Southeast

Extended Stay America Opens 124-Room Hotel Near Savannah

by Alex Tostado June 26, 2020

POOLER, GA. — Extended Stay America Inc. has opened a 124-room hotel in Pooler. Dubbed Extended Stay America-Savannah, the four-story hotel offers a fitness room, laundry room, complimentary WiFi and fully equipped kitchens. The property is located at 500 Outlets Parkway, adjacent to Tanger Outlets Savannah and 12 miles west of downtown Savannah. The general contractor, Integrated Construction, broke ground on the hotel in March 2019. Rule Joy Trammell + Rubio LLC served as the architect and Coleman Co. was the civil engineer. This is the fifth corporate-owned hotel that incorporates Extended Stay America’s newest prototype.

June 26, 2020

Development Multifamily Southeast Tennessee

Doster Construction Delivers 296-Unit Multifamily Community Near Memphis

by Alex Tostado June 26, 2020

FOREST HILL, TENN. — Doster Construction Co. has delivered Springs at Forest Hill, a 296-unit multifamily community in Forest Hill. Designed by Phillips Partnership, the property offers studio through three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, car care center, grilling area and package services. Springs at Forest Hill is located at 3750 Moraine St., 22 miles east of downtown Memphis. Birmingham, Ala.-based Doster began construction in summer 2018 on behalf of the developer, Continental Partners.

June 26, 2020

Acquisitions Industrial Mississippi Self-Storage Southeast Tennessee

Gelt Acquires Eight Self-Storage Facilities in Metro Memphis for $41M

by Alex Tostado June 26, 2020

MEMPHIS, TENN. — Gelt Inc. has acquired eight self-storage properties comprising 3,867 units in metro Memphis for $41 million. The portfolio, which totals 490,187 square feet, was 91 percent leased at the time of sale. There are five facilities in Memphis; two in Olive Branch, Miss.; and one in Nesbit, Miss. The single-story properties were built between 1972 and 2006 and feature a mix of drive-up, indoor and climate-controlled units. Portfolio-wide, the unit sizes range from 5 square feet to 430 square feet and average 141 square feet. Citizen Storage will manage all eight properties. Luke Elliott and Michael Mele of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Merit Hill Capital, in the transaction.

June 26, 2020

Acquisitions Georgia Multifamily Southeast

JLL Negotiates Sale of 104-Unit Apartment Complex in Atlanta

by Alex Tostado June 26, 2020

ATLANTA — JLL has negotiated the sale of Marquis at Briarcliff, a 104-unit apartment complex in Atlanta’s North Druid Hills submarket. The property, which built in 1995, offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, pool, grilling areas and a dog park. The buyer, Chicago-based Oak Residential Partners LLC, plans to upgrade unit interiors, exteriors, amenities and landscaping. The buyer also changed the property name to One K Apartments. The community is located at 1000 Gables Way, eight miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. JLL represented the seller, CWS Capital Partners LLC, in the transaction and procured the buyer. The sales price was not disclosed.

June 26, 2020

Acquisitions Office Southeast Virginia

Divaris Arranges Sale of 310,745 SF Office Building Housing Norfolk Southern’s Headquarters

by Alex Tostado June 25, 2020

NORFOLK, VA. — Divaris Real Estate has arranged the sale of the Arnold B. McKinnon Norfolk Southern headquarters, a 310,745-square-foot office building in downtown Norfolk. The building has been home to Norfolk Southern Railroad’s headquarters since 1988. The company will finish out its lease, which has 18 months remaining, then move to Midtown Atlanta. A joint venture between TowneBank and Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughter (CHKD) acquired the 22-story tower for an undisclosed price from Norfolk Southern. As part of the acquisition, the buyers also purchased the Commercial Place Garage, a 744-space parking garage connected to the tower via skybridge. The parking garage features retailers on the ground level. TowneBank and CHKD will each occupy 10 stories, with CHKD bringing over 475 employees and TowneBank relocating 400. TowneBank has hired WM Jordan as the general contractor to renovate the bank’s future home, on floors that Norfolk Southern is not currently occupying. Creative Development Partners will manage the renovations. Gerald Divaris, Michael Divaris and Jason Oliver of Divaris Real Estate represented the buyers in the transaction. Gayle Bartlett of Divaris Property Management Corp. will continue to manage the building, as well as the parking garage and retail on the first …

June 25, 2020

District of Columbia Southeast

Nearly 1.5M Americans File First-Time Unemployment Claims in Latest Weekly Figures

by Alex Tostado June 25, 2020

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Nearly 1.5 million Americans filed first-time unemployment claims during the week ending June 20, the U.S. Department of Labor reports. The claims remain historically high in the midst of the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak, though the week-over-week numbers have declined for 12 consecutive weeks. The most recent figure was 60,000 fewer than the previous week’s total. Economists surveyed by Dow Jones anticipated a total of under 1.4 million claims for the week. Furthermore, the four-week moving average has also been steadily declining, dropping by 160,750 claims to 1.6 million, according to the Department of Labor. Continuing claims also fell by 767,000 claims to under just over 19.5 million. This is the first week since the economic shutdown in mid-March that continuing claims have fallen below 20 million.

June 25, 2020

Development North Carolina Office Southeast

Atco, Shorenstein Open 140,000 SF Office Building at Camp North End in Charlotte

by Alex Tostado June 25, 2020

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Atco Properties & Management and Shorenstein Properties LLC have opened the Gama Goat Building, a 140,000-square-foot office building in Charlotte. The new building is situated at 1701 N. Graham St. within the 1 million-square-foot mixed-use development, Camp North End. The open-air property also features four food halls, including La Caseta, Bleu Barn Bistro and Saru by Bow Ramen, which were all unveiled during the grand opening ceremony held Wednesday. S9 Architecture served as the design architect, BB+M Architecture served as the local production architect and LandDesign served as the civil engineer and landscape architect for the Gama Goat Building. Jessica Brown, David Dorsch, Kris Westmoreland and Grant Keyes of Cushman & Wakefield will handle leasing efforts at the building. Approximately 3,000 square feet of retail space is available for lease, including the fourth food stall. Fitness concept bloc also leases space at the Gama Goat Building.

June 25, 2020

Alabama Development Multifamily Southeast

Middleburg Communities Breaks Ground on 290-Unit Multifamily Community in Huntsville

by Alex Tostado June 25, 2020

HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Middleburg Communities has broken ground on Mosby Bridge Street, a planned 290-unit multifamily community in Huntsville. The community is situated within a designated Opportunity Zone in Cummings Research Park. Middleburg expects to complete the property in April 2022 with preleasing beginning in May 2021. Once complete, the community will offer one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans across four four-story buildings. Unit interiors will feature stainless steel Energy Star appliances, granite countertops, balconies, Bluetooth keyless entry and nine-foot ceilings. Communal amenities will include valet trash pickup, package locker concierge, pool, dog park, pet spa and a two-story clubhouse. Cline Design Architects is the designer and Johnson & Associates is the civil engineer. Middleburg is serving as the general contractor and will manage the property.

June 25, 2020

Acquisitions North Carolina Retail Southeast

TSCG Negotiates $7.1M Sale of Newly Built Retail Center in Metro Charlotte

by Alex Tostado June 25, 2020

CONCORD, N.C. — TSCG has negotiated the $7.1 million sale of The Shops at Christenbury, an 11,350-square-foot retail property in Concord. The asset was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Aspen Dental, First Watch, Atrium Health and Brownlee Jewelers. A Kohl’s store, McDonald’s outparcel and an Andy’s Frozen Custard outparcel sit on the property but were not part of the sale. The seller, Thompson Thrift Development, delivered the property in 2019. The Shops at Christenbury is located at 8825 Christenbury Parkway, 15 miles north of downtown Charlotte. Anthony Blanco of TSCG represented the Indianapolis-based seller in the transaction. Erin Patton of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, an affiliate of Ohio-based Deville Developments.

June 25, 2020

Development Georgia Office Southeast Top Stories

CDC to Develop 160,000 SF Research Lab in Atlanta

by Alex Tostado June 25, 2020

ATLANTA — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) will develop a 160,000-square-foot research lab at Roybal Campus, the organization’s main headquarters in Atlanta. The high-containment continuity lab (HCCL) will be a Biosafety Level-4 (BSL-4) facility, a designation reserved for the highest level of biological safety. The lab is part of the CDC’s 2025 master plan, which was finalized before the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic began. The Atlanta-based organization expects construction to begin in early 2021 and has tapped McCarthy Building Cos. Inc. as general contractor. Flad Architects, Page Southerland Page and WSP designed the HCCL. McCarthy, a St. Louis-based general contractor, has built 25 percent of the BSL-4 labs in the United States. The company also built the Emerging Infectious Diseases BSL-4 Laboratory on the Roybal Campus in 2005. In early 2018, the CDC petitioned Congress to allow for upgrades to be made at the facility. The development cost was not disclosed, although McCarthy entered into a $233 million contract with the U.S. government to construct the HCCL. “The facility has done quite well, but it runs constantly — 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year,” Inger Damon, director of the division of high-consequence …

June 25, 2020

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