SAN ANTONIO — A joint venture between two retail owner-operators, Houston-based Fifth Corner and San Antonio-based Headwall Investments, has acquired a 53,000-square-foot office and retail building in San Antonio’s Alamo Heights submarket. According to LoopNet Inc., the property at 5108 Broadway St., which is known as Stewart Center, was built on 2.1 acres in 1957. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
Acquisitions
DARIEN AND STAMFORD, CONN. — Chicago-based owner-operator Harrison Street has acquired two seniors housing communities totaling 216 units in southern Connecticut. The Residence at Selleck’s Woods in Darien totals 102 independent living, assisted living and memory care units and was completed in 2019. Amenities include a private theater, billiards room, salon, library, activity space and restaurant-style dining rooms. The Residence at Summer Street in Stamford features 104 units of independent living, assisted living and memory care and offers similar amenities. Jay Wagner, Rick Swartz, Aaron Rosenzweig and Jim Dooley of JLL represented the seller, a partnership between LCB Senior Living and Virtus Real Estate Capital, in the transaction.
WESTWOOD, N.J. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $4.3 million sale of a 33,277-square-foot medical office building in the Northern New Jersey community of Westwood. According to LoopNet Inc., the three-story building at 400 Old Hook Road was originally constructed in 1987. Andrew Schwartz, Jordan Sobel, André Balthazard and Dan Bottiglieri of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Brian Anderson and Eddie Miro, also with Cushman & Wakefield, arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.
Bendetti, Singerman Real Estate Complete $71M Recapitalization of Industrial Portfolio in Sparks, Nevada
by Amy Works
SPARKS, NEV. — Irvine, Calif.-based Bendetti and Singerman Real Estate have completed a $71 million off-market recapitalization of an industrial portfolio in Sparks. Known as Southern Way Industrial, the portfolio includes three single- and multi-tenant buildings totaling more than 635,000 square feet. Spread across a 21-acre site, the buildings feature clear heights ranging from 18 feet to 28 feet. At the time of closing, the portfolio was 54 percent occupied.
LOS ANGELES — Nuveen Real Estate has completed the disposition of San Regis, an apartment property in the Van Nuys neighborhood of Los Angeles. Terms of the transaction were not released. The five-building, gated community offers 390 apartments with breakfast bars and private patios or balconies. Renovated units have stainless steel appliances, quartz countertops, Shaker-style cabinets and updated plumbing and lighting fixtures. Community amenities include two levels of subterranean parking, a Junior Olympic-sized swimming pool, three pickleball courts and a modernized fitness center. Kevin Green, Joseph Grabiec and Gregory Harris of Institutional Property Advisors, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller in the deal.
Brixton Capital Returns to Las Vegas with $29.4M Acquisition of Las Palmas Village Shopping Center
by Amy Works
LAS VEGAS — Brixton Capital has purchased Las Palmas Village, a shopping center at 445 E. Windmill Lane in Las Vegas, from Australia-based Cop Group for $29.4 million in an off-market transaction. Las Palmas Village features 106,838 square feet of grocery-anchored retail space that was 95 percent occupied at the time of sale. Current tenants include Vons, Starbucks Coffee, Wells Fargo, Pizza Hut, The UPS Store and Taco Bell. Brixton plans to implement a comprehensive capital improvement program to position the property for long-term institutional-quality performance. Planned improvements include landscaping, painting, roof repairs, HVAC and parking lot resurfacing upgrades. Dan Tyner, Gleb Lvovich and Geoff Tranchina of JLL represented the seller, while Brixton was self-represented in the transaction. Previously, Brixton owned Decatur 215, a 126,678-square-foot shopping center in Las Vegas, which it sold in 2023. The acquisition of Las Palmas Village marks the company’s return to the Las Vegas market.
DAVENPORT AND BETTENDORF, IOWA — NAI Ruhl Commercial Co. has brokered the sale of two office buildings in the Quad Cities. The properties were formerly owned by the Slavens family and served as the longtime home of Northwest Bank & Trust, now Time Bank. A nine-story building at 100 E. Kimberly Road in Davenport totals 67,839 square feet, while a six-story building at 2550 Middle Road in Bettendorf totals 45,588 square feet. Both properties are considered regional landmarks, according to NAI Ruhl. They house approximately 60 tenants, including business uses such as banking, legal services, accounting, medical practices and counseling services. Charlie Armstrong and Alex Kelly of NAI Ruhl represented the buyer, Avalair Group. Bobbie Slavens of Hawkeye Commercial Real Estate represented the seller, River Cities Development LLC, a subsidiary of Northwest Investment Corp. Tower Trust & Investment Co. and Centennial Tax & Accounting, both subsidiaries of Northwest Investment Corp., will continue as full-floor tenants. Armstrong and Kelly will handle leasing for both properties, and NAI Ruhl’s property management division will provide property management services.
HOUSTON — Local owner-operator MetroNational has purchased M-K-T Heights, a 218,000-square-foot office and retail development located just west of downtown Houston. Designed by Michael Hsu Office of Architecture and completed in 2020, M-K-T Heights is an adaptive reuse of several 1970s-era industrial buildings. Today, the property comprises more than 100,000 square feet of creative office space and 100,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, as well as a pedestrian boardwalk. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. MetroNational acquired the property in a joint venture with Radom Capital and Triten Real Estate Partners, the property’s original developers.
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA. — Bonaventure, a multifamily owner-operator based in Alexandria, Va., has purchased Royal Pointe Apartments, a 208-unit garden-style community in Virginia Beach. The firm acquired the value-add apartment property for $39.5 million via its Bonaventure Multifamily Income Trust investment vehicle. The seller was not disclosed. Bonaventure worked with Greystone to assume the property’s existing debt as part of the acquisition. Built in 1987, Royal Pointe Apartments will be updated with new LVP flooring, appliances, cabinets, lighting and fixtures for unit interiors. Exterior improvements will center on improving the property’s curb appeal.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $3.8M Sale of Southwest Florida Retail Strip Center Leased to Starbucks, Tide Cleaners
by John Nelson
BONITA SPRINGS, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $3.8 million sale of a 4,665-square-foot retail strip center located at 27250 Bay Landing Drive in Bonita Springs, a city in southwest Florida. Built in 2000 and renovated in 2014, the freestanding center was fully occupied on long-term, triple-net leases by Starbucks Coffee and Tide Cleaners. Chris Garavaglia, Andrew Muth and Alex Perez of Marcus & Millichap’s St. Louis office represented the seller, a private developer, and procured the buyer, a Florida-based investor, in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity. Ryan Nee served as Marcus & Millichap’s Florida broker of record.