CHICAGO — Kiser Group has arranged the sale of a 46-unit apartment building in Chicago’s South Humboldt Park neighborhood for $3.7 million. Located at 3432-40 W. Franklin Blvd., the property was built in 1927 and fully renovated in the mid-2000s. Monthly rents range from $624 to $1,375. Jack Petrando, Danny Logarakis and Rick Ofman of Kiser represented the buyer, RMRE Holdings LLC, and the undisclosed seller. The buyer plans to complete cosmetic upgrades to some of the units.
SAYREVILLE, N.J. — New York City-based investment firm AMS Acquisitions has sold Gillette Towers, a two-building, 136-unit seniors housing facility in the Northern New Jersey community of Sayreville. In 2019, AMS purchased the property, which then consisted of a single 80-unit building, for $13 million. The company then developed a 56-unit building that is nearing completion, while the original building is now fully leased. The buyer was a partnership between A&RW Properties LLC and its affiliates JYW Holdings LLC and Nadlan Capital Inc.
BERGENFIELD, N.J. — A partnership between Diversified Properties and The Hampshire Cos. has acquired a 40,000-square-foot industrial property at 72 N. Washington Ave. in Bergenfield, located northwest of Manhattan. The two-story building was fully leased at the time of sale. Greg Sabato and Tom Consiglio of Resource Realty of Northern New Jersey represented the seller in the off-market transaction. Sabato and Consiglio also represented the partnership in its negotiations of a long-term lease modification and extension with the building’s only tenant, Cooper Electric, which occurred prior to acquisition.
HOOVER, ALA. — Berkadia has brokered the $100.8 million sale of The Park at Hoover, a 1,060-unit, garden-style apartment community in suburban Birmingham. The Class B complex is the largest apartment community in Alabama, according to Berkadia. The buyer, Miami-based Westside Capital Group, split the acquisition into two separate transactions and financed each with floating-rate debt. David Oakley, David Wilson, Caleb Frizzell and Steve Nunnelley of Berkadia’s Birmingham office arranged the sale on behalf of the undisclosed seller. Charles Foschini and Chris Apone of Berkadia’s Miami office arranged two 10-year Freddie Mac loans on behalf of Westside Capital totaling $75.6 million. The 920-unit Phase I of The Park is located in Hoover and was built in 1988, while the newer 140-unit Phase II was built in 1996 and is located in unincorporated Jefferson County. Community amenities include four swimming pools, a large fitness center, four tennis courts, sports court, dog park, playground and a 6,685-square-foot clubhouse. Westside Capital plans to renovate the apartment community to improve its walkability and rebrand the complex into three separate properties. The buyer also plans to explore potential development opportunities on the 101-acre site. Westside Capital’s property management arm WS Living will operate the property …
ATLANTA — Newmark has arranged the $95 million sale of Signature West Midtown, a student housing community situated at 800 Marietta Street NW in Atlanta’s West Midtown district. The 525-bed property was completed in 2019 and primarily serves the student population at nearby Georgia Tech. Ryan Lang, Jack Brett and Bert Sanders of Newmark represented the sellers, Investcorp and Preiss Cos., in the transaction. Trent Houchin of Newmark arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Ascott Residence Trust. This is the first investment in the U.S. student housing sector for Ascott, a hospitality trust based in Singapore. Signature West Midtown features studio and one- to five-bedroom units. Community amenities include a gym, pool, rooftop lounges and barbeque pits, a business center, study lounges, game room and delivery lockers.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of the Lantower Southwest Building, a 124,356-square-foot office property in Wichita Falls, located roughly midway between Dallas and Amarillo. The building is situated on 3.5 acres and was 81 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Merrill Lynch, J.P. Morgan Chase, Wichita Home Health and Jacksboro National Bank. Joseph Jacques of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a partnership, and procured the buyer, a limited liability company. Both parties requested anonymity.
AKRON, OHIO — Industrial Commercial Properties (ICP) has acquired the 635,000-square-foot Chapel Hill Mall in Akron for an undisclosed price. The mall is contiguous to the former Sears building and auto center, which ICP purchased last year. With the Sears property, the total acquisition amounts to 829,000 square feet on 60 acres. ICP is considering converting the mall into a multi-tenant campus or a series of industrial buildings, but detailed redevelopment plans have yet to be released. Chapel Hill Mall is ICP’s seventh acquisition in 2021, bringing the company’s portfolio to more than 150 properties in five states.
BRENTWOOD, N.H. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Creative Self Storage, a 391-unit facility in Brentwood, located in the southern part of the state. The property features 58,064 net rentable square feet across 357 non-climate-controlled units and 34 climate-controlled units. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher, Gabriel Coe and James Koury of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
SEWELL, N.J. — Avison Young has negotiated the $3.7 million sale of Offices at Harbor Pavilions, a 15,000-square-foot medical office building in Sewell, located outside of Philadelphia in the southern part of the state. The property was built in 2007 and is leased to Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine and Reconstructive Orthopedics. Scott Martin of Avison Young represented the seller, a local investor, and the buyer, a local doctor, in the transaction.
LONG BEACH, CALIF. — A partnership between Turnbridge Equities and Waterford Property Co., along with Monument Square Investment Group, has purchased City Place Long Beach, a 14-acre, large-scale, open-air, mixed-use development in downtown Long Beach. The partnership first acquired the loan on the asset at the end of 2020 and now reached an agreement to take over ownership of the property. Originally the site was Long Beach Plaza Mall, an enclosed shopping mall that was built in 1982 and demolished in 2002 to make way for City Place. The partnership is now reinventing the property as a mixed-use development with retail, office, restaurant and entertainment spaces, as well as working to immediately stabilize the asset.
