SAVANNAH, GA. — Boston-based Wayfair will open a new 1.1 million-square-foot facility in Savannah, creating 1,000 jobs. New jobs will include supervisory, administrative and warehouse positions. The company and the undisclosed landlord plan to invest about $45 million in the site over the next five years. Wayfair, founded in 2002, is an e-commerce company that sells more than 10 million home goods items. This is Wayfair’s second Georgia location, joining a warehouse and distribution center in McDonough, located about 32 miles south of downtown Atlanta. Wayfair’s new facility will be situated within Savannah River International Trade Park, according to Savannah Morning News. The park is already home to distribution centers for IKEA and Target.
ATLANTA — Massachusetts-based Aspen Square Management has sold West Eleven Apartments in southwest Atlanta to an undisclosed buyer for $31.3 million. The 224-unit apartment community is located about 15 miles from downtown Atlanta and features one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a business center, pool, tennis court, fitness center, playground and a courtyard. Paul Vetter, Andrew Mays, Russ Hardy, Judy MacManus and Matthew White of Berkadia represented the seller in the transaction.
HIALEAH, FLA. — Miller Construction has delivered CGI Doors and Windows’ office and manufacturing facility in Hialeah’s Countyline Corporate Park. CGI Windows and Doors moved into the new 325,000-square-foot building at 3780 W. 104th St. from a smaller location in nearby Miami. Flagler Global Logistics was the developer and Ware Malcomb designed the facility. Ware Malcomb offers integrated design services including architecture, planning, interior design, civil engineering and branding to diverse clients in both the private and public sectors.
MIAMI — Thorofare Capital has provided a $17 million loan to Langford Partners LLC to help stabilize The Langford Hotel, a building constructed in 1926 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. It was originally a bank and has housed several banks, an insurance company and other commercial entities over the years. Langford Partners, an affiliate of Stambul USA, purchased the building in 2013, and in 2016, opened it as a 126-room boutique hotel. Thorofare provided the sponsor with a two-year, interest-only bridge loan to refinance an existing construction loan, and repatriate preferred equity through an “earn-out” facility based on hotel performance. Neil Freeman and Brandon Perdeck of Chicago-based Aries Capital LLC arranged the financing.
ATLANTA — GID and North American Properties (NAP) have formed a joint venture to develop High Street Atlanta, an 8 million-square-foot mixed-use project in Atlanta’s Dunwoody neighborhood. At full buildout, the development will include approximately 1,500 apartment units, 1,500 condominiums, 400 hotel rooms, 400,000 square feet of retail space and 400,000 square feet of office space. The transit-oriented project will encompass 10 city blocks with open spaces for events. “By investing in the space between the buildings, the street-level gathering places where community and social collisions happen organically, we create a fundamentally different shopping experience than e-commerce,” says Mark Toro, managing partner of NAP. GID will serve as master developer, while NAP will lead retail leasing, marketing, community engagement and retail property management. Construction on the project’s first phase is expected to begin in late 2019. GID is a privately held and fully integrated real estate organization that develops, owns and operates a portfolio of properties valued at more than $15 billion. Cincinnati-based NAP is a privately held real estate operating and development company that has acquired, developed and managed more than $7 billion of properties nationwide. In Atlanta, NAP developed the $1 billion Avalon in Alpharetta and is currently underway …
COMMERCE, GA. — Southeast Toyota Distributors will break ground on a $90 million, 350,000-square-foot plant in Commerce on Dec. 11. The new facility will be situated across Ga. Highway 334 from the distributor’s current plant, which employs 236 full-time associates. The new plant will feature amenities for workers, such as a health and wellness center, nature trail, fitness center, meeting area and an expanded café. The company distributes vehicles, parts and accessories to 177 Toyota dealerships in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The new facility will include six rail spurs capable of accommodating 90 rail cars at once. The campus is expected to be complete in April 2020.
DESTIN, FLA. — Passco Cos. has acquired a 288-unit apartment community in Destin for $63.3 million. Irvine, Calif.-based Passco bought Sea Glass from Atlanta-based Catalyst Development Partners. The apartment complex features one- , two- and three-bedroom floor plans, and its amenities include a swimming pool, fitness studio, clubroom, breakfast bar, indoor/outdoor bar area, package concierge and a business center. Sea Glass was built in 2017 and is directly across from Henderson Beach State Park. Matt Wilcox, Jubeen Vaghefi and Denny St. Romain of JLL Florida Capital Markets brokered the transaction. Chris Black and Caleb Marten of KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged acquisition financing on behalf of Passco.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Grandbridge Real Estate Capital has secured a $30.5 million acquisition loan for a 251,000-square-foot, Class A office building in Alpharetta, about 24 miles north of Atlanta. Gerry Robbins of Grandbridge secured the financing, which features an initial period of interest-only, a 10-year term and 30-year amortization schedule on behalf of the undisclosed borrower.
PEMBROKE PARK, FLA. — Best Buy has leased 27,256 square feet of industrial space and Ryder has renewed its lease for 70,861 square feet at Seneca Industrial Park in Pembroke Park. The combined 98,117 square feet brings the 885,000-square-foot industrial park to full capacity. Thomas Kresse, Ben Eisenberg, Walter Byrd and Carlos Gaviria of Transwestern represented the landlord, TH Real Estate, the investment arm of TIAA. Craig Fetherston of The Shopping Center Group represented Best Buy, a multinational consumer electronics retailer. Tom O’Loughlin of CBRE represented Ryder, a nationwide company specializing in fleet management solutions, supply chain management and logistics.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Eastern Union Funding has arranged a construction loan for the development of The Rushmore, a 117-unit, luxury mixed-use development in Washington, D.C.’s Capitol Hill District. Marc Tropp of Eastern Union Funding arranged the loan through a local regional bank on behalf of developers SGA Cos. and Evergreen Private Finance. The development is located at the former Frager’s Garden Center at 1220 Pennsylvania Ave. S.E., and also includes the historic Shotgun House, located at 1229 East St. S.E., which will be turned into a duplex. Amenities for The Rushmore are set to include a residents’ lounge, fitness center, rooftop deck, concierge service, catering kitchen and private dining at the penthouse level, as well as 2,500 square feet of street-level retail space. Bethesda, Md.-based SGA Cos. and Washington, D.C.-based Evergreen Private Finance signed a 100-year ground lease with Capitol Hill investor Larry Quillian to develop at the two locations. The Rushmore is expected to be complete by the fourth quarter of 2019.