4550 Swinnea Road, Memphis, TN 38118

Sale Amount: $4.2 million
Sale Date: March 7, 2013
Buyer: JPMCC 2007-LDP10 – 4550 SWINNEA RD LLC
Seller: Industrial Memphis International Owner LLC
Details: The Memphis International Distribution Center at 4550 Swinnea Road in Oakhaven has sold for $4.2 million in lieu of foreclosure.

2. Breaking the Mold - Saturday, February 23, 2013

When Rosemarie Fair was named Broker of the Year in investment sales at last year’s Pinnacle Awards, she became the first woman ever to do so.

Before Fair founded One Source Commercial Inc. in 1993, she worked with Carlisle Corp. in the early 1980s on Beale Street Landing Downtown. She remembers often what her mentor Gene Carlisle taught her – “Somebody will take care of the big stuff, it’s the nickels and dimes that make the difference.”

3. Soul Fish to Open in Wolf Camera Spot on Poplar - Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Soul Fish Café has selected a prime piece of real estate in East Memphis for its third location.

The catfish and Southern-inspired restaurant has signed a lease for the old Wolf Camera space in the Poplar Avenue/Perkins Road corridor. The 3,100-square-foot freestanding building at 4720 Poplar Ave. will mark Soul Fish’s third location in Memphis, behind its original spot in Midtown’s Cooper-Young district and its Germantown location near Forest Hill-Irene Road.

4. Soul Fish to Open in Old Wolf Camera at Poplar and Perkins - Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Soul Fish Café has selected a prime piece of real estate in East Memphis for its third location.

The catfish and Southern-inspired restaurant has signed a lease for the old Wolf Camera space in the Poplar Avenue/Perkins Road corridor. The 3,100-square-foot freestanding building at 4720 Poplar Ave. will mark Soul Fish’s third location in Memphis, behind its original spot in Midtown’s Cooper-Young district and its Germantown store near Forest Hill-Irene Road.

5. New Brewery on Tap for Cooper-Young - Friday, December 21, 2012

A new brewery is headed to Cooper-Young. 

Memphis native and craft beer enthusiast Drew Barton plans to open Memphis Made Brewing Co. LLC at 768 S. Cooper St. near York Avenue along with two other silent partners by mid 2013. The 6,000-square-foot space is adjacent to Signworks and owned by Richard Sullivan.

6. Brooks Brothers Relocating to Saddle Creek - Friday, December 07, 2012

High-end clothier chain Brooks Brothers plans to open a new location at The Shops of Saddle Creek West in Germantown.

The New York City-based retailer will open in 7,500 square feet of space at 7509 Poplar Ave. by early June, taking over the two suites formerly occupied by Indigo and Talbots Men’s. Indigo last month relocated and expanded two spaces down into the old Natural Body Spa & Shoppe space.

7. First Tennessee Unit to Move Downtown - Friday, September 07, 2012

First Tennessee Bank is preparing its Downtown Memphis headquarters for occupancy of one of its units.

8. Gill Presses on Despite Enduring 4th Recession - Monday, June 11, 2012

Ray Gill, president of Gill Properties, got into commercial real estate because of his interest in land but now wishes he’d spent some time reading palms and tarot cards.

9. Highland Meadows Sells for $5.5 Million - Tuesday, May 01, 2012

5045 Airways Blvd.
Memphis, TN 38116

Sale Amount: $5.5 million

Sale Date: April 25, 2012

10. Five Guys to Open 2nd Local Burger Joint - Monday, March 05, 2012

Five Guys Burgers and Fries has inked its second Memphis-area lease – this one in Bartlett – and is close to solidifying two other locations, including one in Midtown.

Jubilee Restaurant Group LLC, owner of the Memphis franchise, has signed a 3,100-square-foot lease in Stage Centre. Five Guys is taking the subdivided end-cap of the 6,660-square-foot space formerly occupied by Blockbuster Video.

11. Five Guys to Open 2nd Local Burger Joint - Friday, March 02, 2012

Five Guys Burgers and Fries has inked its second Memphis-area lease – this one in Bartlett – and is close to solidifying two other locations, one in Midtown and another in Germantown.

Jubilee Restaurant Group LLC, owner of the Memphis franchise, has signed a 3,100-square-foot lease in Stage Centre. Five Guys is taking the subdivided end-cap of the 6,660-square-foot space formerly occupied by Blockbuster Video.

12. Irving Leads Research Co. Animal Cell Therapies - Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Adam M. Irving is chief executive officer of San Diego-based Animal Cell Therapies Inc., a company that develops stem cell treatments to treat a variety of ailments for animals. Irving is based in Memphis.

13. Somerset Park Apartments Sell for $1.1 Million - Tuesday, November 01, 2011

3425 Winchester Park Drive
Memphis, TN 38118
Sale Amount: $1.1 Million

14. CVS Buys Bartlett Locale for Pharmacy - Tuesday, October 25, 2011

A local affiliate of Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS Caremark Corp., has bought the former Blue Plate Cafe at 6676 Stage Road in Bartlett from Stage Centre GP and Gill Enterprises GP in two transactions for a combined $2.2 million.

15. Germantown Station Closer to Construction - Tuesday, October 18, 2011

750 N. Germantown Parkway
Cordova, TN 38018
Loan Amount: $2.6 million

16. France Perfect Spot to Broaden Palate - Monday, October 17, 2011

We all know that travel is broadening, and there’s no reason why that expansion of knowledge and experience shouldn’t apply to what we eat and drink. We don’t have to necessarily go as far as chef and television personality Anthony Bourdain, who gleefully scarfs down inner and outer organs of creatures many of us in the safety of our own homes would regard as bizarre, if not life-threatening, but we should try to extend the boundaries of our personal envelopes as we can.

17. Permit, Construction Loan Filed for Germantown Station - Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Germantown Station retail center, slated to be built at 750 N. Germantown Parkway in Cordova, is a couple of steps closer to reality.

18. Mt. Zion Upgrades to Larger Church in Frayser - Friday, February 18, 2011

Two Memphis area churches have closed on a deal that’s been in the pipeline for about a year and a half.

Mt. Zion Baptist Church, 1280 Stonewall St., bought the 36,000-square-foot church at 1621 Dellwood Ave. in Frayser from Schoolfield United Methodist Church Inc. for $500,000.

19. Greenbrier Gets Loan for Downtown Project - Tuesday, October 12, 2010

436 S. Front St.
Memphis, TN 38103
Loan Amount: $2.1 million

Loan Date: Sept. 30, 2010
Maturity Date: n/a
Borrower: Greenbrier Partners LLC
Lender: Southern Bancorp Bank

20. Gill Enterprises Buys Former Blue Plate Café - Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Gill Enterprises GP, a partnership affiliated with Gill Properties, has bought the former Blue Plate Café, a 5,448-square-foot, single-story restaurant property at the corner of Stage and Kirby-Whitten roads from Best Breakfast Inc. for $1 million. The restaurant was built in 1991 and sits on about 1 acre as an outparcel to the 140,000-square-foot Stage Centre shopping center.

21. MAHBA Begins Search for New Headquarters - Tuesday, August 03, 2010

The leadership of the Memphis Area Home Builders Association has tapped a 14-member committee to help the homebuilding trade association find a new office location.

Don Caylor of Summerset Homes is chairing the group. It’s sifting through such factors as deciding how much space will be needed and looking at membership growth to determine whether staying closer to Memphis’ core or going elsewhere within the group’s geography (which includes Fayette and Tipton counties) is the better option.

22. Gill Enterprises Sells Land to CVS for Cordova Pharmacy - Tuesday, August 03, 2010

786 N. Germantown Parkway
Cordova, TN 38018
Sale Amount: $2.2 Million

Sale Date: July 28, 2010
Buyer: CVS 6628 TN LLC
Seller: Gill Enterprises GP

23. CVS Closes On Cordova Land - Thursday, July 29, 2010

CVS has closed on the 1.8-acre parcel of land on Germantown Parkway in Cordova where it will build its next area pharmacy. Terms of the deal weren’t immediately available.

The Daily News first reported in June that Woonsocket, R.I.-based CVS, the retail division of CVS Caremark, would buy the land from Gill Properties and bring a retail store to the site of the former Memphis Area Home Builders Association headquarters at 776 N. Germantown Parkway.

24. CVS Inks Deal for Former MAHBA HQ - Friday, June 04, 2010

CVS has chosen a busy stretch of Germantown Parkway in Cordova for its next area pharmacy.

The company’s regional developer, Redd Realty Services Inc., has inked a deal with Gill Properties to build a retail store on the site of the former Memphis Area Home Builders Association headquarters at 776 N. Germantown Parkway.

25. Commercial Sales Close 2009 on High Note - Thursday, January 21, 2010

Shelby County’s commercial real estate market saved its best for last in 2009, as the final month registered the highest sales total and largest dollar volume all year.

Not only that, but December marked the first year-over-year increase for a month during 2009 and the first year-over-year increase for a month since December 2007.

26. Renal Company Sells Clinic, Leases It Back From New Owner - Tuesday, December 29, 2009

4185 Pace Road
Memphis, TN 38116
Sale Amount: $2 Million

Sale Date: Dec. 17, 2009
Buyer: BanBan South Memphis LLC
Seller: RAI II LLC
Loan Amount: $1.5 million
Loan Date: Dec. 15, 2009
Maturity Date: March 7, 2011
Lender: First Security Bank

27. Home Builders HQ Could Become Retail Outlet - Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Memphis Area Home Builders Association is in the market for a new home, and its soon-to-be former digs appear headed for redevelopment.

In a deal that closed Dec. 18, the longtime homebuilding trade association sold its headquarters at 776 Germantown Road for $2.7 million to Ray Gill of Gill Properties Inc. Gill was attracted to the property because of its large footprint – a 3.6-acre parcel on the east side of Germantown – and because of its placement near the Trinity Commons shopping center along a busy corridor with high traffic.

28. Archived Article - Tuesday, July 03, 2007

2380 James Road
Memphis, TN 38127
Sale Amount: $4.9 million

Sale Date: May 1, 2007

Buyer: FPX Leasing II LLC

29. Gill Properties Begins Third Phase Of Cordova Station - Tuesday, July 03, 2007

The landscape of Germantown Parkway changed dramatically in the past 20 years as the corridor grew from a two-lane country road to a seven-lane thoroughfare that pumped life into the nooks and crannies of Cordova.

30. Gill Properties to Start WorkOn Cordova Station III - Wednesday, June 27, 2007
     Cordova-based Gill Properties has filed two loans for Cordova Station III, the latest of its retail buildings off Germantown Parkway at Macon Road in the Cordova Station Planned Unit Development (PUD).
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31. Gill Properties Repositions Bartlett's Stage Centre - Tuesday, August 15, 2006

6600 Stage Road
Bartlett, TN 38134
Loan Amount: $9.5 million

Loan Date: July 19, 2006

Maturity Date: Aug. 10, 2008

32. Setting the Stage - Tuesday, August 15, 2006

In the past few years, the sleepy suburb of Bartlett has blossomed from a bedroom community into a boom town.

It has a performing arts center that regularly bills national acts and an industrial park that includes Brother International Corp., one of the town's biggest employers. New residential subdivisions are sprouting up with the regularity of spring flowers.

33. Archived Article - Tuesday, June 13, 2006

910 Cordova Station Ave.
Cordova, TN 38018
Loan Amount: $7 million

Loan Date: June 1, 2006

Maturity Date: June 1, 2007

34. California Investor Buys Trinity Place for $7.9 Million - Tuesday, March 21, 2006

7990 Trinity Road
Cordova, TN 38018
Cost: $7.9 million

Buyer: Kapree Trinity LLC

Seller: Crews Trinity Place LLC

35. 'Close-Knit" and 'Well-Planned' Become Suburban Mantra - Monday, March 20, 2006

A good title for a book about real estate development in Shelby County might be "The Rise and Sprawl of the American Dream."

One chapter could touch on how well-manicured suburbs like Germantown and Collierville have become magnets for growth. Another could show how those growth patterns have carried a few unwanted side effects, such as cookie-cutter subdivisions and retail strip centers.

36. What's Cooking on the Highland Strip? - Thursday, February 23, 2006

A few months ago, Marty Roberts was scouting for possible sites for a small retail complex. He bought what he considered a promising piece of vacant land along Park Avenue, where he's planning to begin construction soon on a 4,400-square-foot strip center.

37. Archived Article - Tuesday, August 30, 2005

30 units in
Lexington Condominiums
Cost: $22.9 million

Borrower: Lexington Partners LLC

Lender: SunTrust Bank

38. Self-Storage Industry Meets Growing Demand - Monday, August 22, 2005

With more businesses and residents leaving the city for the rural charm of DeSoto and Fayette counties and the small-town feel of the suburbs, Brown Gill has noticed one big retail opportunity that has followed them.

39. Archived Article - Tuesday, July 26, 2005

Five properties on
South Mendenhall Road
Cost: $22.5 million

Buyer: RREEF America REIT II Corp.
Seller: State of California Public Employees' Retirement System
Property: Properties at 4370, 4400, 4440, 4444 and 4450 S. Mendenhall Road.

40. Archived Article: Real Recap - Tuesday, May 25, 2004
AS Hospitality Buys Press Building

AS Hospitality Buys Press Building

3493 Lamar Ave.

Memphis, TN 38118

Cost: $2.7 million

Buyer: ASH Properties LLC

Seller: Commerce Center LP

Property: Property at 3493 Lamar Ave. near Pearson R...

41. Archived Article: Kirby Gates (lead) - Friday, November 05, 1999
Construction underway on Kirby Gates expansion Construction underway on Kirby Gates expansion By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Construction is underway on an expansion of the Kirby Gates Shopping Center, which will mean more space available for reta...

42. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, April 16, 1997
Walter L Walter L. "Butch" Rice III has joined Gill Properties as a Realtor-associate. He formerly was a senior financial analyst with Parts Inc. Rice received his undergraduate degree from Furman University and his masters degree in busin...

43. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, April 09, 1997
Sam Hubbard has joined Financial Federal Savings Bank as vice president in the companys construction lending department Sam Hubbard has joined Financial Federal Savings Bank as vice president in the companys construction lending department. Hubbard ...

44. Archived Article: 3rd Qtr Apart Chg - Monday, October 14, 1996
Third quarter apartment Third quarter apartment starts highest since 1980s By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News New apartment construction in Shelby County peaked in the third quarter compared to third quarters for the past five years, with building ...

45. Archived Article: Back Chg - Wednesday, September 25, 1996
A Clarksdale, Miss., realty group recently purchased a strip office center at 3693 Germantown Road Extended for $1.35 million from Gill Properties. Clarksdale, Miss., firm buys strip office center on Germantown Road A Clarksdale, Miss., realty group...

46. Archived Article: Hyneman Chg - Wednesday, September 18, 1996
By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE Site work begins Tuesday on residential property By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News Ray Gill of Gill Capital Partners recently sold 26.8 acres of land on Shelby Drive near Hacks Cross Road to CMCS South Pointe LLC, a limited li...

47. Archived Article: Real Fcs Cordova - Tuesday, July 02, 1996
lj 10/5 cates Upcoming commercial, apartment developments bring Cordova-The Town closer to developers vision By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News Construction is expected to begin this summer on Cordova-The Towns first two commercial buildings, which wi...

48. Archived Article: Real Analys - Tuesday, June 04, 1996
Lamplighter selects Cordova-The Town for school Lamplighter selects Cordova-The Town for school Lamplighter School has selected a 5.6-acre parcel at Cordova-The Town as the site for the consolidation and relocation of its Montessori school, accordin...

49. Archived Article: Real Focus Lj - Tuesday, May 14, 1996
lj 10/5 cates Not just for aspirin bottles Safe Kids Show Home has child-proof, injury reducing features By LAURIE JOHNSON The Daily News This summer, Memphis builders and homeowners can learn how to make a home a more friendly place for children. J...

50. Archived Article: Apartments Chg - Friday, April 19, 1996
04-19 chg apartments Apartment construction down for first quarter, expected to pick up in 96 By CAMILLE H. GAMBLE The Daily News Apartment starts are down for the first quarter in Shelby County at 200 units, compared to 482 units started in the fir...

51. Archived Article: Memos - Wednesday, March 13, 1996
03-13 memos Wolff Ardis P.C. has announced several appointments: Robert F. Miller has been named shareholder in the firm. His areas of legal practice include bankruptcy, domestic relations, insurance defense, railroad litigation, securities litigati...

52. Archived Article: Chg Cordova Apts - Wednesday, February 07, 1996
apartments Cordova/Germantown Apartment building on the rise in Cordova Apartment construction in Cordova increases By CAMILLE GAMBLE The Daily News Apartment construction in the Cordova/Germantown area is on the rise, and some developers fear the m...

53. Archived Article: The Town - Tuesday, January 23, 1996
1/23 jts The Town County looks to rezone for CordovaThe Town New ordinance would encode new urban design By JAMES SNYDER The Daily News The Shelby County Board of Commissioners is preparing to encode innovative urban planning ideas into its zoning r...