SAN DIEGO — CBRE has arranged the sale of Torrey Del Mar Plaza, a strip retail center located at 13857-13859 Carmel Valley Road in San Diego. Carmel Valley Plaza LLC sold the property to a local private investor for $6.5 million. Situated in the Torrey Highlands submarket, the 10,008-square-foot property was 100 percent occupied at the time of sale. Eight service-type tenants occupy the property, including a dentist, yoga studio, dry cleaner and animal hospital. Reg Kobzi, Sam Alison, Mike Philbin and Amar Goli of CBRE represented the seller, while Jason Richards represented the buyer in the transaction.
Acquisitions
EDMOND, OKLA. — SkyView Advisors, a Florida-based self-storage brokerage firm, has arranged the sale of MidAmerica Self Storage, a 613-unit facility in Edmond, a northern suburb of Oklahoma City. The facility is situated on 4.5 acres and totals 68,427 net rentable square feet. Ryan Clark of SkyView represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. New York-based investment firm Merit Hill Capital acquired the asset for an undisclosed price.
WEST HARTFORD, CONN. — Seritage Growth Properties has sold a $23 million stake in The Corbin Collection, a 163,700-square-foot retail redevelopment in West Hartford, to First Washington Realty. The transaction values The Corbin Collection at $52 million, including costs to complete the project. The $23 million was used by Seritage to repay existing mortgage debt associated with the property. The newly established joint venture partnership between Seritage and First Washington Realty simultaneously closed on a $20 million loan with M&T Bank. The Corbin Collection is a former Sears store and auto center. Retailers who have opened or signed leases at the development include REI, Saks OFF Fifth, Buy Buy Baby, Cost Plus World Market and Shake Shack.
Caspi Development, Mactaggart Family Acquire Office Building in Williamsburg for $18.8M
by David Cohen
NEW YORK CITY — Caspi Development and Mactaggart Family & Partners LP have acquired 134-136 Broadway, a 23,064-square-foot, six-story office building in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. The sales price was $18.8 million. Michael Sherman of The Manhattes Group represented the buyers in the transaction. The seller was 134-136 Broadway LLC. Caspi and Mactaggart intend to turn the property into a boutique office building for high-tech and creative office tenants.
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a four-story apartment building in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. The 17-unit property, which is located at 400 6th Ave., sold for $6.5 million at a capitalization rate of 3.4 percent. The sales price equates to $604 per square foot. Matt Fotis and Matthew Shapiro of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private investor, in the transaction. The buyer was also a private investor.
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — Bussel Realty Corp. has negotiated the $4.1 million sale of 150 Ethel Road West, a 33,000-square-foot industrial buildingin Piscataway. The property features 20-foot ceiling heights, 3,000 square feet of offices and one oversized drive-in door for loading. Steve Bussel and Anthony Mircovich of Bussel Realty represented the seller, Preferred Management, in the transaction. Resource Realty of North Jersey represented the buyer, East Coast International Tire Group.
ELMWOOD PARK, N.J. — NAI James E. Hanson has arranged the sale of a 45,000-square-foot industrial and flex building at 475 Mola Blvd. in Elmwood Park. The sales price was undisclosed. NAI James E. Hanson represented the seller, 475 Boulevard LLC, in the transaction. The buyer was Millstein Acquisitions. The property includes 7,000 square feet of office space, six loading docks, one drive-in and 165 parking spaces. Achieve 24 Fitness currently operates 13,000 square feet of the building as a fitness center. The buyer plans to divide the building’s remaining vacant space into two 5,000 square feet units and one 23,000-square-foot unit.
JENSEN BEACH, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the sale of Marketplace Square, a 169,223-square-foot shopping center located at 3181 N.W. Federal Highway in Jensen Beach. Patrick Berman, Jason Donald and Todd Tolbert of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Leon Capital Group. Exchange Solutions Inc. acquired the asset. Hobby Lobby anchors Marketplace Square, which was 89 percent leased at the time of sale. Additional tenants include Dollar Tree, Buffalo Wild Wings, Buddy’s Home Furnishings, Once Upon a Child and Rush Trampoline Park. The center also houses two outparcels, occupied by KFC and Sonic.
CHANDLER, ARIZ. — Los Altos, Calif.-based West Valley Properties has completed the disposition of The Boardwalk at Anderson Springs, a shopping center located at the southeast corner of Dobson and Ray roads in Chandler. Los Angeles-based Westwood Financial purchased the property for $26 million. The original Sprouts Farmers Market anchors the 89,804-square-foot property. Sprouts originally opened in 2005 and is currently undergoing a $1 million renovation. At the time of sale, the property was 97 percent occupied by a variety of tenants, including Pita Jungle, State Farm, Pet Planet and Desert Financial Credit Union. Ryan Schubert and Michael Hackett of Cushman & Wakefield Phoenix represented the seller.
SOUTH PASADENA AND CLOVERDALE, CALIF. — Colliers International has arranged two sales of retail properties located in Sonoma and Los Angeles counties totaling $12 million. In the first deal, Guillermo Olaiz and John Archibald of Colliers represented a family trust in the $5.3 million sale of a corner lot located at 815 Freemont Ave. in South Pasadena. The property is short-term leased to Carrow’s Restaurant. The buyer was a San Gabriel Valley-based builder. In the second transaction, the family trust purchased a single-tenant, net-leased retail property located in Cloverdale for $6.7 million. Grocery Outlet, a regional discount grocer, occupies the 15,756-square-foot property. Olaiz and Archibald of Colliers represented the family trust in this 1031 exchange transaction.