Tennessee

Shoppes at Hickory Hollow

ANTIOCH, TENN. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of the Shoppes at Hickory Hollow, a 144,469-square-foot, Kroger-anchored shopping center in Antioch. The sellers, Mishorim USA Inc., Park One USA Inc. and Gold Investments USA Inc., sold the property to an entity doing business as FNRP CV LLC for $18 million. The center is situated at 5319 Mount View Road next to Mount View and Bell roads in metro Nashville. Built in 1986 on approximately 12.9 acres, the center is roughly 97 percent leased to tenants such as Citi Trends, Octapharma Plasma, EmbroidMe, PostalAnnex, Republic Finance and Little Caesars Pizza. Kyle Stonis and Pierce Mayson of SRS’ Investment Properties Group represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was self-represented. Shoppes at Hickory Hollow is the second Kroger-anchored transaction that SRS has brokered this year.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Rubicon Equities and Meritage Group LP have purchased Capitol View Plaza, a Class A office building located at 1 Lifeway Plaza in downtown Nashville, for $95 million. Capitol View Plaza was built in 2017 on the site of the previous headquarters of Lifeway Christian Resource. The property is part of the 32-acre Capitol View master planned community developed by Boyle Investment Co. The property is the third investment for Rubicon and Meritage in Nashville. David Atchison and Brian Casey of Colliers International represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Stream Realty and Sandeema Co. are enlisted to market the building for lease. Rubicon Equities is a Nashville-based real estate investment and development firm with over $500 million of assets under management. Meritage Group LP is a private investment firm based in San Francisco that invests in public and private equity, credit and real estate.

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111 Broadway

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has acquired 111 Broadway, a 50,303-square-foot, mixed-use property in downtown Nashville. Tower Investments Inc., based in Philadelphia, sold the property for $36 million. The four-tenant building is 100 percent leased to tenants including Rock Bottom Brewery, Wyndham-Margaritaville Vacation Club, Glen Campbell Museum and Platinum Cos. Constructed in 1930 and positioned just one block from Cumberland River, the three-story asset has been renovated over the past five years, including improvements to the roof, windows, exterior and elevator systems. CRC is a Baltimore-based real estate investment and management company that also owns Fortress Grove Apartments, a 320-unit multifamily community located in nearby Murfreesboro, Tenn.

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Friars Branch Crossing

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — The Giambrone Group of Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Friars Branch Crossing Center, a 99,878-square-foot retail and office center in Chattanooga. Tim Giambrone of Marcus & Millichap represented both the buyer and the seller in the transaction. The buyer, Excelsior Friars Crossing LLC, was a private equity sponsor based in Nashville that purchased the property from Spirit Holdings of Chattanooga for $8.5 million. Friars Branch Crossing is located at 2204-2226 Encompass Drive just north of Interstate 75 near the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport. Avenger Logistics, Secure America – ERMC and Astec Industries anchor the complex and represent 55 percent of the total gross leasable area.

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2 Dell Parkway

NASHVILLE, TENN. — LRC Properties has bought 2 Dell Parkway, a 288,860-square-foot property comprising mostly warehouse and office space adjacent to Nashville International Airport. LRC Properties co-purchased the property with Machine Investment Group for $36.2 million. Randy Wolcott of Northstar represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction, and Melissa Alexander of Foundry Commercial represented the buyers. The property is currently 100 percent leased to Averitt Express and Amazon, which operates its Amazon flex business line from the location. The new ownership group plans to reposition the property by creating a shallow bay, last-mile warehouse and distribution space. Plans include expanding the property’s warehouse capabilities by removing the office and converting the building’s first floor to industrial warehouse space for smaller users in a 20,000- to 40,000-square-foot space. In addition, LRC will also develop an additional estimated 120,000 square feet of shallow bay warehouse space and add trailer parking. 2 Dell Parkway is LRC’s second investment in Tennessee in the past six months. In December, the New York City-based company purchased the 640,000-square-foot Technicolor Building in Memphis. With this purchase, LRC owns approximately 5 million square feet of commercial properties in the Southeast.

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MIAMI — Transcendent Electra, a joint venture between single-family rental (SFR) platform Transcendent Investment Management (TIM) and multifamily owner/operator Electra America, has purchased 1,889 new single-family homes. The company has $496 million in contract process and closing and another $1 billion in the pipeline. This acquisition marks Transcendent Electra’s first significant acquisition since launching in February. The properties are new single-family homes and townhomes that are purchased directly from homebuilders throughout the following markets: Birmingham and Huntsville, Ala.; Florida; Savannah and Atlanta, Ga.; North Carolina; South Carolina; Nashville, Tenn.; and Dallas, Houston, San Antonio and Austin in Texas. Transcendent Electra aims to acquire or develop approximately $3 billion in SFR housing over the next three years, with a focus on new-build homes in the $175,000 to $300,000 price range, where average rent will be $1,500 to $2,800 per month.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — A public-private partnership between Balfour Beatty Campus Solutions, Axium Infrastructure and Vanderbilt University has broken ground on a 616-bed student housing project in Nashville. The total cost of the project was not disclosed, but the Nashville Post and Nashville Business Journal both reported late last week that the development team received approximately $107 million in construction financing. According to Vanderbilt University’s news service, construction of the project was originally scheduled to start last summer but was delayed due to COVID-19. The community will be located on Broadway between Lyle and 20th avenues and will include 25,000 square feet of retail space. The new residence hall will offer a mix of studio, one- and two-bedroom units targeting graduate and professional students. Residences will be furnished with full washers and dryers, and costs of utilities will be included in rent. Shared amenities will include a 13,000-square-foot collaboration space with a dedicated area for academic and entrepreneurial endeavors, private study spaces, fitness center and a public courtyard. “Providing an updated housing option with modern amenities in a vibrant neighborhood convenient to campus will further the university’s goal to recruit the best graduate and professional students and provide them with an …

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MEMPHIS, TENN. — Seefried Industrial Properties plans to develop a build-to-suit distribution facility in Memphis for an unnamed e-commerce retailer. Located off Victory Ridge Cove, the last-mile logistics facility will include a 181,500-square-foot standalone package delivery facility used to complement a larger fulfillment center less than half a mile north on New Allen Road. The new building will feature 32-foot clear heights, 17 dock doors, 13 trailer spaces, parking for 953 delivery vans and 290 employee vehicle spaces, as well as 12,190 square feet of office and breakroom space. The project is slated for completion in February 2022. The Conlan Co. will serve as the general contractor, BL Cos. is the architect and The Reaves Firm Inc. is the civil engineer on the project. Seefried Industrial Properties is based in Atlanta and is one of Amazon’s preferred development partners.

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BAAR, SWITZERLAND — Partners Group has sold an industrial portfolio on the East Coast in excess of $1 billion on behalf of its institutional clients. The 8.6 million-square-foot portfolio comprises 88 shallow-bay and bulk distribution centers located across five markets: Raleigh-Durham, Atlanta, Nashville, Norfolk and Shenandoah Valley in Virginia. “We are proud to see the transformational results of the work we have done during the past three years and believe this exit represents an excellent outcome for our clients,” says Ron Lamontagne, managing director and co-head of private real estate for the Americas at Partners Group. Partners Group originally purchased the portfolio across three separate investments with Equus Capital Partners, an investment management firm based in metro Philadelphia. The buyer, an undisclosed life insurance company, is entering into two joint ventures with Equus Capital Partners to recapitalize the portfolio. The recapitalization will include one joint venture that holds assets within the portfolio with a long-term, income-focused return profile. The second joint venture will include assets suited to a shorter term, total return-driven strategy. The shallow-bay portion of the portfolio totals 3.8 million square feet and comprises 54 buildings within six industrial parks in Raleigh-Durham, as well as 19 buildings in …

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Bridgewood Property Co., a Houston-based developer of senior living properties, has acquired land at 3808 Cleghorn Ave. in Nashville for the development of a mid-rise, luxury retirement community. With guidance and input from zoning counsel; Tune, Entrekin & White PC; the Metropolitan Planning Department; and local neighborhood groups, the property received zoning approval in February 2021 to build 205 senior living units within a 12-story facility. The new Bridgewood community in the city’s Green Hills neighborhood will offer independent living, assisted living and memory care residences and will be located close to the neighborhoods of Belle Meade, Forest Hills and Hillwood. The purchase price of the land was not disclosed. ESa is the project architect of the unnamed community, and Catalyst Design Group will provide civil engineer services. The project’s construction timeline was not disclosed.

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