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GATLINBURG, TENN. — Hospitality Solutions, a locally based hotel owner and operator, and Hilton are planning to open the Embassy Suites by Hilton Gatlinburg Resort on March 15. Located at 604 Airport Road, the 164-room hotel is situated at the base of the Great Smoky Mountains and will be connected via walkways to the neighboring Hampton Inn Gatlinburg Historic Nature Trail hotel. Hospitality Solutions will operate the Embassy Suites hotel upon completion. The hotel will feature dining options Roaring Fork and Sugarlands Coffee and Cream shop, as well as an indoor/outdoor waterpark dubbed Firefly Cove that will feature pools, a lazy river, water slide, creekside hot tub, outdoor fire pits, bar and an activity lawn with outdoor games and seating. Other amenities include a ballroom, several breakout meeting rooms and The Guide Room, a service that allows guests to curate their own excursions in the area in partnership with local outfitter Smoky Mountain Guides.

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STATESBORO, GA. — Rael Development Corp. has broken ground on Charme on Georgia Ave., a 694-bed student housing project located near the Georgia Southern University campus in Statesboro. The mid-rise development will offer 291 units in studio, one-, two- and four-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities will include a rooftop, resort-style swimming pool, fitness center, café, study/library space, billiards and gaming areas. The community is scheduled for completion in fall 2025.

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Miller Construction Co. has completed a 302,823-square-foot warehouse located at 2992 Pickettville Road in west Jacksonville. Lincoln Property Co. is the developer of the rear-load facility, which features 58 dock doors, two drive-in ramp doors, 36-foot clear heights and 54- by 48-foot column spacing. The property is situated near I-295 and I-10 and is divisible for up to four tenants. The project team includes architect IBI Group, MEP engineer Puga & Associates Inc., structural engineer DDA Engineers and civil engineer Adkinson Engineering.

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ATLANTA — Woda Coooper Cos. Inc. and Parallel Housing Inc. have delivered Stanton Park Apartments, a 56-unit affordable housing community in Atlanta. The property is located at 1056 Hank Aaron Drive in the city’s Peoplestown neighborhood, which is situated near the Atlanta BeltLine’s Southside Trail. Stanton Park features 36 one-bedroom apartments and 20 two-bedroom units that are reserved for households earning 30 to 80 percent of the area median income (AMI). Ten units are reserved with project-based vouchers for residents who experienced homelessness. Financing included a $1 million loan from Invest Atlanta, the City of Atlanta’s economic development authority; a $6.5 million tax-exempt bond from the Urban Residential Finance Authority; capital investments from Atlanta BeltLine Inc.; LIHTC equity from Walker & Dunlop ($5.2 million) and Sugar Creek Capital ($3.5 million); a construction loan from Summit Community Bank; and a $400,000 grant from Partners for Home, an entity comprising Atlanta-based organizations that address homelessness in the city. Stanton Park’s amenities include a multipurpose room with kitchenette, central laundry, computer room, fitness facility, indoor bike storage and a picnic area with tables and grills. The project team includes architect Hooker DeJong, civil engineer Long Engineering, general contractor Woda Construction Inc. and property manager …

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COVINGTON, GA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Shops at Covington Town Center, a new Publix-anchored shopping center located at 12701 Town Center Drive in Covington, about 36 miles east of Atlanta. Margaret Jones, Lane Breedlove, Adam Feinstein, Mark Gilbert and Mitchell Halpern of Cushman & Wakefield represented the owner and developer, a joint venture between The Sembler Co. and Berkeley Development, in the transaction. The duo delivered the center in 2023. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Shops at Covington Town Center features a 48,387-square-foot Publix store and 14,400 square feet of inline shop space. The shopping center is part of Covington Town Center, a mixed-use master-planned development that features three hotels, 350 apartments and 267 townhomes.

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PALM SPRINGS, FLA. — A partnership between Mast Capital, Rockpoint and The Spear Group have launched preleasing at Edera, a 264-unit apartment development underway in Palm Springs. Located at 2085 S. Congress Ave. near West Palm Beach, the garden-style community is slated to open for first residents in April. The property will feature a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments ranging from 715 to 1,212 square feet, with monthly rental rates ranging from $1,925 to $3,325. Designed by MSA Architects, Edera’s amenities will include a central clubhouse, indoor/outdoor yoga area and fitness lawn, lake with a walking path, dog park, playground, resort-style pool with cabanas, coworking spaces, game room and a clubhouse gym.

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JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Pearlmark has provided a $33 million mezzanine loan for the development of RISE @ Glen Kernan Park, a 308-unit active adult residential development in Jacksonville’s Southside neighborhood. Pearlmark closed the financing via its Pearlmark Mezzanine Realty Partners V LP investment vehicle. Benefit Street Partners provided the senior debt piece, the amount of which was not disclosed. Taylor Williams of Walker & Dunlop arranged the project capitalization on behalf of the borrower, RISE, a locally based multifamily development firm with five other projects in the Jacksonville market. RISE @ Glen Kernan Park is situated near the Mayo Clinic and St. Johns Town Center and is reserved for households age 55 years and older. Upon completion, the 30-acre project will comprise 236 residential units and 72 cottages. Amenities will include a clubhouse, fitness center, yoga and group fitness space, media lounge, resort-style pool, pickleball courts, dog park and a party room.

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SOUTHERN PINES, N.C. — BWE has arranged a $24.3 million construction loan for Phase II of Morganton Park South, a retail development underway in Southern Pines. Situated near the Pinehurst Golf Resort, Phase II is fully preleased and will house the region’s first BJs Wholesale Club. Phase I of Morganton Park South includes tenants such as Target, Dick’s Sporting Goods/Golf Galaxy and HomeGoods. Daniel Rosenberg and Logan Petersmeyer of BWE originated the interest-only loan on behalf of the borrower, Midland Atlantic Properties. The loan was underwritten with a fixed interest rate and an 80 percent loan-to-cost ratio.

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HAMPTON, GA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $9.8 million sale of Centre at Lovejoy, a 46,700-square-foot shopping center located at 11337 Tara Blvd. in Hampton, about 28 miles south of Atlanta. Eric Abbott and Zach Taylor of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office represented the seller, Mount Pleasant, S.C.-based WRS Inc., in the transaction. The buyer was AGW Partners, a private investment firm based in New York. Centre at Lovejoy is shadow-anchored by Walmart and was leased to 17 tenants at the time of sale, including Bank of America, GameStop and Dollar Tree. The property sold as part of a two-property portfolio sale that included a neighboring retail center.

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a 69,271-square-foot lease at 550 South, a 394,000-square-foot office tower located in Uptown Charlotte. Truist Insurance Holdings, the fifth-largest insurance brokerage firm in the United States, will now occupy the 14th, 15th and 16th floors at the property. Cousin Properties is the landlord of 550 South. Keith Bell and Matt Bowen of Cushman & Wakefield represented Truist in the lease negotiations. Charlotte-based Truist Financial Corp. is the parent company of the tenant, but recently reached an agreement to sell its remaining stake in Truist Insurance Holdings.

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