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Cowgill to Develop 44-Acre Hamburg East Mixed-Use Development in Lexington, Kentucky

by John Nelson

LEXINGTON, KY. — Cowgill Inc. has announced plans to develop a new, 44-acre mixed-use project in Lexington. Dubbed Hamburg East, the property will feature restaurants, a hotel, apartments, shops and green space. Hamburg East will also include a 41-acre parcel that was acquired by the University of Kentucky in September and designated as the site of a new medical facility. Construction on the development is scheduled to begin immediately. The project team includes ATS Construction, Davis H. Elliott Co., Design Works and Vision Engineering. Cowgill, a locally based family company, currently owns and manages 15 apartment communities in Lexington.

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PCCP Provides $102M Acquisition Loan for Southeast Industrial Portfolio

by John Nelson

LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles-based PCCP LLC has provided a $102 million acquisition loan to Stoltz Real Estate Partners, a real estate fund manager based in Bala Cynwyd, Pa., for a five-property industrial portfolio in the Southeastern United States. John Alascio, Alex Hernandez, Chris Meloni, T.J. Sullivan and Mitch Rothstein of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the financing on behalf of Stoltz. The 1.6 million-square-foot portfolio is located within the Atlanta, Charleston, Charlotte, Louisville and Nashville MSAs. The properties were fully leased at the time of financing to seven tenants that had a weighted average lease term (WALT) remaining of 4.6 years. All five properties were developed between 2018 and 2023 and range in size from 157,000 to 636,000 square feet. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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RD1 Spirts to Open 10,215 SF Distillery at The Commons in Lexington, Kentucky

by John Nelson

LEXINGTON, KY. — RD1 Spirts has signed on to join as an anchor tenant at The Commons, a 40-acre mixed-use development in downtown Lexington. The locally based bourbon brand plans to invest $4.8 million to develop the two-story distillery at 113 Turner Commons Way, which will span 10,215 square feet and include an entrance off Main Street. The venue will include outdoor seating on both levels, four private tasting rooms, a glass-enclosed research-and-development space for wood finishing for RD1’s bourbon barrels, VIP speakeasy tasting room, craft cocktail bar and a gift shop. The venue will also include an 800-gallon pot, 175-gallon pot still, 750-gallon fermenter and a 1,000-gallon mash cooker that will cumulatively produce a barrel of bourbon per week. RD1 plans to open the distillery in August and support 11 full-time employees. The project team features law firm McBrayer and engineering firm VITOK, both out of Louisville, as well as architectural and design firm Lord Aeck Sargent. Ron Hardwick, a Louisville bourbon expert and shareholder of RD1, plans to lead the distillery design at the new venue. RD1 received approval for $521,000 in incentives from the Kentucky Tourism Development Finance Authority to help finance the project. In addition to …

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Woda Cooper, Housing Services Alliance Open Affordable Seniors Housing Community in Walton, Kentucky

by John Nelson

WALTON, KY. — Affordable housing developer Woda Cooper Cos. Inc. and Housing Services Alliance have opened Haven Crossing, an affordable seniors housing community in Walton, approximately 20 miles south of Cincinnati. Haven Crossing is a three-story, elevator-served building that provides 33 one-bedroom units and 24 two-bedroom units. It is restricted to residents age 55 and over earning 30 percent to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI). Project partners included Kentucky Housing Corp., Boone County, City of Walton, Marble Cliff Capital and First Financial Bank. Primary financing for the $13.2 million property was supported through the allocation of Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity by Kentucky Housing Corp. Marble Cliff Capital invested in the tax credits to provide equity financing. First Financial Bank invested in the project via MCC, and provided the construction loan. Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust is providing permanent debt for the project. Other partners on the project included Grimm Architecture, Chadan Engineering Inc. and Woda Construction Inc. Woda Management & Real Estate will handle leasing and management.

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CBRE Investment Management, Fairbourne Buy 353,665 SF Paddock Shops Retail Center in Louisville

by John Nelson

LOUISVILLE, KY. — A joint venture between a CBRE Investment Management fund (CBRE Strategic Partners US Value 9) and Fairbourne Properties has acquired Paddock Shops, a retail center located at 4055 Summit Plaza Drive in Louisville. The property, which was 88 percent leased at the time of sale, comprises 353,665 square feet and features 1,976 parking spaces. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. According to the property website, tenants at Paddock Shops include Barnes & Noble, Build-A-Bear Workshop, Five Guys, Gap, Mitchell’s Fish Market, Orangetheory Fitness, Orvis, Pottery Barn, Starbucks, Total Wine & More and West Elm, among others.

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UPS Supply Chain Solutions Opens $79M Logistics Facility in Shepherdsville, Kentucky

by John Nelson

SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY. — UPS Supply Chain Solutions, the logistics and freight forwarding arm of Atlanta-based parcel services giant UPS, has opened a new $79 million warehouse and distribution center in Shepherdsville, a southern suburb of Louisville in Bullitt County. The facility, dubbed Velocity, is situated about 15 south of the UPS Worldport, the company’s central airline hub that can process 4 million packages and 300 flights daily. The new facility is also located 16 miles south of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport via I-65. The size and address of the new UPS logistics facility was not disclosed, but Kate Gutmann, president of UPS International, Healthcare and Supply Chain Solutions, says the automated facility can process 350,000 units daily. UPS has invested millions in its logistics operations in the Louisville market over the years. In October 2022, UPS announced a $330 million investment across two new logistics facilities in the Louisville metro area that created 435 new jobs. Last November, the company broke ground on two new UPS Healthcare facilities and a new aircraft hangar for UPS Airlines.

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Legacy Realty Brokers Sale of 31,800 SF Retail Center in Scottsville, Kentucky

by John Nelson

SCOTTSVILLE, KY. — Legacy Realty Group Advisors has brokered the sale of Scottsville Shopping Center, a 31,800-square-foot retail center located at 1224 Gallatin Road in Scottsville, a city in southern Kentucky near the Tennessee border. The center sold for $3 million in the off-market transaction. Food Lion anchors the property. Jacob Baruch and Jonah Warshaw of Legacy Realty represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction, both of which requested anonymity.

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Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of 40-Unit Jefferson Park Apartment Community in Louisville

by John Nelson

LOUISVILLE, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Jefferson Park, a 40-unit apartment community located at 5161 Jefferson Blvd. in Louisville. Built in 2016, the single-building property was constructed and sold by an unnamed, locally based developer. Aaron Kuroiwa and Tony Rogers of Marcus & Millichap represented both the seller and buyer, a limited liability company, in the transaction. Grant Fitzgerald assisted in closing the sale as the Kentucky broker of record for Marcus & Millichap. The sales price was not disclosed.

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Office Tenants Are Seeking Class A Spaces in Downtown Louisville, Suburbs

by John Nelson

Like many regional peer cities, there is a clear bifurcation between office leasing activity in Louisville’s downtown and suburban office markets.  Downtown Louisville has been slower to recover from the double gut-punch of the COVID-19 pandemic and local social unrest that kept workers away from the office in 2020, with overall vacancy stubbornly exceeding 20 percent for most of this year. Much of the vacancy has been driven by health insurer Humana, by far the largest office occupier in downtown Louisville, which has let several large Class B office leases expire as it continues to consolidate its workforce into properties the company owns.  Year-to-date, downtown leasing activity totals 115,000 square feet, which is up 58 percent compared to this time last year, while overall absorption has swung sharply lower at negative 237,000 square feet.  The relative oversupply of available office space has created a very “tenant-friendly” dynamic downtown, with landlords becoming increasingly aggressive to court leasing activity. More so than their suburban counterparts, downtown landlords are offering outsized incentive packages to tenants, including rental concessions, turnkey construction delivery of new tenant space, termination options and rental abatement periods that in some cases extend beyond one year.  In exchange, downtown tenants …

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Surging Electric Vehicle Construction Drives Momentum in Louisville’s Industrial Market

by John Nelson

With strong industrial leasing activity and significant development over recent years and currently, notably in the electric vehicle (EV) market, Louisville’s industrial real estate market maintains a steady drumbeat and forecasts continued success. The Louisville industrial market’s strong start to the year continued in the second quarter, and the JLL Q2 Industrial Insights report shows that Louisville remains a robust market. Over the past five years, developers constructed over 25 million square feet of Class A industrial space, positively absorbed 27 million square feet and has grown Louisville to a 90 million-square-foot Class A industrial market.  Another positive market indicator is rental rates have appreciated 40 percent over the last three years, with the direct average asking rate currently at $5.67 per square foot. We expect this to continue to rise slowly over the next 18 months due to leasing activity, low inventory and a slowdown in speculative development. Louisville is quickly integrating and expanding capacity for EV production, following a growing EV industrial trend across the United States. We expect the EV market to continue expanding, especially with Ford Motor’s commitment to the region and generating an EV presence at the Blue Oval City SK facility. A joint venture …

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