OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — Sentinel Real Estate Corp. has acquired Lexington Farms Apartments in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park. The 404-unit, garden-style apartment complex was originally constructed in 1997. Units average 972 square feet. Two-thirds of the units were recently updated, and Sentinel intends to renovate the remaining units. Amenities include a lounge area, coffee bar, two pools, tennis court, fitness center, dog park and barbecue area. The seller and sales price were not provided.
CINCINNATI — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of a 93,000-square-foot industrial facility occupied by Frisch’s Commissary Kitchen in Cincinnati for $10.3 million. Located at 3011 Stanton Ave., the property also includes an onsite research and development department that is utilized for the restaurant chain’s brand innovation. There are more than 13 years remaining on the triple net lease. Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the seller, a Southeast-based family partnership. Jeff Bracco of The Kase Group represented the buyer, a partnership based in the San Francisco Bay area. Frisch’s operates more than 177 restaurants.
PLANO, WAUKEGAN AND NEW LENOX, ILL. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sales of three retail properties in suburban Chicago for roughly $10 million. In the first transaction, Lakewood Springs Commons in Plano sold for $3 million. The 26,300-square-foot center was built in 2007. Dylan Mallory, Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley, in association with ParaSell Inc., represented the seller, a private investment group based in Chicago. Greg Cline of The Cline Co. represented the buyer, a New Jersey-based private investor. Cedar Center in New Lenox sold for $3.4 million. The 22,370-square-foot property was built in 2007. The Hanley team represented the seller, a Chicago-based private investment group. David Cendejas of SVN Vanuard represented the buyer, a Los Angeles-based private investor. In the final transaction, Bay Ridge Court in Waukegan sold for $3.6 million. Built in 1991 and remodeled in 2020, the property spans 27,687 square feet. Lefko and Asher represented the seller, Fortune Bank. Douglas Cole of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a Los Angeles-based private investor.
PLEASANT HILLS, PA. — Colliers has negotiated the $14 million sale of a 33,172-square-foot medical office building in Pleasant Hills, a southern suburb of Pittsburgh. Gregg Broujos and Kim Kretowicz of Colliers represented the undisclosed seller and the buyer, Tampa-based Sila Realty Trust, in the transaction. At the time of sale, the building was fully leased to tenants such as Jefferson Hospital / Allegheny Health Network, Kids Plus Pediatrics, Miracle Dental Associates and Vision Care Associates-Eye Care Specialties of Pennsylvania.
SKOKIE, ILL. — Newcastle Properties has acquired the 14,856-square-foot Boardwalk Plaza retail center in Skokie. Located at the intersection of Dempster Street and Keeler Avenue across from the Evanston Country Club, the property is home to Starbucks, SAS Comfort Shoes, Devonshire Montessori School and Albert Memi Salon. The seller and sales price were not provided. Newcastle owns and operates 82 properties in 23 states with a focus on the retail, multifamily, hospitality and office sectors.
NEW YORK CITY — Avanath Capital Management, a private real estate investment management firm, has purchased two multifamily communities in Brooklyn. The Irvine, Calif.-based company purchased the two properties, which total 601 apartments and 42,643 square feet of ground-floor retail space, for $315 million. The properties also include 82,681 square feet of parking. The seller was not disclosed, but multiple outlets report the seller as Greenland USA, a residential and commercial real estate developer based in China. Located at 38 6th Ave. and 535 Carlton Ave., the two communities are situated adjacent to Barclays Center, the home arena of the Brooklyn Nets NBA franchise. A little over one-third of the units are reserved for residents with incomes between 40 percent and 100 percent of area median income (AMI). The buildings were constructed in 2017 as part of the ongoing Pacific Park New York Development initiative, which Avanath Capital says is Brooklyn’s largest development project to date. In addition to the two multifamily properties, at full completion the site will host eight acres of public open space, a new public middle school, 13 other residential buildings and more than 7.3 million square feet of residential, commercial and retail space. Amenities at …
HOUSTON — New York City-based investment firm Gaia Real Estate has sold The Copperfield Portfolio, a collection of five multifamily properties in northwest Houston totaling 1,376 units. Gaia acquired the properties in 2015 and implemented a value-add program. Renovations included upgrades of amenity spaces such as pools, clubhouses, fitness centers, children’s play areas and laundry centers, as well as new flooring, cabinets, appliances and countertops to the interiors of select units. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Gaia has now sold 50 multifamily properties in Sun Belt markets for more than $1.5 billion.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 48,000-square-foot industrial facility in northeastern Houston suburb of Humble. The property comprises four buildings on a 3.3-acre site. Tom Condon Jr. of Colliers represented the seller, R.B. Machine Works, in the transaction. Patrick Swint of Knightsbridge Ventures represented the buyer, an entity doing business as 2407 Wilson LLC.
BROOKHAVEN, N.Y. — CBRE has brokered the $28.5 million sale of 5000 Corporate Court, a 264,482-square-foot office building in Brookhaven, located on Long Island. Tenants include the Internal Revenue Service and U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Service. Jeffrey Dunne, Steven Bardsley, Jeremy Neuer, Stuart MacKenzie, Travis Langer and Philip Heilpern of CBRE represented the seller, Office Properties Income Trust, in the transaction. CBRE also procured the buyer, Northpath Investments.
OVERLAND PARK, KAN. — JVM Realty Corp. has acquired The Vue, a 219-unit luxury apartment complex in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park. Hunt Midwest sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Units at The Vue, located at 7201 W. 80th St., average 936 square feet. Completed in 2018, the six-story property includes 7,300 square feet of ground-floor retail space that is leased to tenants such as Parisi Coffee and Evolve Juicery & Kitchen. Amenities include a sundeck, fitness center, clubhouse, outdoor lounge and pet spa.