The operators of a Downtown Atlanta speakeasy and Neopolitan pizzeria are turning a historic former department store into an entertainment destination.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Courtesy of RPB Management Group<\/span>\n <\/p>\n \n Rendering for the planned 207 Peachtree entertainment hub in Downtown Atlanta. <\/span>\n <\/p>\n RPB Management Group is nearing completion on four new eatery and entertainment concepts in the former Regenstein\u2019s Department Store at the corner of Andrew Young International Boulevard and Peachtree Street.<\/p>\n With these four new spaces, RPB wants to transform 207 Peachtree St. into a 45K SF entertainment hub. The property, owned by New York-based Marx Realty,\u00a0underwent a $10.5M renovation<\/a>\u00a0in 2017 after the space sat empty for more than three decades.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Here are the four concepts set to open:<\/p>\n All will open this spring in time for the FIFA World Cup 2026 games in Atlanta, according to a press release.\u00a0<\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/p>\n Popular grocer Trader Joe\u2019s is planning to open a store at Toro Development Co.\u2019s Medley mixed-use development in Johns Creek. Other tenants at Medley\u2019s 150K SF retail lineup include Shake Shack, Kontour Medical Spa and Northern China Eatery.\u00a0<\/p>\n ***<\/span><\/p>\n Department store retailer Nordstrom Inc. is opening its discount retail Nordstrom Rack in a 28K SF space in Atlantic Station, the mixed-use destination in Midtown owned by Hines.\u00a0Rough Draft Atlanta reported<\/a>\u00a0that the retailer will take over the former DSW shoe store space.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n New York-based vintage women\u2019s apparel retailer LoveShackFancy is opening its first Georgia store at Buckhead Village this year. The retailer is taking 2,100 SF next door to the newly opened Maeve clothing store.\u00a0<\/p>\n DEVELOPMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Dream Capital Management and Five Star Group closed on\u00a0a downtown Decatur site and are moving forward\u00a0at\u00a0the AC Hotels by Marriott location at 701 Church St.,\u00a0Urbanize Atlanta reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n The developers plan to raze the one-story structure\u00a0and build a six-story, 148-room hotel with a restaurant and a rooftop terrace, according to Urbanize Atlanta. Bull Realty\u2019s Michael Wess brokered the purchase.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Suwanee-based engineering firm Genesis Engineering Collaborative filed an application to redevelop the popular Publix Super Markets store in the Peachtree Battle shopping center. According to the application, workers will tear down the existing 33,500 SF Publix and replace it with a 49K SF \u201celevated grocery store with a ground-level parking garage.\u201d<\/p>\n Messages to Peachtree Battle\u2019s landlord, Branch Properties, and to Publix were not returned as of press time.<\/p>\n \n The Publix grocery store in the Peachtree Battle Shopping Center in Buckhead.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n SALES<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Ares Management purchased 410 Horizon Drive, a 247K SF distribution center in Suwanee, for $38M from Link Logistics, according to documents filed with the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority database.\u00a0<\/p>\n Link purchased it in 2021 for $30M, according to\u00a0Gwinnett County property records<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Ares also purchased 500 Interstate West Parkway in Cobb County for $21.8M from Link Logistics, according to the cooperative database. Link had purchased the 196K SF flex industrial property in 2017 for $11.6M, according to\u00a0Cobb County property records<\/a>.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Atlanta-based Freestone Real Estate bought 5780 Powers Ferry Road, a 400K SF office complex, from Voya Investment Management for $32.9M, the\u00a0Atlanta Business Chronicle reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n Voya leased back 80K SF of the space through 2027. CBRE\u2019s Will Yowell and Newmark\u2019s Jay O\u2019Meara brokered the sale.<\/p>\n Freestone is eyeing the complex\u2019s redevelopment, which sits on more than 48 acres, the\u00a0ABC reported.<\/p>\n FINANCING<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n The city of Roswell helped arrange a $49M commercial property assessed clean energy\u00a0loan for Alpharetta-based DTR Hospitality to develop The Hotel Chambray, a five-story, 125-room Hyatt JdV Collection hotel, according to documents in the cooperative database.\u00a0<\/p>\n The C-PACE loan was provided by Nuveen Green Capital through the city\u2019s Roswell Development Finance Program,\u00a0according to Visit Roswell<\/a>. The hotel will be built by DSM Real Estate Partners.<\/p>\n PERSONNEL<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Craig Taylor has joined Ackerman & Co. as senior vice president for its retail division, focused on the investment sales of unanchored and shadow-anchored shopping centers. Taylor spent more than 25 years at CBRE, where he closed almost 200 sales valued at more than $1.3B.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Emily Sircy has been named senior vice president of asset services with Transwestern, tasked with overseeing the property management, engineering and accounting of a 17M SF CRE portfolio. Sircy is replacing Russell Lipscomb, who is retiring in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n Sircy joined Transwestern in 2010 after a stint at Hines.<\/p>\n ***<\/p>\n Design firm Populous has tapped industry veterans Rob Svedberg and Lee Pollock to head up its new Atlanta office.<\/p>\n Svedberg was\u00a0most previously with TVSDesign<\/a>,\u00a0where he assisted in completing $6B in projects. Pollock, named senior urban designer, served as a\u00a0principal with Jacobs<\/a>\u00a0for more than\u00a012 years.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.bisnow.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The operators of a Downtown Atlanta speakeasy and Neopolitan pizzeria are turning a historic former department store into an entertainment destination.\u00a0 Courtesy of RPB Management Group Rendering for the planned 207 Peachtree entertainment hub in Downtown Atlanta. 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