The retail market in Memphis has continued to improve over the past year with new developments now open for business and redevelopment projects popping up across the metro area. Memphis, most commonly known for its blues and barbecue, has recently become the dreamland for those looking to lease, buy or redevelop assets. Vacancy rates are falling, new tenants and stakeholders are entering the market and retail investment sales continue to be in high demand. With several new development projects in the pipeline, the metro area is looking to capitalize on the new infrastructure. Memphis, located in the southwest corner of Tennessee within Shelby County, boasts a large metropolitan statistical area comprising Crittenden County in Arkansas; Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate and Tunica counties in Mississippi; and Fayette and Tipton counties in Tennessee. One of the most attractive features of life in Memphis is the area’s remarkably low cost of living, which has allowed Memphis to become the city where one eats and stays instead of eats and plays, adding increasing demand on the commercial real estate market. According to a variety of real estate professionals doing business in the area, national and international investors and developers are looking to Memphis because …
TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $32 million sale of Corporate Oaks, a 186,854-square-foot office campus in Tampa’s Westshore District. New York Life Insurance Co. fully occupies Corporate Oaks and houses its AARP program at the campus, which houses about 920 employees. New York Life Insurance’s lease runs through 2024. Built in 1983, Corporate Oaks is situated on an 11.4-acre site at 5405, 5445 and 5505 W. Cypress St. Connecticut-based Next Generation Net Lease Management LLC purchased the asset, which features an on-site deli, fitness center, three-story parking garage and surface parking. New York Life Insurance has invested $2.7 million in interior upgrades, while the previous owner invested $1.5 million for upgrades to the interior finishes, elevators, HVAC systems and the parking garage. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge and Michael Lerner of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
SNELLVILLE, GA. — Publix Super Markets Inc. has purchased Publix at Centerville, a 68,752-square-foot shopping center located at the southeast corner of Centerville Highway and Centerville-Rosebud Road in Snellville, a Gwinnett County suburb of Atlanta. CBRE’s national retail investment group represented the seller, GDC Properties Inc., in the transaction. Publix at Centerville was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Publix, Subway and GNC.
COLUMBIA, MD. — NAI KLNB has brokered the $19.6 million sale of Stonewood Business Center, a four-building office/warehouse development in Columbia, roughly 21 miles southwest of Baltimore in Howard County. The assets span nearly 150,000 square feet and are located at 7165-7195 Oakland Mills Road. The 7165 and 7175 buildings were delivered in 1985, and in 2009, the seller, an affiliate of The Sanford Cos., renovated the two existing buildings and delivered two new buildings. Eight tenants currently occupy the four buildings. Christopher Kubler and Bob Smith of NAI KLNB represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was J2J LLC.
MEDLEY, FLA. — Avison Young has arranged Primesource Building Products’ 139,105-square-foot lease renewal at 11700 N.W. 100th Road in Medley. Primesource will continue to fully occupy the industrial facility, which is situated within Flagler Station, South Florida’s largest business park. Primesource is a distributor of fasteners and building materials. Wayne Schuchts and Andrew Bonner of Avison Young represented the tenant in the lease deal. Flagler Global Logistics is the developer of Flagler Station, which will span 14 million square feet on 900 acres upon completion. Other Flagler Station tenants include FedEx, Ryder System and Crowley.
MOBILE, ALA. — Capital One has provided a $6.5 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for Colony Park Apartments, a 201-unit garden-style community in Mobile. Chad Thomas Hagwood of Capital One originated the 10-year, fixed-rate loan that features three years of interest-only payments followed by a 30-year amortization schedule. Brandon Pate of Hagwood’s Capital One Multifamily Finance team managed the deal. The undisclosed borrower owns 27 multifamily properties totaling more than 4,500 units in Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Newmark Grubb Knight Frank (NGKF) has arranged the 315,450-square-foot lease relocation and adaptive reuse project for ServiceMaster, a home and commercial services provider whose products and services include home warranties, home inspections, furniture repair, residential cleaning, disaster restoration and termite and pest control. The publicly traded company plans to transform the former Peabody Place mall in downtown Memphis into Class A office space for its global headquarters. ServiceMaster will consolidate its office operations currently headquartered in four buildings within the suburban Poplar Avenue Corridor in Memphis. Neal Golden and Aaron Sommer of NGKF represented ServiceMaster in the two-year site selection process and lease transaction. ServiceMaster was considering relocating its corporate headquarters to other markets such as Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, Orlando and Tampa before selecting Memphis. The company plans to move approximately 1,200 employees to the renovated building by the end of 2017.
WINTER PARK, FLA. — The RADCO Cos. has purchased The Park at Sutton Place Apartments, a 288-unit apartment community in Winter Park, a suburb of Orlando. RADCO acquired the property for $32.1 million and plans to invest $3.7 million for capital improvements. The Atlanta-based multifamily investor plans to rename the Class B property Lakeside at Winter Park and manage the community under its RADCO Residential management platform. RADCO used private capital and financing from BBVA Compass to fund the acquisition and renovation. CBRE’s Orlando office brokered the transaction. Built in 1986 within walking distance of Full Sail University, the property features three on-site lakes, a clubhouse, business center, fitness center, car care center, swimming pools and racquetball, basketball and volleyball courts. Lakeside at Winter Park is RADCO’s first acquisition in metro Orlando and its fourth in Florida.
MABELVALE, ARK. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the $31.6 million sale of a freestanding, 311,684-square-foot industrial facility located at 8 Industrial Parkway in Mabelvale, roughly 12 miles south of Little Rock. Situated at the I-30 and I-430 interchange, the newly built package sorting and distribution facility is leased to FedEx Ground Package System Inc. and features 34- and 39-foot clear heights and more than 1,000 trailer and auto parking spaces. Britton Burdette and Mollie Alteri of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, Saad Development Corp., in the transaction. Todd Blonsley of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, WilArk LLC.
CONCORD, N.C. — CBRE’s capital markets debt and structured finance team has arranged a $28.9 million loan for Hawthorne at Concord, a 238-unit apartment community in Concord, a northern suburb of Charlotte. Built by Davis Development in 2014, the Class A community is situated on 18.5 acres within one mile of I-85 and Concord Mills, a nearly 1.4 million-square-foot mall owned by Simon Property Group. Steve Heffner, Nate Sittema and Kristen Reilley of CBRE’s Charlotte office arranged the Fannie Mae loan on behalf of Hawthorne Residential Partners and White Point Partners.