BRIGHTON, COLO. — NitNeil Partners has purchased a self-storage property located at 850 Baseline Road in Brighton. Terms of the transaction, which is the company’s first acquisition in the metro Denver market, were not released. Situated 20 miles northeast of Denver, the single-story, drive-up facility features 450 self-storage units, totaling 64,850 rentable square feet. The property will operate under the CubeSmart brand.
Acquisitions
Hilco Acquires Shuttered 20-Acre Power Plant in Northern Virginia, Plans Mixed-Use Development
by Alex Tostado
ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Hilco Redevelopment Partners, a division of Hilco Global, has acquired Potomac River Generating Station (PRGS), a 20-acre, shuttered coal power plant in Alexandria. Specific details were not released, but Hilco officials said they intend to redevelop the site into a mixed-use project, featuring housing, office space, retail and public open spaces. The site is situated along the Potomac River at 1400 N. Royal St., seven miles south of downtown Washington, D.C. Potomac Electric Power Co. (Pepco) sold the site for an undisclosed price. Pepco will retain a property interest and will continue to own and operate an electrical substation at the site. PRGS was decommissioned in 2012.
IRVING, FARMERS BRANCH AND GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Locally based developer JPI has sold three apartment communities totaling 1,174 units in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex to an affiliate of Dallas-based Lone Star Funds. The properties include Jefferson Promenade in Irving, Jefferson 1900 in Farmers Branch and Jefferson Silverlake in Grapevine. All of the communities offer pools, fitness centers, resident lounges and high-end interior finishes. The sales price was not disclosed.
NEW BRAUNFELS, TEXAS — Chicago-based investment firm Sherman Residential has acquired Avenues at Creekside Apartments, a 395-unit multifamily community located just outside San Antonio in New Braunfels. The 32-building property was constructed in 2013 and features one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom units with attached garages or assigned carports and personal patios/balconies. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, business center, playground and a pet park. The seller was not disclosed.
AMARILLO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of 3501 MedCenter, a 145,096-square-foot medical office property in Amarillo. The property is situated on 11 acres and was originally built as a retail center in 1986 before being converted to healthcare in 1995. Alex Vidal of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a locally based partnership led by McCartt Commercial Real Estate Services, in the transaction. Vidal also sourced the buyer, Equity Velocity Fund, which acquired the asset at an occupancy rate of 91 percent.
MERRIONETTE PARK, ILL. — Newport Capital Partners has purchased Stonebrook Plaza in Merrionette Park, located about 17 miles southwest of Chicago. The purchase price was undisclosed. Stonebrook Plaza is a 95,825-square-foot shopping center anchored by grocer Jewel-Osco. It is currently 96 percent leased. Other tenants include Blink Fitness and Pet Supplies Plus as well as eateries and personal care tenants. Jewel-Osco has operated at the property since 1985. Jacksonville, Fla.-based Regency Centers was the seller. Chicago-based Newport specializes in the acquisition and management of neighborhood shopping centers throughout major metro areas.
OSWEGO, ILL. — IRA Capital, a Southern California-based private equity firm, has acquired the Edward-Elmhurst Health Center in Oswego, located about 45 miles southwest of Chicago. It is fully leased to Edward-Elmhurst Healthcare, which was created by the merger of Edward Hospital and Elmhurst Memorial. The 15,500-square-foot outpatient medical facility was constructed as a build-to-suit for the hospital system. Services at the property include imaging, women’s health, urgent care and lab services. The building is situated 14 miles from Edward Hospital in Naperville. The purchase price and seller were undisclosed.
Ziegler Arranges $42.6M Acquisition Financing for Three-Property Seniors Housing Portfolio in Northwest
by Amy Works
BOZEMAN, MONT., AND SEATTLE — Ziegler has arranged $42.6 million in financing for the acquisition of two seniors housing properties near Seattle and another in Bozeman. The borrower is Radiant Senior Living, which has brought the three properties into its portfolio. The financing consisted of a combination of senior and mezzanine debt, with Congressional Bank providing the senior debt and a national seniors housing fund providing the mezzanine debt. Radiant acquired the portfolio from a publicly traded healthcare REIT as part of its expansion efforts across the country. The properties feature a combined 36 independent living units and 204 assisted living units. Post-acquisition, Radiant’s portfolio totals 18 communities spanning across six states in the Pacific Northwest.
MILFORD, MASS. — Nuveen Real Estate has purchased One National, a 300,000-square-foot industrial facility located in the southwestern Boston suburb of Milford for $52 million. According to LoopNet Inc., the property is located at 1 National Drive, was built in 1973 and renovated in 2019. The seller was not disclosed. The property was fully leased to an undisclosed e-commerce tenant at the time of sale.
Fadden Enterprises Divests of Evans Airpark Center Industrial Park in Scottsdale for $17.6M
by Amy Works
SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Fadden Enterprises has completed the sale of Evans Airpark Center, a four-building industrial park located at 8212 and 8224 E. Evans Road and 14555 and 14557 N. 82nd St. in Scottsdale. Portland, Oregon-based Harsch Investment Properties acquired the multi-tenant asset for $17.6 million. Tracy Cartledge, Steve Lindley, Bob Buckley and Michael Kitlica of Cushman & Wakefield’s Phoenix office represented the seller in the transaction. Evans Airpark Center consists of four buildings offering a total of 120,433 square feet of industrial space. The manufacturing/warehouse facility was constructed in the early 1980s, while the remaining three general industrial buildings were constructed in 2006. At the time of sale, the industrial park was 90 percent occupied by multiple tenants.