Ardent Acquires Kennesaw Mall
Why this matters
Retail has become a quiet outperformer. A decade of effectively zero new development has left necessity-driven, grocery-anchored, and Sun Belt strip product with negligible vacancy and re-leasing spreads in the high single digits. Cap rates have compressed in step, and the bid for stabilized portfolios is again broad across REITs, pension funds, and institutional core-plus capital. Atlanta multifamily concessions have started to compress in the Inner Perimeter, and industrial demand along the I-85 corridor remains durable. Office bifurcation is pronounced. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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Town Center at Cobb in Kennasaw transferred to The Ardent Cos. as part of a foreclosure auction. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports the transaction was valued at $51.75 million. Kohan Retail Investment Group purch…
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