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Estates at Ridenour Ashford Ridenour Kennesaw

RADCO Purchases Apartment Community in Metro Atlanta for $35.3M

by John Nelson June 17, 2015

KENNESAW, GA. — The RADCO Cos. has acquired Estates at Ridenour, a 255-unit Class A apartment community in Kennesaw, a northern suburb of Atlanta, for $35.3 million. RADCO financed the acquisition with private capital and debt from Freddie Mac. The Atlanta-based multifamily investment firm purchased the asset from a limited liability company based in South Carolina. The apartment units average 1,077 square feet and are situated in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, as well as two-story townhomes. Community amenities include a resort-style pool with grilling areas, fitness facility, clubroom and a business center with Wi-Fi. Multi Housing Advisors brokered the transaction. RADCO will invest $2.6 million to upgrade Estates at Ridenour. The company’s renovation plan includes exterior improvements, expanding the property’s amenity package and unit upgrades. Additionally, Estates at Ridenour will be rebranded as Ashford Ridenour. The property is located on a 13.1-acre lot off the intersection of Barrett and Cobb parkways, nearly two miles from I-75 and three miles from Kennesaw State University. The property is also two-and-a-half miles from Town Center at Cobb, a nearly 1.3 million-square-foot regional mall, and across the street from Kennesaw Marketplace, a new Whole Foods-anchored mixed-use development under construction.

June 17, 2015

Georgia Mixed-Use Southeast

Westbridge, Martin Family to Bring Office/Retail Space to West Midtown Atlanta in Adaptive Reuse

by John Nelson June 16, 2015

ATLANTA — Westbridge Partners and the Martin family — also known as the Midtown West Associates/Brickworks — have formed a partnership to retrofit the last buildings of the historic Miller Union Stockyards in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood. The Martin family has owned the three-acre property located at the corner of 10th Street and Brady Avenue for more than 50 years. The tract includes two former meat-packing buildings constructed in the early 1900s. Westbridge and the Martin family will transform the historic property into 130,000 square feet of office and retail space known collectively as Stockyards Atlanta. The Martin family has redeveloped several historic properties in West Midtown, including The Brickworks at 1000 Marietta St. Cushman & Wakefield will lease the office space on behalf of the owners, which are hoping to attract tech firms, entrepreneurs and startup companies coming out of nearby Georgia Tech. Construction is expected to begin in the fourth quarter, with a targeted opening date of summer 2016. Atlanta-based ai3 is the architect for Stockyards Atlanta.

June 16, 2015

Georgia Mixed-Use Southeast

ARA Newmark Completes $72.5M Pre-Sale of Mixed-Use Project in Atlanta

by John Nelson June 16, 2015

ATLANTA — ARA Newmark has brokered the $72.5 million sale of Inman Quarter, a new mixed-use development in Atlanta’s Inman Park neighborhood. Still under construction, the development will include 200 apartment units, a 575-space parking garage and 38,957 square feet of retail space. The asset was 80 percent pre-leased at the time of sale. TriBridge Residential and Coro Realty Advisors purchased the property from a development partnership between Atlanta-based JPX Works, South City Partners and ELV Associates. John Weber and Dan Phelan of ARA Newmark represented the development partnership in the transaction, which was structured as a pre-sale contract with targeted leasing and rent parameters agreed upon by both the buyer and seller.

June 16, 2015

Georgia Multifamily Southeast Student Housing

Sanctuary Residential Breaks Ground on $33M Student Housing Project Near Georgia State University

by John Nelson June 15, 2015

ATLANTA — Sanctuary Residential has begun construction on 200 Edgewood, a $33 million student housing development located across the street from Georgia State University (GSU) in downtown Atlanta’s MLK Landmark district. According to Sanctuary Residential, the mixed-use urban infill property will be the closest student housing to GSU, including the school’s dormitories. 200 Edgewood will be situated on 1.2 acres near the Grady/Children’s Hospital Medical Complex and the new Sweet Auburn Curb Market streetcar station. The 144-unit, 254-bed community is designed to appeal to GSU students, as well as medical interns, nurses and doctors. The property’s amenity package will include a clubhouse, fitness center, meeting/study areas, central courtyard, 110 parking spaces and 12,000 square feet of commercial space. Sanctuary Residential plans to deliver 200 Edgewood by July 2016. The design team includes architect Gary Coursey & Associates, engineer Eberly & Associates and general contractor Shell McElroy. Asset Campus Housing will manage the property upon completion.

June 15, 2015

Georgia Industrial Southeast

Sealy & Co. Sells 209,210 SF Industrial Property in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson June 15, 2015

MORROW, GA. — Dallas-based Sealy & Co. has sold a 209,210-square-foot industrial property in Morrow, roughly 14 miles south of Atlanta, for an undisclosed price. The company’s investment offefring, Sealy Strategic Equity Partners, executed the sale to enhance the fund’s key performance metrics.

June 15, 2015

Georgia Industrial Market Reports Southeast Southeast Market Reports

Expansion Imminent After Atlanta Industrial Sector’s Near-Historic Absorption in 2014, 2015

by John Nelson June 15, 2015

The Atlanta industrial market is in the beginning stages of its third growth cycle since 1990. Vacancy has declined over the past 18 quarters, and asking rates have seen a positive trend over the same time period, increasing by 14.9 percent. These improving metrics should come as no surprise to those familiar with the history of Atlanta’s industrial market. Although the Atlanta metro is the nation’s ninth-largest metropolitan area, its industrial market represents the fourth-largest by volume. Total vacant space in the market has fallen to a 13-year low 8.7 percent, meaning the metro is once again poised for industrial expansion. Cycles One, Two and Three Atlanta’s growth cycle in the 1990s lasted just under 8 years, from 1994 until 2002, where 135 million square feet of new product was added to the market. That constitutes almost a quarter of the total 549 million square feet in the metro today. Total vacancy had fallen to 9.2 percent in the middle of 1994 and asking rates hit what was then an all-time high of $3.26 per square foot. These factors triggered a 40 percent rise in construction volume. As this cycle closed in 2001, vacancy rose back above 10 percent in …

June 15, 2015

Pavilion Center 9755 Dogwood Road Roswell

Georgia Office Southeast

Atlanta Property Group Sells Three Class B Office Buildings in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson June 12, 2015

SANDY SPRINGS AND ROSWELL, GA. — Atlanta Property Group, an investor and owner of office and industrial assets in the metro Atlanta area, has disposed of three Class B office assets in Sandy Springs and Roswell. The buildings total 125,283 square feet and include Hightower Centre I and II at 8300 and 8302 Dunwoody Place in Sandy Springs and Pavilion Center at 9755 Dogwood Road in Roswell. Kevin Markwordt and Todd Syprett of Transwestern’s Southeast investment sales group represented Atlanta Property Group in the transaction.

June 12, 2015

Georgia Industrial Southeast

Colliers Brokers Sales of Two Industrial Assets in Metro Atlanta Totaling $42.1M

by John Nelson June 10, 2015

ATLANTA — Colliers International has brokered the sale of two industrial assets in metro Atlanta totaling 1.2 million square feet for a combined $42.1 million. Dennis Mitchell and Matt Wirth of Colliers International’s Atlanta office represented the seller, DCT Industrial, in both transactions. The properties included Eagles Landing Trade Center III, a 505,000-square-foot distribution building located at 301 Eagles Landing Parkway in Stockbridge that sold for $21 million, and a five-building industrial portfolio totaling 712,763 square feet in Atlanta’s I-20 West/Fulton industrial submarket that sold for $21.1 million.

June 10, 2015

Georgia Office Southeast

Fairlead Purchases Embassy Row Office Campus in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter Submarket

by John Nelson June 9, 2015

SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — Atlanta-based Fairlead Commercial Real Estate has purchased Embassy Row, a four-building office campus in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter office submarket, for an undisclosed price. Located on Peachtree Dunwoody Road in Sandy Springs, the 37-acre, 551,515-square-foot campus fronts GA 400 near Abernathy Road. Fairlead partnered with Bridge Investment Group Partners, manager of the ROC Funds, to purchase the office campus from ARES Management LLC. Embassy Row’s Building 100, which is occupied by the Art Institute of Atlanta, is not part of the transaction. Fairlead and Bridge Investment plan to invest $10 million to upgrade the buildings’ operating systems, common areas and tenant amenities. Will Yowell and Justin Parsonnet of CBRE represented ARES in the transaction.

June 9, 2015

Georgia Industrial Southeast

Lincoln Property Arranges Three Leases at South Atlanta Industrial Property

by John Nelson June 8, 2015

MCDONOUGH, GA. — Lincoln Property Co. Southeast has arranged three leases totaling nearly 72,000 square feet at Westridge Logistics Center, a two-building industrial campus totaling 324,112 square feet. Westridge is located in the South Atlanta industrial submarket of McDonough. Denton Shamburger of Lincoln represented the landlord in all three transactions. The deals included Thom Sawyer Logistics Solutions signing for 26,286 square feet, Legacy Commissary Services signing for 15,172 square feet and an unnamed tenant signing for 30,343 square feet. Rusty Epperson of Wilson, Hull & Neal Real Estate represented Thom Sawyer Logistics Solutions, and Bob Robers of Transwestern represented Legacy Commissary Services in their lease transactions.

June 8, 2015

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