Tuskegee University selects JLL as its facilities maintenance provider for HBCU’s 100 buildings on the 5,000-acre campus in Tuskegee, AL

  

Allysia Kizzee

CHICAGO, IL, Mar.18, 2024 – JLL announced today that Tuskegee University, a private, historically black land grant university, has selected JLL to provide integrated facilities management (IFM) services for its 5,000-acre campus in Tuskegee, Alabama.

 

Tuskegee University is the only Historically Black College and University (HBCU) designated a National Historic Site. As of March 1, JLL’s Education IFM team is responsible for maintaining and preserving the university’s grounds and 100 buildings housing more than 1.7 million square feet.

De’Von Williams, Executive Director, Solutions Development, and Reginald Adams, Senior Vice President, Education Operations, with JLL worked with Tuskegee University during the selection process, and Allysia Kizzee Director of Facilities, leads the on-site JLL team.

De’Von Williams

“We are thrilled to embark on this transformative journey with Tuskegee University,” Williams said. “Our new relationship is not just a contract; it’s a dynamic alliance that propels us into the future of innovation, collaboration and shared success.”

  

JLL’s goal is to provide a best-in-class, holistic equipment system and maintenance program on which Tuskegee’s approximately 2,800 students, 807 employees and numerous visitors can rely.

 

 To achieve this, JLL is deploying cutting-edge technology, including Corrigo, to efficiently manage and monitor tasks while simultaneously driving savings for the university.

 Reginald Adams

The services JLL is providing includes building engineering; electrical, elevator and HVAC maintenance; fire and life safety; landscaping and grounds maintenance; and janitorial, waste disposal, and recycling services. 

 

JLL will also implement a pilot training program with the city of Tuskegee and Macon County School District, resulting in a pathway to employment, along with committing 100% of proposed subcontracted dollars to minority business enterprises.  

Marcus Dean

“Tuskegee University is excited to partner with JLL in providing full-service, comprehensive and professional building management services to maintain and to preserve the grounds and buildings on the campus of Tuskegee University,” said Marcus Dean, Associate Vice President of Facilities and Construction with the university.

 

JLL is the premier provider of strategic real estate advisory for local, state, national and federal governments as well as public and education institutions.

 

 Its national team covers the entire real estate lifecycle from strategy, public-private partnerships, facilities management and sustainability services to transaction and project management.

 

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Oakley closes sale of 96-unit luxury apartment community in Gulf Shores, AL

 

Marbella, a 96-unit luxury apartment community
 situated on 4.77 acres at 1910 East First Street
in Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, AL

BIRMINGHAM, AL and GULF SHORES, AL. --  An affiliate of Birmingham-based Oakley Group, one of the Southeast’s most active multifamily real estate investment firms, closed on the sale of Marbella, a 96-unit luxury apartment community situated on 4.77 acres at 1910 E. First Street in Gulf Shores, Baldwin County, AL. 

The price was not disclosed.

 Andrew Brown 

Seller OG Marbella, LLC, previously acquired the property in April 2021.  After adding professional onsite property management, improvements and enhancements to community amenities, they refinanced the property in August 2022 with a HUD loan, which the buyer now has assumed with the purchase. 

Atlanta-based Arcan Capital, LLC purchased the property that was listed and marketed by Cushman & Wakefield’s Andrew Brown and Craig Hey who ran a competitive bid process.  

 

Marbella features 99,600 square feet of rentable space comprised of 96 one- and two-bedroom residences.  A clubhouse, pool, outdoor gathering spaces and grill stations are among the amenities that were upgraded by the seller, increasing lifestyle value. 

 

Craig Hey

 The community is walkable to Gulf Shores Elementary School and is less than two miles to the beach

 

“Mobile-based Mitchell Group did an excellent job managing the asset for us,” Oakley said, adding that Berkadia’s commercial loan servicing experts seamlessly handled the HUD loan refinance.”

 

Since 2007 Oakley Group and its affiliates has built a track record of successfully investing in multifamily communities and has holdings in various markets throughout the Southeastern U.S.

 

  

CONTACTS:

 

 

David Oakley, OG Capital, 205-913-4632 or  David.Oakley@og.capital

Beth Payan, Larry Vershel Communications Inc. 407-461-3781 (direct) or Beth@LarryVershel.com