CHICAGO — Interra Realty has arranged the sale of a pair of adjacent multifamily buildings totaling 42 units in Chicago’s Budlong Woods neighborhood for $6.7 million. All the units feature two bedrooms and one bath. Craig Martin of Interra represented the seller, Chicago-based Realty Resources, and the buyer, Chicago-based The Manderly Group. The new owner plans to upgrade units with new kitchens and baths to bring rents in line with the market.
Acquisitions
MADISON, WIS. — Lee & Associates has brokered the sale of a 30,000-square-foot industrial building in Madison for $2.7 million. The property is located at 5601 Manufacturers Drive. Blake George of Lee & Associates represented the seller, an entity doing business as Pony Express LLC. The buyer was IA Manufacturers LLC.
HOUSTON — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Creekside Villas at Clear Lake, a 202-unit workforce housing community in Houston. The property was built in 1979 and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Amenities include a lounge with a coffee bar, a resident kitchen, pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling areas and onsite laundry facilities. Joey Rippel, Chris Young, Kyle Whitney, Jeffrey Skipworth, Chris Curry and Todd Marix of Berkadia represented the seller, metro Dallas-based ClearWorth Capital, in the transaction. Cutt Ableson, also with Berkadia, arranged acquisition financing through New York City-based Ready Capital on behalf of the buyer, partnership between Utah-based Trinnium Equity Group and Dallas-based Starboard Equity.
HOUSTON — Fort Worth-based investment firm Fort Capital has acquired Champions Commerce Park, a development in North Houston that consists of 16 light industrial and self-storage buildings totaling 161,753 square feet. The Class B portfolio had a total occupancy rate of 91 percent at the time of sale. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
METUCHEN, N.J. — Locally based investment firm Seagis Property Group has purchased a 158,641-square-foot industrial facility located in the Northern New Jersey community of Metuchen. The front-load building features a clear height of 21 feet, 20 tailgate doors, two drive-in ramps and parking for 25 trailers. The seller was New Jersey-based trucking company P&V Warehouse Distribution. Steve Bussel of Bussel Realty Corp. represented both parties in the transaction. Seagis plans to implement a multimillion-dollar value-add program.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — California-based Temco Logistics has signed a 57,076-square-foot industrial lease in the Northern New Jersey community of East Rutherford. The space features a clear height of 24 feet, two drive-in ramps and 4,700 square feet of office space. Scott Perkins, Chris Todd and William Ericksen of NAI James E. Hanson represented the tenant in the lease negotiations. Monte Radfar and Eric Lewin of Team Resources represented the landlord, Safer Development & Management.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $7.3 million sale of the Burlews Industrial Portfolio, a collection of seven industrial buildings totaling 44,500 square feet in Hackensack. Andrew Schwartz, Jordan Sobel and André Balthazard of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Brentwood Realty, and procured the buyer, private investor Dave Goldberg, in the transaction. The portfolio was fully leased to 11 tenants at the time of sale.
MIAMI — A joint venture between CP Group and DRA Advisors has purchased Miami Tower, a 47-story office tower located at 100 SE Second St. in downtown Miami. The seller is USPO Miami LLC, an entity established by Sumitomo Corp. of America, which purchased Miami Tower in 2016. The sales price was not disclosed, but South Florida Business Journal reports the tower traded for $163.5 million, a significant decrease from the $220 million price tag Sumitomo paid six years ago. Built in 1987 as offices for CenTrust Bank, Miami Tower spans 636,000 square feet and features a tiered glass façade and an exterior LED lighting system. The property features 37 floors of offices, 10 levels of parking, street-level retail space, an onsite Miami Metromover station, sky terrace and a 13,100-square-foot event lobby on the 11th floor. The new ownership plans to make significant capital improvements at Miami Tower, which was 67 percent leased at the time of sale. Transwestern, which handled leasing at Miami Tower under the previous owner, recently executed leases with firms including AST & Science, World Wide Express, LKLSG, ABKD Group, Best Buddies, AWE Medical Group and Pardo Jackson Gainsburg PL totaling more than 40,000 square feet. …
PHOENIX — Phoenix-based George Oliver has purchased Biltmore Commerce Center, a landmark office building in Phoenix’s Camelback Corridor. A joint venture between Lincoln Property Co. and Oaktree Capital Management sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Located at 3200 E. Camelback Road, the 260,878-square-foot Biltmore Commerce Center features a three-story central atrium, large floorplates, multiple common areas and outdoor amenity spaces, conference facilities and a bronze-colored metal building exterior. George Oliver will deploy more than $52 million in capital improvements at the three-story building. George Oliver Design leads the architectural team. Ryan Timpani of JLL wills serve as the project’s leasing broker, while Arcadia Management Group will serve as the onsite property manager. Ben Geelan and Will Mast of JLL represented the sellers in the deal.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — LDK Ventures has completed the disposition of a warehouse building in Sacramento to Belvedere Logistics CA Property Owners for $42.8 million. Located at 8301 Belvedere Ave., the property features 340,000 square feet of industrial space. LDK Ventures originally acquired the asset in 2015 from a family trust. After purchase, LDK renewed both existing tenant leases and made building and site improvements, which included expansion of the interior, infill of existing rail tracks to create more usable floor space, and asphalt improvements to the site and parking areas. Rebecca Perlmutter, Darla Longo, Barbara Perrier, Brett Hartzell, Joe Cesta, Eric Cox, Michael Longo, Paige Morgan, Michael Luca and Ryan DeAngelis of CBRE represented LDK Ventures in the transaction.