CORDOVA, TENN. AND HIGH POINT, N.C. — Capital One Multifamily Finance has originated $61.6 million in two Fannie Mae loans for the refinancing of two apartment communities in the Southeast. The financing included a $25.6 million loan for Lincoln at Wolfchase, a 408-unit apartment community located in Cordova, about 15 miles east of Memphis. The other deal was a $36 million loan for Laurel Springs Apartments, a 501-unit multifamily community in High Point. Chad Thomas Hagwood and Brandon Pate of Capital One Multifamily Finance’s Birmingham, Ala., office arranged both 12-year, fixed-rate loans on behalf of the borrower, EBSCO Income Properties. Laurel Springs was financed under Fannie Mae’s Green Building Certification program.
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Walden Legacy, a 236-unit apartment community located in west Knoxville. Mount Auburn Multifamily LLC purchased the asset from Sagebrush Legacy Management for an undisclosed price. Robert Stickel and Nelson Abels of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Built in 2005, Walden Legacy was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Community amenities include a resort-style swimming pool, fitness center, picnic areas with grills, car care center, laundry facility and a clubhouse.
Memphis may be known for its industrial market, but there are several interesting stories unfolding in the Memphis office market as well. Investors, both local and national, have found opportunities in an office market that can relate to the phrase, “slow and steady wins the race.” The Memphis office market consists of just over 52 million square feet, with nearly 60 percent of that in the Downtown, East and 385 Corridor submarkets and more than 85 percent of the Class A space located in those same submarkets. The Memphis metro ended 2016 with overall vacancy rates of 10.5 percent. Those rates have remained in the 10.5 to 10.9 percent range for the last two years. Class A vacancy has been on a slow and steady decline, falling from 10.2 percent at the end of 2014 to 7.9 percent at the end of 2016, its lowest level in more than a decade. This has prompted Class B owners to make investments in their properties, like the $7 million capital investment by Clark Tower, located in the East Memphis submarket, to upgrade mechanical systems and common areas. Rates, too, have been relatively steady for the last decade. At $17.07 per square foot …
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Commercial & Investment Properties has opened The Tennessean Personal Luxury Hotel & Residences, a $28 million hotel and condominium development located at 531 Henley St. in downtown Knoxville. The property features 82 hotel rooms and 12 condominiums, as well as amenities for guests and owners including a fitness center, valet parking, room service and the Drawing Room lounge. McCarty Holsaple McCarty designed The Tennessean, which is situated near Market Square, World’s Fair Park and the University of Tennessee.
MORRISTOWN AND MARYVILLE, TENN. — Chattanooga, Tenn.-based CBL & Associates Properties Inc. has sold College Square and Foothills Mall in Tennessee to New York-based Time Equities Inc. for a combined $53.5 million. Located at 2550 E. Morris Blvd. in Morristown, College Square’s tenant roster includes Belk, Kohl’s, T.J. Maxx, AMC Theatres, Dick’s Sporting Goods, AT&T, GameStop, GNC, Kay Jewelers, Longhorn Steakhouse, McDonald’s, Planet Fitness, Sprint, Subway and Verizon Wireless. Located in Maryville, Foothills Mall’s tenants include Belk, JC Penney, Sears, T.J. Maxx, Air Bounce!, Hallmark, Carmike Cinemas, Chick-fil-A, Finish Line, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless and Vitamin World. CBL owns, holds interest in or manages 124 properties spanning 76.9 million square feet, including 81 regional malls/retail power centers.
In 2015, the Memphis industrial sector reached a record-breaking 8.4 million square feet net absorption. Achieving absorption in 2015 at a level that was higher than before the recession would have seemingly set 2016 up for a downturn. However, industrial growth, with Memphis at the epicenter of world distribution, allowed the positive trajectory to continue. The Memphis MSA absorbed approximately 6 million square feet in 2016. Given ideal geographical positioning, Memphis is known as America’s Distribution Center, boasting unparalleled expertise in distribution and logistics. The Memphis International Airport houses the second-busiest cargo airport in the world. Companies recognize that Memphis offers reliable, cost-effective distribution, with the ability to reach 70 percent of the U.S. population within 24 hours. Moreover, Memphis is one of only three cities with five Class I Rail Systems and has the fifth largest inland port, as well as 10 major trucking companies utilizing interstates I-40 and I-55. It’s no wonder that FedEx World Hub makes Memphis its home, and UPS chose it as a major hub. With those constants in place, the most notable recent change is the expansion of the submarkets, and how they compete for the warehouse and distribution business. In the past, when …
MEMPHIS, TENN. — NAI Saig and Avison Young have arranged the $33.1 million sale of a nine-property, 1.1 million-square-foot industrial portfolio located within Memphis International Airport Center (MIAC). Faropoint Ventures purchased the portfolio from Connecticut-based Greenfield Partners LLC. The portfolio was 93.1 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as FedEx, Kohler, United States Postal Service and DHL. Brian Califf of NAI Saig represented Faropoint in the transaction, and Shane Soefker and Jacob Biddle of Avison Young represented Greenfield Partners. Faropoint has retained Califf and Elliot Embry of NAI Saig to handle the portfolio’s leasing assignment.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Atlanta-based Songy Highroads LLC plans to develop a new 15-story Hyatt House hotel in Nashville. The Hyatt House Nashville West End will be located at the intersection of Hayes Street and 21st Avenue, about a block from Vanderbilt University, Saint Thomas Medical and Centennial Medical Center. Wakefield Beasley & Associates designed the hotel, which will feature Hyatt’s signature H Bar concept and a pool and fitness center on the fifth floor. Songy Highroads and its joint venture partner, an affiliate of Hyatt, plan to deliver the 201-room hotel in early 2019.
If it’s been several years since visiting Memphis, it’s time to come back and see the improvements. The city and suburbs have experienced large amounts of new construction and redevelopments, from the downtown Memphis Pyramid becoming the grandest Bass Pro Shops outside of their headquarters to the new Tanger Outlets in Southaven, Miss., and many more developments in between. The most active retail category continues to be restaurants, followed closely by grocers and service-oriented retailers. New restaurants have leased space across the market, varying from fast-casual options like Pimento’s Kitchen + Market to upscale options like Cheesecake Factory and Char, a steakhouse based in Jackson, Miss. In the grocery sector, Kroger, The Fresh Market and Whole Foods Market expanded their reach by adding new and redeveloped stores. Kroger, with its 125,000-square-foot Marketplace concept, is further solidifying market share and geographic footprint with Marketplace units in Hernando and Arlington and a 100,000-square-foot unit in Germantown. These locations were also joined by new-to-Memphis Sprouts Farmers Market. Trader Joe’s also announced plans to open a new store later this year. One of the most notable new Memphis-area retailers is IKEA, which opened its 271,000-square-foot store along Interstate 40 in late 2016. The store …
MEMPHIS, TENN. — PEBB Enterprises has acquired Germantown Village Square, a 199,629-square-foot mixed-use development in Memphis. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based investor purchased the asset from Memphis-based Boyle Investment Co. for $28 million. The purchase of Germantown Village is PEBB’s largest acquisition to date by both dollar amount and square footage. Germantown Village Square features nearly 140,000 square feet of retail space leased to tenants such as T.J. Maxx, DSW and Petco, and more than 60,000 square feet of second-floor office space anchored by The West Clinic, a subsidiary of Baptist Memorial Health Services.