Southeast

ASHEVILLE, N.C. — KeyBank Real Estate Capital has provided $34.6 million in Freddie Mac financing for the purchase of a new multifamily community in Asheville. The borrower, an affiliate of Waypoint Real Estate Investments, a national real estate investment firm based in Boca Raton, Fla., will acquire Skyland Exchange Apartment Homes. Trevor Ritter and Joe Fadus of KeyBank structured the financing. Built in 2019, Skyland Exchange Apartment Homes is a 290-unit multifamily property comprising seven four-story buildings on 11 acres of land at 12 Sky Exchange Drive. The complex is located seven miles south of downtown Asheville and features one-, two-, and three-bedroom layouts, as well as a saltwater pool, outdoor lounge area, fitness center and a clubhouse.

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Home of the Louisville Slugger and Muhammad Ali, sports is engrained in the identity of Louisville. Derby City continues to make a big push to bring in an NBA team, but a different professional team is already in town. Louisville City FC, also known as LouCity, is Louisville’s professional soccer team. The club is not only a two-time champion of the USL, the team is now in the process of building a new $65 million stadium with seating for more than 13,000 spectators. Dubbed Lynn Family Stadium, the new arena will be the centerpiece of a 40-acre, $200 million mixed-use development in Louisville’s Butchertown neighborhood. Construction of the stadium is on schedule and should open for the 2020 season. The stadium will have amazing views, including the skyline of downtown Louisville and the waterfront area overlooking the Ohio River. The project should spur other retail, housing and offices to be constructed to revitalize Butchertown. Additional sports/entertainment is moving into Louisville’s malls as anchors. The vacant Sears location at Oxmoor Mall in the St. Matthews area will have Topgolf as a new anchor tenant. Topgolf has been working to come to Louisville for 18 months and was recently granted the approvals …

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OLIVE BRANCH AND BYHALIA, MISS. — A fund sponsored by CBRE Global Investors has acquired two fully leased industrial properties in the metro Memphis area. The first property is located along Interstate 22 at 8331 Frontage Road in Olive Branch, about 15 miles from Memphis. The 815,050-square-foot building was built in 2018 and is fully leased through 2029 by a leading supplier of personal protective equipment. The cross-dock warehouse features 36-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck courts, more than 168 trailer spaces and LED lighting. The second property is located at 291 Norfolk Southern Way in Byhalia, about 30 miles southeast of Memphis in Marshall County. The more than 1 million-square-foot building is situated within Gateway Global Logistics Center along Tenn. Highway 72, near the Interstate 269 interchange and the Norfolk Southern Memphis Regional Intermodal facility in Rossville, Tenn. Link Industrial Properties, Blackstone’s U.S. industrial real platform, sold the building, which is fully leased to a tire dealership through 2028. The cross-dock warehouse features 32-foot clear heights, 185-foot truck courts, more than 310 trailer spaces and LED lighting. The warehouse was completed in 2018. The seller of the Olive Branch asset and the sales prices of both assets were not disclosed.

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AUBURNDALE, FLA. — San Francisco-based industrial developer Prologis plans to build a 1 million-square-foot fulfillment center in Auburndale for e-commerce giant Amazon. Situated in the Lakeland MSA about 50 miles east of Tampa, the new facility will house 500 full-time employees who will pick, pack and ship large customer items including sports equipment, patio furniture, fishing rods, pet food, kayaks, bicycles and large household goods. Amazon currently employs more than 13,500 full-time associates throughout Florida. Earlier this week, Amazon announced a similar sized fulfillment center that Hillwood will develop in the metro Memphis town of Olive Branch, Miss. A timeline for construction of the Auburndale facility was not disclosed. The Tampa Bay Business Journal reported in August that the new center will sit on a 146-acre site near the Interstate 4-State Road 559 interchange.

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COLLEGE PARK, GA. — The City of College Park has opened Gateway Center, a multipurpose sports and entertainment venue that serves as home of the WNBA’s Atlanta Dream team and the College Park Skyhawks, the official NBA G League affiliate of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks. Designed by Atlanta-based tvsdesign, Gateway Center is located at 2330 Convention Center Concourse in the south Atlanta city of College Park and contains a maximum of 5,000 seats. A partnership between Georgia International Convention Center (GICC) and The Fox Theatre will operate the arena. The 100,000-square-foot property, which has been in progress since February 2018, was funded by the City of College Park and is located next door to the GICC and near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. In addition to home basketball games, the arena will also be used to host graduations, conferences and conventions. The Fox Theatre will also book a variety of entertainment events including comedy performances, family shows, concerts and lifestyle events at the arena.

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RICHMOND, VA. — Thalhimer Realty Partners, the investment and development arm of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, plans to build the next phase of City View Landing, a residential development situated in Richmond’s Manchester neighborhood. Dubbed City View Marketplace, the $30 million project will include five buildings housing 161 apartments and 13,270 square feet of ground-level retail space. The project will join The Overlook at City View and City View Row within the master development. Thalhimer expects to deliver City View Marketplace in phases, with a full completion set for April 2020. The City View Landing development features a two-acre pad site on Hull Street that could house a 36,000-square-foot grocer or a future mixed-use building, according to Thalhimer.

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Academy Sports Starkville

STARKVILLE, MISS. — SRS Real Estate Partners has arranged the $8.4 million sale of a 62,916-square-foot store in Starkville fully leased to Academy Sports + Outdoors. The sporting goods retailer recently signed a 15-year lease at the store with scheduled rent increases and options to extend. A private investor based in Southern California purchased the asset in 1031 exchange from the seller, a merchant real estate developer based in the Southeast. The store was built in 2017 at 160 Hollywood Blvd., about five miles west of Mississippi State University. Britt Raymond, Kyle Fant, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented both parties in the transaction.

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BUFORD, GA. — Harbor Group International LLC (HGI) has sold Preserve at Mill Creek, a 400-unit multifamily property located in Buford, 32 miles northeast of Atlanta, for $75 million. The buyer was not disclosed. The asset is located 1400 Mall of Georgia Blvd. and features one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as a swimming pool, tennis courts and a fitness center. The property is near Interstate 85 and Ga. Highway 20 and the Mall of Georgia. First Communities manages the property. HGI recently completed a $3.9 million renovation to the community. The Norfolk-based investor also purchased The Cedars at Elm Hill in Nashville earlier this year with plans to make capital improvements.

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NORCROSS, GA. — JLL has brokered the $71.3 million sale of Gwinnett Park, a 981,720-square-foot light industrial and business park portfolio composed of 18 buildings in the Atlanta suburb of Norcross. Dennis Mitchell, Matt Wirth and Britton Burdette of JLL marketed the property on behalf of the seller, California-based Sperry Equities. Dogwood Industrial Properties purchased the portfolio. Dogwood, owned by TPG Real Estate Partners, specializes in multi-tenant industrial assets. Gwinnett Park is located at 4405 International Blvd., near Interstate 85 and approximately 20 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta. The business park’s buildings were constructed between 1973 and 1997 and feature 18- to 22-foot clear heights, a combination of shallow bay suites, a mix of grade-level and dock-high doors, parking and office space. The property is approximately 87 percent leased to more than 55 tenants in various sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, logistics, education, consumer goods, marketing, financial services, engineering and commercial and business services.

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PANAMA CITY BEACH, FLA. — Mesa Capital Partners will break ground in December on The Tyde, a new $50 million multifamily project in Panama City Beach. The Tyde will feature 300 one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments with varying construction layouts, including two-story carriage homes, three-story walk-ups and four-story, elevator-serviced buildings. The community will be situated at the intersection of Clara Avenue and U.S. Highway 98, less than a mile from the Gulf of Mexico and near retail and local employers Bay Medical Center and Tyndall Air Force Base. The Tyde will include a clubhouse, fitness center, community space, pool, outdoor fireplaces and grill stations. Atlanta-based Mesa Capital Partners plans to have the units available to lease in late 2020. The project team includes architect Gary B. Coursey & Associates Architects Inc. and engineer Robert Carroll, and Mesa Capital Partners is in the process of selecting a general contractor.

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