NICHOLASVILLE, KY. — Michigan-based Schostak Brothers Co. has acquired a 125,000-square-foot industrial facility located at 101 Etter Drive in Nicholasville, roughly 14 miles south of Lexington, Ky. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The warehouse and manufacturing facility marks the second Kentucky acquisition for Schostak Brothers.
CHATTANOOGA, TENN. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the sale of Hurricane Creek, a 62,590-square-foot shopping center located in Chattanooga. Publix anchors the property, which was built in 2007. Southeast U.S. Retail Fund LP sold the center to an entity doing business as Hurricane Creek Center LLC for an undisclosed price. Kyle Stonis, Pierce Mayson and Boris Shilkrot of Matthews arranged the transaction.
ROBERTSDALE, ALA. — Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group in Atlanta has brokered the sale of a newly built gas station and convenience store in Alabama ground leased to Wawa. Delivered earlier this year, the 6,119-square-foot retail property is located on a 2.2-acre site at 18535 County Road 48 in Robertsdale, a suburb of Mobile. The property is situated across from a Walmart Supercenter and features a 20-year ground lease featuring rent increase and extension options. Don McMinn and Andrew Koriwchak of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a Florida-based developer, in the transaction. The locally based buyer purchased the location all-cash in an exchange. “This was the second Wawa location in the state of Alabama, and more are coming as Wawa continues its Southeast expansion into Alabama, Georgia and North Carolina,” says McMinn. The Robertsdale location is the second Wawa in Alabama that McMinn and Koriwchak brokered, the first of which was a store in Fairhope.
WOODINVILLE, WASH. — JLL Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Beaumont Apartments in Woodinville, approximately 20 miles northeast of Seattle. The asset traded for $136.1 million. David Young, Corey Marx and Chris Ross of JLL Capital Markets’ Investment and Sales Advisory team represented the undisclosed seller in the deal. The name of the buyer was not disclosed. Located at 14001 NE 183rd St., Beaumont Apartments offers 344 studio, one- and two-bedroom units, with an average size of 856 square feet. The apartments offer stainless steel appliances, keyless entry, mosaic tile kitchen backsplashes, undermount sinks, deep soaker-style bathtubs and French doors leading to private balconies. Community amenities include a fitness center, resort-style pool, terrace with barbecues and fire pit, fenced dog park and a coworking space. The three-story building was constructed in 2009.
MONTEREY PARK, CALIF. — Coldwell Banker Commercial George Realty, on behalf of the private investor seller, has arranged the $38 million sale of the Holiday Inn & Suites hotel at 400 S. Atlantic Blvd. in Monterey Park. Details of the sale were not released. Completed in 2024, the six-story property features 136 guest rooms and 2,000 square feet of meeting space. The hotel is part of the Atlantic Times Square project, which has brought new development to the area south of I-10, west of downtown Los Angeles.
LAS VEGAS — Avison Young has negotiated the sale of El Camino Industrial Center, an industrial facility at 6260 W. Pebble Road in Las Vegas. A Las Vegas-based developer sold the asset to a California-based private investor for $10.3 million, or $290 per square foot. Built in 2023, the 35,446-square-foot El Camino Industrial Center features four dock doors, a clear height of 24 feet, two grade-level doors, ESFR sprinklers and a build-to-suit office. At the time of sale, the property was fully occupied. Chris Lexis and Joe Leavitt of Avison Young represented the seller, while James Griffis of Avison Young represented the buyer in the deal.
CHICAGO — Brennan Investment Group has acquired a single-tenant industrial building totaling 225,000 square feet in Chicago for an undisclosed price. The property is situated on seven acres at the intersection of I-55 and Pulaski Road. The transaction marks the second acquisition in Brennan’s corporate real estate fund, which launched in September and targets surplus industrial real estate from non-professional and corporate owners. Brennan plans to make significant property improvements, including doubling the existing loading capacity. Brennan now owns 12 million square feet in Chicagoland.
EAST LANSING, MICH. — Walz Kraft Capital Partners has purchased an 11,010-square-foot medical office building in East Lansing for an undisclosed price. The two-story property is fully occupied by Michigan Gastroenterology Institute, which was recently acquired by Pinnacle Gastroenterology Partners. The asset has operated as a gastroenterology clinic since it was constructed in 1998. The current tenant is affiliated with Michigan State University. Seth Haron of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, while Walz Kraft was self-represented. The transaction marks Walz Kraft’s first acquisition in Michigan and its 18th in the United States.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. AND NEW YORK CITY — Valley National Bancorp (NASDAQ: VLY), the holding company for Valley National Bank, has sold $925 million worth of commercial real estate mortgage loans to Brookfield Asset Management (NYSE: BAM). Of the $925 million loan pool, $823 million had been previously identified and transferred to held for sale as of Sept. 30, 2024, as the firm sought to reduce its exposure to the commercial real estate sector. The loans were sold at a discount of 1 percent to value, which the bank expects will result in an immaterial net loss during the fourth quarter. Valley will retain customer-facing servicing responsibilities for the financings following the transaction. “The sale of this performing commercial real estate loan pool has helped to accelerate progress toward our strategic balance sheet goals,” says Ira Robbins, chairman and CEO of Valley. Valley is a regional bank with over $62 billion in assets under management. The company operates retail branch locations and commercial banking offices across New Jersey, New York, Florida, Alabama, California and Illinois. The Morristown, N.J.-based bank’s stock price closed on Wednesday, Dec. 4 at $10.48 per share, up slightly from $9.29 a year ago. Morgan Stanley & Co. …
By David DiRienzo, director — business development, at Talonvest Capital, Inc. This is part two of a two-part series discussing the key drivers behind transaction volume and the steps owners can take to ensure they are well positioned going forward. As highlighted in part one, despite substantial changes in the market over the past few years, the capital markets continue to offer quality financing solutions for real estate owners. Part two of this article series delves into two key drivers of current financing activity: elective refinancing to optimize the capital stack and the initiation of new business plans. Given the plethora of value-add projects in the pipeline and the interest in undertaking new business plans as equity capital returns to the market, these financing strategies are taking on greater importance than in past years. Interestingly, elective refinancing and starting a new business plan are two scenarios where the borrower’s actions are optional because an impending maturity is not a consideration. For this reason, it is important that borrowers understand the nuances behind these strategies as well as the approach that a capital expert might take. Elective Refinancing to Maximize Investment Performance While loan maturities trigger many refinancings, owners run into a …