WASHINGTON, D.C. — Office Properties Income Trust has sold a 34-building portfolio of office assets in metro Washington, D.C., to an undisclosed buyer for $198.5 million. The names and locations of the buildings were not disclosed. Office Properties is a newly named REIT, formed after Government Properties Income Trust and Select Income REIT merged Dec. 31, 2018. This portfolio sale completes Office Properties’ previously disclosed disposition plan with respect to its long-term financing of its acquisition of First Potomac Realty Trust (FPO) in 2017. Office Properties has sold $520.8 million worth of properties since it acquired FPO, including the 34-property portfolio sale.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Retail Value Inc. (RVI) has sold the fully leased Millenia Plaza, a 411,503-square-foot power retail center in Orlando, for $56.4 million. North American Development Group purchased the center, which is located at 4403-4697 Millenia Plaza Way. Millenia Plaza is located about six miles southwest of downtown Orlando and features Interstate 4 visibility. Tenants include Home Depot, BJ’s Wholesale, Ashley’s Furniture, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Total Wine & More, Ross Dress for Less, David’s Bridal, Five Below, Visionworks, Millenia Nail Lounge and Mattress Firm. Brad Peterson, Whitaker Leonhardt and Tommy Isola of HFF represented RVI, which is a subsidiary of SITE Centers Inc., in the transaction.
SAN ANTONIO — Dallas-based Westmount Realty Capital has acquired The Place at Houston Street, a 200-unit apartment community in San Antonio. Built in 2003, the property offers two- and three-bedroom residences and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center, resident clubhouse and a playground. Westmount will upgrade the property’s amenity spaces, landscaping and signage. Following this transaction, the seller in which was not disclosed, Westmount’s San Antonio portfolio consists of three properties totaling 684 units.
DALLAS — Multifamily Property Group has purchased Smith Creek Apartment Homes, a 192-unit market-rate asset in Dallas. Built in 1983, the community offers amenities such as a pool, playground and onsite laundry facilities. Minneapolis-based Dougherty Mortgage LLC arranged a 12-year acquisition loan through a partnership with Old Capital Lending on behalf of Multifamily Property Group. Chris Deuillet and Chandler Sims of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. Smith Creek was 93 percent occupied at the time of sale.
LANCASTER, TEXAS — A partnership between Chicago-based investment firm Pearlmark and Buffalo, N.Y.-based Sinatra & Co. Real Estate has acquired Pleasant Creek, a 159-unit workforce housing community in Lancaster, a southern suburb of Dallas. The property was 98 percent occupied at the time of sale. Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, NAPA Ventures, in the transaction. Greystone provided acquisition financing for the deal through Fannie Mae.
WESTPORT, CONN. — NKF has negotiated the $18.7 million sale of Westport Center for Health in Westport. Located at 323-329 Riverside Ave., Yale New Haven Health’s Northeast Medical Group anchors the 38,000-square-foot property. The property recently underwent an extensive renovation highlighted by the demolition of an entire building to convert the former five-building office campus into a four-building medical office complex with added parking to accommodate medical office tenants. Frank Nelson, Michael Greeley, James Tribble and Casey O’Brien of NKF’s Boston Capital Markets team represented the seller, The Davis Cos., in the transaction. The buyer was Healthcare Trust of America Inc.
NEW YORK CITY — GFI Realty Services has brokered the $10.4 million sale of two apartment buildings in the Midwood section of Brooklyn. Located at 2031 and 2233 Ocean Ave., the pre-war properties comprise 47 units and a total of 33,040 square feet. Both properties are four-story walk-up buildings. Erik Yankelovich of GFI represented both the buyer and seller in the transaction, both local investors.
RICHLAND, MICH. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Weathervane Self Storage in Richland for an undisclosed price. The 54,462-square-foot self-storage facility features 419 units. Located at 7906 Gull Road, the property includes 10 buildings on 8.2 acres. The facility was built in 2005 and renovated in 2014. Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a limited liability company. The team also procured the buyer, a limited liability company.
PHOENIX — Park Hotels & Resorts has closed on the sale of Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort, located at 7677 N. 16th St. in Phoenix. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $51.4 million, or $91,200 per key before customary closing costs. The all-suite resort features 563 rooms, a four-acre waterpark, kid’s camp, full-service spa and fitness center, three restaurants and 48,000 square feet of indoor/outdoor meeting space. This transaction represents the 14th hotel that Park has sold over the prior year and continues the company’s strategy of improving the overall quality of its portfolio by recycling out of non-core hotels.
MADISON HEIGHTS, MICH. — Gerdom Realty & Investment has brokered the sale of a single-tenant retail property net leased to Sprint in Madison Heights for an undisclosed price. The 3,038-square-foot building is located at the southwest corner of 12 Mile and Dequindre roads. Michael Murphy and Tjader Gerdom of Gerdom Realty marketed the property for sale and procured the buyer, a local investor.