LANSING, MICH. — Waramaug Hospitality, a privately held investment firm focused on select-service and full-service hotels, has purchased the Radisson Hotel Lansing at the Capitol for an undisclosed price. The 256-room hotel is the only full-service hotel in downtown Lansing, according to Waramaug. The property features an onsite restaurant and bar, fitness center, indoor pool and more than 10,000 square feet of meeting space. The second floor of the hotel connects to the Lansing Center, the 125,000-square-foot convention center owned by the city. Waramaug is planning a complete renovation of the property and will rebrand it as a Doubletree by Hilton upon completion. Terrapin Hospitality will manage the asset. Nate Sahn of CBRE brokered the sale. The seller was undisclosed.
Acquisitions
Bridge Investment Group Buys Lakeside Casitas in Tucson from Monarch Investment for $63.2M
by Amy Works
TUCSON, ARIZ. — Bridge Investment Group has acquired Lakeside Casitas, a multifamily property in Tucson, from Monarch Investment and Management Group for $63.2 million, or $204,032 per unit. Built in 1983 on 21 acres, Lakeside Casitas features 310 apartments, a business center, pool, spa, koi pond and covered parking. Apartments offer open-concept living areas, washers, dryers, oversized walk-in closets and private patios. Hamid Panahi, Steve Gebing and Cliff David of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
MIDDLETON, WIS. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $3.1 million sale of Cornerstone Mall in Middleton, a northwest suburb of Madison. The 18,733-square-foot retail property is located at 2831 Parmenter St. and is 92 percent leased to tenants such as Hurts Donut Co. and Jet’s Pizza. Austin Weisenbeck, Sean Sharko and Marc Sitzer of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Madison-based limited liability company. The buyer was undisclosed.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Norris & Stevens has arranged the sale of Park Fiesta Apartments, a multifamily property located at 2121 SW Multnomah Blvd. in Portland. SW Multnomah Properties acquired the community from Park Fiesta LLC for $6.7 million. Constructed in 1968 on 1.1 acres, the two-story, 33,180-square-foot apartment complex features 46 units in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts. Community amenities include an on-site laundry facility, pool and courtyard. Cameron Mercer of Portland-based Norris & Stevens represented the buyer, while Craig McConachie of C&R Real Estate Services Co. represented the seller in the deal.
RANCHO SANTA FE, CALIF. — Undisclosed local investors have purchased a commercial and retail building located in the village of Rancho Santa Fe in San Diego County. Francisco Family Partnership, which owned the property for 83 years, sold the freestanding asset for $5.6 million. The iconic property is located at 6015 Paseo Delicias. Peter Curry, Brooks Campbell and Kevin Cuff of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based investment firm DB Capital has acquired Laurel Woods, a 150-unit multifamily property in North Austin. Built in the 1980s, the complex features one- and two-bedroom units across 12 two-story buildings. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center, dog park, basketball court and outdoor grilling and picnic areas. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program and rebrand the community as Summit at Westwood.
EVANS MILL, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Storage Made EZ, a 590-unit facility located in the Upstate New York community of Evans Mill. Built on 10.3 acres in 2006, the property consists of 211 climate-controlled units, 370 non-climate-controlled units and nine retail spaces for a total of 80,004 square feet of net rentable space. Luke Dawley, Nathan Coe, Gabriel Coe and Brett Hatcher of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction. Susan Bands of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
NEW YORK CITY — Glacier Equities, a vertically integrated investment firm, has purchased 10 Grand Avenue, a mixed-use building in Brooklyn that consists of 40 residential units and 14 commercial spaces. The sales price was $17.2 million. The 85,000-square-foot building, whose residential component is currently 68 percent occupied, is located south of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Fortress Investment Group provided acquisition financing to Glacier Equities, which plans to invest about $6 million in capital improvements. Zach Redding and John Barney of B6 Real Estate Advisors brokered the sale of the property. Dylan Kane, also with B6 Real Estate Advisors, arranged the debt.
DALLAS — New York-based investment firm Avid Realty Partners has purchased The Pearl at Midtown, a 213-unit apartment community in northeast Dallas. Florida-based Electra Capital contributed a $7.8 million preferred equity investment to the deal. Built in 1972, the property features studio, one- and two-bedroom units ranging in size from 400 to 1,034 square feet that include private patios and balconies. The amenity package consists of a clubhouse with a lounge and game room, business center, spa/sauna, fitness center, a pool and onsite laundry facilities. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Walker & Dunlop has brokered the sale of The Co-Op at Med Center, a 200-unit multifamily property located within the Texas Medical Center in Houston. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, fitness center, basketball and volleyball courts, study areas, coffee bar and a dog park. Walker & Dunlop’s Scott Bray, Ryan Epstein and Jennifer Ray represented the seller, Urban Genesis, in the transaction. The buyer was an entity doing business as EAS Houston LLC, plans to implement a value-add program at the property, which was originally built as a hotel and converted to multifamily in 2018.