FAYETTEVILLE, GA. — Quality Technology Services (QTS), a data center owner and operator, has acquired 615 acres in Fayetteville, about 25 miles south of Atlanta. The Overland Park, Kan.-based firm plans to develop the world’s largest multi-data center campus on the site, according to CBRE. The square footage and construction timeline for the campus were not released. Tim Huffman and Mike Lash of CBRE represented the seller, the Fayette County Development Authority, in the deal. The duo also procured QTS, which acquired the assemblage for $153.8 million, or approximately $250,000 per acre. Atlanta’s data center market has seen strong demand as the market recorded a vacancy rate of 3.6 percent as of second-quarter 2022, according to CBRE research. The market is currently home to 249.5 megawatts (MW) of data center capacity, a 71.7-MW increase from the first half of 2021.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Lincoln Rackhouse, the data center division of Lincoln Property Co., and Principal Real Estate Investors, the real estate investment arm for Principal Global Investors, have partnered to purchase a 185,000-square-foot data center. Originally built and occupied by cell phone giant Blackberry in 2009, the data center sits on a 38-acre site at 4905 N. Point Parkway in Alpharetta, less than two miles from the Avalon mixed-use development and about 25 miles north of Atlanta. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The data center’s current capacity is 7 megawatts (MW) but is expandable up to 13 MW, and the site can accommodate a new ground-up data center that can support 30 MW of capacity. St. Louis-based Ascent will continue to provide facilities management, engineering and construction services to the site. Digital Crossroad and CBRE’s Atlanta-based data center solutions team will provide marketing and leasing services for the new ownership.
ATLANTA — Koelbel & Co., a value-add real estate investment firm based in Colorado, has purchased the Northridge Center office complex in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. The 189,212-square-foot property comprises two office buildings located at 365 and 375 Northridge Center Road. Ryan Reethof and Jay O’Meara of CBRE represented the seller, Pacific Oak Capital Partners, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. Charlie Clark and Matthew Smith of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for Koelbel, which plans to upgrade the office complex with a new tenant lounge, common conference room and ready-to-move-in spec suites, as well as enhancements to common areas and exterior amenities. The firm has selected Normandy Partners to manage Northridge Center, which is Koelbel’s first acquisition in Georgia.
ATLANTA — Koelbel & Co., a value-add real estate investment firm based in Colorado, has purchased the Northridge Center office complex in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. The 189,212-square-foot property comprises two office buildings located at 365 and 375 Northridge Center Road. Ryan Reethof and Jay O’Meara of CBRE represented the seller, Pacific Oak Capital Partners, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. Charlie Clark and Matthew Smith of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for Koelbel, which plans to upgrade the office complex with a new tenant lounge, common conference room and ready-to-move-in spec suites, as well as enhancements to common areas and exterior amenities. The firm has selected Normandy Partners to manage Northridge Center, which is Koelbel’s first acquisition in Georgia.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Trion Properties, a multifamily investor based in West Hollywood, Calif., has purchased two apartment communities in Savannah’s Southside submarket for $57.7 million. The 297-unit portfolio includes Osprey on the Bluffs and Heron on the Bluffs, which are situated one mile apart. Taylor Bird, Nelson Abels, Laura Aylor and Harrison Cheeley of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. Acquisition financing included debt arranged by Continental Partners through Capital One and preferred equity provided by Walker & Dunlop. The assets were 97 percent occupied at the time of sale and were both constructed in 1986. The previous ownership invested nearly $4.8 million in renovations across both properties, according to Trion. The company plans to invest in landscaping, parking lot renovations, pool deck redesigning, signage upgrades, new barbecue areas and a dog park.
SAVANNAH, GA. — Trion Properties, a multifamily investor based in West Hollywood, Calif., has purchased two apartment communities in Savannah’s Southside submarket for $57.7 million. The 297-unit portfolio includes Osprey on the Bluffs and Heron on the Bluffs, which are situated one mile apart. Taylor Bird, Nelson Abels, Laura Aylor and Harrison Cheeley of Cushman & Wakefield brokered the transaction. Acquisition financing included debt arranged by Continental Partners through Capital One and preferred equity provided by Walker & Dunlop. The assets were 97 percent occupied at the time of sale and were both constructed in 1986. The previous ownership invested nearly $4.8 million in renovations across both properties, according to Trion. The company plans to invest in landscaping, parking lot renovations, pool deck redesigning, signage upgrades, new barbecue areas and a dog park.
ATLANTA — Franklin Street has arranged the sale of Parkwood Shops, a 20,397-square-foot retail strip center located at 2014 SE Powers Ferry Road in Atlanta’s Cumberland-Galleria submarket. SITE Centers purchased the center from Ronus Properties for $8.4 million. Bryan Belk and John Tennant of Franklin Street represented the seller in the transaction. CVS/pharmacy anchors the property, which was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Boston Market, Jersey Mike’s, Planet Smoothie, Piu Bello Pizzeria, Hikaru Ramen and Personal Touch Cleaners. All tenants have at least four years remaining on their lease terms, according to Franklin Street.
ATLANTA — Toro Development, a newly created development firm headed by former North American Properties lead Mark Toro, has purchased a 1.6-acre site at 952 Memorial Drive SE in Atlanta’s Reynoldstown district for the development of The Reid. The 186-unit apartment community will be situated along the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail and popular diner Home Grown. The land was formerly owned by the Reid family and served as the location of Reid’s Body Shop. Construction will begin in the first quarter of 2023, with first units delivering in third-quarter 2024. Toro Development plans to reserve 15 percent of the units for renters earning 80 percent or less of the area median income.
ATLANTA — ECI Group, an Atlanta-based multifamily developer and investor, has obtained a $625 million loan for the refinancing of a 13-property multifamily portfolio in the Sun Belt. Goldman Sachs Bank USA provided the loan, and Jones Lang LaSalle Securities LLC served in an advisory role to ECI Group, which will use the loan to refinance the portfolio and fund renovations for six communities. Built between 1979 and 2021, the 3,478-unit portfolio comprises Class A and B properties in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. The assets had an average occupancy of 96.6 percent at the time of the loan closing.
FOREST PARK, GA. — Robinson Weeks Partners has begun construction on Gillem 700, a 169,520-square-foot speculative industrial facility situated within Gillem Logistics Center in the south Atlanta suburb of Forest Park. Gillem 700 is Robinson Weeks’ ninth project underway at Gillem Logistics Center, a 1,168-acre industrial campus home to blue chip companies including Kroger, HD Supply, Cummins Inc. and Kuehne & Nagel. The new property will feature spec office space, 40 dock high loading doors, two drive-in doors, 34 trailer spaces and 175 auto spaces. The property is situated near I-675 and I-285. Cushman & Wakefield’s Pat Murphy, Ray Stache, Ryan Bellows and Andrew Thurman are managing leasing for Gillem 700. Robison Weeks plans to deliver the asset in March 2023.