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Ford Plans $11.4B in Electrical Vehicle Manufacturing Developments in Tennessee, Kentucky

by Jeff Shaw September 28, 2021

STANTON, TENN., AND GLENDALE, KY. — Ford (NYSE: F) has unveiled plans to build Blue Oval City, a massive manufacturing campus for its electric vehicles in the tiny town of Stanton, approximately 50 miles northeast of Memphis and with a population of fewer than 500 people. In addition, the car builder is planning the BlueOvalSK Battery Park manufacturing campus in Glendale, approximately 50 miles south of Louisville, to produce the lithium-ion batteries that power those electric vehicles. Ford estimates development costs for Blue Oval City at $5.6 billion and BlueOvalSK Battery Park, which will comprise two separate manufacturing facilities, at $5.8 billion. Both plants are scheduled to begin production in 2025. The auto maker predicts the Stanton location will create 6,000 jobs, while the Glendale location will create 5,000 jobs. Blue Oval City will span 3,600 acres — nearly six square miles — and focus on producing F-Series electric pickup trucks. The company noted that it will work with Redwood Materials on domestic battery recycling and that the facility will be carbon neutral, producing zero landfill waste once fully operational. In addition to the new plant, Ford said it will make a new investment to increase production of the F-150 …

September 28, 2021

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PGIM Real Estate Provides $250M Acquisition Financing for Five-State Core Logistics Portfolio

by Julia Sanders September 28, 2021

SANTA MONICA, CALIF. — PGIM Real Estate has provided $250 million in fixed-rate debt to Santa Monica-based GLP Capital Partners LP. The funds will be used to acquire a five-property core logistics portfolio located across Atlanta, Dallas-Fort Worth, Chicago, Memphis and California’s Central Valley. All five of the properties were acquired on behalf of GLP Capital Partners IV, a closed-end, discretionary private equity fund. The portfolio is fully leased to four nationally recognized companies, all of which are investment grade credit tenants, according to PGIM. The seller and price were not disclosed. The five properties total 3.2 million square feet and are located within an average of one mile from each region’s primary transportation arteries.

September 28, 2021

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High Demand for Memphis Industrial Leading to Another Record-Shattering Year

by John Nelson September 27, 2021

Fueled by the acceleration of e-commerce amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Memphis industrial market’s record-setting momentum continued into the first half of the year. Demand fundamentals are the strongest they’ve ever been, with lease transaction volume at mid-year exceeding 12.2 million square feet for the second year in a row and total market direct net absorption reaching an unprecedented 5.3 million square feet. To put these numbers in perspective, lease transaction volume and direct absorption through June of pre-pandemic years averaged 5.8 million square feet and 1.6 million square feet, respectively. The market’s direct vacancy rate has hovered around 6.5 percent since the end of 2019, an impressive feat given the exceptional amount of speculative product that has been added to inventory over the past year and a half. New to the market The region’s central location, complemented by its world-class transportation infrastructure and low rental rates, make Memphis an attractive option for industrial users. Notable deals that have occurred since the beginning of 2020 include Milwaukee Tool’s 1.1 million-square-foot lease at I-269 Industrial Park, as well as two new Amazon leases totaling nearly 2 million square feet, growing the e-commerce giant’s Memphis-area footprint to more than 6.7 million square …

September 27, 2021

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Hamilton Zanze Buys Multifamily Community in Metro Nashville for $46.5M

by Julia Sanders September 23, 2021

COLUMBIA, TENN. — Hamilton Zanze has bought The Retreat at Arden Village, a 228-unit apartment community in Columbia, for $46.5 million. Tyler Mayo of Capstone Apartment Partners represented the seller, an entity doing business as Arden Village Apartments LLC. Adam Klenk, Austin Heithcock, Luke Searcy, Jonathan Hawks and Jordan Arand of Capstone also brokered the sale. Built in 2007 with additions in 2018, The Retreat at Arden Village was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. The property includes one- and two-bedroom floorplans with an average unit size of 1,080 square feet. Community amenities include an indoor fitness center, business center, clubhouse, pool, dog park, billiards room and an outdoor entertainment kitchen with grills. Unit amenities include granite countertops, hardwood floors and in-unit washers and dryers. Located at 2477 Palomar Circle, the community is situated 40 miles south of Nashville and about 37.3 miles from Vanderbilt University. Comprising 19 three-story apartment buildings, the community is situated on 10 acres off U.S. Highway 31 in north Columbia. The property’s management has been transitioned to Hamilton Zanze affiliate Mission Rock Residential, a Denver-based company.

September 23, 2021

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Memphis is Well-Established for Industrial Owners and Users to Win

by John Nelson September 20, 2021

Momentum in the local industrial market has been maintained because of Memphis’ world-class infrastructure offering the “four Rs” of transportation: river, road, rail and runway. Thanks to Memphis’ central location, truck freight can reach 65 percent of the nation’s population in 24 hours. The Port of Memphis is the fifth-largest inland port in the United States and an east-west highway spans the width of the country. As home to FedEx Global Headquarters and a UPS hub, Memphis International Airport surpassed Hong Kong International Airport this year as the busiest cargo airport in the world. The direct vacancy rate of the metro industrial market went from 6.5 percent in 2020 to 4.8 percent by mid-2021. Currently, there is 13.7 million square feet of inventory under construction with over 75 percent of it being speculative. The demand and recent growth continue to improve in 2021. Net absorption is above 5.3 million square feet with tenants like Yeti, Walgreens, Hamilton Beach and Amazon moving into new facilities mid-year. Rents have also continued to rise faster than the national average in many years. The average rent growth over the past 12 months is 6.9 percent, or $4 per square foot. Large preleased facilities are …

September 20, 2021

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RangeWater Breaks Ground on 353-Unit Apartment Community in Nashville

by Julia Sanders September 16, 2021

NASHVILLE, TENN. — RangeWater Real Estate has broken ground on a 353-unit apartment community in Nashville’s River North Development District, a former industrial neighborhood undergoing revitalization. The project is RangeWater’s 100th development. Located at 201 Cowan St., the apartment project will include studio, one- and two-bedroom apartments located close to downtown Nashville and Germantown. When completed, the apartments will have two floors of amenities and a sky lounge with views of downtown Nashville. Community amenities will include a listening lounge with recording equipment for musicians and a pool deck atop a green rooftop space. The apartments will feature nine-foot ceilings and modern finishes with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and washer and dryer units in each residence. Groundbreaking will take place this month with first apartment homes delivering spring 2023. RangeWater is an Atlanta-based multifamily real estate company. The apartment project will be RangeWater’s second development in Nashville, with the first being The Gossett on Church in the city’s Gulch neighborhood.

September 16, 2021

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Palomar Group Brokers $7.8M Sale of Portland Village Shopping Center Near Nashville

by Julia Sanders September 16, 2021

PORTLAND, TENN. — The Palomar Group has brokered the sale of Portland Village, an 84,250-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center in Portland, about 40.2 miles north of Nashville. The undisclosed buyer, a private investor based in Greenville, S.C., bought the property for $7.8 million. The seller was Cincinnati-based Phillips Edison & Co. The Palomar Group represented the buyer and the seller in the transaction. Located at 112 W Knight St., Portland Village is about 11.3 miles from Franklin, Ky. The center was 94 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Cash Saver, Planet Fitness and Family Dollar. Built in 1975, Portland Village has had the current tenants for an average of 11.7 years. Cash Saver has been the anchor tenant since 1997.

September 16, 2021

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Robust Memphis Apartment Demand Continues to Push Rents Across Classes

by John Nelson September 15, 2021

The Memphis multifamily market has recently captured attention from prospective buyers with some impressive statistics. With 2020 rent growth at 6.6 percent and year-to-date 2021 at 10.5 percent year-over-year, the metropolitan showed resiliency through a turbulent period as peer Sun Belt cities experienced stagnancy and even decreases in rents. This trend has put the metropolitan area on acquisition radars and garnered sales to new-to-market buyers looking to plant a flag in the market. But it raises questions concerning the longevity and sustainability of the rent growth. By taking a further look at the market’s fundamentals, economic drivers and rent trends across market segments, we can shed some light on this over-arching question. Logistics and healthcare Memphis’ stable 2020 and 2021 multifamily performance is grounded by an economy rooted in logistics and medical services. Within the Memphis metropolitan area, 42 percent of the workforce is in the transportation/logistics or education and health service industries, compared to a national aggregate of 20 percent. The growing reliance of these industries insulated the Memphis economy from the worst of repercussions stemming from the pandemic-induced recession. While quarterly wages decreased an average of 6.5 percent in peer markets in the second quarter of last year, …

September 15, 2021

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Parkview Financial Provides $42.5M Loan for Multifamily Development in Nashville’s Germantown District

by Julia Sanders September 10, 2021

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Parkview Financial has provided a $42.5 million construction loan for the development of Artist Lofts, a multifamily property located at 1217-31 2nd Ave. N in the Germantown submarket of Nashville, about one mile outside of downtown. The non-recourse loan has a 24 month-term with two three-month extensions. Situated on a 0.9-acre parcel, the Artist Lofts project will offer 210 multifamily units, 3,800 square feet of ground-floor retail space and a parking garage with 250 spaces. The property will include one five-story building with a unit mix of 51 studios averaging 612 square feet; 110 one-bedroom units averaging 710 square feet; and 49 two-bedroom units averaging 996 square feet. Community amenities will include a clubhouse and lounge, fitness center, pool and sundeck, dog park and leasing center. The borrower, an entity doing business as Monroe Germantown Holdings LLC, acquired the infill site at the end of 2020 and has completed the entitlement and permitting process. Construction is now underway and is slated for completion by fall 2023.

September 10, 2021

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Brookfield Signs Law Firm K&L Gates to Full-Floor Lease at 501 Commerce in Downtown Nashville

by Julia Sanders September 8, 2021

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Brookfield has signed K&L Gates LLP, a global law firm, to a long-term lease at 501 Commerce in downtown Nashville. Stewart Lyman of Cushman & Wakefield represented Brookfield Properties, the landlord, in the transaction. J.T. Martin, David Fitzgerald and Tim Howe of CBRE represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. K&L Gates will occupy the entire 15th floor of 501 Commerce, which is a 24-story, 372,000-square-foot office tower. The building’s amenities include an outdoor terrace, lounge, meeting and conference center and a fitness center with showers, lockers and studio space. The building is targeting a LEED Silver certification. The office tower is part of the 6.2-acre Fifth + Broadway mixed-use project, which includes 200,000 square feet of retail and entertainment, the National Museum of African American Music and a 381-unit residential tower known as The Place.

September 8, 2021

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