Tennessee

Commerce Farms Business Center Lebanon

LEBANON, TENN. — HSA Commercial Real Estate has partnered with Boston-based Great Point Investors LLC to co-develop a 652,000-square-foot speculative industrial building at Commerce Farms Business Center in Lebanon, a suburb of Nashville. Situated on 41 acres at the junction of State Route 840 and Highway 109, the distribution center will feature 32-foot clear heights, 116 truck docks, two drive-in doors and parking for 84 trailers and 257 cars. The partnership is scheduled to break ground on the facility later this month, with delivery planned in the first quarter of 2017. HSA Commercial and Great Point Investors have retained NorthStar Real Estate Advisors to oversee the marketing and leasing of the distribution center. The design team includes Chicago-based general contractor Premier Design + Build and architect Harris Architects Inc. HSA Commercial previously partnered with Great Point Investors to build a 220,000-square-foot distribution center near Indianapolis and a 218,500-square-foot spec industrial facility in north suburban Chicago.

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Walgreens Nashville

NASHVILLE, TENN. — The Boulder Group has brokered the $6.9 million sale of a single-tenant store triple net leased to Walgreens at 5555 Edmondson Pike in Nashville. The 15,680-square-foot store is located at the intersection of Old Hickory Boulevard and Edmondson Pike. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of The Boulder Group represented the seller, a high net worth individual based in Chicago, in the transaction. The buyer was a Midwest-based family office. There are 13 years remaining on the recently extended Walgreens lease, which expires in April 2029.

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College Square Mall Morristown

MORRISTOWN, TENN. — CBL & Associates Properties Inc. has announced that Dick’s Sporting Goods and Ulta Beauty will be joining College Square Mall in Morristown. The two new stores will be situated in the former J.C. Penney location. Construction on both stores is set to begin in early May with anticipated openings prior to the 2016 holiday season. Other tenants at College Square Mall include Belk, Kohl’s, American Girl, Carmike Cinemas, Longhorn Steakhouse and T.J. Maxx.

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Belcourt Park Nashville

NASHVILLE, TENN. — GBT Realty Corp. plans to develop Belcourt Park, a $20 million, 76-unit multifamily development located in Nashville’s Hillsboro Village. The new property is designed for Nashville’s workforce population in need of affordable housing. Situated on a 0.7-acre site on Belcourt Avenue, the new apartment community will replace a building that most recently housed the Belmont Nursing Home, which closed in 2015. GBT Realty will develop the four-story property consistent with Nashville’s T4 Neighborhood Plan that outlines the need for more live/work/play developments in the city. The property will feature an onsite leasing and management office, concealed 84-space parking structure, limited street parking, bike racks and common amenities including a Wi-Fi workspace, espresso bar, fitness facility and a landscaped patio area with cabanas and fire pits. Floor plans will include studio, one- and two-bedroom residences, each equipped with complimentary Google Fiber and NEST Learning Thermostats. GBT Realty is not seeking public funding or concessions for the project. The Brentwood, Tenn.-based developer purchased the site for Belcourt Park in 2015 for $3.4 million. GBT Realty is also developing the $45 million Village 21 at Regions Park, which will be located roughly two blocks west of Belcourt Park. The development …

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Nashville Skyline

Beretta, Nissan, General Motors, Electrolux and Hankook Tire are a few manufacturing giants that call Middle Tennessee home. Expanding the manufacturing presence throughout 2015, 29 advanced manufacturing companies announced relocations or expansions in Middle Tennessee. Of that total, six companies revealed plans to create a combined 710 jobs and occupy more than 1 million square feet during the fourth quarter of 2015 alone. Nashville’s central location, skilled workforce and labor cost advantages continue to make the market a magnet for manufacturing companies. Unsurprisingly, in its Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2016 report, Urban Land Institute named Nashville the “No. 7 U.S. Market to Watch for 2016” and an “18-Hour City.” Additionally, Nashville’s low cost of doing business and consistent job and population growth favor the industrial market, and the pipeline for talent across all multiple industries remains full. Nashville’s industrial market is firing on all cylinders — with record low vacancy rates and historically high rents, which is driving robust speculative warehouse development. Interestingly, a new trend is occurring that is breaking the paradigms of traditional industrial space use — the appearance of the maker economy. These “makers” are modern, small-scale manufacturers that “are emerging as a revitalizing force in …

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Coliseum Cancer Center Macon

ATLANTA — Atlanta-based Bauman & Co. has purchased three medical office buildings in Orlando; Macon, Ga., and Chattanooga, Tenn., for a combined $25 million. The properties include the Lake Lurna Professional Center in downtown Orlando, the Coliseum Cancer Center in Macon that is being renamed the Coliseum Drive Physicians Building and the Spring Creek Medical Center in Chattanooga that is being renamed the Spring Creek Physicians Building. The Orlando and Macon buildings were fully leased at the time of sale and the Chattanooga property was 82 percent leased. Bauman & Co., Siemens Financial Services, Capital One Healthcare and a small group of private investors provided acquisition financing for the portfolio transaction.

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The Melrose Nashville

Ten years ago, the urban Nashville multifamily inventory consisted of a small handful of institutional-sized assets, offering sparse amenities and unit finishes that left much to be desired. Fast forward to 2016 and the seemingly insatiable demand by residents to live in the eclectic, urban enclaves that Nashville offers has resulted in more than 5,000 units delivered over the last few years, with nearly 8,000 additional units set to deliver over the next two years. The standard of the assets being delivered continues to raise the bar, as developers look for a competitive edge and renters have demonstrated their willingness to pay a premium, with rents in top locations flirting with $3.00 per square foot. Demand The absorption pace has accelerated each year, seemingly limited only by the number of units being delivered to the market. When looking at the entire metro area, not just the urban submarkets, absorption topped 6,000 units in 2015, with new supply totaling approximately 5,960 units. A significant portion of this demand is from Millennials, who traditionally prefer to live in urban neighborhoods, and with Nashville ranked as a top 10 destination for Millennial in-migration, this trend is likely to continue. Fueling the urban residential …

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Aertson Midtown Kimpton Nashville

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Indianapolis-based Buckingham Cos. has topped out Aertson Midtown, a 17-story, 600,000-square-foot mixed-use development in Nashville. Upon opening in early 2017, Aertson Midtown will feature 35,000 square feet of ground-level retail, 350 upscale apartments, a 180-room Kimpton hotel with 6,500 square feet of meeting space and 630 parking spaces. Caviar & Bananas, a Charleston-based gourmet market and café, will occupy 6,600 square feet of retail space with a planned spring 2017 opening. Aertson Midtown’s amenities for residents and guests will include a 17th-floor roof terrace, eighth-floor pool deck and cabanas, bike garage, pet park and a fitness center.

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JOHNSON CITY, TENN. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Franklin Square, an 85,000-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located at 1805 W. State of Franklin Road in Johnson City. Anchored by a 55,000-square-foot Kroger, Franklin Square was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Citizens Bank, Cost Cutters, Giovanni’s, Iron Horse, Jersey Mike’s and Miso Teriyaki House. Brian Munn of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office procured the buyer, a 1031 exchange investor. Farhan Kabani of Mark One Capital, a subsidiary of Marcus & Millichap, arranged acquisition financing. Jody McKibben of Marcus & Millichap’s Nashville office is the firm’s broker of record in Tennessee.

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Note 16 Nashville

NASHVILLE, TENN. — Security Properties, a Seattle-based multifamily investment and development firm, has purchased two apartment communities in Nashville for a combined $53.7 million. The assets include the 139-unit Opus 29 in Nashville’s West End neighborhood and the 86-unit Note 16 in the Music Row area. Security Properties has purchased the assets off-market in a 50/50 joint venture with Loma Linda University. This represents the fourth and fifth acquisitions between the two groups. Security Properties used a 10-year, fixed-rate loan for the two transactions.

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