HOMESTEAD, FLA. — SRS Real Estate Partners’ National Net Lease Group has brokered the $23.8 million sale of three ground-leased, single-tenant retail properties located in Homestead. The properties are under construction and have been preleased by Target, Raising Cane’s and Murphy Oil. Target will open in late 2022, Raising Cane’s will open this month and Murphy Oil will open in the fall. Patrick Nutt and William Wamble of SRS represented the seller, an entity doing business as Homestead Pavilion LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was an entity doing business as Wells Acquisition LLC. The buildings, which will span 78,436 square feet on 8.6 acres, will serve as outparcels to Homestead Pavilion, a 450,000-square-foot shopping center leased to Kohl’s, Ross Dress for Less, Bed Bath and Beyond and T.J. Maxx.
Acquisitions
LAKELAND, FLA. — Avanti Way Realty has arranged the $7.1 million sale of Shoppes at Lakeland Square Mall, a 44,375-square-foot retail center located at 4000 U.S. Highway 98 in Lakeland. Carrera Family Investments purchased the property in a 1031 exchange from an entity doing business as Lakeland Retail. Maria Gueits of Avanti Way Realty represented the buyer, and Anthony Bernabe and Jordan Characo of Equity Commercial Real Estate Solutions represented the seller in the transaction. Shoppes at Lakeland Square Mall was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ollies Bargain Outlet, All About Puppies, My Salon Suite, Regal Nails Salon & Spa and VidaCann, among others. The two-building property is situated on 4.5 acres adjacent to Lakeland Square Mall, an enclosed shopping mall anchored by Burlington, Dillard’s, JC Penney and Re-Sale America.
VESTAVIA HILLS, ALA. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the $27.2 million sale of Swaid Vestavia Medical Center, a multi-tenant medical facility located at 1021 Montgomery Highway in Vestavia Hills, a southern suburb of Birmingham. The newly built property spans 40,000 square feet and features an ambulatory surgery center and medical office space leased to tenants such as the Surgical Institute of Alabama, Vestavia Diagnostics, Swaid Clinic, Bramlett Orthopedics, Birmingham Vascular Associates, Pain Management Services, Lab First and Champion Physical Therapy. Matthews’ healthcare division sourced the buyer, an institutional healthcare real estate fund based in Dallas. The seller was not disclosed.
Rittenhouse Realty, Triad Negotiate $15M Sale of Student Housing Community Near University of Arkansas
by John Nelson
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Rittenhouse Realty Advisors, a member of GREA, and Triad Real Estate Partners have negotiated the $15 million sale of Champions Club. The newly constructed student housing community comprises 232 beds near the University of Arkansas campus. The property offers 76 two-, three- and four-bedroom units at 1629 S. Razorback Road in Fayetteville. Units are fully furnished and feature bed-to-bath parity. Community amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, barbecue and picnic area, fire pit, dog park, game lounge and a computer lab. The property was acquired by an undisclosed family office buyer in an off-market transaction.
HUMBLE, TEXAS — A partnership between New York-based Sunsail Capital and Dallas-based ZaneCRE has acquired Sarah at Lake Houston, a 350-unit multifamily property located in the northern Houston suburb of Humble. Built in 2020, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, multi-sport simulator, business and conference center, dog park and a biergarten. Zack Springer of Newmark brokered the transaction. Purvesh Gosalia, also with Newmark, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the joint venture.
NEWCASTLE, WASH. — Newport Beach, Calif.-based MIG Real Estate has purchased Cedar Rim Apartments, a multifamily property in the Seattle suburb of Newcastle, for $52.9 million. The name of the seller was not released. Located at 7920 110th Ave. SE, Cedar Rim features 104 two-bedroom apartments with keyless door locks, smart thermostats, stainless steel appliances, in-unit washers/dryers and large windows with views of Lake Washington. Built in 1981, the community 13 four-story buildings on 4.4 acres. The property was renovated between 2006 and 2008 with new roofs and improvements to the common areas and amenity spaces. Additionally, most of the unit interiors were renovated during the same timeframe. MIG plans to paint the exterior, improve the common areas, finish renovations on the classic units and enhance renovated units to the same high-quality scope. Philip Assouad, Giovanni Napoli, Ryan Harmon and Nicholas Ruggiero of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, brokered both sides of the transaction. Bill Chiles, Scott Peterson, Brian Cruz and Colby Matzke of CBRE Capital Markets’ Debt & Structured Finance arranged acquisition financing for the buyer.
TOMBALL, TEXAS — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of Bridgewater Apartments, a 206-unit workforce housing community in the northern Houston suburb of Tomball. Built in phases between 1979 and 1982, Bridgewater Apartments contains one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 670 to 944 square feet. The amenity package comprises a resident kitchen, clubroom, business center, pool, picnic areas with grilling stations, an enclosed pet park and open green spaces. Joey Rippel, Chris Young, Kyle Whitney, Jeffrey Skipworth, Chris Curry and Todd Marix of Berkadia represented the seller, Houston-based Sentinel Capital, in the transaction. Cutt Ableson, also with Berkadia, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, a partnership between Tranquility Capital, Abundance Equity Partners and Rubio Investors.
ELGIN AND ALGONQUIN, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a three-property hotel portfolio in Chicago’s western suburbs for $19.2 million. The assets include a Comfort Suites and a Country Inn and Suites in Elgin, as well as a Holiday Inn Express in Algonquin. The 78-room Comfort Suites was built in 2006, while the 98-room Country Inn and Suites was constructed in 2000. The Holiday Inn Express was built in 2001 and features 86 rooms. Ebrahim Valliani and Michael Klar of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Chicago-based investment group. The duo also secured two separate buyers, a Wisconsin-based investment group and a local investor. All three properties are expected to undergo improvements in the coming months.
AUBURN HILLS, MICH. — Dominion Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the sale of the former Western Michigan University/Thomas M. Cooley Law School campus in Auburn Hills for an undisclosed price. The 132,745-square-foot property is located at 2630 Featherstone Road. Eric Banks, Jim Mitchell, Andrew Boncore and David Depodesta of Dominion brokered the transaction. The buyer, FANUC Robotics, plans to expand the campus and spend $86 million to build a new 655,000-square-foot manufacturing facility. FANUC will utilize the existing building for its administrative, engineering, and research and design departments. The university’s current law school is located at 300 S. Capitol Ave. in Lansing.
WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, OHIO — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has arranged the $13.1 million sale of a 45,422-square-foot office building in Warrensville Heights, an eastern suburb of Cleveland. Constructed as a build-to-suit for advertising agency Marcus Thomas in 2011, the property was renovated in 2021. Daniel Waszak of Quantum represented the buyer, a Miami-based private investor. A metro Cleveland-based developer was the seller.