DALLAS — Wellington Realty, a brokerage and management firm serving the major markets of Texas, has arranged the sale of Woodside Bridle Path Apartments, a 311-unit community in southeast Dallas that was built in phases between 1974 and 1982. According to Apartments.com, the property offers studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, playground and onsite laundry facilities. David Shaffer, Caleb Jones, Will Miller and Troy Sanders of Wellington Realty brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed. The property was 87 percent occupied at the time of sale.
Acquisitions
MIDDLETOWN, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Londonderry Storage, a 371-unit self-storage facility in Middletown, a suburb of Harrisburg. Built in 1999 and expanded on an adjacent parcel in 2003, the property consists of 49,250 net rentable square feet of non-climate-controlled space. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a limited liability company, in the transaction. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. Sean Beuche of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. CLOUD, MINN. — Centerspace (NYSE: CSR) has agreed to acquire a portfolio of 17 apartment communities in Minnesota for $323.8 million. The portfolio is comprised of 14 properties in Minneapolis and three assets in St. Cloud for a total of 2,696 units. Centerspace intends to refinance a portion of the properties as well as invest $40 million into repositioning the communities over the next 24 to 36 months. The transaction is expected to close in the third quarter. KMS Management Inc. was the seller. Upon closing of the transaction, Centerspace will increase its footprint to 4,901 units in Minneapolis and 1,524 units in St. Cloud.
CHESTERFIELD, MO. — Passco Cos. has acquired a 345-unit apartment complex in Chesterfield for $98 million. Watermark Residential was the seller. Passco will rebrand the community, previously named Watermark at Chesterfield Village, as The PARQ at Chesterfield. The property is located at 16300 Lydia Hill Drive in suburban St. Louis. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, Starbucks coffee bar, firepit area, dog wash and 24-hour package pickup. Units range in size from one-bedroom to three-bedroom floor plans. Caleb Marten of KeyBank Real Estate Capital’s Commercial Mortgage Group arranged acquisition financing on behalf of Passco. Andrea Kendrick, Ken Aston and Bobby Mills of Berkadia St. Louis brokered the sale on behalf of Watermark.
SOUTHFIELD, LIVONIA AND FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — Farbman Group has brokered the sale of a 480,000-square-foot office portfolio in Southeast Michigan for an undisclosed price. The portfolio includes Oak Hollow Gateway and Centrum Office Center in Southfield; Laurel Office Park in Livonia; and Drake Pointe Office Building in Farmington Hills. Bill Bubniak, Alis Manoogian and Mario Giglio III of Farbman represented the seller, Promanas. A New York-based real estate investment firm was the buyer.
NORTH VERNON, IND. AND GADSDEN, ALA. — MAG Capital Partners LLC has purchased a five-property industrial portfolio occupied by Decatur Plastic Products (DPP) in Indiana and Alabama. The purchase price for the sale-leaseback transaction was undisclosed. The 252,322-square-foot portfolio includes a recently constructed warehouse and manufacturing facility spanning 100,000 square feet in North Vernon, Ind. The sale also includes two nearby facilities in North Vernon as well as two properties in Gadsden, Ala. Bill Drinkall, Brook Steed and Dave Horacek of Bradley Co. represented both the buyer and the seller in the transaction. Fort Worth, Texas-based MAG Capital Partners is a real estate investment and development firm led by principals Dax T.S. Mitchell and Andrew Gi.
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — JLL has negotiated the $13.7 million sale of a 96,600-square-foot light industrial facility in Farmingdale, located on Long Island. The property sits on a four-acre site less than two miles from the Long Island Expressway and was 92 percent leased to multiple tenants at the time of sale. Jose Cruz, Jordan Avanzato, Marc Duval, Mike Kavanagh, Nick Stefans and Andrew Scandalios of JLL represented the undisclosed seller, which acquired the asset in 2004 and made multiple capital improvements, in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
Newmark Arranges $99.2M Acquisition Loan for Six-Building Bay Area Life Sciences Complex
by Amy Works
ALAMEDA, CALIF. — Newmark has arranged $99.2 million in financing to Invesco Advisers for the acquisition and conversion of a newly developed, six-building portfolio in Alameda. Ramsey Daya and Chris Moritz of Newmark’s Debt & Structured Finance team arranged the financing for the buyer. PGIM Real Estate placed the loan. Located at 1410-1430 Harbor Bay Road and 1955-2115 N. Loop Road, the six buildings feature 24- to 28-foot clear heights, dock-high and at-grade doors and ample power. Invesco plans to convert the 335,000-square-foot property into a state-of-the-art life sciences complex, including lab research, development and domestic good manufacturing practice (GMP) manufacturing.
Kidder Mathews Brokers Sales of Three Medical Office Buildings Near Phoenix Totaling $32.8M
by Amy Works
GOODYEAR AND GLENDALE, ARIZ. — Kidder Mathews has arranged the sales of three medical office buildings located in Goodyear and Glendale for a total of $32.8 million. Michael Dupuy and Rachael Thompson of Kidder Mathews represented the undisclosed sellers in the transactions. The names of the buyers were not released. The transactions are the $7.6 million sale of the 20,235-square-foot Cornerstone Medical Center in Goodyear; the $10 million sale of the 35,893-square-foot Talavi Medical Plaza in Glendale; and the $15.2 million sale of the 52,013-square-foot Thunderbird Palms in Glendale.
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Franklin Park Apartments, a four-story multifamily property located at the base of the Hollywood Hills in Los Angeles. A family that had owned the property for 55 years sold the asset to a private limited liability company for $22 million, or $293,333 per unit. Built in 1962, the 65,746-square-foot property features 75 units, 21 of which were vacant at the time of sale. The community also offers a swimming pool, parking garage with electric car charging station, on-site laundry facilities and a courtyard. Rick Raymundo and Shane McConnell of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer in deal.