UNION CITY, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5 million sale of a 9,360-square-foot mixed-use property in Union City. Located at 4900 Bergenline Ave., the property recently underwent major renovations that include a new roof, windows, upgraded HVAC systems and tenant improvements on the second floor. The building is fully occupied. Fahri Ozturk and Richard Gatto of Marcus & Millichap’s New Jersey office represented the buyer and seller in the transaction, both private investors.
NORWALK, CONN. — GHP Office Realty has negotiated the $4.5 million sale of a 38,985-square-foot office building in Norwalk. Located at 83 East Ave., the property is currently 92 percent occupied by 26 tenants. Andrew Greenspan and Brendan Hickey of GHP represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The buyer was a Long Island City-based real estate holding company.
CHANDLER AND GILBERT, ARIZ. — Greystar Real Estate Partners has purchased a three-property Acacia multifamily portfolio on behalf of its real estate funds for an undisclosed price. Situated on Phoenix’s East Valley submarket, the properties are Chandler Court and River Ranch in Chandler and Vista Mountain in Gilbert. Originally built in the late 1980s, the portfolio largely features original interiors throughout the properties. Greystar’s value-add strategy includes renovating the units, including hard-surface countertops, stainless steel appliances, new cabinet doors and upgraded lighting, plumbing and hardware packages. Additionally, the company plans to upgrade the common areas and amenities, which include fitness centers, clubhouses, business centers, community gardens, pools and spa areas.
HENDERSON, NEV. — Colliers International has arranged the sale of an industrial asset located within South15 Airport Center at 1775 Executive Airport Drive in Henderson. US Industrial Fund (Panattoni Development) sold the property to BCI IV Executive Airport DC HoldCo (Black Creek) for $51 million. The property features 482,300 square feet of industrial space. Dan Doherty, Susan Borst, Paul Sweetland, Chris Lane and Jerry Doty of Colliers represented the seller in the deal.
FONTANA, CALIF. — Terreno Realty Corp. has completed the sale of an industrial property located at 14605 Miller Ave. in Fontana. An undisclosed buyer acquired the asset for $33.2 million. Situated on 13.1 acres, the 266,000-square-foot property is fully occupied by one tenant on a short-term lease. Terreno originally purchased the property in 2014 for $22.9 million.
CENTENNIAL, COLO. — Greystone Unique Apartment Group has completed the sale of SouthGlenn Place, a multifamily property located at 6601-6651 S. Vine St. in Centennial. An undisclosed buyer acquired the value-add property for $19.5 million, or $144,444 per unit. Located blocks away from The Streets at SouthGlenn and Cherry Knolls Shopping Center, the 74,575-square-foot property features 135 units. The Lippitt/Shwayder Team, The MacCarter/Kaufman Team and Greystone were involved in the transaction.
THE WOODLANDS, TEXAS — Berkadia has arranged the sale of Broadstone Sierra Pines, a 341-unit multifamily community in The Woodlands, about 30 miles north of Houston. Built in 2014, the Class A property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, fitness center, business center and a social clubroom. Ryan Epstein and Jennifer Ray of Berkadia represented the seller, Alliance Residential Co., in the transaction. Tucker Knight and Nicholas Murphy of Berkadia arranged an undisclosed amount of Fannie Mae acquisition financing on behalf of the buyer, Fort Worth-based Olympus Property.
CATOOSA, OKLA. — EDGE Realty Capital Markets has negotiated the sale of Catoosa Shopping Center, a 73,213-square-foot retail property located on the eastern outskirts of Tulsa. Regional grocer Reasor’s anchors the center, which also includes 15,000 square feet of space leased to local, service-oriented retailers. Micha van Marcke and Chace Henke of EDGE Realty represented the seller in the transaction. Other terms of sale were not disclosed.
NORFOLK, VA. — Harbor Group International (HGI) has sold three apartment portfolios in Florida, Connecticut and Texas for a total of $700 million. The portfolios included seven properties totaling 2,284 units in Central Florida; two properties totaling 568 units in Connecticut; and 12 properties in Dallas and Houston totaling 3,100 units. The specific names and locations were not released. “These transactions are great examples of HGI’s ‘buy wholesale, sell retail’ investment strategy,” says T. Richard Litton Jr., president of HGI. “For all three of these portfolios, we developed individual business plans on a property-by-property basis and then sold the properties to a wide variety of buyers as each property’s investment goals were achieved.” The 21 properties were sold to a total of 15 different buyers. HGI claims the combined sales prices were $140 million higher than the company’s original acquisition price. Based in Norfolk, Harbor Group International is a private real estate investment and management firm that controls a portfolio of worldwide assets valued at $8.2 billion. The company’s real estate holdings include 3.7 million square feet of commercial properties and 30,400 apartment units. — David Cohen
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Meridian Group and affiliates of WeWork Property Advisors, an investment fund established by coworking firm WeWork, have created a joint venture to buy 1333 New Hampshire Ave. N.W., a 350,000-square-foot office building in Washington, D.C. Washington Business Journal reported the sales price was $136.5 million. Affiliates of WeWork Property Advisors are contributing 50 percent of the equity, and WeWork Cos. Inc. will lease more than 100,000 square feet of the building. Meridian plans to renovate the building, which is 84 percent leased to Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Field, a law firm that has been in the space for 25 years. The firm is set to leave by August. Renovations are slated to begin next year and be completed in summer 2020. Collins Ege at Eastdil Secured represented the seller, Boston Properties, in this transaction, and Nicholas Seidenberg at Eastdil Secured represented the Meridian Group in its acquisition financing.