CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the $2.1 million sale of a 13-unit apartment building located at 1433 W. Ardmore Ave. in Chicago’s Edgewater neighborhood. Joe Braun of Interra represented the private seller, while Tommy Richard of Interra represented the local buyer. The transaction marks the first time the asset has traded hands in nearly 50 years. Originally constructed in 1927, the building includes 10 one-bedroom units and three two-bedroom layouts. The buyer plans to undertake a full gut rehab of the property, which is currently less than half occupied, including reconfiguring the existing units and adding new ones.
Acquisitions
BRISCOE COUNTY, TEXAS — Soluna Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: SLNH), a developer of renewable data centers for heavy computing industries such as artificial intelligence (AI) and Bitcoin mining, has closed on the purchase of 397 acres in West Texas’ Briscoe County. The site is located adjacent to Briscoe Wind Farm, a 150-megawatt (MW) wind farm that Soluna purchased in April for $53 million. The land is also situated adjacent to Dorothy 1 and Dorothy 2, Soluna’s modular, co-located data center campus that has capacity totaling 50 MW and 48 MW, respectively. The new land will host Dorothy 3, an AI data center computing campus with a potential capacity of 300 MW. All phases of the Project Dorothy campus, which is named after NASA mathematician Dorothy Vaughan, will be powered by the Briscoe Wind Farm substation. “Customers evaluating AI sites want to know how quickly we can get them to power,” says John Belizaire, CEO of Soluna. “Owning this land takes one more variable out of that answer. Dorothy 3 is a site we control end to end, and that is what turns a development project into something a customer can plan around.” The land acquisition exceeds the 300 acres Soluna originally …
HOUSTON — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of The Preserve at North Loop, a 218,689-square-foot office campus in northwest Houston. Built in 1970, the 12.7-acre campus consists of seven buildings that were approximately 65 percent leased at the time of sale. Keith Lloyd and Brad Mills of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, an entity doing business as Silver Star CRE LLC, in the transaction and procured an undisclosed, Atlanta-based investor as the buyer.
MILFORD, MASS. — Regional brokerage firm Atlantic Capital Partners (ACP) has negotiated the $8 million sale of Milford Square, a 50,326-square-foot shopping center located about 40 miles southwest of Boston. The neighborhood center is home to a mix of service-oriented and necessity-based tenants, including the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Danielle Turpin and Matt Ericson of ACP represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was also not disclosed.
Marcus & Millichap Arranges Sale of Two Louisiana Multifamily Properties Totaling 462 Units
by Abby Cox
BATON ROUGE AND NATCHITOCHES, LA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of two multifamily properties totaling 462 units in Louisiana: Magnolia Trace in Baton Rouge and The Melrose in Natchitoches. John Hamilton and Jessica Thompson of Marcus & Millichap marketed the properties on behalf of the undisclosed sellers. Further details of the transaction were also not disclosed. Situated near Louisiana State University (LSU), Magnolia Trace spans 36 residential buildings and features 246 apartments in one-, two- and three-bedroom floorplans. Built in 1975 and renovated in 2025, recent improvements at the property include full roof replacements, façade rehabilitation and interior/exterior infrastructure upgrades. The property includes a swimming pool, leasing office and laundry center. Located adjacent to Northwestern State University’s campus, The Melrose was built in 1973 and comprises 216 apartments that range in layouts from one- to three-bedrooms. Amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, laundry facilities and walking/biking trails. Recent improvements at the complex include a full roof replacement, HVAC replacements, pool upgrades and new flooring.
Foundry Commercial Negotiates Sale of 104,897 SF Office Complex in St. Petersburg, Florida
by Abby Cox
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. — Foundry Commercial has negotiated the sale of Castille at Carillon, a two-building office complex located at 400 and 450 Carillon Parkway in St. Petersburg, a suburb of Tampa. Joe Chick, Christine Mansour and Chris DeMartino of Foundry Commercial represented the seller, a joint venture between Feldman Equities and Tower Realty Partners, in the transaction. ESN Group LLC acquired the property for an undisclosed price. Situated within the Carillon Park mixed-use business park, Castille at Carillon spans 104,897 square feet and was 93 percent leased at the time of sale to 21 tenants. The property features an average tenant suite size of roughly 4,100 square feet and a two-level parking garage with more than 400 spaces. Previous ownership invested more than $1.8 million in capital improvements since 2020, including renovations to the lobbies, restrooms and common areas, HVAC upgrades and parking garage improvements.
SRS Real Estate Partners Negotiates $41M Sale of Industrial Park in San Dimas, California
by Amy Works
SAN DIMAS, CALIF. — SRS Real Estate Partners has negotiated the $41 million sale of San Dimas Commerce Center, a 19-building light industrial park at 410-490 W. Arrow Highway in San Dimas, located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County. An undisclosed institutional investor acquired the asset from an entity doing business as San Dimas BP LLC. Dave Faris and Richard Schwartz of SRS Real Estate Partners represented the seller in the deal. Situated on 10.5 acres, the 179,345-square-foot San Dimas Commerce Center was 90 percent occupied by more than 70 local and regional businesses at the time of sale. Most of the individually parceled buildings span less than 10,000 square feet.
LOS ANGELES — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the $5.3 million sale of an apartment building located at 1476 S. Shenandoah St. on the west side of Los Angeles. The sales price equates to $334,937 per unit. Sam Liberow of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a company operating as 1476 Shenandoah Street LLC, in the transaction and procured the buyer, a local owner-operator. Built in 1966, the 17,653-square-foot, 16-unit property features two- and three-bedroom units across a mix of floor plans.
CHICAGO — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $20.4 million sale of a 98-unit multifamily property located at 1515 N. Fremont St. in Chicago’s Lincoln Park neighborhood. The building also features roughly 4,000 square feet of commercial space. Built in 2016, the property offers studio units and features a work-and-play lounge, barbecue and picnic areas, indoor bicycle storage and package locker service. Kyle Stengle of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Jack Duncan of Thesis Investment Group, and procured the buyer, Bill Silverstein of Beal Properties.
BUFFALO GROVE, ILL. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $2.8 million sale of a single-tenant retail property net leased to Huntington Bank at 401 Deerfield Parkway in Buffalo Grove. The tenant occupies a 2.5-acre parcel that includes five drive-thru lanes. The 4,680-square-foot building was constructed in 1995. Randy Blankstein, Jimmy Goodman and John Feeney of Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based real estate fund, and the buyer, a West Coast-based individual investor. Huntington Bank’s lease expires on July 31, 2031. The lease includes two five-year renewal options.