GBT Realty adds new retail tenants to two Louisville centers

Louisville, Ky. -- GBT Realty Corp., a national real estate development company based in Brentwood, Tenn., is expanding tenant lineups at two Louisville-based regional shopping centers totaling nearly 500,000-sq.-ft. to over 90% leased. Only a combined 23,500-sq.-ft. of retail space remains at Jefferson Commons and at Middletown Commons with the first tenants scheduled to be open in November. Construction is currently underway.



Retailers coming to the 230,000-sq.-ft. Jefferson Commons are Academy Sports + Outdoors, Five Below, Mattress Firm, Men’s Wearhouse, Hancock Fabrics and Avalon Nails, Five Guys, Firehouse Subs, Qdoba and Chick-fil-A (outparcel).



The 240,000-sq.-ft. Middletown Commons adds Academy Sports + Outdoors, Five Below, Rue 21, AT&T, Avalon Nails, Chipotle, The Comfy Cow, Firehouse Subs, Boombozz Pizza and Taphouse, Blaze Pizza and Tazikis Mediterranean Café.



“Like this part of Kentucky, GBT Realty is also growing,” said George Tomlin, president and CEO of GBT Realty. “Earlier this year, GBT Realty established its Diversified Development Division, which specializes in the development of medical office buildings and urban mixed-use centers, including retail, office and multi-family residential projects. The new division will complement our Net Lease and Shopping Center Divisions, which have completed more than $750 million of single-tenant and shopping center developments in 27 states since 2008, making us the most active developer in the Southeast.”