MILWAUKEE — MCR has purchased the 169-room Courtyard by Marriott Milwaukee Downtown for an undisclosed price. MCR will also manage the property, which is located at 300 W. Michigan St. Hotel features include Wi-Fi, a fitness center, indoor pool, convenience store, restaurant and bar and four event spaces. MCR is a hotel owner-operator that has invested in 103 hotel properties with more than 12,000 rooms in 27 states.
MILWAUKEE — Healthcare Trust Inc. has acquired Aurora Health Center in Milwaukee for $6 million. The 25,466-square-foot outpatient facility and surgical center is 95 percent leased to subsidiaries of Aurora Health Care. Completed in 2000, the property is less than one mile from Aurora’s flagship 882-bed hospital, St. Luke’s Medical Center. Ben Appel, Evan Kovac, Andrew Milne, Anthony Frogameni, Matt DiCesare and Jaime Fink of HFF marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Atkins Cos.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – Forest City Realty Trust, in a joint venture with Madison International Realty, has closed on the acquisition of the interest of Forest City’s partner in five assets at University Park at MIT in Cambridge. The transaction values the undisclosed partner’s share of the assets at a total of $302 million, including assumption of debt. The assets include three office buildings: 300 Massachusetts Ave., 350 Massachusetts Ave. and 38 Sidney St., comprising a total of 486,000 square feet of life science office space; a 975-space parking facility; and the commercial space adjoining the Le Meridian Cambridge-MIT hotel. Forest City is the 100-percent owner of seven other life science office buildings and four multifamily communities that are also part of the University Park at MIT campus.
FARMINGTON, MICH. — Colliers International has brokered the sale of the Professional Pavilion in Farmington, a northern suburb of Detroit. The sales price was not disclosed. The 21,338-square-foot medical office building is located at 23133 Orchard Lake Road. The buyer, Healthcare Real Estate Services LLC, plans to do interior and exterior upgrades, including repaving the parking lot, lobby renovations and new landscaping plans. The company also plans to add an additional 14,600-square-foot building along the same road. Two tenants at the property include Beaumont Pediatrics and South Oakland Gastroenterology Associates. Gary Grochowski and Bryan Barnas of Colliers represented both the buyer and the seller, Ziegler-Michigan 5 LLC.
PHILADELPHIA — SSH Real Estate and Young Capital, in partnership with the real estate arm of Quilvest Private Equity, have announced a $100 million recapitalization of the 880,000-square-foot 123 South Broad Street and Witherspoon Building complex in Philadelphia’s central business district. Currently, the property is 95 percent leased, with Wells Fargo as the anchor tenant renting 225,000 square feet of space across multiple floors. The complex was previously split into two condominium units with separate ownership. Unit 1 comprised of 255,000 square feet from the basement through the fifth floor of both 123 South Broad Street and the Witherspoon Building. Unit 2 comprised floors six through 30 of 123 South Broad Street and six through 11 of the Witherspoon Building, totaling 625,000 square feet. SSH Real Estate and Young Capital partnership acquired Unit 1 earlier this year, and with Quilvest’s investment in Unit 2, the 725,000-square-foot 123 South Broad office building will be under common ownership for the first time in 20 years. As part of the transaction, the partnership secured a loan facility from Guggenheim Commercial Real Estate Finance, which includes capital to complete leasing and capital improvements for the building. HFF served as the broker for the financing. Additionally, …
KANSAS CITY, MO. — Block & Co. Inc. Realtors has negotiated the sale of Two Ten Center in North Kansas City for $2.8 million. The 15,057-square-foot shopping center is located on the northeast corner of I-29 and Armour Road. The property is 90 percent leased to tenants such as Quiznos, Care ATC, Donut King and Insure One. Max DiCarlo of Block & Co. negotiated the sale on behalf of the buyer, Mariam LLC. Block & Co. will handle leasing and property management for the center.
GARDENA, CALIF. — Partners Capital has purchased a 15,000-square-foot industrial building, located at 510 E. Airline Way in Gardena. Jennifer M Anderson sold the property for $2 million. The building offers direct access to interstates 110, 91 and 405. At the time of sale, Sparks Recycling fully occupied the space. Remington Moss and David Bales of Lee & Associates represented the buyer, while Brent Daniels and Robert Colacion of Gateway Business Properties represented the seller in the deal.
WENATCHEE, WASH. — JCH Senior Housing Investment Brokerage has arranged the sale of Riverwest Senior Living, a 65-unit independent living and assisted living community in the Central Washington city of Wenatchee. A group of seniors housing industry veterans sold the property to a 1031 exchange buyer for $7.4 million. The deal also included the placement of a new operator, simplifying the asset transfer. Jim Hazzard and Nick Stahler were JCH’s lead agents on the transaction.
PLANT CITY, FLA. — Cushman & Wakefield has brokered the $35.7 million sale of Plantation at Walden Lake, a 352-unit apartment community located at 1400 Plantation Blvd. in Plant City, roughly 25 miles east of Tampa. Luis Elorza, Brad Capas and Robert Given of Cushman & Wakefield arranged the transaction on behalf of the seller, Mercury Investment. Bridge Investment Group acquired the 23-building property, which was 95 percent leased at the time of sale. Plantation at Walden Lake was constructed in phases from 1990 to 1994 and includes a mix of one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments. Community amenities include a swimming pool, fitness center, dog park, playground and a picnic and barbecue area.
JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Colliers International has arranged the $5.3 million sale of Village Commons, a 12,001-square-foot retail center located at 4490 and 4492 Southside Blvd. in Jacksonville. The seller, Rimrock Southside LLC, developed the property last year. Colliers International arranged the 1031 exchange on behalf of the buyers, Bronx Wendy’s SCH LLC and Southside RMR LLC. Village Commons is home to tenants such as AT&T, Pet Supermarket, First Watch and Wells Fargo.
