SEATTLE — Rubicon Point Partners has acquired Masin Block, a string of four interconnected buildings in downtown Seattle’s historic Pioneer Square submarket, for $24.1 million. The current buildings total approximately 89,000 square feet and were built between 1899 and 1905. The purchase was made through Rubicon First Ascent LP, a fund with $232 million of assets and the ability to acquire up to $770 million of property investment. The seller was Alexandria Real Estate. The project is equidistant from King Street Station and Pioneer Square Station, which provides commuter service to Tacoma and Amtrack Access to Portland and Vancouver. Masin Block encompasses the Stadium District, which is home to the Seattle Mariners, Seattle Sounders and Seattle Seahawks, creating opportunities for retail tenants. The location benefits from Seattle’s $722 million waterfront project, which rerouted the former viaduct to a tunnel allowing for the creation of a series of parks that will activate the waterfront area further. The developer plans an innovative transformation of Masin Block, but provided no additional details.
SAN CLEMENTE, CALIF. — Stos Partners has acquired a vacant, 4,000-square-foot retail and restaurant property in the Orange County submarket of San Clemente in an off-market transaction. The sales price was $1.9 million. Stos Partners secured a long-term lease on the entire building with The Alchemists, a restaurant group operated by Leonard Chan. The new restaurant concept, Mura, will be an upcoming dining destination that offers Japanese grilled barbecue, a tiki bar and a Japanese speakeasy bar. Prior to opening, Stos Partners plans to complete extensive interior and exterior renovations in addition to making several building upgrades, including a new roof, mechanical systems and grease traps. Coastal Commercial represented Stos Partners in the transaction.
TOMBALL, TEXAS — A joint venture between locally based full-service real estate firm The J. Beard Real Estate Co. and Outlier Capital LLC has purchased Tomball Town Center, a 141,450-square-foot shopping center located in the northern outskirts of Houston. Kroger anchors the center, which was built on 14.1 acres in 2004. David Disney and Adam Crockett with Dallas-based Disney Investment Group represented the sellers, Illinois-based shopping center REIT InvenTrust Properties and a fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital, in the transaction. Morgan Stanley provided acquisition financing. Tomball Town Center was 98 percent leased at the time of sale.
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — JLL has brokered the sale of Oakville Self Storage, a 934-unit self-storage facility in Alexandria, about 8.3 miles north of Washington, D.C. The sales price was not disclosed. An entity doing business as Potomac Yard Mini U Storage LLC in partnership with Elevation Fund 8 LLC has bought the facility. Brian Somoza, Steve Mellon, Bruce Strasburg and Craig Childs of JLL represented the seller, an institutional investor. Built in 1949, Oakville Self Storage is a three-story building that was converted to a self-storage facility in 1989. The property is now operating under the Mini U Storage brand. The property features non-climate-controlled interior units, dock-high drive-up units and elevator access to upper floors. The facility is roughly 79 percent leased with over 675 tenants. Located at 405 Swann Ave., Oakville Self Storage is situated in the center of Oakville Triangle, a master-planned, 1 million-square-foot mixed-use redevelopment comprising Class A multifamily, townhomes, retail and healthcare properties. The self-storage facility will undergo exterior and interior renovations, including a complete exterior upgrade and the addition of a new office space and climate-controlled units. The facility will remain open throughout construction. BWD Architects is the design firm for the renovation project.
ALBANY AND TROY, N.Y. — Jacobson Properties and Pyramid Brokerage Co. have negotiated the sale of a four-building, 119,602-square-foot medical office portfolio in Upstate New York. Three of the buildings are located in Albany, and the other is located in Troy, a suburb of the state capital. A national healthcare REIT purchased the portfolio, which was fully occupied at the time of sale, for an undisclosed price. Lisa Menin of Jacobson Properties and Leo Jones of Pyramid Brokerage negotiated the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — B6 Real Estate Advisors has brokered the $25 million sale of a 66,000-square-foot industrial building that consists of 63,000 square feet of warehouse space and 3,000 square feet of office space and is located in the Ridgewood area of Queens. The sale included 61,000 square feet of air rights. Thomas Donovan and Robert Rappa of B6 Real Estate represented the seller, Jason Richard Realty LLC, in the transaction. Brian Jaffe of Jaffe Realty LLC represented the buyer, an entity doing business as MySales LLC.
MAPLE SHADE, N.J. — Boston-based industrial investment firm NorthBridge Partners has purchased the 72,625-square-foot Macy’s Furniture Gallery store in Maple Shade, a suburb of Philadelphia, for $9.8 million. The retail building sits on 9.4 acres and was originally built in 1991. Macy’s has occupied the building since 2001 and recently signed a 10-year lease extension. A Cushman & Wakefield team of Andy Merin, David Bernhaut, Andrew Schwartz, Karen Iman, Jordan Sobel, Keith Braccia and Andre Balthazard represented the undisclosed seller and NorthBridge Partners in the transaction.
MILWAUKEE — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of the Rexnord Power Transmission Headquarters building in downtown Milwaukee for $72.2 million. The 150,950-square-foot office building traded at a cap rate just under 5 percent. The property was fully renovated in 2020 to serve as Rexnord Power Transmission’s new headquarters. The building includes a seven-story parking garage and is fully leased. Sam DiFrancesca, Brian Shanfeld, Jason DeWitt, Steven Okon, Jeff Bramson, Jaime Fink, Bruce Miller and Pat Shields of JLL represented the seller, Klein Development Inc. An undisclosed third party was the buyer.
GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Cresset Real Estate Partners and Clarius Partners have closed on the land acquisition for 303 Crossroads, a planned 1.7 million-square-foot logistics development in the Phoenix suburb of Glendale. The land price was not disclosed. The development will consist of two buildings to be built in two phases on land fronting Loop 303 and Northern Parkway. Building one will be 1 million square feet and is slated for completion in 2022. Building two will be 734,800 square feet and is slated for completion in 2023. The groundbreaking for the project is scheduled for this October. Both buildings will feature cross-dock configurations, a 40-foot clear height and above-market parking ratios. The buyers were represented in the transaction by CBRE.
DENVER —IG Logistics LLC has acquired the Lipan Street Industrial Park in Denver from EP Investments LLC for $21 million. The 34-acre industrial site includes outside storage, trailer parking, a fueling station and a truck maintenance facility. Freeman Expositions, an event services provider, and System Transport, a West Coast-based flatbed trucking company, recently signed long-term leases to occupy the property. Existing tenant Mesilla Valley Transportation, a New Mexico-based transportation fleet, extended its lease for 3.5 acres. All Fleet Services, a Denver-based transport company, also leased the 22,000-square-foot shop and diesel station on the property. Each transaction was completed prior to the sale but were all contingent upon IG Logistics acquiring the property. Cushman & Wakefield negotiated the leases, excluding the Mesilla deal, and was retained to handle leasing following the acquisition. Lipan Industrial Street Park is located at 6045 Lipan Street, providing access to I-25 and I-76, Colorado’s main freeways. The property currently has a 14,000-square-foot freestanding office building available for lease and an additional 11-acre parcel to be used for trailer parking or as a potential industrial build-to-suit. IG Logistics is the industrial platform for Imperium Capital.