FAIRBURN, GA. — South City Partners has selected McShane Construction Co. to build The Oakley Apartments in Fairburn, roughly 13 miles from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The 308-unit property will feature units with granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, vinyl plank and ceramic tile flooring and washers and dryers. Community amenities will include a fitness center, on-site leasing and management building, beach entry swimming pool, fire pits, outdoor grills and pavilions, bocce ball court, sand volleyball court, dog park and walking paths. McShane Construction plans to complete the project in August 2017. Dallas-based Womack + Hampton Architects LLC is providing architectural services for the development.
KENNESAW, GA. — Winter Construction has started the construction of Canterfield Senior Living of Kennesaw, a luxury seniors housing community in the Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw. Atlanta-based Medical Development Corp. (MDC) hired Winter to build the three-story, 74,000-square-foot community. The expected completion date for Phase I of construction is spring 2017. Number of units, continuum of care and development costs were not disclosed. MDC launched the Canterfield brand in 2011. Atlanta-based architecture firm Corcoran Ota Group designed the model. Winter Construction is a general contractor based in Atlanta.
KENNESAW, GA. — CBRE has brokered the $64 million sale of Mountain Park Estates, a 450-unit apartment community in Kennesaw, a northern suburb of Atlanta in Cobb County. White Oak Partners purchased the asset from Arenda Capital Management. White Oak plans to renovate the property with new flooring, lighting, hardware, granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. The apartment community is located directly across the street from a Whole Foods Market set to open later this year. Shea Campbell and Kevin Geiger of CBRE’s Southeast Multifamily Group represented Arenda Capital Management in the sale. Multifamily research firm Axiometrics reports that Kennesaw’s multifamily market has a 1 percent vacancy rate in its Class A subsector and as a whole the market will generate 22.9 percent in total rent growth over the next five years.
ATLANTA — Principal Global Investors has provided a $43.3 million loan for 100 Peachtree, a 625,424-square-foot, Class A office tower in Atlanta’s central business district (CBD). Known locally as the Equitable Building, the 32-story office tower features a conference center with a boardroom, three conference rooms, a mock courtroom, fitness center, dry cleaner, florist, FedEx-Kinko’s, Dunkin’ Donuts, Starbucks and parking for 928 vehicles. The asset was 61 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Koch Properties, Accenture, Fulton County Public Defender, Atlanta BeltLine Inc. and McGuire Woods LLP. Mark Sixour and Gregg Shapiro of HFF arranged the four-year, floating-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, an affiliate of Five Mile Capital Partners LLC, which plans to refinance an existing loan and provide funds for capital improvements, tenant improvements and leasing commissions.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Carter Validus Mission Critical REIT II Inc. has purchased Alpharetta Data Center III in Alpharetta, a northern suburb of Atlanta, for approximately $15.8 million. The property is a single-story, 77,322-square-foot colocation data center situated within 1,500 feet of a Georgia Power substation. The property is fully leased to Sungard Availability Services LP, an IT and cloud information services provider based in Wayne, Pa.
EAST POINT, GA. — Atlanta-based Solution Property Group has purchased a former General Services Administration warehouse in East Point, a town roughly seven miles south of Atlanta, for an undisclosed price. The company plans to demolish the 55-year-old building and replace it with a new 538,500-square-foot project known as Creekside at Langford Distribution Corridor. The industrial property will be the closest bulk distribution center to Atlanta’s central business district, according to Solution Property Group, which plans to deliver the facility in the early fall of this year. Solution Property Group has selected Pat Murphy, Ray Stache and Spencer Green of Cushman & Wakefield to lease Creekside at Langford Distribution Corridor.
ROME AND CEDARTOWN, GA. — Enlivant has purchased two assisted living and memory care communities, both located in rural Georgia, from affiliates of Winthrop Senior Living for $10 million. The two properties are Winthrop West in Rome and Winthrop at Polk in Cedartown. The two towns are near to each other, approximately 70 miles northwest of Atlanta. Winthrop West was built in 1999 and comprises 42 memory care units in a 25,591-square-foot facility on 3.7 acres. Winthrop at Polk was built in 1991 and added 20 memory care units in 2014 to its existing 29 assisted living units. The 27,715-square-foot community is situated on 2.4 acres. Senior Capital Advisors, a brokerage firm based in Florida, represented the seller in the deal. Enlivant is a Chicago-based owner/operator. These acquisitions expand its regional presence to seven communities between Chattanooga, Tenn., and Atlanta.
ATLANTA — Alpha Alternatives LLC has arranged a $13 million bridge loan for a new 141-room Cambria Suites hotel. The property, currently a vacant office building, is located at 110 Mitchell St. in downtown Atlanta. Alpha Alternatives arranged the loan on behalf of the unnamed borrower, which plans to break ground on the hotel conversion in the near future. Cambria Hotels, a Choice Hotels International brand, invested more than $3 million in equity for the project.
ATLANTA — When it comes to successfully operating a full-service hotel there is no silver bullet for achieving success, but there are some smart steps owners and operators should take, say industry experts who spoke at the 28th annual Hunter Hotel Conference. The three-day event at the Marriott Marquis drew 1,300 attendees, up 8 percent from a year ago, according to conference organizers. In a panel titled “The Evolution of Full-Service Hotels,” professionals from Horwath HTL, GF Management, Davidson Hotels and Resorts, Legacy Ventures and Hyatt Hotel Corp. emphasized time and again that full-service hotels are in no way dying. They are simply evolving, and owners and operators must also evolve if they have hopes of being successful. “It’s still a street corner business,” said Thom Geshay, senior vice president of business development for Davidson Hotels and Resorts. “You have to look at the market you’re in, you have to define and profile your customer and give them what they need.” 1. Get Creative in Controlling Costs — Full-service hotels have a slew of amenities, and each amenity presents a new place to create revenues. “Our job is to find something that is broken or not maximized in some way …
MARIETTA, GA. — NXT Capital has provided a $44.8 million acquisition loan for Lincoln Hills Apartments, a 680-unit, Class B apartment complex in Marietta, a northern suburb of Atlanta. The garden-style community is located near Cumberland Mall, Cobb Galleria Centre and SunTrust Park, the Atlanta Braves’ ballpark set to open in April 2017. The unnamed borrower plans to construct a 3,000-square-foot clubhouse at the property and renovate the leasing center and swimming pools. Robert Kadoori and Robert LaChapelle of CBRE’s Atlanta office arranged the loan.