SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — Avison Young has facilitated the sale of a 587,720-square-foot industrial property located at 537 Omni Industrial Blvd. in Summerville. The building was constructed in 2018 and is fully leased to 3G Distribution Services, a third-party logistics (3PL) provider. The Class A facility is situated on a 43-acre site within the Omni Industrial Campus, a 221-acre business park situated 28 miles from the Port of Charleston. The industrial facility features LED light fixtures, ESFR sprinkler systems and 36-foot clear heights. The property includes 79 docks (expandable to 111), as well as 151 remote trailer stalls, heavy power and a fenced lot. Erik Foster and Mike Wilson of Avison Young represented the sellers, Clarius Partners LLC and Wanxiang America Real Estate Group, in the transaction. Foster and Wilson also raised development equity on Clarius’ behalf in order to commence the project. The buyer was an institutional real estate venture capital firm, and the sales price was not disclosed. Clarius Partners is a full-service real estate investment and development company with offices in Chicago and Scottsdale, Ariz. Wanxiang America Real Estate Group is a Chicago-based real estate investment firm.
Acquisitions
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Stan Johnson Co. has brokered the $10 million sale of a 28,434-square-foot, multi-tenant medical office building located at 3401 Village Drive in Fayetteville. Stan Johnson’s Scott Briggs represented the seller, an individual investor and developer based in North Carolina. The property, known as Village Medical Plaza, was purchased by an out-of-state private fund whose name was not disclosed. Village Medical Plaza features both medical and traditional office space and is fully leased to three tenants: the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) for an initial 15-year term, the State of North Carolina Department of Revenue for an initial 10-year term and Piedmont Physical Therapy Specialists for an initial term of seven years. The three-story property was built in 2017 and sits on 1.3 acres in a medical and office district immediately adjacent to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center, a 200-bed acute care facility that treats more than 1 million patients annually.
FORT WAYNE, IND. — Quantum Real Estate Advisors Inc. has brokered the sale of a two-property retail portfolio in Fort Wayne for $12 million. The assets are located at 401-407 E. Coliseum Blvd. and 407 W. Coliseum Blvd. and total 27,000 square feet. Dan Waszak of Quantum represented the buyer, a Mexico-based private investor. An Indiana-based development group was the seller, which revitalized both properties upgraded them to Class A assets.
CRYSTAL LAKE, ILL. — Premier Commercial Realty has negotiated the sale of a 20,600-square-foot office building located at 333 Commerce Drive in Crystal Lake, about 50 miles northwest of downtown Chicago. The sales price was undisclosed. The property was 65 percent leased at the time of sale. Michael Deacon of Premier brokered the transaction. A private investor purchased the asset from 333 Commerce Drive LLC.
LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas Sands Corp. (NYSE: LVS) has agreed to sell its Las Vegas properties and operations, including The Venetian Resort Las Vegas and the Sands Expo and Convention Center, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $6.2 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, VICI Properties Inc. (NYSE: VICI) will acquire all of the land and real estate assets associated with the Venetian for $4 billion in cash, representing a capitalization rate of 6.2 percent. Affiliates of Apollo Global Management Inc. (NYSE: APO) will acquire the operating company of the Venetian for $2.2 billion, of which $1.2 billion is in the form of a secured term loan, and the remainder is payable in cash. The closing of the transactions is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals. It is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Regarding the sale, Sands says it plans to focus on reinvestment in Asia and pursue new growth prospects. “Asia remains the backbone of this company and our developments in Macao and Singapore are the center of our attention. We will always look for ways to reinvest in our properties and those communities,” says Robert Goldstein, chairman and …
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Hodges Ward Elliott, a hospitality brokerage firm with offices across the country, has arranged the sale of four Omni Hotels & Resorts in Texas. The hotels are located in the metro areas of each of the state’s four largest markets: Austin, Dallas, Houston and San Antonio. The hotels were sold as part of a five-property, 1,729-room portfolio transaction, with the fifth hotel located in Jacksonville, Fla. John Bourret, Daniel Peek, Austin Brooks and David Auer of Hodges Ward Elliott represented the seller, TRT Holdings, the Dallas-based owner-operator of the Omni family of brands. The undisclosed buyer plans to renovate and rebrand all five hotels.
SPRINGDALE, ARK. — CBRE has arranged a $30.1 million sale-leaseback of 13 freestanding grocery stores leased to Harps Foods Stores Inc. totaling 459,525 square feet in Arkansas and Missouri. Harps sold the portfolio to New Jersey-based Essential Properties Realty Trust Inc. Will Lightfoot, Jason Little, David Erstine and Hunter Groce of CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. Since 2015, CBRE assisted Harps in sale-leaseback transactions totaling $110 million. All 13 properties were sold subject to new, long-term net leases with Harps and will continue to operate under Harps-operated brands, including Harps Food Stores and 10Box. The sale will not affect store operations in any way. Harp’s Food Stores Inc., based in Springdale, is a chain of 113 supermarkets located across Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri and Kansas. In 2001, the company did a leveraged buy-out with the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) purchasing outstanding stock from the family and management. Harps is the largest employee-owned company headquartered in Arkansas and the 20th largest in the United States.
CHANHASSEN, MINN. — JLL Capital Markets has negotiated the $5.5 million sale of Olive Branch Estates in Chanhassen, a suburb of Minneapolis. The 24-unit, 28-bed memory care facility was constructed in 2015. The one-story property sits on 4.6 acres. John Klement of JLL represented the seller, a private owner and operator. The buyer, a limited liability company, has retained Elysian Senior Homes to operate the community. The sales price represents a cap rate of 8.75 percent.
DALLAS — Locally based hospitality investment firm NewcrestImage has purchased the Magnolia Hotel, a 325-room hotel located at 1401 Commerce St. across the street from AT&T’s headquarters office in downtown Dallas. The historic 29-story building was originally constructed in 1922 as the headquarters for Magnolia Petroleum and was redeveloped into a boutique hotel in 1999. NewcrestImage purchased the property from Denver-based Stout Street Hospitality for an undisclosed price. John Bourret, Daniel Peek, Austin Brooks and David Auer of Hodges Ward Elliott brokered the deal.
TAMPA, FLA. — A joint venture between Birtcher Anderson & Davis and Belay Investment Group has purchased Sunstate Business Park in Tampa for $17.1 million. The property’s eight buildings total 180,323 square feet of flex and industrial space and are located at the intersection of West Waters Avenue and Sunstate Street, two miles from Tampa International Airport. Ryan Vaught, Robyn Hurrell and Nathan Lynch of Colliers International represented the seller, Indianapolis-based Citimark. The buyer was self-represented. At the time of the sale, Sunstate Business Park was 91.1 percent leased to 26 tenants, including Freedom Scientific Inc., Cooper Speed, Calta’s Fitness Center and American Technologies Group. The property recently underwent capital improvements to refresh signage, landscaping and exterior paint. Having sold off over 1 million square feet in Tampa-based assets over the past two years, Sunstate Business Park is currently the only property Birtcher Anderson & Davis owns in the Tampa Bay market.