SHREWSBURY, MO. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.4 million sale of a 20,000-square-foot property net leased to Planet Fitness in Shrewsbury, a western suburb of St. Louis. The building is located at 7521 Watson Road. Dominic Sulo and Benjamin Bach of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company. A West Coast-based buyer purchased the property while completing a 1031 exchange.
Acquisitions
ALBANY, N.Y. — Massachusetts-based WS Development has acquired Stuyvesant Plaza, a 240,000-square-foot shopping center in Albany that houses more than 60 retailers and restaurants. The property was originally built in 1959. The seller was an entity doing business as Stuyvesant Plaza Inc. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program.
ITHACA, N.Y. — Locally based healthcare provider Cayuga Health has purchased a 108,000-square-foot space at The Shops at Ithaca Mall in upstate New York. The provider has occupied the space since March 2020 as a COVID-19 testing center. Cayuga Health plans to consolidate some of its existing practices into this location, as well as to lease out some of the space to new vendors. The seller was a partnership that includes two Long Island-based investment firms, Mason Asset Management and Namdar Realty Group.
Vision Properties, Hana Alternative Asset Management Acquire 70 Hudson Street Office Building in Jersey City for $300M
by Jeff Shaw
JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Vision Properties and Hana Alternative Asset Management have acquired 70 Hudson Street, a 431,281-square-foot office building located on the Hudson River in Jersey City. A joint venture between Danish institutional investor PFA Pension and Spear Street Capital sold the 12-story asset for $300 million. Built in 2000 and recently renovated with a new lobby and elevators, the asset is less than a block away from both the Paulus Hook river taxi station offering passage to several locations in Manhattan and the PATH light rail stations offering transit to Manhattan and New Jersey. It is only 1.5 miles from the Holland Tunnel as well. There is a Citibike bicycle rental station onsite and its waterfront location grants panoramic views of Lower Manhattan as well. Ground-floor retail tenants include CVS/pharmacy, bakery and restaurant Maman and a gym. Three floors of parking above the lobby and retail areas provide 226 parking spaces. According to the property website, only one 26,650-square-foot suite is currently available to rent, while the rest of the building is fully leased. Cushman & Wakefield’s David Bernhaut, Adam Spies, Kevin Donner, Marcella Fasulo, Andrew Merin, Gary Gabriel, Frank DiTommaso and Ryan Larkin, along with local leasing …
NEW YORK CITY — Arch Cos. has sold 1,993 multifamily units across six properties in Winston-Salem, N.C.; Spartanburg, S.C.; and Jacksonville, Fla. The sales price was $199 million. The buyer was not disclosed. Arch Cos. invested more than $15.5 million in capital expenditures in the properties and renovated 59 percent of all units over the past two years. The properties in the sale include The Arlington, The Arcadian and The Charleston in Winston-Salem; The Abner in Spartanburg; and Riverbank and Midtown Oaks in Jacksonville. Jeffrey Julien, Roberto Casas, Vic Ciancetta, Bill Weber, Bill Shippen and Denise Fansler of JLL represented Arch Cos. in the portfolio transaction. Other agents involved in the transaction include Kay Hill and Bern DuPree of Furman Capital Advisors and John Rutherford of NAI Hallmark.
NEW ORLEANS — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of The Whitney Hotel, a historic 93-room hotel in New Orleans. Cleveland-based GBX Group LLC acquired the property for $16.9 million. Len Wormser, Ketan Patel, Barry Swanson and Michael Salloway of HREC represented the seller, The MCC Real Estate Group, in the transaction. Built in 1870, The Whitney was renovated about 24 years ago, and features 24 suites, meeting space, parking and a 7,000-square-foot lobby. The property is situated close to the 1.2 million-square-foot New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, the French Quarter and Superdome.
CORNELIA, GA. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the sale of a multi-tenant retail strip center in Cornelia. Billy Benedict of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller, a Florida-based investment group known as JETS Associates Ltd. Atlanta-based Newburger-Andes acquired the property for $3.1 million. Built in 2019 on a 1.3-acre parcel, the 6,668-square-foot center is leased to Starbucks Coffee, Cricket Wireless and Jersey Mike’s Subs. At the time of sale, the property was 74 percent occupied with one available space totaling 1,750 square feet. The property is an outparcel to a Lowe’s Home Improvement store. Located at 216 Carpenters Cove Lane, the center has direct frontage to U.S. Highway 441 South. The property is located approximately 70 miles northeast of downtown Atlanta.
FORT WORTH, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The IN Self Storage portfolio, a collection of four facilities in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. The properties total 1,041 units across 136,150 net rentable square feet and are located in Aubrey, Flower Mound, Fort Worth and Wylie. Danny Cunningham and Brandon Karr of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, Cohen Investment Group, in the transaction.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Sacramento-based D&S Development has sold an eight-story multifamily building located at 1430 Q St. in Sacramento to San Francisco-based Soma Capital for $57.1 million, or $761,333 per unit. Built in 2020, the 95,461-square-foot property features 75 apartments and 8,744 square feet of ground-floor retail space. At the time of sale, the asset was 99 percent occupied. The building features one studio, 29 one-bedroom, 43 two-bedroom and two three-bedroom units with washers/dryers, central heat/air, upscale design and construction, floor-to-ceiling windows, large closets and private patios/balconies in select units. Community amenities include a rooftop terrace, fitness center, yoga room, courtyard with outdoor seating, garage parking, electric vehicle charging station, bike storage and pet spa. Jason Parr, Scott MacDonald, John Hansen, Michael Bissada and Sydney Ladrech of Cushman & Wakefield’s Multifamily Advisory Group in Northern California represented the seller in the transaction.
FPA Multifamily Sells 150-Unit Luna Fountain Hills Apartment Community in Arizona for $58.2M
by Amy Works
FOUNTAIN HILLS, ARIZ. — FPA Multifamily has completed the disposition of an apartment property located at 13225 N. Fountain Hills Blvd. in Fountain Hills. A joint venture between Continental Realty Assets, a subsidiary of Denver-based Continental Realty Group, and Tokyo-based Nippon Steel Kowa Real Estate has acquired the asset for $58.2 million. The buyer has rebranded the 150-unit property as Luna Fountain Hills and is completing modern interior renovations to the units. Constructed in 1998 on 9.7 acres, the community features two-bedroom apartments, averaging 1,041 square feet, with semi-private entry, above-standard ceiling height, washers/dryers and private balcony/patio in select apartments. Onsite amenities include monitored security, a fitness center, business center, swimming pool, sundeck and spa. The community was formerly known as Arrive Fountain Hills. David Fogler and Steven Nicoluzakis of Cushman & Wakefield’s Phoenix Multifamily Advisory Group represented the seller in the deal.