Southeast

SARASOTA, FLA. — Buligo Capital has purchased Sarasota Industrial Business Center in southwest Florida for $27.4 million. The park includes five industrial parcels totaling over 186,650 square feet of shallow-bay industrial space, as well as 1.1 acres of industrial outdoor storage (IOS) and laydown yard. Nick DeVito II and Brie Tulp of Ian Black Real Estate represented the seller, GBA Holdings, a joint venture between Biscayne Atlantic and Genet Property Group, in the transaction. The brokers also procured the undisclosed buyer. Biscayne Atlantic purchased the park in 2023 and invested $1.3 million in capital improvements. Sarasota Industrial Business Center, which is located on Industrial Boulevard with access to U.S. Route 301 and I-75, was 85 percent leased at the time of sale.

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KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Atlanta-based Hunter Hotel Advisors has brokered the sale of Crowne Plaza Knoxville Downtown University, a 195-room hotel located in downtown Knoxville. The property is situated near the Tennessee Valley Authority headquarters and Market Square and within walking distance to the University of Tennessee. Crowne Plaza features more than 15,000 square feet of meeting space, an indoor pool, business center, fitness center and Mahogany’s, a full-service restaurant. Local hotel owner, The 9 Group, purchased the property from a private seller for an undisclosed amount. Tim Osborne of Hunter’s Chattanooga office brokered the transaction.

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LOUISVILLE, KY. — GE Appliances, a Haier company, has unveiled plans to invest more than $3 billion in its U.S. operations over the next five years. The company plans to expand its air conditioning and water heating portfolio, increase production output across all product lines and further modernize its 11 U.S. manufacturing plants with new automation and capital equipment. The first phase of investments will begin at GE Appliances plants in Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee and South Carolina. Upon completion of the plan, Louisville-based GE Appliances will have invested $6.5 billion across its U.S. manufacturing plants and nationwide distribution network since 2016, which is the year that the company was sold by General Electric (NYSE: GE) to Haier. The new $3 billion announcement marks the second-largest investment in the company’s history. The GE Appliances plant in Camden, S.C., currently produces gas water heaters. With the new investment, electric and hybrid water heater manufacturing will be added, doubling the plant’s output and employment once the project is complete. The first phase will be implemented by early 2026. In December, GE Appliances will add two new models of air conditioners to its air and water product portfolio at its Selmer, Tenn., plant. …

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DOUGLAS COUNTY, GA. — DC Blox has obtained $1.15 billion in construction financing for a new data center campus coming to Douglas County, which sits west of Atlanta. ING Capital LLC, Mizuho Bank Ltd. and Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking served as lead arrangers and joint bookrunners for the financing package. Other participating capital sources include First Citizens Bank, CoBank ACB, LBBW, Toronto-Dominion Bank, KeyBank and Huntington National Bank. The funds will support the development of a 120-megawatt (MW) data center and include campus expansion to support an additional 80 MW of space. The financing follows DC Blox securing a $265 million green loan and equity from Post Road Group for the project. DC Blox expects the campus, which will be utilized by cloud and AI users, to be available as early as 2027. The developer and operator has a data center underway in the county, as well as in Conyers, Ga., with a few more scattered around the Southeast.

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GLEN ALLEN, VA. — Foxfield has purchased Metropolis at Innsbrook, a 402-unit apartment community in the northern Richmond suburb of Glen Allen. Built in 2023, the property was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Charles Wentworth, Victoria Pickett, Garrison Gore and Eric DeStefano of Newmark brokered the transaction. Situated within Innsbrook Office Park, Metropolis at Innsbrook offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, according to the property website. Amenities include outdoor grilling and entertainment areas, a 24-hour fitness center, golf simulator, rooftop deck and lounge, resort-style swimming pool, community kitchen, dog spa, dog parks, rentable storage units and electric vehicle charging stations.

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CORAL SPRINGS, FLA. — A joint venture between Foundry Commercial and American Realty Advisors has obtained a $57 million loan for Osprey Logistics Park, a 427,515-square-foot industrial park located at 12000 N.W. 39th St. in Coral Springs, a city in South Florida’s Broward County. Steven Klein, Melissa Rose, Nicole Barba and Preston Bacon of JLL arranged the floating-rate loan through Synovus Bank. Built in 2023, Osprey Logistics Park sits on 22.2 acres adjacent to Sawgrass Expressway and Sample Road. Features include 36-foot clear heights, 180-foot truck courts, 235-foot depths and 54-foot column spacing.

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Savlan Capital has purchased a seven-building office and flex portfolio in Jacksonville for $52 million. An undisclosed financial institution sold the properties, which span 765,190 square feet and are situated within the Lakeside and Flagler Center business parks. Robbie McEwan and Hunter Smith of JLL represented the buyer and seller in the transaction. The portfolio was 57.2 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including HTS Logistics (corporate headquarters), Kimley-Horn, EY, Pulte Home Co., Siemens Mobility, United Healthcare Service and Total Quality Logistics.

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LAWRENCEVILLE, GA. — North Carolina-based Prudent Growth Partners has acquired Sugarloaf Village, a 32,000-square-foot shopping center located in Lawrenceville, for $7.3 million. The seller was not disclosed. Situated approximately 30 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta, the property was originally built in 2008 and features a mix of 17 tenants including lifestyle retailers and service providers such as a nail salon, pet groomer and barber shop. Other nearby retailers include AT&T, Starbucks Coffee, Publix, Target, Marshalls, Aldi, The Home Depot, PetSmart, Hobby Lobby and Panera Bread.

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LOUISVILLE, KY. AND MARSHALL, MICH. — Automotive giant Ford Motor Co. (NYSE: F) will invest $2 billion at its Louisville Assembly Plant and $3 billion at its BlueOval Battery Park Michigan factory. Combined, the investment will create and secure approximately 4,000 jobs across both plants, as well as spur dozens of new U.S.-based suppliers, according to Ford. Ford’s investments will help the automaker deliver a suite of electric vehicles (EVs), beginning with a midsize, four-door electric pickup truck that will be assembled at its Louisville plant. Ford plans to launch domestic and international sales of the new trucks, which are expected to be priced starting at $30,000, in 2027. Jim Farley, president and CEO of Ford, says that the automaker will be the first in the country to make prismatic lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries, which are cobalt- and nickel-free and serve as the floor of the new EVs. Ford plans to begin manufacturing the new prismatic LFP batteries for the new electric truck at BlueOVal Battery Park Michigan next year. Located in Marshall, Mich., the factory is under construction, with the shell built out and mechanical, electrical and piping infrastructure underway. Ford says that the lithium LFP battery cell …

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Stadium Hotel

MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $24 million sale of the 217-room Stadium Hotel in Miami Gardens. Situated across from the Hard Rock Stadium, home arena of the Miami Dolphins and Miami Hurricanes, the nine-story property was originally built in 1973 and renovated in 2017. Amenities at the hotel include an Olympic-size swimming pool, miniature golf course, basketball court and meeting and event spaces. The Legends Sports Grill restaurant is also located onsite at the hotel. Ryan Shaw of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the transaction. The Kabani Hotel Group represented the private seller. Both parties requested anonymity.

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