JEFFERSON, GA. — Alliance Residential Co. has acquired 74.9 acres at 575 Concord Road in Jefferson for the development of Prose Concord, a new multifamily property totaling 300 units. This property will be Alliance Residential’s first launch of Prose in the Southeast. Construction will begin on Prose Concord this year with an expected completion date of March 2022. Architect Hensley Lamkin Rachel Inc. is designing the development. Prose Concord will include one- and two-bedroom apartment units averaging 1,008 square feet. Apartments will feature stainless steel appliances, wood plank-style flooring, walk-in closets, storage and dining-sized kitchen islands. Community amenities will include a fitness center, coworking spaces, pet park and a 24/7 package concierge,. The multifamily community will be located on the northeast side of Atlanta, close to many industrial spaces. Over the past few years, 18 million square feet of industrial warehouse and distribution space has been delivered within a five-mile radius of Prose Concord. Another four million square feet of industrial space is currently under development. Recently, Amazon and Walmart leased 800,000 and 1 million square feet of space, respectively, within a few miles of Prose Concord.
OAKLAND, CALIF. — Los Angeles-based investor and developer CIM Group has sold Uptown Station, a 397,000-square-foot office building in Oakland. Local media outlets including the East Bay Times report that the sales price was $419 million, and that the property sold to Mapletree Investments, which is based in Singapore. The price equates to roughly $1,057 per square foot, which the Times reports would be a record for an Oakland office building. Newmark brokered the deal. Square Inc., a locally based provider of financial services like mobile payments that is headed by Twitter founder Jack Dorsey, occupies the entire eight-story building. The property was originally built in 1929 to house a Sears department store. CIM Group acquired the asset in December 2017 from Uber, which was in the process of redeveloping the building into an urban office campus. Uptown Station is situated at the nexus of three arteries — Broadway, Telegraph Avenue, and 20th Street — in Oakland’s Uptown district. The property is located directly above a BART station, offers outdoor roof decks and includes 35,000 square feet of retail space that is leased to Shake Shack and One Medical. “CIM Group delivered on its vision for Uptown Station, bringing a …
YULEE, FLA. — RAS Property Group has acquired The Lofts at Wildlight, a new 279-unit apartment complex located in Yulee, for $55.8 million. The seller was not disclosed. Situated approximately 22 miles from downtown Jacksonville, The Lofts at Wildlight include five buildings and offers one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a pool with sundeck, outdoor dining spaces and a 24-hour fitness center. The property is part of the 2,900-acre Wildlight community in Nassau County. Upon completion, Wildlight will offer 7 million square feet of office, commercial, medical, industrial and residential space. Adam Bieber of Philips Realty Capital advised RAS on capitalization of the property. RAS Realty Partners, parent company of RAS Property Group, is a real estate investment and development company based in Boca Raton, Fla.
IRVING, TEXAS — Newmark has brokered the sale of Marbletree, a 416-unit apartment community in Irving. The property offers one- and two-bedrooms and amenities such as a business center, fitness center and a pool. Jakob Andersen and Brian O’Boyle Jr. of Newmark represented the seller, LumaCorp., in the transaction. Deverick Jordan and William Hairston of Newmark arranged acquisition financing through New York City-based Ready Capital on behalf of the buyer, GoodLife Housing Partners. The new ownership plans to implement a value-add program, as the property has not been renovated since its original construction in 1982. The community was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale.
LEWISVILLE, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of The Somerset, a 372-unit apartment community located in the northern Dallas suburb of Lewisville. The property was built in 1986 and features one- and two-bedroom residences with an average unit size of 765 square feet. Amenities include two pools, a fitness center, business center, spa, playground and a clubhouse, according to Apartments.com. Drew Kile, Joey Tumminello, Will Balthrope and Asher Hall of IPA, along with Marcus & Millichap’s Bard Hoover and Nick Fluellen, represented the seller, LumaCorp., in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Western Wealth Capital.
ST. LOUIS — JLL Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a two-property, 525-unit multifamily portfolio in St. Louis for an undisclosed price. The properties include Cortona at Forest Park and Encore at Forest Park. Completed in 2014, Cortona offers studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Amenities include a dog park, courtyard, outdoor grill area and a clubhouse with a fitness center, coffee bar, pool table, shuffleboard and business center. Encore at Forest Park, completed in 2018, consists of studio, one-, two- and three-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, grilling area, dog park, pet spa and fitness center. Kevin Girard and Matthew Lawton of JLL represented the undisclosed seller. Mike Donovan of Balke Brown Transwestern led the local team that co-brokered the sale. The portfolio sold to an institutional buyer.
WESTMONT, ILL. — Interra Realty has arranged the $4.5 million sale of Warwick Apartments in Westmont, a western suburb of Chicago. The 32-unit multifamily property is located at 312-316 N. Warwick Ave. The seller, Chicago-based 29th Street Capital, made significant capital improvements to the property in 2018. It was originally built in 1973 and was 97 percent occupied at the time of sale. Brian DiBasilio and Craig Martin of Interra represented the seller. The buyer was not disclosed.
FITCHBURG, WIS. — Lee & Associates has negotiated the $1.8 million sale of a 3.7-acre development site in Fitchburg, a suburb of Madison. Blake George and Chris Etmanczyk of Lee & Associates represented the seller, Orchard Pointe Development Co. Inc. JTK Limestone Ridge LLC was the buyer. Plans for the site include the construction of apartments, both market-rate and workforce housing.
WACO, TEXAS — Irving, Texas-based Darwin German Real Estate Investments has acquired The Villages, a 108-unit multifamily property located adjacent to Baylor University’s campus in Waco. The property was originally built on 4.5 acres in 1982 and was 88 percent occupied at the time of sale. A Dallas-based investor sold the asset in an off-market transaction for an undisclosed price.
MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. — NAI Mertz has brokered the sale of a 61,000-square-foot industrial building in Mount Laurel, located outside Philadelphia in Bergen County. The property is located just off I-295 near the New Jersey Turnpike and Routes 70 and 73. Jonathan Klear, Fred Meyer, Roy Kardon, Jeff Licht and Jared Licht of NAI Mertz represented the buyer, industrial investment firm Faropoint, in the transaction. The seller was not disclosed.