VALPARAISO, IND. — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the $2.6 million sale of Mayfield Apartments in the northwest Indianapolis suburb of Valparaiso. The 52-unit garden apartment complex features 13 buildings with four units each. The property is located at 156-364 Mayfield Ave. Brian Kochendorfer, Brian Karmowski and Troy Beebe of Essex brokered the transaction. Both the buyer and seller are real estate corporations with multiple properties under ownership.
Acquisitions
LOS ANGELES — Madison Partners has arranged the sale of an office building located at 5955 De Soto Ave. in the Warner Center submarket of Los Angeles. Majestic Asset Management sold the property to a private trust for $14 million, or $262 per square foot. Situated at the corner of De Soto Avenue and Oxnard Street, the two-story building features 53,410 square feet of Class B office space. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent leased. Bob Safai, Matt Case and Brad Schlaak of Madison Partners represented the seller, while Chuck Wilson and Brian Chastain of Colliers International, along with Brian Forster of Pacific Partners Commercial, represented the buyer in the transaction.
BOSTON — TA Realty LLC has arranged the $418 million sale of 28 State Street, a 40-story office tower located at the intersection of Congress and State streets in Boston’s Financial District. A joint venture between Rockefeller Group U.S. Premier Office Fund LP and Mitsubishi Estate New York sold the asset to a domestic institutional investor. The building includes 572,000 square feet of office space, and was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to financial services and law firms. In addition, 28 State Street includes 7,000 square feet of retail space. TA Realty managed the building and provided advisory services on behalf of the joint venture, helping the ownership group enhance the property’s value through operational and capital improvements. “The asset quality and ideal location together with strong market fundamentals made 28 State Street a highly compelling acquisition opportunity,” says Jim Raisides, partner at TA Realty. “We believe the purchase price reflects the value we helped create over the ownership period.” Designed by Emery Roth & Sons and originally constructed in 1968, 28 State Street was completely renovated in the late 1990s. Enhancements were made to the building’s infrastructure and systems, lobby and outdoor spaces. The tower is one …
HUDSON COUNTY, N.J. — Gebroe-Hammer Associates has arranged the sale of a 118-building, 2,137-unit multifamily portfolio in Hudson County. The Gateway Portfolio was separated into six packages, which sold for a total of $327.8 million. The properties are located throughout Jersey City, West New York, North Bergen, Guttenberg and Union City. Nicholas Nicolaou of Gebroe-Hammer represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. “The Gateway Portfolio in its entirety and as separate packages presented an extremely rare multifamily investment opportunity,” says Nicolaou. “It marked the highest concentration of for-sale stabilized assets in Hudson County ever to come to market at a time when asking rents for this apartment submarket are expected to advance upward of 6 percent over the next few years.” The largest of the six packages sold for $190.6 million and involved 67 buildings and 1,272 units in West New York, Jersey City, North Bergen and Guttenberg. The second largest package sold for $97 million and involved 35 buildings and 588 units in Jersey City. The buyer in both transactions was Optimum Holdings LLC. Rounding out the sale of the portfolio was another Jersey City deal which brought $190,000 per unit, two separate transactions in Union City …
YONKERS, N.Y. — Rosewood Realty Group has arranged the $36 million sale of a 143-unit multifamily building located at 525-527 Riverdale Ave. in Yonkers. The seven-story, 161,000-square-foot, rent-regulated building was built in 1981 and sold at a 5.3 percent capitalization rate. The property also includes 124 parking spaces and 13 storage units. Aaron Jungreis of Rosewood represented both the buyer, Emerald Equities, and the seller, 525-527 Riverdale Avenue Property LLC, in the transaction.
Kilroy Realty Purchases 2.5 MSF Life Science Development Site in South San Francisco for $308M
by Amy Works
SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. — Kilroy Realty Corp. has completed the acquisition of a development site, located at the intersection of Oyster Point and Marina boulevards in South San Francisco, for $308 million. The site is fully entitled for 2.5 million square feet. Kilroy Realty plans to develop Kilroy Oyster Point, a multi-phased life science development, on the site. Upon build out, the laboratory and office campus will encompass 11 buildings across the nearly 40-acre waterfront site.
MESA, ARIZ. — CyrusOne has acquired 68.2 acres of land within Mesa Elliot Technology Park in Mesa for the development of a cloud storage campus for the Fortune 1000. Upon completion, the campus will feature five buildings with up to 198 megawatts of critical power to power cloud computing services for clients. Details of the acquisition were not released. CyrusOne operates 45 data center facilities across the United States, Europe and Asia.
OGDEN, UTAH — Community Preservation Partners (CPP) has completed its first acquisition in Utah with the $14.3 million purchase of two apartment communities in Ogden. The seller was an undisclosed private developer. Renovations are currently underway at Normandie Apartments, a 58-unit property at 610 First St., and Osmond Heights, a 40-unit community at 630 23rd St. Planned improvements for both properties include full kitchen renovations; updated bathrooms; new carpeting throughout units and common areas; ADA accessibility improvements throughout exterior spaces; improved outdoor spaces, including parking repavement and landscaping; installation of new outdoor playground equipment; and remodeled laundry rooms and management offices. The transaction preserved all 98 units as affordable through the combination of a 20-year renewal on the existing 54 project-based Section 8 vouchers and reallocation of 44 project-based Section 8 vouchers from another property located outside the city. WNC & Associates, CPP’s parent company, is the lead investor for the project, which includes a loan from California Bank & Trust.
LA MESA, CALIF. — Kidder Matthews has arranged the sale of Rimrock Apartments, a multifamily community located at 8420 Buckland St. in La Mesa. Wyoming-based Joehnk LLC acquired the property from Rimrock LP and Partners LLC for $14.1 million. Jim Neil, Eric Comer, Merrick Matricardi and Bryan Calhoun of Kidder Mathews represented the seller in the transaction. Built in 1974, the garden-style community features 62 value-add apartments. The property features 48 one-bedroom/one-bath and 14 two-bedroom/two-bath floor plans. On-site amenities include a pool, spa and shared laundry room.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Tishman Select Partners, an affiliate of New York-based Tishman, has acquired three hotels in Orlando from developer Kalson’s Hospitality. The portfolio sold for $81 million, according to local media reports. The sold portfolio adds 400 rooms to Tishman’s portfolio and includes Homewood Suites Orlando Theme Parks, located at 6940 Westwood Blvd.; Homewood Suites Lake Buena Vista, located at 11428 Palm Parkway; and Hilton Garden Inn Lake Buena Vista, located adjacent to Homewood Suites Lake Buena Vista. All three properties are situated less than five miles from Walt Disney World. Tishman currently owns the nearby Walt Disney World Swan and Walt Disney World Dolphin Resorts.