TUCSON, ARIZ. — Heslin Holdings has acquired a former grocery-anchored retail building, located at 5548 E. Grant Road in Tucson. Albertson’s sold the property for $2.5 million. The 35,000-square-foot property is situated on the southeast corner of Grant and Craycroft roads. Safeway formerly occupied the space. The company plans to invest $1.5 million in development and improvement efforts at the property, which is part of its larger plan to invest $75 million in retail properties over the next year. The property will be remodeled, repositioned and leased to a single retailer, slated to open in 2019.
Acquisitions
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, OHIO — DealPoint Merrill has acquired the former Sears store at Richmond Town Square Mall in Richmond Heights, about 13 miles northeast of Cleveland. The 248,000-square-foot Sears store has been vacant since March 2017. DealPoint Merrill plans to redevelop the store into a $70 million project featuring a 375-unit luxury apartment property, a 98-key hotel and 8,000 square feet of restaurant space. Joseph Khouri of CBRE brokered the sale of the Sears store. Sears was the seller. DealPoint Merrill previously purchased the former Macy’s store at the mall with plans to transform it into a self-storage property.
MISSOURI — Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV Inc., which is co-sponsored by American Healthcare Investors and Griffin Capital Co. LLC, has acquired a portfolio of skilled nursing facilities located throughout the state of Missouri for $88.2 million. The portfolio comprises eight facilities totaling 1,112 licensed beds and approximately 385,000 square feet. Affiliates of Reliant Care Management Group sold the properties, and will continue to operate them under a 15-year absolute net lease with two 10-year renewal options. (Under terms of an absolute net lease, the tenant is responsible for all expenses and repairs relating to the building, including the roof and structure.) The lease includes annual rent escalations tied to the consumer price index with a floor of 2 percent and a cap of 3 percent. Griffin-American Healthcare REIT IV financed the acquisition using cash on hand and borrowings under its revolving line of credit with Bank of America NA and Keybank NA. The specific names and locations of the properties were not disclosed.
ROCKFORD, ILL. — HREC Investment Advisors has arranged the sale of the 106-room Fairfield Inn & Suites in Rockford for an undisclosed price. Minnesota-based Oliver Cos. purchased the asset. Jeff Preston and Tom Sommer of HREC represented the sellers, North Central Group and Raymond Management Co. The hotel, located near I-90, features a complimentary breakfast, Wi-Fi, a fitness center and pool. Fairfield Inn & Suites is part of the Marriott chain of hotels.
FOREST PARK, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.7 million sale of Hampshire House in Forest Park, 10 miles west of Chicago. The 48-unit apartment building is located at 520 Des Plaines Ave. and features a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. Eric Bell of Marcus & Millichap listed the property on behalf of the seller, a private investor. He also secured and represented the private buyer.
Hudson Pacific, Allianz to Acquire Historic Ferry Building in Downtown San Francisco for $291M
by John Nelson
SAN FRANCISCO — Hudson Pacific Properties Inc. (NYSE: HPP) and Allianz Real Estate have formed a joint venture to acquire the Ferry Building in downtown San Francisco. Located at the foot of Market Street along the San Francisco Bay waterfront, the landmark features 192,532 square feet of office space and 75,486 square feet of retail space. Equity Office, an affiliate of the Blackstone Group, sold the leasehold interest in the land and improvements to the Ferry Building to the joint venture for $291 million. The remaining term on the ground lease, which is owned by the Port of San Francisco, is 49 years. The Ferry Building is fully leased to companies including SS&C Technologies Inc., Meltwater Inc., Meritage Group LP and Niantic Inc., as well as restaurants and retail tenants such as The Slanted Door and Blue Bottle Coffee. The Ferry Building also plays host to the Ferry Building Marketplace, a public food market that is organized along an indoor street known as the Nave. The food market attracts more than 8.8 million annual visitors. Hudson Pacific owns a 55 percent interest in the joint venture and will serve as the managing member and day-to-day operator of the property, while …
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $37M Sale of Two-Property Multifamily Portfolio in Daytona Beach
by Amy Works
DAYTONA BEACH, FLA. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a two-property, 384-unit multifamily portfolio in Daytona Beach for a total of $37 million. Built in 1987, the 240-unit Lake Forest Apartments sold for $23.5 million, while the 144-unit Jade Park sold for $13.4 million. Situated side-by-side in a wooded lakeside setting, the communities are near the Daytona International Speedway, Volusia Square Mall, One Daytona and Daytona Beach International Airport. Michael Donaldson and Nicholas Meoli of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller and procured the undisclosed buyer in the deal.
CORNELIUS, N.C. — Woodside Health has completed the disposition of Jetton Medical Park, a two-building medical office property located at 19475 and 19485 Old Jetton Road in Cornelius, a suburb of Charlotte. Montecito Medical Real Estate acquired the property for an undisclosed price. The 45,000-square-foot property is anchored by medical practices affiliated with Novant Health, an integrated healthcare organization with more than 500 locations.
HOMESTEAD AND DUBOIS, PENN. — STREAM Capital Partners has brokered the $23.7 million sale of a three-building office portfolio in Pennsylvania. The 113,000-square-foot portfolio is located at 385 and 395 E. Waterfront Drive in Homestead and 203 W. Weber Ave. in DuBois. Phil DiGennaro, Ryan Smeele, Jordan Shtulman and Jonathan Wolfe of STREAM Capital represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The undisclosed buyer was in a 1031 exchange. The portfolio is currently net leased to GAI Consultants.
Marcus & Millichap Negotiates $3.4M Sale of Self-Storage Facility in Newfield, New York
by David Cohen
NEWFIELD, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $3.4 million sale of Sunny’s Self Storage, a 49,550-square-foot self-storage facility in Newfield, south of Ithaca in the Finger Lakes region. Nathan Coe, Brett Hatcher and Gabriel Coe of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a personal trust, in the transaction. The buyer was a limited liability company. Located at 1273 W. Danby Road, the property includes a mix of climate-controlled and non-climate-controlled units. The facility was built in 2008 and renovated in 2016.