FAYETTEVILLE, GA. — Quality Technology Services (QTS), a data center owner and operator, has acquired 615 acres in Fayetteville, about 25 miles south of Atlanta. The Overland Park, Kan.-based firm plans to develop the world’s largest multi-data center campus on the site, according to CBRE. The square footage and construction timeline for the campus were not released. Tim Huffman and Mike Lash of CBRE represented the seller, the Fayette County Development Authority, in the deal. The duo also procured QTS, which acquired the assemblage for $153.8 million, or approximately $250,000 per acre. Atlanta’s data center market has seen strong demand as the market recorded a vacancy rate of 3.6 percent as of second-quarter 2022, according to CBRE research. The market is currently home to 249.5 megawatts (MW) of data center capacity, a 71.7-MW increase from the first half of 2021.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Lincoln Rackhouse, the data center division of Lincoln Property Co., and Principal Real Estate Investors, the real estate investment arm for Principal Global Investors, have partnered to purchase a 185,000-square-foot data center. Originally built and occupied by cell phone giant Blackberry in 2009, the data center sits on a 38-acre site at 4905 N. Point Parkway in Alpharetta, less than two miles from the Avalon mixed-use development and about 25 miles north of Atlanta. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The data center’s current capacity is 7 megawatts (MW) but is expandable up to 13 MW, and the site can accommodate a new ground-up data center that can support 30 MW of capacity. St. Louis-based Ascent will continue to provide facilities management, engineering and construction services to the site. Digital Crossroad and CBRE’s Atlanta-based data center solutions team will provide marketing and leasing services for the new ownership.
WILDWOOD AND LADY LAKE, FLA. — Strategic Storage Growth Trust III Inc. has purchased two self-storage facilities in The Villages, a master-planned community in Central Florida spanning 5,600 acres. California-based Strategic Storage Growth Trust III is a private company that intends to qualify as a REIT sponsored by an affiliate of SmartStop Self Storage REIT. The self-storage assets include a 1,010-unit property at 5688 Florida Highway 44 in Wildwood and a 750-unit facility at 175 Rolling Acres Road in Lady Lake. The 187,400-square-foot portfolio represents the first acquisition for Strategic Storage Growth Trust III since it launched in May 2022. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Colliers has arranged the sale of the 135-room Quality Inn Palm Beach International Airport hotel and an adjacent IHOP restaurant in West Palm Beach. Index Investment Group purchased the assets from Cherry Cove Hospitality for $12.5 million. Mark Rubin and Bastian Laggerbauer of Colliers’ South Florida Investment Services team represented the buyer, and Richard Lillis of Colliers’ Hotels USA division represented the seller in the off-market transaction. Index will assume operations of the hotel immediately and continue to operate it under the Quality Inn flag. The hotel and 5,408-square-foot IHOP are located at 1503-1505 Belvedere Road, roughly two miles from both Palm Beach International Airport and downtown West Palm Beach.
BATON ROUGE, LA. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the $7.3 million sale of Acadian Place Apartments, a 120-unit multifamily property located at 855 S. Flannery Road in Baton Rouge. John Solari of Matthews represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. A private investor based in New York purchased the property. Acadian Place is situated within walking distance to Flannery Road Park, an elementary school, Shopper’s Value Food and multiple restaurants. According to Apartments.com, the gated property was built in 1973 and features a pool, laundry facilities, playground, clubhouse and onsite property management.
CAPE CORAL, FLA. — A partnership between Shoreham Capital, Bridge Investment Group and Wynkoop Financial has purchased 26 acres in the southwest Florida city of Cape Coral for the development of a $120 million apartment community. Named Siesta Lakes, the 412-unit property will include one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans with private balconies, open living areas and high-end finishes. Community amenities will include a gym, pool, dog park, pickleball courts and a business center. The co-developers plan to break ground in the fourth quarter.
DURHAM, N.C. — Northmarq has brokered the sale of the apartments at One City Center, a 28-story mixed-use tower located at 110 Corcoran St. in downtown Durham. Jeff Glenn, Allan Lynch, Andrea Howard, Caylor Mark, John Currin and Sara Wagman of Northmarq represented the seller and developer, Austin Lawrence Partners, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Built in 2019, the property features 109 apartments, as well as a rooftop pool and hot tub, fitness center and a courtyard on the sixth floor with an al fresco dining area and fenced dog park. Individual units feature floor-to-ceiling windows, custom quartz countertops and private balconies. One City Center also features 30 for-sale condominiums, 130,000 square feet of office space and 22,000 square feet of retail space that were not part of the transaction.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Albany Road Real Estate Partners has purchased Challenger South I and II, a two-building office portfolio in Orlando totaling 147,000 square feet. Boston-based Taurus Investment Holdings LLC sold the buildings for an undisclosed price. Patterson Real Estate Advisory Group arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through Beach Bank for Boston-based Albany Road. Located on 15 acres within Central Florida Research Park, Challenger South I and II were 93 percent leased at the time of sale to eight tenants, including Vectrus, Microsemi Storage Solutions and Rockwell Collins. The buildings provide a real estate ratio of 80 percent offices and 20 percent high-bay warehouse space.
PORTSMOUTH, VA. — Woda Cooper Cos. Inc. has opened Holley Pointe, an affordable housing community located at 622 Effingham St. in downtown Portsmouth. The property features 50 two- and three-bedroom apartments reserved for residents earning up to 30 to 80 percent of area median income. Rents are $350 to $1,135 per month depending on the unit size and income restriction. Designed by Hooker DeJoung Architecture, community spaces at Holley Pointe include a community room with a kitchen, library, laundry, fitness room, elevator, park areas with benches, bike racks and off-street parking, as well as an onsite leasing and management office and 6,500 square feet of commercial space on the ground floor. Virginia Housing awarded Low Income Housing Tax Credits to Woda Cooper to support financing, including equity invested by Wells Fargo. Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust also provided construction financing. The project team includes civil engineer Hoggard-Eure Associates and structural engineer Speight Marshall Francis. Holley Pointe is named after the late Dr. James Holley III, a former mayor of Portsmouth.
ALCOA, TENN. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has brokered the $2.4 million ground-lease sale of an 8,354-square-foot restaurant at 1125 Franck St. in Alcoa, a suburb of Knoxville. The landowner and tenant, Louisville-based Texas Roadhouse Inc., sold the 2.4-acre site to an undisclosed investor based in Virginia. The newly constructed restaurant is set to open in September, and Texas Roadhouse is subject to a 15-year ground lease. Morgan Creech and Sarah Shanks of SRS’ Louisville office represented Texas Roadhouse in the transaction. Feldman Ruel Urban Property Advisors represented the buyer.