Southeast

GPC Partners Acquires Multifamily Community on Atlanta BeltLine for $66.3M

by Alex Tostado July 15, 2019

ATLANTA — GPC Partners has acquired Alexan on Krog, a 222-unit multifamily community situated along the Atlanta BeltLine’s Eastside Trail and near Krog Street Market. Rule Joy Trammell Rubio (RJTR) developed the property, which opened in 2015. Located at 44 Krog St. NE in Atlanta’s Inman Park neighborhood, the property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans, as well as communal amenities such as a clubhouse, business center, bark park, rooftop terrace, courtyard, pet washing station and a saltwater pool. GPC Partners will rebrand the property as Ayla on Krog. An undisclosed insurance company provided Miami-based GPC with a $42 million acquisition loan. JLL represented the borrower in obtaining the loan. The seller was not disclosed.

July 15, 2019

Acquisitions Multifamily South Carolina Southeast

SYNCO Properties Sells Two Apartment Complexes in North Carolina for $49.5M

by Alex Tostado July 15, 2019

GREENVILLE, N.C. — SYNCO Properties Inc. has sold two apartment complexes totaling 645 units in Greenville for $49.5 million. The two properties are The Madison and Southgate. The Madison offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans with communal amenities such as a 24-hour fitness center, swimming pool, clubhouse, pet park and a cyber café. Southgate offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities at Southgate include a fitness center, clubhouse, swimming pool, pet park and a grilling and picnic area. Watson Bryant, Jordan McCarley and Paul Marley of Cushman & Wakefield represented the Charlotte-based seller in the transaction. Monarch Investment & Management acquired the properties.

July 15, 2019

Acquisitions Development Florida Industrial Southeast

Berger Commercial Negotiates $36.9M Sale of Industrial Development Site in Fort Lauderdale

by Alex Tostado July 15, 2019

FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — Berger Commercial Realty has arranged the $36.9 million sale of a 34-acre parcel in Fort Lauderdale for the development of a 650,000-square-foot industrial building. Bridge Acquisition LLC, a subsidiary of Bridge Development Partners, acquired the land from Forman Industrial Land LLC. Bridge Development will construct a high-volume warehouse and distribution space in a new multi-building industrial park to be known as Bridge Point 595. Construction is slated to begin in September with completion expected in the third quarter of 2020. Joseph Byrnes and Keith Graves of Berger Commercial, along with John Forman of the selling entity, will serve as Bridge 595’s leasing agents.

July 15, 2019

Florida Hospitality Loans Southeast

JLL Arranges $58.5M Refinancing of Two Beachfront Hotels in Florida Panhandle

by Alex Tostado July 15, 2019

FORT WALTON BEACH, FLA. — JLL has arranged a $58.5 million refinancing loan for two neighboring hotels totaling 330 rooms in Fort Walton Beach. Ladder Capital Finance LLC provided the 10-year, fixed-rate loan to partners Innisfree Hotels and Band of Poarch Creek Indians. Loan proceeds will be used to pay off the original construction loan and provided the borrowers with $8.4 million. The hotels are on a ground lease with the U.S. Air Force that expires in 45 years. The portfolio comprises the 178-room Hilton Garden Inn Fort Walton Beach and the 152-room Holiday Inn Resort Fort Walton Beach, which are beachfront hotels on the Gulf Coast. The Hilton Garden Inn, located at 1297 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, was completed in 2017 and features 5,000 square feet of event space, an outdoor swimming pool, lazy river with rock waterfalls, Whirlpool spa, tiki bar, fire pits, indoor pool, fitness center, 24-hour business center and The Garden Grille & Bar restaurant. Situated at 1299 Miracle Strip Parkway SE, Holiday Inn Resort opened in 2014 and features 2,498 square feet of event space, an outdoor pool, lazy river, Whirlpool spa, pool bar, indoor pool, fitness center, game room, sundry shop, business center and …

July 15, 2019

Acquisitions Georgia Loans Retail Southeast

Cohen Financial Secures $17.1M Acquisition Loan for New Retail Center Near Savannah

by Alex Tostado July 15, 2019

HINESVILLE, GA. — Cohen Financial, a division of SunTrust Bank, has arranged a $17.1 million acquisition loan for Oglethorpe Square in Hinesville. Goldman Sachs provided the 10-year loan to an undisclosed borrower. Hutton sold the property for $24 million. Situated about 40 miles southwest of downtown Savannah, the 159,329-square-foot Oglethorpe Square, which Hutton completed in March 2017, is a fully leased retail center with tenants including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Hobby Lobby, T.J. Maxx and Ulta Beauty. Drew Fleming, Mark Joines and Henry Kushner of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller in the transaction.

July 15, 2019

Georgia Market Reports Office Southeast Southeast Market Reports

From Perimeter to Peachtree, Atlanta’s Office Market is Gaining Momentum

by Alex Tostado July 15, 2019

8West. Star Metals. Coda. These are the some of the names of Atlanta’s biggest office developments and the city’s largest undertakings. Measuring more than 1 million square feet of Class A office space between them, Midtown Atlanta’s skyscraper scene is about to be drastically altered. The gravity of these major mixed-use properties, along with the allure of top talent at nearby universities like Georgia Tech, gives the Midtown submarket an increase in both developer activity and price-per-square-foot rates. The Midtown/Perishing Point Class A office space average is $35 per square foot, higher than the Atlanta-area average of $29.79 per square foot. However, buildings like Star Metals and Coda are not designed with just any tenant in mind. Speculative developments in the Atlanta market have come to a standing halt as most offices in the region are now built to fit a specific company’s needs, rather than spaces built with the hope the right tenant will come along. Most larger new developments are either a build-to-suit for a specific tenant or are anchored by a tenant that is taking up the majority of the space. Additionally, with lower required returns from REITs and the private sector, finding capital is not nearly …

July 15, 2019

Development Georgia Industrial Southeast

Seefried Industrial to Build 700,000 SF Amazon Fulfillment Center in Metro Atlanta

by Alex Tostado July 12, 2019

STONE MOUNTAIN, GA. — Seefried Industrial Properties will develop a 700,000-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center in Stone Mountain on the Gwinnett-DeKalb county line. Previously dubbed “Project Rocket,” the center will house 1,000 Amazon employees, who will pick, pack and ship customer orders. Jobs will include human resources, operations management, safety, security, finance and information technology. According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Amazon could spend up to $200 million on the project. A timeline for completion was not disclosed.

July 12, 2019

Development Georgia Industrial Southeast

Kroger, Ocado to Bring $55M Customer Fulfillment Center to Metro Atlanta

by Alex Tostado July 12, 2019

FOREST PARK, GA. — The Kroger Co. and Ocado, an online grocery retailer based in the United Kingdom, will build a $55 million customer fulfillment center in Forest Park that will create 400 jobs. According to Georgia’s governor’s office, the two companies could invest upwards of $121 million in the center. The announcement of the center, which will be an automated warehouse facility with digital and robotic capabilities, comes on the heels of Kroger and Ocado breaking ground on their first fulfillment center in Monroe, Ohio. The two companies have committed to build 20 centers across the country. This is the second announced center in the Southeast, following a center in Central Florida. The Forest Park customer fulfillment center will be located at 2000 Anvil Block Road within the Gillem Logistics Center and will occupy 375,000 square feet. Kroger already occupies a 1.3 million-square-foot warehouse within the same industrial park. A ground breaking is scheduled for later this year with completion slated for 2021.

July 12, 2019

Acquisitions Florida Industrial Southeast

Cushman & Wakefield Brokers $69.3M Sale of Distribution Center Complex in Tampa

by Alex Tostado July 12, 2019

TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $69.3 million sale of Tampa Distribution Center, a six-building, 955,000-square-foot industrial facility in Tampa. Tampa Distribution Center consists of six dock-high, front-load and flow-through industrial buildings on 51 acres. Suite sizes range from 2,500 to 90,000 square feet and average 15,000 square feet. The property was 94.6 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Lansing Building Products, Consolidated Container Co., Feeding America Tampa Bay, Courier Express, General Insulation Co. Inc. and Storopack Inc. The center is situated at 1212 N. 50th St., adjacent to UPS’ Tampa hub, five miles from Port of Tampa and 12 miles from Tampa International Airport. Mike Davis, Rick Brugge and Rick Colon of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, High Street Realty Co., in the transaction. Blackstone’s U.S. industrial real estate operating platform, Link Industrial Properties, was the buyer. Julia Silva and Jessica Mizrahi of Cushman & Wakefield have been retained to lease the property.

July 12, 2019

Acquisitions Florida Office Southeast

TerraCap Management Purchases Business Park in South Orlando for $17.6M

by Alex Tostado July 12, 2019

ORLANDO, FLA. — TerraCap Management has purchased Lake Point Business Center, a six-building office park in Orlando, for $17.6 million. The property consists of six single-story office buildings with 134,000 square feet of rentable space. Lake Point Business Park is located in south Orlando, about five miles from Orlando International Airport. Ron Rogg of CBRE represented the seller, Raith Capital Partners LLC, in the transaction. BankUnited provided acquisition financing to TerraCap.

July 12, 2019

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