PHOENIX, ARIZ. — CREC Real Estate and Rincon Capital Partners have purchased Ascent 1829 Apartments, a multifamily community located in North Phoenix. Terms of the transaction were not released. The owners plan to invest up to $4.2 million to renovate the common areas and upgrade interiors and appliances to bring the property on par with nearby recently repositioned residential communities. Built in 1980 on six acres at 1829 E. Morten Ave., Ascent 1829 Apartments features 180 Class B apartments.
Acquisitions
STOCKTON, CALIF. — Colliers has arranged the sale of Hammer Lane Self Storage, a self-storage property located at 6220 Sampson Road in Stockton. Northwest Building LLC acquired the asset from Hammer Lane LLC for $25 million, or $227 per rentable square foot and $39,960 per unit. The property features 109,800 square feet in 526 fixed storage units and an additional 49,064 square feet of parking in 99 units. Tom de Jong and Dana Chobor of Colliers’ Self Storage Group represented the buyer and seller in the transaction.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $1.7M Sale of Mobil-Occupied Gas Station Property in Blythe, California
by Amy Works
BLYTHE, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a retail property located at 1900 E. Hobsonway in Blythe. A private investor sold the asset to an individual/personal trust for $1.7 million. A Mobil gas station and convenience store occupies the 2,816-square-foot retail property. Bruce Haulley of Marcus & Millichap’s Palm Springs office represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
SEATTLE — BioMed Realty, a San Diego-based owner-operator of healthcare real estate and a Blackstone portfolio company, has acquired a life sciences development site in Seattle. The sales price was $127 million, according to The Puget Sound Business Journal. BioMed plans to develop 616,000 square feet of life sciences space at the site, which is known as Denny Park South and comprises two adjacent parcels totaling 1.6 acres in South Lake Union/Denny Triangle neighborhood. The location is also near a variety of healthcare facilities and research institutions, notes Jon Bergschneider, president of West Coast markets at BioMed Realty. “The South Lake Union/Denny Triangle cluster is flush with renowned research institutes like the University of Washington School of Medicine, Gates Foundation, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the Allen Institute, as well as large tech users such as Amazon, Meta and Apple,” he says. Following this development, BioMed’s life sciences portfolio in Seattle, which includes the recently completed flagship Dexter Yard project in South Lake Union, will total approximately 1.8 million square feet. A tentative construction timeline for the Denny Park South project was not disclosed. The acquisition of Denny Park South follows BioMed’s purchase of T6 Innovation Center, located at …
MIAMI — Norfolk, Va.-based Harbor Group International has acquired 275 FontaineParc, a 133-unit, Class A multifamily property in Miami. The sales price was $50 million, or about $379,939 per unit. The seller was not disclosed. Built in 2020, 275 FontaineParc offers one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Unit features include walk-in closets, private balconies, stainless steel appliances and quartz countertops. Community amenities include a pool, fitness center, private bike storage, onsite maintenance and covered parking. The property was fully occupied at the time of sale. Located at 275 Fontainebleau Blvd., the property is situated 11.7 miles from downtown Miami and 7.4 miles from Miami International Airport.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $22 million sale of Hoffner Commerce Center, a 93,749-square-foot property in Orlando. Salim Valiani and Andrew Jaworski of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an entity doing business as Hoffner Center LLC, and procured the buyer, Avanti Way Capital, in the transaction. Hoffner Commerce Center is a 53-suite building that was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale by tenants including Herbalife, Labcorp and State Farm Auto Insurance. The property includes ground-floor retail, as well as office and medical office space. The excess land is zoned for industrial. Located at 5449 S. Semoran Blvd., the property is situated 8.2 miles from downtown Orlando and 4.3 miles from Orlando International Airport.
CLERMONT, FLA. — Baltimore-based Continental Realty Corp. (CRC) has sold Glenbrook Commons, a 64,707-square-foot, fitness-anchored shopping center in Clermont. Brad Peterson, Whitaker Leonhardt and Tommy Isola of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. Winter Park, Fla.-based CrossMarc Services acquired the property for $9.4 million. Originally constructed in 2009, Glenbrook Commons was 98.4 percent leased at the time of sale. Fitness CF anchors the center, which is also home to US Taekwondo, China Gourmet, Gametime Barber Shop, The Cat Garden, Clermont Family Dentistry and Suncoast Premier Medical. There were three additional undeveloped pads included in the transaction that can be developed for future retail uses. Located at 1714 US Highway 27 on a 15.6-acre site, the property is situated 34.3 miles from Orlando and 10 miles from Walt Disney World Resort.
MIDLOTHIAN, VA. — Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer has arranged the sale of 11251 Hull Street Road, a 6,400-square-foot freestanding retail building in Midlothian. James Ashby IV of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer represented the buyer, MB Ventures LLC. An entity doing business as KLS Hilltop LLC sold the property for $2.1 million. The property is fully leased by Safelite AutoGlass, a Columbus, Ohio-based provider of vehicle glass repair, replacement and calibration services. Safelite has more than 850 locations nationwide. Located at 11241 Hull St. Road, the property is situated 15.2 miles from downtown Richmond and 21.1 miles from Richmond International Airport.
HOUSTON — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the portfolio sale of four memory care communities totaling 152 units in the Houston area. The portfolio comprises Addington Place of The Woodlands, Addington Place of Cy-Fair, Addington Place of Meyerland and Addington Place of Clear Lake. The communities originally opened between 2010 and 2012. Cushman & Wakefield’s Rick Swartz, Jay Wagner, Aaron Rosenzweig, Jim Dooley and Chris Remeika represented the seller, New York-based Healthcare Trust Inc., in the transaction. McFarlin Group, a Dallas-based private equity firm, acquired the portfolio in an all-cash deal.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — JLL has brokered the sale of ArborView, a 151-unit age-restricted multifamily community in Austin. The property, which opened last year, is located within the Circle C master-planned community on the city’s southwest side. Units at ArborView feature granite countertops and tile backsplashes, and amenities include a pool, indoor and outdoor lounge areas, a fitness center, demonstration kitchen, hair salon and putting greens. Charles Bissell led a JLL team that represented the seller, Cadence Multifamily, in the transaction. Texas-based developer Sparrow Partners purchased ArborView for an undisclosed price.