AMES, IOWA — NAI Legacy has acquired a newly built, 27,490-square-foot retail property occupied by Hy-Vee just outside of Ames for $6.8 million. The Hy-Vee | Dollar Fresh store serves as one of the grocer’s new concepts, which offers discounted products, perishable goods, meats and a pharmacy. This store concept is being developed in more rural Iowa locations, according to NAI Legacy, which acquired the asset from the developer, Texas-based Embree Group.
MIAMI BEACH, FLA. — Starwood Real Estate Income Trust Inc. (Starwood REIT) has acquired a 15,460-unit multifamily portfolio from Strata Equity Group for an undisclosed price. Scott Wittman and Andrew Gordon of Strata Equity were responsible for the structuring and execution of the transaction. The portfolio includes 62 communities located across 10 states — primarily in the Southeast states of Georgia, Tennessee and North Carolina. The portfolio’s units are priced affordably with high-quality amenities, according to Starwood REIT. The Miami Beach-based firm will retain Strata Equity to manage the portfolio under terms of the transaction. As of Sept. 30, Starwood REIT’s portfolio had a total asset value of $12.6 billion across 246 properties. Starwood Capital Group manages Starwood REIT via a subsidiary doing business as Starwood REIT Advisors LLC. Strata Equity Group is a San Diego-based, privately held real estate investment and management company. The firm has sold in excess of $4 billion worth of multifamily assets this year through multiple transactions.
BALTIMORE — Trout Daniel & Associates (TD&A) has brokered the sale of 1870 & 1900 Frankfurst Ave., a combined 91,175-square-foot industrial property in Baltimore’s Fairfield industrial submarket. Steven Cornblatt and Jared Engel of TD&A represented the seller, an entity doing business as WFP-Port Liberty LLC, in the transaction. New York-based Criterion Group purchased the properties for $7 million. The two properties sit near each other and total 12.3 acres. The site is located close to Interstate 895 and the Port of Baltimore. Many years prior, the properties were used to manufacture Liberty Ships to transport cargo in the Allies’ World War II efforts. In 2003, WFP-Port Liberty LLC purchased the properties, and TD&A shortly thereafter executed a long-term lease with Amports, an automotive services provider. Amports remained a tenant at the site until this past July.
NASHVILLE, TENN. — Miami- and New York-based Property Markets Group (PMG) has purchased land at 915 Division St. in Nashville’s Gulch district. The firm plans to develop the site into Society Nashville, a 471-unit, 16-story mixed-use apartment project. Market Street sold the property for $22 million. Tarek El Gammal of Newmark’s Nashville office brokered the land transaction. Society Nashville will feature 7,500 square feet of retail space and 463 parking spaces. Slated for delivery in early 2024, the development will include a mix of traditional units and co-living options. Community amenities will include a pool deck, fitness center and coworking facilities. Baker Barrios Architects Inc., an Orlando-based architectural firm, is the designer for the project. The development is a joint venture between PMG, New York and Miami-based New Valley Realty and New York-based RMWC. Society Nashville will be part of PMG’s Society Living brand, which was created to offer reasonable rents near urban areas. The brand has a focus on mostly market-rate apartments but offers to make co-living easier by eliminating shared bathrooms, splitting up the bills and helping residents to find roommates. In May 2020, Society Las Olas opened in downtown Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Additionally, Society Biscayne in downtown …
MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Morrison Avenue Capital Partners has sold Arbor Station and Stratford Village, two apartment communities totaling 512 units in Montgomery. Craig Hey and Andrew Brown of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Highlands Vista Group acquired the properties for an undisclosed price. Arbor Station, a 288-unit apartment community, was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale. Stratford Village, a 224-unit community, was 95 percent occupied. Both properties offer one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans with units featuring private balconies or patios, hardwood-inspired flooring, wood burning fireplaces, ceiling fans and washer and dryer connections in select homes. Arbor Station is located at 2495 Meadow Ridge Lane, and offers community amenities such as a picnic area, playground, fitness center and a Jacuzzi and sundeck. Located at 2000 London Town Lane, Stratford Village’s community amenities include two pools with a sundeck, onsite parking, tennis court, pet play area, fitness center and a clubhouse. The properties are situated about one mile from each other. Morrison Avenue completed $5 million in capital improvements at both communities, including renovations of almost all unit interiors, new roofs and a new clubhouse at Stratford Village.
MIRAMAR, FLA. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of LUMA at Miramar, a 380-unit, garden-style multifamily community in Miramar, about 22 miles north of Miami. Roberto Pesant, Jaret Turkell, Charles Foschini, Omar Morales and Jose Mota of Berkadia Miami marketed the property on behalf of the seller, ANSCA. Avalon Bay Communities Inc. acquired the property for $133 million. Built in 2019, LUMA at Miramar features three- and four-story buildings with one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans ranging from 818 square feet to 1,355 square feet. Each building features an elevator, and the units include insulated impact windows, wood plank flooring, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances, subway tile backsplash, walk-in closets and private screened balconies or patios. Monthly rent ranges from $1,999 to $2,750, according to Apartments.com. Community amenities include a gated electric entrance, swimming pool, fitness center, yoga room, Zen Garden, billiard room with fireplace, café with complementary self-service Starbucks coffee, outdoor grilling area, independent attached and detached garages and valet trash service. The occupancy rate at LUMA at Miramar remained at or above 90 percent throughout 2020 and 2021. The property was fully occupied at the time of sale. Robert Pesant, a senior managing director at Berkadia, says the property …
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Illinois-based investment and development firm ML Realty Partners has purchased a 72,000-square-foot industrial building located at 2520 Marsh Lane in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. According to LoopNet Inc., the property was built in 1997 and offers 24-foot clear heights and 7,325 square feet of office space. Dan Spika of Henry S. Miller (HSM) Brokerage represented ML Realty Partners in the transaction. Jim Turano, also with HSM, represented the undisclosed seller.
BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of Grande Commons, a 199,310-square-foot office building located in the Northern New Jersey community of Bridgewater. Jeff Dunne, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, David Gavin, Travis Langer and Zach McHale of CBRE represented the seller, American Equity Partners, in the transaction. At the time of sale, the building was 82 percent leased to tenants in the pharmaceutical, engineering, finance and legal services sectors. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed.
BURBANK, CALIF. — Clarion Partners and Cityview have jointly purchased Empire Landing, a garden-style apartment community in Burbank. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $161 million. Empire Landing features 276 apartments in a mix of one- and two-bedroom layouts and 41 three-story townhomes with two-car, direct-access garages. The gated community offers a pool and deck, fitness center and clubhouse. The buyers plan to implement a comprehensive renovation to the common areas, amenities and interiors of the property, including re-envisioning the indoor and outdoor amenities and updating the units.
TUSTIN, CALIF. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the sale of Tustin Rehabilitation Hospital, a two-building, 73,180-square-foot medical facility at 14852 Yorba St. and 165 N. Myrtle Ave. in Tustin. An affiliate of Ventas sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $18 million. The property consists of a single-story, 17,180-square-foot nursing facility, which is currently vacant, and a two-story, 56,000-square-foot 48-bed inpatient rehabilitation facility that will become vacant by the end of the year. Travis Ives and Gino Lillio of Cushman & Wakefield’s US Healthcare Capital Markets team represented the seller in the deal.