Movers & Shakers: Blanca hires new SVP, Engel & Völkers names head of luxury division in Fort Lauderdale & more

January 28, 2019

Joe Rubin, a former director of acquisitions for American Landmark Apartments, joined Franklin Street as director of the company’s multifamily investment sales. Rubin will focus on multifamily sales in South Florida and up the Treasure Coast. He’s also worked for Ocwen Financial Corporation and Marcus & Millichap. Franklin Street also named Mark Behling a retail investment sales senior associate.

Franklin Street Negotiates $2.2M Ground Lease Sale of Newly-Constructed Arby’s in Atlanta MSA

John Tennant and Bryan Belk arranged the sale of a single-tenant Arby’s restaurant in Acworth, Ga

New Mixed-Use Projects Boost 2019 Tampa Retail Outlook

Tampa Bay retail landlords and tenants look to ride the wave of new construction and economic development.

Cousins Properties succeeds by being customer centric

January 25, 2019

In 2018, insurer Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners committed to relocating its corporate headquarters to two floors in Cousins’ Corporate Center II building. The insurance brokerage’s 61,598-square-foot lease in space being vacated by Baltimore-based financial manager T. Rowe Price & Associates was negotiated by JLL’s Ruffner and Sovich and commercial brokerage Franklin Street’s Chris Butler and Ryan McCurdy.

Franklin Street Secures $7.275M Sale of Retail Center in Raleigh, N.C., MSA

January 24, 2019

Bryan Belk and John Tennant arranged the sale of Clayton Town Center in the Clayton submarket of Raleigh.