PHOENIX — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a restaurant property located at 745 E. Glendale Ave. in Phoenix. A limited liability company sold the asset to a personal trust for $2.2 million. Habit Burger Grill occupies the 1,891-square-foot building, which was built in 1973, on a net-lease basis. Zack House, Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
Acquisitions
SAN ANTONIO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 694-unit self-storage facility in San Antonio that is operated under the Life Storage brand. The property consists of 571 climate-controlled units and 123 non-climate-controlled units that range in size from 50 to 300 square feet. Jon Danklefs of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and procured the buyer, a joint venture between Montfort Capital Partners LLC and Blue Vista Capital. Life Storage will continue to manage the property.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — AMLI Residential, a national multifamily development and management firm based in Chicago, has acquired The Elizabeth, a 373-unit apartment community in Austin’s Silicon Hills neighborhood. Built in 2020, the property offers studio, one-, two and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, resident lounge, bocce ball courts, coworking lounge, outdoor grilling stations, music library and a dog park. Patton Jones of Newmark represented the seller, Dallas-based StreetLights Residential, in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
CARROLLTON, TEXAS — Locally based retail brokerage firm STRIVE has arranged the sale of Hebron Heights, a 9,807-square-foot retail strip center in the northern Dallas suburb of Carrollton. Hudson Lambert of STRIVE represented the California-based seller and the Texas-based buyer in the transaction. The property was fully leased to six tenants at the time of sale.
HACKENSACK AND LITTLE FERRY, N.J. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of the Lenox Multifamily Portfolio, a collection of five apartment buildings totaling 156 units in Northern New Jersey. The properties, which are located in Hackensack and Little Ferry, feature a unit mix of 16 studios, 133 one-bedroom apartments and seven two-bedroom residences. Jacklene Chesler, Matthew Brown and Patrick Norris of Colliers brokered marketed the properties on behalf of the undisclosed seller. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed.
HATFIELD AND KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — Locally based investment firm Velocity Venture Partners has purchased three industrial flex buildings totaling 69,700 square feet in the Philadelphia area. The properties include a 27,500-square-footbuilding at 1111 North Broad St. in Hatfield; a 15,200-square-foot asset at 1910 North Penn Road in Hatfield; and a 27,000-square-foot industrial facility at 451 Yerkes Road in King of Prussia. Justin Bell of Newmark brokered the deals. The seller(s) was not disclosed.
EAST ORANGE, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the $14.9 million sale of a three-property, 113-unit multifamily portfolio in East Orange, a suburb of Newark. The properties are all located in the city’s Brick Church area. David Oropeza of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller, a partnership between Nova EO Portfolio I LLC and The Capital Foresight LP, in the transaction. Oropeza also procured the buyer, an undisclosed private investment firm.
DELRAY BEACH, FLA. — PEBB Enterprises has acquired Delray Commons, a 71,000-square-foot shopping center located at 5024-5070 W. Atlantic Ave. in Delray Beach. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based company formed a joint venture dubbed KP Delray LLC with the center’s existing owner, Cincinnati-based Topvalco Inc., for the acquisition. The sales price was $10.5 million. Built in 1981, Delray Commons has 65,940 square feet of inline retail space, a 3,036-square-foot Burger King outparcel and an approximately 2,000-square-foot Taco Bell outparcel. Sprouts Farmers Market has committed to anchor the center with a 23,256-square-foot store. PEBB previously owned Delray Commons before selling the property to a local venture in 2015, Topvalco acquired the center three years later. The partnership plans to completely redevelop the center with a new façade, roof, parking lot, site lighting, signage and landscaping. The new ownership also has the ability to add another outparcel building along West Atlantic Avenue.
ILLINOIS AND OHIO — Pathway to Living, the seniors housing platform of Chicago-based Waterton, has partnered with healthcare REIT Welltower Inc. to manage and modernize a 22-property seniors housing portfolio across Illinois and Ohio. In addition to its day-to-day role as operator, Pathway to Living will serve as a minority investor in the 1,105-unit portfolio. The partnership represents an opportunity for Pathway to Living to expand into the Ohio market and grow its existing footprint in the Midwest region. The portfolio consists of a mix of independent living, assisted living and memory care communities. Renovation plans include refreshing common areas and addressing deferred maintenance. Additionally, several communities will receive infrastructure updates to improve aging sidewalks, parking lots and mechanical systems. As of Dec. 31, Pathway to Living’s portfolio spanned nearly 2,800 units across 29 properties in Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Normandale Lake Estates in Bloomington for $16.4 million. Built in 1964, the apartment property includes 105 units, all of which have been renovated. Amenities include a pet area, outdoor pool and courtyard with grilling area. The Normandale Lake Office Park is located across the street from the property, which was fully occupied at the time of sale. Mox Gunderson, Josh Talberg, Dan Linnell and Adam Haydon of JLL represented the seller, Normandale Lake LLC. Dealer Sites LLC purchased the asset in a 1031 exchange.