CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A joint venture between Atlantic Creek Real Estate Partners, Origin Investments and Stream Realty has sold Cambridge Corporate Center, a 349,815-square-foot office campus in Charlotte, for $63 million. Lakestar Properties acquired the 50-acre campus for $180 per square foot. The joint venture acquired the property in 2014 for $44 million with a value-add strategy in place. Upgrades included adding 33,000 square feet of rentable office space; a two-story, 452-space parking deck; and a new security camera system. The joint venture purchased the property when it was 81 percent leased. Since then, Red Ventures signed a 10-year, 97,66-square-foot lease that brought occupancy up to 96 percent, where it stood at the time of the sale. Duke Energy and General Motors also signed lease renewals totaling 126,000 square feet with rate increases. Rob Cochran, Jared Londry, Nolan Ashton, David Meline and Samir Idris of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Mark DeLillo and Craig Callaway of BlueGate Partners, represented the seller in the transaction.
Acquisitions
Cushman & Wakefield Arranges $49M Sale of Whole Foods-Anchored Shopping Center in Southwest Florida
by Alex Tostado
FORT MYERS, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $49 million sale of Daniels Marketplace, a 106,739-square-foot shopping center in Fort Myers. The site, situated at 6891 Daniels Parkway, was fully leased at the time of the sale to tenants including Whole Foods Market, a salon, dentist, Pilates gym, dry cleaner, pet hospital and several fast-casual restaurants such as Mellow Mushroom and Panera Bread. There are also future development opportunities at the property. Fain Hicks, Mark Gilbert, Lane Breedlove, Adam Feinstein and Mitchell Halpern of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, S.J. Collins Enterprises, in the transaction. The Cushman & Wakefield team of Mike Ryan, Brian Linnihan and Richard Henry arranged acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, AEW Capital Management.
BEAUMONT, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Sienna Apartment Homes, a 176-unit multifamily community located in the East Texas city of Beaumont. The property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center, resident clubhouse and a conference room. Kent Myers of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a regional developer, in the transaction. Myers also procured the buyer, a limited liability company. Both parties requested anonymity.
MCALLEN, TEXAS — Gleco Plating Inc. has acquired a 54,000-square-foot industrial building located at 3800 W. Ursula Ave. in the South Texas city of McAllen. The Rowlett, Texas-based company will occupy 34,000 square feet of the building. Carlos Telles of CBRE represented Gleco in the acquisition and is marketing the remaining 20,000 square feet for lease. Daniel Galvan of Coldwell Banker represented the seller, Goldman Family Management Trust.
HOUSTON — EDGE Realty Capital Markets has brokered the sale of a 22,423-square-foot office building located at 3808 World Houston Parkway in Houston 8. The property was built in 1999 on 2.8 acres and is located near several major thoroughfares, including Interstate 45 and Beltway 8. Micha Van Marcke and Chace Henke of EDGE represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not released.
ATTLEBORO, MASS. — A joint venture between Unison Realty Partners and Argosy Real Estate Partners has acquired Bristol Place, a 421,680-square-foot shopping center in Attleboro. Anchored by Market Basket, Bristol Place is situated at the interchange of I-95 and Route 1A, eight miles north of downtown Providence. Built in 1993 and renovated in 2013, Bristol Place is home to a number of other tenants, including Home Depot, Party City, Bob’s Discount Furniture, Hobby Lobby and TJ Maxx. The joint venture tapped The Wilder Cos. as the property manager and leasing agent for the center. This assignment marks the seventh retail property in the Northeast that Wilder manages on behalf of Unison. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
MOORESTOWN, N.J. — CBRE has arranged the sale of 550 Glen Avenue and 600 Glen Court, a 187,569-square-foot light industrial portfolio in Moorestown, located east of Philadelphia across the Delaware River. The two properties were built in the late 1970s and include warehousing and distribution capacities. The buildings’ location near I-295 and the New Jersey Turnpike puts them in close proximity to both the Philadelphia and New York City areas. Michael Hines, Brad Ruppel and Brian Fiumara of CBRE represented the seller, an affiliate of Endurance Real Estate Group LLC. The trio also procured the undisclosed buyer in the transaction.
EATONTON, N.J. — Newmark Knight Frank (NKF) has negotiated the $32 million sale of a commercial property located at 250 Industrial Way in the eastern New Jersey city of Eatonton. The property houses 138,163 square feet of office and research-and-development space. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to communications systems supplier SubCom on a triple-net basis through 2024. Steven Schultz, Tony Georgiev, Adam Silver and Ben Greazel of NKF represented the seller in the transaction.
AVONDALE, ARIZ. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA) has arranged the sale of Aventura, a multifamily property located at 10350 W. McDowell Road in Avondale, a western suburb of Phoenix. Boston Capital sold the property to an institutional investment manager for $65.4 million, or $160,294 per unit. Situated on 18.4 acres, Aventura features 408 apartments, a resort-style pool and 24-hour fitness center. Originally built in 2000, the property has undergone major improvements to its common areas and apartment interiors since 2016. Steve Gebing and Cliff David of IPA, a division of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
PHOENIX — MIG Real Estate has completed the sale of Arcadia Gateway Center, a Class A office building located at 4222 E. Thomas Road in Phoenix. Clayton A. Varga, trustee of the Varga Revocable Trust, acquired the property for $17.2 million, or approximately $191 per square foot. Constructed in 1999, the four-story property features 90,225 square feet of office space, a three-story parking structure, building signage and large floorplans. At the time of sale, the multi-tenant property was 96 percent occupied. Eric Wichterman, Mike Coover and Tim Whittemore of Cushman & Wakefield Phoenix represented the seller, while McAlister Cleary and Kelly O’Dea of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the deal.