Acquisitions

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SOUTH SALT LAKE, UTAH — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of ViA, a multifamily property located in South Salt Lake, approximately 10 minutes south of Salt Lake City. Graycliff Capital acquired the property from an affiliate of Mountain Capital Partners, an affiliate of Dekel Capital and Castlewood Development for an undisclosed price. Built in 2016, the five-story property features 138 apartments with an average unit size of 700 square feet. Community amenities include community-wide WiFi, door-to-door trash pickup, heated swimming pool, hot tub and car-charging station. The property is located adjacent to the Meadowbrook station of the Utah Transit Authority’s TRAX light rail system and near Southgate Shopping Center, University of Utah, Salt Lake Community College and Westminster College. Brock Zylstra, Danny Shin, Steven Gebing and Cliff David of IPA represented the sellers in the transaction. Gary Mangum of Marcus & Millichap served as broker of record in Utah.

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HOMESTEAD, PA. — Commonwealth Charter Academy, an online education platform, has purchased Waterfront Technology Center, a 140,000-square-foot office building in Homestead, an eastern suburb of Pittsburgh. The building, which was 94 percent leased at the time of sale, was originally a Macy’s department store. The sellers, Chicago-based M&J Wilkow and BIG Shopping Centers, purchased the property from Macy’s in 2018 and converted it to an office use. Commonwealth Charter is currently a tenant in the building.

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NORWALK, CONN. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of a 198-unit multifamily portfolio in the coastal Connecticut city of Norwalk. The portfolio consists of the 129-unit Berkeley at Waypointe Apartments and the 69-unit Quincy Lofts. Jeffrey Dunne, Gene Pride, Jeremy Neuer, Steve Bardsley, David Gavin and Eric Apfel of CBRE represented the owner, Alex. Brown Realty, while also procuring the buyer, Invictus Real Estate Partners.

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KENNESAW, GA. — Town Center at Cobb Mall, a nearly 1.3 million-square-foot enclosed regional mall in the northern Atlanta suburb of Kennesaw, was foreclosed on by its lenders, according to the Marietta Daily Journal. Indianapolis-based Simon Property Group (NYSE: SPG) was the previous owner, manager and developer of the mall. Deutsche Bank Trust Corp. was the lead lender and trustee of the $200 million loan, which the global bank made with other investors in 2012. Deutsche Bank Trust auctioned the mall on Tuesday, Feb. 2 and set the opening bid at $130.4 million, but no bids were made at the auction. Deutsche Bank Trust and its co-lenders now own and manage the mall. No additional plans were reported. Town Center at Cobb Mall is located in Cobb County at 400 Ernest W. Barrett Parkway NW, approximately 33 miles north of Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. The mall opened in February 1986 and features more than 170 stores and restaurants, including anchors Macy’s, Belk, H&M and JC Penney. The property features a food court and a children’s play area as well. Simon’s stock price closed on Wednesday, Feb. 3 at $93.38 per share, down from $137.29 a year ago.

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HIALEAH GARDENS, FLA. — Butters Construction & Development has partnered with Greystar for the future development of Miami Midway Park, a 45.1-acre site at NW 97th Ave. and NW 170th St. in Hialeah Gardens. The joint venture partnership will develop a 500,000-square-foot, Class-A distribution industrial park and 360 garden-style multifamily apartments. The Butters-Greystar joint venture purchased the site from Miami-based Terra Group and New Valley for $53.5 million. Terra and New Valley broke ground on an adjacent multifamily project dubbed Natura Gardens, which will span 460 units on 27 acres and open in 2022. CBRE Capital Markets helped match Greystar with Butters Construction for Miami Midway Park. CBRE identified Greystar and its partner, Whitman Peterson, as the development and equity partner for the industrial component of the project, while a Greystar affiliate is closing on the multifamily portion of the project. Christian Lee, Chris Riley and Jose Lobon of CBRE led the transaction. The firm’s Devin White, David Albert and Royce Rose assisted.

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JOLIET, ILL. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of the Laraway Distribution Center in Joliet for an undisclosed price. The 736,780-square-foot warehouse sits on over 34 acres at 1151 E. Laraway Road within the I-80 submarket. Built in 2008, the facility was fully leased to three tenants at the time of sale. Jeff Devine and Steve Disse of Colliers represented the seller, Clarion Partners LLC. Exeter Property Group purchased the asset.

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EVANSTON, ILL. — Interra Realty has arranged the sale of 908 Main St. in Evanston for $5.2 million. The 27-unit multifamily building was originally constructed in 1913 and renovated in the 2000s. It features 15 one-bedroom units and 12 two-bedroom units. The building was fully occupied at the time of sale. Brad Feldman of Interra represented the seller, Robinson Rental, an Evanston-based company that has owned the property since the 1980s. Feldman also represented the international buyer.

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KYLE, TEXAS — Bellomy & Co. has arranged the sale of Kyle Premier Storage, a 707-unit self-storage facility located about 20 miles south of Austin. The Class A property spans 81,781 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy and Michael Johnson of Bellomy & Co. represented the seller, a locally based private investor, in the transaction. The duo also procured the Delaware-based buyer, AGAP Kyle LLC.

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NEWARK AND IRVINGTON, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has brokered the $72 million sale of a portfolio of multifamily properties totaling 641 units in Northern New Jersey. Five of the properties are located within a 1.8-mile radius of one another in Newark, and the rest of the properties are located in nearby Irvington. David Oropeza, David Jarvis and Adam Zweibel of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller, OneWall Partners, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, an undisclosed private investment group. Brad Domenico of Progress Capital arranged acquisition financing for the deal.

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RENTON, WASH. — Elion Partners, a vertically integrated private equity real estate investment firm, has purchased a 114,531-square-foot last-mile industrial property located at 600 SW 10th St. in Renton, approximately 13 miles south of the Port of Seattle. An undisclosed seller sold the asset for $27.7 million. The transaction is part of a series of acquisitions the firm has planned for its last-mile portfolio, which focuses on facilities that enable goods to be moved from a transportation hub to a final delivery destination across key logistics markets, including Seattle, San Francisco and Southern California.

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