Louisiana

BATON ROUGE, LA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of the seven-story, 93-room Hotel Indigo located at 200 Convention St. in downtown Baton Rouge. Jesse Lastofsky, David Greenberg, Gabriel Shamay, Chris Passeggiata, Rick Redmond, Ely Silverstein and Craig Hey of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, an entity doing business as Project King LLC, in the transaction. A&R Development Co. acquired the hotel for an undisclosed price. The Hotel Indigo spans 46,676 square feet and offers an onsite fitness center, full-service restaurant and bar, complimentary Wi-Fi and pet-friendly accommodations.

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Academy Sports + Outdoors

SHREVEPORT, LA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $10.4 million sale of a single-tenant retail property in Shreveport leased to Academy Sports + Outdoors. The Texas-based sporting goods retailer occupies the 72,525-square-foot building on an absolute triple-net, corporate-guaranteed lease with 13 years remaining. Built in 2018, the property is situated on roughly 7.7 acres. Michael Berk, Patrick Nutt and Chip Watson of SRS’ Capital Markets team represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was a publicly traded REIT. Both parties requested anonymity.

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LAKE CHARLES, LA. — Disney Investment Group (DIG) has negotiated the sale of Southgate, a 157,818-square-foot shopping center located in Lake Charles. The center has been anchored by a 37,442-square-foot Market Basket grocery store for nearly 40 years. Additional tenants at the property, which was 90.8 percent leased at the time of sale, include Dollar Tree, Office Depot, Books-A-Million and Oak Street Health. David Disney and Adam Crockett of DIG represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. The sales price was not released.

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NEW ORLEANS — Churchill Stateside Group LLC has closed an $11 million construction loan for Canal Crossing, a 49-unit affordable seniors housing development in New Orleans. Churchill Stateside provided the tax-exempt loan through Churchill Mortgage Construction LLC. The project, which is being financed in part with low-income housing tax credits (LIHTC), is an adaptive reuse of a historic building at 2640 Canal St. and will be reserved for households age 55 and older. Canal Crossing will feature three units reserved for households earning 30 percent of the area median income (AMI), eight units at 50 percent AMI, 24 units at 60 percent AMI and 14 units at 70 percent AMI. The developer and other details of Canal Crossing were not disclosed.

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BATON ROUGE, LA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $6.8 million sale of Village Square, a 47,000-square-foot shopping center located at 3132 College Drive near the Louisiana State University (LSU) campus in Baton Rouge. Situated near the intersection of I-10, the property is shadow-anchored by Walmart and was leased to tenants including Office Depot, Sally Beauty, Coffee Call, Classy Nails, Teatery & Tapioca and Juicy Seafood at the time of sale. Zach Taylor and Eric Abbott of Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group represented the seller, an unnamed developer based in Tennessee, in the transaction. Steve Greer served as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Louisiana in the deal. The buyer was not released. Don McMinn and Andrew Koriwchak of Taylor McMinn Retail Group also negotiated the $5.2 million sale of Village Square’s two outparcels, which are leased to Capital One and IHOP, in May on behalf of the same seller.

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BATON ROUGE, LA. — A joint venture between affiliates of Monument Square Investment Group and a New York-based single-family office has acquired University Grove, a 381-bed student housing community located 2.7 miles south of the Louisiana State University (LSU) campus in Baton Rouge. Developed in 2024, the property offers 127 cottage-style units in three-bedroom configurations with bed-to-bath parity. Capital improvements are planned for the property, including upgrades to landscaping and amenity spaces. The community was 98.5 percent leased at the time of sale. The seller and terms of the transaction were not released.

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Towne Center at Cedar Lodge

BATON ROUGE, LA. — A partnership between New York-based companies DLC and DRA Advisors has acquired Towne Center at Cedar Lodge, a 316,031-square-foot shopping center located near the Louisiana State University (LSU) campus in Baton Rouge. The purchase price was $81 million, according to the Baton Rouge Advocate. The seller was undisclosed. Whole Foods Market anchors the property, which was 93 percent leased at the time of sale. Other tenants include Barnes & Noble, Nike, Gap and Ulta Beauty.

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BOSSIER CITY, LA. — New Jersey-based investment firms Reynolds Asset Management has obtained a $23.2 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Preston Place, a 272-unit apartment community located at 400 Preston Blvd. in Bossier City, a suburb of Shreveport, La. Allan Edelson of Walker & Dunlop arranged the financing. Devli Real Estate is a joint venture partner of Reynolds for Preston Place. Reynolds acquired Preston Place in 2023 for $23.7 million, and renovations began immediately after the acquisition. Originally constructed in 1985, Preston Place sits on eight acres and comprises a mix of 133 one-bedroom apartments, 138 two-bedroom apartments and one three-bedroom apartment.

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MEMPHIS, TENN. — Mapletree Investments has signed LifeScience Logistics, a healthcare supply chain firm, to a 625,000-square-foot industrial lease in Memphis. The facility is located at 5200 Tradeport Drive within Chickasaw Distribution Center on the city’s south side. Kemp Conrad of Cushman & Wakefield | Commercial Advisors represented the landlord in the lease negotiations, while Brian Monaghan and Bob Robers of Cushman & Wakefield represented the tenant. The property comprises 605,510 square feet of warehouse space and 19,490 square feet of office space, including a 13,475-square-foot main office and 6,015 square feet of space for shipping, receiving and satellite offices. The facility is situated within proximity to I-22, U.S. Route 78, the BNSF Intermodal and Memphis International Airport. The lease marks the entry into Tennessee for LifeScience Logistics, which is investing $23.2 million into the project and expects to create 101 new jobs. The tenant received a 10-year Fast Track PILOT from the City of Memphis and Shelby County’s Economic Development Growth Engine (EDGE) for the project.

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NEW ORLEANS — The Feil Organization plans to deliver a new Trader Joe’s grocery store at 2501 Tulane Ave. in New Orleans. The new 13,368-square-foot store will be the first location in New Orleans for the Monrovia, Calif.-based specialty grocer. Feil began assembling sites along Tulane Avenue in 2016 and executed the lease with Trader Joe’s in 2023. Colette Wharton and Katina Spera represented Feil internally in the lease negotiations, and Rich Lobkowicz of District Real Estate Advisors and Chris Ross of NAI Latter & Blum (now NAI Rampart) represented Trader Joe’s. The design-build team includes Sherman Strategies, SCNZ Architects and Landis Construction. Metairie Bank provided an undisclosed amount of construction financing for the project. The new Trader Joe’s is set to this summer, according to NOLA.com.

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