BRISTOL, PA. — Black Bear Sports Group, an owner of 18 sports facilities around the country, has acquired the Grundy Ice Arena in Bristol, about 20 miles north of Philadelphia. The arena, which frequently hosts youth hockey camps and tournaments throughout the year, features two ice sheets, an athletic training gym, café and a pro shop.
TERRE HAUTE, IND. — Gladstone Commercial Corp. has acquired a 153,600-square-foot distribution facility in Terre Haute for $10.6 million. The property was constructed as a build-to-suit for Clabber Girl Corp. in 2010 and is fully leased to the tenant. Terre Haute-based Clabber Girl manufactures baking powder, baking soda and corn starch. Jeff Castell of Cushman & Wakefield represented the undisclosed seller. The building features a clear height of 32 feet, nine dock doors and one drive-in door.
CHICAGO — The Boulder Group has brokered the sale of single-tenant CVS Pharmacy property in downtown Chicago for $4.9 million. The 8,781-square-foot store is located on the ground floor of a 180-unit condo building at 520 S. State St. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder represented both the seller, a local real estate owner, and the buyer, a Southeast-based real estate investment firm. CVS has more than 10 years remaining on its lease.
SAN DIEGO — Longfellow Real Estate Partners has purchased Creekside, a three-building office property located in San Diego’s Sorrento Mesa submarket. The price was not disclosed. The acquisition brings Longfellow’s San Diego portfolio to more than 660,000 square feet spanning 23 buildings in the Sorrento Valley and Sorrento Mesa submarkets. The company plans to immediately convert 60,000 square feet of existing vacancy and eventually transition the entire 124,473-square-foot campus into state-of-the-art lab space. Creekside is part of Longfellow’s SOVA Science District campus — throughout which Longfellow is completing campus façade enhancements and an outdoor amenity space featuring murals by local artists that will be unveiled this fall. Creekside tenants will also have access to Elevate, Longfellow’s proprietary tenant amenities and hospitality offerings, including a fitness center, brewery, restaurant, coffee shop, programs and services. Louay Alsadek and Hunter Rowe of CBRE and Chris High and Steve Bruce of Newmark Knight Frank assisted with the transaction. Newmark Knight Frank will continue to represent Creekside as leasing agent for Longfellow.
COLTON, CALIF. — JLL Capital Markets has secured $23.7 million in acquisition financing for Pellisier Logistics Center, an industrial warehouse and distribution property located at 1901 W. Center St. in Colton. Marc Schillinger, Keith Rosso and Eric Boucher of JLL’s Debt & Structured Finance group in Century City, Calif., placed the two-year, fixed-rate loan with Thorofare Capital for the borrower, a privately owned apparel manufacturer. Loan proceeds were used to purchase the asset immediately upon completion by developer Hillwood Investment Properties, a Perot Co. The property was 100 percent leased simultaneously with closing for an initial lease term of 10 years, excluding two five-year extensions options at a fair-market, triple-net rate. Situated on 12.5 acres, the newly constructed, 232,588-square-foot Pellisier Logistics Center features 36- to 42-foot clear heights, 24 dock-high doors, 168 trailer parking spaces and 219 auto parking spaces.
BOISE, IDAHO — New York-based Berkadia has acquired LIHTC Advisors, a Boise-based brokerage firm that serves apartment investors with a focus on affordable housing. Jeff Irish and Brandon Grisham, formerly principals of LIHTC Advisors, will lead the new team in Boise. Prior to the merger, Irish and Grisham were involved in the sale of more than $2 billion of affordable housing assets throughout the country. In 2019, Irish and Grisham closed 53 transactions and are expected to exceed that this year. The addition of LIHTC Advisors will broaden Berkadia Affordable’s market presence and support long-term strategic growth under the leadership of David Leopold, senior vice president and head of Berkadia Affordable. “This is a huge step forward in Berkadia’s goal of expanding our affordable housing team, another investment in this critical space,” says Berkadia CEO Justin Wheeler. In 2019, Berkadia’s loan origination volume was $27 billion, while its investment sales platform totaled $9 billion.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — NAI Horizon has arranged the sale of American Self Storage & Mail Center located at 12220 E. Riggs Road in Chandler. Lawhead Family LLC sold the property to Vault at Riggs Road LLC for $8.3 million. Denise Nunez and Victoria Filice of NAI Horizon represented the seller and secured the buyer in the deal.
PORT ROYAL, S.C. — Greystone Brown Real Estate Advisors has negotiated the $54.1 million sale of Preserve at Port Royal, a 400-unit multifamily community in Port Royal. The property, which was built in 2006, offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Communal amenities include a fitness center, two pools, library, two business centers, playground, dog park, storage units, car care center, laundry center, two outdoor kitchens with grilling areas and a bird sanctuary. The asset is situated at 1 Preserve Ave. W., 30 miles north of Hilton Head Island. Jim Jarrell, Steve Mack and Walter Miller of Greystone Brown represented the seller, Norcross, Ga.-based Prominent Realty Group, in the transaction. The buyer was not disclosed.
CARY, N.C. — JLL has arranged the $34.9 million sale of Wegmans West Cary, a 103,000-square-foot building in Cary fully leased to New York-based supermarket chain Wegmans. The seller, Leyland Twin Lakes LLC, an affiliate of LeylandAlliance, delivered the asset earlier this year. The freestanding grocery store is situated on 11 acres at 3710 Davis Drive, 13 miles southeast of downtown Durham. Wegmans West Cary anchors Twin Lakes Center, a mixed-use project that Leyland Twin Lakes has been developing since 2018. Tom Kolarczyk, Ryan Eklund and Chris Angelone of JLL represented the seller in the transaction. San Diego-based Realty Income Corp. purchased the property.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — CIP Real Estate has acquired Whitehall Tech Center in Charlotte for $28 million. The property comprises two buildings totaling 205,000 square feet. The acquisition also includes a 7.5-acre parcel for the development of up to 75,000 square feet of warehouse space. At the time of sale, one of the two buildings was fully leased to an undisclosed tenant while the other building was nearly vacant. CIP plans to implement a $3.2 million renovation of the nearly vacant building from a call center to a multi-tenant industrial space. Further details and the timeline of the renovation were not disclosed. Whitehall Tech Center is located within the Whitehall master-planned community, nine miles south of downtown Charlotte and Charlotte Douglas International Airport. CIP acquired the property from a joint venture between CrossHarbor Capital Partners and a separate CIP Real Estate entity.