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  • Congratulations Harbert Team on Costar Awards! - Harbert’s Casey Howard and Tanner Sumners had deals chosen as Costar Top Retail/Office Leasing Quarterly Deal Winners for Q1 2023. https://www.costarpowerbrokers.com/quarterly-deals-winners?market=206&quarter=Q1+2023&category=791 https://www.costarpowerbrokers.com/quarterly-deals-winners?market=206&quarter=Q1+2023&category=771   Harbert’s Charlie Norton was named as a top Office Leasing Broker and Norman Tynes was named as a top Retail Leasing Broker. Harbert Realty was also named a Top Sales Firm. https://www.costarpowerbrokers.com/annual-award-winners?market=206&year=2022   Congratulations Norman, Charlie, Casey, ...
  • Painted Lady Hotel to Open at The Battery II - Addicus Private Equity, LLC announces the name and concept for its new boutique hotel to open in the Automotive Historic District of Birmingham. The Painted Lady occupies the old Eyer-Raden Building, nestled in the revitalized Battery development steps aways from new restaurants. Addicus Private Equity is partnering with hospitality veteran, Lark Hotels, to oversee the management of the 22-room hotel. ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Landlord in Deal Bringing Bandwagon to its Second Retail Location in Cahaba Heights - Bandwagon, a retail sports boutique, has announced its second retail location coming to Cahaba Heights in the summer of 2023.   Bandwagon was founded in January of 2021 and is currently located in downtown Homewood.  The retail boutique serves its customers with sports equipment, community branded apparel and athleisure wear.  The Cahaba Heights location will expand Bandwagon’s footprint to serve ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents the Seller of Sylacauaga Property - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the seller of a former car dealership that included a 24,000 SF freestanding building on 4 acres located at 42490 Highway 280 in Sylacauga, Alabama. The property, located in a growing retail corridor across the street from the new Circle K fuel center, sold for $900,000. Nearby retailers include Walmart, Home Depot, TJ Maxx, ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Buyer of a Dunkin’ Property in a 1031 Exchange Purchase - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the buyer of a Dunkin’ in a 1031 exchange purchase for $1,788,910 (5.5% Cap Rate). An experienced Dunkin’ operator with 36 locations across 6 states has entered into a long tern 20-year absolute NNN lease at the newly constructed Montgomery location.   The new Dunkin’ is located at 6300 Atlanta Highway, a ...
  • Harbert Represents Southern Immediate Urgent Care in Building Purchase For New Hoover Location - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott secured the $2.18M purchase of 1575 Montgomery Highway in Hoover, Alabama, for buyer Southern Immediate Urgent Care. This will be Southern Immediate Urgent Care’s 5th location in the State of Alabama. The building is ±4,900 SF and offers prime visibility at a signalized intersection along Highway 31, one of the busiest retail/medical corridors in ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Landlord in Deal Bringing PhysioBaby Therapy and Wellness to Cahaba Park Plaza - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented the Landlord at Cahaba Park Plaza, a retail center on US Hwy 280, in a deal with PhysioBaby Therapy and Wellness. PhysioBaby provides concierge physical therapy and wellness services for infants and children in Texas and Alabama. The Harbert team has now successfully leased this up this center. Other tenants include Pinspiration Birmingham, Salon De Amici ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Landlord in Deal for New Pilates Studio in Cahaba Heights - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Thomas Hickman represented the landlord at the Parkside at Dolly Ridge development in a ±2,016 SF new deal with BODYBAR Pilates. With locations across the country, BODYBAR Pilates is known for their quality equipment and modern group workouts rooted in Pilates principles. This will be BODYBAR’s first location in Alabama. Up to 2,937 SF remain ...
  • Construction Underway at Gardendale Retail Development - Construction is underway at 626 Fieldstown Road, Gardendale, AL 35071. The retail development is located at a prominent signalized intersection. Tenants will include Dunkin’, Jersey Mike’s, and Chicken Salad Chick. Only 1,645 SF remain available for lease as retail/medical space. Contact choward@harbertrealty.com or lscott@harbertrealty.com for more information. Click HERE to view the flyer.    
  • Harbert Retail Represented Outparcel Buyer and Franchisee Lessee for New Scottsboro Dunkin’ - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the buyer of a 0.95 acre Home Depot outparcel located at 24556 John T Reid Pkwy in Scottsboro, Alabama. Howard and Scott also represented the Dunkin’ franchisee– Southern Food Services, LLC– who signed a lease to build a new stand-alone Dunkin’ location on the outparcel. The site is situated on one of ...
  • Two Historic Downtown Birmingham Properties Purchased - Kupperman Companies and the GBX Group LLC purchased two historic properties in downtown Birmingham. Our very own Casey Howard, MBA, PMP helped broker the deal and will handle leasing for the properties.
  • Harbert Retail Secures New Location for Southern Immediate Urgent Care in Birmingham Metro - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard secured a lease for Southern Immediate Urgent Care in Chelsea, Alabama, a growing suburb of Birmingham. Southern Immediate Urgent Care recently leased the 5.800 SF stand-alone medical building on 1.37 acres along one of the busiest corridors in the region, Highway 280. The property was built in 2015 with prime visibility along Highway 280 at a ...
  • Harbert Retail Arranges Investment Sale of Talladega Plaza Shopping Center (Talladega, Alabama) - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott secured a regional buyer and represented the Seller, Battal Partners, LLC, in the recent sale of the +/- 31,482 square foot Talladega Plaza Shopping Center in Talladega, Alabama, for $2.95M. This value-add multi-tenant medical and retail-anchored shopping center is located on the primary retail corridor, Stephen J. White Memorial Boulevard, in Talladega, Alabama, ...
  • Harbert Realty Represents Buyer and Seller in Prominent 1st Avenue North Portfolio Sale - Harbert Realty Service’s Casey Howard represented the Sellers and John Tally represented the Buyers in the $5,000,000 ($222/sf) investment portfolio sale of 2121 1st Avenue North & 2127 1st Avenue North in Downtown Birmingham, Alabama. Tax Break Recovery, LLC, acquired the properties from Buyers, 2121 First Avenue, LLC, and 2127 First Avenue, LLC, both entities owned by private equity firm, Sixty West. 2121 1st Avenue ...
  • Rougaroux to Open Second Location in Mountain Brook - Prominent Forest Park restaurant Rougaroux will open a second location in Spring 2023 in Mountain Brook Village at 2716 Culver Road. The former 1,269 SF Sneaky Pete’s will be redesigned into a unique space. Architect Andrew Taylor is working closely with the Rougaroux team to preserve the character of the existing space while delivering a restaurant that is functionally brand ...
  • Harbert Realty Services Represents Landlord in Deal Bringing EW Motion Therapy to Cahaba Station in Liberty Park - Harbert Realty Services’ Lacey Scott and Norman Tynes represented the landlord of Cahaba Station, a new retail center located in Liberty Park, in a 1,700 SF deal bringing EW Motion Therapy to the center. EW Motion Therapy  specializes in physical therapy, pilates and yoga, pre- and post-operative therapy, neurological recovery, and more. This will be their 6th location with other locations ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Seller of Elba, AL Burger King Investment Sale - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the seller of 529 Claxton Road in Elba, Alabama, a 3,342 SF Absolute NNN Burger King investment sale.  The Harbert team also sourced the California based buyer in the deal. The Burger King Franchisee Premier Kings operates well over 200 restaurants across multiple brands. Their operating companies are set up by brand ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Landlord in Deal Bringing Tanology to Cahaba Heights - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented Metropolitan Properties, the landlord of Heights Village Shopping Center, in a deal bringing Tanology to Heights Village in Cahaba Heights. Tanology will occupy 1,080 SF in Suite 3108 at the center. Tanology is an Auburn, Alabama, based spray tanning and beauty bar owned by Lindy White. The new Heights Village location will be Tanology’s second ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Dunkin’ Franchisee in Deal For New Fort Payne Location - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the Dunkin’ franchisee in a deal bringing the shop to 901 Glenn Blvd SW, Fort Payne, AL. The new location, a .93 acre site, is just 1.5 hours northeast of Birmingham CBD and is situated near DeKalb Regional Medical Center, Lowe’s, Walmart Supercenter and is just off Exit 218 for I-59.   ...
  • Harbert Realty Services Represents Landlord in Deal Bringing Meta Fitness to Cahaba Station in Liberty Park - Harbert Realty Services’ Lacey Scott and Norman Tynes represented the landlord of Cahaba Station, a new retail center located in Liberty Park, in a 2,998 SF deal bringing Meta Fitness to the center. Meta fitness offers a wide range of fitness options including personal training, weight loss, muscle gain, nutritional guidance and sport conditioning. This will be the second location ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Capella Italian in First Alabama Location - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented Capella Italian in a deal bringing the restaurant group their first location in the state of Alabama, a 4,860sf space located at Inverness Village Center on Highway 280 in Birmingham, near Starbuck’s and Fresh Market. Capella is a family-owned and inspired Italian restaurant group that specializes in authentic custom wood-fired pizza from Italy. “At Capella, ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Seller of Former Siano Appliance Retail Property in Pelham on Hwy 119 - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented the Seller in the $1,625,000 sale of the former Siano Appliance property located on 109 Cahaba Valley Parkway (Hwy 119), Pelham, AL. The property consists of a ±17,517 SF two-story retail/flex/showroom building located next to Taco Bell and Wendy’s on Cahaba Valley Parkway.  The seller was the Siano family based in Tennessee, and the buyer ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Seller of Prominent 1st Avenue North Property - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented the seller in the $975,000 sale of 1628 1st Avenue North, Birmingham, AL. The property consists of a ±14,000 SF two-story office/retail building located adjacent to the Thomas Jefferson Tower apartments and within close walking distance to Pizitz Food Hall and many other retail and dining options. The seller was Sixty West, a private equity ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Dunkin’ Franchisee in New Fayette, TN Location - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented Dunkin’ franchisee Southern Food Services in a lease for a new location in Fayette, TN. The new location will be situation in a converted 2,920 SF former Pizza Hut location with existing drive-thru. The site is positioned along a high traffic retail corridor nearby Walmart, CVS, Hardeee’s and many others national retailers. ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Seller and Buyer in Sale of 2-Tenant Dunkin’/AT&T in Huntsville, AL - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the Buyer and Seller in the sale transaction of 10055 Memorial Pkwy SW, Huntsville, AL. Tenants at the 3,600 SF 2-Tenant property include Dunkin and AT&T. The transaction closed at $2.589 Million (6.1% cap rate). The retail center was built in 2015 and is positioned in a highly visible location along Memorial ...
  • Harbert Retail Deal Named one of BBJ’s CRE Deals of the Year 2021 - A Harbert Retail deal has been named as one of the Birmingham Business Journal’s CRE Deals of the Year for 2021. Congratulations to all those involved in this key transactions! Casey Howard, Vice President at Harbert Retail, represented the Seller in the acquisition of a historic 3-property portfolio located at 1705-1711 1st Avenue North. The portfolio included: a 17,662sf building ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Seller in 14-Unit Downtown Birmingham Multifamily Building Sale - Harbert Retail’s Vice President Casey Howard represented the Seller in of the Ideal Building in a $5.2 Million sale to Engel Realty.  Located at 111 19th Street North in downtown Birmingham, the historic 14-unit loft multifamily building is fully leased. Howard stated, “Downtown Birmingham continues to be a hot market for both local and national investors and we were honored ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Developer and Dunkin’ Franchisee in new Tuscaloosa Location - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the Buyer and Developer, WDG Tuscaloosa, LLC, in the purchase of a site on Highway 69 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The site will become a new stand-alone Dunkin location. Howard and Scott also represented the Dunkin franchisee in the build-to-suit lease for the new location. Once the space is fully built, the new ...
  • Award-Winning Nashville-Based Biscuit Love Coming to Parkside on Dolly Ridge in Cahaba Heights - Biscuit Love will be coming to Parkside on Dolly Ridge, a 14,935 SF mixed-use development currently under construction in Cahaba Heights. The Nashville-based breakfast concept will occupy 3,045 SF at the center and is scheduled to open later this year. Founded by Karl and Sarah Worley in 2012,   Biscuit Love started as a food truck and has grown into three ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Dunkin’ Franchisee on Another Huntsville MSA Location - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the Dunkin’ franchisee, Southern Food Services, LLC, on another new Huntsville metro location, in a lease for the endcap drive-thru space located at 11805 A Hwy 231 431 North, Meridianville, AL 35759. Southern Food Services, LLC, , has been in operation since 2012 and has built and operated 11 Dunkin and Dunkin Baskin ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Dunkin’ Franchisee in Sixth Birmingham Metro Location – Grand Opening Held 2-22-22 - A prominent Dunkin’ franchisee held a grand opening for another Birmingham metro location at the intersection of Helena Road and Hwy 17, in the busy retail corridor of Helena, Alabama. Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the Dunkin’ franchisee, Bluemont Group, on their 6th Birmingham metro location in a lease for the 1860 SF space with drive-thru at the ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Gunn Dermatology in Deal for Second Location - Harbert Retail’s Lacey Scott represented Gunn Dermatology in a deal for their second location. The 3,919 SF office will be located in Mountain Brook within the Lane Park Development, situated between Starbucks and Regions Bank.  Gunn Dermatology, led by board certified dermatologist Holly Gunn MD FAAD, offers a wide range of medical, surgical and cosmetic services for all ages. The ...
  • Harbert Retail Aligns Branding with Harbert Realty - It’s time for a change! Harbert Retail will now be branded under the same logo as Harbert Realty. Harbert Realty recently launched a new logo to represent our identity as a leader in the Commercial Real Estate industry. For over 40 years, The Harbert Realty brand has a reputation of strength, integrity and ingenuity. Harbert Retail is a significant division ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Dunkin’ Franchisee in Fifth Birmingham Metro Location - A prominent Dunkin’ franchisee opened another Birmingham metro location at 5413 Hwy 280, Suite 100, Hoover, AL 35242, near the busy intersection of Highway 119 and Highway 280 in Hoover, Alabama. Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the Dunkin’ franchisee, Bluemont Group, on their 5th Birmingham metro location in a lease for the 2,000 SF endcap drive-thru at ...
  • Harbert Represents Seller in Prominent 3-Property Portfolio Sale on 1st Avenue North - Casey Howard, Vice President at Harbert Retail, represented the Seller in the acquisition of a historic 3-property portfolio located at 1705-1711 1st Avenue North. The portfolio included: a 17,662sf building at 1711 1st Ave. North, a 36,075 sf building at 1709 1st Avenue North and a surface parking lot at the corner of 17th Avenue North and 1st Avenue North. ...
  • Hardcore Jeet Kune Do Leases New Space in Chelsea Creek Center - Hardcore Jeet Kune Do Chelsea, a school dedicated to the teaching and instruction in the art of Jeet Kune Do, recently signed a lease to open a new, larger location in Chelsea Creek Center at 48 Chesser Crane Road in Chelsea, Alabama, and plan to open in January 2022.   Hardcore Jeet Kune Do Chelsea opened in January of 2013 ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Dunkin’ Franchisee in Another Alabama Location - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented another Dunkin’ franchisee in the purchase of 2146 Sweeney Hollow Rd, Birmingham, AL 35215. The 1.19 acre site currently houses a former Hardee’s location and is situated adjacent to a Publix-anchored center in the busy Chalkville/Trussville, Alabama, submarket. The site benefits from two points of ingress/egress and a two-lane drive-thru providing customers with ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Dunkin’ Franchisee in 1031 Exchange Sale of Dunkin’ Location - Harbert Retail has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Dunkin’ located at 300 Commons Drive, Birmingham, AL, for $1,654,205 ($458 per square foot). The property sold with multiple offers at a 5.4% cap, which was over of the asking price.  Harbert’s Casey Howard exclusively represented the seller. The Seller, “300 Commons Drive, LLC” is registered to Matthew Lemak ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Seller in 1031 Exchange Sale of Morris Avenue Property - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented the seller, 2301 Morris Ave Partners, LLC, in a 1031 exchange sale of 2301 Morris Avenue, Suites 101 & 105, Birmingham, AL 35203. The property was purchased by Golden Holdings, LLC for $686,000 (7.1% cap).   Located in the historic Morris Avenue corridor in downtown Birmingham, Suites 101 &105 of 2301 Morris Avenue building are ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Dunkin’ Franchisee in Deal For New Moody Location - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the Dunkin’ franchisee in a deal bringing the shop to 2111 Moody Pkwy, Moody, AL. The new location, a 1.12 acre site that formerly housed Burger King, is just 25 minutes east of Birmingham CBD and is situated near Publix, Walmart, Bass Pro Shops, The Outlet Shops of Grand River, and Barber ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Buyer in Purchase of 1st Avenue North Property - Harbert Retail Vice President, Casey Howard, represented the Buyer in the recent purchase of a sale-leaseback of the historic 1910 1st Ave North in the heart of Downtown Birmingham’s 1st Avenue North growth corridor.  The 4,650 SF office building is occupied by long-standing law firm, Bishop, Colvin, Johnson & Kent and features beautiful historic woodwork details, high ceilings, and sits next door to the ...
  • Harbert Realty Services Launches New Logo - Harbert Realty is launching a new logo to represent our identity as a leader in the Commercial Real Estate industry. For over 40 years, Harbert Realty Services has built a reputation of strength, integrity and ingenuity. While Harbert continues to evolve with our changing world, we want our logo and brand to reflect the agility and modern identity represented by our people, services and company. “After nearly ...
  • Groundbreaking Ceremony Held at Parkside on Dolly Ridge Development - A groundbreaking ceremony was held today, September 8, 2021, at Parkside on Dolly Ridge, a 14,935 square foot, two level-mixed use project adjacent to the Cahaba Heights Elementary and the newly constructed Cahaba Heights Athletic Fields. Dolly Ridge Development in partnership with Harbert Realty Services is developing the Parkside on Dolly Ridge project in Cahaba Heights. Grandview Medical Group Primary ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Landlord in Deal Bringing BenchMark Physical Therapy to Bluff Park Center - Harbert Retail Vice President, Casey Howard, represented the Landlord, Shades Mountain, LLC, in a deal bringing BenchMark Physical Therapy to Shades Mountain Plaza, located in the heart of Bluff Park at 771 Shades Mountain Plaza, Hoover, Alabama. Benchmark Physical Therapy will occupy 1,980 SF at the center and will be joining the Joyful Food Company, Baker’s Famous Pizza and Wings ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Well Known Birmingham BBQ Restaurant in New Hoover Location - Saw’s BBQ is opening a new 3,300 SF location at 3780 Riverchase Village, Suite 100 along the Highway 31 corridor in Hoover. The restaurant is set to open this fall.  Franchisee Neil Patel will have 20 to 25 employees in the new location, which will seat up to 100 people and include outdoor seating for 12 to 15 patrons. Harbert ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Eterna Pizza & Caffe on First Alabama Location - HarbertRetail’s Casey Howard, MBA, PMP, represented the tenant, Eterna Pizzeria & Caffe, on their first Alabama location, a 6,700sf space in Printer’s Corner, an Orchestra Partners development in Downtown Birmingham’s Parkside District, near Red Mountain Theatre , University of Alabama at Birmingham, Railroad Park, and Regions Ballpark. Mehmet Ozbey, Eterna owner, stated “We bring to your table a flavorful journey to the cultural experience of true ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Buyer in Purchase of Historic Downtown Property - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the buyer in the purchase of 115 Richard Arrington Jr Blvd N, Birmingham, AL. The three-story historic building is located in an Opportunity Zone, directly adjacent to the Florentine. R W Properties Birmingham, LLC purchased the property for $1.025M on July 1, 2021. John Lauriello and Blake Crowe with Southpace represented the ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Buyer in Purchase of NNN Investment Property - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented the buyer in the purchase of a NNN investment property located at 1638 Red Bank Road, Charleston, SC. The property consists of a newly constructed absolute NNN Checker’s with a long-term lease in place. Red B. Road, LLC purchased the investment property for $2.028M.
  • Harbert Retail Represents Buyer in NNN Medical Acquisition - Harbert Retail announced today that it has represented the Buyer in a successful acquisition of a NNN medical office investment occupied by North Georgia Eye Institute and Medlink located at 773 North Main Street in Clayton, GA. The Buyer, a wholly owned subsidiary of Merem Capital, is managed by and registered to Matthew Lemak. Lemak was named the Chief Executive ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Buyer in 1031 Exchange - Harbert Retail announced it has arranged the $2.552 million sale of the Newberry Clemson Eye Care Center, a two-tenant medical building, located at 2735 Winnsboro Road, Newberry, South Carolina, home to Eye Health America and Eye Care Associates. Harbert’s Vice President/Broker, Casey Howard, represented the buyer, Merem Capital, in another successful 1031 exchange. Merem Capital is based in Birmingham, Alabama, ...