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CTO Realty Growth Acquires Madison Yards Retail Development in Atlanta for $80.2M

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — CTO Realty Growth, a retail REIT based in Daytona Beach, Fla., has purchased Madison Yards, a new retail development in Atlanta’s Inman Park district. The developer, locally based Fuqua Development, sold the 162,500-square-foot project to CTO Realty Growth for $80.2 million. Located at 905 Memorial Drive along the Atlanta Beltline’s Eastside Trail, Madison Yards was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including anchors Publix and AMC Theatres. Other tenants include AT&T, First Watch and Orangetheory Fitness. Fuqua delivered the property in 2019, as well as an attached apartment community that was not part of the transaction.

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Crescent Communities, KB Venture to Redevelop Historic Alpharetta School as 160,000 SF Office Campus

by John Nelson

ALPHARETTA, GA. — Crescent Communities and KB Venture Partners have formed a partnership for the adaptive reuse of the former Baily-Johnson School in Alpharetta. The duo will transform the formerly segregated school, which served black students in north Fulton County from its opening in 1950 to its closing in 1967, into a three-building office campus totaling 160,000 square feet. The office campus will include a new 120,000-square-foot mass timber office building, as well as the redevelopment of the main school building and gymnasium. The new campus, dubbed Garren, is named after the school’s namesakes, George Bailey and Warren Johnson. The 4.4-acre site was most recently used as a maintenance facility for Fulton County Schools. Once complete, tenants at Garren will be in close proximity to Avalon and downtown Alpharetta and have access to several amenities on the campus, including outdoor gathering areas, private tenant patios, a tenant lounge, fitness centers, locker room with showers and bike storage. John Zintak and Porter Henritze of Cushman & Wakefield are handling the leasing assignment. A construction timeline was not disclosed.

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AcquisitionsGeorgiaMixed-UseSoutheast

Portman Holdings, Harrison Street Recapitalize Coda Mixed-Use Tower in Atlanta’s Tech Square

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — Locally based development firm Portman Holdings has formed a joint venture with Chicago-based alternative real estate asset management firm Harrison Street to recapitalize Coda, a 664,000-square-foot mixed-use tower located at 756 W. Peachtree St. in Atlanta’s Technology Square. As part of the partnership, Harrison Street is purchasing a stake in the tower, which Portman delivered in 2019 adjacent to the Georgia Tech campus, from the Atlanta-based company for an undisclosed amount. Comprising educational, research, office and retail space, Coda serves more than 700 Georgia Tech faculty, staff and researchers, as well as tech firms including Cisco, AutoDesk and Keysight Technologies. The asset was 98 percent leased at the time of the recapitalization and features an onsite data center that is owned and operated by DataBank, as well as the Collective Food Hall.

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NAP Gains County Approval for Redevelopment of Avenue East Cobb Shopping Center in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson

MARIETTA, GA. — North American Properties (NAP) has gained unanimous approval from the Cobb County Board of Commissioners for its redevelopment plan of the Avenue East Cobb, an open-air shopping center located in the northeast Atlanta suburb of Marietta. Plans call for a portion of the central building near Kale Me Crazy to be demolished to make way for an 8,000-square-foot area called The Plaza that will be surrounded by restaurants with patios. The Plaza will feature a covered, raised stage for performances; an LED screen for broadcasting live events; and a deck with soft, flexible seating. Connected to The Plaza will be a 500-square-foot concierge building with optional valet that will be offered seasonally and during large-scale events. Two 2,500-square-foot, standalone retail and restaurant buildings will also be constructed adjacent to the concierge station. Additionally, NAP has secured new leases with Warby Parker, New York Butcher Shoppe and Tempur-Pedic, as well as a Kendra Scott pop-up and Vanilla Café. The Cincinnati-based developer will begin the permitting process immediately with plans to host a public groundbreaking celebration later this fall. NAP is partnering with PGIM Real Estate for the redevelopment of Avenue East Cobb, which Atlanta-based Cousins Properties opened in …

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Lalani Ventures Inks Deal to Move Atlanta Brewing Co. to Underground Atlanta

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — Lalani Ventures has signed Atlanta Brewing Co., a pioneer of the craft beer movement in the Southeast, to relocate from Atlanta’s West Midtown district to Underground Atlanta, a historic mixed-use redevelopment underway in south downtown Atlanta. The brewer was founded in 1993 with its first location off Williams Street in Midtown, before moving to its current location in 2007. The brewer will relocate again to Underground Atlanta and operate a new indoor/outdoor taproom, brewery and restaurant along Upper Alabama Street. The 8,600-square-foot location, which was once the Atlanta Visitors Center, is set to open before the end of the year and will feature a rotation of guest chefs, ping pong tables, a canning operation and roll-up garage doors. Additionally, the taproom will offer 20 beer selections and self-pouring taps throughout the space. Lalani Ventures has previously secured leases at Underground Atlanta with Fulton County’s Public Arts Future Lab, an artist residency funded by Microsoft; MARTA Artbound, MARTA’s public art program; Arts & Entertainment Atlanta; YELLE Beauty, a black woman-owned and operated beauty concept by Yandy Smith-Harris; Dancing Crepes, a new dining concept also by Smith-Harris; dolo’s pizza company, a pizza concept by Alyson Williams and Yusef Walker; and …

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DevelopmentGeorgiaMultifamilySoutheast

Landmark, ACRE Deliver 350-Unit Multifamily Community in Covington, Georgia

by John Nelson

COVINGTON, GA. — Landmark Properties and ACRE have delivered The Cove at Covington Town Center, a 350-unit apartment community within the 131-acre Covington Town Center master-planned development. The property manager, Charleston-based Greystar, has begun leasing the metro Atlanta community for rents ranging between $1,285 and $3,035 per month, according to the property website. Situated at 12301 Town Center Blvd. in Covington, The Cove features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging between 620 and 1,945 square feet. Amenities include a clubhouse, resort-style pool, coworking spaces, fitness center, linear park, dog park and a pet spa. Each unit includes washers and dryers, modern lighting fixtures and quartz countertops.

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JLL Brokers $157.8M Sale of Industrial Portfolio in Sun Belt

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — JLL has brokered the sale of an industrial portfolio in the Sun Belt totaling nearly 1.3 million square feet across 12 individual buildings. Taurus Investment Holdings LLC purchased the assets from Summit Real Estate Group for $157.8 million. Dennis Mitchell, Trent Agnew and Louis Castillo of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. The portfolio includes Creekside Distribution Center in East Point, Ga.; Peachtree Nortech in Peachtree Corners, Ga.; Maggie Boulevard in Orlando; West Bay Corporate Center and Metropointe Commerce Center in North St. Petersburg, Fla.; and Corporate Center Fannin I in Houston. The portfolio was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to public and private companies, including Raytheon, Iron Mountain and DAP Americas.

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LPC Southeast to Develop Two Northwest Atlanta Industrial Properties Totaling 800,000 SF

by John Nelson

KENNESAW AND CALHOUN, GA. — Lincoln Property Co. Southeast (LPC Southeast) has acquired land in the northwest Atlanta suburbs of Kennesaw and Calhoun to build two new industrial developments totaling 800,000 square feet. The development in Calhoun, a 400,000-square-foot industrial facility on Belwood Road just off I-75, will break ground in the third quarter and deliver in summer 2023. In Kennesaw, LPC Southeast has purchased a 175,000-square-foot facility and additional land directly off I-75 and a quarter-mile from Kennesaw State University. The land can accommodate up to 400,000 square feet of additional development. No construction timeline was given for the Kennesaw project. LPC Southeast’s Turner Fortin and Colin Beecham will oversee construction, marketing and leasing of both buildings.

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Joint Venture Breaks Ground on 28-Story Luxury Apartment Tower in Midtown Atlanta

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — A joint venture between Atlantic Residential, FIDES Development, Capital City Real Estate and Mitsui Fudosan America has broken ground on a 28-story apartment tower in Midtown Atlanta. Located at 1441 Peachtree St., the unnamed tower will comprise 350 luxury apartments and provide walkability to the Atlanta Arts MARTA station, Museum of Design Atlanta, Savannah College of Art and Design and the Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, as well as Pershing Point Park, Ansley Park and Piedmont Park. Designed by Niles Bolton Associates, the apartment tower’s amenities will include coworking spaces, a fitness center, wine bar and lounge, private dining area, pool with a sundeck and a rooftop bar and lounge, as well as two restaurants in the lobby. Apartments will come in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans, many featuring balconies or terraces. The project team includes landscape architect and civil engineer Kimley-Horn and general contractor Brasfield & Gorrie. Gregg Shapiro and Matt Casey of JLL worked on behalf of the borrower to arrange the joint venture equity through Mitsui Fudosan America. The ownership plans to deliver the first units in June 2024.

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MDH Partners Sells 58-Property Sunbelt Logistics Portfolio Located Across 10 States for $1.3B

by Katie Sloan

ATLANTA — MDH Partners has sold its 58-property Sunbelt Logistics Portfolio to an undisclosed global institutional investor for $1.3 billion. MDH will retain an ownership stake in the portfolio and will continue to operate the properties.  The portfolio spans 9.7 million square feet of industrial space across 10 states, including 11 properties in Georgia; 10 properties in Florida; eight properties in Texas; seven properties each in Arizona and Missouri; four properties each in Tennessee and North Carolina; two properties each in South Carolina and Virginia; and one property in Kentucky. The final two properties include nearly 675,000 square feet of newly constructed buildings in Nashville and Charlotte that were constructed with CarbonCure, a technology for the concrete industry that introduces recycled carbon dioxide into fresh concrete to reduce its carbon footprint. The portfolio consists of modern, state-of-the-art industrial and bulk distribution properties with an average size of 169,000 square feet. The properties feature average clear heights of 30 feet with 130-foot truck courts. The portfolio was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale by more than 100 regional, national and international tenants with an average remaining lease term of 5.7 years.  “This diversified portfolio provides immediate scale and operating …

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