EDMONDS, WASH. — Waterton has purchased Brackett Apartments, a garden-style multifamily property in Edmonds, a suburb nearly 20 miles north of Seattle, from Intercontinental Real Estate Corp. and TruAmerica Multifamily for an undisclosed price. Located at 9501 244th St. SW, Brackett Apartments offers 386 units spread across 23 three-story residential buildings and two clubhouses across 22 acres. The acquisition brings Waterton’s holdings in the Seattle area to 1,331 units. Waterton plans to implement a value-add renovation program at Brackett Apartments, which was originally built in 1987. The program will add stainless steel appliances, new cabinet fronts and hardware, quartz countertops and new backsplashes, vinyl plank flooring and carpet, as well as new fixtures, hardware, blinds and refreshed paints. The one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments already include in-unit washers/dryers and wood-burning fireplaces. The pet-friendly community features an outdoor pool and open-air hot tub, grilling stations, a fitness center, dog park, miniature golf course and wellness studio. Waterton plans to improve exterior aesthetics and landscaping, as well as reposition common area amenities. Eli Hanacek, Kyle Yamamoto, Mark Washington and Natalie Kasper of CBRE represented the sellers in the deal.
Acquisitions
FREMONT, CALIF. — BKM Capital Partners, on behalf of BKM Industrial Value Fund III, has acquired Hannover Industrial Park in Fremont for $43 million. An undisclosed seller sold the asset in an off-market transaction. Located in Silicon Valley’s I-880 Corridor, the 165,243-square-foot park consists of six buildings housing nine units with an average size of 18,360 square feet. The asset features a 14 percent overall office component, as well as a secured 67,000-square-foot paved yard. At the time of sale, Hannover Industrial Park was 74 percent occupied. BKM plans to invest $1.3 million in targeted capital improvements to reposition the property and drive tenant demand. Upgrades will include exterior paint, signage, landscaping upgrades, LED warehouse lighting and speculative tenant improvements for the three vacant suites. The asset is located at 4755-4900 Hannover Place and 4377 and 43815 S. Grimmer Blvd.
PHOENIX — Rein & Grossoehme Commercial Real Estate has arranged the $5 million sale of Siete Square, a 35,926-square-foot shopping center located at 4139 W. Bell Road in Phoenix. Mark Rein of Rein & Grossoehme represented the seller, Butterfield Trail LLC, and the buyer, Bell Square LLC, in the transaction. Originally built in 1985, the property was 87 percent leased to tenants including Mattress Max and Georges Baddawi at the time of sale. The center also features a freestanding pad site occupied by Jack in the Box, which was not included in the sale.
PORTLAND, ORE. — Structure Redevelopment LLC has completed the disposition of Clay Street Apartments, a 7,357-square-foot multifamily property in Portland, to an undisclosed buyer for $3.1 million. Constructed in 2023, Clay Street Apartments features one studio unit, 12 one-bedroom/one-bath units and two two-bedroom/two-bath units with modern fixtures and appliances, luxury vinyl plank flooring, in-unit washers/dryers and air conditioning vent ports. The community is located at 3757 SE Clay St. Jake Holman of Portland-based Norris & Stevens represented the seller, while the buyers were self-represented in the transaction.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a single-tenant flex property located in midtown Sacramento. Toms Printing sold the asset to Flower Fist Art Market for $1.7 million. Constructed in 1966, the 9,600-square-foot building is located at 1819 E. St. The seller has operated its business at the location since 1989 until closing in 2015. James Beeghly, Russ Moroz, Christopher Drake, Adbullah Sulaiman and Matt Sulaiman of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller in the deal.
BRENTWOOD, MO. — CBRE has brokered the sale of The Promenade at Brentwood, a 337,800-square-foot power center in the western St. Louis suburb of Brentwood. The sales price was $71.6 million, according to Crain’s Cleveland Business. CBRE’s NRP Midwest team represented the seller, Beachwood, Ohio-based SITE Centers. Haverford Retail Partners was the buyer. Tenants at the property include Target, Trader Joe’s, Burlington, Five Below, PetSmart, Ulta, World Market and Chase Bank.
OMAHA, NEB. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $7.5 million sale of Old Mill Centre, a 21-suite retail strip property in Omaha. The center totals 75,089 square feet across four buildings on 6.1 acres at 10888 W. Dodge Road. The asset was 67 percent occupied at the time of sale and anchored by the Social Security Administration, which recently signed a 15-year lease renewal through 2036. The tenant mix includes medical and service retailers with eight vacant suites. Chris Garavaglia, Alex Perez and Dave Saverin of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private individual out of California, and procured the buyer, a local value-add investment group.
CHICAGO — Kiser Group has arranged the $5.9 million sale of a 42-unit multifamily property in Chicago’s Morgan Park neighborhood. The sales price of $140,000 per unit represents the highest price-per-unit ever recorded in the area, according to Kiser. The building includes four commercial spaces and 38 large apartment units, all of which are two- or three-bedroom layouts. The asset was fully leased at the time of sale and has been self-managed by the owner. Craig Robinson was the buyer.
LADERA RANCH, CALIF. — California-based SmartStop Self Storage REIT (NYSE: SMA) has purchased a portfolio of five facilities totaling approximately 3,800 units in the greater Houston area. The portfolio totals roughly 420,000 net rentable square feet. The properties are located at 2412 W. Holcombe Blvd. on the city’s west side; 21836 Holzwarth Road in the northern suburb of Spring; 9040 Louetta Road in Spring; 32620 FM 2978 in the northwestern suburb of Magnolia; and 18250 I-45 S. in Shenandoah, about 35 miles north of downtown Houston. The seller was not formally named, but the press release identified Kathy and Scott Tautenhahn of Amazing Spaces Storage Centers as the developers of the portfolio. The release also credited Aaron Swerdlin of Newmark as instrumental to the transaction.
GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of The Carter, a 276-unit apartment complex in Grapevine, located in the northern-central part of the metroplex. Built in 2023, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units with an average size of 1,000 square feet and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, pet park, wine lounge, wellness center, package lockers and a rooftop terrace. Drew Kile, Joey Tumminello, Taylor Hill, Michael Ware and Shelby Clark of IPA represented the seller, Integrated Real Estate Group, in the transaction. The team also procured the buyer, Rockport Equity.