Southeast

GASTONIA, N.C. — Poettker Construction has delivered the second phase of Gateway85, a 300-acre industrial park in the west Charlotte suburb of Gastonia. Developed by NorthPoint Development, the park is located near I-85 to the south and N.C. Highway 7 to the north. Phase II features Building 4, a 241,000-square-foot rear-load warehouse with 36-foot clear heights and 22 dock doors (expandable to 45), and Building 7, a 705,000-square-foot cross-dock warehouse with 40-foot clear heights and 70 dock doors (expandable to 140). The second phase spans 55 acres. At full build-out, Gateway85 will comprise 3.6 million square feet of industrial space.

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ATHENS, GA. — Woodfield Development has begun leasing Holden at Oak Grove, a 276-unit apartment community located at 110 Addison Road in Athens’ Oak Grove neighborhood. Operated by Atlanta-based RangeWater Real Estate, the property will feature one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as a game room, coworking spaces, private workstations, fitness center, yoga room, dog spa, outdoor grills and a swimming pool. Shelton Taylor + Associates handled interior design at Holden at Oak Grove, with finishes including two-tone shaker cabinets, stainless steel appliances, two-panel doors and matte black accents. Floor plans range from 649 to 1,342 square feet and rental rates range from $1,445 to $2,182, according to the property website.

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SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — JLL has brokered the sale of Trowbridge Crossing, a 62,558-square-foot shopping center located in Sandy Springs, a northern suburb of Atlanta. Publix anchors the property, and other tenants include T-Mobile, North Springs Animal Clinic, Erawan Organic Thai, Domino’s, USPS, Luxy Nails, Hong Kong City and The UPS Store. Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan, Andrew Michols and Anton Serafini of JLL represented the seller, InvenTrust Properties Corp., in the transaction. West Palm Beach, Fla.-based FrostPoint Capital acquired the center for an undisclosed price.

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CHARLESTON, S.C. — Dallas-based Dalfen Industrial has signed AERO Logistics to an 80,814-square-foot lease at Eastport Distribution Center in Charleston. The tenant, which supports refrigerated supply chain efforts for third-party logistics, freight forwarding and airline cargo users, signed the five-year lease. Kevin Coats and Lee Allen of JLL represented Dalfen in the lease negotiations. Eastport Distribution Center is situated near I-26 and within 2.5 miles from Charleston International Airport.

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BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Stirling has arranged the sale of a 30,000-square-foot life sciences facility located at 100 Lucerne Lane in Birmingham. The property, which features office, wet lab and warehouse space, is situated on 5.7 acres within Oxmoor South Industrial Park. The buyer, Birmingham Water Works, is planning to make capital improvements at the property, which will be used for the organization’s new EnviroLab facility. The company oversees the water supply for more than 770,000 people in Birmingham and the surrounding counties. Juhmad Hollis and Melissa Warren of Stirling represented the buyer in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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ATLANTA — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital’s Seniors Housing and Diversified Healthcare Finance Group has provided $426.8 million in financing for a seniors housing portfolio. The borrower is a publicly traded healthcare REIT. The portfolio comprises 19 seniors housing properties across 10 states and was financed by an agency lender. Further details on the borrower, properties and financing were not disclosed. Richard Thomas, Todd Paradis and Meredith Davis led the transaction for Atlanta-based Grandbridge.

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HOLLYWOOD, FLA. — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has refinanced the Margaritaville Hollywood Beach Resort, a 369-room lodging property located at 111 N. Ocean Drive in South Florida. The hotel REIT purchased Margaritaville Hollywood in 2019 for $270 million. The new $140 million loan features a three-year term with two one-year extension options and a fixed interest rate of 7 percent. Wells Fargo Securities LLC served as the sole lead arranger for a syndicate of lenders for the loan, and Wells Fargo Bank NA will serve as administrative agent for the new mortgage. Pebblebrook Hotel Trust is using cash to repay the remaining $21.5 million from the previous CMBS loan. Built in 2015, Margaritaville Hollywood features 450 linear feet of direct beach frontage, food-and-beverage options, a spa, outdoor pools, kids club and entertainment venues.

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PINEVILLE, N.C. — Beacon Partners has begun the expansion of Carolina Logistics Park, a 288-acre industrial park in Pineville that currently spans more than 3.5 million square feet. The expansion will add two new buildings totaling 434,500 square feet, with build-out options starting at 21,615 square feet. The buildings will feature 32-foot clear heights, build-to-suit offices, concrete truck courts, automobile and trailer parking and ESFR sprinkler systems. The project team includes general contractor The Conlan Co., Merriman Schmitt Architects and Orsborn Engineering Group. CIBC Bank USA is providing financing for the new buildings. Beacon Partners expects to deliver the expansion in mid-year 2024. Tim Robertson will handle the leasing assignment for the project on an internal basis. Beacon Partners recently completed a 900,000-square-foot expansion across three buildings within the park. W.W. Grainger Inc. occupies 525,624 square feet within that section. Other tenants at the overall Carolina Logistics Park include Amazon, Carolina Foods and Empire Distributors.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Atlanta-based Portman has signed two new food-and-beverage tenants to occupy commercial space at Starling, a 363-unit apartment tower underway in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood. The new tenants include Retrograde Coffee, a neighborhood coffeeshop, and Social Cantina, a modern Mexican restaurant and tequila bar. The coffeeshop will be the first café to front the Cumberland River Greenway, which Portman will expand to directly interface with the Starling tower, and the restaurant will be the first Southeast location for Social Cantina and will feature an outdoor patio. In addition to 17,000 square feet of commercial space, Starling will feature a game room, library, coworking space and a rooftop pool deck overlooking First Horizon Park. Portman plans to deliver the first units in January and fully complete the project in March. In addition to Starling, Portman’s current Nashville projects include the 1,475-unit Eleven North residential development that will break ground in 2025 and the recently delivered Moore Building in Music Row.

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ATLANTA — CBRE has arranged a $55 million loan for the refinancing of Peachtree Battle Shopping Center, a 152,951-square-foot grocery-anchored center located at 2333-2365 Peachtree Road NE in Atlanta. Situated on 12.6 acres in Atlanta’s Buckhead district, the three-building shopping center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Publix, Walgreens, Ace Hardware, CAVA and Onward Reserve. Richard Henry, Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan and Taylor Crowder of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance team in Atlanta arranged the loan through Thrivent Financial on behalf of the borrower, Branch Properties.

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