Southeast

ATLANTA — Barings Real Estate and Bank OZK has provided a $100 million construction loan to The Allen Morris Co. for Star Metals Offices, the office component of Star Metals, a $330 million mixed-use development in West Midtown Atlanta. Situated along Howell Mill Road, Star Metals Offices will span 267,000 square feet and is expected to deliver in fall 2020. Amenities will include 35,000 square feet of ground-level retail space, a 5,000-square-foot rooftop restaurant, five levels of parking, fitness center and locker rooms. Star Metals Offices is 25 percent preleased to Spaces, a coworking company backed by Regus. Oppenheim Architecture and Warner Summers Architecture designed the asset. MBR LLC, an affiliate of The Allen Morris Co. and ICM Asset Management Inc. provided equity in the project.

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NORTH EAST, MD. — Smithfield Foods Inc., a pork producer and meat packing company, will open a 420,000-square-foot distribution facility within Principio Business Park in North East. The Baltimore Sun reports the center will cost $74 million to build. According to a press release from Gov. Larry Hogan’s office, the new facility will create 240 jobs in Cecil County. Stewart Properties’ Principio Business Park is home to tenants including Amazon, Lidl and Medline. According to Baltimore Business Journal, the State of Maryland will give Smithfield $800,000 in loans through the Advantage Maryland program and, pending review, Cecil County will pitch in $80,000. A timeline for construction was not disclosed.

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MIAMI — A joint venture between Adler Group, 13th Floor Investments and Barings LLC has delivered Motion at Dadeland, a 25-story, 294-unit apartment community in Miami’s Dadeland submarket. The joint venture also teamed with Miami-Dade County Department of Transportation and Public Works to deliver the asset. Motion at Dadeland offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans and just under 8,000 square feet of retail space. Located at 8400 S. Dixie Highway, the building is adjacent to Dadeland North Metrorail Station and the Dadeland Station retail center. Amenities at Motion Dadeland include a fitness center, swimming pool with poolside cabanas, media room and coworking space. The design team included general contractor Civic Construction and designer Corwil Architects. TD Bank and Santander Bank provided construction financing.

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SPRINGFIELD, VA. — Federal Realty Investment Trust has unveiled plans to redevelop Old Keene Mill, a 90,000-square-foot shopping center in Springfield. Whole Foods Market, Planet Fitness and Walgreens anchor the center, which is situated at the corner of Old Keene Mill and Rolling roads, about 16 miles southwest of downtown Washington, D.C. Redevelopment plans include introducing an outdoor fireplace, communal village design, new landscapes, wide sidewalks and new façade and signage. Completion is expected before Thanksgiving.

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LEXINGTON, S.C. — Publix Super Markets Inc. will open a GreenWise Market store at Lexington Marketplace in Lexington, about 10 miles west of downtown Columbia. GreenWise will offer a large variety of organic, specialty and traditional items. GreenWise joins Ulta Beauty, Mod Pizza, Smoothie King and Fit Body Boot Camp at the 135,000-square-foot, 80 percent-leased retail center. Darrell Palasciano and Matt Henry of The Shopping Center Group represented the landlord and developer, Columbia Development, in the lease transaction.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Starwood Capital Group, Crescent Real Estate LLC and High Street Capital Partners will develop a two-tower, dual-branded hotel situated on 1.3 acres directly across from Music City Center, a $625 million convention center in downtown Nashville that opened in 2013. The project will consist of a 506-room, 30-story Embassy Suites by Hilton and a 215-room, 18-story 1Hotel Tower, Starwood’s signature brand. The two hotel towers will be connected via a four-story lobby, conference center, public street-level dining and retail space and a rooftop bar. The joint venture will break ground on the hotels in the second quarter of this year.

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RICHMOND, VA. — Apple Hospitality REIT has sold nine hotels in Florida, Louisiana, North Carolina, Virginia and Texas for $95 million. The hotels total 1,054 rooms. The sold hotels included two in Florida (Homewood Suites by Hilton Sarasota and TownePlace Suites by Marriott Tampa), one in Louisiana (SpringHill Suites by Marriott Baton Rouge), one in North Carolina (Hampton Inn & Suites by Hilton Holly Springs), two in Virginia (Courtyard by Marriott Bristol and Courtyard by Marriott Harrisonburg) and three in Texas. The buyer(s) was not disclosed. Richmond-based Apple Hospitality REIT is publicly traded and owns 234 hotels in 34 states.

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BRANDON, FLA. — A joint venture between Providence Real Estate and Aegon Real Assets has acquired The Park at Via Rosa, a 390-unit apartment complex in Brandon, for $63 million, or $161,538 per unit. The asset spans 24 acres, 33 buildings and 400,140 square feet. The new owners plan to upgrade unit interiors, including new appliances, wood flooring, new laminate countertops, tile backsplashes and new cabinets. Located at 2211 Grand Isle Drive, about 10 miles east of downtown Tampa, the community offers one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom floor plans and amenities including a clubhouse, fitness center, business center, tanning salon, playground, pet play area, car care center, swimming pool and volleyball and tennis courts. Luis Elorza, Brad Capas and Michael Mulkern of Cushman & Wakefield represented the buyers in the transaction. Managed by Blue Roc Premier, Grand Rivage at Brandon Lakes Ltd. sold the property.

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RIDGELAND, MISS. — Mattiace Development Co. is expecting a fall opening for Phase II of Colony Park, a mixed-use development in Ridgeland. The second phase includes Malco Theaters’ six-screen, 25,000-square-foot boutique movie theater and a water feature. Outside the Lines (OTL) will design and construct the water fountain, which will feature 62 nozzles that will shoot water 35 feet high, audio, lighting and effects for a concert-quality experience. Colony Park is situated at 1000 Highland Colony Parkway, about 12 miles north of downtown Jackson.

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ATLANTA — WeWork has signed a four-story, 40,000-square-foot lease at 881 Peachtree St. in Midtown Atlanta and will relocate its headquarters from its 1372 Peachtree location. The space will house more than 680 desks for WeWork members. WeWork 881 Peachtree is part of 881 Peachtree Street, a 29-story mixed-use project that Hanover Co. and The Loudermilk Cos. are co-developing. 881 Peachtree will offer 44,000 square feet of office space and 11,000 square feet of retail space.

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