LOUISVILLE, KY. — Monmouth Real Estate Investment Corp. has purchased a new 137,500-square-foot industrial building located at 2311 S. Park Road in Louisville for $11.3 million. The building is situated on approximately 10.2 acres off I-65, roughly seven miles south of the Louisville International Airport. The property is net-leased for 10 years to Challenger Lifts Inc., a subsidiary of Snap-on Inc. The lease is guaranteed by Snap-on. Monmouth, a publicly traded REIT based in Freehold, N.J., has a portfolio comprising 97 properties located in 30 states, containing a total of approximately 15.1 million square feet.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — The Shopping Center Group has brokered the $23.8 million sale of Westport Village, a 169,000-square-foot retail center in Louisville. The property is situated between Herr and Lyndon lanes about a half-mile east of I-264. The shopping center was 73 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Apricot Lane, Collections, Chartreuse, Tunies, Napa River Grill, The Comfy Cow, Hik-A-Mon Sushi Bar and Fish Market, Wild Eggs, Artesano, Boombozz Tap House, Pure Barre, Bend and Zen Hot Yoga and Elements Therapeutic Massage. Anthony Blanco, Lynn De Marco, Lenard Williams and Mallory Ham of The Shopping Center Group represented the seller, Chicago-based InvenTrust Properties Corp., in the transaction. Kevin Schreiber and Kevin Mayhugh of The Shopping Center Group’s Louisville office assisted in the transaction. The buyer is a joint venture affiliated with Atlanta-based Hendon Properties and Birmingham, Ala.-based Harbert Management.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $41.9 million sale of a newly built, 303,369-square-foot FedEx industrial facility in Louisville. Built in 2015, the asset is located on a 46-acre lot within the 600-acre Blankenbaker Station Business Park near the convergence of I-64 and I-265. FedEx has a 15-year initial base lease that began when the project was delivered. Seth Richard of Marcus & Millichap’s Manhattan office and Laurie Ann Drinkwater of the firm’s Boston office represented the buyer, a national net-lease investor that has purchased several properties leased to FedEx. Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, a developer, in the transaction. Aaron Johnson is Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Kentucky.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — The Cordish Cos. has signed a lease with celebrity chef Guy Fieri for his new dining concept, Guy Fieri’s Smokehouse. The new barbecue restaurant will open to the public in September at Fourth Street Live!, a 350,000-square-foot dining and entertainment destination in downtown Louisville. Designed by Boston-based Niemitz Design Group and Louisville-based Bravura Architects, the restaurant will feature 6,700 square feet of dining space, 117 interior seats, 79 outdoor patio seats, two large meat smokers and an indoor/outdoor bar. Other dining concepts at Fourth Street Live! include Birracibo by Junior Bridgeman, Jim Beam Urban Stillhouse, Bourbon Raw, Goose Island Beer Bridge, Gordon Biersch Brewery Restaurant, Brazeiros Churrascaria Brazilian Steakhouse and Eddie Merlot’s.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $31.2 million in Freddie Mac financing for Apex on Preston Apartments, a 312-unit apartment community in Louisville. The Class A asset was delivered in 2015. Charlie Williams of KeyBank’s commercial mortgage group arranged the acquisition financing, which features an 8-year loan term.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Brown-Forman Corp., a Louisville-based spirits and wine company, has released 11 new renderings that detail its design for the new Old Forester Distillery, a 60,000-square-foot bourbon distilling operation and visitor experience located at 117 and 119 Main St. along Louisville’s historic “Whiskey Row.” Brown-Forman expects to produce 100,000 cases of Old Forester, a 146-year-old bourbon brand, annually at the new operation. Old Forester Distillery is scheduled to be complete by late 2017.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Hilton Worldwide has opened a dual-branded Hampton Inn by Hilton Louisville East/Hurstbourne and Home2 Suites by Hilton East/Hurtsbourne in Louisville. The 160-room property is owned and operated by Kana Hotel Group. The property is situated at 1150 Forest Bridge Road with access to the University of Louisville and the Louisville International Airport. The property has two separate lobbies and dining areas. The Hampton portion features a breakfast area, to-go breakfast bags Monday through Friday, free Wi-Fi, 24-hour business center and a 24-hour fitness center. The Home2 Suites portion features fully equipped kitchens, modular furniture, complimentary Internet, community spaces, pet-friendly rooms and trademark Home2 Suites amenities such as Home2 MKT for grab-and-go items and Spin2 Cycle, a combined laundry and fitness area. The property will also feature a heated indoor saline pool and outdoor patio with a grill area.
LEXINGTON, KY. — NAI Isaac Commercial Properties has brokered the $17.5 million sale of two office/warehouse developments in Lexington totaling more than 400,000 square feet. The buyer, a private investment company, purchased the properties from BRE Imagination PMA LLC, a division of The Blackstone Group. The properties were a portion of a portfolio originally purchased from GE. Bruce Isaac and Chad Voelkert of NAI Isaac Commercial Properties brokered the transaction.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — Molto Properties and Verus Partners have sold Airport Commerce Center One, a 622,426-square-foot, cross-dock industrial facility in Louisville. The buyer, Stone Mountain Industrial Park Inc., an affiliate of Pattillo Industrial Real Estate, purchased the property for an undisclosed price. The facility is located within the Louisville Renaissance Zone, a 470-acre business park located just two miles south of Louisville International Airport. Verus Partners was the project’s development manager. Built in December 2015, the facility is 74 percent leased to Hillsdale Furniture and features 36-foot clear heights, a seven-foot floor slab, motion sensor-activated T5 lighting, 86 dock doors and 120 trailer stalls. Kevin Grove, Doug Butcher and Chris Riley of CBRE represented Molto and Verus in the sale. Molto and Verus broke ground in November 2015 on Airport Commerce Center Two, a 645,840-square-foot facility. Pepper Construction expects to finish construction on the project in November 2016.
LOUISVILLE, KY. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has arranged the $6.3 million refinancing of King George Apartments, a 208-unit multifamily community in Louisville. The property was constructed in 1976, and the borrower purchased it in June 2015 utilizing a bridge loan. Erik Storz of KeyBank arranged the 10-year, fixed-rate Freddie Mac loan with 12 months of interest-only payments.