Tennessee

Stones River Mall Murfreesboro

MURFREESBORO, TENN. — Sterling Organization has purchased Stones River Mall, a 594,688-square-foot enclosed regional mall in Murfreesboro, a suburb of Nashville. Sterling purchased 497,691 square feet at the mall, which was developed in 1992 and renovated in 2008. The company acquired the asset through its institutional fund: Sterling Value Add Partners II LP. Anchored by Dillard’s, Sears and J.C. Penney, other tenants include Aeropostale, Books-A-Million, Electronic Express, Hancock Fabrics, Chuck E. Cheese’s, PacSun, Bath & Body Works, Shoe Carnival, Versona, Bink’s Outfitters, Hibbett Sports and Victoria’s Secrets. The mall’s outparcel restaurants include TGI Fridays, Olive Garden and Buffalo Wild Wings.

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DCT Industrial Trust Portfolio Memphis

MEMPHIS, TENN. — DCT Industrial Trust has sold a portfolio of six Class A industrial properties in Memphis totaling 2.3 million square feet for an undisclosed sales price. Built between 1998 and 2001, the six properties were fully leased to 11 tenants at the time of sale. The portfolio comprised Eastpark I at 5300 Hickory Hill Road; Eastpark II at 5405 Hickory Hill Road; Chickasaw A at 5950 Freeport Ave.; Chickasaw H at 6190 Freeport Ave.; Southpoint IV at 4800 Pleasant Hill Road; and Southpoint XIX at 5166 Pleasant Hill Road. Stewart Calhoun, David Meline, Samir Idris and Casey Masters of Cushman & Wakefield represented DCT in the transaction. Cushman & Wakefield also arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Welsh Property Trust. Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan and Jeff Walker of Cushman & Wakefield’s equity, debt and structured finance team arranged the financing. Additionally, Shane Soefker and Jacob Biddle of Cushman & Wakefield/Commercial Advisors provided market expertise for the transaction.

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Nashville is now an established growth leader regionally and nationally. The city was a national trailblazer as the U.S. economy recovered from the Great Recession. That head start positioned Nashville to take advantage of broader growth trends and stay ahead of the pack as the remainder of the region and country started to grow again. Moody’s Analytics places Nashville firmly in an expansion phase, with fourth quarter employment growth 330 basis points ahead of the prior year, in-migration driving single-family housing permits up 13 percent last year and accelerating wage growth. Quoting Moody’s, “With the commercial real estate market tightening quickly, the pace of hiring will soon be contingent on how quickly new offices can be built or renovated. Yet there is still a good chance office-using employment could beat expectations, especially after 2016.” Class A buildings continue to dominate growth. Overall absorption for 2014 totaled 666,639 square feet, while Class A absorption was 689,009 square feet. Absorption exceeded construction by over 200,000 square feet, and Class A vacancy dropped from 5 percent at the beginning of the year to 3.5 percent at year-end. Vacancy that low inhibits movement, as is obvious in Brentwood with only 45,000 square feet vacant, …

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Ovation Nashville

The Nashville retail market continues to gain momentum. With approximately 338,773 square feet of retail construction underway, Nashville remains in a growth and expansion phase, with nationally recognized retail that offers unique options for tourists and locals. In 2014, approximately 53 restaurants opened, most notably Chauhan Ale and Masala House, Sinema, Prima, Acme Feed & Seed, Adele’s, City Winery, Two Ten Jack, Moto Cucina + Enoteca, Epice and Party Foul. Most of these landed in hot neighborhoods — The Gulch, East Nashville, 12th South, SoBro and Germantown. Nationally and locally we’re seeing demand for grocery-anchored retail. Demand has outstripped supply by a long shot. Major grocers own much of their real estate, and Publix followed suit in 2014, acquiring some centers it anchors, leaving fewer investor opportunities that will drive pricing and also move some investors into opportunities anchored by regional or independent grocers, or shadow-anchored assets. We actually expect non-retail projects to change the dynamic in Nashville in 2015. Within the Downtown loop, retail was non-existent, but with 1,000 new hotel rooms, 2,493 residential units and several new office projects under construction, bringing 5,000 more workers downtown, retail will follow. The $232.6 million Highwoods development for Bridgestone’s U.S. headquarters …

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Fountains Germantown Nashville

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Proffitt Dixon Partners will soon begin construction on Fountains Germantown, a 249-unit luxury apartment community located at 1407 Third Ave. North in Nashville’s Germantown neighborhood. The multifamily developer will break ground on Feb. 26 with an estimated completion date set for summer 2016. Nashville-based Smith Gee Studio designed the five-story community to standards set by the National Association of Home Builder’s Green Building Program. HFF arranged construction financing through Synovus Bank on behalf of Proffitt Dixon. The project team includes general contractor Doster Construction Co., management firm Matrix Residential and landscape architects Land Design and Civil Site. Civil Site is also the project’s civil engineer.

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Claiborne Hughes Health Center Franklin Tennessee

FRANKLIN, TENN. — CFG Capital Markets has brokered the $7.5 million sale of Claiborne Hughes Health Center, a 157-bed skilled nursing facility (SNF) located in the town of Franklin. The facility is located approximately 30 minutes south of Nashville and is one of five licensed skilled nursing facilities in the county. The building was originally constructed in 1949 as a high school and converted into a SNF in 1981. Claiborne Hughes was sold for $47,770 per bed to a private investor group. Proceeds were used to fully retire HUD mortgage debt and other liabilities. Michael Burchell, Mike Coiro and Samer Tahboub of CFG Capital Markets were the advisors on the transaction representing the seller.

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Historic Farragut Hotel Downtown Knoxville

KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Knoxville-based Wood Properties has brokered the sale of The Historic Farragut Hotel in downtown Knoxville for $3.7 million. The 135,000-square-foot former hotel is located on Gay Street. The buyer, Knoxville-based Family Pride Corp., is planning to implement a mixed-use renovation of the building. George Brown and Brad Blackwell of Wood Properties Inc. represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

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Aventura at Providence Mt. Juliet Nashville JLL

MT. JULIET, TENN. — JLL has brokered the $48 million sale of Aventura at Providence, a Class A apartment community located at 2500 Aventura Drive in Mt. Juliet, 10 miles east of downtown Nashville. Centennial Holding Co. purchased the 334-unit property from TriBridge Residential. JLL also arranged a seven-year, $35 million acquisition loan on behalf of Centennial Holding Co. Derrick Bloom, David Gutting and Vincent Lefler led JLL in representing TriBridge Residential in the sale. Faron Thompson and John Bray led JLL in securing the fixed-rate, Freddie Mac acquisition loan.

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Piccadilly Apartments Goodlettsville Tennessee

GOODLETTSVILLE, TENN. — Memphis-based Financial Federal Bank has arranged two refinance loans for apartment communities in Goodlettsville, roughly 14 miles north of Nashville. Steve Curnutte of Financial Federal Bank’s Nashville office arranged the $13.4 million refinance of the 434-unit Piccadilly Apartments and the $7.3 million refinance of the 200-unit Nottingham Apartments. Both apartment communities were more than 95 percent occupied at the time of refinancing. Curnutte arranged the two 10-year, fixed-rate loans through Freddie Mac. The loans feature interest rates below 4 percent, 30-year amortization schedules and five years of interest-only payments.

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GERMANTOWN, TENN. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $4.2 million sale of a Bank of Bartlett branch at 1870 Kirby Parkway in Germantown, roughly 22 miles southeast of Memphis. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a Southeast-based partnership, in the transaction. The buyer was an institutional investor based in Tennessee. The bank has five years remaining on its lease.

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