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Part 2: Elective Refinances, New Business Plans: What’s Driving Activity Today?

by Sarah Daniels

By David DiRienzo, director — business development, at Talonvest Capital, Inc. This is part two of a two-part series discussing the key drivers behind transaction volume and the steps owners can take to ensure they are well positioned going forward. As highlighted in part one, despite substantial changes in the market over the past few years, the capital markets continue to offer quality financing solutions for real estate owners. Part two of this article series delves into two key drivers of current financing activity: elective refinancing to optimize the capital stack and the initiation of new business plans. Given the plethora of value-add projects in the pipeline and the interest in undertaking new business plans as equity capital returns to the market, these financing strategies are taking on greater importance than in past years. Interestingly, elective refinancing and starting a new business plan are two scenarios where the borrower’s actions are optional because an impending maturity is not a consideration. For this reason, it is important that borrowers understand the nuances behind these strategies as well as the approach that a capital expert might take. Elective Refinancing to Maximize Investment Performance While loan maturities trigger many refinancings, owners run into a …

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JBG Smith Launches Leasing for 420-Unit Zoe Apartments at National Landing in Northern Virginia

by John Nelson

ARLINGTON, VA. — JBG Smith has launched leasing at The Zoe, a 420-unit luxury apartment building situated within the National Landing district in Northern Virginia. The 19-story tower, which features 10,000 square feet of street-level retail space, is located at 2051 S. Bell St. in Arlington. Designed by STUDIOS, The Zoe will feature a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments, as well as a rooftop amenity space, fitness center, concierge services, coworking space, conference rooms, pet spa with a grooming station, bike parking and electric vehicle charging stations. Monthly rental rates at The Zoe will range from $2,020 to $6,750, according to Apartments.com. SK+I served as the architect of record for The Zoe. JBG Smith is targeting LEED Gold certification for the property. Headlined by the Amazon HQ2, National Landing features restaurants, shops, the Water Park, the Crystal City Metro station and a planned pedestrian bridge linking National Landing to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. JBG Smith delivered two other apartment developments at National Landing earlier this year totaling 808 units — The Grace and Reva. The Bethesda, Md.-based developer is also underway on an adjacent 25-story apartment tower to The Zoe called Valen, which will begin leasing in …

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Gelt Ventures Sells 3,999-Unit Self-Storage Portfolio in Tennessee and Mississippi

by John Nelson

LOS ANGELES — Gelt Ventures LLC has sold an eight-property self-storage portfolio in Tennessee and Mississippi totaling 3,999 units. The facilities are mostly situated in the metro Memphis market, with five assets in Memphis, two in Olive Branch, Miss., and one in Nesbit, Miss. Canadian-based investor Minimal Storage Properties purchased the 487,000-square-foot portfolio for an undisclosed price. Gelt Ventures originally acquired the portfolio in June 2020 for $41 million. The single-story properties were built between 1972 and 2006 and feature commercial office space, manager’s apartments and a mix of drive-up, indoor and climate-controlled units averaging 141 square feet in size. During its ownership period, Los Angeles-based Gelt Ventures carried out capital improvements on the self-storage assets, improved the tenant mix and implemented a revenue management strategy.

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JLL Negotiates Sale of Three Hotels in Metro Memphis, Atlanta Totaling $36M

by John Nelson

SOUTHAVEN, MISS. AND BUFORD, GA. — JLL has negotiated the $25 million sale of a hotel portfolio in the Memphis suburb of Southaven, as well as the $11 million sale of a hotel in Buford. The properties included the Courtyard Memphis Southaven (85 rooms), the Residence Inn Southaven (78 rooms) and the Fairfield Inn & Suites Buford (94 rooms). C.J. Kelly and Bobby Norwood of JLL represented the buyer, Woodvale Opportunity Fund I, in the transaction. The seller was Chartwell Hospitality.

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AcquisitionsFloridaRetailSoutheast

IPA Brokers $17M Sale of Seven Hills Plaza Shopping Center in Metro Tampa

by John Nelson

SPRING HILL, FLA. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $17 million sale of Seven Hills Plaza, an 87,286-square-foot retail center located roughly 50 miles north of Tampa in Spring Hill. Planet Fitness and Walgreens anchor the center, which was fully occupied at the time of sale. Additional tenants include Altitude Trampoline Park, AFC Urgent Care, Rehability, Okinawa Ramen Restaurant, GNC and Nails So Happy. Kirk Olson and Drew Kristol of IPA represented the seller, Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp. (CRC), and procured the buyer, Bezrat H. Corp., in the transaction. 

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Lee & Associates Arranges 103,776 SF Industrial Lease in Austell, Georgia

by John Nelson

AUSTELL, GA. — Lee & Associates has arranged a 103,776-square-foot industrial lease at 7815 Third Flag Parkway in Austell, a suburb in Atlanta’s I-20 West submarket. Earnest Machine Products, an industrial fastener distributor based in Cleveland, signed the lease with the landlord, Link Logistics, an industrial real estate owner founded by Blackstone in 2019. Mike Sutter and Rick Tumlin of Lee & Associates’ Atlanta office negotiated the lease deal.

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Portman Delivers 530,000 SF Ten Twenty Spring Office Tower in Midtown Atlanta

by John Nelson

ATLANTA — Portman has delivered Ten Twenty Spring, a new 530,000-square-foot office tower in Midtown Atlanta. The Class A office building is part of the locally based developer’s Spring Quarter mixed-use development that comprises the office tower, an apartment high-rise called Sora that opened last fall, street-level retail space and the historic H.M. Patterson Home and Gardens. Ten Twenty Spring features 32,000-square-foot floor plates and 10-foot floor-to-ceiling windows, as well as 15,000 square feet of private terraces and 20,000 square feet of amenity space. Sozou, a new Japanese restaurant from Chef Fuyuhiko Ito, will open at the office tower’s ground floor in summer 2025. The restaurant group will also open Omakase by Ito on the office tower’s eight-floor rooftop. Portman has tapped Glenn Kolker, Preston Menning and Malik Leaphart of Stream Realty Partners to lease Ten Twenty Spring.

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Inland Acquisitions Buys 673-Bed Student Housing Community Near University of South Carolina

by John Nelson

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Inland Real Estate Acquisitions has purchased the Sawyer on Lincoln, a 673-bed student housing community located adjacent to the University of South Carolina campus in Columbia. Inland acquired the newly delivered property on behalf of an affiliate. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Delivered in 2023, the 277-unit Sawyer on Lincoln features one-, two- and three-bedroom, fully furnished apartments with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include private and group study rooms, a 24-hour fitness center, gated resident parking garage with 525 parking spaces, package locker system for parcels, social lounge with kitchen and TVs, resort-style pool with lounge seating and a hot tub and an outdoor courtyard with games. The Sawyer on Lincoln was fully occupied at the time of sale.

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Kolter Multifamily Breaks Ground on 300-Unit Alton Nexus Apartments in Gallatin, Tennessee

by John Nelson

GALLATIN, TENN. — Kolter Multifamily LLC, along with its affiliates, has broken ground on Alton Nexus, a 300-unit apartment community in Gallatin, a Middle Tennessee city approximately 30 miles northeast of Nashville. The project represents the first apartment development outside of Florida for Kolter Multifamily, a subsidiary of Delray Beach, Fla.-based The Kolter Group. Alton Nexus will feature a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as a resort-style swimming pool with outdoor firepits, clubroom with a bar, coworking spaces and a fitness center with a yoga studio. The project is part of the Nexus master-planned development that features a business park, shops and restaurants. Kolter Multifamily expects to deliver Alton Nexus in winter 2026.

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Trader Joe’s to Open 13,500 SF Grocery Store at Halcyon Mixed-Use Development in Metro Atlanta

by John Nelson

ALPHARETTA, GA. — RocaPoint Partners has announced that Trader Joe’s will open a new 13,500-square-foot grocery store at Halcyon, a mixed-use development in the north Atlanta region of Forsyth County. Located in Alpharetta near the Big Creek Greenway trail, the grocery store will be situated next to the new Chick-fil-A as part of the third phase of Halcyon, which recently celebrated its fifth anniversary of operation. Other committed tenants of Halcyon’s Phase III include Chewy Vet Care, Chase Bank and Five Guys. Halcyon also includes The Village Green central gathering space for events, offices for Morgan Stanley, an Embassy Suites by Hilton hotel, CMX CInebistro, X-Golf, a food hall, Cherry Street Brewpub and several shops and restaurants. The new Halcyon store will bring the number of Trader Joe’s locations in metro Atlanta to eight.

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