DANVILLE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $9.7 million sale of a 65,900-square-foot medical office building in Danville in eastern Illinois. The two-tenant property is located at 707 N. Logan Ave. Constructed in 1994, the four-story building is situated near other healthcare providers, retail and restaurants. One of the building tenants, OSF HealthCare, recently executed a new 10-year lease. Frank Roti and Brett Rodgers of Marcus & Millichap represented the private seller and procured the buyer, a private equity firm. Despite the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, Marcus & Millichap says it has completed a similar volume of multi-tenant medical office building sales from March 15 to May 15 of this year compared with the same time period in 2019. “Medical office buildings are desirable investments for a variety of reasons, including strong tenant credit, the growing need for healthcare services and high lease renewal rates,” says Roti.
Acquisitions
AFFTON, MO. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has arranged the $1.7 million sale of a single-tenant property net leased to 7-Eleven in Affton, which is about 10 miles south from downtown St. Louis. Built in 1989, the 2,845-square-foot property is located at 703 Union Road. Jeremy McChesney of Hanley represented the seller, Hermosa Beach, Calif.-based Equitas Investments. A Los Angeles-based private investor purchased the asset.
Greystar Acquires Property Management Business of Alliance Residential, Including Future Business
by John Nelson
CHARLESTON, S.C. AND PHOENIX — Multifamily development and management firm Greystar Real Estate Partners has acquired the property management business of competitor Alliance Residential Co., the fourth-largest apartment management firm in the United States. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, but The Wall Street Journal reports that the all-cash deal totaled nearly $200 million. Phoenix-based Alliance Residential will shift its focus from property management to development, construction and acquisition across the multifamily spectrum, including workforce housing and seniors housing. As part of the deal, Greystar will provide management services to Alliance Residential’s owned portfolio going forward, including both new developments and acquisitions. Alliance Residential has been the No. 1 developer of multifamily units in the United States for the last two years, and Greystar is the largest apartment management firm in the country, according to the National Multifamily Housing Council. The combined property management business will operate under the Greystar brand, bringing the Charleston-based firm’s total unit count to 660,000. The combined portfolio comprises 2,400 properties in 42 states and 13 countries. Additionally, the acquisition will bring Greystar’s workforce to nearly 19,000 team members. The acquisition boosts Greystar’s property management business by approximately 25 percent and gives the …
CANTON, MASS. — Service Properties Trust (SPT), a Massachusetts-based REIT, has sold a 674,143-square-foot industrial property in Canton, a southern suburb of Boston. The sales price was $51 million. The property is located at 555 Turnpike St. and was constructed in 1962. SPT purchased the property as part of a net-lease portfolio acquisition in September 2019. The buyer was undisclosed.
NEW YORK CITY — Naftali Group LLC has acquired a 94,500-square-foot waterfront development site at 470 Kent Ave. in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Certified Lumber formerly leased an existing building on the site, which will be demolished for the redevelopment of a residential or mixed-use project. The property, which overlooks the East River, is located near the Brooklyn Navy Yard mixed-use district and offers convenient access to the East River Ferry terminal and Marcy Avenue train station. Brendan Maddigan and Stephen Palmese of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction, along with Robert Burton of Cushman & Wakefield. The sales price was undisclosed.
TULSA, OKLA. — New York-based private equity firm Wynmor Management has acquired London Square Apartments, a 173-unit multifamily community in Tulsa. The property was built in 1967 and spans approximately 150,000 square feet. Michael Sullivan of Berkadia represented the seller, a partnership between two California-based firms, National Holdings LLC and London Square-MBD LLC, in the transaction. The new ownership will implement a value-add program. Wynmor partnered with MD2 Property Group, a New York City-based property management firm to acquire and manage the property. Arbor Realty Trust provided acquisition financing.
HOUSTON — NAI Partners has arranged the sale of a 10,656-square-foot industrial building located at 6921 Homestead Road in Houston. Zane Carman and Clay Pritchett of NAI Partners represented the buyer, TNT Equipment Co., an Ohio-based provider of scaffolding and construction rental equipment, in the transaction. Zack Taylor and Lawton Anderson of Moody Rambin represented the undisclosed seller.
PLANTATION, FLA. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the $53.5 million sale of a two-property, 398-unit multifamily portfolio in Plantation. The communities, Hamlet Plantation and The Continental Apartments, are located less than one mile from each other and six miles west of downtown Fort Lauderdale. Each property offers one- and two-bedroom floor plans, and each was recently renovated to include new roofs, paint and impact glass windows. Tal Frydman, Avery Klann, Hampton Beebe, Tyler Minix and Jonathan Senn of NKF represented the seller, Jenco Properties, in the transaction. Canadian investment firm Prism Multifamily Group acquired the assets.
ELKRIDGE, MD. — Merritt Properties has acquired The Lyndwood Executive Center, a two-building, 165,000-square-foot office campus in Elkridge. BentallGreenOak’s U.S. Core Fund sold the buildings for an undisclosed amount. The assets were 98 percent leased at the time of sale to 14 tenants. The Lyndwood Executive Center is located at 6085-6095 Marshalee Drive, 14 miles southwest of downtown Baltimore. Jonathan Carpenter and Graham Savage of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction.
Phillips Realty Capital Arranges $29M Acquisition Loan for Office Building in Northern Virginia
by Alex Tostado
RESTON, VA. — Phillips Realty Capital has arranged a $29 million acquisition loan for Reston Metro Center One, a 124,076-square-foot office building in Reston. The property is located at 12120 Sunrise Valley Drive, which is within walking distance of the planned Reston Town Center Silver Line Metrorail Station and 22 miles west of downtown Washington, D.C. The asset was built in 2000 and its amenities include a lounge area and a fitness center. The building was vacant at the time of sale. Malcolm Shaw, Steve Shaw, Harmon Handorf and Bill Wrench of Phillips Realty arranged the loan on behalf of the borrower, HighBrook Investors. Rubenstein Mortgage Capital, the debt investment platform of Rubenstein Partners LP, provided the floating-rate loan. The seller was not disclosed.