GREENVILLE, S.C. — Colliers has arranged a 37,654-square-foot office lease renewal at 55 Beattie Place in downtown Greenville. The tenant, regional law firm Gallivan White & Boyd, is renewing its space within One Liberty Square. Bailey Tollison, Brantley Anderson and Taylor Allen of Colliers represented the tenant in the lease transaction. The landlord was not disclosed. In addition to the One Liberty Square renewal, the Colliers team recently represented Gallivan White & Boyd in other office leases in Columbia, S.C., and Charlotte.
South Carolina
JLL Funds $18.5M Acquisition Loan for Student Housing Community Near Coastal Carolina University
by John Nelson
CONWAY, S.C. — JLL has provided an $18.5 million Freddie Mac acquisition loan for Bellamy Coastal, a 480-bed student housing community situated near Coastal Carolina University. Built in 2018, the property is located at 300 Bellamy Ave. in Conway, a half-mile east of the university and 10 miles from Myrtle Beach. Amenities include a resort-style pool, sundeck, beach volleyball court, 24-hour fitness center, computer lab, study area, hammock garden and in-apartment security systems. Dan Kearns, Patricia Heminger, Sam Tarter and Katia Novi of JLL originated the five-year, fixed-rate loan on behalf of the borrower, Eastman Residential. The loan will be serviced by JLL Real Estate Capital LLC, a member of Freddie Mac Multifamily’s Optigo network of seller-servicer partners.
SVN Blackstream Selected to Market Sale of WestGate Mall in Spartanburg, South Carolina
by John Nelson
SPARTANBURG, S.C. — Two entities of SVN | Blackstream — Reedy River Retail and Second Story Real Estate Management — have been retained to offer for sale the leasehold interest of WestGate Mall, an enclosed regional shopping mall in Spartanburg. The mall’s anchor tenants include Belk, Dillards, JC Penney and Costco, which is located on a separate parcel and not included in the sale. The sale includes 431,306 square feet of gross leasable area as part of a ground lease that has extension options through 2084. WestGate Mall, which is the only enclosed mall in Spartanburg County, is located on a 52-acre site along I-26. The asset is currently 82 percent occupied. The mall’s former owner, Chattanooga-based CBL Properties, filed for bankruptcy in 2020 and the mall is now in receivership, according to local media outlets.
Eric Newton Real Estate Breaks Ground on 517-Bed Student Housing Development Near Clemson University
by John Nelson
CLEMSON, S.C. — Eric Newton Real Estate has broken ground on Maverick Hills, a 517-bed student housing development located near the Clemson University campus in South Carolina. The property will offer cottage and townhome units in a mix of two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities are set to include a resort-style swimming pool with lounge seating; clubhouse; full-service coffee bar; study rooms; 24-hour fitness center; courtyard for outdoor games; dog park; pickleball and basketball courts; and “The Rock” community center. The project is scheduled for completion in fall 2025.
ROCK HILL, S.C. — Selwyn Property Group and CIP Real Estate have broken ground on Waterford Business Park, a 240,000-square-foot speculative industrial development in Rock Hill, approximately 30 miles southwest of Charlotte in South Carolina. Upon completion, which is scheduled for the fourth quarter of 2024, the property will comprise two 120,000-square-foot facilities situated on 25 acres at 656 Red River Road. Designed for single-tenant use, the buildings will also have the ability to be subdivided for multi-tenant use. Patrick Gildea, Rob Hardway, Matt Smith, Grayson Hawkins, Trey Barry and Frank Fallon of CBRE secured an $11.1 million limited partnership equity placement for the development of the property.
GREER, S.C. — Red Rock Developments has signed a 304,884-square-foot lease at the developer’s speculative warehouse in Greer, about 12 miles from Greenville, S.C. Delivered in August, the property is situated within the second phase of Smith Farms Industrial Park, an industrial park that Red Rock owns with capital partner LXP Industrial Trust. Dunlop Sports Americas will fully occupy the building, which features 36-foot clear heights, shipping/receiving offices and dock packages with 40,000-pound hydraulic levelers, seals, dock fans and lights. Marcus Cornelius, Trey Pennington and Jeff Benedict of CBRE represented Red Rock in the lease negotiations. Jeff Head and Tommy Turner of Newmark represented the tenant.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Nashville-based Montecito Medical has acquired a portfolio comprising seven medical office buildings (MOBs) in upstate South Carolina. Concentrated in the Greenville and Clemson markets, the properties total 88,000 square feet. The portfolio was fully leased at the time of sale. Clemson Eye occupies six of the buildings, and Carolinas Centers for Sight leases the seventh property. Both tenants are affiliates of Eye Health America. HREA | Healthcare Real Estate Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed.
TruAmerica Multifamily Plans $86M Build-to-Rent Residential Project Near Spartanburg, South Carolina
by John Nelson
INMAN, S.C. — TruAmerica Multifamily has purchased a 33-acre site in the Spartanburg suburb of Inman for the development of Hartley View, an $86 million build-to-rent (BTR) residential community. The project will include 281 rental homes, including a mix of 214 townhomes, as well as 67 detached single-family residences. Layouts will range from 1,260 square feet to 2,200 square feet. Amenities will include a pool, dog parks, playgrounds, community parks and four acres of open wooded and recreation spaces. Hartley View represents TruAmerica’s first BTR community. The developer plans to begin horizontal construction at the site in summer 2024 and begin vertical construction in December 2024. Delivery of the first homes is scheduled for summer 2025. Brad Morris of New Deco Inc. represented the seller, Converse Development, in the land sale.
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.4 million sale of Clement Arms Apartments, a 49-unit multifamily community located at 1815 Clements Ave. in North Charleston. The property was built in 1980 on 1.2 acres. Ryan Lipomi, Will Graves and Nate McDaniel of Marcus & Millichap’s Charleston office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — DC Blox, a data center provider based in Atlanta, has opened its Cable Landing Station in Myrtle Beach. The 125,000-square-foot facility is equipped with 19 megawatts (mW) of power and can host up to five subsea cables and colocation space for network and cable operators, communications providers, local enterprises and partners. DC Blox is also building a dark fiber route from the new facility to its communications hub in Atlanta. Google has announced two subsea cables that will land at the Myrtle Beach station, including the Firmina cable connecting Myrtle Beach to Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay, and the Nuvem cable to connect to Portugal and Bermuda. Edge Holdings (a subsidiary of Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram) has announced that it plans to land its Anjana cable connecting to Spain.