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ATLANTA, Nov. 7, 2025 –  JLL Capital Markets announced today that it has secured the $14.2 million sale of Village at Westfork, a 75,947-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center in Lithia Springs, Georgia.

JLL represented the seller, KPR Centers. The buyer was Columbia Properties.

Built in 1994, Village at Westfork is strategically positioned at 610-640 Thornton Rd with immediate proximity to I-20, which carries over 132,000 vehicles per day. The property is 100% occupied and is anchored by Kroger, which operates a 54,322-square-foot supermarket with over 30 years of operating history at this location. The center also houses national and regional tenants including JPMorgan Chase, UPS, H&R Block and Cricket Wireless across 12 total suites.

The shopping center demonstrates exceptional stability with average shop tenant tenure exceeding 21 years and 87% of income derived from tenants with more than 20 years of operating history.

Located within the Atlanta MSA - the eighth largest metropolitan area in the United States - Village at Westfork benefits from its position in an established industrial employment hub. The area features over 100 million square feet of industrial inventory and a 15-minute drive population of 165,000 daytime employees. The property sits approximately 13 miles from downtown Atlanta with super-regional access via I-20.

JLL Capital Market’s Investment Sales and Advisory team representing the seller was led by Senior Managing Director Jim Hamilton, Managing Director Brad Buchanan, Director Andrew Kahn and Analyst Charlie Merrigan.

JLL Capital Markets is a full-service global provider of capital solutions for real estate investors and occupiers. The firm's in-depth local market and global investor knowledge delivers the best-in-class solutions for clients — whether investment sales and advisory, debt advisory, equity advisory or a recapitalization. The firm has more than 3,000 Capital Markets specialists worldwide with offices in nearly 50 countries.

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About JLL

For over 200 years, JLL (NYSE: JLL), a leading global commercial real estate and investment management company, has helped clients buy, build, occupy, manage and invest in a variety of commercial, industrial, hotel, residential and retail properties. A Fortune 500® company with annual revenue of $23.4 billion and operations in over 80 countries around the world, our more than 113,000 employees bring the power of a global platform combined with local expertise. Driven by our purpose to shape the future of real estate for a better world, we help our clients, people and communities SEE A BRIGHTER WAYSM. JLL is the brand name, and a registered trademark, of Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated. For further information, visit jll.com.

About KPR Centers

KPR Centers has a defined strategy of acquiring retail and industrial properties within select markets that offer a compelling opportunity to create value. KPR Centers is a vertically integrated investor with in-house retail leasing, management and development operations tailored to maximize value through proactive leasing, repositioning and redevelopment of its properties. Founded in 2009 as an outgrowth of Katz Properties, which was established in 2003, KPR Centers has since expanded its footprint to 19 states within the greater New England, New York State, Mid-Atlantic, Midwest, Mountain West and Southeast submarkets. KPR Centers’ successful track record of strategic acquisitions and dispositions has led to transactions and trusted partnerships with public REITs, institutions, private equity groups, and family offices. For additional information, visit www.kprcenters.com.

About Columbia Properties

Columbia Properties Inc. (CPI) is a comprehensive real estate firm specializing in development, investment, leasing and management of shopping centers across the Southeast including Georgia, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina. Since its inception in 1981, CPI has developed more grocery-anchored shopping centers than any other developer in Georgia and has achieved recognition as one of Atlanta's most successful retail investment, leasing and management firms. The company focuses primarily on neighborhood and grocery-anchored retail properties ranging from 15,000 to over 100,000 square feet and has established relationships with prominent grocery and retail tenants nationwide.