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Doster Construction Completes Novel Edgehill Apartments in Nashville

by John Nelson August 3, 2022

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Doster Construction Co. has completed Novel Edgehill, a five-story mixed-use apartment community situated just south of Nashville’s Gulch district. Charlotte-based Crescent Communities and locally based Pearl Street Partners co-developed the 270-unit community, which features a five-level parking garage and rooftop pool. KTGY Architecture designed Novel Edgehill with studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. The asset also features ground-floor retail space leased to Land of a Thousand Hills Coffee, The Mercantile, Bodyrok gym and Roc and Roe Style Bar. Doster Construction broke ground on the project in 2020. According to the property website, rental rates range from $1,905 to $3,500 per month.

August 3, 2022

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Memphis Retail Market is Returning to Pre-Pandemic Norms

by John Nelson August 2, 2022

Memphis has seen a tight retail market for quality space and development opportunities since the COVID-19 pandemic. Our market sits at a 3.5 percent vacancy rate, according to CoStar Group analytics, and overall retail leasing activity is strong. Memphis has benefitted from a consumer base that is ready to return to the pre-pandemic rhythms of life. Retail sales have been healthy overall, with strong increases in sales of restaurants, particularly restaurants with a drive-thru. Rents for high-demand space have increased accordingly given the lack of quality opportunities for new-to-market or expanding retailers. Investment sales activity has been steady with an average cap rate around 7 percent, according to CoStar. Well-located and stable shopping centers are trading lower. A handful of high-profile institutional assets are either on the market or about to hit the market, and we expect those to trade at sub-7 percent cap rates. Ford Motors and SK Innovation’s new electronic vehicle (EV) and battery production facility in Stanton, Tenn., (25 miles east of Memphis) is anticipated to have a positive impact on the local economy. The $5.6 billion mega campus, called Blue Oval City, will add around 5,700 new jobs at its plant, with several more thousands indirectly …

August 2, 2022

Florida Georgia Loans Multifamily Southeast Tennessee

ECI Group Refinances Sun Belt Multifamily Portfolio with $625M Loan from Goldman Sachs

by John Nelson July 28, 2022

ATLANTA — ECI Group, an Atlanta-based multifamily developer and investor, has obtained a $625 million loan for the refinancing of a 13-property multifamily portfolio in the Sun Belt. Goldman Sachs Bank USA provided the loan, and Jones Lang LaSalle Securities LLC served in an advisory role to ECI Group, which will use the loan to refinance the portfolio and fund renovations for six communities. Built between 1979 and 2021, the 3,478-unit portfolio comprises Class A and B properties in Florida, Georgia, Tennessee and Texas. The assets had an average occupancy of 96.6 percent at the time of the loan closing.

July 28, 2022

Development Hospitality Loans Southeast Tennessee

Hall Structured Finance Provides $43.1M Construction Loan for New Holiday Inn Express Hotel in Nashville

by John Nelson July 27, 2022

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Hall Structured Finance (HSF) has provided a $43.1 million construction loan for a new eight-story hotel project in Midtown Nashville. The new Holiday Inn Express will feature 184 guest rooms, as well as an outdoor infinity-edge swimming pool, fitness center, meeting room, convenience market, breakfast area and a business center. Francisco Nacorda of Mag Mile Capital arranged the loan through HSF on behalf of the borrower, Nashville-based SiLa Developments. Triumph Hospitality will manage the Holiday Inn Express when it opens in March 2024.

July 27, 2022

Leasing Activity Retail Southeast Tennessee

Nordstrom Rack to Open 24,000 SF Store at Terrace at Hamilton Place in Chattanooga

by John Nelson July 27, 2022

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Nordstrom Inc. plans to open a new Nordstrom Rack store at The Terrace at Hamilton Place, an open-air shopping center located at the intersection of Shallowford Road and I-75 in Chattanooga. This will be the third Nordstrom Rack and fourth Nordstrom concept in Tennessee. Locally based CBL Properties owns and manages Hamilton Place, which houses retailers including Academy Sports + Outdoors, DSW, Ulta Beauty and Old Navy. CBL Properties plans to open the Nordstrom Rack store in spring 2023.

July 27, 2022

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Memphis Industrial Market Boom Continues After Record Year of Leasing, Sales

by John Nelson July 26, 2022

2021 was a banner year for the Memphis industrial market by virtually every measure. Leasing exceeded 32 million square feet, easily doubling the average of 12.8 million square feet per year; annual net absorption reached 12.7 million square feet, the highest ever recorded; 14.6 million square feet of inventory delivered to the market; rental rates reached historic highs; and investment volume topped $2.2 billion. The potent demand that carried the market to such record-setting extremes continued into the beginning of 2022, with leasing activity in the first quarter approaching 6 million square feet and net absorption surpassing 3.3 million square feet. Sustaining the steady upward trend the Memphis market has followed since the beginning of 2019, the direct vacancy rate rose 50 basis points from last year to 6.8 percent, but this increase is largely due to the profusion of spec product rather than any significant moves out of the market. In typical fashion, the bulk of leasing activity occurred in the Southeast, DeSoto County and Marshall/Fayette County submarkets, comprising more than 75 percent of the quarter’s total volume. But even the Northwest submarket has seen more action recently with the delivery of Amazon’s 181,500-square-foot last-mile facility in the Raleigh …

July 26, 2022

Development Multifamily Southeast Tennessee

Alliance Residential to Build 302-Unit Apartment Community in Nashville

by John Nelson July 22, 2022

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Alliance Residential has purchased 3.3 acres at 2500 Bransford Ave. in Nashville to develop Broadstone Berry Hill, a 302-unit apartment community. The Scottsdale, Ariz.-based developer has also recently opened Broadstone SoBro and will soon open Broadstone Centennial in Nashville. The Berry Hill community will be located approximately a half-mile from the newly opened Geodis Park, the 30,000-seat home arena of the Nashville FC MLS team. Unit interiors at Broadstone Berry Hill will include quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and built-in mud benches and desks in select units. Community amenities will include a rooftop lounge, pool with a pool deck and putting green, coworking space and a clubroom with a tiki bar and demonstrator kitchen. Alliance Residential plans to welcome first residents in summer 2024.

July 22, 2022

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Kroger to Open 40,000 SF Distribution Center in Nashville

by John Nelson July 21, 2022

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Kroger plans to open a new 40,000-square-foot distribution center on Polk Avenue in Nashville, which will extend the grocer’s delivery services to Middle Tennessee. The “spoke” facility will work in conjunction with the Atlanta fulfillment center that the grocer operates along with UK-based grocery delivery platform Ocado. According to Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, the new Kroger facility will support 180 new jobs. Kroger worked with the Tennessee Valley Authority, Nashville Area Chamber and Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development for the project. A construction timeline or exact address were not disclosed, but The Tennessean reports that the site is located at 1116 Polk Ave. on the south side of town.

July 21, 2022

Development Hospitality Southeast Tennessee

Chartwell Hospitality, Rockbridge Underway on 292-Room Hilton Hotel at Nashville International Airport

by John Nelson July 20, 2022

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Chartwell Hospitality and partner Rockbridge have been selected by the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority (MNAA) to develop a Hilton-branded hotel at Nashville International Airport. The duo began vertical construction earlier this month on the property, which will feature 292 guest rooms, about 16,000 square feet of meeting space and a rooftop pool and bar. Other amenities will include a fitness center on the top floor, as well as a cafe, lobby bar and full-service restaurant on the ground level for guests and travelers. The hotel will be the tallest building at the airport campus. The project team includes locally based general contractor Crain Construction. Targeted completion or opening dates were not disclosed by Chartwell, which is also part of a development team for two hotels underway at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City.

July 20, 2022

Acquisitions Industrial Southeast Tennessee

Lee & Associates Brokers $52M Sale of Industrial Facility in Metro Nashville

by John Nelson July 20, 2022

SPRING HILL, TENN. — Lee & Associates’ Nashville office has brokered the $52 million sale of a 276,056-square-foot industrial facility located at 3555 Cleburne Road in Spring Hill. San Diego-based STOS Partners purchased the property from Effingham, Ill.-based Agracel Inc. Brett Wallach and William Sisk of Lee & Associates represented both parties in the transaction. The property, which is STOS’ first acquisition in the metro Nashville area, was fully leased at the time of sale on a triple-net basis to tenants including automotive firm Fourecia.

July 20, 2022

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