Atlanta — CBRE has arranged a $171.4 million loan for the refinancing of an eight-property portfolio of grocery-anchored shopping centers in the Southeast. Comprising roughly 1.2 million square feet, the portfolio was 96.6 percent leased at the time of financing to 194 tenants including Kroger, Publix and Whole Foods Market.
PGIM provided the financing to the borrowers, Branch Properties and Corebridge Real Estate Investors (formerly AIG Global Real Estate). Richard Henry, Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan and Taylor Crowder of CBRE arranged the loan, which was used to refinance the existing mortgages for shopping centers in Bradenton, Sarasota, Melbourne and Palm Coast, Florida; Atlanta and Gainesville, Georgia; Lexington, Kentucky; and Memphis and Knoxville, Tennessee.