ST. PAUL, MINN. — Americold Realty Trust (NYSE: COLD) has acquired Newport-St. Paul Cold Storage, a 6.1 million-cubic-foot cold storage facility in St. Paul for $56 million. The temperature-controlled property is located on I-494. The site offers three acres of adjoining land available for expansion. Separately, Americold has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Nova Cold Logistics, an owner and operator of three facilities in Canada.
GREEN BAY, WIS. — MCR Hotels, an owner and operator, has purchased the 127-room SpringHill Suites by Marriott Green Bay for an undisclosed price. The hotel is in close proximity to the Green Bay Packers’ Lambeau Field. Located at 1011 Tony Canadeo Run, the property features free breakfast, Wi-Fi, a convenience store, fitness center, indoor pool, business center and 1,020 square feet of meeting space. The seller was undisclosed.
INDIANAPOLIS — Avison Young has brokered the sale of a 353,000-square-foot industrial building in Indianapolis. Located at 7901 W. 21st St., the facility is fully leased to Venture Logistics LLC and Iron Mountain Inc. Built in 1985 and renovated in 1994, the property features 31 dock doors and three drive-in doors. Venture Logistics, a privately owned transportation company, occupies 85 percent of the building. Erik Foster, Mike Wilson, Sean McHale and Steve Schaub of Avison Young represented the seller, an institutional owner. Plymouth Industrial REIT purchased the asset for $12.1 million.
JENKINTOWN, PA. — A joint venture between Inland Institutional Capital LLC and Charter Realty & Development Corp. has acquired Baederwood Shoppes on the Fairway, a 116,778-square-foot shopping center in Jenkintown, a northern suburb of Philadelphia, for $43.3 million. Whole Foods Market anchors the shopping center with other tenants including Planet Fitness, Panera Bread and Penn Community Bank. Mark Cosenza of Inland Real Estate Acquisitions LLC and Paul Brandes, a principal of Charter, represented the joint venture in the transaction. The seller was undisclosed.
LEOMINSTER, MASS. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has arranged the $16 million sale of The Mall at Whitney Field, a 744,107-square-foot retail center in Leominster, located approximately 42 miles northwest of Boston. At the time of sale, the property was 95 percent leased to tenants including Sears, Macy’s JCPenney, Burlington and regional grocer Market Basket. Geoffrey Millerd, Justin Smith and Paul Penman led an NKF team that represented the seller, Colony Capital. Hull Property Group was the buyer.
HACKENSACK, N.J. — NAI James Hanson has brokered the sale of a 20,000-square-foot industrial building in Hackensack, a northwestern suburb of New York City. Located at 143 Leuning St., the property offers 17,500-square-feet of industrial space, 2,500-square-feet of office space and close proximity to the New Jersey Turnpike. The buyer, City Knickerbocker, provides reproductions of contemporary lighting fixtures for use in television, theater, and private businesses and homes. Russell Verducci and Eric Demmers of NAI James Hanson represented City Knickerbocker in the transaction. Schmidt Realty Company LLC was the seller. The sales price was undisclosed.
ARLINGTON, VA. — Bethesda, Md.-based Meridian Group has purchased 1525 Wilson Blvd., a 12-story office building in the Rossyln neighborhood of Arlington. The Washington Business Journal reports that EQ Office, which is owned by The Blackstone Group Inc., sold the property for $113.2 million. The 318,729-square-foot building sits above a newly renovated Safeway grocery store and is LEED Gold certified. The building is located less one mile from Rosslyn Metro station and offers access to U.S. Routes 29 and 50, the George Washington Memorial Parkway and Interstate 66. Meridian Group plans to make minor renovations to the 78-percent leased building, including upgrading the building’s common areas, lobby, conference center and fitness center. Meridian’s Andrew Pence, Kyle Maurer and Mike McCarthy handled the acquisition internally.
NEW YORK CITY — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has brokered the $21.5 million sale of 24 Woodward Avenue, a 110,000-square-foot distribution and warehouse facility in the Ridgewood neighborhood of Queens. The two-story property offers close proximity LaGuardia and Kennedy airports. Brian Ezratty and Scott Ellard of NKF represented the seller, Willowen Management Corp., in the transaction. The team also represented the buyer, Prologis.
STRATFORD, CONN. — Blueprint Healthcare Real Estate Advisors has arranged the sale of Atria Stratford, a 100-unit assisted living and memory care seniors housing community located in Stratford. Developed in 1999, the 87,000-square-foot community features 76 assisted living and 24 memory care units. A publicly traded REIT sold the property to partners of Woodbine Senior Living for an undisclosed price. Ben Firestone, Steve Thomes, Michael Segal and Alex Florea of Blueprint facilitated the sale.
HOUSTON — JLL and NAI Partners have arranged the sale of Harms Road Business Park, a 124,000-square-foot industrial park located at 7204-7214 Harms Road in Houston’s Northwest submarket. The five single-tenant buildings were constructed between 2014 and 2018 and feature clear heights ranging from 28 to 30 feet, 22 overhead doors, office space and overhead cranes with capacities ranging between 10 and 20 tons. Trent Agnew, Charlie Strauss and Ethan Goldberg of JLL and Travis Land of NAI Partners represented the seller, United Equities Inc., in the transaction. A partnership between Finial Group and Senterra LLC purchased the industrial park for an undisclosed price.