SAN DIEGO — Sterling Bay and Harrison Street have entered into a joint venture to purchase Sorrento Ridge Research Park, located at 6150 Nancy Ridge Drive in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa submarket, for $34 million. The name of the seller was not released. Totaling 60,000 square feet, Sorrento Ridge Research Park is a fully vacant former office building, which was built in 1987 and renovated in 2021. The buyers plan to convert the property into a mix of Class A lab and creative office space. All lab space will include scientific research necessities such as fume hoods; lab benches with compressed air and vacuum; deionized water stations; piping for natural gas; and the option to add lab furniture, fixtures and equipment, if needed. The project is expected to undergo redevelopment improvements starting this year, with expected delivery to future tenants in 2023.
Acquisitions
SAN ANTONIO — Atlanta-based RangeWater Real Estate has acquired Legacy Heights, a 306-unit apartment community located in San Antonio’s Alma Heights neighborhood. The garden-style property was built in 2009. According to Apartments.com, the property features one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, playground, picnic areas and a clubhouse. RangeWater plans to implement a value-add program. The seller was not disclosed.
LAS VEGAS — CBRE has arranged the sale of Regency Plaza, a retail property located at 320 N. Nellis Blvd. in Las Vegas. Rock Ridge Regency Plaza LLC acquired the asset from Regency Developments LLC for $4.4 million. Roy Fritz, Michael Hsu, Dylan Heroy and Kellie Ortiz-Thompson of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Built in 1999 and renovated in 2017, five tenants fully occupy the 28,281-square-foot property on long-term leases.
CHICAGO — Chicago-based Harrison Street has sold a portfolio of 12 self-storage facilities located across four states for an undisclosed price. Storage Post and Life Storage were the buyers. The portfolio consists of 625,598 rentable square feet across properties in Texas, New York, North Carolina and Illinois. Harrison Street operated the facilities in joint venture partnerships with Advantage Self Storage, Storage Post and Reliant Real Estate Management. Life Storage managed one of the properties on a third-party basis. The portfolio was 91 percent leased at the time of sale.
GOLIAD, TEXAS — Stan Johnson Co. has arranged the sale-leaseback of a portfolio of 13 industrial facilities totaling 118,000 square feet in Goliad, about 100 miles southeast of San Antonio. John Rotunno of Stan Johnson Co. represented the seller and tenant, Oryx Oilfield Services, in the transaction. Colorado-based private equity firm Real Capital Solutions purchased the portfolio for an undisclosed price.
ROCHESTER, MINN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Quarters at Rochester for $7.2 million. The 63-unit apartment building is located at 826 21st Ave. SE near the Rochester Community and Technology College in Rochester. The property was constructed in 1986 and renovated in 2015. Chris Collins, David Wallace, Evan Miller and Matthew Shide of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer and seller, both of which were limited liability companies.
BAYONNE, N.J. — JLL has negotiated the $49.6 million sale of 19 East, a 138-unit apartment community in the Northern New Jersey community of Bayonne. Built in 2018, the property offers studio, one- and two-bedroom units with stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a fitness center, game room and multiple business centers and terraces. Jose Cruz, Michael Oliver, J.B. Bruno, Steve Simonelli, Kevin O’Hearn and Austin Pierce of JLL represented the seller, a partnership between Ingerman Group and Verde Capital, in the transaction. Steven Klein, Matthew Pizzolato, Gerard Quinn and Jimmy Cochran of JLL arranged $35 million in fixed-rate acquisition financing through Kearny Bank on behalf of the borrower, locally based private equity firm KABR Group.
MOONACHIE, N.J. — Faropoint, a locally based investment firm, has acquired a 62,000-square-foot industrial property in the Northern New Jersey community of Moonachie for $17.7 million. David Schechtman, David Benharouch and Ikey Betesh of Meridian Capital Group brokered the sale, the seller in which was not disclosed. The deal follows Faropoint’s $132.5 million acquisition of a portfolio of 10 industrial buildings in Northern New Jersey from Kushner Cos.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based brokerage firm B6 Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $12.3 million sale of a 15,550-square-foot office building located at 8 E. 41st St. in Midtown Manhattan. The eight-story building includes 1,550 square feet of retail space. Christopher Cavorti of The Corcoran Group represented the buyer, Piyush Golia, in the transaction. Brock Emmetsberger, Zachary Redding and Marshall Dickson of B6 Real Estate Advisors, along with Nancy Cibrano of The Wings Group, represented the seller, Meir Levy.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Miami-based 13th Floor Investments has acquired 168 acres in Greenville with plans to build the first phase of On The Trail, a mixed-use project. The sales price for the land was not disclosed. In partnership with Miami-based developers Dean Warhaft and Warren Zinn, the team plans to redevelop the abandoned 250 acres surrounding Greenville’s historic Union Bleachery mill, which fronts the Swamp Rabbit Trail, a 22-mile, multi-use recreational greenway. Originally built in the 1990s, The Union Bleachery mill formerly was used as a commerce center but has sat vacant since a fire shut down its operations in 2003. 13th Floor Investments, which now owns a majority ownership stake in the development project, will take over the management, construction and implementation of Warhaft and Zinn’s strategic vision for the site. Warhaft is a licensed professional land surveyor with experience as a real estate development lawyer and manager of all aspects of construction projects. Zinn is an attorney with experience acquiring, developing and managing commercial properties. On The Trail will be built in multiple phases, featuring a variety of residential, commercial, office, retail and hospitality uses. Construction of the project’s first phase is slated to begin later this year …