VINEYARD, UTAH — Roundhouse has purchased The Alloy at Geneva, a multifamily property located within Geneva, a master-planned community in Vineyard, within the Provo-Orem metro area. An affiliate of Dekel Capital and an affiliate of Mountain Capital Partners sold the asset for an undisclosed price. Built in 2015 on 15 acres, the 314,562-square-foot apartment complex features 14 three- and four-story residential buildings, offering a total of 324 units, and a clubhouse. The average unit size is 971 square feet. Brock Zylstra, Steve Gebing, Cliff David and Danny Shin of Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller in the deal. Phil Brierley of Marcus & Millichap served as the broker of record in Utah.
Acquisitions
PHOENIX — Colliers International has brokered the sale of a 10-property industrial portfolio in Phoenix. Hibernia Capital Advisors sold the assets to Phoenix-based Harrison Properties for $18 million, or $50 per square foot. Totaling 357,921 square feet, the properties range in size from 17,000 square feet to 77,000 square feet. At the time of sale, the Class B and C buildings were 96 percent leased. Current tenants include Strictly from Scratch, Mega Metals and Pierpont Manufacturing. The properties are located at 1701-1735 W. Roosevelt St.; 902-922 and 800 N. 17th Ave.; 1728 W. McKinley St.; 1010 and 1333-1345 N. 22nd Ave.; and 1837-1843, 2102-2112, 2202-2210 and 2212 N. 23rd Ave. Don MacWilliam and Payson MacWilliam of Colliers’ Arizona team negotiated the transaction.
MALIBU, CALIF. — Miramar Property Investment Co. has completed the sale of two office buildings located within Malibu Professional Park in Malibu. Wave Enterprises, a 501(c)(3) charitable entity of Pepperdine University, acquired the assets for $17.5 million. Located at 23805 and 23815 Stuart Ranch Road, the buildings offer a total of 39,615 square feet. At the time of sale, the properties were nearly 85 percent leased to a variety of office and medical tenants, including UCLA Medical, Pepperdine University and various local business firms. Tony Dorn of Beitler Commercial Realty, along with A.J. Dorn of Newmark Knight Frank, represented the seller in the deal.
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Locally based investment firm Rastegar Property Co. has acquired Oakview Terrace Apartments, a 70-unit multifamily community located in Austin’s Mueller District. The acquisition follows the company’s purchase of the nearby 58-unit Mueller Square Apartments, a deal that was announced on May 19. Oakview Terrace was built in 1972 and spans more than 48,000 net rentable square feet. Rastegar will implement a value-add program to the unit interiors and utility systems. The seller was not disclosed.
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.
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.