Southeast

CHARLESTON, W.VA. — BWE has provided a $37 million Fannie Mae loan for Harmony at Southridge, a seniors housing community in Charleston that is operated by Harmony Senior Services. Ryan Stoll and Taylor Mokris of BWE originated the 10-year loan on behalf of the borrower, Smith-Packett, Wessex Capital. The loan features five years of interest-only payments and a fixed interest rate. Built in 2020, Harmony at Southridge features independent living, assisted living and secured memory care units, as well as chef-prepared dining options, a therapy gym, movie theater, beauty salon, library and concierge services. The borrower converted 12 independent living units to assisted living in late 2024, according to BWE.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Native Realty has negotiated the $5 million sale of a 7,541-square-foot office building located at 201 SE 12th St. in Fort Lauderdale. The buyer, a locally based law firm doing business in the transaction as BJO of Fort Lauderdale LLC, plans to occupy the property. Jaime Sturgis and Kaley Tuning of Native Realty represented the seller, an entity doing business as Davie Blvd Office LLC, in the off-market transaction. Completed in 2018, the office building features large windows and surface parking options for tenants.

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multifamily housing

Lee & Associates’ 2025 Q2 North America Market Report looks back at shrinking (or negative) net absorption for industrial, office and retail sectors in the last quarter. Meanwhile, multifamily tenant demand beat previous expectations in the same three months, as a feared recession failed to materialize. The mix of factors for absorption varied by property type: industrial and office markets saw increases in vacancy, while competition for retail space remained high, even in the face of high-profile closures. Lee & Associates’ full market report is available to read here (plus detailed vacancy rates, cap rates by city, market rents, square footage information, information on Canadian markets and more). The recaps for industrial, office, retail and multifamily sectors below detail trends and outlooks for each property sector in the remainder of 2025. Industrial Overview: Vacancies Rise, Rent Growth Slows Concern over the impact of tariffs has added to slowing tenant growth in logistics and manufacturing across North America. But the continued easing demand has resulted in more choices and benefits for users that have been subjected to a prolonged stretch of steep rent growth. Vacancies in the United States have risen to 7.4 percent, a decade-long high, while deliveries continued to outpace tenant expansion. Net absorption fell …

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FAYETTEVILLE, GA. — Piedmont Healthcare’s board of directors has approved a $275 million expansion and renovation project at Piedmont Fayette, an existing hospital campus in Fayetteville, about 28 miles southwest of Atlanta in Fayette County. The project will add a new patient tower with space for future expansion, as well as the renovation of 31,304 square feet that includes surgical rooms, a kitchen, lab, pharmacy, loading dock and central utility plant. Construction is expected to start in early 2026 and be completed within three years. The project represents Piedmont Healthcare’s largest capital investment since the Marcus Tower on the campus of Piedmont Atlanta, the health system’s founding hospital. Piedmont Fayette, formerly known as Fayette Community Hospital, opened in 1997 and was last renovated in 2017.

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RALEIGH, N.C. — Turnbridge Equities plans to break ground on Highline Glenwood, a $200 million apartment high-rise development located at the site of the former Pine State Creamery in downtown Raleigh. The 37-story tower will house 306 luxury studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as an indoor/outdoor sky lounge on the 37th level and an outdoor amenity terrace on the ninth floor that will include a pool, padel court, lawn, grills and lounge areas. Other amenities include a demonstration kitchen, coworking suite with conference and videoconference rooms, golf simulator, fitness center and a wellness suite with a cold plunge and sauna. Highline Glenwood will also include 7,500 square feet of ground-level retail space and 50,000 square feet of adaptive reuse commercial space in the historic Pine State Creamery building, which will be preserved and house the 300-person hub offices of BuildOps. The site includes developable land for another 300 apartments or 300,000 square feet of commercial space. Capital sources for the Highline Glenwood development include equity from Turnbridge and $147 million in debt from Axos Bank and accounts managed by Manulife Investment Management Real Estate. Sitework is underway, with project delivery expected in mid-2028. The design-build team includes …

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DORAL, FLA. — CBRE has negotiated the $82.3 million sale of a six-building industrial portfolio within America’s Gateway Park in Doral, a city in Miami’s Airport West submarket. Longpoint Partners, a Boston-based private equity firm, purchased the 301,988-square-foot portfolio from Terreno Realty Corp. José Lobón, Trey Barry, Frank Fallon, Royce Rose, George Fallon, Gabriel Braun and Daniel Sarmiento of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. The sold buildings range in size between 32,990 square feet and 64,774 square feet and were collectively 91 percent leased at the time of sale to 21 tenants.

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DALTON, GA. — Matthews has arranged the sale of Northside Plaza, a 73,931-square-foot shopping center located at 1263 N. Glenwood Ave. in Dalton, a city in north Georgia near the Tennessee border. The center was 92 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including America’s Thrift Stores and Dollar Tree, as well as other national and restaurant outparcels. Kyle Stonis, Pierce Mayson and Boris Shilkrot of Matthews brokered the transaction. A family office out of Texas purchased Northside Plaza for an undisclosed price. The seller was also not disclosed.

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MONTICELLO, KY. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.9 million sale of Cumberland Crossing, a 94,366-square-foot shopping center located in Monticello. Situated on roughly 16 acres, Cumberland Crossing was 86 percent leased to tenants including Marshalls, Five Below, Farmers Home Furniture, Dollar Tree and Great Clips at the time of sale. Walmart, which has operated at the site since 2001, shadow-anchors the property. Zach Taylor and Eric Abbott of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Grant Fitzgerald was the firm’s broker of record in Kentucky.

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CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Chattanooga-based CBL Properties (NYSE: CBL) has acquired four enclosed regional malls from Washington Prime Group for $178.9 million. The properties include Ashland Town Center in Ashland, Ky.; Mesa Mall in Grand Junction, Colo.; Paddock Mall in Ocala, Fla.; and Southgate Mall in Missoula, Mont. CBL says it is focused on owning and managing successful enclosed malls in dynamic and growing middle markets. The deal suggests mall recovery extends beyond luxury properties, driven by limited retail construction since 2008, according to The Wall Street Journal. Ashland Town Center is a single-level mall that opened in 1989. Totaling more than 420,000 square feet, the property features more than 70 retailers and restaurants, including anchors JCPenney, Belk, T.J. Maxx, Ulta Beauty and Five Below. The center has undergone several renovations over the years, including a major redevelopment in the late 2000s that added a new JCPenney prototype store and updated amenities. The largest indoor shopping center in western Colorado, Mesa Mall spans roughly 733,000 square feet and is home to more than 120 stores and services. Anchor tenants include Cabela’s, Dillard’s, JCPenney, Target, HomeGoods and Dick’s Sporting Goods. Originally developed in 1980, the property has undergone several redevelopments to modernize …

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DURHAM, N.C. — The Ardent Cos. has closed on the land acquisition for Westside Bottling, a mixed-use development located on the former Durham Coca-Cola Bottling Co. warehouse site in Durham. Ardent plans to break ground in August on the development, which at full build-out will feature 70,000 square feet of retail space, 370 multifamily residences and 35 for-sale townhomes. Westside Bottling’s retail component is currently 70 percent preleased to tenants including Sprouts Farmers Market, Shake Shack, Ulta Beauty, Club Pilates, First Watch and Vernis Nail Salons. First Citizens Bank, which had an existing bank branch on the site, will continue to operate at Westside Bottling. The development sits three miles west of downtown Durham and north of Duke University and Duke University Medical Center.

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