A New York value-add investor has just entered the Atlanta commercial real estate fray, snapping up a portfolio of buildings from The Alter Group. (That's fine, as long they're not Mets fans.)
RexxHall Realty purchased the
nine-building, 404k SF office portfolio for an undisclosed sum. The properties include five buildings (250k SF) at
Chattahoochee Corners in Duluth, and four buildings (154k SF) at
Brookside Concourse in Alpharetta. EnTrust Realty Advisors'
James Clark sold the portfolio for Alter.
RexHall managing director
Daniel Stauber tells us he's been
eyeing the Atlanta market for two years (wonder what he saw us doing when we thought no one was looking), but only just now found the opportunity to "
create a beachhead" with an immediate and big presence from which it can build. RexxHall has office holdings in other big markets, including New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Florida. And Daniel says the firm is
shopping for more office opportunities here. Its new buy is about 65% leased, and he's tapped CBRE's
Bryan Heller, Peter McGuone, and
Heather Lamb to lease it. "I see that the velocity has clearly picked up from the feedback I'm getting from the leasing agents," he says.
