Connect CRE · Retail
Jamestown Closes on Refis for Two Sandy Springs Retail Centers
Via Connect CRE · September 1, 2026
Compiled by Real Estate Trail Editorial · September 1, 2026
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. The asset class has effectively rerated as a defensive yield trade rather than a secularly challenged sector.
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On the RET wire
- Disclosed retail deal value tracked in September 2026: $5.7B across 97 reported transactions. All Retail coverage →
Computed from Real Estate Trail’s own tracked coverage
Excerpt from Connect CRE:
Jamestown received a $72 million floating-rate loan from accounts managed by KKR to refinance Parkside Shops and Hammond Exchange in Sandy Springs. Cushman & Wakefield arranged the loan. The properties, which include…
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