CINCINNATI — Faropoint has acquired an 80,000-square-foot industrial facility in Cincinnati for an undisclosed price. The building sits on 5.5 acres at 10021 Commerce Drive. Built in 1979, the single-tenant property features clear heights ranging from 16 to 20 feet, as well as two dock-high doors and three drive-in doors. The tenant uses the space for both manufacturing and distribution. Rod MacEachen and Jared Wagoner of SqFt Commercial represented Faropoint in the transaction. AIC Ventures was the seller. Founded in 2012, Memphis, Tenn.-based Faropoint owns more than 250 industrial properties totaling over 20 million square feet.
FARMINGTON HILLS, MICH. — Keystone Commercial Real Estate has brokered the sale of Federated Financial Center in Farmington Hills, a northwest suburb of Detroit. The sales price was undisclosed. Located at 30955 Northwestern Highway, the 33,662-square-foot office building will serve as the corporate headquarters of Happy’s Pizza, which is the parent company of Savvy Sliders. Greg Newman of Keystone worked with Happy’s to identify the location for the new headquarters, which is slated for occupancy this fall. The three-story building was constructed in 1987, according to LoopNet. Federated Financial Center Inc. sold the property to Blackstone 13 LLC.
ASBURY PARK, N.J. — New Jersey-based brokerage firm The Kislak Co. Inc. has arranged the $18.5 million sale of Kingsley Arms Apartments, a 98-unit multifamily building in Asbury Park. The unit mix consists of 23 studios, 68 one-bedroom units, five two-bedroom units and two penthouses. Units were renovated in 2016, and building upgrades were completed earlier this year. Amenities include a fitness center, media room and a rooftop terrace. Daniel Lanni of Kislak represented the seller, Sackman Residential Holdings LLC, and the buyer, an entity doing business as 200 Deal Lake LLC, in the transaction. ConnectOne Bank provided acquisition financing.
CHERRY HILL, N.J. — Wharton Industrial, a division of New York City-based development and investment firm Wharton Equity Partners, has purchased a 130,000-square-foot portfolio in the Philadelphia suburb of Cherry Hill. Wharton acquired the three-building portfolio from an undisclosed seller in an off-market transaction and will implement a capital improvement program. Renovations will include replacing certain roofs, upgrading landscaping, repairing and painting exteriors and improving truck loading stations.
SOUTH WINDSOR, CONN. — Lyman Real Estate Brokerage & Development, a Connecticut-based firm, has negotiated the sale of a 48,060-square-foot industrial building in South Windsor, a suburb of Hartford. Sam Lyman of Lyman Real Estate represented the seller and occupant, Capitol Moving & Storage, in the transaction. Clancy Relocation & Logistics purchased the building.
PEORIA, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors has arranged the sale of Parc Roundtree Ranch, a 275-unit apartment property in Peoria, approximately 13 miles north of Phoenix. The property sold for $88.8 million, or $322,909 per unit. Gebing and Cliff David of IPA represented the seller, Evergreen Devco Inc., and procured the buyer, Bridge Investment Group. Completed in 2021, Parc Roundtree Ranch is located northeast of the Westgate Entertainment District, a mixed-use development in Glendale with more than 20 restaurants, retailers and entertainment venues including Yard House, Saddle Ranch, Buffalo Wild Wings and a 20-screen AMC movie theater. The Westgate district is anchored by Gila River Arena, which is the home to the National Hockey League’s Arizona Coyotes. Additionally, the apartment property is located next to Roundtree Park, a public community park with grills, a picnic area, a playground and a soccer field. The apartment community is close to the Loop 101 freeway and U.S. 60, and has access to employment hot spots such as Southwest Valley, Midtown and downtown Phoenix. Additionally, there are approximately 7,300 businesses within a 10-mile radius of the property. “The West Valley’s combination of durable jobs and growth in the distribution and industrial sectors has provided …
TAMPA, FLA. — Tampa-based Sila Realty Trust Inc. has sold 29 data centers across 18 states to Mapletree Industrial Trust, an industrial REIT listed on the Singapore Exchange. The sales price was approximately $1.3 billion. The transaction is expected to be completed in one or more closings during the third quarter of 2021. In total, the data center portfolio spans 3.3 million square feet of net leasable area. The portfolio is 87.8 percent leased to 32 tenants, including Fortune Global 500 and publicly traded companies with investment-grade credit. Only 1.7 percent of the leases are expiring in the next three financial years. Sila’s fiscal year ends on December 31st. About 89.4 percent of the leases in the portfolio have yearly rental escalations in the 1.5 percent to 3 percent range. With this acquisition, Mapletree Industrial Trust will have presence in 13 of the top 15 data center markets. Sila Realty Trust is a public non-traded real estate investment trust.
DURHAM, N.C. — Magma Equities and Viking Partners have acquired University Apartments, a 359-unit multifamily community near Duke University in Durham, for $42.4 million. The seller was not disclosed. Located on 12 acres at 1500 Duke University Road, University Apartments features studio, one- and two-bedroom units across 20 two- and three-story residential buildings. Community amenities include two 24-hour fitness centers, two swimming pools with sundecks, grills and an outdoor fireplace. Magma and Viking plan to initiate a capital improvement plan to upgrade both the unit interiors as well as the community areas. For the Manhattan Beach, Calif.-based Magma firm, University Apartments is the fifth acquisition in the Raleigh-Durham metro area this year alone and increases the company’s local multifamily portfolio to more than 3,600 units. Viking Partners is a Cincinnati-based private equity real estate investment firm.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Montford Group and Opterra Capital have purchased 170 Meeting Street, a 30,000-square-foot office building located in downtown Charleston. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The five-story property has floor-to-ceiling windows and is fully leased to tenants including Regions Bank and Regus. Currently, Montford Group and Opterra Capital plan to keep the office as is, having a goal to maintain the business banking district in downtown Charleston. Marc Knight and his team at First Reliance Bank secured an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing on behalf of the buyers. Joe Keenan and Trad Dyches of Palmetto Commercial brokered the sale.
OMAHA, NEB. — Lockwood Development has purchased One Valmont Plaza, an office property with two Class A buildings totaling 173,692 square feet in Omaha, for $26.8 million. One building rises four stories and spans 64,335 square feet, while the other rises six stories and totals 109,357 square feet. They are part of the First National Bank Business Park. Steve Sheppard of CBRE represented Lockwood in the sale. Lee Pedersen of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller.