METAIRIE, LA. — The Feil Organization has signed a tenant to a 39,000-square-foot lease renewal at One Lakeway, one of the firm’s three office towers within its Lakeway complex in Metairie. EDG, a global engineering and project management consulting firm, signed the 10-year renewal. Bruce Sossaman and Bennett Davis of Corporate Realty represented Feil in the lease negotiations. Scott Miller of CBRE represented EDG.
AUGUSTA, GA. — Graphic Packaging Holding Co., a publicly traded consumer packaging manufacturer based in Atlanta, has signed a definitive agreement to sell its bleached paperboard manufacturing plant in Augusta. The buyer is Clearwater Paper Corp., a publicly traded supplier of private-brand tissue products and paperboard materials based in Spokane, Wash. The transaction is valued at $700 million and is expected to close in the second quarter, pending regulatory approval. Details about the facility were not disclosed, but Graphic Packaging’s website indicates that the mill is located at 4278 Mike Padgett Highway. According to The Augusta Chronicle, Graphic Packaging purchased the plant from International Paper in 2018 before investing $350 million in capital improvements at the facility. The newspaper also reports the facility was built in 1960 by Continental Can Co. Graphic Packaging’s consultants in the transaction include financial advisor BofA Securities and legal counsel Alston & Bird LLP. Clearwater Paper’s advisors include TD Securities (financial); Pillsbury, Winthrop, Shaw, Pittman LLP (legal); and Stoel, Rives LLP (environmental).
ORLANDO, FLA. — Berkadia has secured $118.5 million in financing for the construction of 52 at Park, a 300-unit affordable housing development located in Orlando. The financing includes a $73.5 million construction loan and $45 million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) equity. Chris McGraw and Tim Leonhard of Berkadia arranged the financing on behalf of the borrower, Lincoln Avenue Communities. 52 at Park will feature eight buildings comprising a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units reserved for households earning 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). Amenities will include a business center, clubhouse, fitness center, pool, laundry room and a game room. The target delivery date was not disclosed.
COLLEGE PARK, MD. — LV Collective has announced plans to develop a 299-unit student housing development at 8133 Baltimore Ave. near the University of Maryland campus in the Lakeland neighborhood of College Park. The property is set to include 13,000 square feet of retail space, alongside a ground-level coffee shop and second-floor coworking space. The project will also feature a community center developed in collaboration with the Lakeland Civic Association and the Lakeland Community Heritage Project. The space will include a library and large flexible space for functions including presentations, art galleries and gatherings. The development team for the project, which is scheduled for completion in fall 2027, includes WDG Architecture, Bohler Engineering, John Moriarty & Associates and US-EcoLogic. Further details on the community were not disclosed. The development is LV Collective’s first in the state of Maryland.
BESSEMER, ALA. — Graham & Co. has sold a Class A warehouse located at 4251 Turin Drive in Bessemer, about 15 miles southwest of Birmingham via I-20. The Birmingham-based developer broke ground on the 187,200-square-foot facility in 2021 and completed construction in June 2022. Barber Cos. purchased the facility from Graham & Co. for $17 million. Situated along the Lakeshore Parkway corridor, the rear-load warehouse features 32-foot clear heights and 31 dock-high doors. The property is best-suited for one or two tenants and offers proximity to nearby industrial distributors including FedEx, Dollar General, Amazon and Lowe’s Home Improvement. John Coleman and Matthew Graham represented Graham & Co. on an internal basis in the transaction, and Gifford Taylor and Merrimon Epps were Barber’s internal representatives.
COVINGTON, LA. — Pelican Energy Consultants LLC, an energy consulting and project management firm, has moved its corporate office to the newly branded Pelican Energy Building, a 48,000-square-foot office building located at 4099 Highway 190 E. Service Road in Covington. Gulf States Real Estate, Development and Construction Services arranged the new office lease on behalf of the tenant and helped negotiate renovations prior to Pelican Energy’s relocation, according to New Orleans City Business. Stephen Camp is the owner/landlord of the Pelican Energy Building. Prior to the new lease, Gulf States also brokered the sale of Pelican Energy’s former 25,000-square-foot office headquarters within the nearby Ashland Business Park. Additionally, the brokerage services firm temporarily housed Pelican Energy within one of its own offices within Tammany West Business Park while renovations were made to its new offices.
MOORE, S.C. — A partnership between PRP and Flint Development has completed the development of a 1.9 million-square-foot distribution center in the Greenville-Spartanburg metropolitan area community of Moore. The property is fully leased to an affiliate of Hong Kong-based power tool manufacturer Techtronic Industries Co. and will distribute goods from the company’s Hart Consumer Products division. The development is one of the largest single-story logistics properties in the United States, according to PRP. The center features a cross-dock loading configuration with 40-foot clear heights, 338 dock doors and a 185-foot truck court, with 835 spaces of excess trailer parking across 178 acres of land. The development is located near the Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport and Inland Port Greer, which offers direct rail connection to the Port of Charleston. Techtronic Industries leases a second 1.4 million-square-foot logistics center roughly 11 miles away in Duncan, which PRP also developed. The property distributes products from the company’s Hoover brand. PRP is a Washington, D.C.-based real estate investment management company with a focus on corporate headquarters facilities, office properties, logistics facilities, high-street retail properties, multifamily and data centers. Prairie Village, Kan.-based Flint Development is a commercial real estate development firm specializing in industrial, multifamily and …
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Hybridge Capital Management has purchased The Yachtsman Resort, a 159-room hotel located at 1304 N. Ocean Blvd. in Myrtle Beach. The Los Angeles-based investor acquired the hotel, which was built in 1982, out of bankruptcy in an off-market transaction. Bhavesh Patel of Hodges Ward Elliott represented the seller, Maryland-based Lemonjuice Solutions, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. Max Mellman and Drew Rands of Max Benjamin Partners Inc., along with Justin Ghaderi of CBRE, secured an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the deal. Hybridge Capital, which now owns 569 hotel/resort rooms in Myrtle Beach, plans to implement a capital improvement program to restore The Yachtsman. Details about the renovation were not disclosed.
MIAMI — Co-developers L&L Holding Co. and Oak Row Equities, along with project partner Shorenstein Properties and capital partner Claure Group, have topped out the Residences at The Wynwood Plaza, a 509-unit apartment development in Miami. The property serves as the multifamily component of Wynwood Plaza, a 1 million-square-foot mixed-use development underway in the city’s Wynwood district. Designed by Gensler, Residences at The Wynwood Plaza will feature studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments with floor-to-ceiling windows, modern appliances, high-end finishes and flexible layouts. Amenities will include 32,000 square feet of retail space, multiple connected rooftops, a multi-purpose sports court, two outdoor pools, sauna, hot tub, cold plunge pool, coworking spaces, private phone rooms, game lounge and a modern fitness center. Urban planning firm Field Operations designed the property’s 26,000-square-foot public plaza. L&L Holding and Oak Row plan to begin welcoming residents in 2025. The duo also topped off on Wynwood Plaza’s 12-story office tower in September 2023.
SMYRNA, TENN. — A joint venture between Foundry Commercial and Principal Global Investors, doing business as Tridon Property Owner LLC, has completed the development of Creekside Logistics, a warehouse development located in Smyrna, roughly 25 miles outside Nashville. Ware Malcomb provided architecture and interior design services for the project, and Layton Construction served as the general contractor. Totaling 371,000 square feet, the property features three buildings comprising 147,500; 135,240; and 88,500 square feet. Situated on 43 acres, the development will accommodate tenant occupancies ranging from 17,860 to 147,260 square feet. The buildings feature tilt-wall construction with 32-foot clear heights.