MELBOURNE, FLA. — Second Horizon Capital has acquired Melbourne Square, a 710,000-square-foot retail center in Melbourne, a city on Florida’s Space Coast. A joint venture between Neuberger Berman and Cross Ocean Partners arranged the sale. According to the Orlando Business Journal, the shopping center sold for $56.3 million on March 2. Second Horizon Capital has implemented a capital improvement program, which will comprise supporting community engagement, center operations, building upgrades and expanding programming and partnerships with local organizations and businesses. CBRE will handle leasing and property management at the center. Tenants at Melbourne Square include American Eagle, ALMA Med Spa, Aleena Diamonds, Bath & Body Works, Candle Cart, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Dillard’s, EoS Fitness, Foot Locker, Hollister, Macy’s and Pandora, among others.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — IPA Capital Markets, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged $27 million in financing for the acquisition of The Pinnacle, a newly constructed, 115-unit luxury apartment complex located in the NoMa district of Washington, D.C. Max Hulsh of IPA arranged the loan through Prime Finance on behalf of the borrower, New York City-based July Residential Group, a multifamily investment and management firm. IPA also arranged an undisclosed amount of joint venture equity for the acquisition through an unnamed capital partner. The Pinnacle offers studios and one- to four-bedroom apartments ranging in size from 398 to 1,779 square feet. Amenities include a fitness center, clubhouse, lounge, business center and a rooftop terrace, as well as bike storage and concierge services, according to Apartments.com. Monthly rental rates begin at $1,700.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has negotiated the $9.1 million ground lease sale of a single-tenant retail property located in Charlottesville. Wawa occupies the building on a 20-year ground lease, which is situated at the entrance of 5th Street Station, a 400,000-square-foot, Wegmans-anchored power retail center. Catharine Spangler of Thalhimer’s Capital Markets Group brokered the transaction. The buyer and seller requested anonymity.
JUPITER, FLA. — Woodmont Industrial Partners, along with Butters Group, has secured a 129,000-square-foot industrial lease at Corporate Logistics Center, a 252,848-square-foot industrial facility located at 15791 Corporate Circle in Jupiter. Alaris Aerospace Systems, a global aftermarket aircraft parts distributor and asset manager, is relocating from nearby Pompano Beach and will occupy the space on a seven-year lease. Yuri Quispe and Peter Johnson of JLL represented the landlord in the transaction, while Lee Johnson of Florida Real Estate Growth Services represented the tenant. Additional tenants at the facility include Cyient Defense Services, Element Materials and PSI Manufacturing Operations. Corporate Logistics Center features 36-foot clear heights, 48 dock doors and ample car and trailer parking. The property also offers proximity to Palm Beach International Airport and the Port of Palm Beach.
ARLINGTON, VA. — JBG Smith and general contractor Davis Construction have begun the conversion of 2200 Crystal Drive, an 11-story office building in Arlington spanning 315,000 square feet. Built in 1968 and renovated in 2006, the office building is situated in National Landing, a neighborhood in metropolitan Washington, D.C., that is anchored by Amazon’s HQ2 office. JBG Smith, along with joint venture equity partner Declaration Partners, is repositioning the office building into a 195-unit multifamily community. BNY is providing an undisclosed amount of construction financing for the project. JBG Smith recently sold an adjacent office building, 2100 Crystal Drive, that is being converted to a dual-brand hotel. Additionally, the Arlington County Board recently approved JBG Smith’s conversion of two more office buildings, 1800 and 1901 South Bell Street, into more than 300 residential units.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Portman has announced plans for Savona Food Works, a 30,000-square-foot food hall that will anchor the company’s Savona Mill adaptive reuse project in Charlotte’s West End district. Veteran food hall operator Robert Montwaid will lead the dining installation, which will offer 25 food stalls, a full-service restaurant and bar, coffee shop, flower market and rooftop bar. Montwaid’s previous ventures include leading Gansevoort Market in New York City’s Meatpacking District and Chattahoochee Food Works in Atlanta’s West Midtown neighborhood. Savona Food Works will be situated in the “Weave building,” which dates back to the 1900s, and will debut in 2027. Other components of the 27-acre mixed-use district include 200,000 square feet of creative office space and 319 apartments, with more multifamily units expected in the next phase of development. Savona Mill is situated adjacent to the Stewart Creek Greenway, a pedestrian trail that connects to the LYNX Light Rail and Blue Line Rail Trail.
AMELIA ISLAND, FLA. — Cronheim Hotel Capital has arranged two loans totaling $50.4 million for two hotels on Amelia Island, an island off the coast of northeast Florida. The deals include a $29.9 million loan for the refinancing and conversion of Ocean Coast Hotel to a Holiday Inn Resort and a $20.5 million loan for the refinancing of Amelia Hotel, an independent beachfront hotel. Cronheim Hotel Capital originated both loans with a regional bank and each include USDA and PACE components. The co-sponsors are Innisfree Hotels and RREAF Holdings.
BUFORD, GA. — The Taylor McMinn Retail Group of Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a restaurant in Buford, a northeast suburb of Atlanta in Gwinnett County. Whataburger occupies the restaurant on a 15-year ground lease that features 10 percent rent increases in the initial term and extension options. The popular burger chain recently backfilled the restaurant vacated by an unnamed tenant. Don McMinn and Andrew Koriwchak of Taylor McMinn Retail Group brokered the sale on behalf of the seller, a developer that is a repeat client for Whataburger. The out-of-state buyer purchased the restaurant in an all-cash 1031 exchange. “Despite challenges with the higher price point, our team sourced an all-cash, out-of-state, 1031 buyer through our national reach and buyer relationships,” says McMinn. “This is our fifth Whataburger sale in Atlanta, and we have additional Atlanta product for sale.”
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — The U.S. industrial real estate sector has been on a long rebound from the supply wave following the COVID-19 pandemic. Approximately 2.5 billion square feet of industrial space was delivered between 2020 and 2025, according to data from Cushman & Wakefield. In the Southeast, deliveries were especially pronounced, most notably in the high-growth I-85 industrial corridor that spans from Montgomery, Ala., to south Richmond, Va. The 666-mile interstates traverses through Atlanta, Greenville-Spartanburg, Charlotte, the Piedmont Triad (Greensboro, High Point and Winston-Salem) and Raleigh-Durham. Editor’s note: InterFace Conference Group, a division of France Media Inc., produces networking and educational conferences for commercial real estate executives. To sign up for email announcements about specific events, visit www.interfaceconferencegroup.com/subscribe. Gregg Healy, executive vice president and head of industrial services at Savills, says that since the beginning of 2022, nearly 250 million square feet of industrial space has been delivered along the I-85 corridor, which has taken longer to be absorbed than anticipated. “We were oversupplied, not just in the I-85 corridor, but nationally, because of the post-COVID boom when everyone was developing,” says Healy. “But vacancy rates did drop in the first quarter of 2026 for the first time in three …
COOKEVILLE, TENN. — Colliers has brokered the $140 million sale of a 1.6 million-square-foot industrial facility located at 4500 Academy Road in Cookeville, about 75 miles east of Nashville via I-40. The name of the tenant was not disclosed, but the property was developed in 2015 as a build-to-suit for Academy Sports + Outdoors, which services 84 stores across 14 states from the fulfillment center. Tratt Properties acquired the property from Middleton Partners. Ken Hedrick, Andrew Ragsdale, Phillip Butts, Jonathan Ameen, Will Smith and Spencer Smith of Colliers represented both the buyer and seller during the transaction.
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