LEXINGTON, KY. — Vision & Beyond Capital Investments has acquired Creekside North Apartments, a 146-unit, two-story multifamily community in Lexington. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Creekside North Apartments offers one-bedroom/one-bath, two-bedroom/two-bath and two-bedroom/one-bath floorplans. Community amenities include laundry facilities, property manager onsite and public transportation. Located at 2223 Devonport Drive, Creekside North Apartments is situated about 3.7 miles from Blue Grass Airport, 3.2 miles from University of Kentucky and about 24.3 miles from Frankfort. Vision & Beyond plans to invest more than $30 million on property acquisitions and related improvements to its properties. Improvements at Creekside North Apartments will include foundation repair and renovations to HVAC, electric and plumbing systems. The construction team will also make updates to amenities in units. The firm says no tenants will be displaced while renovations are underway.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Newmark has brokered the sale of Enclave at Water’s Edge, a 184-unit apartment complex located near The Domain in North Austin. Units feature studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include three pools, a fitness center, Amazon package lockers, game room and a dog park. Patton Jones and Andrew Dickson of Newmark represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. Matt Greer and Andrew Wilson, also with Newmark, arranged acquisition financing through Bridge Investment Group on behalf of the buyer, Austin-based Wildhorn Capital. Enclave at Water’s Edge was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale.
Blaze Capital, Argosy Purchase Extended-Stay Hotel in Southwest Charlotte for Multifamily Conversion
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Blaze Capital Partners and Argosy Real Estate Partners have purchased The Spoke at Tyvola Station, an extended-stay hotel in the Southwest submarket of Charlotte, with plans to convert the former hotel into a 116-unit multifamily community. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Built in 1985 as a hotel, The Spoke at Tyvola Station was renovated in 1998 and recently underwent additional interior upgrades over the past 18 months. As part of the repositioning plans, Blaze Capital and Argosy will renovate the interior units and common areas, including the clubhouse, leasing office, exterior curb appeal and landscaping. The Spoke at Tyvola Station will include 10 two-story residential buildings and one three-story building with a mix of one- and two-bedroom floorplans. Community amenities will include a clubhouse, swimming pool and outdoor lounges. Located at 5816 Westpark Drive, The Spoke at Tyvola Station offers access to Interstate 77 and Tyvola Road. The community is situated about 6.5 miles from downtown Charlotte and about 8.3 miles from Charlotte-Douglas International Airport.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has negotiated the $5.2 million sale of 3546 N. Southport Ave., a property in the Southport Corridor of Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood that includes 21 apartment units and two commercial spaces. Built in 1930, the building includes 12 studios and nine one-bedroom units that were 97 percent leased at the time of sale. Real Good Juice Co. and The Denim Lounge fully lease the commercial space. Brad Feldman of Interra represented the seller, a family trust that had owned the building for nearly 50 years. Feldman also represented the buyer, which plans to renovate the units, update hallways and add a bike room.
OSCEOLA, IOWA — Mumford Co. has brokered the sale of the 35-room Relax Inn hotel property in Osceola, about 45 miles south of Des Moines. The sales price was undisclosed. The hotel was formerly branded as Americas Best Value Inn until May of this year. David Mumford and George Arvanitis of Mumford represented the seller, Rikita LLC. Iowa-based Silverado Farms LLC was the buyer.
EASTON, PA. — JLL has negotiated the $63.2 million sale of a 307,290-square-foot industrial building in Easton, located on the eastern edge of the Lehigh Valley region. Built on 28.4 acres in 1983 and expanded in 2013, the single-tenant property is fully leased to Phillips Pet Food & Supplies, which uses the space as its corporate headquarters and primary distribution facility. John Plower, Ryan Cottone, Zach Maguire and Jeff Lockard of JLL represented the seller, an affiliate of Pennsylvania-based development and investment firm Endurance Real Estate, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Locally based investment firm A&E Real Estate has acquired a 19-story apartment building located at 400 E. 57th St. in Manhattan’s Sutton Place neighborhood. The property features a mix of 263 rent-stabilized and market-rate units. SL Green sold the property to A&E Real Estate for an undisclosed price. The two firms also traded a multifamily property at 400 E. 58th St. earlier this year.
NEW YORK CITY — A partnership between Simi Capital Group, an investment firm with offices in New York City and Miami, global asset management firm Cerberus Capital Management and Atlanta-based Stonemont Financial has purchased a self-storage facility in Staten Island. The sales price was $19 million. The partnership plans to demolish the building at 2577 Forest Ave. and convert the site into an outdoor storage facility that will feature industrial parking space. Construction is expected to begin early next year.
PENNSVILLE, N.J. — New Jersey-based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has arranged the $16 million sale of Orchard Court Apartments, a 156-unit community located in Pennsville, located in the southern part of the Garden State. The property was built on 14.2 acres in 1963 and consists of four studios, 96 one-bedroom units and 56 two-bedroom units. Jason Pucci and Justin Lupo of Kislak represented the seller, an affiliate of New Jersey-based investment firm Kamson Corp., in the off-market deal. Barry Waisbrod, also of Kislak, procured the buyer, an entity doing business as Orchard Court Apartments LLC.
CHICAGO — Lifestyle shopping centers, or open-air malls, may be one of the most undervalued retail asset classes currently. According to JLL, increased customer foot traffic, declining vacancies coupled with growing rental rates and broad-based expansion plans from retailers are bolstering confidence, as well as signaling that lifestyle shopping centers will come back strongly. While smaller grocery-anchored retail centers have dominated investment demand recently, the increase in COVID-19 vaccinations and reopenings are motivating shoppers — and investors — to return to other retail segments. Lifestyle centers were conceived as a modern-day interpretation of the mall and are known for their outdoor settings and incorporation of other uses like office, apartments and hotels. Their tenant mixes also usually include upscale, national chains, as well as specialty retail with dining and entertainment options. “Leasing demand from new tenants in the market, such as digitally native brands, as well as traditional mall retailers looking for an off-mall growth strategy, are accelerating the desirability of this asset class to consumers,” said Chris Angelone, senior managing director of JLL and co-leader of its capital markets retail division. “Investors are taking notice and will seek out performance and growth potential. Two to four years from now, …