WASHINGTON, D.C. — Marx Realty has completed renovations at One Glover, a 110,000-square-foot office building located at 2121 Wisconsin Ave. in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown/Glover Park neighborhood. Additionally, the firm has signed a 10-year, 6,650-square-foot retail lease with Water Street Gym, a boutique fitness concept. John Schlagel of Transwestern represented Water Street Gym in the lease negotiations, and Mark Wooters and James Collins of Cushman & Wakefield represented Marx Realty. Updates to One Glover included an overhaul of the façade and the addition of an outdoor gathering area with seating options, lobby lounge and a garden room. Other updates include a uniform doorman and atmospheric music and scents throughout the building’s common areas. Marx Realty’s in-house design team partnered with Studios Architecture for the One Glover project. Office tenants of the building include Nexstar Media Group, George Sexton and Associates and DispatchHealth. Language immersion preschool CommuniKids occupies nearly 9,000 square feet on the ground level.
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Cushman & Wakefield Arranges 164,221 SF Office Lease With Piedmont Healthcare at Atlantic Station in Atlanta
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a new 164,221-square-foot office lease with locally based health system Piedmont Healthcare in Atlanta. The tenant will occupy space at 271 17th St., a 25-story office building within the Atlantic Station mixed-use campus in the city’s West Midtown district. Aileen Almassy and John Zintak of Cushman & Wakefield represented the landlord, Lionstone Investments, in the lease negotiations. Bo Keatley, David Rubenstein, John Flack and Michael Broome of Savills represented Piedmont Healthcare.
MIAMI — New York City-based ASG Equities has sold a 4,500-square-foot retail building located at 70-74 N.E. 40th St. in Miami’s Design District. Dacra acquired the property, which was fully leased to luxury brands Ksubi and Orlean at the time of sale, for $14 million. The transaction marks the final step for ASG’s three-property portfolio that it has sold in recent months, the others being buildings at 80 and 101 N.E. 40th St. The company is actively developing a 500,000-square-foot mixed-use development nearby called Parterre 42 with co-developer Helm Equities.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. AND CHARLESTON, S.C. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of a multifamily portfolio comprising 2,164 units in South Carolina. The portfolio includes eight communities — Ivystone at Palmetto Pointe in Myrtle Beach; Mallard Pointe and Deerfield Apartments in Rock Hill; Deerfield Run, Waterford Apartments and Ivy Ridge in Easley; and Heritage Trace and Heatherstone Apartments in Piedmont. Caleb Troop of Berkadia’s Charlotte office, along with Mark Boyce of the firm’s Charleston office, represented the private buyer in the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Brookside Properties has taken over property management at the communities on behalf of the buyer, which plans to renovate all units over the next three years and upgrade amenities.
ESTERO, FLA. — Winter Garden, Fla.-based WMG Development has opened Shoppes at Verdana Village, a 78,000-square-foot retail center in Estero. Publix anchors the southwest Florida property. Other tenants at the center include Publix Liquor, Heartland Dental, The Nail Spa Estero, New York Pizza & Pasta, Dunkin’ and The UPS Store. WMG acquired the land from Cameratta Cos., master developer of the larger Verdana Village development.
Graham & Co. Negotiates $13M Sale of Industrial Facility in Central Alabama Leased to MOBIS
by John Nelson
MCCALLA, ALA. — Graham & Co. has negotiated the $13 million sale of a 111,983-square-foot distribution and manufacturing facility located in McCalla, about 20 miles southwest of Birmingham. The building, which is fully leased to auto supplier MOBIS, features 30-foot ceiling heights, 21 dock-high doors, ESFR sprinklers and a 130-foot truck court. Sonny Culp of Graham & Co., along with Doug Longyear of Cushman & Wakefield, brokered the transaction. PMUDO Alabama LLC purchased the facility from the developer, an entity doing business as AMR REIT Prestige Industrial II LLC. Built in 2022, the property is situated on 11 acres within Jefferson Metropolitan Industrial Park off I-20.
COLLIERVILLE, TENN. — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the $12 million sale of Collierville Crossing, a 94,331-square-foot shopping center located in Collierville, roughly 30 miles outside of Memphis. Academy Sports + Outdoors anchors the property, which was built in 2004. Other tenants at the center include La Hacienda, Sakura Japanese Restaurant, America’s Best Contacts and Eyeglasses, Sports Clips and Direct General Insurance. Desco Group and Affinius Capital sold the property to an entity doing business as RCG-Collierville VII LLC. Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan and Andrew Michols of JLL represented the sellers in the transaction.
BOYNTON BEACH, FLA. — Venture One Real Estate has acquired an industrial portfolio in South Florida through its acquisition fund, VK Industrial VI LP, which is cosponsored by Kovitz Investment Group. The portfolio comprises 197,600 square feet across three buildings located at 1200, 1210 and 1220 S.W. 35th Ave. in Boynton Beach. The properties were constructed between 2000 and 2019 and feature 30- to 35-foot clear heights, ESFR sprinkler systems and dock-high and drive-in loading positions. Tenant spaces within the buildings range from 9,000 to 44,000 square feet. Mike Davis, Dominic Montazemi and Greg Miller of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed. Christopher Thomson, Matthew McAllister and Eric Cantor of Cushman & Wakefield will market the property for lease on behalf of the buyer.
By Henry Graham of Graham & Co. As a reminder to those who may have missed my colleague Sonny Culp’s article from last year, 2021 and 2022 saw the delivery of more than 10 sizable build-to-suits to the Birmingham/Central Alabama region. Such rapid growth in the industrial sector grabbed the attention of larger industrial developers that have generally allowed Birmingham to fly under the radar. Case-in-point, in the years from 2008 through 2016, the greater Birmingham metropolitan area was essentially devoid of any speculative industrial development. Instead, the pipeline of industrial projects was centered around owner-occupied spaces and the occasional build-to-suit related to the automotive sector or light manufacturing. On the tailwinds of the recent build-to-suit frenzy and COVID-fueled supply demands, Birmingham experienced a flurry of speculative activity in 2022 and 2023 as regional and even national developers like Scannell Properties tested the waters alongside Alabama-based industrial developers. Along a half-mile stretch of Daniel Payne Industrial Boulevard that sits just north of the central business district (CBD) and not far from the intersection of I-65 and I-20/59, four Class A spec buildings came up in rapid succession totaling 737,000 square feet. Two of those buildings are now fully leased …
ATLANTA — Atlanta-based coworking startup Switchyards has announced plans to open 200 new members-only work clubs over the next five years. This announcement follows a $5 million investment led by Bullpen Capital, with existing investors including Cercano and Overline. Founded in 2019, Switchyards operates 24-hour coworking venues with internet and unlimited coffee and tea. Each location features quiet areas for focused work, as well as bookable conference rooms for meetings. The brand’s current portfolio includes 15 clubs in Atlanta, Nashville and Charlotte. Switchyards plans to open 10 of the new facilities by the end of the year.