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  • Raggio MD Facial Plastic Surgery Opens New Location in Homewood - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and John Tally represented the landlord in a deal bringing Raggio MD Facial Plastic Surgery, led by Dr. Blake Raggio, to 1920 Huntington Road, Homewood, AL 35209. This newly renovated ±5,000 SF medical office space offers high end finishes and ample parking in Homewood’s sought after downtown core just off Highway 31/Montgomery Hwy, near CVS, Alabama ...
  • Southern Immediate Care to open Another New Metro Birmingham Location Along Lakeshore Parkway - Southern Immediate Care will soon be opening their 8th location in the state of Alabama in metro Birmingham. The new 4,200 SF space is located at 2860 Lakeshore Parkway in the Publix anchored Lakeshore Pavilion shopping center. This newly constructed Publix-anchored neighborhood center at the southwest corner of Lakeshore Parkway is a major commuter route to/from I-65, and Shannon Wenonah ...
  • European Wax Centers Announces New Location in Hoover’s Trace Crossings Center - European Wax Centers franchisee, Lamp Post Franchisee, LLC (“Lamp Post”) has announced they will open a new location in Publix- anchored Trace Crossings Shopping Center, located at 2543 John Hawkins Parkway, Hoover, AL 35244. Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented Lamp Post in what will be European Wax Center’s second location in the Birmingham metro area. The company will be opening another location soon ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Seller of Hardee’s Corporate Absolute NNN Investment Property - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the seller of an absolute NNN, corporate leased, ±2,526 SF Hardee’s located at 9940 Highway 119, Alabaster, AL.  The property was sold by GBL Investments, LLC, to Asset Preservation, Inc, for $1,335,000 at a 5.9% cap rate. The Hardee’s is ideally located along Highway 119 (23,700+ AADT) in Alabaster nearby upcoming city recreation/retail developments at the ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Dunkin’ and Landlord in Deal Brining New Dunkin’ Location to Gardendale - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented both the landlord and tenant in a deal bringing Dunkin’ to Gardendale, AL. The new store is complete and set to open soon. It will feature a drive-thru and is located at 626 Fieldstown Road in one of the area’s busiest retail corridors. Other tenants at the center include Chicken Salad Chick and Jersey Mike’s.
  • Harbert Retail Selected to Lease and Manage Eastwood Village - Harbert Retail has been selected to lease and manage Eastwood Village, a 130,056 SF retail center located at 1632 Montclair Road in Birmingham with major tenants including Ross, Starbuck’s, Five Below, Michael’s, Party City and more. Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott will lead the leasing efforts at the center, which is 96% occupied. “We are thrilled to have ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Buyer in First Avenue North Property Purchase - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented New Orleans-based investment group “Historic Investment Properties PM 2023, LLC”,  in the purchase of both the historic Black Diamond Building located at 2229 1st Avenue North as well as an additional adjacent parking lot for an undisclosed price. The ±13,782 SF building was built in 1905 and includes beautiful interior and exterior architectural elements. Howard stated, “This ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents both the Landlord and Tenant in a Deal Bringing Chicken Salad Chick to Gardendale - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey V Scott represented both the landlord and tenant in a deal bringing Chicken Salad Chick to Gardendale, AL. The new store will feature a drive-thru and is located at 626 Fieldstown Road in one of the area’s busiest retail corridors. Read the Article from the BBJ to Learn More  
  • Harbert Retail Represents Landlord in Deal Bringing Pizza Hut to Leeds Village - Pizza Hut will open a new location at Leeds Village, located at 8525 Whitfield Avenue, Leeds, AL 35094. Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the landlord of Leeds Village in a deal bringing the popular pizza restaurant to the center. Pizza Hut will occupy a 1,400 SF space with nearby retailers including Encore Rehabilitation, Walmart, Gamestop, Great Clips, ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Seller of Subway Anchored Investment Property - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented the seller in the investment sale transaction of a two-tenant, Subway-anchored retail building located at 840-844 Main Street in Montevallo, Alabama. The property was sold by E-Tap, LLC for an undisclosed price. Located along the main artery through Montevallo, the property boasts high visitor volume thanks to its proximity to the University of Montevallo (±2,377 ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Seller in Free-Standing Restaurant Sale - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the seller in the sale transaction of a former Burger King location in the Montgomery, Alabama. The property was sold by the Chang Family Trust and Wang Family Trust to TDMT, LLC, for $1,165,000. The property is ±2,689 SF and is ideally located at 1621 Carter Hill Road near Alabama State University in ...
  • Southern Immediate Urgent Care to Open Another New Metro Birmingham Location - Southern Immediate Urgent Care will soon be opening their 7th location in the state of Alabama in metro Birmingham. The new 3,000 SF space is located at 4500 Valleydale Road in a high traffic corridor near Oak Mountain High School, Jefferson State Community College Shelby-Hoover Campus, Publix, Walmart and Spain Park High School. It is set to open Summer of ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Seller in Popeye’s Portfolio Sale - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the seller in the sale transaction of two Popeye’s restaurants in the Birmingham metro. The properties were purchased by Georgia based investment group, Bessemer Management, Inc, for an undisclosed amount. The first property is ±1,700 SF and is located at 930 9th Avenue North in Bessemer, AL. The second property is ±2,150 SF and ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Landlord and Tenant in Deal Bringing Encore Rehab to Leeds Village - Encore Rehabilitation will open a new location at Leeds Village, located at 8525 Whitfield Avenue, Leeds, AL 35094. Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented both the landlord of Leeds Village and Encore Rehabilitation in a deal bringing the therapy provider to the center. Encore Rehabilitation will occupy a 3,850 SF space with nearby retailers including Walmart, Gamestop, Great ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Capella Pizzeria in 2nd Alabama Location - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented Capella Pizzeria in a deal that will bring the restaurant to Homestead Village shopping center at 2000 Gadsden Highway, Trussville, Alabama. They will occupy the former 3,000 SF Ironstone Pizza space. Nearby retailers include Petco, Five Below, Panera Bread and more. This will be Capella’s second location in the Birmingham metro. Howard also represented Capella ...
  • Popbar and Baba Java Coffee to Join The Edge Homewood Development - Popbar and Baba Java Coffee will be joining The Edge, a new mixed-use development coming to Homewood, Alabama. The development includes micro-restaurants, retail, event/green space and outdoor activity areas. Centrally located between West Homewood and Edgewood on Green Springs Hwy., The Edge offers walkability to two of the areas fastest growing neighborhoods. Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Charlie Norton represent ...
  • New Fort Payne Dunkin’ Opens – Harbert Retail Represented Dunkin’ Franchisee in Deal - A new Dunkin’ has opened in Fort Payne, AL, at 901 Glenn Blvd SW. The new Dunkin’ location will feature the brand’s new Next Gen modern design and in-store innovations, a drive-thru and mobile pickup area available for app orders, and a digital order status board enabling order tracking. Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented the Dunkin’ franchisee ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Southern Immediate Urgent Care in NNN Sale-Leaseback - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard represented Southern Immediate Urgent Care (SIC) in the Absolute NNN Sale-Leaseback of their stand-alone clinic at 1575 Montgomery Highway in Hoover, Alabama. Texas-based REIT, NADG NNN ACQUISITIONS INC., was the purchaser. “SIC is a valued client and we are thrilled to help grow their footprint,” stated Howard. “The sale-leaseback provides SIC with flexibility to continue further growth ...
  • Peterbrooke Chocolatier opening soon in Cahaba Heights - Peterbrooke Chocolatier, a European-style chocolate shop chain based in Jacksonville, is set to open its doors in The Heights Village shopping center in Cahaba Heights later this summer. The second Peterbrooke Chocolatier location in Alabama, the Cahaba Heights location is a family affair, with several members of the Tharani family going in on the venture. The decision to open a ...
  • Harbert Retail Represents Buyer and Seller in Sale of Former Hardee’s in Birmingham - Harbert Retail’s Casey Howard and Lacey Scott represented both the buyer and seller in a $1.3M sale of a ±3,400 SF free-standing former Hardee’s located at 1437 Montgomery Highway (Hwy 31) in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, a high growth suburb of Birmingham. The seller was GBL investments, LLC, and the buyer was Guthrie’s Chicken. Guthrie’s will be opening a new location ...
  • 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 ...