Tennessee

FOREST HILL, TENN. — Doster Construction Co. has delivered Springs at Forest Hill, a 296-unit multifamily community in Forest Hill. Designed by Phillips Partnership, the property offers studio through three-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, car care center, grilling area and package services. Springs at Forest Hill is located at 3750 Moraine St., 22 miles east of downtown Memphis. Birmingham, Ala.-based Doster began construction in summer 2018 on behalf of the developer, Continental Partners.

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MEMPHIS, TENN. — Gelt Inc. has acquired eight self-storage properties comprising 3,867 units in metro Memphis for $41 million. The portfolio, which totals 490,187 square feet, was 91 percent leased at the time of sale. There are five facilities in Memphis; two in Olive Branch, Miss.; and one in Nesbit, Miss. The single-story properties were built between 1972 and 2006 and feature a mix of drive-up, indoor and climate-controlled units. Portfolio-wide, the unit sizes range from 5 square feet to 430 square feet and average 141 square feet. Citizen Storage will manage all eight properties. Luke Elliott and Michael Mele of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Merit Hill Capital, in the transaction.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — FirstBank has signed a 52,000-square-foot office lease to move its headquarters to One22One Broadway in downtown Nashville. FirstBank will occupy the 13th and 14th floors of the planned 24-story tower. FirstBank has the right to expand its footprint within the building to more than 100,000 square feet. The developer, GBT Realty, expects to deliver the 365,000-square-foot building in 2022. Frank Thomasson, Taylor Hillenmeyer, Janelle Gallagher and Byran Fort of CBRE represented the landlord in the lease transaction. FirstBank is currently headquartered at 211 Commerce St., less than a mile from One22One Broadway.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Capstone Apartment Partners has negotiated the sale of 83 Freight, a planned 83-unit multifamily community being built using shipping containers in Nashville. When complete, the community will offer rooftop balconies, as well as studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans ranging in size from 320 to 1,280 square feet. The property is situated within Nashville’s Wedgewood-Houston neighborhood, which was historically an industrial district. Now the area is being reimagined and will include the 27,500-seat soccer stadium for the MLS’ Nashville SC. The seller, FMBC Investments, expects to deliver 83 Freight this summer. Adam Klenk, Jonathan Hawks, Tyler Mayo and Austin Heithcock of Capstone represented the seller in the transaction. The undisclosed buyer acquired the property for more than $11 million.

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Parke West Nashville

NASHVILLE, TENN. — GBT Realty has broken ground on Parke West, a mixed-use development near Nashville’s West End that will feature a dual-branded hotel, 210 residential units and 11,000 square feet of retail space. Chartwell Hospitality will develop and manage the hotel, which will feature 110 Hilton Garden Inn rooms and 69 Home2 Suites rooms. The hotel will also feature a fitness center, amenity deck and 4,000 square feet of meeting space. This is the 13th hotel that Brentwood, Tenn.-based GBT Realty has built in the Nashville market. The apartment community will feature two outdoor amenity spaces. Hoar Construction is serving as the general contractor for Parke West, and First Horizon Bank provided construction financing. GBT Realty expects to deliver the project in 2022.

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GERMANTOWN, TENN. — Ziegler has arranged $45.2 million in financing for The Village at Germantown, a continuing care retirement community in the Memphis suburb of Germantown. The community is located on a 27.5-acre site and features 230 independent living units, 32 assisted living units, 16 memory care units and 50 skilled nursing beds. The financing is a “Cinderella refunding,” meaning that taxable bank debt will convert to non-bank-qualified, tax-exempt debt in September 2022. The transaction refinances a previous bond issue from 2012. First Horizon provided the taxable loan with a 12-year term, 27-year amortization and a LIBOR-based interest rate. The Village will realize annual cash flow savings of $443,000 as a result of the transaction, according to Ziegler. The Ziegler Investment Banking team members involved in the transaction were Brandon Powell, Genia Weeks and Caroline Robertson.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — A joint venture between BentallGreenOak, Flank Management LP and Geolo Capital has acquired Hutton Hotel, a 250-room hotel in Midtown Nashville. The sales price was not disclosed, though the joint venture said it bought the asset in an all-cash deal. Hutton Hotel was delivered in 2009 and draws inspiration from its proximity to Music Row, with two writers’ and recording studios within the hotel. The hotel also offers three dining concepts: a coffee shop, all-day restaurant and a 5,000-square-foot entertainment venue that hosts live music events. Additional amenities include a Tesla Model S for guest transportation, fitness center, a spa and in-room record players. The seller was not disclosed, but Carey Watermark Investors (now known as Watermark Lodging Trust) purchased the asset in 2013 and listed it on the company’s year-end 2019 portfolio snapshot. Earlier this week, the Nashville Business Journal reported that 137 employees at Hutton Hotel were permanently laid off due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Alliance Residential Co. will develop Broadstone Nations, a planned 343-unit multifamily community in Nashville’s The Nations neighborhood. Alliance Residential closed on the 6.3-acre land sale and expects to begin construction later this year with the first units slated to open in early 2022. The five-story building will offer studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans averaging 809 square feet. Communal amenities will include a private meditation room, fitness center with a separated yoga room and a saltwater pool. Unit interiors will feature soft-close cabinetry, built-in desks, chef-inspired kitchen islands, and select units will feature home offices, dry bars and wine refrigerators. The community will be located at 4731 Centennial Blvd., five miles west of downtown Nashville.

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GALLATIN, TENN. — Brennan Investment Group has acquired and executed a 90,250-square-foot sale-leaseback of an industrial building fully leased to Bennett Tool & Die, a contract tooling and metal stamping supplier. The building is located at 1550 Airport Road in Gallatin, 33 miles northeast of downtown Nashville. The facility serves as Bennett Tool & Die’s corporate headquarters and primary manufacturing facility. The sales price and terms of the new lease were not disclosed.

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NASHVILLE, TENN. — Pebblebrook Hotel Trust has agreed to sell Union Station Hotel, a 125-room hotel in downtown Nashville, for $56 million. The hotel is part of Marriott’s Autograph collection. The historic property is situated at 1001 Broadway in a former railroad terminal that opened in 1900. Amenities at the property include a restaurant and bar, fitness center, business center, valet parking and meeting and event space. Pebblebrook expects the sale to close in the third quarter of this year. The hotel opened in 1986 and became a member of Historic Hotels of America in 2015. Historic Hotels of America is the official program of the nonprofit organization National Trust for Historic Preservation for recognizing historic hotels. The buyer was not disclosed.

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