NASHVILLE, TENN. — Brennan Investment Group, in a joint venture with RGA ReCap Inc., has acquired two distribution facilities totaling 221,000 square feet at 5006 Harding Place in Nashville. The two buildings were fully leased to seven tenants at the time of sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Associated Bank provided a $20 million acquisition loan to Brennan for the deal, which marks the investor’s fifth investment in the Nashville market since 2019, according to the company. Andrew Roberts of Associated Bank managed the loan closing on an internal basis.
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CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has negotiated the $31 million sale of Victory Place Townhomes, a 194-unit multifamily community located at 401 Victory Road in Clarksville, about 54 miles northwest of Nashville. New York-based private equity firm BridgeGaps purchased the asset in a 1031 exchange with the seller, Singletary Construction, which developed the property in 2021. Austin Tomaiko and Austin Graham of Matthews represented the seller in the transaction, which Matthews says was the biggest sale in Clarksville by both unit count and sales price in the past 12 months. Victory Place Townhomes features a pool, fitness center, leasing office and dog parks, as well as one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans.
ANTIOCH, TENN. — NAI Nashville Stanton Group has brokered the $7 million sale of a 44,150-square-foot office building located at 5255 Hickory Hollow Parkway in Antioch, about 13 miles southeast of Nashville. An entity doing business as NCT LLC purchased the property from Rocketown of Middle Tennessee, a faith-based organization that operated the building as a live concert venue and skate park, according to the seller’s website. Ben Claybaker and Brandon Hoop of NAI Nashville Stanton Group represented the seller in the transaction. Sheri Ma of MM Realty and Management represented the buyer.
FRANKLIN, TENN. — McShane Construction Co. will build Ellison Cool Springs, a 34-acre mixed-use project in Franklin, approximately 20 miles south of Nashville. Upon completion, the property will comprise 332 apartments and 15 commercial units across three four-story buildings. McShane will construct the project on behalf of the developer, Fluornoy Development Group. Designed by Dynamik Design, amenities at the development will include an outdoor pool, clubroom, fitness center, recording studio, hospitality bar, focus room, pet spa and a car wash. Additionally, the property will feature two two-story parking garages and five standalone six-bay garages. Residences will include apartments in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts, with select two-story, live-work units. The project team expects to deliver Ellison Cool Springs in August 2026.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Host Hotels & Resorts Inc. has purchased the fee simple interest in a two-hotel complex in downtown Nashville. The properties in the $530 million acquisition include 1 Hotel Nashville, a 215-room hotel, and the 506-room Embassy Suites by Hilton Nashville Downtown. Affiliates of Starwood Capital Group, Crescent Real Estate LLC and High Street Real Estate Partners sold the hotels, which they built in 2022. Situated adjacent to Bridgestone Arena and across from the Music City Convention Center, the hotels feature a combined 721 rooms averaging approximately 500 square feet in size, as well as seven food-and-beverage options, including Harriott’s Rooftop. Amenities include a spa with six treatment rooms, two fitness centers, a yoga studio and 33,000 square feet of shared meeting space, including a 9,400-square-foot ballroom and 9,300 square feet of pre-function space.
JACKSON, TENN. — Strato Capital has acquired a 771,000-square-foot warehouse located in Jackson, a western Tennessee city that sits between Nashville and Memphis via I-40. Strato Capital purchased the asset in a joint venture with an institutional family office. Located on 80 acres within an industrial park, the property features 32-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinklers, a 400-foot truck court and developable land on the site. A publicly traded entity has occupied the building, which was originally a build-to-suit, for 20 years.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Oracle Corp. (NYSE: ORCL), an IT company known for its cloud-based products and services, has announced it is moving its global headquarters from Austin to Nashville in a move to focus on the healthcare sector, according to multiple media outlets. Oracle chairman and chief technology officer Larry Ellison announced the move at the Oracle Health Summit earlier this week, citing the Music City as a “health center.” In 2020, Oracle announced it was moving its longtime headquarters from Redwood City, Calif., to the Texas capital. In 2021, the company purchased a 60-acre riverfront site in downtown Nashville for more than $250 million with plans to develop a corporate campus. In 2022, Oracle bolstered its healthcare portfolio when it acquired electronic medical records company Cerner in a deal valued at more than $28 billion. Oracle also expanded its office presence in Nashville by leasing more than 100,000 square feet at Radius, a nine-story office building in the city’s Gulch district. According to The Tennessean, Ellison says that the riverfront campus underway in Nashville will resemble a city within a city with office buildings, a park, hotel, concert venue, restaurants and a community clinic.
Newmark Arranges Sale-Leaseback of 920,000 SF Industrial Portfolio in Crossville, Tennessee
by John Nelson
CROSSVILLE, TENN. — Newmark has arranged the sale-leaseback of a five-building industrial portfolio in Crossville, about 70 miles west of Knoxville via I-40. The portfolio spans 920,000 square feet across two property sites: four buildings at 297-349 Sweeney Drive and a 570,745-square-foot facility at 301 Porcelain Drive. The properties are situated about 2.5 miles apart and both have direct access to I-40. Andrew Sandquist, J.C. Asensio and Briggs Goldberg of Newmark represented the seller and tenant, flooring manufacturer AHF Products, in the transaction. The tenant will continue to occupy the portfolio on a long-term master lease. TPG Angelo Gordon purchased the portfolio for an undisclosed price. Jordan Roeschlaub and Christopher Kramer of Newmark arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through Citi Group on behalf of TPG Angelo Gordon.
COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $12 million sale of Collierville Crossing, a 94,331-square-foot shopping center located in Collierville, roughly 30 miles outside of Memphis. Academy Sports + Outdoors anchors the property, which was built in 2004. Other tenants at the center include La Hacienda, Sakura Japanese Restaurant, America’s Best Contacts and Eyeglasses, Sports Clips and Direct General Insurance. Desco Group and Affinius Capital sold the property to an entity doing business as RCG-Collierville VII LLC. Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan and Andrew Michols of JLL represented the sellers in the transaction.
BRENTWOOD, TENN. — Greenberg Gibbons has acquired Cool Springs Pointe, a 198,103-square-foot shopping center located in Brentwood, a southern suburb of Nashville. The property was purchased through the Greenberg Gibbons Real Estate Income Fund for $34.5 million. The seller was not disclosed. Cool Springs Pointe was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Best Buy, Ross Dress for Less, Restoration Hardware Outlet, Golf Galaxy, Old Navy and Party City.