at North Decatur Square in spring 2018, the new grocery store will feature affordable and convenient groceries that still meet the Austin-based grocer’s high standard of quality. Fairburn, Ga.-based S.J. Collins Enterprises is developing North Decatur Square, a new 90,000-square-foot shopping plaza underway at North Decatur Road and Church Street. The first 365 by Whole Foods will open in Silver Lake, Calif., on May 25, 2016, followed by about 10 more over the next year in cities including Lake Oswego, Ore.; Bellevue, Wash.; Santa Monica, Calif.; Evergreen Park, Ill.; Sycamore Township, Ohio and Gainesville, Fla.

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hotel Savannah historic River Street district

SAVANNAH, GA. — Winter Construction plans to build a new seven-story boutique hotel in Savannah. The 173-room, 162,000-square-foot property will span an entire city block in the historic River Street district. Winter is building the hotel on behalf of developer RBHD and owner Rockbridge. Upon completion in October 2017, the hotel will feature two levels of parking, five levels of guest rooms, a fitness area, meeting space, pool, lobby bar, a restaurant on River Street and a rooftop event space and bar. The design team includes architect Gunn Meyerhoff Shay and interior designers FODA and Parts & Labor.

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Coliseum Cancer Center Macon

ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Bauman & Co. has purchased three medical office buildings in Orlando; Macon, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., for a combined $25 million. The properties include the Lake Lurna Professional Center in downtown Orlando, the Coliseum Cancer Center in Macon that is being renamed the Coliseum Drive Physicians Building and the Spring Creek Medical Center in Chattanooga that is being renamed the Spring Creek Physicians Building. The Orlando and Macon buildings were fully leased at the time of sale and the Chattanooga property was 82 percent leased. Bauman & Co., Siemens Financial Services, Capital One Healthcare and a small group of private investors provided acquisition financing for the portfolio transaction.

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Atlanta River Walk Braselton

BRASELTON, GA. — ARW Group LLC, a joint venture between Peachtree City developer Jorge Duran and Harry Kitchen Jr. of the Foxfield Co., plans to build Atlanta River Walk, a $700 million mixed-use destination in Braselton. The proposed 508-acre project will be centered around a man-made “river” and will resemble the San Antonio Riverwalk and Oklahoma City Bricktown. The waterfront village will feature international restaurants and high-end shopping. Other components include single-family and multifamily housing, a Class A office park, seniors housing, a movie theater, boutique hotel, conference center, major supermarket and an outdoor amphitheater. The project will be surrounded by 30 acres of green space featuring art installations, walking trails and a multi-use path. Atlanta River Walk will be situated near Chateau Elan and Road Atlanta and straddle the county line between Hall and Jackson counties. ARW Group created the master plan in collaboration with Wakefield Beasley Architects and engineering firm Atwell Group. Funari Realty will manage residential sales. The project team also includes Road Atlanta and the city of Braselton. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that ARW Group will present the Atlanta River Walk project at a Hall County Planning Commission meeting today to get the site rezoned. …

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ATLANTA — Preferred Apartment Communities Inc. (PAC) has purchased six grocery-anchored retail properties in Georgia, South Carolina and Alabama for $68.7 million. The portfolio spans 535,000 square feet and comprises five Publix-anchored centers and one Walmart Supercenter-anchored property. PAC purchased the six properties through its wholly owned subsidiary New Market Properties LLC. PAC used roughly $25 million in debt from Unum Life Insurance Co. of America, Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Co. and First Unum Life Insurance Co. to purchase four of the properties. PAC used available funds to purchase the remaining balance of the four properties and to purchase the other two retail centers completely without debt.

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Cabela’s McDonough

MCDONOUGH, GA. — Cabela’s Inc. plans to open a new 70,000-square-foot store off I-75 in the south Atlanta suburb of McDonough. The new store will anchor Jodeco | Atlanta South, a $300 million mixed-use development that RCP Cos. is developing in Henry County. Cabela’s is the first confirmed tenant in the project. The outdoor retailer plans to open the new location in the fall of 2017. The McDonough location will be Cabela’s fourth Georgia store, joining existing stores located in Augusta, Acworth and Fort Oglethorpe. Cabela’s expects to employ approximately 130 full-time, part-time and seasonal employees at the store. The McDonough Cabela’s will include an archery and firearm tech room, indoor archery range and a “Bargain Cave,” along with thousands of outdoor products displayed using a new floor plan that emphasizes hunting, fishing, camping and recreational shooting.

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Shoppes at Morrow Station

MORROW, GA. — U.S. Properties Group has completed an extensive makeover of the former Southlake Pavilion in Morrow, a suburb of south Atlanta roughly 10 miles down I-75 from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Now known as The Shoppes at Morrow Station, the 485,685-square-foot retail center will feature a Nam Dae Mun Farmers Market that will replace a vacant 100,000-square-foot Target this summer. Other tenants include a newly renovated Ashley Furniture store, Ross Dress for Less, Party City and Barnes & Noble.

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Terraces at Suwanee Gateway

SUWANEE, GA. ¬— Stratford Land, a land investment company based in Dallas, has sold two tracts of land at the Terraces at Suwanee Gateway in Suwanee, a northeast suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. The lots were purchased by Main Event Entertainment, a bowling-anchored entertainment retailer, and Children’s Learning Adventure, an early childhood education provider. Main Event operates 25 entertainment centers that feature bowling lanes, laser tag, gravity ropes courses and interactive games, as well as a full bar for adults and dining areas. Operating in 11 states, Children’s Learning Adventure locations typically include a planetarium, multimedia room with a mock TV studio, library, technology center, art studio, indoor basketball court, bowling lanes, cooking stations, dance studio, ballet studio, outdoor playground and outdoor basketball and tennis courts. Terraces at Suwanee Gateway is bounded by I-85, Satellite Boulevard, Lawrenceville-Suwanee Highway and McGinnis Ferry Road. McDonald’s and Starbucks Coffee have recently opened stores at the mixed-use development after purchasing lots from Stratford Land in 2015. Since purchasing 113 acres at Suwanee Gateway in 2010 and 2011, Stratford Land has sold tracts for a 345-unit apartment community; Salude, a 64-bed skilled nursing facility; and a site for a future data center.

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Phase II Avalon Alpharetta

ALPHARETTA, GA. — North American Properties (NAP), developer of the 86-acre, $600 million Avalon development in Alpharetta, has announced nine retailers coming to Phase II of Avalon, which is set to open in spring 2017. The new merchants include Hop City and The Spotted Trotter, which will work together to form a beer garden; Rumi’s Kitchen; Brine Fish House; The Boardroom Salon for Men; Lucky Brand; Brooks Brothers; Levi’s; and Urban Outfitters. In addition to the retailers, Phase II will include 550,000 square feet of office space, 276 multifamily units, a 330-key hotel and a 74,000-square-foot conference center. Five new retailers are set to open in Phase I of Avalon within the next six months: Tesla, AYA Med Spa, Farm to Ladle, Parisian Nail Salon and Café Intermezzo. Phase I of Avalon is fully leased and Phase II is 80 percent preleased, according to NAP.

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OAK BROOK, ILL. — CenterPoint Properties has purchased a three-building, 1.2 million-square-foot portfolio of Class A warehouses located in Savannah, Ga.; Charleston, S.C.; and Mobile, Ala. All three buildings are fully leased and feature 32-foot clear heights, cross dock loading configurations, 50- by 52-foot column spacing and parking for trailers. All three buildings are also located near the Ports of Savannah, Charleston and Mobile. CenterPoint purchased the portfolio from Johnson Development Associates Inc. for an undisclosed price. Frank Fallon of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction.

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