COLUMBUS, OHIO — The Cooper Commercial Investment Group has brokered the $3.2 million sale of a single-tenant restaurant property occupied by Buffalo Wild Wings within the Easton retail corridor in Columbus. Dan Cooper of Cooper Group represented the seller, a private investment group out of West Virginia. The buyer purchased the asset at a cap rate of 5.85 percent, 98 percent of the list price and $413 per square foot. The all-cash transaction closed in approximately 40 days. Buffalo Wild Wings has 10 years remaining on its lease with a rental increase in 2030. The property was renovated in 2020.
Acquisitions
DALLAS AND VANCOUVER — City Office REIT (NYSE: CIO), a Canadian company focused on the acquisition, ownership and operation of office properties in Sun Belt markets in the United States, has entered into a merger agreement valued at $1.1 billion. Under the terms of the agreement, MCME Carell Holdings LP and MCME Carell Holdings LLC — collectively a joint venture between South Florida-based firms Elliott Investment Management LP and Morning Calm Management LLC — will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of City Office REIT common stock for $7 per share in cash. The company’s stock price closed on Tuesday, July 23 at $5.56 per share, roughly the same as a year ago. City Office REIT’s current portfolio comprises 54 office buildings totaling roughly 5.4 million square feet of net rentable space in the Dallas, Denver, Orlando, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, San Diego, Seattle and Tampa markets. The company’s U.S. headquarters is located in Dallas. Terms of the merger agreement include the sale of City Office’s Phoenix portfolio. Upon close, City Office will become a private company and its shares will no longer trade on the New York Stock Exchange. “After conducting an extensive process to explore potential strategic alternatives, we …
CBL Properties Sells 621,000 SF Promenade Shopping Center in D’Iberville, Mississippi for $83.1M
by John Nelson
D’IBERVILLE, MISS. — CBL Properties, a publicly traded owner and manager of malls and shopping centers, has sold The Promenade, a 621,000-square-foot power shopping center located in D’Iberville, roughly four miles north of Biloxi, Miss. An undisclosed investor purchased the center for $83.1 million. Built in 2009 by CBL Properties, The Promenade is anchored by national retailers including Target, Kohl’s, Best Buy, Dick’s Sporting Goods, Ulta Beauty, PetSmart and Marshall’s. Restaurants at The Promenade include Chick-fil-A, Newk’s Express Café, Buffalo Wild Wings and Olive Garden. According to the Biloxi SunHerald, the Target at The Promenade was the first Target to open in southern Mississippi.
BUFORD, GA. — Atlanta-based Invesco Real Estate has acquired Georgia Crossing, a 317,201-square-foot power shopping center located in Buford, roughly 38 miles northeast of Atlanta, for $82 million. Situated across from the 1.7 million-square-foot Mall of Georgia, Georgia Crossing was fully leased to a mix of tenants including T.J. Maxx/HomeGoods, Nordstrom Rack, Best Buy, Hobby Lobby, Staples, Cavender’s Boot City and Ulta Beauty at the time of sale. Jim Hamilton, Brad Buchanan and Andrew Kahn of JLL’s Investment Sales and Advisory team represented the seller, Columbus, Ohio-based Washington Prime Group, in the transaction.
DALLAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Hart House, a 94-unit apartment complex in West Dallas. Built in the early 1960s, Hart House is a newly renovated property that consists of two buildings that house one- and two-bedroom units. Amenities include a pool, courtyards and onsite laundry facilities. Ford Braly and Al Silva of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private out-of-state investor, in the transaction and procured the buyer, a local operator. Both parties requested anonymity
GREENBELT, MD. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the $27.5 million sale of Maryland Trade Center III, a 192,000-square-foot medical office building in Greenbelt, a suburb of Washington, D.C. Robert Filley of IPA, along with Chez Eider of Marcus & Millichap, represented the seller, an entity doing business as Greenbelt Trade Center LLC. The duo also procured the buyer, CPF-HCRE – Greenbelt LLC, an affiliate of Chicago Pacific Founders. Brian Hosey served as Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Maryland for the transaction. Completed in 1989, Maryland Trade Center III is situated across from the Greenbelt Center shopping mall and within a half-mile of Luminis Health’s hospital and long-term recovery care center. Luminis Health recently selected the Class A building for its expansion of outpatient services. The property was 75 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Luminis Health, Greenbelt Oncology, Absolute Care of Maryland, LabCorp, Community Radiology Associates, Anne Arundel Dermatology and Health First Medical Group. Maryland Trade Center III has been upgraded in recent years with a new lobby and systems upgrades. Amenities include a two-story atrium lobby, tenant-only fitness center and a daycare facility.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In-Rel Properties, a real estate investment and management firm based in Lake Worth Beach, Fla., has purchased a nearly 130,000-square-foot office building located at 2033 K St. NW in Washington, D.C.’s Golden Triangle district. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. In-Rel has tapped Carroll Cavanagh, Dimitri Hajimihalis and Emily Eppolito of CBRE to spearhead the leasing campaign at 2033 K Street. Renovated in 2019, the eight-story office building features a new lobby, fitness facility and conference center. In-Rel plans to install “town hall” speculative suites on the second and third floors to boost occupancy at the office building, which has a block of up to 60,000 square feet of contiguous space available for lease.
HOUSTON — Philadelphia-based investment firm Alterra IOS has acquired an industrial outdoor storage facility in North Houston. The 3.7-acre facility at 1960 S. Starpoint Road is adjacent to George Bush International Airport and features two warehouses totaling 17,880 square feet that are leased to national tenants in the oil and gas production and pumping services sector. Jack Zalta of KSR NY brokered the deal. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
PHILADELPHIA — JLL has negotiated the $74.4 million bankruptcy sale of the University of the Arts Portfolio, a collection of nine academic properties totaling roughly 760,000 square feet in downtown Philadelphia. Named after the academic institution that closed last year, the portfolio comprises a mix of educational facilities, theaters, dormitories and office buildings. These include Terra Hall, a 17-story educational facility, and Hamilton Hall, the oldest building on Broad Street that was constructed in 1824. Jim Galbally, Fran Coyne, Samantha Kupersmith, Brett Segal, Carl Fiebig and Tyler Margraf of JLL worked on behalf of the bankruptcy trustee, Alfred T. Giuliano Trustee, to arrange the buyers for the transaction.
RENO, NEV. — Kidder Mathews has arranged the sale of LEV Apartments, a multifamily property located at 1617 N. Virginia St. in Reno. A Sacramento, Calif.-based private real estate investment firm acquired the asset from a student housing developer for $14 million. Situated adjacent to the University of Nevada, Reno, LEV Apartments features 128 studio/one-bath units and a one-bedroom/one-bath unit all with shared kitchen areas. At the time of sale, the property was 98 percent occupied. The asset was originally built in 1980 by the Saltern family. Ben Nelson of Kidder Mathews represented the seller and buyer in the transaction.