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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. — Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has sold two adjacent shopping centers located at 1903 and 1909 Highway 17 N in Mount Pleasant. The properties, which include Sweetgrass Corner (88,316 square feet) and The Shops at Towne Centre Way (7,054 square feet), span a combined 95,370 square feet and were fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Trader Joes, HomeSense and Golf Galaxy. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. CRC acquired Sweetgrass Corners in 2022 for $17 million and The Shops at Towne Centre Way for $3.9 million as part of an initiative to upgrade the retail environment surrounding Mount Pleasant Towne Centre, the company’s adjacent 510,000-square-foot lifestyle center.

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EMERSON, GA. — Trilogy Investment Co. has received a construction loan for the development of REV3 at Stars Way, a 122-unit build-to-rent (BTR) townhome community in Emerson, a city near the north Atlanta suburb of Cartersville. REV3 Homes, a division of Trilogy Investment Co., will serve as the general contractor for the project. Vertical construction is set to begin at the end of the month, while the first home deliveries are anticipated for late 2026. REV3 at Stars Way will feature modern townhomes with one-car garages and open-concept floorplans.

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Twenty-two apartment properties traded in metro Atlanta during the first quarter of 2026 for just over $1 billion, nearly double the $528 million that traded across 15 deals in first-quarter 2025. Our team’s current offerings are seeing tour volume of 30 to 40 prospects, which is up 20 percent from a couple years ago. We are also seeing 20 or more offers per property, and the quality of buyer has greatly improved — capital has stopped waiting for clarity and started competing for product. Liquidity rebounded in the Atlanta apartment market in 2025, and the supply-demand setup heading into 2027 is the reason institutional and private capital is moving now rather than later. Let’s start with the rebound. Across 2025, transaction count rose 31 percent, total dollar volume increased 18 percent and average cap rates tightened roughly 16 basis points. Buyers paid up for better-located, higher-quality assets and stayed disciplined on legacy unit-count metrics. The bid-ask gap that froze 2023 and most of 2024 finally closed, but on terms that rewarded specificity rather than just appetite. Sellers, for their part, have moved into a more pragmatic posture. A meaningful share of 2026 activity reflects fund-life timing decisions — sponsors that …

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TAMPA, FLA. —  Related Group has broken ground on Manor Riverwalk, a 24-story apartment tower located at 101 S. Parker St. in downtown Tampa. Designed by architecture firm Arquitectónica with interiors by ID & Design International, the tower will contain 369 residences, 3,000 square feet of fitness-based amenities and dedicated work areas along the Hillsborough River. Manor Riverwalk will also feature a 23,000-square-foot amenity deck, which will include shaded cabanas, a glass-edged jacuzzi, outdoor bar and entertainment terrace, pickleball court and a putting green, an 805-space parking garage and 18,000 square feet of retail space.  The groundbreaking of Manor Riverwalk marks the start of the development of Related Group’s waterfront master plan, which is expected to eventually feature five buildings with 1,229 residences and 37,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space, with a woonerf (or walkable street) connecting them all. In later phases, the master-planned project will include a boutique apartment building, a standalone garden retail parcel, a luxury condominium and two more rental towers. No timeline was given for completion of any phase. 

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GAINESVILLE, GA. — Industrial owner-operator Logistics Property Co. has signed two tenants to new leases at Gainesville 85 Business Center, an industrial park located in the I-985 Northeast Atlanta submarket. An undisclosed e-commerce company committed to 228,423 square feet of space at the building at 1900 Fulenwider Road, which is now fully leased, while a sustainable packaging manufacturer leased 66,960 square feet at 1950 Fulenwider Road. Todd Barton, Joanna Blaesing, Mark Hawks and Matt Higgins of CBRE represented the landlord in the lease negotiations. Tommy Hughes and Weston Gurr of Hughes Commercial and Rob Kruer, Tyler Logue, Nicholas Chang and Justin Kuehn of CBRE represented the tenants, respectively. Tim Evans and Ryan Jackson of the Greater Hall County Chamber of Commerce assisted in the negotiations.

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DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — Kolter Multifamily, a residential development affiliate of the Kolter Group, has begun construction on Alton Delray, a 386-unit apartment community located in South Florida between Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach. The development will consist of multiple six-story residential buildings at 2101 S. Congress Ave. in Delray Beach. Amenities will include a pool and a dog park. K olter Multifamily previously secured $92 million in construction financing from U.S. Bank for the project, according to South Florida Business Journal. The media outlet also reported that Kolter Multifamily was able to develop on the industrial-zoned land under Florida’s Live Local Act. Initial delivery of units at Alton Delray is slated for late 2027. 

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STAFFORD, VA — Mid-Atlantic commercial real estate brokerage firm KLNB has arranged multiple retail leases for the Market at Austin Ridge, a shopping center underway in Stafford. The new leases are with Aldi, Texas Roadhouse, Sheetz and Flagship Carwash. Dimitri Georgelakos and Veronica Kamara of KLNB worked on behalf of the undisclosed landlord in the lease negotiations. 

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SIMPSONVILLE, KY. — Kansas City-based Hunt Midwest has delivered the first building at Simpsonville 64 Logistics Park, an industrial park in metro Louisville that can accommodate up to 3.3 million square feet of logistics space. The first building is Logistics II, a 505,134-square-foot cross-dock facility that Hunt Midwest says is the only 500,000-square-foot or larger facility available in the Louisville market. Logistics II features 36-foot clear heights, 58 dock doors (expandable to 102), four drive-in doors, 200-foot truck courts, 320 car parking spaces, 135 trailer parking spaces and build-to-suit office space. Hunt Midwest will deliver the second building in the park, the 270,098-square-foot Logistics I rear-load building, by August. Simpsonville 64 Logistics Park sits in Shelby County, roughly 25 miles east of Louisville via I-64. Doug Butcher and Alex Grove of CBRE are handling the leasing assignment for Logistics I and II. The design-build team includes H2B Architects, Mindel Scott (civil engineer) and Evans General Contractors.

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BOCA RATON, FLA. — Newmark has secured a loan of an undisclosed amount for the refinancing of The Seven at West Boca, a 448-unit apartment community located at 10235 Boca Entrada Blvd. in Boca Raton. Danny Matz, Roberto Salcedo, Matthew Williams and Robert Wright of Newmark secured the floating-rate loan through PGIM on behalf of the borrower, Grand Peaks, which acquired the property in 2024. Originally built in 1988, The Seven at West Boca features apartments averaging 883 square feet in size, as well as two swimming pools, a fitness center, barbecue areas, tennis courts and a playground.

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TAMPA, FLA. — Atlanta-based Stonemont has executed a full-building lease at TIA Executive Center, a 100,698-square-foot industrial facility located at 6111 Johns Road in Tampa. The name of the tenant was not disclosed, but Tampa Bay Business Journal reports that Google’s self-driving car platform Waymo is leasing the entire building to be used as warehouse space. John Dunphy and Pete Cecora of JLL represented Stonemont in the lease negotiations. David Kaplan, Kyle Massie and Winston Fox led the Stonemont team internally on the transaction. Stonemont delivered TIA Executive Center in October 2025 in partnership with PCCP. The property, which is situated two miles from Tampa International Airport, features 32-foot clear heights and has one speculative office suite.

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