Commercial real estate transactions include new bakery, LMC expansion.

• Position: Columbia and Midlands area, South Carolina

Specialty food services such as bakeries continue to be among the hottest new tenants of rental space around the state, including the Midlands. One recent example is Crumbl Cookies' lease of 1,414 square feet of retail space in the Cardinal Crossing development at 4605 Forest Drive, in Forest Acres.

Rox Pollard and Danny Bonds of Colliers South Carolina represented The Beach Co. in the lease.

Founded in Utah in 2017, Crumbl Cookies' menu includes mainstays such as its milk chocolate chip cookie and also features a rotating assortment of offerings. The chain has more than 300 bakeries in 36 states.

In the Midlands, Crumbl Cookies also has a location at 5135 Sunset Blvd, Suite J.

Lexington Medical Center expands

Lexington Medical Center continues its expansion of facilities around the Columbia area with the recent purchase of two properties. NAI Columbia's Ben Kelly, CCIM, Patrick Chambers and Jack Springs represented Lexington Medical in the transactions.

The first new location is a 21,475-square-foot office building located at 1000 Center Point Road inside the Center Point Business Park, near the intersection of I-26 and I-20 in Columbia.

The other is at 2729 Sunset Blvd., directly across from Lexington Medical's main campus in West Columbia. The property sits on 5.98 acres and was formerly occupied by a Farm Bureau claims center.

Lexington Medical Center also recently purchased two properties at 5133 and 5143 Forest Drive, with plans of building 20,000 square feet of office space to house a family practice and obstetrics/gynecology office.

New medical offices at Landmark

NAI Columbia's principal Jeff Hein, SIOR recently executed the lease of two office suites in the Landmark Business Park to medical tenants.

The first is a 11,608-square-foot space located within Landmark II, and the second is for 3,310 square feet in Landmark IV. Both spaces are currently undergoing renovations with projected occupancy in the first quarter of 2023.

"We are thrilled to have two new medical tenants join Landmark Business Park," said Hein. "We're continuing to see great leasing momentum in Landmark from traditional office tenants as well as medical tenants."

The three-building park located at the corner of Forest Drive and Beltline Boulevard in Forest Acres is owned by LM Cola Partners LLC, a Greenville-based investment group. The park's 50 current occupants include professional businesses, nonprofits and medical practices.

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