MARIETTA, GA. — TSCG has secured two leases for Publix and Five Guys Burger and Fries to join the retail lineup at East Cobb Crossing in Marietta. The new Publix store will span 37,395 square feet. and Five Guys will occupy an outparcel previously leased to Del Taco. The fast-casual hamburger chain is renovating the 2,478-square-foot building and expects to open later this year. Other tenants at East Cobb Crossing include Dick’s Sporting Goods, Party City, Ashley Furniture Homestore, Arby’s, Dog City Bakery and Capozzi’s NY Pizza. TSCG represented the landlord, East Cobb Crossing LLC, in the negotiations.
Publix Offers Rent Relief for Tenants Affected by Coronavirus Outbreak at its Owned Shopping Centers
LAKELAND, FLA. — Publix Super Markets is offering two months of rent relief to businesses that operate within Publix-owned shopping centers that have closed due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Lakeland-based grocer is also waiving payments for common area maintenance fees and taxes, regardless of the tenant’s access to other relief or assistance. Publix operates 1,243 stores in seven Southeastern states, including Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee and Alabama. A total number of businesses that have closed within Publix-owned centers was not disclosed. Publix owns more than 330 shopping centers.
LEXINGTON, S.C. — Magnus Development Partners LLC has delivered Midway IV, a speculative 200,000-square-foot industrial building within Lexington County Industrial Park (LCIP). There is currently one tenant in the building, occupying 50,000 square feet. LCIP spans 350 acres nine miles south of downtown Columbia. Magnus broke ground on Midway IV in March 2019. The asset features 32-foot clear heights, 16 dock doors, two 12-by-14-foot drive-in doors, a 210-foot shared truck court, LED motion-detected lighting and an ESFR sprinkler system. Magnus broke ground on Midway V, also within LCIP, in November.
YOUNGSVILLE, LA. — Greystone has provided a $25.3 million HUD 221(d)(4) loan for the construction of Sugar Mill Villas Apartments, a planned 164-unit multifamily community in Youngsville. The non-recourse, fixed-rate loan will fund 85 percent of the project. The loan will automatically convert to a 40-year, fully amortizing permanent loan upon stabilization. The community will be situated at 1931 Chemin Metairie Parkway, within the master-planned Sugar Mill Pond neighborhood. Sugar Mill Villas will also be located near the Youngsville Sports Complex, a $20 million, 70-acre development. A timeline for construction of Sugar Mill Villas was not disclosed. The borrower was also not disclosed.
ORANGE PARK, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the $10.6 million sale of Promenade Park Avenue, a 105-unit apartment complex in Orange Park. The property was originally built in 1974 and offers two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a swimming pool. The asset is situated at 606 Park Ave., 14 miles south of downtown Jacksonville. Cole Whitaker and Greg Rainey of Berkadia represented the seller, New York City-based Quad Property Group, which acquired the property for $6.7 million in December 2017. The buyer was not disclosed.
LADY LAKE, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.1 million sale of Old Dixie Portfolio, a 43,255-square-foot building that features 30 rental townhomes and 7,500 square feet of office space. The property is located at 102 S. Old Dixie Highway in Lady Lake, 50 miles northwest of downtown Orlando. The multifamily community, called Christine’s Place Apartments, offers two- and three-bedroom floor plans averaging 1,192 square feet. The community was built in 1997. The office space, Chelsea Plaza, was built in 1999 and comprises seven suites that are leased to a mix of medical, professional and technology tenants. Casey Babb, Ryan Wooden, Luis Baez and Shawn Rupp of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, a limited liability company.
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — Colliers International has negotiated the $3.2 million sale of Villages at Apalachee, a 9,026-square-foot retail strip center in Tallahassee. The property is situated at 1435 E. Lafayette St., two miles east of downtown Tallahassee and across the street from Governor’s Square Mall. Villages at Apalachee was fully leased to Uncle Maddio’s Pizza, Allure Nails, Vape Haven and Aveda-Soleil Hair Salon at the time of sale. Mike Milano, Sean Glickman, Chris Smith and Brandon Rapone of Colliers represented the seller, Shuler Properties, in the transaction. EM Real Estate Development Florida LLC, which is affiliated with an investment firm based in California, acquired the asset.
In 2019, the Greenville-Spartanburg industrial market added an unprecedented 33 buildings encompassing 10 million square feet of inventory, bringing the total market size to approximately 211 million square feet. Despite record-breaking new deliveries, absorption has kept pace at 9.6 million square feet the same year. This market is preparing for future growth with delivery of available buildings and land sites, as well as investment in infrastructure and the overall workforce. With the increased supply of Class A speculative space, the market has seen numerous company expansions and relocations away from its Class B product type. New, modern space provides the efficiencies and amenities companies desire (i.e. above 32-foot clear heights). In order to service customers’ consumption preferences, companies are making capital investments into automated processes that allow them to stay competitive in a rapidly changing supply chain. One of the earliest signs of momentum in 2020 was the announcement of South Greenville Enterprise Park and its first user investment, Vermeer. South Greenville Enterprise Park is the first industrial park to deliver to the Greenville market in 10 years. Primary investment has been focused on the S.C. Highway 101 and S.C. Highway 290 corridors due to demand drivers such as BMW …
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — JLL has arranged the sale of Grainger Distribution Center, a 297,000-square-foot industrial building in Jacksonville. W.W. Grainger, a distributor of maintenance, repair and operating supplies, fully occupies the facility, which is situated on 75 acres at 6590 Pritchard Road in Jacksonville’s West industrial submarket. The seller and developer, TriGate Capital LLC, delivered the property in December. The center features 32-foot clear heights, 65 dock-high doors, two drive-in doors, ESFR fire suppression and LED high-bay lighting. Britton Burdette, Pete Pittroff, Matt Wirth, Dennis Mitchell, Patrick Nally, Bret Felberg and Luke Pope of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Further details of the deal were not disclosed.
RALEIGH, N.C. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of four office buildings in Raleigh. The portfolio comprises Lake Plaza East and Brook Forest in the North Raleigh submarket, and Sunday Drive and Centerview III in the Southwest Raleigh submarket. The four office buildings total 275,554 square feet. At the time of sale, the buildings were leased to technology, healthcare, engineering and insurance tenants. Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith and Grayson Hawkins of CBRE, along with Ben Kilgore of CBRE|Raleigh, represented the seller, Continental Capital Real Estate, in the transaction. TriGate Capital LLC acquired the portfolio for an undisclosed price.