TAMPA, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has arranged the $27 million sale of Tampa Bay Center, a 142,350-square-foot shopping center in Tampa. Jason Donald, Patrick Berman and Todd Tolbert of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Five RE Tampa Bay Center LLC. Equity Management Partners LLC acquired the property. The previous ownership invested $5 million to renovate the center, which was formerly anchored by Kmart. Tampa Bay Center was 97 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants such as Ashley HomeStore, Floor & Décor, The Tile Shop, Dollar Tree, Metro PCS and a freestanding WingHouse restaurant.
Acquisitions
KNOXVILLE, TENN. — The Shopping Center Group (TSCG) has arranged the sale of South Grove, an 89,021-square-foot retail center located near the entrance to Smokey Mountain National Park in Knoxville. Broad Reach Retail Acquisition Co. LLC acquired the asset. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed. A 44,029-square-foot Food City anchors the center, which is also home to Pet Supplies Plus, Great Clips and Gondolier. Lowe’s Home Improvement shadow-anchors the center. South Grove includes a vacant 15,150-square-foot space formerly occupied by Goody’s, offering a value-add opportunity for the new ownership, as well as a two-tenant outparcel building totaling 5,900 square feet. Broad Reach Retail also acquired three undeveloped parcels totaling seven acres adjacent to the property for future expansion.
MT. JULIET, TENN. — Go Store It has acquired A+ Self Storage, a 685-unit self-storage facility in Mt. Juliet, roughly 20 miles east of Nashville. The property totals more than 90,000 square feet and marks Go Store It’s third acquisition in the Nashville metropolitan area this year. The name of the seller and the sales price were not disclosed. Based in Charlotte, Go Store It specializes in the acquisition, development and management of self-storage assets throughout the country. The company currently has more than 2 million square feet of storage space under management and in the construction pipeline.
SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Ridge Capital has completed the sale of Creekside Oaks, an office complex located at 1740, 1750 and 1760 Creekside Oaks Drive in Sacramento. An undisclosed buyer acquired the property in a 1031 exchange for $32.2 million. Kevin Partington, Ron Thomas, Bruce Hohenhaus, Chris Schwarze, Seth Siegel, Steven Hermann, Eric Fox, Adam Lasoff and George Eckard of Cushman & Wakefield’s Sacramento and Bay Area offices represented the seller in transaction. Originally built in the late 1980s and early 1990s, the three-building property underwent significant interior and exterior renovations within the past decade to include revamped commons areas, high-end tenant improvements, mechanical upgrades and new rooftops on all buildings. At the time of sale, the 178,694-square-foot asset was 99 percent leased to a variety of tenants in healthcare, technology and financial services sectors.
NOVATO, CALIF. — NKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of Rowland Plaza, located at 75 and 88 Rowland Way in Novato. Buchanan Street Partners sold the asset to Pinnacle Capital Management Services and Harrison Street for an undisclosed price. The property features 142,856 square feet of office and medical office space spread across two three-story buildings. At the time of sale, the asset was 82 percent leased to 12 tenants representing medical, finance, government and software firms. Grant Lammersen, Steven Golubchik, Edmund Najera and Tyler Meyerdirk of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller in the deal.
LAS VEGAS — Dornin Investment Group (DIG) has completed the sale of Town Square North, an office asset located within Town Square mixed-use development on Las Vegas Boulevard South and Sunset Road in Las Vegas. Moonwater Capital, a local real estate owner and operator, acquired the property for an undisclosed price. The two-building asset features 131,000 square feet of Class A office space. The property was vacant at both the time of DIG’s acquisition in January and the current sale.
CLEARFIELD, UTAH — Vectra Management Group (VMG) has arranged the sale of an office building located at 888 S. University Park Blvd. in Clearfield. Clearfield 888 acquired the property from 888 Associates for an undisclosed price. Situated on 11.3 acres, the 129,949-square-foot property features one building with a two-story north wing and a three-story south wing. The building was constructed from 1999 to 2001 and fully renovated from 2014 to 2016. Raju Shah and Bryan Barnes led the VMG team that represented the buyer and secured acquisition financing through KeyBank’s Salt Lake City commercial banking division. VMG and CBRE represented the seller in the transaction. The seller is a VMG-sponsored company that acquired the property in November 2015.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Newmark Knight Frank has arranged the sale of an industrial property located at 8640 S. Peoria St. Building No. 6 in Englewood, a suburb of Denver. IBC Concord IV LLC sold the 42,720-square-foot asset to Peoria Street Properties LLC for $7 million. Keith Bell, Jason Addlesperger and David Lee of Newmark Knight Frank represented the seller, while CBRE represented the buyer in the transaction.
LAS VEGAS — CityCenter Holdings LLC, which is a joint venture between MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) and Infinity World Development Corp., has sold the Mandarin Oriental Las Vegas and adjacent retail parcels for $214 million. The 392-room hotel will be rebranded as a Waldorf Astoria. CCLV Luxury Hotel LLC purchased the property, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. The investor’s owners include a commercial real estate developer and the co-founders of Panda Express restaurants. The hotel is located at the entryway of CityCenter, a mixed-use development on the Las Vegas Strip located between the Bellagio and Park MGM resorts that includes ARIA Resort & Casino; Vdara Hotel and Spa; and the Veer Towers. The hotel features 12,000 square feet of meeting space, five food and beverage outlets and a 27,000-square-foot spa. JLL served as advisor to the sellers, who expect to use the proceeds from the sale to pay a dividend to shareholders. Waldorf Astoria is part of the Hilton chain of hotels. — Kristin Hiller
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — Sterling Organization has purchased North Ranch Gateway, a shopping center located at the intersection of Lindero Canyon Road and Thousand Oaks Boulevard in Westlake Village. The asset was acquired on behalf of Sterling Value Add Partners LLL, one of Sterling’s latest institutional funds, for $35 million Preston Fetrow and Sam Alison of CBRE brokered the transaction. Originally built in 1989, the 86,520-square-foot center recently underwent significant renovations. TJ Maxx, Bank of America, Dunkin’ Donuts, Subway, Baja Fresh Mexican Grill, 9 Round Kickboxing, Mathnasium and Domino’s Pizza are tenants at the property, which was 74 percent occupied at the time of sale.