METAIRIE, LA. — Stirling Properties has brokered the sale of The Executive Office Tower, a 184,608-square-foot office building located at 3500 N. Causeway Blvd. in Metairie, roughly eight miles northwest of New Orleans. Roger Bajon of Stirling Properties arranged the transaction on behalf of the undisclosed seller. A Dallas-based investor acquired the 14-story building for an undisclosed price. The Executive Office Tower is home to tenants such as Keystone Engineering.
PATERSON, N.J. – Colliers International has arranged the sale of Cooke Mills, an apartment building located at 19 Market St. in Paterson. A private investor purchased the property from an undisclosed seller for $1.9 million, or $135,750 per unit. The three-story building features 14 apartments in a mix of two- and three-bedroom layouts. Jacklene Chesler, Patrick Norris, Matthew Brown and Angelo Vitale of Colliers represented the seller and marketed the transaction in conjunction with Ten-X, an online transaction platform for commercial real estate.
PORTLAND, ORE. — NKF Capital Markets has arranged the sale of the historic Towne Storage, an office property located in Portland’s Central Eastside submarket. CBRE Global Investors acquired the 100,022-square-foot property for an undisclosed price. Autodesk Inc., an investment-grade credit tenant, occupies property. Nick Kucha and James Childress of NKF Capital Markets represented the seller, Westport Capital Partners.
WESTLAKE VILLAGE, CALIF. — Lee & Associates-LA North/Ventura has arranged the sale of an office building located at 31248 Oak Crest Drive in Westlake Village in metro Los Angeles. K-Swiss, an athletic footwear maker, sold the property to Selleck Development Group for $11 million. The 53,133-square-foot building was constructed as a build-to-suit for K-Swiss and the company occupied the property from 1999 until it relocated to downtown Los Angeles. Joe Jusko of Lee & Associates represented the seller, while Mike Tingus and Grant Fulkerson of Lee & Associates represented the seller.
MONROVIA, CALIF. — CalBay Development has completed the acquisition and entitlement of a redevelopment site located on West Huntington Drive in Monrovia. McMahans Furniture sold the site for $2.1 million. The 29,000-square-foot site is comprised of two parcels and features a 21,000-square-foot retail store occupied by 3-Day-Suit Broker. CalBay plans to develop a freestanding 2,200-square-foot Starbucks drive-thru on the site. Construction is slated to begin in third-quarter 2018, with store opening scheduled for second-quarter 2019. The City of Monrovia Planning Commission approved the company’s development plans in earlier this year. Adam Fisher of JLL arranged the off-market transaction.
NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Franklin Partners, in a joint venture with Bixby Bridge Capital, has purchased the former OfficeMax headquarters at 263 Shuman Blvd. in Naperville with plans to redevelop the property. The 350,000-square-foot vacant office building will be transformed into a multi-tenant building. The main entrance and atrium will be redesigned with a grand staircase. A lower level will feature baristas, a market-style deli, fitness center, co-working lounges and other amenities. Construction is scheduled to begin later this year with completion slated for early 2019. Wright Heerema Architects is the project architect. Francis Prock and David Florent of Colliers International will market the renovated property for lease.
CHICAGO AND GLENVIEW, ILL. — Essex Realty Group Inc. has brokered the sale of two apartment properties in the Chicago area for $25 million. One of the properties is a 31-unit building located at 1545 W. North Ave. in Chicago’s Wicker Park neighborhood. Doug Imber, Kate Varde and Clay Maxfield of Essex represented the seller and developer, Sedgwick Properties. The Supera family purchased the asset for $12.1 million. The other is a 36-unit building located at 1202 Waukegan Road in Glenview. Matt Welke of Essex represented the seller and developer, Riverforest Development LLC. Doug Fisher and Vic Ciancetta of Essex represented the buyer, an out-of-state private investor who purchased the asset for $13.1 million.
CANTON, OHIO — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $2.3 million sale of a McDonald’s ground lease in Canton. The 4,673-square-foot property, built in 2014, is located at 4643 Belden Village St. The ground lease is for 20 years. Erin Patton, Scott Wiles and Craig Fuller marketed the property on behalf of the seller, a local developer. The buyer, a private investor, was completing a 1031 exchange.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. – Invesco Real Estate, on behalf of an institutional client, has acquired the Quad, a life science campus located in Cambridge. The Davis Cos. sold the property for an undisclosed price. Totaling 199,487 square feet, the campus comprises four buildings: 75 Moulton St., 10 Wilson Ave., 40 Smith Place and 75 Smith Place. The Davis Cos. will continue to manage the asset and oversee its redevelopment. Coleman Benedict, Christopher Phaneuf, Ben Sayles and Kerry Hawkins of HFF represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
HORSEHEADS, N.Y. – NKF Capital Markets has brokered the sale of Southern Tier Crossing, a retail property located at Horseheads. A joint venture between DRA Advisors and DLC Management acquired the property from DDR for $18.5 million. Southern Tier Crossing comprises a 174,642-square-foot retail asset within a 522,734-square-foot power center in Upstate New York. At the time of sale, the property was 89 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including Dick’s Sporting Goods, Jo-Ann Fabric, PetSmart, Ulta Beauty, Five Below, Men’s Warehouse, Buffalo Wild Wings, Lane Bryant and Aspen Dental. Geoffrey Millerd and Justin Smith of NKF represented the seller in the transaction.
