JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Gateway Jax plans to break ground next year on 655 Pearl, a six-story trophy office building that will anchor the Pearl Square mixed-use development underway in downtown Jacksonville. Designed by Morris Adjmi Architects and BDG Architects, the property will offer 100,000 square feet of offices and amenity spaces and 25,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. Gateway Jax has tapped Michael Loftin, Jesse Shimp and Mack Keasler of JLL to lead the leasing efforts at 655 Pearl, which is the only office component within the first collection of buildings at Pearl Square. There are currently five buildings under construction, including the redevelopment of the 110-room Ambassador Hotel. At full build-out, the 2 million-square-foot mixed-use development will span nine city blocks and include 655 Pearl, the Ambassador Hotel, 1,250 apartments, more than a dozen restaurants and shops and a Publix grocery store. Gateway Jax plans to deliver 655 Pearl in 2028.
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Park7, PGIM Break Ground on 804-Bed Student Housing Project Near Florida State University
by John Nelson
TALLAHASSEE, FLA. — A joint venture between Park7 Group and PGIM has broken ground on an 804-bed student housing development located near the Florida State University campus in Tallahassee. The nine-story community will offer 230 units alongside shared amenities including a rooftop pool and terrace, fitness center and collaborative study lounges. The project is scheduled for completion in fall 2028.
GOODLETTSVILLE, TENN. — Brennan Investment Group has acquired two newly constructed distribution facilities located at 1022-1024 Louisville Highway in Goodlettsville, a northern suburb of Nashville. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Built in 2024, the properties are situated within one mile of I-65 and span a combined 225,000 square feet. The two rear-load properties, which include a 123,000- and 102,000-square-foot building, are currently 30 percent leased to three tenants and include 30-foot clear heights, dock doors and ESFR sprinkler systems.
RICHMOND, VA. — Colliers has brokered the sale of The Crossings at Bramblewood, a 338-unit apartment community located at 1401 Yellowpine Circle in south Richmond. Will Mathews, Thomas Leachman, William Dickinson and Marty Mooradian of Colliers brokered the transaction. The seller, buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Built on 24 acres in 1976, The Crossings at Bramblewood features a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments, as well as townhome-style residences.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Total nonfarm employment in the United States increased by 178,000 jobs in March, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This figure shows a reversal from the 133,000 decline in February (revised down from -93,000) and an improvement from the 59,000 figure expected by Dow Jones economists, according to CNBC. February’s number was revised down by 41,000 while January was revised up by 34,000 to 160,000, putting the three-month average around 68,000, as reported by CNBC. The unemployment rate, currently sitting at 4.3 percent, changed little in March. Job gains primarily occurred in healthcare, construction, transportation and warehousing, while federal government employment continued to decline. The healthcare sector led the way adding 76,000 jobs, including gains in ambulatory health care services (+54,000), reflecting an increase of 35,000 jobs in offices of physicians as workers returned from a strike. Employment also increased in hospitals (+15,000). Over the past year, healthcare has added an average of 29,000 jobs per month. Construction grew by 26,000 jobs in March but has shown little new change over the previous 12 months. Transportation and warehouse added 21,000 jobs, with gains in couriers and messengers (+20,000); however, transportation and warehousing is down …
HUNTSVILLE, ALA. — Forman Capital has provided a $20.5 million bridge loan for Hotel Indigo, a newly built, 112-room boutique hotel located within Huntsville’s MidCity District. Ben Jacobson, Scott Mehlman, Ty Regnier and Cameron Fleury of Forman Capital secured the loan on behalf of the borrower and developer, ViaNova Development. The loan paid off the construction financing for the five-story hotel. The pet-friendly property, which is expected to open over the next few weeks, will feature meeting space, an onsite restaurant and a fitness center.
RINGGOLD, GA. — McCarthy Building Cos. has delivered CommonSpirit – Memorial Hospital, a 134,000-square-foot hospital located in Ringgold, a city in Catoosa County along the Georgia-Tennessee border. The $90 million project marks the first new hospital to be delivered to the community in seven decades. The 64-bed inpatient hospital replaces the 70-year-old Hutcheson Medical Center and connects to the existing physician office building, serving as an anchor for its medical campus. The hospital features an emergency department that includes critical care services, imaging services, operating rooms, a GI department, pharmacy, modernized kitchen and server, laboratory and a sterile processing department, as well as a chapel provided by the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth. The facility also houses eight ICU rooms and 56 medical and surgery rooms, including five isolation rooms. The site also houses Rees Skillern Cancer Institute and MaryEllen Locher Breast Cancer Center, where additional renovations were also completed to enhance patient access and operational efficiency across the campus. The Cancer Center includes a new waiting room, patient registration area, storage, stretcher alcove and a new southern entrance, while the physician office building features new administrative offices, an office for the director of nursing and a dedicated command center. Hoefer Welker …
ANNAPOLIS, MD. — Atlas Hill RE and Centennial have signed five new tenants at Annapolis Mall, a 1.6 million-square-foot super-regional shopping center located in Annapolis, approximately 30 miles east of Washington, D.C. Aéropostale is scheduled to open in June and POP MART plans to open this fall. Abercrombie & Fitch will open its doors in November, while beauty and lifestyle retailer Miss A will debut one of its first 100 stores in the country this year. Existing tenant lululemon is nearly doubling its size, relocating to a new 5,575-square-foot space in 2027. Atlas Hill RE owns and leases Annapolis Mall alongside managing partner Centennial. Annapolis Mall features more than 200 retailers and restaurants such as Macy’s, Apple, Crate & Barrel, H&M, Michael Kors, Tumi, Urban Outfitters, Free People, Foot Locker, Zara, Maggiano’s and The Cheesecake Factory, as well as a 12-screen AMC Theatres location. Centennial and Atlas Hill RE acquired Annapolis Mall in 2024.
The Upstate South Carolina industrial market is at an inflection point — an expected condition in a maturing and evolving market. Similar transitions have occurred in prior cycles and have consistently required lease rates to adjust more rapidly than traditional annual market escalations. These adjustments are driven by a combination of factors, including supply and demand dynamics, construction costs, capital markets and broader economic conditions. Currently, construction costs are the primary constraint impacting new deliveries. The post-COVID development surge resulted in over 30 million square feet of speculative industrial construction, a portion of which has yet to be fully absorbed. Today, we are approaching pre-COVID metrics with roughly 6.4 million square feet of speculative inventory (delivered or under construction) and an overall vacancy rate of approximately 7.3 percent. At this level, certain submarkets are at the point where additional speculative inventory will be required to meet tenant demand. The challenge lies in pricing. Much of the existing vacant space was delivered under a materially different construction cost structure, resulting in lease comps that do not reflect today’s construction and land costs. While incremental rent growth has occurred, it has not fully bridged the gap between legacy pricing and the economics …
Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer Negotiates $20.2M Sale of Former Keurig Dr Pepper Industrial Facility in Windsor, Virginia
by Abby Cox
WINDSOR, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has negotiated the sale of a former Keurig Dr Pepper (KDP) roasting plant located at 25400 Old Mill Road in Windsor, approximately 11 miles southeast of Suffolk. Schenley Investments purchased the 348,107-square-foot industrial/manufacturing building from KDP for $20.2 million. While the facility previously served as a processing and distribution facility for Keurig coffee pods, Schenley will now be investing capital to renovate and rebrand the property as the Virginia Trade Center. Geoff Poston and Brett Sain of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the buyer in the transaction. KDP, the beverage manufacturer that produces the Dr Pepper and Snapple brands and single-serve K-cups used in Keurig coffeemakers, announced the closure of the Windsor plant two years ago.
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