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AEW Provides $75M Loan to Refinance High-Rise Multifamily Complex in Midtown Atlanta

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — AEW Capital Management has provided a $75 million loan to refinance the construction loan for The Hadley, a 300-unit, high-rise multifamily complex located in Midtown Atlanta. The borrower was not disclosed, but a joint venture between StreetLights Residential and PGIM Real Estate completed the project in 2023. Situated at 770 Juniper St. NE, The Hadley features studios, one-, two- and three bedrooms ranging from 534 square feet to 1,716 square feet, according to Apartments.com. Amenities at the property include a fitness center, private resident bar, onsite coffee lounge and coworking space, dog park and spa, gated parking garage and a rooftop swimming pool with cabanas. The property was nearly fully occupied at the time of financing.

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Duracell Selects Science Square in Midtown Atlanta for New R&D Headquarters

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — Battery manufacturer Duracell has selected Science Square in Midtown Atlanta for its new global headquarters for research-and-development (R&D). Trammell Crow Co. and Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) jointly own the 18-acre Science Square development, which sits adjacent to Georgia Tech’s campus. Duracell plans to invest approximately $56 million into its new space at 101 Nerem St. NW and create 110 jobs. Civic and utility partners that helped Duracell in its site selection include the Georgia Department of Economic Development’s Global Commerce team, Invest Atlanta, Select Fulton, Metro Atlanta Chamber, Georgia Power and the University System of Georgia. Duracell has had a footprint in Georgia for years. The company currently has a manufacturing facility in LaGrange that has been in operation since 1980 and a logistics and distribution plant in Fairburn that began operations in 2020.

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Middle Street, AECOM-Canyon Nearing Completion on Two-Tower Midtown Atlanta Multifamily Project

by Channing Hamilton

ATLANTA — A joint venture between developers Middle Street Partners and AECOM-Canyon Partners is underway on The Juniper and The Reserve at Juniper, a two-tower multifamily project totaling 487 apartment units. The development is located at 1081 Juniper St., a block from Piedmont Park in Midtown Atlanta.  The Juniper will feature 320 units across 37 stories. The top floor will be dedicated to amenity space, including coworking suites, a fitness center and a hot yoga studio.  Adjacent to The Juniper, The Reserve at Juniper will comprise 167 apartments across 34 stories. The building will offer amenities such as infrared and salt saunas, a cold plunge and rooftop pool. Each tower will also feature an undisclosed amount of ground-floor retail space. The development team broke ground on the project in mid-2022, and the towers were topped out in July 2024. Leasing is slated to begin in the spring. “We believe Midtown Atlanta, specifically the area adjacent to Piedmont Park, is the most dynamic submarket in the Southeast,” says Ed Alexander, development partner for Middle Street. “We set out to create a residential destination befitting the neighborhood and an addition to the skyline that will stand the test of time.” The joint venture secured …

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Ziff Real Estate Partners Sells 63,607 SF Shopping Center in Columbus, Georgia

by John Nelson

COLUMBUS, GA. — Ziff Real Estate Partners has sold St. Francis Marketplace, a 63,607-square-foot shopping center located at 4519 Woodruff Road in Columbus. The retail property’s tenant roster includes Planet Fitness, Rent-A-Center, Kool Smiles, Franklin Dental & Braces and Jersey Mike’s Subs, among others. The Mt. Pleasant, S.C.-based investor originally acquired the center in 2015 and completed various upgrades at the property over the past 10 years. Steve Collins and Brent Hadden of The Palomar Group represented Ziff in the transaction. The sales price and buyer were not released.

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JLL Arranges Sale of 491,329 SF Industrial Facility in Savannah

by John Nelson

SAVANNAH, GA. — JLL has arranged the sale of 50 Innovation Drive, a 491,329-square-foot industrial facility in Savannah. LBA Logistics purchased the property, which sold vacant, for an undisclosed price. Britton Burdette, Dennis Mitchell, Jim Freeman, Bob Currie and Tim McCarthy of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Situated approximately six miles from the Port of Savannah’s Garden City Terminal, the industrial facility features 32-foot clear heights, 200-foot truck courts, 106 dock-high doors and 149 trailer parking spaces.

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Halpern Signs Ulta Beauty to Retail Lease at 128,730 SF Shopping Center in Calhoun, Georgia

by John Nelson

CALHOUN, GA. — Halpern Enterprises has signed Ulta Beauty to an 8,514-square-foot lease at Indian Hills, a 128,730-square-foot shopping center located at 429 Highway 53 E in Calhoun, about 65 miles northwest of Atlanta. Shelley Jordan Bell of Atlantic Realty represented Ulta Beauty in the lease transaction. Dan Gagne of Halpern represented the landlord internally. The Atlanta-based landlord also recently executed a 23,000-square-foot lease with Marshalls to anchor the center. Situated within a half-mile of I-75, Indian Hills was 98 percent leased to tenants including Tractor Supply Co., Ross Dress for Less, Five Below, Mattress Firm, Hibbett Sports, GNC, PT Solutions, Cato and The UPS Store. The shopping center also features separately owned parcels occupied by Taco Bell, Chick-fil-A and Captain D’s.

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High Street Residential Breaks Ground on 350-Unit Apartment Community in Brookhaven, Georgia

by John Nelson

BROOKHAVEN, GA. — High Street Residential, a subsidiary of Trammell Crow Co., has broken ground on Residences at Perimeter Summit, a 350-unit apartment community located at 1251 Perimeter Summit Parkway in Brookhaven. Situated approximately nine miles from Midtown Atlanta, the seven-story apartment community will serve as a pillar of Perimeter Summit, a 1.7 million-square-foot mixed-use campus that also includes offices, shops, restaurants, a 182-room hotel and condominiums. Spear Street Capital is heading the office development at Perimeter Summit and recently partnered with STHRN Hospitality to add two new restaurants set to open this year: The Little Gem and Pizza Stop. Residences at Perimeter Summit will include a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with an average unit size of more than 900 square feet. Community amenities will include a resort-style pool, three courtyards, 1,200-square-foot speakeasy lounge, fitness center, clubroom, coworking center, private conference and study rooms, tasting room, pet spa, golf simulator, wellness sauna and access to walking trails and two MARTA stations. The design-build team includes architect Cooper Carry and general contractor New South Construction. The construction timeline was not disclosed.

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Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of New Restaurant in Buford, Georgia Leased to Arby’s

by John Nelson

BUFORD, GA. — Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group has brokered the sale of a newly built restaurant located at 4996 Lanier Islands Parkway in Buford, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. Quick-service restaurant chain Arby’s has a 15-year ground lease at the restaurant, which was delivered last year at the entrance of a 1.1 million-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center. The Arby’s restaurant sits on 1.6 acres and totals 2,577 square feet in size. Don McMinn and Andrew Koriwchak of Taylor McMinn Retail Group represented the seller, a developer based in Florida, in the transaction. The buyer was a 1031 exchange investor based in California. The names of the buyer and seller were not released, along with the sales price. “This was part of a multi-parcel development we are marketing in Buford,” says McMinn. “We first sold a Whataburger and now the Arby’s, and in both cases we were able to leverage our national platform and local reach to generate strong interest and multiple cash offers.”

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Branch Receives City Council Approval for Lakeshore Mall Redevelopment in Gainesville, Georgia

by John Nelson

GAINESVILLE, GA. — Atlanta-based Branch Properties has received civic approval for the redevelopment of Lakeshore Mall, a former shopping mall in Gainesville that opened in 1970. Gainesville City Council unanimously approved the developer’s vision for a 49-acre mixed-use redevelopment that was announced this past fall. Branch plans to break ground on the redevelopment in late 2026 and wrap up construction in 2028. Located between Lake Lanier and I-985, the new Lakeshore Mall project will usher in 652 multifamily residences, 38,200 square feet of community green space and more than 300,000 square feet of retail space, including existing anchors Belk and Dick’s Sporting Goods, both of which will remain open during the redevelopment. Dick’s will relocate to a new store within the redevelopment. Len Erickson of Franklin Street is leading the project’s retail leasing component with Branch. Future plans for the project could include a hotel and townhomes.

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Southwire to Open 1.2 MSF Distribution Center in Bremen, Georgia

by John Nelson

BREMEN, GA. — Southwire plans to open a new 1.2 million-square-foot distribution center in Bremen, located 45 miles west of Atlanta via I-20. The new center will combine operations with three existing distribution sites in Villa Rica, Ga., serving as a centralized distribution center for customers across the organization. Upon completion, the center will rank as one of Southwire’s largest facilities for its distribution and shipping operations in the West Georgia region. The facility is scheduled to be completed by the third quarter of 2026. Southwire opened its most recent distribution center in the Dallas-Fort Worth area in August 2024.

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