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The sale of the Wellington charter school property follows the late March sale of two charter schools in Orlando and Wellington by ESJ Capital Partners and MG3 Developer Group of Hollywood, FL to affiliates of Charter Schools USA of Fort Lauderdale.
The new lease deal was signed on April 19, two days after the office building was sold, according to Colliers International. The lease expands the company's presence at the property from 73,005 square feet to 106,957 square feet.
Originally built in 2006 within the Hembree Park master-planned community, the Roswell Distribution Center comprises two buildings featuring 26 dock doors, two drive-in doors and clear ceiling heights up to 24 feet.
Holliday Fenoglio Fowler, L.P., which worked on behalf of Beachwold, reports that the financing will be used to refinance existing debt on the 400-unit The Place at Alafaya in Orlando and to acquire Litchfield Place, a 76-unit development in Savannah.
Atlanta saw 8.2 megawatts of net absorption in 2018. The city currently has a data center inventory of 126.8 megawatts, with 14 megawatts available that calculates out to an 11% vacancy rate.