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JLL Brokers Sale of 294-Unit Mark at Wildwood Apartments in Oxford, Florida

by John Nelson

OXFORD, FLA. — JLL has brokered the sale of The Mark at Wildwood, a newly built, 294-unit apartment community located at 3795 Bismark Court in Oxford. The property sits at the northwest corner of The Villages master-planned community in Central Florida’s Sumter County. Cliff Taylor, Joe Ayers, Ryan Hixon, Tucker Brooks and Mike Scott of JLL represented the sellers, Varden Capital Properties and Tellus Partners, in the transaction. TriBridge Residential purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Completed in 2023, The Mark at Wildwood features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom flat and carriage home-style units. Amenities include a resort-style pool and a clubhouse.

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AcquisitionsRetailSoutheastTennessee

TSCG Negotiates Sale of 65,900 SF Shopping Center Near Memphis

by John Nelson

COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — The Shopping Center Group (TSCG) has negotiated the sale of Houston Levee Galleria, a 65,900-square-foot retail center in Collierville, an eastern suburb of Memphis. Built in 2006, the property was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Jim’s Place, Gould’s Day Spa and Salon, Smoothie King, The Transformation Doctor, Newk’s Express Café, Club Pilates, Moe’s Southwestern Grill, Loni’s Fashions and The Sewing House. Anthony Blanco and Lynn De Marco of TSCG represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.

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KLNB Arranges 50,000 SF of Office Leases at Forbes Center in Lanham, Maryland

by John Nelson

LANHAM, MD. — KLNB has arranged more than 50,000 square feet of office leases at Forbes Center, a 17-building business park in Lanham, 13 miles northeast of Washington, D.C. The landlord, D.C.-based DSC Partners LLC, hired KLNB this summer to oversee leasing at Forbes Center. The brokerage firm opened an onsite leasing office at the property to help facilitate the process. The KLNB landlord advisory team for Forbes Center includes Ken Fellows, Robert Pugh, Keiry Martinez and Aaron Carroll. The tenants were not disclosed.

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AlabamaDevelopmentIndustrialSoutheast

Scannell Properties Breaks Ground on 500-Acre Industrial Park in Mobile, Alabama

by John Nelson

MOBILE, ALA. — Scannell Properties has broken ground on RailPort Logistics Mobile, a 500-acre industrial park in Mobile. The project is designated by rail giant CSX as a “Platinum CSX Select Site,” meaning it’s been deemed a shovel-ready site along the CSX rail network. At full build-out, RailPort Logistics Mobile will span 4.7 million square feet across 10 buildings. Scannell Properties estimates that the property will support 2,500 workers. The site is located proximate to Port of Mobile and I-10. Phase I will encompass 390 acres, and approximately 149 acres will be reserved for conservation. Scannell Properties plans to invest approximately $15 million for transportation infrastructure upgrades at the site. David Salinas, senior development manager with the Indianapolis-based firm, says the investment will “also benefit the neighboring Todd Acres Industrial Park.”

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Cousins Properties to Acquire Vantage South End Office Development in Charlotte for $328.5M

by John Nelson

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atlanta-based office REIT Cousins Properties is under contract to acquire Vantage South End, a lifestyle office development in Charlotte’s South End neighborhood spanning 639,000 square feet. The Spectrum Cos. and Invesco sold the two-tower property in an off-market transaction for $328.5 million. Built in 2021 and 2022, Vantage South End was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants with a weighted average lease term (WALT) exceeding nine years. Tenants include CBRE, Lending Tree and Grant Thornton, among others.

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AcquisitionsGeorgiaRetailSoutheast

Greenberg Gibbons Purchases Shopping Center in Tucker, Georgia for $17.3M

by John Nelson

TUCKER, GA. — Baltimore-based Greenberg Gibbons has entered the Georgia market with its $17.3 million purchase of Northlake Square, an 82,578-square-foot shopping center in Tucker. Built in 1988 at the intersection of Lavista Road and I-285 in metro Atlanta, the shopping center was 98 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including longtime anchors Aldi and Best Buy. Greenberg Gibbons purchased Northlake Square via Greenberg Gibbons Real Estate Income Fund I, an investment vehicle whose other acquisitions include shopping centers in Tennessee, Florida, the Carolinas and Maryland.

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KLNB Brokers $8.3M Sale of Industrial Facility in Frederick, Maryland

by John Nelson

FREDERICK, MD. — KLNB has brokered the $8.3 million sale of a 56,000-square-foot, high-bay warehouse in Frederick, about 40 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. Hercules Custom Iron (HCI), a division of Hercules Fence, purchased the 5.6-acre site at 4607 Wedgewood Blvd., which was formerly home to Flying Dog Brewery. The new Frederick warehouse will triple the size of HCI’s operations and double its shop and office footprint. Marc Balamaci, Ken Fellows, Scott Mendelson and Robert Pugh of KLNB represented the buyer in the transaction. HCI has also tapped KLNB to sell its existing 26,000-square-foot warehouse located at 36 W. Pennsylvania Ave. in nearby Walkersville, Md.

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MBA: Third-Quarter Commercial, Multifamily Borrowing Increased 59 Percent Year-Over-Year

by John Nelson

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations increased 59 percent in the third quarter of 2024 compared to a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations. The third-quarter volume also represents a 44 percent increase from the second quarter. There was a 510 percent year-over-year increase in the dollar volume of loans for healthcare properties, a 99 percent increase for hotel properties, 82 percent increase for retail properties, 57 percent increase for industrial properties and a 56 percent increase for multifamily properties. Office real estate originations decreased 3 percent from a year ago. Among investor types, the dollar volume of loans originated for commercial mortgage-backed securities (CMBS) increased by 260 percent year-over-year. There was a 69 percent increase for depository (i.e. bank) loans, a 62 percent increase for investor-driven lender loans, 31 percent increase in loans for life insurance companies and a 28 percent increase in loans from government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs, namely Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac). Jamie Woodwell, MBA’s head of commercial real estate research, says that lower interest rates due in part to the Federal Reserve’s 50-basis-point decrease in September were “a key driver” for the uptick …

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Toro Development Obtains Construction Financing for $560M Mixed-Use Medley Development in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson

JOHNS CREEK, GA. — Toro Development Co. has obtained construction financing for Medley, a $560 million planned mixed-use development in Johns Creek, an affluent northern suburb of Atlanta. The developer plans to break ground on the 43-acre project in December, with an anticipated opening in late 2026. The financing includes an undisclosed amount of equity from Ascentris, a Denver-based real estate private equity firm, and a $158 million construction loan from Mexico City-based Banco Inbursa. At full build-out, Medley will feature 150,000 square feet of retail, restaurant and entertainment space; a 175-room boutique hotel; 110,000 square feet of lifestyle offices; 750 multifamily residences and 133 townhomes; and an activated 25,000-square-foot plaza. Toro Development purchased a former suburban office park on Medley’s site in March for $44 million.

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Rockpoint, Greystar to Develop 331,803 SF Industrial Property in Metro Tampa

by John Nelson

ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Boston-based Rockpoint and Charleston-based Greystar have formed a partnership to develop Phase II of Gateway Logistics Center, an industrial park in the Tampa suburb of St. Petersburg. Situated on 17.5 acres in Pinellas County, the second phase will span 331,803 square feet and include a 92,841-square-foot building and two 119,481-square-foot buildings. Rockpoint Industrial, Rockpoint’s industrial platform, will provide additional development and management support for the development. Gateway Logistics Center is part of Greystar’s broader 93-acre project, which includes a 412-unit, garden-style apartment community along with the two-phase, six-building industrial park. The construction timeline for Phase II was not disclosed.

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