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Chick-fil-A Opens First Elevated, Drive-Thru Only Restaurant in McDonough, Georgia

by John Nelson

MCDONOUGH, GA. — Chick-fil-A is opening its first elevated, drive-thru only restaurant in the south Atlanta suburb of McDonough today. Located at 2155 Jodeco Road, the restaurant features four drive-thru lanes that run below an elevated kitchen that is twice the size of a typical Chick-fil-A kitchen. Food reaches the delivery team members via a custom meal transport system that uses conveyer belt technology. Patrons can either order onsite with a Chick-fil-A team member or order ahead on the Chick-fil-A app. The restaurant features dedicated lanes for both ordering methods, as well as “pull-aside lanes” for guests whose orders are taking longer to fulfill.  The Atlanta-based fast-casual restaurant chain says that the Jodeco Road restaurant has the capacity to support two to three times more vehicles than a standard Chick-fil-A restaurant drive-thru. Chick-fil-A, which opened its first restaurant with a drive-thru in 1993, expects to employ 150 team members at the new McDonough restaurant, which serves both the McDonough and Stockbridge markets. The company announced the new restaurant concept in summer 2023, along with a digital-only pick-up restaurant in New York City that opened in March.

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Trimont Agrees to Acquire Wells Fargo’s Commercial Mortgage Servicing Business

by John Nelson

ATLANTA AND SAN FRANCISCO — Atlanta-based Trimont has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wells Fargo’s non-agency third-party commercial mortgage servicing business. The acquisition does not include the San Francisco-based company’s Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac business lines, which Wells Fargo will continue to service, along with the loans remaining on its balance sheet. Värde Partners, a global alternative investment firm, acquired and has owned Trimont through certain funds since 2015. Värde will provide funding for the acquisition, which will enable Trimont to offer servicing across all non-bank commercial real estate lending structures. Following the close of the acquisition, which is expected to occur in early 2025, Trimont will manage more than $715 billion in U.S. and international commercial real estate loans, making the firm the largest commercial real estate loan servicer in the United States. Trimont’s consultants in the transaction include J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (financial advisor), Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC (general advisory services) and Kirkland & Ellis LLP, Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, and Trilegal (legal). Wells Fargo Securities LLC served as exclusive financial advisor to Wells Fargo, and Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz served as the company’s legal advisor.

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CTO Realty Growth Purchases Shopping Center Portfolio in Florida, North Carolina for $137.5M

by John Nelson

WINTER PARK, FLA. — CTO Realty Growth Inc. has purchased a portfolio of three Southeast shopping centers: Carolina Pavilion in Charlotte, Millenia Crossing in Orlando and Lake Brandon Village in Brandon, Fla. The undisclosed seller(s) sold the portfolio, which totals approximately 893,000 square feet, to CTO for $137.5 million. Carolina Pavilion is an approximately 691,000-square-foot regional retail center located on 72 acres in Southern Charlotte on South Boulevard. The center was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including AMC Theatres, Floor & Décor, Nordstrom Rack, Ross Dress for Less and Burlington. Millenia Crossing is a 100,385-square-foot shopping center located adjacent to the Mall at Millenia in Orlando. The center was 96 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Nordstrom Rack, Party City, Modani Furniture, Milan Laser Hair Removal, Destination XL, The Vitamin Shoppe and Relax the Back. Jim Michalak and Jeff Berkezchuk of Plaza Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the Millennia Crossing transaction. Situated east of I-75 near Tampa, Lake Brandon Village spans approximately 102,000 square feet and was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Sprouts Farmers Market, PetSmart, DSW and Scandinavian Design Furniture. Additionally, CTO announced the …

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Holder Properties, USC Foundations to Begin Leasing 940-Bed Student Housing Community in Columbia

by John Nelson

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Construction is underway and leasing will begin next month on Gateway 737, a 940-bed student housing development located on the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia. The project is being developed by a public-private partnership between Holder Properties and the University of South Carolina Foundations and is expected for completion in August 2025. Gateway 737 is the second community developed by the partnership. The community will include 12,500 square feet of retail space, a three-story meeting and event space and dedicated parking spaces. Shared amenities will include a rooftop lounge, two-story fitness center, resort-style swimming pool, tech lounge and a game room. The community will offer fully furnished units in studio, two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations.

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BWE Provides $34.1M Agency Refinancing for Apartment Community in Metro Nashville

by John Nelson

MADISON, TENN. — BWE has provided a $34.1 million Fannie Mae loan for the refinancing of Bristol Park at Riverchase, a 300-unit apartment community located at 100 Riverchase Blvd. in Madison, roughly 10 miles northeast of Nashville. Charles DuBose and David Foulk of BWE originated the financing on behalf of the borrower, GrayCo. The loan has a seven-year term and interest-only payments for the life of the loan. Bristol Park at Riverchase features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as a fitness center, sand volleyball court, swimming pool, business center and a pet play area.

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Advance Auto Parts Agrees to Sell Worldpac Distribution Business to Carlyle for $1.5B

by Katie Sloan

RALEIGH, N.C. AND WASHINGTON, D.C. — Advance Auto Parts Inc. (NYSE: AAP) has agreed to sell Worldpac, the Raleigh-based company’s automotive parts wholesale distribution business, to funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle (NASDAQ: CG) for $1.5 billion in cash.  Advance Auto Parts operated 321 Worldpac locations primarily within the United States as of the end of the second quarter. These warehouses, 135 of which are branded Autopart International, are generally larger than the company’s retail locations, averaging approximately 26,000 square feet. Worldpac offers over 293,000 parts for domestic and import vehicles and primarily serves professional customers such as vehicle repair shops, with services including same-day delivery of automotive parts through a fleet of company-owned vehicles. Over the past 12 months, these locations generated approximately $2.1 billion in revenue and $100 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA). Advance expects to close the transaction before the end of the year, with Advance expecting net proceeds of approximately $1.2 billion after taxes and transaction fees.  These proceeds will be used to strengthen the company’s balance sheet and invest in its core retail business, said Shane O’Kelly, president and CEO of Advance Auto Parts, during an earnings call earlier …

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Build-to-Rent Sector Remains in a Sweet Spot, Say InterFace Panelists

by John Nelson

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Build-to-rent (BTR), or purpose-built neighborhoods of single-family rental homes, has been an emerging subsector of the multifamily continuum the past several years. The housing type fills a niche for renters as it offers more living space and privacy than typical apartments, but is more affordable and amenitized than for-sale homes. The BTR sector began its ascent during the early years of the COVID-19 pandemic when a confluence of factors —the rise in work-from-home and hybrid work schedules, an increase in household formation of younger millennials, the desirability of more private space including garages and backyards — led to a sharp increase in demand for single-family rental (SFR) homes. Underpinning the increased demand for BTR living is the unaffordability of homeownership for a large swath of Americans. As of mid-year, home prices are now 47 percent higher than they were in early 2020, according to Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies. Home insurance premiums have also risen aggressively in the recent past — up 21 percent between 2022 and 2023, according to the study. Meanwhile, mortgage payments are increasingly untenable as interest rates have also risen dramatically in recent years. For these reasons, institutional investors are actively participating …

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Landmark, Atlantic American Complete 702-Bed Student Housing Development Near FSU

by John Nelson

TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — A joint venture between Landmark Properties and Atlantic American Partners has completed The Metropolitan Tallahassee, a 702-bed student housing development located near the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee. Located at 1701 W. Pensacola St., the mid-rise project offers 217 fully furnished units in two- through four-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a swimming pool, jumbotron, outdoor recreation and grilling areas, a gaming lawn, putting green, fitness center, study spaces and onsite parking. The development team for the project included Dwell Design Studio and Landmark Construction, the in-house construction arm of Landmark Properties.

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Parkland Residential Begins Vertical Construction for 114-Unit Build-to-Rent Community in Lawrenceville, Georgia

by John Nelson

LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — Parkland Residential has begun vertical construction at Sugarloaf Landing, a 114-unit build-to-rent residential community underway in Lawrenceville, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. Situated on 10 acres at 3440 Sugarloaf Parkway, the property will include rear-entry stacked townhomes, with each unit featuring two or three bedrooms and a one-car garage. Parkland Residential says that the townhomes will span between 1,600 for a two-bedroom home and 1,950 square feet for a three-bedroom unit, with monthly rental rates starting at $2,400. Prim Properties will begin leasing at the property in October. In addition to the townhomes, Sugarloaf Landing will feature a swimming pool with a cabana, playground, nature preserve, sidewalks and pocket parks.

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Partnership Acquires 235,835 SF Industrial Facility in Jacksonville

by John Nelson

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — A partnership between The Stro Cos., KRE Group and The Silverman Group has acquired a newly delivered, 235,835-square-foot industrial facility located at 1511 Zoo Parkway in Jacksonville. The Class A property, which features 32-foot clear heights, 53 loading docks and 69 trailer parking spaces, is situated near Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens and Jacksonville International Airport, as well as I-95, I-295 and the St. Johns River. Kansas City-based VanTrust Real Estate sold the facility to the partnership for an undisclosed price. Albert Fitch and Kevin Bramhall of Stro represented the buyer internally.

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