BILOXI, MISS. — U-Haul has opened U-Haul Moving & Storage of Biloxi, a 344-unit self-storage facility located at 12011 Old Highway 67 in Biloxi. This is the first U-Haul-owned and -operated location in Biloxi and the company’s 14th in Mississippi. The one-story facility was delivered over the summer and purchased/rebranded earlier this fall. U-Haul Moving & Storage of Biloxi is situated at Old Highway 67 and Cedar Lake Road, which is close to exit 44 of I-10 and Miss. Highway 15. The property features indoor climate-controlled units, high-tech security and a retail showroom with boxes and moving supplies. U-Haul plans to implement its suite of moving trucks, trailers, towing devices and propane tank exchange services at the Biloxi location in the near future.
BOILING SPRINGS, S.C. — Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group has brokered the sale of a new restaurant in Boiling Springs, a city about eight miles northwest of Spartanburg, S.C. Texas-based burger chain Whatburger occupies the restaurant on a 15-year, corporate-guaranteed ground lease with planned rental increases and extension options for the tenant. Built on 1.5 acres earlier this year, the 3,318-square-foot restaurant serves as an outparcel to a Target-anchored shopping center. Don McMinn of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a developer based in Tennessee, in the sale. The buyer was an all-cash exchange investor. “This is our second Whataburger closing this month, and we are closing another one in Atlanta in December,” says McMinn. “Whataburgers continues to garner strong demand and attractive pricing from investors and are one of the more desirable QSR options in the market today.”
MANASSAS, VA. — PRP has sold Manassas Point, a 40-acre data center development site in Northern Virginia’s Prince William County. Data center developer Iron Mountain Inc. purchased the site, which was assembled by PRP between 2022 and 2023 and zoned for heavy industrial, for $113.5 million. Plans at Manassas Point call for a 1.1 million-square-foot data center campus with a 300-megawatt substation. PRP had previously gotten county approval for a three-story design for the data center property and worked with NOVEC (Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative) and Dominion Power on the utilities for the campus. Manassas Point is situated within close proximity to Iron Mountain’s existing data centers in Prince William County.
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Colliers has arranged the $26.4 million sale of Volusia Square, a 193,923-square-foot shopping center located at 2455 W. International Speedway Blvd. in Daytona Beach. Brad Peterson and Whitaker Leonhardt of Colliers represented the seller, Lamar Cos., in the transaction. Mosaic Realty Partners purchased the shopping center, which is situated less than 300 yards from Daytona International Speedway. Volusia Square was 97.2 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Urban Air Adventure Park, Amped Fitness, Ollie’s Bargain Outlet and Restaurant Depot Express. Three retail outparcels were included in the sale, including two single-tenant buildings occupied by Buffalo Wild Wings and Arby’s and a multi-tenant building leased to Lenscrafters and Cava.
HOLLY HILL, FLA. — Housing Trust Group (HTG) has broken ground on Fox Pointe, a $25.7 million affordable housing community in Holly Hill, a coastal suburb of Daytona Beach. HTG is partnering with HfH Supportive Housing on the development, which will feature 35 units reserved for housing-insecure individuals and 35 units reserved as affordable and workforce housing. A partments at Fox Pointe will be reserved for residents who earn at or below 22, 30, 60 and 80 percent of the area median income (AMI), with monthly rents ranging from $319 to $1,610. The property will comprise one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 600 to 975 square feet. Amenities will include a resort-style swimming pool, clubhouse with a lounge area, business center, picnic pavilion, dog park, playground, fitness center and onsite resident services. HTG expects to complete Fox Pointe by fourth-quarter 2025, with leasing to begin next fall. Members of the design-build team include Park and Eleazer Construction, FK Architecture, civil engineer Mark Dowst & Associates Inc., interior designer Builders Design and landscape architect Culliver Design Inc. Funding sources include Low-Income Housing Tax Credits (LIHTC) from Florida Housing Finance Corp. that was syndicated through Raymond James Equity Investor; …
BUFORD, GA. — Locally based Hunter Hotel Advisors has brokered the sale of Fairfield Inn & Suites Atlanta Buford Mall of Georgia, a 96-room hotel located off I-85 in the Atlanta suburb of Buford. Woodvale acquired the property from Hotel Equities for an undisclosed price. Lee Hunter and David Perrin of Hunter Hotel Advisors facilitated the transaction. The hotel is situated in close proximity to its namesake mall, as well as other attractions including The Exchange & Gwinnett, which features a Topgolf, and Lake Lanier. Woodvale plans to fully renovate all guest rooms and public areas, including the hotel’s fitness center, meeting spaces and an indoor pool. Hotel Equities had owned the Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel for nine years.
ALBANY, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Westview Shopping Center, a 39,161-square-foot retail center located at 700 Burkesville Road in Albany, a city in southern Kentucky near the border of Tennessee. The property was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including IGA Hometown Grocery, Dragon Garden, Majors Pizza and Albany Nail Salon. IGA Hometown has anchored Westview since the center was built in 1988. Zach Taylor and Eric Abbot of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office represented the seller, a developer based in Tennessee, in the $1.7 million transaction. The buyer is an undisclosed private investor. Grant Fitzgerald of Marcus & Millichap served as the broker of record in Kentucky for the deal.
MIAMI — Clearline Real Estate, a multifamily development firm with offices in New York City and Miami, has obtained $95 million in financing for the construction of Excel Miami, a 24-story apartment tower. Clearline is developing the 427-unit apartment community at 1550 N.E. Miami Place in the city’s Arts & Entertainment District. The financing includes a $68.5 million senior loan from Centennial Bank and a $26 million mezzanine loan from Southern Realty Trust Inc., which syndicated $13 million to affiliate firm Sunrise Realty Trust. Designed by Arquitectonica, Excel Miami will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as 13 townhouse loft units. Amenities will include a pool, yoga deck, fitness room, coworking space, screening room and podcast suites. The construction timeline was not released.
SARASOTA, FLA. — Boston-based Wilder has purchased Shoppes at Palmers Ranch, a newly built shopping center in Sarasota totaling 65,417 square feet. WMG Development sold the Publix-anchored center to Wilder and two undisclosed, long-term investment partners for an undisclosed price. Brad Peterson of Colliers represented the seller in the transaction, while Donald Jennewein of Colliers arranged acquisition financing on behalf of Wilder. In addition to the Publix anchor and a Publix Liquors store, Shoppes at Palmers Ranch was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Dental Care at Palmer Ranch, Sherwin-Williams, Wellness Animal Hospital, Ann Volcano Nail Lounge and Fuji Sushi Steakhouse.
ODESSA, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $14.3 million ground lease sale of a newly built retail property in Odessa, a suburb of Tampa. Lowe’s Home Improvement occupies the 137,554-square-foot property on a 20-year absolute net ground lease. The freestanding store is situated on a nearly 12-acre site at 2317 Gunn Highway. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the California-based buyer, a private trust that paid for the store in all cash, in the transaction. Patrick Wagor of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the seller, a privately held development firm. Both parties requested anonymity.