NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Greenstone Partners has arranged the $6.1 million sale of 1952 McDowell Road, a 55,000-square-foot medical and office building in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. The anchor tenant is Advanced Behavioral Health Services, which occupies the entire third floor and recently extended its lease through 2029. The asset was 86 percent leased at the time of sale. Jason St. John and AJ Patel of Greenstone represented the seller, a Naperville-based office operator. An outside broker represented the buyer, a local investor.
Acquisitions
HARTFORD, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm Chozick Realty has negotiated the $10.5 million sale of a portfolio of three medical office properties totaling 94,400 square feet in Connecticut. The portfolio comprises the two-building, 66,000-square-foot Twin Ponds Office Centre in Tolland; Windham Professional Park, a two-building, 16,400-square-foot complex in Windham; and Ledgebrook North, a 12,000-square-foot, three-building property in Mansfield. Tom Boyle of Chozick represented the undisclosed seller in the deal.
NEW YORK CITY — Norges Bank Investment Management, the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, has agreed to acquire a 95 percent interest stake in Manhattan’s 1177 Avenue of the Americas for $542.6 million. The deal values the 1 million-square-foot office property at $571.1 million. Boston-based Beacon Capital Partners will acquire a 5 percent interest in the building and will perform the asset management duties for the property on behalf of the new ownership. Eastdil Secured served as exclusive advisor to the seller, a joint venture between California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS) and New York City-based Silverstein Properties. The transaction is expected to close this quarter. The sellers acquired the Sixth Avenue building at the end of 2007 for more than $1 billion. The 47-story property was completed in 1992. Notable tenants include law firm Kramer Levin, private equity firm Mill Point Capital, nonprofit Practising Law Institute and global insurance and investment organization Starr. The asset features a recently renovated lobby with 60-foot-high ceilings and a new outpost of Naya, a fast-casual Middle Eastern restaurant. Norges Bank Investment Management is an investment fund created to manage revenue from Norway’s oil-and-gas resources. The fund invests in equities, fixed-income investments, real estate …
SAN ANTONIO — Westmount Realty Capital has sold Westmount at Houston Street, a 200-unit townhome complex located at 4611 E. Houston St. in San Antonio’s East submarket. Developed on 18 acres in 2003 and acquired by Westmount in 2019, the 37-building property offers two-, three- and four-bedroom units with garages. Amenities include a pool, playground, dog park and a clubhouse with a business and fitness center. The buyer and sales price were not disclosed. The property was 91.5 percent occupied at the time of sale.
PLANO, TEXAS — Locally based hospitality owner-operator NewcrestImage has purchased the 176-roomNYLO Dallas Plano hotel, which is part of the Tapestry Collection by Hilton family of brands. The five-story hotel is located within the 2,600-acre Legacy District business park and features a 4,000 square-foot patio surrounding a heated outdoor pool. NewcrestImage plans to implement a value-add program. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
MANVEL, TEXAS — Northmarq has brokered the sale of Sedona Lakes Plaza, a 14,803-square-foot retail strip center in Manvel, located south of Houston. The center was fully leased at the time of sale to tenants such as HOTWORX, Smart Core Labs and Behavioral Innovations. Riley Sharman led the Northmarq team that represented the seller, a Houston-based developer, in the transaction. The buyer was Dallas-based Metro Real Estate LLC.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10.9 million sale of a 13,000-square-foot mixed-use building in Manhattan’s Little Italy neighborhood. Constructed in 1900, the building at 385 Broome St. comprises five apartments that feature a mix of floor plans and are currently vacant, as well as two ground-floor spaces. Peter Dodge, Joe Koicim and Logan Markley of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
WEST HAVEN, CONN. — Regional brokerage firm Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has arranged the $5.2 million sale of a 40-unit apartment building in the southern coastal Connecticut city of West Haven. According to Apartments.com, the three-story building at 295 Elm St. was originally constructed in 1960. Bradley Balletto, Rich Edwards, Jeff Wright and Derek Mahabir of NEPCG represented the local seller, CT Realty Trust, in the transaction and procured the buyer, an undisclosed, New York City-based private investor.
Aptitude Development Sells 647-Bed Student Housing Community Near University of Arkansas
by John Nelson
FAYETTEVILLE, ARK. — Aptitude Development has sold The Marshall Arkansas, a 647-bed student housing development located near the University of Arkansas campus in Fayetteville. Newmark brokered the disposition of the property to an undisclosed institutional investor. Terms of the transaction were not released. Developed in 2021, The Marshall Arkansas offers units in a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a resort-style pool and hot tub, outdoor kitchen, rooftop terrace, fitness center and fitness lawn, private and shared study spaces and a game room.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Comunidad Partners has acquired The Haywood, a 234-unit workforce housing community located at 100 Gloucester Ferry Road in Greenville, roughly one mile south of Simon’s Haywood Mall. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The property was originally built in 1991 and was previously known as Hawthorne at the Park, according to Apartments.com. Comunidad Partners plans to renovate The Haywood’s unit interiors, facades and amenities. The company also plans to work closely with local and national nonprofit partners to establish resident services at the community.