DALLAS — Maravilla Apartments LP has acquired Rush Creek Apartments, a 310-unit multifamily community in Dallas. Built in 1966, the property features one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, playground and onsite laundry facilities. Dougherty Mortgage arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the purchase through a partnership with Old Capital Lending on behalf of Maravilla. The loan carried a 12-year term and 30-year amortization schedule.
NEW YORK CITY — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $3 million sale of a 5,736-square-foot retail strip in the Far Rockaway neighborhood of Queens. Located at 1326-1342 Beach Channel Drive, the seven-unit property includes approximately 115 feet of frontage on Beach Channel Drive. The tenant roster includes a Little Caesars pizzeria, a restaurant, deli and grocery store, hair salons and a barbershop. Stephen Preuss of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Beach Channel 12 LLC / 1326 Beach Channel Realty Corp., in the transaction. The buyer was Deer Grow Developments.
SAYVILLE, N.Y. — NAI Long Island has brokered the $1.6 million sale of a 7,300-square-foot medical office building in Sayville. Located at 160 Middle Road, the property is occupied by the Long Island Family Medical Group. Gary Pezza of NAI Long Island represented the seller, John Zimmerly, in the transaction. The buyer was 1449 Holdings LLC.
BOISE, IDAHO — Kennedy Wilson has acquired Cottonwoods Apartments, a multifamily community in Boise, for $24 million. The company invested approximately $11 million of equity, including closing costs, and secured a $14 million loan from Freddie Mac at a fixed rate of 4.33 percent for 10 years. A private seller sold the property in an off-market transaction. Kennedy Wilson plans to immediately initiate a large-scale renovation and rebranding of the 188-unit property. The company plans to invest more than $6 million to upgrade the unit interiors, improve the clubhouse, fitness center and pool, and address deferred maintenance projects. Upon completion the apartment community, which was built in 1986, will be renamed Reedhouse. This transaction is Kennedy Wilson’s fifth significant purchase in the Boise market since the company started investing in the region in 2014. Kennedy Wilson’s other assets include Whitewater Park, Edgewater, River Pointe and Rosewood Apartments.
VICTORVILLE, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the sale of Park View Apartments, a multifamily property located at 16366 Pebble Beach Drive in Victorville. A limited liability company acquired the property for $8 million. Chuck Shillington of Marcus & Millichap’s Ontario, Calif., represented the seller, another limited liability company, while Bruce Rajaee, also of Marcus & Millichap’s Ontario office, represented the seller in the deal. Park View Apartments has 100 units in a mix of 50 two-bedroom/two-bath units, 25 two-bedroom/one-bath units and 25 one-bedroom/one-bath units. On-site amenities include covered and open parking, drought resistant landscaped garden areas, laundry facilities and a swimming pool.
SHERMAN OAKS, CALIF. — Capital Realty Solutions has arranged the sale of Wallace Literary, an office building located at 15464 Ventura Blvd. in Sherman Oaks. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $2.7 million, or $1,342 per square foot. Named after Hollywood writer/director/producer Randall Wallace, the 2,012-square-foot boutique office building features ample parking and is adjacent to the Sherman Oaks Galleria. Ash Joshi of Encino, Calif.-based Capital Realty Solutions represented the seller, Randall Wallace, trustee of the Randall Wallace Family Trust, in the deal. Elizabeth Clark of Pacific Union International represented the buyer, which will occupy the property, in the transaction.
TAYLORSVILLE, UTAH — Faris Lee Investments has completed the combined fee simple interest sale of national single tenant retailers located within Taylorsville Shopping Center in Taylorsville. A Southern California-based private investor bought the properties for an undisclosed price. The assets are 24 Hour Fitness and Old Spaghetti Factory. Additional tenants at the shopping center include T.J. Maxx, PetSmart, Ross Dress for Less, Regal Theaters, Chick-fil-A, Panda Express, Starbucks Coffee and Chase Bank. Don MacLellan, Thomas Chichester, Joseph Chichester and Matt Brooks of Faris Lee represented the seller and buyer in the deal.
COLLEGE PARK, MD. — Joint venture partners Greystar Real Estate Partners LLC and Rockpoint Group have sold University View, a 1,573-bed student housing community located adjacent to the University of Maryland in College Park. The $235 million sale marks the largest single-asset student housing trade in U.S. history, according to Greystar. Jaclyn Fitts, William Vonderfecht and Casey Schaefer of CBRE National Student Housing, along with William Roohan and Michael Muldowney of CBRE’s Washington, D.C., office, represented Greystar and Rockpoint in the sale. The buyer was undisclosed. Charleston, S.C.-based apartment management and investment firm Greystar and Boston-based real estate private equity firm Rockpoint Group purchased University View in 2016 and have since upgraded the interiors of all 507 units, as well as the property’s common areas. “The acquisition, investment in and sale of University View exemplify the power of Greystar’s value-add strategy,” says Kevin Kaberna, executive director and leader of Greystar’s U.S. Investment platform. “We were able to perform considerable interior upgrades while maintaining affordable rents for students.” University View is connected to the University of Maryland via a pedestrian bridge crossing Paint Branch, a 14-mile tributary of the Northeast Branch that flows to the Anacostia River. The property also features …
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Co. (Mumtalakat), the sovereign wealth fund of the Kingdom of Bahrain, in partnership with Sentinel Real Estate Investment Corp., has acquired two office buildings in Charlotte for $136.8 million, according to Triad Business Journal. The seller was undisclosed. The 421,863-square-foot property is fully occupied by The Lash Group, a pharmaceutical and healthcare service provider. This is the second purchase Mumtalakat has made in the U.S. this year. In February, also with Sentinel, Mumtalakat acquired Lenovo’s Raleigh-Durham campus.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Collett Capital and Long Wharf Capital have acquired a 186,000-square-foot shopping center in Orlando for $26.2 million. International Drive Value Center is located six miles from downtown Orlando, about nine miles northeast of Walt Disney World and less than one mile southeast of Universal Studios. The shopping center was 95 percent leased at the time of the sale to tenants such as Bed Bath & Beyond, Ross Dress for Less, T.J. Maxx, dd’s DISCOUNT, Five Below and Dollar Tree. Brad Peterson, Whitaker Leonhardt and Michael Brewster of HFF represented the seller, Retail Value Inc. Travis Anderson, Cory Fowler and Rebcca Van Reken, also of HFF, placed $18.9 million in acquisition financing for the buyers.
