LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles-based Tauro Capital Advisors, on behalf of borrower IBF Properties, has facilitated a $149.7 million, one-year, floating-rate bridge loan for a 24-property Walgreens portfolio. The stores are located in nine states across the United States, primarily in Tennessee, Wisconsin and Alabama. The borrower is purchasing retail assets occupied by investment-grade tenants and plans to create a REIT to hold and operate the portfolio of income-producing real estate. Matt Bucaro, Eric Alvarez, Michael Bucaro, Matthew Ingle and Garryn Laws of Tauro Capital Advisors arranged the financing transaction. Benefit Street Partners was the lender. Totaling 314,852 square feet, the borrower purchased the portfolio in 2021. After acquisition, longer leases were negotiated for the majority of the tenants, which provided stability for those investors purchasing dividends within the REIT and offering a level of commitment by Walgreens to the sites and a low probability of leaving.
MEMPHIS, TENN. — Carlisle Corp. plans to open the first Caption by Hyatt-flagged hotel this summer in downtown Memphis. Caption by Hyatt Beale Street Memphis will anchor Carlisle’s $200 million One Beale mixed-use development, which includes three Hyatt-branded hotels and the new Renasant Convention Center. Memphis Business Journal reports that the new hotel’s development costs hovered around $41 million. Situated along Memphis’ famous Beale Street and the Mississippi River, the upscale select-service hotel will be integrated into the historic main building of Wm. C Ellis & Sons Ironworks and Machine Shop, which is one of the longest-running businesses in the city. The historic building will house the hotel’s ground and second floors, and a new 136-room tower will rise above and give guests views of the river and Memphis skyline. Designed by HBG Design, the hotel will feature dual entrances and an all-day, multi-functional lounge space dubbed Talk Shop that will include a coffee shop, cocktail lounge, workstations and sundries market on the inside and a patio and beer garden with fire pits on the outside. Hyatt Hotels Corp. collaborated with Union Square Hospitality Group on the Talk Shop concept. Hyatt plans to expand the Caption by Hyatt brand to …
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of East Ridge Crossing, a 58,950-square-foot, Food Lion-anchored shopping center in Chattanooga. Hancock White Columns Inc. purchased the property for an undisclosed price. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Tyler Matthews of Austin Sumner Properties represented Hancock White Columns. Built in 1988 and renovated in 2021, East Ridge Crossing was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to national retailers, including e-commerce-resistant service providers. The property is situated about seven miles southeast of downtown Chattanooga and just west of Interstate 75.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — JLL has arranged the $10.2 million sale of a single-tenant, 51,528-square-foot industrial building in Nashville. Mitchell Townsend, Anthony Walters, Perry Wolcott, Matt Wirth and Robin Stolberg of JLL represented the seller, an affiliate of Next Realty LLC, in the transaction. Bridge Net Lease acquired the property for $10.2 million. The industrial building is triple net-leased to Fiserv, a provider of payments and financial technology solutions. Fiserv has been a tenant at the property since 2005 and uses the building to manufacture credit and payment cards. Next Realty recently executed a new long-term lease extension with Fiserv. The property offers a side-load configuration, clear heights ranging from 20 to 22 feet, three dock-high doors, one drive-in door, office space and a half-acre of land for expansion or outdoor storage. Located on 4.3 acres at 575 Brick Church Park Drive, the building is approximately five miles from downtown Nashville and 10.5 miles from Nashville International Airport.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — CBRE has arranged the $14.9 million sale of The Eastland, a 49-unit apartment community in Nashville. A Virginia-based investor, Cherner Development Group, purchased the property. Brett Carr of CBRE represented the seller, Dallas-based investor Lion Real Estate Group, in the transaction. The Eastland is a five-story multifamily building that offers one- and two-bedroom floorplans. The average unit size is 571 square feet. Completed in 2017, The Eastland features ground floor retail space. Community amenities include a fitness center, lounge and onsite maintenance. The building was 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. Located at 1035 W. Eastland Ave., the community is situated 10.1 miles from Nashville International Airport and 2.8 miles from downtown Nashville.
NASHVILLE — California-based investment and development firm KBS has acquired UBS Tower, a 29-story office tower in downtown Nashville. The sales price was approximately $175 million, according to The Nashville Business Journal. Located at 315 Deaderick St., the 605,000-square-foot UBS Tower is the second-tallest office building in the city and occupies a full city block. The property was originally constructed in 1972 and has been renovated several times over the ensuing decades. The namesake tenant and investment banking firm renewed its 138,000-square-foot lease in 2021 and will serve as the building’s anchor tenant until 2034. The most recent capital improvement program delivered new and revamped amenity spaces, including the lobby, tenant lounge, coffee bar, fitness center and conference facilities. This project also upgraded the building’s mechanical systems. “With a population quickly approaching 2 million, Nashville is a vital business, tourism and transportation center,” says Marc DeLuca, CEO and Eastern regional president at KBS. “Nashville boasts a thriving economy that is predicted to see a 3.9 percent growth in employment in 2022. This activity creates numerous office-using jobs and significantly increases the rental growth and demand in the market.” According to CoStar Group, Nashville has approximately 80 percent more office-using jobs …
After several years in the top 10, Nashville was named the No. 1 “market to watch” in overall commercial real estate prospects, according to Urban Land Institute and PwC’s 2022 Emerging Trends in Real Estate report. Nashville surpassed its supernova competitors (markets with a population between 1 million and 2 million people) such as Raleigh-Durham, Phoenix, Austin and Charlotte. The report credits Nashville’s robust and sustained job and population growth, above-average levels of economic diversity and investment/development opportunities. In short, Nashville’s economy fared relatively well during the pandemic-induced recession, and its industrial market never slowed down. Nashville has been a top location for relocating and expanding industrial-using companies, as its location is unmatched for distribution. Fifty percent of the nation’s population lives within 650 miles of Middle Tennessee, with 24 states falling within that radius. This translates to a one- or two-day truck delivery time to more than 75 percent of all U.S. markets. Additionally, it is one of only six U.S. cities with three major intersecting interstate highways. Nashville’s economy is extremely resilient due to its diversified economy. However, Nashville is not immune to national trends that have affected multiple industrial markets. The cost of construction continues to increase, …
DALLAS — Dallas-based CBRE has brokered the $91 million sale of an eight-building medical office portfolio across four states in the Southeast and Texas. A joint venture between Chicago-based Remedy Medical Properties and Boca Raton, Fla.-based Kanye Anderson Real Estate purchased the properties. Lee Asher, Chris Bodnar, Jordan Selbiger, Ryan Lindsley, Cole Reethof, Sabrina Solomiany and Zach Holderman of CBRE represented the seller, Los Angeles-based Spruce Healthcare, in the transaction. The 177,000-square-foot portfolio includes five properties in Florida and one each in Texas, North Carolina and Tennessee. The portfolio was fully leased at the time of sale with 11 years of weighted average lease terms remaining. Two-thirds of the overall tenancy features orthopedics, oncology and imaging practices. Other specialties include ophthalmology and dermatology, both of which include ambulatory surgery centers.
Suburban household growth in metropolitan Nashville was already outpacing urban growth prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but has accelerated since the outbreak due to corporate America’s acceptance of work-from-home staffing. Multifamily investors have followed this suburban household growth as well. Two recent examples are in Lebanon and Murfreesboro, both high-growth, high-quality suburbs of Nashville that have recently experienced record-setting transactions. The Pointe at Five Oaks recently sold for $243,000 per unit, setting a record for Lebanon. Vantage at Murfreesboro recently went under contract north of $270,000 per unit, also setting a record for Murfreesboro. We don’t see this activity and record-setting slowing down any time soon due to the lack of supply, overwhelming out of state demand and skyrocketing replacement costs. New multifamily development continues to follow the suburban trend, often times with a mixed-use component. Case in point, Highwoods Properties has completed the assemblage of all 145 acres of Ovation Franklin and is beginning the journey to reimagine and re-introduce one of the greatest opportunities for mixed-use development in the nation. This project will consist of 1.4 million square feet of Class A offices, 950 residential units, 480,000 square feet of retail and restaurants and 450 hotel rooms. Single-family …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Newmark has brokered the sale of a four-property portfolio of mid-rise student housing properties totaling 1,441 beds. The properties are situated adjacent to public universities in the Southeast and Illinois. Ryan Lang, Jack Brett, Ben Harkrider, Tim McKay, Debra Corson, Blake Pera and Dean Smith of Newmark represented the seller, Rael Corp., in the transaction. The sales price and the buyer were not disclosed. The properties include: Gather Illinois, which is located near the University of Illinois at 410 North Lincoln Ave. in Urbana, Ill.; Gather Uptown located near East Carolina University at 400 South Greene St. in Greenville, N.C.; Gather Dickson located near the University of Arkansas at 333 St. Charles Ave. in Fayetteville, Ark.; and Gather Southern located near the University of Memphis at 3655/3695 Southern Ave. in Memphis.