HIGHLANDS RANCH, COLO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Highlands Ranch Marketplace, a neighborhood retail center in Highlands Ranch. Sidford Capital acquired the asset for $6.1 million. Located at 9385 S. Colorado Blvd., Highland Ranch Marketplace was fully leased to 10 tenants at the time of sale. Ryan Bowlby and Drew Isaac of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller, a Colorado-based private investor, and procured the buyer in the transaction.
ROCKVILLE, MD. — CBRE has negotiated the $25.5 million sale of Research Square, a two-building office complex located at 1500 and 1550 Research Blvd. in Rockville, a suburb of Washington, D.C. The seller is Westat, an employee-owned research company based in Rockville. Tommy Cleaver, Dan Grimes and Stuart Kenny of CBRE represented Westat in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed. CBRE says that the properties, which were fully vacated at the time of sale, represent a “premier life sciences conversion opportunity” as the Washington-Baltimore Corridor ranked No. 2 in CBRE’s Life Sciences Research Talent 2022 report.
DURHAM, N.C. — Virginia Beach, Va.-based Armada Hoffler Properties has sold two single-tenant retail properties in Durham for a combined $23.9 million. The assets include a 120,000-square-foot store at 1700 N. Pointe Drive that is leased to The Home Depot and a 148,663-square-foot store at 1510 N. Pointe Drive leased to Costco. The adjacent, triple-net-leased stores are situated within two miles of Duke University and downtown Durham. Alex Sharrin, Alex Geanakos and Michael Roberts of JLL represented Armada Hoffler in the transaction. An unnamed investment firm based in New York City purchased both stores.
AUGUSTA, GA. — Berkadia has arranged the $16.8 million sale of Terraces at Summerville, a 120-unit apartment community located at 817 Hickman Road in Augusta. Mark Boyce and Blake Coffey of Berkadia’s Charleston office represented the seller, Nebraska-based Burlington Capital Group, in the transaction. The buyer was Tennessee-based JBT Holdings. Built in 1972, Terraces at Summerville was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. According to Apartments.com, the property features a pool, fitness center, laundry facilities, tennis court, clubhouse and picnic area.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $10.7 million sale of Cherrydale Market, a newly built, 70,635-square-foot shopping center in Greenville. The property houses three tenants: Burlington, Ulta Beauty and Five Below. Zach Taylor of IPA arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, an entity doing business as Cherrydale 245 LLC. The buyer was Agree Realty, a net lease retail REIT based in Bloomfield Hills, Mich. “We procured the equity for the developer to get the property out of the ground and sourced an active REIT willing to commit to a pre-sale during construction,” says Taylor.
SAN ANTONIO — A partnership between private equity firm Cottonwood Group and Dallas-based Texsun Holdings has acquired a 636-unit multifamily portfolio in San Antonio. The two properties that comprise the portfolio, San Mateo Apartments and Heights on Perrin Apartments, are both located on the city’s northwest side. The new ownership plans to implement a $7 million capital improvement program. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON —Florida-based investment firm Stoneweg US has acquired Ashford, a 312-unit apartment community in Houston’s Energy Corridor. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 2017 and features studio, one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 553 to 1,326 square feet. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor grilling and dining stations and a dog park. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Stoneweg US has tapped RPM Living to manage the property and oversee a value-add program.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Greysteel has brokered the sale of Athens Gate, a 233-unit apartment complex in El Paso. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units that range in size from 404 to 746 square feet. According to Apartments.com, amenities include a pool, playground, volleyball court and outdoor grilling stations. Jack Stone of Greysteel represented the seller, a locally based developer, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
DESOTO, TEXAS — JLL has negotiated the sale of Methodist Transitional Care Center, along-term care facility in the southern Dallas suburb of DeSoto. The 100-bed property was built in 2020 and encompasses 66 units. Charles Bissell and Evan Kovac of JLL represented the seller and developer, Madison Marquette, in the transaction. Illinois-based LFI Real Estate purchased the asset for an undisclosed price.
NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between two New York City-based firms, DRA Advisors and KPR Centers, has sold 16 grocery-anchored shopping centers totaling roughly 1.5 million square feet that are located throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic region. The sale occurred in conjunction with the joint venture’s acquisition of 33 grocery-anchored shopping centers throughout the region from Cedar Realty Trust for $879 million. The centers were sold to Baltimore-based Klein Enterprises, Kimco Realty Trust and an affiliate of KPR Centers for undisclosed amounts. Chris Angelone of JLL represented the seller in this transaction. The joint venture intends to hold and manage the remaining centers acquired from Cedar Realty Trust, which currently have a collective occupancy rate of 93 percent.
