LEXINGTON, KY. — Passco Cos. has acquired The Henry at Fritz Farm, a 306-unit multifamily community in Lexington, for $62.4 million. The apartment complex is situated about five miles south of downtown Lexington within The Summit at Fritz Farm, a mixed-use development offering a 120-room hotel, 44,000 square feet of office space and 285,610 square feet of retail space. Retail tenants at the Bayer Properties-developed development include Whole Foods Market, Shake Shack, Pottery Barn, Arhaus, Babalu and Lululemon. Amenities at The Henry include a saltwater swimming pool, sundeck, 24-hour fitness center, business center, fire pits, clubroom and a pet spa. Mike Kemether and Craig Collins of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, the Dobbins Group, in the transaction. Chris Black and Caleb Marten of KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer.
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BRANDON, FLA. — Newmark Knight Frank Multifamily (NKF) has arranged the sale of The Park at Avilla and The Park at Pienza, both in the Tampa Bay city of Brandon, for a combined $27.4 million. The two properties are situated about three miles apart and combine for 200 units. Both properties were built in 1986. Ryan Moody, Patrick Dufour and Ryan Crowley of NKF represented the seller, Highgate Capital, in the transaction. 29th Street Capital acquired the assets.
POOLER, GA. — FedEx Ground has opened a 160,000-square-foot large package processing facility located at 505 Morgan Lakes Industrial Blvd. in Pooler, about 15 miles west of downtown Savannah and about nine miles west of Port of Savannah. The new facility will be a standalone building, making it the first operation of its kind. FedEx Ground expects the facility to house 400 employees with the potential to expand as demand for service grows. The daily volume of packages that FedEx Ground handles has more than doubled in the past 10 years, and large packages now comprise more than 10 percent of the company’s package volume. The new property is part of FedEx’s plan to enter 17 major hubs and add or expand 500 facilities since 2005.
MACON, GA. — JWA Ventures, a division of Jim Wilson & Associates, has announced plans to develop a 15-acre, Publix-anchored shopping center in Macon. Tobesofkee Crossing will span 68,000 square feet, with Publix occupying 48,000 square feet. JWA Ventures expects to lease the center’s remaining inline space to service retailers and restaurants. Two additional freestanding sites are available for development. Construction is expected to begin in the second quarter of this year with delivery anticipated for second-quarter 2020. The asset will serve as the gateway to Macon’s Tobesofkee community, which is anchored by the 1,800-acre Lake Tobesofkee. A spokesperson for Publix says the grocer will employ 120 to 150 people at the new Macon location.
KENNESAW, GA. — Sanctuary Cos. and Varden Properties will co-develop Eastpark Village, a $280 million mixed-use project that will comprise 850 residential units and about 300,000 square feet of office, retail and commercial space and a village green. The project is situated on about 57 acres just south of historic downtown Kennesaw, and about 28 miles northwest of downtown Atlanta. The Meridian Real Estate Group and Keller Williams Realty Signature Partners represented the developers in acquiring 65 parcels for Eastpark Village, the largest assemblage of land in Kennesaw’s history. Miller Architecture designed the project. The developers expect to break ground this month, and completion is expected in three years.
TIER REIT Joins Development Team for $400M Mixed-Use Project in Atlanta’s Buckhead District
by Alex Tostado
ATLANTA — Dallas-based TIER REIT has joined lead developer Regent Partners and Batson-Cook Development Co. (BCDC) in the $400 million development of 3354 Peachtree Road, the last undeveloped parcel in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The proposed project sits on three acres and will comprise 560,000 square feet of office space, 60 condominiums and a 300-unit multifamily building. The project is expected to break ground in the fourth quarter of this year and be delivered in 2022.
TAMPA, FLA. — PCCP LLC has provided a $53.5 million senior loan for the recapitalization of The Westshore Grand, a 325-room hotel in Tampa’s Westshore Business district. The borrower, a joint venture between Crescent Real Estate and affiliates of the Arden Group, has been conducting capital improvements to the hotel since 2015 and will use the loan to pay off existing debt. Built in 1984, The Westshore Grand is located at 4860 W. Kennedy Blvd. and is part of the Urban Centre mixed-use project, which offers 550,000 square feet of office space that Starwood owns. Hotel amenities include 14,321 square feet of meeting and event space, Shula’s Steakhouse, a lounge, lobby bar, Illy Café, fitness and business centers, attached parking garage and a rooftop swimming pool.
MILLS RIVER, N.C. — CBRE has arranged the $9 million sale of FedEx Ground Terminal, an 89,828-square-foot industrial property leased to FedEx Ground Package System Inc., in Mills River. The asset is situated within Broadpointe Business Park, less than a mile from Asheville Regional Airport and about 11 miles south of downtown Asheville. FedEx Ground has occupied the space since the building was delivered in 2006. West Palm Properties Inc. acquired the property. Patrick Gildea, Matt Smith, Randy Getz and Grayson Hawkins of CBRE represented the sellers, Rose Canyon Business Park LP and JMWM LP, in the transaction.
MIAMI GARDENS, FLA. — Dalfen Industrial has bought Golden Glades Fulfillment Center, a 201,491-square-foot, multi-tenant industrial building in Miami Gardens. The property was 100 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants including Amazon and Packaging Corp. of America. The asset sits on 10.2 acres about 15 miles north of downtown Miami and within 10 miles of 1.6 million people. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
DALLAS — Affiliates of Dallas-based Colony Capital have purchased a national portfolio of 54 light and bulk industrial buildings for $1.2 billion. The value-add portfolio is located across 10 U.S. markets, totaling 11.9 million square feet, and is 71 percent leased. A portion (48) of the buildings are last-mile light industrial assets and were acquired through Colony’s existing light industrial platform. The remaining six buildings are bulk industrial and were purchased through a newly formed joint venture, in which Colony Capital has 51 percent interest and a third-party institutional investor has 49 percent interest. Located in Northern and Southern California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Illinois and Pennsylvania, the light industrial portfolio totaling 7.7 million square feet and was 73 percent leased at the time of sale. The bulk portfolio totals 4.2 million square feet, with an average of 700,000 square feet per building, and was 67 percent leased to blue chip, international companies. CBRE National Partners represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.