LAGRANGE, GA. — On behalf of KEP LaGrange LLC, The Kalikow Group and EYC Cos. have sold Woodland Trail, a 236-unit, garden-style apartment community in LaGrange, for $22.8 million. Built in 2009, the apartment complex is located on a 20-acre site on North Davis Road, roughly 10 miles from Kia Motors Corp.’s $1.2 billion auto manufacturing facility that opened in 2011. Woodland Trail features one-, two- and three-bedroom units that include maple cabinets and granite countertops in the kitchen, nine-foot ceilings and walk-in closets. Community amenities include a fitness center and playroom, business center, swimming pool, screen porch terrace for poolside dining and a four-acre woodland preserve with nature trails.
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DULUTH, GA. — SRS’ Southeast investment sales team has brokered the $16.4 million sale of Pleasant Hill Square, a 282,137-square-foot regional power center located in Duluth, an Atlanta suburb in Gwinnett County. Located at 2205 Pleasant Hill Road near the Satellite Boulevard intersection, the property is anchored by Toys “R” Us, Jo-Ann and Staples. Wells Fargo NA sold the shopping center to GW Real Estate of Georgia LLC. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS, along with Tony Bartlett and Chip Sipple of Lincoln Property Co., represented Wells Fargo in the transaction. The buyer was self-represented.
SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — The RADCO Cos. has sold Sierra Place, a 130-unit, Class B apartment community in Sandy Springs, for $7.2 million. RADCO originally purchased the 1970s era property in June 2012. The Atlanta-based multifamily investor sold the asset to a group of three investors. Multi Housing Advisors brokered the transaction. RADCO has four other properties under contract for sale and has three properties totaling 1,100 units in contract for acquisition.
ATLANTA — North American Properties (NAP) has closed on a nearly $170 million deal to purchase and redevelop Colony Square, a two-tower mixed-use complex in Midtown Atlanta. The property is located at the intersection of 14th and Peachtree streets and features 700,000 square feet of office space, the W Atlanta-Midtown (not included in the sale),140,000 square feet of retail space and a 2,000-stall, covered parking garage. NAP and its capital partner purchased the project from Tishman Speyer and Rialto Capital Management, according to the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
Capital One Provides $18.2M Acquisition Loan for Apartment Community in South Georgia
by John Nelson
VALDOSTA, GA. — Capital One has provided an $18.2 million acquisition loan for Northwind Apartments, a 276-unit apartment community in Valdosta, a city located along the Georgia-Florida border. Constructed in two phases between 2004 and 2008, Northwind Apartments features a pool, fitness center, tennis court, community room, grilling/picnic area and controlled access. Chad Thomas Hagwood of Capital One Multifamily’s Birmingham office originated the 10-year Freddie Mac loan on behalf of the borrower, EBSCO Income Properties, a subsidiary of EBSCO Industries. The loan features a fixed interest rate and four years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule.
EMERSON, GA. — AVATRON USA Development LLC has selected Lee & Associates Atlanta to lease AVATRON Park, a 712-acre development housing a theme park and an adjacent hospitality and retail complex in Emerson, roughly 40 miles north of Atlanta. Slated for completion in early 2019, AVATRON Park will feature a theme park, 300,000-square-foot lifestyle shopping center, dining area, two hotels totaling 500 rooms and a 10,000-seat outdoor amphitheater. According to Joe Simpson of Lee & Associates Atlanta, the firm is primarily focused on hospitality and multifamily projects at the development and will work with New York–based Newmark Grubb Knight Frank on the retail projects. Attractions in development for the theme park will include newly created intellectual property along with gaming and movie industry intellectual property, most notably The Hunger Games franchise. In early November, movie studio Lionsgate announced its licensing, for the first time in North America, of the Hunger Games, Step Up and Now You See Me franchises as part of its partnership agreement with AVATRON.
Gramercy Property Trust Acquires Two Industrial Buildings in Metro Atlanta for $12.5M
by John Nelson
NORCROSS, GA. — Gramercy Property Trust Inc., a publicly traded REIT, has purchased two industrial buildings totaling 222,100 square feet in Norcross, a suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. The properties were acquired all-cash for a purchase price of $12.5 million and have a weighted average remaining lease term of 8.9 years. One of the warehouses spans 142,100 square feet and is leased to a producer, servicer and supplier of diesel and gasoline engines. The second warehouse, comprising 80,000 square feet, is leased to the country’s largest distributor of tools, equipment and machinery to the stone fabrication industry.
SMYRNA, GA. — InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG) has opened the 160-room Hotel Indigo Atlanta-Vinings, the brand’s third hotel in metro Atlanta. The new hotel is located at 2857 Paces Ferry in Smyrna’s Vinings district, roughly 20 miles from downtown Atlanta. The hotel features artwork from Nellie Mae Rowe, who previously owned the land that houses the hotel, and The Public House at Vinings, a Southern-themed restaurant and bar. Other amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, 3,200 square feet of meeting space and Neighborhood Guide, Hotel Indigo’s interactive touchscreen display. Rialto Capital Management owns the Hotel Indigo Atlanta-Vinings and Valor Hospitality Partners manages the property.
CBRE Global Investors Acquires Office Building in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter for $85.3M
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — CBRE Strategic Partners U.S. Value 7 has purchased 7000 Central Park, a 415,490-square-foot, Class A office building located in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket, for $85.3 million. The 18-story office building was 86 percent occupied at the time of sale. The property includes amenities such as an on-site management office, café, Wi-Fi lounge, conference facility, EV charging stations, outdoor lakeside dining area, covered parking and walkways and a 7,200-square-foot fitness center. The seller was a joint venture in which Parkway Properties Inc. owns a 40 percent interest.
WAYCROSS, GA. — SRS’ Southeast investment sales team has brokered the $4.3 million sale of Satilla Square, a 117,212-square-foot shopping center in Waycross. The property is located at 1803 Knight Ave. at the intersection of Knight Avenue and South City Boulevard. Dollar General Market and Big Lots anchor the center. Baer Asset Management Co. purchased the property from Satilla Square LLC, Henderson Satilla LLC and Satilla Land LLC. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the sellers in the transaction. The buyer didn’t have representation.