Acquisitions

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ENGLEWOOD, COLO., COMPTON AND STOCKTON, CALIF., AND PHOENIX — CBRE has secured a $46.7 million loan on behalf of San Diego-based Westcore Properties for the acquisition of a four-property industrial portfolio in Colorado, California and Arizona. Totaling 704,065 square feet, the assets are 14101 E. Otero Avenue in Englewood, 19515 S. Susana Road in Compton, 1551 S. Fresno Avenue in Stockton and 4455 W. Camelback Road in Phoenix. The properties have a combined vacancy rate of more than 50 percent, providing a value-add opportunity to reposition the space for new tenants. Mark McGovern, Brian Cruz and Colby Matzke of CBRE’s Debt and Structured Finance team in San Diego arranged the loan for the buyer.

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WATERTOWN, MASS. — A joint venture between Harrison Street Real Estate Capital and LCB Senior Living has acquired The Residence at Watertown Square, a 90-apartment senior living community located in the western Boston suburb of Watertown. Developed in 2014, the community features 19 independent living units, 46 assisted living units and 25 memory care units. Newmark’s Sarah Anderson, Ryan Maconachy, Chad Lavender, Ross Sanders and David Fasano arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the transaction. The seller was also undisclosed.

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BOSTON — Newmark has arranged the $1.5 billion recapitalization of 401 Park Drive and 201 Brookline Ave. in Boston’s Fenway submarket. The 1.5 million-square-foot campus sits on nearly nine acres. Concurrent with the financing transaction, Alexandria Real Estate Equities Inc. acquired a majority stake in the campus. The seller is a joint venture between institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Global Alternatives and Samuels & Associates. Boston-based Samuels will retain a minority interest in the campus and continue to operate, lease and lead development activities for the property in conjunction with the new majority owner. The asset at 401 Park Drive is an existing 973,145-square-foot office and retail tower. It is currently 93 percent occupied. The second property, 201 Brookline Ave., is a 510,116-square-foot laboratory and office tower that is currently under construction. It is 17 percent pre-leased with tenants expected to take occupancy in 2022. There is also potential for an additional phase of commercial development at the site. Located next to an MBTA Green Line station, the campus incorporates a recently created 1.1-acre park that provides direct access to new retailers Time Out Market and Trillium Brewing Co. The park also features an ice-skating rink in the winter. …

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LAKELAND, FLA. — Lex Lakeland LLC, an affiliate of Lexington Realty Trust, has purchased a 222,134-square-foot industrial property at 5275 Drane Field Road in Lakeland for $22.3 million. The newly constructed, tilt-wall facility is located on 19.5 acres approximately 2.8 miles from Interstate 4. Ryan Vaught, Robyn Hurrell and Oliver de la Croix-Vaubois of Colliers International represented the seller, Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Bobeck Real Estate, in the transaction. The buyer, a New York-based real estate investment trust (REIT), was self-represented. At the time of the sale, the Lakeland property was 52.9 percent leased to Motion Industries, which occupies 117,440 square feet. Motion Industries is an industrial solutions company based in Birmingham, Ala.

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ORLANDO, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged a $14.5 million sale-leaseback for a distribution facility in Orlando. GES, a Las Vegas-based marketing and logistics partner for the exhibition and convention industry, is the seller and the sole tenant of the property. Skye Cook, Brad Torell, Jared Bonshire, David Perez, Taylor Zambito, Rick Colon, Mike Davis and Rick Brugge of Cushman & Wakefield represented GES in the transaction. An affiliate of Coral Springs, Fla.-based Eisenberg Investment Group acquired the property. Located at 4805 W. Sand Lake Road, the 192,700-square-foot property is situated on 17 acres and is used for GES’ regional and international operations. The property includes 44,167 square feet of two-story office space, a trailer storage yard, onsite weigh station, clear heights of 21 feet to 29 feet, 38 dock doors and 254 parking spaces. The GES facility is located 12 miles from Walt Disney World Resort.

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HUTTO, TEXAS — Austin-based AQUILA Commercial has brokered the sale of Innovation Business Park Building III, a 153,234-square-foot industrial building located at 1150 New Technology Blvd. in Hutto, located northeast of Austin. Dogwood Industrial Properties, a platform backed by TPG Real Estate Partners, purchased the asset from Titan Development for an undisclosed price. Titan Development delivered the building in the fourth quarter of 2020. At the time of sale, the property was 62 percent leased to EDC Moving Systems.

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DALLAS — Locally based investment firm 180 Multifamily Properties has acquired a 208-unit apartment complex in Dallas’ Bachman Lake area, located near Dallas Love Field Airport. The seller was an undisclosed firm based on the East Coast. Bard Hoover and Wes Racht of Marcus & Millichap brokered the deal. The new ownership plans to implement a capital improvement program that will also include a rebranding of the property.

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SAN ANTONIO — Arizona-based investment firm Sterling Real Estate Partners has acquired Silver Creek Apartments, a 150-unit multifamily community located near USAA’s headquarters on the north side of San Antonio. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 1983, features studio, one- and two-bedroom units and offers amenities such as a clubhouse, lounge, fitness center and a pool. The seller was not disclosed. Sterling plans to implement a value-add program.

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HOUSTON — Heavenrich & Co. has arranged the sale of Pathways Memory Care, a 60-unit skilled nursing memory care facility located in Northwest Houston. The property was built in 2014 on an 80-acre medical campus that includes the Kelsey Seybold Clinic and Villa Toscana, an 86-unit skilled nursing facility that Heavenrich brokered the sale of in 2020. StoneGate Senior Living, a national owner-operator, sold the property to an undisclosed buyer for an undisclosed price.

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NEW YORK CITY — SL Green Realty Corp. (NYSE: SLG) has entered into an agreement to sell its 25 percent interest in Tower 46, a mixed-use building located at 55 W. 46th St. in Manhattan, for $275 million. SL Green acquired its stake in the building, which includes office, retail and multifamily uses, in 2014. The buyer is a fund backed by Brookfield Asset Management. Paul Gillen, Anthony Ledesma and Kyle van Buitenen of Hodges Ward Elliott represented SL Green in the transaction, which is expected to close before the end of the first quarter.

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