CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — NAI Charter has brokered the sale of an office building located at 505 Riverfront Parkway in downtown Chattanooga. Trident Transport, a Chattanooga-based freight brokerage and logistics business, purchased the office building for $6.2 million. Robert Maclellan of NAI Charter arranged the transaction. Previously occupied by hotel operator 3H Group, the 23,000-square-foot office property will serve as Trident Transport’s new headquarters as the company relocates from its current office on Chestnut Street. This year, Trident added about 150 people to its staff, and the company plans to hire approximately 125 more people next year.
DETROIT — Friedman Real Estate has brokered the sale of the Westin Book Cadillac hotel in downtown Detroit. A joint venture between Oxford Capital Group LLC and Taconic Capital Advisors LP assumed debt owed by the previous owner, which faced foreclosure. The joint venture assumed $77 million in commercial mortgage-backed securities debt owed by Cleveland-based Ferchill Group, according to Crain’s Detroit Business. Located at 1114 Washington Blvd. within the city’s Washington Boulevard Historic District, the hotel rises 32 stories with 453 rooms. The property served as Detroit’s tallest building and the world’s tallest hotel when it opened as the Book-Cadillac hotel in 1924. The hotel was redeveloped and branded as Westin in 2008. The new ownership plans to make improvements to the common areas, amenities and guest rooms over the next two years. Jared Friedman of the brokerage negotiated the sale.
MOONACHIE, N.J. — Denver-based EverWest Real Estate Investors has purchased three industrial buildings totaling 190,032 square feet in Moonachie, located in Bergen County, for $65.8 million. The buildings at 135, 137-141 and 170 W. Commercial Ave. feature a combined 26 loading positions and 243 parking spaces and are fully leased to Loomis Armored US, Paris Baguette and Toy Wonders. Gary Gabriel, Kyle Schmidt, David Bernhaut and Seth Zuidema of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Stephen Feinberg handled the transaction for EverWest on an internal basis.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of The Erikson in Chicago’s Lakeview neighborhood for $17.1 million. The 36-unit multifamily property is located at 3728 N. Lake Shore Drive. Residents have access to 36 parking spaces and a rooftop deck. Kyle Stengle of Marcus & Millichap arranged the sale. Buyer and seller information was not provided.
WINDSOR, N.J. — Cronheim Mortgage has arranged a $19 million permanent loan for The Shops at Windsor Green, a 157,200-square-foot retail center in West Windsor, a northeastern suburb of Trenton. Whole Foods Market, Marshall’s and Staples are the anchor tenants at the property, which was originally built in 1993. Andrew Stewart, Dev Morris and Allison Villamagna of Cronheim Mortgage placed the loan with a life insurance company on behalf of the borrower, Mainardi Management Co. The loan carried a seven-year term and fixed interest rate of 3 percent.
PALMYRA, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $18.1 million sale of Shadow Stone Village, a 188-unit manufactured housing community in Palmyra, an eastern suburb of Harrisburg. Glenn Esterson, Dylan Hellberg, Parker Kelly and Ryan Brands of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a partnership, in the transaction and procured a limited liability company as the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity. Sean Beuche of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record. Shadow Stone Village was fully occupied at the time of sale and offers a gym, library and community center.
WALLINGTON, N.J. — Locally based investment firm Devli Real Estate has acquired four industrial properties totaling approximately 80,000 square feet in Northern New Jersey. The properties include a three-building complex in Howell that was built in 2005 and vacant buildings in Moonachie and Fair Lawn, as well as a two-acre development site in North Bergen. The sellers were not disclosed.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of 1439 N. Milwaukee Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood for $2.5 million. The building is home to five apartment units and 2,000 square feet of street-level retail space that is leased to Taco Bell Cantina, which selected the property for its first cantina location in the U.S. The building was originally constructed in 1878. All the apartments were fully leased at the time of sale. Joe Smazal of Interra represented the private seller. Danny Spitz of Greenstone Partners represented the undisclosed buyer.
NEW YORK CITY — CBRE has negotiated the $1 billion sale of Hudson Commons, a 697,958-square-foot office tower located at 441 Ninth Ave. in Manhattan. The 25-story building, which is a redevelopment of a warehouse, occupies a full city block in between 34th and 35th streets at the nexus of the Hudson Yards and Manhattan West neighborhoods. The building includes 16,000 square feet of ground-floor retail space. The seller, a partnership between locally based developer Cove Property Group and Boston-based The Baupost Group, acquired the warehouse in 2016. The partnership added 18 stories as part of the office conversion project. Other building features include 16,000- to 50,000-square-foot floor plates and 14- to 28-foot ceiling heights. A CBRE team comprising Darcy Stacom, Bill Shanahan, Doug Middleton and Alana Bassen represented the seller in the transaction. The buyer was Los Angeles-based CommonWealth Partners. At the time of sale, Hudson Commons was about 75 percent leased, with fitness provider Peloton and rideshare giant Lyft serving as the anchor tenants. The property features 30,000 square feet of amenities, including a conference facility, multiple tenant lounges, a bike room and 14 separate outdoor terraces. “This transaction is a bellwether for the resurgence of the office …
CORAL GABLES, FLA. — Amerant Bancorp Inc., a Coral Gables-based bank holding company, has sold its Coral Gables headquarters to an entity doing business as FNLI Audax LLC in a sale-leaseback deal totaling $135 million. Located at 220 Alhambra Circle, the Amerant Center spans approximately 177,000 square feet of office space and 134,000 square feet in structured parking. Built in 1997, the property will have 402 parking spots and was 82 percent occupied at the time of sale. As part of this transaction, Amerant’s subsidiary, 220 Alhambra Properties LLC, entered into an 18-year triple-net leaseback agreement for about $43 per square foot during the first year. Stream Capital Partners represented Amerant on this transaction.