HENDERSONVILLE, TENN. — Lincoln Property Co. (LPC) and Real Estate at Goldman Sachs Alternatives have broken ground on Northside Logistics Park, a five-building industrial park totaling 497,160 square feet. The co-developers recently closed on the land acquisition, which spans 45.6 acres at 157 Molly Walton Drive in Hendersonville, approximately 17 miles northeast of Nashville. Will Goodman and Jack Armstrong of CBRE brokered the land deal for the buyers and will handle the landlord leasing for the project. Each of the five buildings are designed to accommodate single or multiple tenants, with spaces ranging from 20,000 to 144,000 square feet, as well as feature 32-foot clear heights and at least 20 dock-high doors. The design-build team includes civil engineer Kimley-Horn & Associates and architect of record STG Design. LPC and Goldman Sachs Alternatives plan to deliver Northside Logistics Park in first-quarter 2026.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the sale of Hurricane Creek, a 62,590-square-foot shopping center located in Chattanooga. Publix anchors the property, which was built in 2007. Southeast U.S. Retail Fund LP sold the center to an entity doing business as Hurricane Creek Center LLC for an undisclosed price. Kyle Stonis, Pierce Mayson and Boris Shilkrot of Matthews arranged the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Gelt Ventures LLC has sold an eight-property self-storage portfolio in Tennessee and Mississippi totaling 3,999 units. The facilities are mostly situated in the metro Memphis market, with five assets in Memphis, two in Olive Branch, Miss., and one in Nesbit, Miss. Canadian-based investor Minimal Storage Properties purchased the 487,000-square-foot portfolio for an undisclosed price. Gelt Ventures originally acquired the portfolio in June 2020 for $41 million. The single-story properties were built between 1972 and 2006 and feature commercial office space, manager’s apartments and a mix of drive-up, indoor and climate-controlled units averaging 141 square feet in size. During its ownership period, Los Angeles-based Gelt Ventures carried out capital improvements on the self-storage assets, improved the tenant mix and implemented a revenue management strategy.
GALLATIN, TENN. — Kolter Multifamily LLC, along with its affiliates, has broken ground on Alton Nexus, a 300-unit apartment community in Gallatin, a Middle Tennessee city approximately 30 miles northeast of Nashville. The project represents the first apartment development outside of Florida for Kolter Multifamily, a subsidiary of Delray Beach, Fla.-based The Kolter Group. Alton Nexus will feature a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as a resort-style swimming pool with outdoor firepits, clubroom with a bar, coworking spaces and a fitness center with a yoga studio. The project is part of the Nexus master-planned development that features a business park, shops and restaurants. Kolter Multifamily expects to deliver Alton Nexus in winter 2026.
MADISON, TENN. — JLL has brokered the $9.8 million sale of Rivergate Square, an 81,935-square-foot shopping center located at 1584 Gallatin Pike N in Madison, a suburb of Nashville. Jim Hamilton and Brad Buchanan of JLL represented the seller, Albanese Cormier, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed. Rivergate Square was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants including Dollar General, Office Depot, dd’s Discounts and Jimmy John’s.
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Oakley Group, a multifamily investment firm based in Birmingham, Ala., has purchased Pro Park, a 96-unit apartment community located at 850 Professional Park Drive in Clarksville. The three-building, newly built property is situated on a 4.4-acre site roughly 46 miles northwest of Nashville. Developer Bert Singletary sold the community to Oakley Group for an undisclosed price, and Synovus Bank provided an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the purchase. The new owner has selected locally based NextGen Properties to operate Pro Park, which is being rebranded to The Oakley at Pro Park. Completed in 2024, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 879 to 1,200 square feet in size, as well as a clubhouse, fitness center swimming pool, 20 garages and 64 storage units. The community was 63 percent occupied at the time of sale.
MOUNT JULIET, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp. and Robinson Properties have announced plans for Everett Downs, a mixed-use development in Mount Juliet, roughly 20 miles east of Nashville. GBT Realty will develop the retail portion of the project, which will comprise a 41,255-square-foot retail center. A 23,256-square-foot Sprouts Farmers Market will anchor the shopping center, which will also feature approximately 18,000 square feet of small shop and outparcel retail space. Completion of the retail component, which is currently 75 percent preleased, is scheduled for October 2025. Robinson Properties will develop Phase II of Everett Downs, which include a multifamily component.
ATLANTA — CBRE has arranged a $171.4 million loan for the refinancing of an eight-property portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers in the Southeast. The portfolio totals nearly 1.2 million square feet and was 96.6 percent leased at the time of financing to 194 tenants, including Kroger, Publix and Whole Foods Market. PGIM provided the loan to the borrowers, Branch Properties and Corebridge Real Estate Investors (formerly AIG Global Real Estate). Richard Henry, Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan and Taylor Crowder of CBRE arranged the loan, which refinanced the mortgages for shopping centers in Bradenton, Sarasota, Melbourne and Palm Coast, Fla.; Atlanta and Gainesville, Ga.; Lexington, Ky.; and Memphis and Knoxville, Tenn.
COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — The Shopping Center Group (TSCG) has negotiated the sale of Houston Levee Galleria, a 65,900-square-foot retail center in Collierville, an eastern suburb of Memphis. Built in 2006, the property was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Jim’s Place, Gould’s Day Spa and Salon, Smoothie King, The Transformation Doctor, Newk’s Express Café, Club Pilates, Moe’s Southwestern Grill, Loni’s Fashions and The Sewing House. Anthony Blanco and Lynn De Marco of TSCG represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Crunch Fitness has opened a new location at Hamilton Place, a shopping mall and mixed-use campus in Chattanooga. The property is owned by locally based and publicly traded CBL Properties. The new fitness venue is one of the final components of the mall’s Sears redevelopment project, which commenced in 2019. Other tenants that have backfilled the former Sears department store include The Cheesecake Factory, Mean Mug Coffeehouse, Malone’s, Dave & Buster’s, Dick’s Sporting Goods and an Aloft by Marriott hotel. Since March, CBL Properties has welcomed eight new concepts at Hamilton Place, including Taco Mamacita, Texas Roadhouse, Mr. Cow, Malone’s, Miniso, Vintage Stock, Dry Goods, Shoe Station, as well as a newly remodeled and expanded Buckle store. Additional openings are expected in 2025.