Georgia

Alliance Residential Breaks Ground on Two Apartment Projects in Atlanta, Nashville

by John Nelson December 11, 2015

ATLANTA AND NASHVILLE, TENN. — Alliance Residential Co. has started construction on two luxury apartment developments in Atlanta and Nashville. The projects include Broadstone Ridge, a five-story development within walking distance of the Chattahoochee National Recreation Area and the new Atlanta Braves stadium, and Broadstone 8 South in Nashville’s 12South/8th Avenue neighborhood. Since 2012, Alliance Residential’s pipeline has totaled more than $350 million with projects in Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee. The company recently delivered The Haynes House and Broadstone Court in Atlanta and Broadstone Seaside in Charleston. Current projects in the company’s pipeline include Broadstone Midtown in Midtown Atlanta, Broadstone Springs in Sandy Springs, Ga., and Broadstone Germantown in Nashville.

December 11, 2015

Georgia Industrial Southeast

PCCP, Panattoni to Develop 312,000 SF Spec Industrial Project Near Savannah

by John Nelson December 11, 2015

GARDEN CITY, GA. — PCCP LLC and Panattoni Development Co. Inc. have formed a joint venture to develop Westport Business Park on a 33-acre land parcel in Garden City, which borders Savannah. The 312,000-square-foot speculative distribution center will feature 32-foot clear heights with 94 dock doors, 52-foot by 60-foot stage bays, T5 lighting, ESFR sprinklers, 45 trailer spaces and 77 car parking spaces. The facility will be situated less than two miles from the Garden City Terminal at the Port of Savannah and the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport. The joint venture expects to complete the project by mid-2016.

December 11, 2015

Georgia Multifamily Southeast

Vista Buys Back Two Vista-Developed Apartment Communities in Atlanta MSA for $56.8M

by John Nelson December 9, 2015

ATLANTA — Vista, an Atlanta-based owner and developer of multifamily communities in the Southeast, has purchased two apartment communities in metro Atlanta totaling $56.8 million, or roughly $106,000 per unit. Vista originally developed both complexes and plans to renovate the assets to best-in-submarket status. The properties include the 312-unit Oakwood Vista in Norcross near I-85 and Jimmy Carter Boulevard and the 224-unit Parkway Vista in Atlanta near the I-85/I-285 junction. Vista originally developed Oakwood Vista in 2003 and Parkway Vista in 2002. Vista funded both acquisitions using a combination of permanent financing from Freddie Mac, preferred equity and equity provided by Eduard de Guardiola, the founder of Vista.

December 9, 2015

Georgia Multifamily Southeast

The Kalikow Group, EYC Cos. Sell Apartment Community in West Georgia for $22.8M

by John Nelson December 7, 2015

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.

December 7, 2015

Georgia Retail Southeast

SRS Brokers $16.4M Sale of Pleasant Hill Square Shopping Center in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson December 3, 2015

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.

December 3, 2015

Georgia Multifamily Southeast

RADCO Sells Apartment Community in Metro Atlanta for $7.2M

by John Nelson December 3, 2015

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.

December 3, 2015

Georgia Mixed-Use Southeast

North American Properties Buys Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta for Nearly $170M

by John Nelson December 2, 2015

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.

December 2, 2015

Georgia Loans Multifamily Southeast

Capital One Provides $18.2M Acquisition Loan for Apartment Community in South Georgia

by John Nelson December 2, 2015

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.

December 2, 2015

Georgia Mixed-Use Southeast

Lee & Associates to Lease 712-Acre Theme Park North of Atlanta

by John Nelson December 1, 2015

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.

December 1, 2015

Georgia Industrial Southeast

Gramercy Property Trust Acquires Two Industrial Buildings in Metro Atlanta for $12.5M

by John Nelson November 30, 2015

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.

November 30, 2015

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