HOUSTON — Capstone has arranged the sale of two manufactured housing properties totaling 322 sites in the Houston area. Anderson Oaks is a 177-site community on the city’s south side, and Chase Village is a 145-site property in the eastern suburb of Baytown. The properties had a combined occupancy rate of 97.5 percent at the time of sale. Ian Hilpl, Kevan Enger, Brian Hummell and Hunter LaRocca of Capstone represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.
GEORGETOWN, TEXAS — Dallas-based brokerage firm Disney Investment Group (DIG) has negotiated the sale of Republic Square, a 113,772-square-foot shopping center located in the northern Austin suburb of Georgetown. At the time of sale, the center was roughly 93 percent leased to a roster of 31 tenants that includes Dollar Tree, Harbor Freight, Starbucks, Chipotle Mexican Grill and Pizza Hut. David Disney and Adam Crockett of DIG represented the seller, Dallas-based LRIC Properties, in the transaction and procured a California-based private partnership as the buyer.
MINNETONKA, MINN. — The Abbott Laboratories life sciences campus in Minnetonka has traded hands for $53 million. The four-building campus totals 280,289 square feet and contains lab, manufacturing, office and warehouse space. Across the buildings there are 26 dock doors, seven drive-in doors and 640 parking spaces. Colin Ryan, David Berglund and Erin Fitzgerald of JLL and Judd Welliver and Bentley Smith of CBRE co-marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a joint venture between Eagle Ridge Partners and Syndicated Equities. Virtus Real Estate Capital was the buyer.
CARMEL, IND. — Gallelli Real Estate’s The Osborne Group has brokered the $29 million sale of a retail property occupied by CarMax Auto Superstore in the Indianapolis suburb of Carmel. The two-building property spans 55,536 square feet and features a main showroom, customer receiving bay, service shop and auto cleaning area. Robb Osborne and Kannon Kuhn of Osborne Group, along with Alex Davenport of Colliers, marketed the property on behalf of the seller, an entity doing business as MAX 22 LLC. Osborne’s team procured the buyer, Realty Income Corp. Used car dealer CarMax operates more than 220 locations across the United States.
PARSIPPANY, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the $82.5 million sale of The Mark Parsippany, a 212-unit apartment complex in Northern new Jersey. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units with an average size of 911 square feet that are furnished with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, kitchen islands and individual washers and dryers. According to Apartments.com, amenities include a pool, fitness center, clubhouse, resident lounge, conference room and a pet washing station. Jose Cruz, Steve Simonelli, Kevin O’Hearn, Michael Oliver and Joseph Lembo of JLL represented the seller, an affiliate of Harbor Group International, in the transaction. The buyer was an affiliate of The DSF Group, an investment firm with offices in Boston and Washington, D.C.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has purchased 800 St. Marys Apartments, a 65-unit multifamily community located at 800 St. Marys St. in downtown Raleigh’s Glenwood South neighborhood. Built in 2020 by Selwyn Property Group and Southeast Apartment Investors, 800 St. Marys is a four-story elevator building with townhomes and attached garages. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom floor plans ranging from 963 to 1,666 square feet, with an average unit size of 1,224 square feet. The community was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Community amenities include an outdoor terrace with a kitchen, fire pit with seating, fitness center, clubhouse equipped with flat screen TVs, wine lockers, complimentary coffee bar, business lounge with private conference center and a controlled-access parking garage. Adam Randall and John Westby-Gibson of Newmark originated an undisclosed amount of Freddie Mac acquisition financing on behalf of CRC, which purchased the asset through its Core Multifamily Fund LP in partnership with Baltimore-based Brown Advisory in an off-market transaction.
NEKOMA, N.D. — Bitzero Blockchain Inc. has agreed to acquire the Stanley R. Mickelsen Safeguard Complex (SRMSC) in Nekoma, a tiny city of fewer than 50 residents approximately 130 miles south of Winnipeg, Canada. The Cavalier County Job Development Authority (CCJDA) is selling the property to Bitzero, which plans to redevelop the asset into a highly secure data center. The project costs, including the acquisition, are estimated at $500 million. Commonly referred to as “The Pyramid,” the SRMSC is a Cold War-era military installation which was built in 1970 to protect the nearby Grand Forks Air Force Base from potential attack from Soviet missiles. The Pyramid became operational in 1975, featured two different kinds of radar systems and data processing equipment, and controlled 30 anti-ballistic missiles that could be launched in case of attack. The main building features three-foot-thick concrete walls. The missile site was abandoned after just eight months in operation, when Congress voted to deactivate it. The missiles and equipment were removed, but the concrete structures remain on the landscape. The CCJDA has owned the site’s tactical area since 2017, but voted unanimously to accept Bitzero’s bid proposal after a presentation from CEO Akbar Shamji. Bitzero’s bid proposal for the site included a …
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Northbrook, Ill.-based Pine Tree, in partnership with a U.S. pension fund, has purchased Delta Shores, a shopping center in Sacramento, for $122.5 million. Completed in 2017, Delta Shores features 414,658 square feet of retail space. Current tenants include Dick’s Sporting Goods, Hobby Lobby, Ross Dress for Less, PetSmart and Ulta Beauty. The shopping center is part of the 800-acre Delta Shores master-planned development located 10 miles south of downtown Sacramento and immediately adjacent to Interstate 5. Eastdil Secured represented Pine Tree in the transaction. The sale represents Pine Tree’s second acquisition in the Sacramento MSA and contributes to the nearly $375 million in acquisitions for the company in the last 12 months.
VISTA, CALIF. — RPG, in partnership with CenterSquare, has completed the sale of 1 Viper. The recently redeveloped and fully leased Class A industrial property is situated on 11.7 acres at 1 Viper Way in Vista. Santa Monica-based BLT Enterprises acquired the asset for $58 million. Aric Starck and Drew Dodds of Cushman & Wakefield represented the sellers in the deal. Following its acquisition of the property in 2021, RPG speculatively redeveloped and improved the 175,367-square-foot asset, which is situated on a 482,644-square-foot site. The property features 20 dock-high doors, 16 grade-level doors and skylights to increase natural light and energy efficiency. At the time of sale, the property was fully leased to Cymer and Gnarlywood.
HOUSTON — JLL has brokered the $145 million sale of 200 Park Place, a 206,943-square-foot office building in Houston’s River Oaks neighborhood. Completed in 2020, the 15-story building features a ninth-floor amenity level with a tenant lounge, conference center and 6,000-square-foot outdoor landscaped terrace. The building also houses an upscale sushi restaurant on the ground floor. Jeff Hollinden, Kevin McConn, Marty Hogan and Rick Goings of JLL represented the seller, Stonelake Capital Partners, a development and investment firm with offices in Texas and Atlanta, in the transaction. At the time of sale, 200 Park Place was fully leased, with JLL and Buckeye Partners serving as the anchor tenants.