SHEPHERDSVILLE, KY. — UPS Supply Chain Solutions, the logistics and freight forwarding arm of Atlanta-based parcel services giant UPS, has opened a new $79 million warehouse and distribution center in Shepherdsville, a southern suburb of Louisville in Bullitt County. The facility, dubbed Velocity, is situated about 15 south of the UPS Worldport, the company’s central airline hub that can process 4 million packages and 300 flights daily. The new facility is also located 16 miles south of Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport via I-65. The size and address of the new UPS logistics facility was not disclosed, but Kate Gutmann, president of UPS International, Healthcare and Supply Chain Solutions, says the automated facility can process 350,000 units daily. UPS has invested millions in its logistics operations in the Louisville market over the years. In October 2022, UPS announced a $330 million investment across two new logistics facilities in the Louisville metro area that created 435 new jobs. Last November, the company broke ground on two new UPS Healthcare facilities and a new aircraft hangar for UPS Airlines.
BIRMINGHAM, ALA. — Ziegler has served as sell-side financial advisor for the sale of St. Martin’s in the Pines, a 316-unit continuing care retirement community (CCRC) in Birmingham. Diversicare Healthcare Services acquired the property from the independent ownership board for an undisclosed price. Located in the eastern outskirts of the city near the Mountain Brook and Homewood suburbs, the property is near the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) and the UAB hospital system. St. Martin’s in the Pines comprises a four-story independent living facility with 97 apartments, a two-story assisted living and memory care facility with 40 assisted living units and 51 memory care units, and a skilled nursing campus with 128 skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation beds. It is the second largest skilled nursing campus in Alabama, according to Ziegler. Diversicare is recognized as a premier provider of post-acute care and is the largest skilled nursing provider in Alabama with 19 campuses in the state.
DAVENPORT, FLA. — Urban Network Capital Group and Vertical Developments have broken ground on Visions Resort & Spa, a $170 million mixed-use development located at 7007 Osceola Park Line Road in Davenport, a suburb of Orlando. The property will comprise 48 single-family homes, 132 multi-level townhomes, a 180-unit condo/hotel and 70,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space. Starting sales prices range from $229,000 for condo-hotel units to $879,000 for single-family homes, according to the co-developers. The townhomes are completely presold and the single-family and condo-hotel units are 85 percent presold. Visions Resort will include a 12,000-square-foot clubhouse and an amenity package comprising a pool with cabanas with a wet bar for poolside refreshments, sports courts, a meditation garden, Pilates/yoga center, a gym facility and an outdoor cross-training gym. First residential units at Visions Resort are expected to deliver in first-quarter 2025.
BROOKHAVEN, GA. — Connolly has recently signed new retail tenants at Parkside on Dresden, a $70 million mixed-use development underway in the Atlanta suburb of Brookhaven. The four-acre development is set to open in fall 2024 and will comprise the 183-unit Solis Dresden Village apartment community that Terwilliger Pappas is developing. The project will also include 32,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space that will be leased to tenants including Confab Kitchen and Bar, Honeysuckle Gelato, Café Vendome, Clean Juice, El Valle, MIRAE and F45 Training. Mindy Elms and Ed O’Connor of Lavista Associates Inc. are handling the retail leasing assignment at Parkside on Dresden on behalf of Connolly. The development will be situated at 1350 Dresden Drive between Caldwell Road and Parkside Drive, which is within walking distance to the Brookhaven-Oglethorpe MARTA station.
POOLER, GA. — Jim Chapman Construction Group has broken ground on The Cottages at New Hampstead, a 327-unit build-to-rent residential development underway in Pooler, a western suburb of Savannah. Situated off Little Neck Road near the Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport, the gated, 66-acre project will include attached townhomes offering a mix of floor plans ranging from 1,020 to 1,466 square feet. Amenities at The Cottages at New Hampstead will include onsite management and leasing offices, 24-hour emergency maintenance, a clubhouse, swimming pool, fitness center, sidewalks and streetlights. The project is on track for completion in December and leasing will begin in January 2024.
POOLER, GA. — Novare Group and Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC) have opened Populus Pooler, a 316-unit apartment community located at 5000 Populus Drive in Pooler. The 30-acre project is situated near Hyundai’s $5.5 billion manufacturing plant that is set to open in 2025, as well as the Port of Savannah. Populus Pooler features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments with monthly rental rates ranging from $1,585 to $2,491, according to the property website. Amenities include an onsite car care center, game room, library nook, coworking micro-offices, fitness center with a yoga and spin room, resort-style pool with a sun deck and tanning ledge, a dog park and pet spa and an outdoor fire pit. The project team includes architect Dynamik Design, general contractor Classic Plains Construction, lender Citizens Bank and property manager Livcor, which also provided mezzanine financing.
SCOTTSVILLE, KY. — Legacy Realty Group Advisors has brokered the sale of Scottsville Shopping Center, a 31,800-square-foot retail center located at 1224 Gallatin Road in Scottsville, a city in southern Kentucky near the Tennessee border. The center sold for $3 million in the off-market transaction. Food Lion anchors the property. Jacob Baruch and Jonah Warshaw of Legacy Realty represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction, both of which requested anonymity.
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How to Clear Affordable Housing’s Construction Financing Hurdle
Developers are finding it tougher than ever to finance affordable housing. And often, the biggest hurdle for the sector’s borrowers involves construction — either obtaining that initial loan at a manageable cost or qualifying for take-out financing after a protracted construction period — which has strained resources and delivery schedules for a number of developments. Limitations on rent increases make the industry especially vulnerable to rising costs, and expenses today have risen precipitously across the board. Rents have also grown, but not on pace with construction and operating costs driven up by inflation, wage pressures, soaring insurance premiums and a series of interest rate hikes, observes Tracy Peters, a senior managing director on Lument’s affordable housing production team. “Borrowers are squeezed by a number of things in this marketplace,” Peters says. “The fed funds rate climbing 5 percent over the last two years means the interest rates on construction loans have basically come up 5 percent or more over that time. Now folks who had budgeted for a much lower interest rate — if they are still in construction mode — are trying to figure out how to deal with these higher interest rates.” At the same time, the …
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — PTM Partners will expand EDGE Collective, a mixed-use development in St. Petersburg, with a 500,000-square-foot second phase. Phase II will feature 350 multifamily residential units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts across two buildings, as well as 45,000 square feet of commercial and retail space and 260 parking spaces. The first phase of the development comprises a 163-room Moxy Hotel and a redevelopment of 1246 Central Avenue building, which features 16,000 square feet of office space that will be available for tenancy in early 2024 and 8,000 square feet of ground-floor food-and-beverage retail space.
MOBILE, ALA. — Topgolf has opened a new venue in Mobile, marking the third in Alabama for the Dallas-based brand. Situated within McGowan Park Shopping Center, the venue features 60 outdoor climate-controlled hitting bays across two levels, as well as a full-service restaurant, 22-foot video wall and more than 100 TVs. According to the company, Topgolf Mobile will employ roughly 200 associates and is the 95th outdoor Topgolf venue in the country.