Augusta, Georgia
Augusta and Richmond County are one consolidated government, and its own audited accounts name the ground that pays the most tax: Georgia Power first, then Augusta National, Inc. at $134.6M assessed. The owner of every parcel is on the Board of Assessors' qPublic search, one parcel at a time, but the city's open parcel layer carries no owners and forbids reproduction.
10 buildings · 8 with an owner established · 27 sources · 5 tier A · 5 tier B · prepared 2026-10-14
Can you find out who owns it?
Georgia records title by deed with the Clerk of Superior Court in each county, indexed statewide by the GSCCCA. Searching that index online costs $14.95 a month, or $29.95 for Premium with PT-61 address searches, plus $0.50 a printed page. Sale prices are on the record because the seller declares them on Form PT-61 to pay a transfer tax of $1 per $1,000. Augusta and Richmond County are one government. Its Board of Assessors shows the owner of each parcel free, one at a time, on a qPublic site. Its open parcel layer has addresses and parcel numbers but no owners, and the city forbids reproducing its GIS data.
Is ownership public?Public, but one paid search at a time
Cost of one title searchStatewide deed and PT-61 index (GSCCCA): Regular account $14.95/month, Premium (address and PT-61 searches) $29.95/month, $0.50 per page printed, certified search $15.00 (eff. 1 Jul 2025). Owner of record on the Board of Assessors' qPublic parcel search: free, one parcel at a time
Bulk ownership dataNone published
Sale pricesEvery sale, with its address
Sites that forbid taking their data
- gsccca.org — “Illegal and/or unauthorized uses of the Site, including, but not limited to, unauthorized framing of or linking to the Site, or unauthorized use of any robot, spider or other automated device on the site, will be investigated and appropriate legal action will be taken”
- augustaga.gov (GIS data, incl. the Open Data parcel layers on services1.arcgis.com) — “It is strictly forbidden to sell or reproduce these maps or data for any reason without the written consent of the Augusta-Richmond County Commission.”
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The marquee buildings
The towers that set the tone of the core, and who holds them. A price is the price a document states, on the date it states — not an estimate of what the building is worth now.
| Building | Use | Owner | Owner type | Last price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augusta National Golf Club Washington Road, Augusta |
Land | Augusta National, Inc. Augusta's audited 2024 accounts rank 'Augusta National Inc' the county's second-largest property taxpayer: $134,603,440 assessed (1.66% of the gross digest), behind only Georgia Power. In 2015 'Augusta National' was fourth at $55,699,587. Georgia assesses at 40% of fair market value, so the 2024 figure implies about $336M of taxable value; that conversion is this research's. The list names the taxpayer, not every parcel. The club's widely reported purchases around Washington Road (e.g. National Hills shopping center) were not checked: the outlets carrying them bar AI agents or block automation, and the assessor's records could not be read. |
Private company | —A |
| Fort Eisenhower (formerly Fort Gordon) Southwest Richmond County (installation extends into neighbouring counties) |
Institutional | United States (Department of the Army) The city's 2024 ACFR names Fort Eisenhower, home of U.S. Army Cyber Command and the Cyber Center of Excellence, as Augusta's largest employer: 29,252 of 268,075 employed (10.91%). It is a U.S. Army installation; the ACFR does not state an acreage or which share lies in Richmond County. Tier B because the ACFR describes the post but does not itself state title; federal ownership of an Army installation is the second, general source. |
Government | —B |
| Georgia Cyber Center (Hull McKnight and Shaffer MacCartney buildings) Nathan Deal Campus for Innovation, Savannah River bank, downtown Augusta 332,000 sq ft (two buildings) |
Institutional | Georgia Technology Authority GTA's page calls it the largest single investment in a cybersecurity facility by a state government, 332,000 sq ft in two buildings; the Hull McKnight Building opened 10 Jul 2018. Federal Times (Feb 2017) reported the USG Board of Regents voted to turn the nearly 17-acre site over to the Georgia Technology Authority, which built it, with Augusta University to run the center by agreement with GTA. Tier B: the conveyance is from the press report and no deed was read; any later transfer to Augusta University was not found. The city built the 575-space deck. |
Government | —B |
| Wellstar MCG Health / Augusta University Medical Center Medical District, Augusta |
Institutional | Not established the register is open, but this building was not matched In March 2023 the boards of Wellstar and Augusta University Health System and the USG Board of Regents approved agreements making the system 'Wellstar MCG Health', with Wellstar committing nearly $800M over 10 years, over $200M of it at the 600+-bed Augusta University Medical Center. The release does not say whether the hospital land and buildings stay with the State (Board of Regents) and are leased, or pass to Wellstar. Without the agreements or a deed, title is not established. The 2024 ACFR lists Wellstar MCG Health Medical Center as the fourth-largest employer (5,341). |
Not established | —A |
| Piedmont Augusta (formerly University Hospital) Downtown Augusta |
Institutional | Not established the source would not open The city's 2024 ACFR lists 'Piedmont Augusta (formerly University Hospital)' as the sixth-largest employer (3,000). Which Piedmont entity holds the hospital real estate was not established: piedmont.org refused automated access (HTTP 403) and the assessor's qPublic records could not be read. Piedmont Augusta does not appear among the ten largest property taxpayers, consistent with non-profit exemption, but that is not proof of title. |
Not established | —A |
| Augusta Regional Airport (Bush Field) Southeast Augusta |
Civic | Augusta, Georgia (Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government) The ACFR carries Augusta Regional Airport as one of the Government's seven enterprise funds (with Daniel Field Airport as another), i.e. the airport is the consolidated government's own business-type activity, run by its Augusta Aviation Commission. 2024: expenses $25.8M against $24.5M charges for services and $7.3M capital grants. Capital projects listed include a $7M apron expansion. The ACFR does not give the airport's acreage. |
Government | —A |
| James Brown Arena (Augusta Entertainment Center Complex) and its replacement 601 Seventh St, Augusta |
Civic | Augusta-Richmond County Coliseum Authority The ACFR describes the Augusta Entertainment Center Complex as 'to be owned and operated by the Coliseum Authority' under an intergovernmental agreement with the Government. The Authority (created 1973, seven-member board, majority appointed by the Government) is a component unit. A half-cent C-SPLOST approved 7 Nov 2023 services the $250M bonds; the bond fund held $261.8M at end-2024. Tier B: the ACFR does not say who will hold title to the new arena. |
Government | $250,000,000 2024-06 Not a purchase: Augusta's G/O sales-tax bonds issued Jun 2024 to build a successor arena, renovated Bell Auditorium and exhibition space. B |
| Augusta Mall Augusta, GA 1,075,000 sq ft (incl. anchors; BPR 10-K 2020) |
Retail | BPR-FF JV LLC (Brookfield Property REIT 51%, Brookfield Real Estate Partners F LP) 51% Brookfield Property REIT (46% BPYU share) at 31 Dec 2020 Brookfield Property REIT's FY2020 10-K: Augusta Mall was contributed on 27 Aug 2018 to the BPR-FF JV LLC with Brookfield Real Estate Partners F LP, taking BPR from 100% to 51%, at $251.8M asset value with $170.0M debt; 94.6% leased; anchors Dillard's, Macy's, JCPenney, Dick's. Its $170M mortgage (4.36%) was due Aug 2023. The 2013-C15 CMBS 10-K for 2025 still lists the Augusta Mall loan (about 9.9% of the pool) with Trimont as primary and CWCapital as special servicer; it gives no loan status. Tier B: ownership after 2020 is not confirmed. |
REIT | —B |
| Augusta paperboard mill (former International Paper / Graphic Packaging) Augusta, Georgia |
Industrial | Clearwater Paper Corporation Clearwater Paper's FY2025 10-K: in May 2024 it bought the Augusta paperboard facility and associated business from Graphic Packaging International, LLC; Item 2 lists Augusta at 600,000 tons among its 'currently owned' production capacities. The mill's operations were briefly suspended by Hurricane Helene in Q4 2024, and Clearwater is a defendant in Savannah's PFAS suit over the facility. The 2024 ACFR still lists 'Graphic Packaging International Llc' as the third-largest taxpayer ($116.7M assessed), reflecting the pre-sale digest. |
Public company | $700,000,000 2024-05 Plus wood-inventory and other adjustments, about $710.6M (Clearwater 10-K); seller Graphic Packaging International, LLC put total consideration at $711M. A |
| Doctors Hospital of Augusta West Augusta |
Institutional | Doctors Hospital of Augusta, LLC (HCA Healthcare) The 2024 ACFR lists 'Doctors Hospital Of Augusta Llc' as the fifth-largest property taxpayer, $39,742,001 assessed (0.49% of digest; sixth in 2015 at $44.0M). HCA Healthcare's Exhibit 21 lists Doctors Hospital of Augusta, LLC among its subsidiaries. Tier B: the taxpayer (ACFR) and the parent (HCA) come from two sources. Ninth-largest employer (1,837). |
Public company | —B |
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The core land
The most valuable ground in the city, and what the public record says about it.
No parcel-level values could be read: the Board of Assessors' qPublic site and its own site are behind Cloudflare, and the city's open parcel layer has no owners or values. The figures are therefore the county-wide digest and the principal-taxpayer table from the consolidated government's audited 2024 ACFR (source: the Tax Commissioner). Georgia assesses property at 40% of fair market value. Note that the ACFR's principal-taxpayer table prints a 'Total Gross Digest Assessment' of $3.65B that does not match its own percentages or its digest table ($9.13B); the percentages fit the larger figure.
Largest property taxpayer$193,196,989 assessed
Georgia Power Company, 2.38% of the gross digest (2024; $90.3M in 2015). Utility plant and lines, not one parcel. ACFR FY2024, p.228.
Largest non-utility holding$134,603,440 assessed
Augusta National Inc, 1.66% of digest, about $336M at the 40% ratio (this research's conversion). ACFR FY2024, p.228.
Ten largest taxpayers$681,681,784 assessed (8.41%)
Georgia Power, Augusta National, Graphic Packaging, PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer, Doctors Hospital of Augusta, Union Agener, Berckman Residential Properties, Solvay Specialty Products USA, Parc at Flowing Wells GA Owner, Comcast. In 2015: $501.3M, 9.38%. ACFR FY2024.
Total assessed value, 2024$9.13 billion
Real and personal $8.83B, utilities $244M, motor vehicles and mobile homes $59M; net of exemptions $8.11B; estimated actual taxable value $22.83B (2015: $13.69B). ACFR FY2024, p.226.
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Who owns the town
At this scale the significant owner is rarely a trust or a fund: it is one or two local holding companies, a family in its second or third generation, and often the land around the town rather than the buildings in it.
The largest holders in Augusta are public: the consolidated government (airports, landfill, parks, utilities), the Board of Education, the State and its authorities (Augusta University, the Georgia Technology Authority's Cyber Center) and the United States at Fort Eisenhower. Among private owners, the property-tax table puts a utility, a golf club and three industrial plants at the top. The figures below are of different kinds: land at historical cost from audited statements, assessed value from the taxpayer table, or mapped track. No acreage could be counted because the owner roll could not be read.
| Name | Type | Holdings |
|---|---|---|
| Augusta, Georgia (Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government) Plus $33.1M land and site improvements, $111.0M buildings, $273.3M building improvements and $470.8M infrastructure (governmental). Business-type land covers Augusta Regional Airport, Daniel Field, the landfill and water/sewer. Component units include the Augusta Canal Authority (created 1989) and the Coliseum Authority. Historical cost, not market value. |
Government | Land at cost $48.7M ($28.0M governmental + $20.7M business-type), 31 Dec 2024A |
| Richmond County Board of Education Audited FY2024 statements: land, works of art and $101.8M construction in progress not depreciated; buildings and improvements $902,589,712 at cost. Fifth-largest employer (4,398). |
Government | Land at cost $18,554,963; buildings $902.6M (30 Jun 2024)A |
| Georgia Power Company 2.38% of the county digest, up from $90.3M in 2015. Utility plant and lines rather than a land holding in the usual sense. A Southern Company subsidiary. |
Public company | $193,196,989 assessed (2024, largest taxpayer)A |
| Augusta National, Inc. Up from $55.7M (4th) in 2015. The ACFR names the taxpayer only. A reported Washington Road buying programme through affiliates could not be checked against any source opened. |
Private company | $134,603,440 assessed (2024, 2nd-largest taxpayer)A |
| PCS Nitrogen Fertilizer Fertilizer plant; second-largest taxpayer in 2015 ($86.8M). The ACFR does not name a parent. |
Public company | $68,052,009 assessed (2024, 4th-largest taxpayer)A |
| Clearwater Paper Corporation (former Graphic Packaging mill) The 2024 digest still shows Graphic Packaging International LLC as third-largest taxpayer ($116.7M assessed). |
Public company | 600,000-ton paperboard mill, bought May 2024 for $700MA |
| United States (Department of the Army) Largest employer; acreage in Richmond County not stated in any source opened. |
Government | Fort Eisenhower; 29,252 workforce (2024)B |
| CSX Transportation City GIS rail layer, OWNER field; lengths summed by this research and include sidings and parallel tracks, so they are track-miles, not route-miles. Right-of-way acreage is not given. |
Public company | 89 mi of mapped track (524 segments)A |
| Norfolk Southern Railway Same layer and method as CSX. A further 10 mi is marked 'ABANDONED'. |
Public company | 70 mi of mapped track (368 segments)A |
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Who builds the houses
New-home building in this market: the volume, and the firms behind it. Ownership of a builder matters as much as its volume — a private-equity platform and a family firm behave differently.
Richmond County is a single-family market and a slow one: 534 new homes were permitted in 2025 and 558 in 2024, every one single-family (Census). Neighbouring Columbia County, outside the consolidated city, permitted 1,141 single-family homes in 2025, so most of the metro's new-home building happens across the county line. The city's GIS records new subdivision lots: 636 lots in five sections approved in 2025, 244 in 2024, 666 in 2023. No builder league table exists and the assessor's roll could not be read, so no builder can be given a count of Augusta parcels or homes; the builders below are those whose own SEC filings name Augusta as a market.
| Name | Type | Augusta in own filing |
|---|---|---|
| D.R. Horton, Inc. The 10-K's market list for Georgia names Atlanta, Augusta, Central Georgia, Savannah/Brunswick and Valdosta. It does not give Augusta closings or lots, and 'Augusta' is the metro, not only Richmond County. |
Public company | Augusta listed as a homebuilding market (FY2025)A |
| United Homes Group, Inc. South Carolina-based builder; its 10-K says it operates in the Midlands, Upstate and Coastal regions of South Carolina 'as well as Augusta, Georgia, and Raleigh, North Carolina'. No Augusta unit count is given. |
Public company | Augusta, Georgia one of five market regions (2025)A |
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Commercial landlords
The commercial side, counted separately from housing: who holds the office, retail and industrial floor area.
Augusta has no office-tower landlord class. Its biggest commercial holdings are a regional mall held in a Brookfield joint venture and large apartment complexes held through single-asset LLCs that appear among the ten largest taxpayers. National REITs own only small, scattered assets here. Figures are as each source states them; taxpayer amounts are 2024 assessed values (40% of market).
| Name | Type | Augusta holding |
|---|---|---|
| BPR-FF JV LLC (Brookfield Property REIT / Brookfield Real Estate Partners F LP) Brookfield Property REIT held 51% after contributing the mall to the joint venture on 27 Aug 2018 at a $251.8M asset value. Ownership after 2020 is not confirmed (BPR stopped filing). The mall's $170M CMBS loan, due Aug 2023, is still listed in the 2013-C15 trust's 2025 10-K. |
REIT | Augusta Mall, 1,075,000 sq ft (31 Dec 2020)B |
| Berckman Residential Properties LLC Named only as a taxpayer in the ACFR; the ACFR does not say what it holds or who stands behind it, and the roll could not be read to tell. Not in the 2015 top ten. |
Private company | $29,842,456 assessed (2024, 7th-largest taxpayer)A |
| Parc at Flowing Wells GA Owner LLC Named only as a taxpayer in the ACFR. What it holds and who its members are is not stated in any source opened; the roll could not be read. |
Private company | $22,538,000 assessed (2024, 9th-largest taxpayer)A |
| Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust (BREIT) Schedule III, FY2025: Augusta, GA retail acquired 2022 with a $15.0M encumbrance; rental housing acquired 2021-22. 'Augusta, GA' is the postal city and may include sites outside Richmond County. |
REIT | 1 retail property ($11.9M gross) + 4 rental-housing properties ($1.1M)A |
| Getty Realty Corp. Properties with an Augusta, GA address acquired 2017-2025 (Schedule III, FY2025). |
REIT | 5 properties, $7.28M grossA |
| Industrial Logistics Properties Trust Disposition table, FY2025 10-K; a $229K gain. Recorded to show that national industrial REITs are leaving rather than entering. |
REIT | Sold its one Augusta property (30,184 sq ft) for $1.65M, Nov 2025A |
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Looked for and not found
Claims this page would have made if a source could be opened. They are left out rather than guessed.
- Parcel-level owners and values for any Augusta property: the Board of Assessors' qPublic search and augustarichmondtaxassessor.com are both behind Cloudflare challenges, and qPublic's terms could not be read. gismap.augustaga.gov did not answer.
- Augusta National's land purchases around Washington Road (e.g. National Hills shopping center, reported at $26M) and the affiliate entities it buys through: the outlets carrying them (golf.com, golfdigest.com, Augusta Chronicle syndication) either bar AI agents in robots.txt or refused automation, and no deed or roll entry was opened. Whether 'Berckman Residential Properties LLC' (7th-largest taxpayer) is connected to the club was not established and is not implied.
- Title to Augusta University Medical Center under the 2023 Wellstar MCG Health agreements (lease vs. transfer); the agreements were not published with the release.
- Which Piedmont Healthcare entity holds Piedmont Augusta's real estate.
- Title to the new James Brown Arena (Government vs. Coliseum Authority) and its construction status in 2026.
- Textron Specialized Vehicles (E-Z-GO) plant: Textron's 10-K does not name Augusta in EDGAR full-text search, so neither ownership nor lease could be established.
- Augusta Mall's owner after 2020 and the status of its $170M loan that matured Aug 2023; the CMBS 10-K names servicers only.
- Augusta Housing Authority holdings, Augusta Canal Authority land, and Augusta University's campus acreage: no audited statement or roll for them was opened (augustapha.org did not answer).
- SRP Park (North Augusta, SC) and the Savannah River Site (DOE, SC) are across the state line and outside this record.
- Builder parcel counts: impossible without the assessor's roll; only builders naming Augusta in their own filings are listed.
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Sources
- Annual Comprehensive Financial Report, year ended 31 Dec 2024 (Principal Property Taxpayers 2024 and 2015, p.228; Principal Employers, p.236; component units; G/O C-SPLOST arena bonds; airport enterprise fund) — Augusta, Georgia (Augusta-Richmond County consolidated government), Finance Department · openA
- Open Data - Parcels (FeatureServer layer 4): 84,936 parcels with PIN, site address and city/zip only, no owner or value fields; queried 14 Oct 2026 — Augusta, GA GIS (ArcGIS Online, owner AugustaGAgis) · openA
- GIS Disclaimer ('It is strictly forbidden to sell or reproduce these maps or data for any reason without the written consent of the Augusta-Richmond County Commission') — Augusta, GA GIS · openA
- Fee and Billing Changes, effective 1 July 2025 (Regular account $14.95/month; Premium $29.95/month; certified searches $15.00 each) — Georgia Superior Court Clerks' Cooperative Authority (GSCCCA) · openA
- Premium Search ('$29.95 monthly per user for unlimited use ... $0.50 for each page printed'; PT-61 address, daily and map searches) — GSCCCA · openA
- Terms of Use ('unauthorized use of any robot, spider or other automated device on the site, will be investigated and appropriate legal action will be taken') — GSCCCA · openA
- Real Estate Transfer Tax ('$1 for the first $1,000 ... 10 cents for each additional $100'; Form PT-61; O.C.G.A. 48-6-1 to 48-6-10) — Georgia Department of Revenue · openA
- Tax Assessor (Richmond County Board of Assessors: eight-member board; links to augustarichmondtaxassessor.com online services) — Augusta, GA · openA
- WFRBS Commercial Mortgage Trust 2013-C15, Form 10-K for 2025 (Augusta Mall Mortgage Loan ~9.9% of pool; primary servicer Trimont LLC from 1 Mar 2025; special servicer CWCapital Asset Management LLC) — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- Brookfield Property REIT Inc. Form 10-K for 2020 (Augusta Mall: 46% BPYU share, 1,075k sq ft, 94.6% leased; contributed 27 Aug 2018 to BPR-FF JV LLC with Brookfield Real Estate Partners F LP, 100% to 51%, asset value $251.8M, debt $170.0M; mortgage 4.36% due Aug 2023) — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- Clearwater Paper Corporation Form 10-K for 2025 (May 2024 purchase of the Augusta, Georgia paperboard facility from Graphic Packaging International, LLC: $700M plus adjustments, ~$710.6M; Item 2 'currently owned' capacity Augusta 600,000 tons) — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- Graphic Packaging Holding Co. Form 10-K for 2025 ('In May 2024, the Company completed the sale of its Augusta, Georgia bleached paperboard manufacturing facility ... to Clearwater Paper Corporation for a total consideration of $711 million') — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- HCA Healthcare, Inc. Form 10-K for 2025, Exhibit 21 (subsidiaries incl. 'Doctors Hospital of Augusta, LLC') — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- Georgia Cyber Center (332,000 sq ft in two buildings on the Nathan Deal Campus for Innovation; Hull McKnight Building opened 10 Jul 2018; partners incl. Augusta University, GTA) — Georgia Technology Authority · openA
- '$50M cyber center to open in Georgia' (21 Feb 2017: Board of Regents voted to turn the nearly 17 acres over to the Georgia Technology Authority; Augusta University to run the center by agreement with GTA) — Federal Times · openA
- Wellstar Health System and Augusta University Health System reach agreement for statewide health care partnership (agreements approved by both boards and the USG Board of Regents; Wellstar MCG Health; nearly $800M over 10 years, >$200M to AU Medical Center, 600+ beds) — Augusta University (Jagwire) · openA
- Georgia Cyber Innovation & Training Center (city page: state commitment ~$60M, 160,000+ sq ft first phase; city-built 575-space parking deck) — Augusta, GA · openA
- Richmond County Board of Education, audited financial statements for the year ended 30 Jun 2024 (capital assets: land $18,554,963; buildings and improvements $902,589,712 at cost; construction in progress $101,838,279) — Richmond County Board of Education · openA
- Open Data - Railroads (FeatureServer layer 7): rail lines with OWNER (CSX 524 segments, Norfolk Southern 368, Abandoned 22); lengths summed by this research, queried 14 Oct 2026 — Augusta, GA GIS · openA
- Open Data - Subdivisions (FeatureServer layer 3): 1,058 recorded subdivision sections with year approved and number of lots; summed by year by this research, queried 14 Oct 2026 — Augusta, GA GIS · openA
- Building Permits Survey, annual county file 2025 (Richmond County GA: 534 units, all single-family, $95.9M; Columbia County GA: 1,141 single-family plus 72 in 2+-unit buildings) — U.S. Census Bureau · openA
- Building Permits Survey, annual county file 2024 (Richmond County GA: 558 units, all single-family, $108.3M) — U.S. Census Bureau · openA
- D.R. Horton, Inc. Form 10-K for FY ended 30 Sep 2025 (homebuilding markets list, Georgia: Atlanta, Augusta, Central Georgia, Savannah/Brunswick, Valdosta) — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- United Homes Group, Inc. Form 10-K for 2025 ('operates in three major market regions in South Carolina ... as well as Augusta, Georgia, and Raleigh') — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc. Form 10-K for 2025, Schedule III (Augusta, GA: 4 rental-housing properties, gross $1.08M; 1 retail property acquired 2022, gross $11.9M, encumbrance $15.0M) — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- Getty Realty Corp. Form 10-K for 2025, Schedule III (five Augusta, GA properties acquired 2017-2025, gross $7.28M) — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA
- Industrial Logistics Properties Trust Form 10-K for 2025 (Nov 2025 sale of one Augusta, GA property, 30,184 sq ft, $1.65M) — U.S. SEC EDGAR · openA