TAMPA, FLA. — Tampa-based multifamily investment firm American Landmark has acquired four communities totaling 1,616 units throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex. The properties include Meadows at Bedford, a 490-unit community in Bedford; Remington Hill, a 440-unit property in Fort Worth; Rock Ridge Apartments, a 226-unit asset in Arlington; and Summer Villas, a 460-unit community in Dallas. Other than Rock Ridge, which was built in 2003, all the properties were built in the 1980s and were between 91 and 96 percent occupied at the time of sale. The properties were acquired in conjunction with a 232-unit asset near Nashville, yielding a five-property portfolio that fetched a sales price of $246.7 million. American Landmark, which will invest about $18 million in capital improvements across the portfolio, now owns approximately 28,000 multifamily units throughout the Southeast and Texas.
Acquisitions
DALLAS AND LANCASTER, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of two industrial properties totaling 192,797 square feet in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex. One property totals 66,307 square feet and is located at 4343-4345 Sigma Drive in Dallas, and the other spans 126,490 square feet and is located in the southern suburb of Lancaster. Adam Abushagur of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers and the buyers in both transactions. Sales prices were not disclosed.
HOUSTON — Weitzman has brokered the sale of West Oaks Centre, a 13,454- square-foot retail center located at the intersection of Highway 6 and Westheimer Road in Houston. The center is located across from West Oaks Mall, which is being redeveloped, and is leased to internet-resistant tenants in the services and health and beauty sectors. An Austin-based investment firm purchased the asset from a Houston-based limited partnership. Evan Altemus and Brett Levinson of Weitzman handled the transaction.
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA. — HFF has arranged the sale of Riverwalk at Millennium, a 375-unit multifamily community in Conshohocken, a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia. Built on 7.9 acres, the transit-served property offers one- and two-bedroom units averaging 923 square feet with plank flooring and individual washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool with a sundeck and grill area, fitness center with on-demand classes and a resident clubhouse. Mark Thomson, Carl Fiebig, Francis Coyne and Jose Cruz of HFF represented the seller, a joint venture between Boston-based Long Wharf Capital and Scully Co., which acquired the property in 2015. Ryan Ade and Jamie Leachman of HFF arranged an undisclosed amount of Freddie Mac acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Relative Properties. The property was built in phases in 2005 and 2010.
KING OF PRUSSIA, PA. — A partnership between two Los Angeles-based firms, Gehr Hospitality and Oakhurst Advisors LLC, has acquired the 129-room Hyatt Place hotel in King of Prussia, a northwestern suburb of Philadelphia. The hotel, which was renovated in 2018, is located near numerous employment hubs as well as the King of Prussia Mall, Valley Forge National Historical Park and Valley Forge Casino Resort. The Plascencia Group represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Thuong Luong and Molly Caccamo of Gehr Hospitality represented the buyer on an internal basis. Wells Fargo provided acquisition financing for the deal, the sales price of which was not disclosed.
INDIANAPOLIS — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of Park Place at Fox Hill, a 60-unit, garden-style apartment community in Indianapolis. The sales price was not disclosed. Originally built in 1970, the property features 15 one-bedroom units measuring 750 square feet and 45 two-bedroom units measuring 950 square feet. Chris Bruzas and Alex Blagojevich of Berkadia represented the seller, Indianapolis-based Barratt Asset Management. Champaign, Ill.-based Fairlawn Real Estate purchased the asset.
SEATTLE — Vanbarton Group, a privately owned real estate investment and advisory firm, has purchased 901 Fifth Ave. from Schnitzer West and Investcorp for $305 million. The 541,190-square-foot, 41-story tower is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Madison Street in Seattle’s central business district. Schnitzer West will continue to perform property management services for the tower, which is 100 percent occupied by tenants including Pitchbook and Cray Inc. HFF and Newmark Knight Frank brokered the transition with market leasing support from JLL.
Harvest Properties, New York Life Real Estate Investors Sell One Bay Plaza in Bay Area for $75.3M
by Jeff Shaw
BURLINGAME, CALIF. — Harvest Properties and joint-venture partner New York Life Real Estate Investors, on behalf of McMorgan Northern California Value Add Development Fund I, have sold One Bay Plaza in Burlingame to local developer/operator Woodstock Development for an undisclosed amount. The 196,000-square-foot, nine-story office tower was originally purchased in 2016. Paul Nelson, Stephen Van Dusen, Cartter Berg and Cameron Palmer of Eastdil Secured represented Harvest and New York Life Real Estate Investors on the transaction. Sources close to the sale confirmed a price of $75.3 million.
DALLAS — PGIM Real Estate Finance has provided a $450 million first mortgage loan for a 140-building industrial portfolio primarily in the Southeast and Texas. The portfolio spans 57 projects within eight separate markets, with the largest concentration in Atlanta, Memphis, Tampa and Texas. Dallas-based PGIM provided the seven-year, fixed-rate loan to DRA Advisors, an office and industrial real estate investment firm with $10 billion of assets under management. The 9.8 million-square-foot portfolio had a combined 482 tenants at the time of the acquisition. The seller(s) was not disclosed. PGIM Real Estate Finance had financed the majority of the previous loans on the portfolio.
RALEIGH, N.C. — A joint venture between Starwood Capital Group, Trinity Capital Advisors and Vanderbilt Partners has purchased Park Point at Research Triangle Park, a 645,000-square-foot office park in Raleigh. The sales price was not disclosed, though the new owners plan to invest more than $100 million in renovating and repositioning the 95-acre park, which includes office, industrial and lab space, to offer creative office space. Indoor renovations include expanding ceiling heights between 19 and 24 feet and installing a concrete floor on an atrium. Plans to reposition the property include creating 300,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor gathering areas, athletic fields, walking trails, onsite food service, a fitness center and training and conference facilities. Redevelopment of the existing site will begin immediately, and tenants will be able to occupy their spaces as early as second-quarter 2020. William Allen of Trinity Partners will lead leasing efforts. CBRE|Raleigh’s Ben Kilgore, Patrick Gildea in CBRE’s Charlotte office and Will Yowell in the firm’s Atlanta office represented the seller, an affiliate of Zurich Alternative Asset Management, in the transaction.