RICHMOND, VA. — Thalhimer Realty Partners has acquired Towers on Franklin Apartments, a two-building, 332-unit apartment complex in Richmond, for $23.5 million. The buildings are situated at 104 and 311 W. Franklin St., in the heart of Virginia Commonwealth University’s campus. Amenities include a clubhouse, two fitness centers, media lounge, swimming pool and underground parking. Thalhimer has significant renovations planned, including full interior unit renovations to the 311 building. A timeline for the renovations was not disclosed. C&F Bank provided acquisition financing.
Acquisitions
WOODSIDE, N.Y. — NAI Queens has arranged the $3.6 million sale of an 8,000-square-foot warehouse in Woodside. Located on 56th St., the two-story property was built in 1970 and features two drive-in doors as well as 10-foot clear heights. Brian Sarath of NAI Queens represented the seller, Nancy Siegel, in the transaction. The buyer was Susan Wu.
SAN FRANCISCO — PCCP has purchased a four-story office property, located at 350 Rhode Island St. in San Francisco’s Potreto Hill neighborhood and Showplace Square office submarket, for $120 million. The name of the seller was not released. Built in 2001, the asset includes two interconnected buildings offering a total of 138,393 square feet of Class A office space over three levels of subterranean parking. The buildings are now under separate ownership, and the parking structure component of PCCP’s acquisition provides added cash flow for the investment. The property features 35,000-square-foot floor plates and a modern, distinctive architectural design.
LONE TREE, COLO. — Golden, Colo.-based The Bailey Co. has acquired Park Meadows Corporate Center I, located at 10004 Park Meadows Drive in Lone Tree. LRS Bay Road Investment Group sold the property for $10 million. Monica Wiley and Jeff Wood of CBRE represented the seller, while Mitch Bradley, Joe Serieno and Chad Alexander, also of CBRE, served as leasing advisors on the transaction. Constructed in 2000, the three-story multi-tenant asset features 60,144 square feet of office space. Lone Tree is located in metro Denver, approximately 15 miles south of downtown.
MESA, ARIZ. — SVN Desert Commercial Advisors has brokered the sale of a shopping center, located at 810-848 S. Alma School Road in Mesa. Alex Holding LLC and Sunnyslope LLC acquired the asset for $6.9 million. At the time of sale, the 74,604-square-foot property was fully occupied. Rommie Mojahed and Beau Flahart of SVN Desert Commercial Advisors represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.
SAN ANTONIO — Raleigh, N.C.-based The Preiss Co., in a joint venture with a fund advised by Crow Holdings Capital, has acquired Luxx, a 694-bed student housing community in San Antonio. The property serves the University of Texas at San Antonio and features a pool with a swim-up bar, outdoor cabanas, grilling areas, a cyber lounge and a two-story fitness center. Preiss will undertake a multimillion-dollar capital improvement plan to certain amenity spaces, including the clubhouse and the dog park. The seller was not disclosed.
DENVER — Concord HQ LLC has purchased an office property in Denver from Unico BOP 1406 Wazee LLC/Unico BOP 1408 Wazee for $4.5 million. Located at 1408 Wazee in Denver, the asset features 9,009 square feet of office space. Andrew Blaustein and Josh Pons of Newmark Knight Frank represented the buyer, while JLL represented the seller in the deal. First American Title Insurance Co. also participated in the transaction.
SAN DIEGO — CBRE has arranged the sale of a creative office building, located at 2870 Fifth Ave. in San Diego’s Bankers Hill neighborhood. A private 1031-exchange buyer acquired the approximately 7,300-square-foot property for $3 million, or $411 per square foot. Matt Pourcho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Gary Stache, Doug Mack and Marc Frederick of CBRE represented the seller, HG Fenton Co., in the deal. Originally constructed as a fire station in 1900, the two-story building was recently repositioned and renovated into a modern creative office building. At the time of sale, the property was 100 percent leased. Tenants include Fox & Jane salon, Sojourn Healing Collective, KD Skin beauty salon and Explore That Store digital marketing agency.
AMARILLO AND GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — National investment firm Industrial Realty Group LLC (IRG) has purchased two facilities totaling 603,800 square feet in the West Texas city of Amarillo and the northern Fort Worth suburb of Grapevine. The Amarillo property is a light industrial facility spanning 412,000 square feet on 54.9 acres, and the Grapevine asset is a manufacturing plant totaling 191,800 square feet on 10.8 acres. The sellers were not disclosed. IRG’s portfolio now spans approximately 100 million square feet across 28 states.
WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS — Dallas-based Vanguard Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sale of Arbor Creek Apartments, a 360-unit multifamily property in Wichita Falls, about 140 miles northwest of Dallas. The Class B community, which was 94 percent occupied at the time of sale, was built in phases in 1977 and 1980. Floorplans feature one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities include a pool and a fitness center. Jordan Cortez of Vanguard marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Maven Management, and procured the undisclosed buyer.