ATLANTA — Several key performance indicators are trending positively for the extended-stay hotel sector, according to research from Atlanta-based The Highland Group. Extended-stay hotels are lodging properties that have flexible rental options for guests, many of whom choose to rent for weeks or months at a time. In the fourth quarter of 2024, revenue per available room (RevPAR) and room revenue for the extended-stay sector increased by 3 percent and 6.1 percent year-over-year, respectively. Additionally, total occupancy in the fourth quarter hovered at 72.7 percent, which is the highest fourth-quarter occupancy rate in the past three years and a full 12 percentage points above the overall U.S. hotel sector. “Extended-stay demand growth in fourth-quarter 2024 was the largest quarterly increase in three years and well ahead of the accelerating gain in supply,” says Mark Skinner, partner at The Highland Group.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Carr Properties has formed an equity joint venture with Barings for the development of 425 Montgomery Street, a $131 million project to transform a former office building into multifamily units in Alexandria, roughly seven miles south of Washington, D.C. The partnership subsequently received an $84 million construction loan from real estate investment firm Kennedy Wilson. Cushman & Wakefield served as advisor for both the equity and debt financings. The development site, located adjacent to Montgomery Park in the city’s Old Town Alexandria neighborhood, formerly housed a vacant office building. The eight-story, 250,000-square-foot project will feature 237 apartment units in studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts. Amenities will include an outdoor pool and a resident lounge/amenity center, as well as a performing arts venue leased to CityDance. About one-third of the units will offer views of the Potomac River. Carr acquired the project site (formerly 901 N. Pitt St.) in spring 2024. Construction has commenced, and a groundbreaking ceremony is scheduled for next month. The project is slated for completion by late 2026. “We look forward to partnering with Carr Properties on this exciting residential investment that we believe will benefit from several tailwinds, including the region’s strong …
SAVANNAH, GA. — Barings and Charlotte-based Trinity Capital have broken ground on Phase II of Horizon 16 Industrial Park, a logistics park located at Jimmy Deloach Parkway and I-16 in Savannah. The second phase will span six buildings totaling 1.5 million square feet. Phase I of the park spans 1.1 million square feet across three buildings and is currently 74 percent leased to tenants including Ferguson and Harbor Freight. The design-build team for Phase II includes general contractor Evans and architectural firm Atlas. The co-developers have tapped William Lattimore of CBRE to lease the second phase of Horizon 16. Barings and Trinity Capital previously partnered to develop 85 Exchange, a 1.3 million-square-foot industrial park near Charlotte that is leased to tenants including Amazon.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Westwood Financial has acquired Eastway Square, a 130,156-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located at the intersection of Eastway Drive and Central Avenue in Charlotte. The Los Angeles-based investor purchased the center for an undisclosed price. The seller was also not disclosed. Berkeley Capital Advisors brokered the sale. The property’s tenant roster includes Food Lion, Ross Dress for Less, America’s Best, Papa Johns Pizza, Subway, Wingstop, Rainbow, Dental Works, Hibbett Sports and Showmars. Eastway Square joins Westwood Financial’s existing portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers in Charlotte including Prosperity Village Square, Steele Creek Crossing, Steelecroft Shopping Center and The Arbors at Mallard Creek.
ATLANTA — Workspace Property Trust has signed Hyundai Capital America to a 45,000-square-foot office lease at 4100 Wildwood Parkway, a 100,000-square-foot office building located within the Wildwood Office Park in Atlanta’s Cumberland-Galleria submarket. Hyundai Capital America, the finance and loan partner of Hyundai, Kia and Genesis car brands, previously operated a call center out of this location. 4100 Wildwood Parkway features offices, onsite conference facilities, kitchens and recreational areas. Kirk Anders of Anders Commercial Properties and Bob Gibbons of REATA Commercial Realty represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Wes Rudes represented Workspace on an internal basis.
NEW ORLEANS — LaPhair Capital Partners and former or current members of the NFL’s New Orleans Saints have partnered to invest in Maidstone New Orleans, a boutique hotel redevelopment located at 3522 Tulane Ave. in New Orleans’ Mid-City district. The involved NFL players include current Saints defensive end Cam Jordan, former quarterback Jameis Winston and former running back Mark Ingram. Local media outlets reported last summer that the hotel was formerly known as The Drifter Hotel and sold in an off-market transaction. Further details about the renovations and offerings of Maidstone New Orleans were not disclosed.
ABINGDON, VA. — Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group has brokered the sale of a newly built retail property in Abingdon, a city in southwest Virginia near the Tennessee border. Firestone occupies the 6,262-square-foot retail property on a 15-year triple-net lease. A developer based in Ohio sold the property to an out-of-state 1031 buyer for an undisclosed price. Don McMinn and Andrew Koriwchak of the Taylor McMinn Retail Group represented the seller in the transaction. Located on a 1.5-acre site at 127 Cook St., the Firestone property serves as an outparcel to a Food City grocery store off I-81. The Taylor-McMinn Retail Group is marketing two other retail properties in the Southeast leased to Firestone, a retail automobile maintenance concept owned by Nashville-based tire manufacturing giant Bridgestone Americas Inc. “We continue to see increased demand and aggressive pricing for Bridgestone assets due to the strong credit, limited supply and growing buyer pool,” says McMinn. “Bridgestone assets continue to command aggressive pricing due to the long-term, triple-net leases backed by investment-grade credit.”
NEW ORLEANS — A partnership between Cypress Equities, a real estate development and management firm based in Dallas, and locally based firm Lauricella Land Co. has broken ground on a new eight-story office building in New Orleans. Situated on the banks of the Mississippi River, the 123,941-square-foot property, named Shell Plaza, will house the headquarters of the Gulf of Mexico operations for oil-and-gas giant Shell (NYSE: SHEL). Shell executed the office lease with Cypress Equities and Lauricella Land Co. last year. The new property represents the first Class A office building to break ground in New Orleans since 1989 and the first office property within the River District, a 39-acre mixed-use neighborhood on the riverfront, according to the development team. “This project will boost the local economy while setting a new standard for sustainable, modern office space in New Orleans,” says Chris Maguire, CEO of Cypress Equities. Shell Plaza will be located on a 1.6-acre site at 1600 Convention Center Blvd. at the corner of Henderson and Euterpe streets and adjacent to the New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center. River District Neighborhood Investors LLC, working on behalf of the convention center, is overseeing the development of the River District …
SAVANNAH, GA. — The Home Depot has acquired its own 1.4 million-square-foot The Home Depot Distribution Center (DC) from the Savannah Economic Development Authority (SEDA). The facility is situated near the Port of Savannah. The sales price was not disclosed. SEDA has leased the center to The Home Depot since 1995. The acquisition includes 100 acres of adjacent land. The Home Depot DC supports hundreds of The Home Depot stores and typically employs around 250 associates. “This sale signals a significant, long-term commitment by The Home Depot to our region and the Georgia Ports Authority,” says Trip Tollison, president and CEO of SEDA. “We are honored that they continue to have great confidence in the Savannah region.”
ATLANTA — PGIM Real Estate has provided an $82.3 million, floating-rate loan for the refinancing of Mira at Midtown Union, a 355-unit multifamily property located in Midtown Atlanta. The borrower, a joint venture between MetLife Investment Management and StreetLights Residential, will use the loan proceeds to refinance existing debt and secure tenants for the available retail space. Tom Goodsite of PGIM Real Estate led financing efforts for the transaction. Delivered in 2022, the 26-story tower offers a unit mix of studios, one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans that range from 496 square feet to 1,743 square feet in size. Amenities include a resort-style pool, resident lounge, sunset deck with fire pits and grills, pet spa and dog wash station, coworking spaces and a multi-room fitness center.