IRVING, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of The Colony, a 179-unit apartment community in Irving. Built in phases in the 1960s, the property offers proximity to multiple schools, as well as the 12,000-acre Las Colinas business and entertainment district. The Colony’s amenities include three pools, a dog park and onsite laundry facilities. Al Silva and Ford Braly of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Florida-based Capital Vision Management, and procured the buyer, a Dallas-based private investment group.
Acquisitions
NASHVILLE, TENN. — JLL has arranged the $41.2 million sale of Axis and Mosaic, two multifamily properties totaling 363 units in Nashville. Bond Cos. acquired the portfolio in an off-market transaction from Archway Equities LLC, an affiliate of Archway Holdings. Ian Anderson and Peter Chacon of JLL brokered the transaction. Axis comprises 130 units, offering one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a clubhouse, fitness center, pool and laundry facilities. The property was built in 1969 and is situated at 307 Glengarry Drive, seven miles southeast of downtown Nashville. Mosaic, which was built in 1967, totals 233 units and offers two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a courtyard, package services, grilling area and a picnic area. The asset is located at 1019 Patricia Drive, seven miles southeast of downtown Nashville and one mile from Axis.
Vertical Ventures Buys Sycamore Technology Park R&D Campus in Northern California for $45.5M
by Amy Works
MILPITAS, CALIF. — Vertical Ventures has acquired Sycamore Technology Park, a three-building office/R&D campus in Milpitas, from a local Bay Area-based investor for $45.5 million. NorthMarq’s San Francisco office arranged financing for the acquisition. Situated within Oak Creek Business Park, the portfolio includes 475, 501 and 525 Sycamore Drive. Constructed in 1983, the three buildings offer a total of 213,519 square feet, which is currently 84 percent leased to two different tenants. Nathan Prouty of NorthMarq secured $39.9 million in senior bridge financing for the acquisition, as well as to fund capital improvements and future leasing costs for the project. Eric Fox, Steve Hermann, Seth Siegel, Adam Lasoff and Ryan Venezia of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller. Leasing of the project will be handled by Cushman & Wakefield’s San Jose, Calif., team of Gregory Davies, Eric Hallgrimson, Steven Horton and Kelly Yoder.
SAN DIEGO — National University System, a veteran-founded nonprofit university, has completed the disposition of The Pointe at Torrey Pines, an 11.4-acre office campus in San Diego. An institutional investor acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Located at 11255 and 11355 N. Torrey Pines Road in San Diego’s La Jolla submarket, the existing property features two office buildings totaling 139,135 square feet with views of the Pacific Ocean and Torrey Pines Reserve. The property is currently home to the National University System headquarters. Louay Alsadek, Hunter Rowe and Caitlin Little of CBRE represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the transaction.
CBRE Arranges $14.4M Acquisition Financing for Two Seniors Housing Properties in Metro Denver
by Amy Works
AURORA AND LAKEWOOD, COLO. — CBRE has arranged $14.4 million in financing for the acquisition of a seniors housing portfolio in Colorado. The borrower is a joint venture between Cadence Living and a private equity firm. The two communities, located in the Denver suburbs of Aurora and Lakewood, total 152 assisted living units and 35 memory care units. The joint venture plans to deploy $4 million for improvements to the two communities, the names of which were not disclosed. Aron Will, Austin Sacco and Matthew Kuronen of CBRE National Senior Housing arranged the four-year bridge loan with 36 months of interest-only payments and a one-year extension option. The lender is a regional bank.
SAN DIEGO — Atlas Monroe, a vegan food manufacturer, has purchased an industrial warehouse property located 10 miles south of downtown San Diego. Deborah Torres of Atlas Monroe acquired the asset from Jerrold B Siegel for an undisclosed price. Currently based in the San Francisco Bay area, Atlas Monroe is expanding its footprint to include San Diego with the purchase of the two-story, 10,000-square-foot, freestanding warehouse building near San Diego’s Chula Vista community. The company offers plant-based options for vegetarians and vegans, including applewood-fired ribs, extra crispy fried chick’n, deep fried and stuffed turkey rolls, signature sauces, cakes and more. The new San Diego location will serve as a food manufacturing facility, as well as offer occasional pick-up opportunities for locals. Mark Lewkowitz, Chris Holder and Will Holder of Colliers International represented the buyer and seller in the deal.
EAST NEWARK, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has brokered the $19.5 million sale of St. George Harrison Apartments, a 60-unit multifamily community in East Newark. The property comprises 25 one-bedroom units and 35 two-bedroom units ranging in size from 720 to 1,184 square feet. Units are equipped with stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a resident lounge and a fitness center. Niko Nicolaou of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller, Madison Hill Properties, in the transaction. Adam Zweibel, also with Gebroe-Hammer, procured the buyer, SELA Realty Investments.
IRVING, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Jefferson Eastshore, a 286-unit apartment community in Irving. Built in 2018, the property is situated on Lake Carolyn within Irving’s Las Colinas business district. Units come in one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and amenities include a pool, business center, resident lounge, fitness center and outdoor grilling areas. Drew Kile, Will Balthrope, Joey Tumminello and Grant Raymond of IPA represented the seller, locally based developer JPI, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, an affiliate of Lone Star Funds.
CYPRESS, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of 290 Storage, a 287-unit self-storage facility located on five acres in the northwestern Houston suburb of Cypress. The facility comprises 169 climate-controlled and 118 non-climate-controlled units across 53,015 net rentable square feet. Brian Kelly, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the transaction. Additional terms of sale were not disclosed.
MUNCY, PA. — NAI Mertz has brokered the sale of two industrial buildings totaling 425,800 square feet that front Interstate 80 in the central Pennsylvania city of Muncy. The Class A distribution centers total 235,000 and 190,800 square feet and are leased to e-commerce users. Howard Fertman, Chris Matus, Steve Cole and Dave Weaver of NAI Mertz represented the seller, S. Balolia Holdings LLC, in the transaction. EuroOptic LLC, an e-commerce provider of firearms, purchased the larger of the two buildings, and Patton Warehousing purchased the smaller one.