BROOKLAWN, N.J. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $8.8 million sale of a 1.5-acre retail property in the Southern New Jersey community of Brooklawn. The site houses a 4,950-square-foot structure that was built in 2019 and is leased to convenience store operator Wawa. Britt Raymond, Kyle Fant and Sabrina Kortlandt of SRS represented the seller, a New York-based hotelier, in the transaction. Winston Guest, also with SRS, represented the buyer, a California-based 1031 exchange investor.
RIVERSIDE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of Metro 3610, a value-add apartment community located at 3610 Banbury Drive in Riverside. La Palma, Calif.-based Silver Star Real Estate acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Dean Zander and Stewart Weston of CBRE represented the undisclosed sellers in the deal. Built in 1984 on 15.2 acres, Metro 3610 features 304 apartments; two swimming pools with a spa and wading pool; tennis courts; a resident clubhouse; fitness center; and open green space with picnic areas, grilling stations and a playground. Apartments feature kitchens with a complete appliance package, air conditioning, walk-in closets and washers/dryers in two-bedroom floorplans.
CATHEDRAL CITY, CALIF. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the all-cash sale of a vacant big box retail building in Cathedral City. Andrew Gross and Lee Cordova represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The name of the buyer and acquisition price were not released. Located at 35900 Date Palm Drive, the asset spans 80,000 square feet. The retail space sits on a 262,000-square-foot lot near an Amazon facility, gym and bank.
PHOENIX — ABI Multifamily has arranged the sale of Village 28, a multifamily property located at 4750 N. 28th St. in Phoenix. A Washington-based seller sold the asset to a Washington-based buyer for $9 million, or $361,000 per unit. Built in 1969 and renovated in 2018, Village 28 consists of 25 garden-style, two-bedroom/one-bath units with private patios and in-unit washers/dryers. John Klocek, Patrick Burch, Mitchell Drake, Carson Griesemer and Dallin Hammond of ABI Multifamily represented both parties in the transaction.
CLAWSON, MICH. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Clawson Center in the northern Detroit suburb of Clawson for an undisclosed price. The fully leased shopping center spans 91,266 square feet. Tenants include Staples, Dollar Tree, Billings Lawn Equipment, Burn Fitness, Cosmoprof, H&R Block, Joe’s Army/Navy, Play It Again Sports and Salon Suites. Ben Wineman and Daniel Stern of Mid-America represented the seller, a Dallas-based family office. Kevin Jappaya, David Jappaya and Preston Rabban of KJ Commercial Real Estate Advisors represented the buyer, a metro Detroit-based private investment group.
FAYETTEVILLE, GA. — Quality Technology Services (QTS), a data center owner and operator, has acquired 615 acres in Fayetteville, about 25 miles south of Atlanta. The Overland Park, Kan.-based firm plans to develop the world’s largest multi-data center campus on the site, according to CBRE. The square footage and construction timeline for the campus were not released. Tim Huffman and Mike Lash of CBRE represented the seller, the Fayette County Development Authority, in the deal. The duo also procured QTS, which acquired the assemblage for $153.8 million, or approximately $250,000 per acre. Atlanta’s data center market has seen strong demand as the market recorded a vacancy rate of 3.6 percent as of second-quarter 2022, according to CBRE research. The market is currently home to 249.5 megawatts (MW) of data center capacity, a 71.7-MW increase from the first half of 2021.
ALPHARETTA, GA. — Lincoln Rackhouse, the data center division of Lincoln Property Co., and Principal Real Estate Investors, the real estate investment arm for Principal Global Investors, have partnered to purchase a 185,000-square-foot data center. Originally built and occupied by cell phone giant Blackberry in 2009, the data center sits on a 38-acre site at 4905 N. Point Parkway in Alpharetta, less than two miles from the Avalon mixed-use development and about 25 miles north of Atlanta. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The data center’s current capacity is 7 megawatts (MW) but is expandable up to 13 MW, and the site can accommodate a new ground-up data center that can support 30 MW of capacity. St. Louis-based Ascent will continue to provide facilities management, engineering and construction services to the site. Digital Crossroad and CBRE’s Atlanta-based data center solutions team will provide marketing and leasing services for the new ownership.
WILDWOOD AND LADY LAKE, FLA. — Strategic Storage Growth Trust III Inc. has purchased two self-storage facilities in The Villages, a master-planned community in Central Florida spanning 5,600 acres. California-based Strategic Storage Growth Trust III is a private company that intends to qualify as a REIT sponsored by an affiliate of SmartStop Self Storage REIT. The self-storage assets include a 1,010-unit property at 5688 Florida Highway 44 in Wildwood and a 750-unit facility at 175 Rolling Acres Road in Lady Lake. The 187,400-square-foot portfolio represents the first acquisition for Strategic Storage Growth Trust III since it launched in May 2022. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. — Colliers has arranged the sale of the 135-room Quality Inn Palm Beach International Airport hotel and an adjacent IHOP restaurant in West Palm Beach. Index Investment Group purchased the assets from Cherry Cove Hospitality for $12.5 million. Mark Rubin and Bastian Laggerbauer of Colliers’ South Florida Investment Services team represented the buyer, and Richard Lillis of Colliers’ Hotels USA division represented the seller in the off-market transaction. Index will assume operations of the hotel immediately and continue to operate it under the Quality Inn flag. The hotel and 5,408-square-foot IHOP are located at 1503-1505 Belvedere Road, roughly two miles from both Palm Beach International Airport and downtown West Palm Beach.
BATON ROUGE, LA. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the $7.3 million sale of Acadian Place Apartments, a 120-unit multifamily property located at 855 S. Flannery Road in Baton Rouge. John Solari of Matthews represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. A private investor based in New York purchased the property. Acadian Place is situated within walking distance to Flannery Road Park, an elementary school, Shopper’s Value Food and multiple restaurants. According to Apartments.com, the gated property was built in 1973 and features a pool, laundry facilities, playground, clubhouse and onsite property management.