SARASOTA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Airport Commerce Center, an eight-building industrial park in Sarasota spanning 186,675 square feet. The Silverman Group purchased the project from Sound Capital for an undisclosed price. Rick Brugge, Mike Davis and Rick Colon of Cushman & Wakefield represented Sound Capital in the transaction. Airport Commerce Center is located at 7602 15th St. E, which sits near U.S. Highway 301 and I-75 and across from Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. The small-bay industrial park was fully leased at the time of sale to a roster of 48 tenants. Suite sizes range from 1,177 to 12,283 square feet, with the eight buildings featuring a total of 74 grade-level doors and clear heights ranging from 16 to 20 feet.
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Milan Hotel Group Purchases Two-Property Hotel Portfolio in Asheville, North Carolina
by John Nelson
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Milan Hotel Group has purchased a two-property hotel portfolio in Asheville, including the 88-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott Asheville (built in 2002) and the 78-room Courtyard by Marriott Asheville (built in 1996). An institutional seller sold the hotels to Milan Hotel Group for an undisclosed price. Sophia Pittaluga of Hunter Hotel Advisors brokered the transaction. The hotels are situated along Buckstone Place near the city’s Tunnel Road retail district, approximately five west of downtown Asheville. SpringHill Suites features kitchenettes in every room, along with a complimentary hot breakfast, an indoor pool and a fitness center. Courtyard by Marriott features The Bistro restaurant and Starbucks coffee service, as well as an indoor heated pool and 24-hour fitness center. Many rooms at Courtyard by Marriott feature private balconies that offer views of the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Vastland Obtains $130M Construction Financing for VOCE Hotel & Residences Project in Nashville
by John Nelson
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Vastland Co. has obtained a $130 million construction loan for VOCE Hotel & Residences, a 25-story mixed-use development located at 1717 Hayes St. in Midtown Nashville. BayBridge Real Estate Capital arranged the loan through Atlanta-based Peachtree Group. Upon completion, VOCE Hotel & Residences will feature 192 private residences, 114 luxury hotel rooms, 60,000 square feet of boutique office space and more than 40,000 square feet of amenities, including a rooftop dining experience. The design-build team includes BL Harbert International (general contractor), The Preston Partnership (architect), ID & Design International (interior design), RH (custom design), Civil Site Design Group (civil engineer) and HDLA (landscape architect). Vastland and the project team plan to break ground next week and deliver the project in fall 2027. Christy Fewin of Vastland is leading sales for the residences, which at full capacity has a total sellout value of $360 million. Pre-sales have already eclipsed 50 percent of available units, according to Vastland.
CHAMBLEE, GA. — Atlas Real Estate Partners has opened The Hawkins, a 192-unit apartment community located at 3311 Hood Ave. in Chamblee, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. The property is situated adjacent to DeKalb-Peachtree Airport and is currently 63 percent occupied. The project team included FIDES Development, New South Construction, Nelson Architects and Banko Design, and Greystar is providing property management services. The Hawkins offers a mix of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom residences, with monthly rental rates ranging from $1,558 to $3,069, according to Apartments.com. Amenities include a sky lounge overlooking the airport, coworking spaces, an indoor/outdoor fitness center, resort-style swimming pool and dog spa facilities. The Hawkins will eventually feature ground-floor retail space and a grab-and-go market, according to Atlas.
Seven Hills Realty Trust Provides $37.3M Financing for Student Housing Community Near University of Maryland
by John Nelson
COLLEGE PARK, MD. — Seven Hills Realty Trust has provided a $37.3 million loan for Mazza Grandmarc, a 628-bed student housing community located near the University of Maryland campus in College Park. The loan features an initial term extending through November 2028 with two 12-month extension options. The borrower was not disclosed. Seven Hills Realty Trust is managed by Tremont Realty Capital.
TEMPLE TERRACE, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $10.5 million sale of Fountain Shoppes, a retail center in Temple Terrace totaling 18,110 square feet. Built in 2022, the four-building property is located on a 2.6-acre site at 8942 Bertha Palmer Blvd. Fountain Shoppes was fully leased at the time of sale to seven tenants, including Starbucks Coffee, Jersey Mike’s, Rocking Crab, The Joint Chiropractic, Hand & Stone, AT&T and Chase Bank. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, a Florida-based investor and developer, in the transaction. The buyer was a Florida-based private investor. Both parties requested anonymity.
BEL AIR, MD. — Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) has arranged $3.9 million in acquisition financing for The Shoppes at James Run, a 13,189-square-foot retail property located in Bel Air, approximately 25 miles northeast of Baltimore. Jared Cassidy of MMCC secured the 7-year loan on behalf of a private client. The loan features a 5.64 percent interest rate and a 25-year amortization schedule. The Shoppes at James Run features a mix of tenants including Starbucks Coffee, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Olive Garden, LongHorn Steakhouse, a café and an urgent care office.
ATLANTA — Andrew Layton, chief acquisition officer for Atlanta-based Student Quarters, knows that from a commercial real estate investment standpoint, the student housing sector possesses a key advantage: the relative permanence of many flagship universities nationally. “There is no risk of the University of Kentucky uprooting itself from Lexington and moving to Frankfort anytime soon. In the conventional multifamily world, neighborhoods come, neighborhoods go. What was hot yesterday may not be so hot today. What was cold yesterday may be the flaming new market tomorrow. That’s just not the case in what we do,” emphasized Layton, who leads the origination and underwriting efforts involving both the acquisition and development of student housing assets for the Student Quarters’ investors. “There’s a sense of permanence [surrounding these academic institutions], and if you can get on the ground and do your due diligence, you can figure out relatively easily where things work and where things don’t work in a student housing market.” Student Quarters owns and operates over 13,000 beds nationally, stretching east to west from Clemson, South Carolina, to Tempe, Arizona; and north to south from East Lansing, Michigan, to Tallahassee, Florida. The insights from Layton, who’s worked in the student housing …
NEW YORK CITY — Global alternative investment firm Investcorp has completed the $400 million acquisition of an industrial portfolio located in markets across the Eastern and Western United States. The seller was not disclosed. Totaling 2.6 million square feet, the portfolio comprises 35 buildings across seven markets. Properties in the portfolio include a 76,000-square-foot, two-building portfolio in Philadelphia; a 44,000-square-foot building in New Jersey; 92,000 square feet across two buildings on Long Island; a 1.3 million-square-foot logistics portfolio in Sacramento, Calif.; 156,000 square feet across two buildings in Tampa, Fla.; a 115,000-square-foot, three-building portfolio in South Florida; and a 12-building, 814,000-square-foot portfolio on Atlanta’s north side. Average occupancy across the portfolio was at 97 percent as of October. According to Green Street Advisors, each of the seven markets associated with the portfolio saw strong demand growth in the industrial sector during the third quarter of 2025. The firm noted that new supply in these markets makes up less than 1.3 percent of current inventory. “Despite shifting trade dynamics and supply chain disruptions across the country, the U.S. industrial sector has retained its foundational strength,” says Herb Myers, global head of real assets at Investcorp. “This is particularly true for these and similar …
Ypsomed Buys Life Sciences Facility in Metro Raleigh, Plans $250M Biomedical Manufacturing Project
by John Nelson
HOLLY SPRINGS, N.C. — Ypsomed, a Swiss manufacturer of injection systems for the self-administration of insulin and other liquid medicines, has purchased a life sciences facility in Holly Springs, a suburb of Raleigh. The firm purchased Building H within The Yield Holly Springs from the developer, Charlotte-based Crescent Communities, for $31.5 million. Ypsomed plans to invest $250 million to establish the 110,000-square-foot property as its first manufacturing facility in the United States. Ypsomed plans to customize Building H to be operational in 2027.