Tennessee

Allianz Provides $100M Loan for Office Tower in Downtown Nashville

by John Nelson April 27, 2017

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Allianz Real Estate of America has provided a $100 million loan for The Pinnacle at Symphony Place, a 28-story, 520,000-square-foot office tower located in downtown Nashville. Built in 2010, the LEED Gold-certified building was 99 percent leased to 20 tenants at closing. Bat Barber of Medalist Capital arranged the loan through Allianz on behalf of the borrower, Highwoods Properties, a Raleigh-based REIT that purchased the office building in 2013 for $152 million. The Pinnacle at Symphony Place represents the first commercial mortgage in Nashville for Allianz Real Estate of America, which manages a $10.7 billion debt portfolio. Allianz Real Estate of America is the U.S. real estate lending arm of Allianz Group, a global asset management firm based in Munich.

April 27, 2017

Hospitality Southeast Tennessee

Paramount, BCDC Break Ground on $43M Dual-Branded Hotel in Knoxville

by John Nelson April 27, 2017

KNOXVILLE, TENN. — Paramount Hospitality Management LLC and Batson-Cook Development Co. have broken ground on a $43 million dual-branded hotel at the corner of Church and State streets in Knoxville. The property will include a 144-room Courtyard by Marriott and an 88-room Residence Inn. The 166,544-square-foot hotel will feature a rooftop lounge, a bar and café in the lobby and a three-level parking deck. Paramount and Batson-Cook plan to complete the hotel in the third quarter of 2018.

April 27, 2017

Retail Southeast Tennessee

Madame Tussauds Opens First In-Mall Wax Museum Ever at Opry Mills in Nashville

by John Nelson April 20, 2017

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Madame Tussauds has opened its first ever in-mall wax museum at Opry Mills, a Simon Property Group-owned mall in Nashville. The attraction, which focuses on music icons such as Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley and Taylor Swift, is the seventh location in the United States for Madame Tussauds and its 22nd property globally. Leisure firm Merlin Entertainments plc owns and operates Madame Tussauds. In addition to the new wax museum at Opry Mills, Simon plans to unveil Bavarian Bierhaus, a 15,000-square-foot German restaurant and beer hall, as well as performance apparel retailers Champs, Asics and New Balance. In mid-May, Distillers of Smith Creek Moonshine will open a moonshine tasting and cocktail bar at Opry Mills.

April 20, 2017

Georgia Seniors Housing Southeast Tennessee

Dominion Partners to Open Two Somerby Seniors Housing Communities in the Southeast

by John Nelson April 20, 2017

SANDY SPRINGS, GA. AND FRANKLIN, TENN. — On the heels of opening seniors housing community Somerby Sandy Springs in the Atlanta suburb of Sandy Springs, Dominion Partners also plans to open Somerby Franklin in the Nashville suburb of Franklin within the next two months. Somerby Sandy Springs includes 128 independent living units, 48 assisted living units and 24 memory care units on a six-acre plot. Details were not released on the Franklin property. Based in Birmingham, Ala., Dominion Partners is a developer and owner of seniors housing properties. Somerby, an operator, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dominion. The companies own and operate a portfolio of eight communities in Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida and Tennessee.

April 20, 2017

Mixed-Use Southeast Tennessee

OliverMcMillan, Spectrum | Emery Break Ground on $430M Fifth + Broadway in Downtown Nashville

by John Nelson April 19, 2017

NASHVILLE, TENN. — San Diego-based OliverMcMillan and Nashville-based Spectrum Emery have broken ground on Fifth + Broadway, a massive mixed-use development in downtown Nashville. The development cost wasn’t disclosed, but The Tennessean reports Fifth + Broadway will cost $430 million to develop. Situated across from Bridgestone Arena on the 6.2-acre site of the former Nashville Convention Center, the project will feature 235,000 square feet of retail and entertainment space, including the 56,000-square-foot National Museum of African American Music and a restaurant concept by Nashville restaurateur Tom Morales; a 385,000-square-foot office tower at 501 Commerce; more than 350 apartments; and more than 2,000 parking spaces. Rob Lowe and Stewart Lyman of Cushman & Wakefield are the leasing agents for the office tower. General contractor Skanska broke ground on Fifth + Broadway yesterday and plans to complete construction by late 2019.

April 19, 2017

Multifamily Seniors Housing Southeast Tennessee

Ryan Cos. Buys 11 Acres Near Nashville for $48.5M Seniors Housing Community

by John Nelson April 17, 2017

HENDERSONVILLE, TENN. — Ryan Cos. US Inc. has acquired an 11-acre land parcel in the Nashville suburb of Hendersonville. The buyer will use the property to build Clarendale at Indian Lake, a $48.5 million, 189-unit independent living, assisted living and memory care community. Project partners include LCS and Harrison Street Real Estate Capital. It will be the fourth Clarendale-branded community. The developers plan to start construction this spring for completion in fall 2018. Life Care Services, an affiliate of LCS, will operate the community once construction is completed. HFR Design, a Nashville-based architecture and engineering firm, designed the property. Bone McAllester Norton provided legal services. Terry Smith and Henry Trost of Avison Young represented Ryan Cos. in the land acquisition. The price was not disclosed.

April 17, 2017

Multifamily Southeast Tennessee

GBT Realty Begins Construction on $20M Apartment Community in Nashville

by John Nelson April 17, 2017

NASHVILLE, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp. has begun construction on Belcourt Park, a $20 million multifamily community situated on 0.7 acres in Nashville’s Hillsboro Village. Belcourt Park will include 76 units and an onsite leasing and management office. Community amenities include a Wi-Fi workspace, an espresso bar, fitness facility, patio with cabanas and fire pits and a concealed parking structure that can hold up to 84 cars. Pre-leasing is expected to start this winter with the first residents moving in no later than next spring. GBT Realty financed the development with an $11.4 million construction loan from Trustmark Corp. Belcourt Park brings GBT’s total current investment in Hillsboro Village to $65 million, including Village 21 at Regions Park.

April 17, 2017

Industrial Market Reports Southeast Southeast Market Reports Tennessee

Nashville Industrial Market Will Continue to Ride its Hot Hand Through 2017

by John Nelson April 17, 2017

The Nashville commercial real estate market’s growth is no longer a local secret. In fact, it very well may be one of the most desired areas for investors for an MSA with a population less than 2.5 million people. In case you haven’t heard, read or taken notice, you likely have been living under a rock. Those who call this market “hot” are making an understatement. As the downtown core sees land sites trade in excess of $13 million per acre (and in a few interesting cases eclipse $1,000 per square foot), the multifamily and hospitality markets have moved at a torrid pace. Even office rents have climbed to record highs near $40 per square foot for full service gross rates. Some covering that sector project this number will peak around the $50 per square foot mark due, in part, to the higher land costs driven by the other sectors. Multifamily developers have seized upon this growth by paying record prices for downtown real estate in hopes of capturing the fancy of Millennials as they enter the workforce. Top this off with hotel stays in downtown costing as much as those found on Times Square in Manhattan, some ponder the …

April 17, 2017

Retail Southeast Tennessee

Branch, DeFoor to Build Publix-Anchored Shopping Center in Chattanooga

by John Nelson April 12, 2017

CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Atlanta-based Branch Properties and DeFoor Development plan to develop The Village of Waterside, a 162,000-square-foot shopping center in Chattanooga’s Hamilton Mill neighborhood. The property, which will be anchored by Publix and REI, will be situated on 22.8 acres at the intersection of Shallowford and Gunbarrel roads. This will be the first Chattanooga store for REI, an outdoor gear and apparel retailer. Branch and DeFoor expect to deliver The Village of Waterside in late summer 2018.

April 12, 2017

Office Southeast Tennessee

Dilweg Acquires Five-Story Office Building in Nashville for $17.7M

by John Nelson April 11, 2017

NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Dilweg Cos. has purchased Vantage Place, a five-story, Class B office building in Nashville’s MetroCenter submarket. The seller and sales price were not disclosed, but The Tennessean reports the sales price as $17.7 million. Built in 1981, the 167,818-square-foot property was 92 percent leased to tenants such as Centerstone Research Institute, CGS and Young Williams. The purchase of Vantage Place brings Dilweg’s Southeast holdings to nearly 6 million square feet.

April 11, 2017

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