HOUSTON — JLL has brokered the sale of Ashford 5, a portfolio of three office buildings totaling 570,045 square feet in West Houston. The eight-story buildings are situated on a 12.2-acre site adjacent to I-10 in the Energy Corridor area. Renovated between 2014 and 2016, the portfolio offers amenities such as a fitness center, tenant lounges and separate parking garages for each building. Marty Hogan, Kevin McConn, Rick Goings, John Ream and Clay Anderson of JLL represented the seller, a court-appointed receiver, in the transaction. The team also assisted the buyer, an entity doing business as LFFP Ashford Portfolio, in the assumption and modification of the seller’s in-place loan. At the time of sale, the portfolio had an occupancy rate of 58 percent and a tenant roster with a weighted average remaining lease term (WALT) of 4.7 years.
SELMA, TEXAS — Houston-based investment firm Triten Real Estate Partners has purchased a 4.5-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in Selma, a northeastern suburb of San Antonio. The IOS facility at 16915 Alamo Parkway houses a 6,556-square-foot warehouse and office building with five dock doors. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
PHOENIX — Phoenix-based Christiansen Ventures LLC has purchased Broadstone Uptown PHX, an apartment community in Phoenix, from Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Alliance Residential Co. for $87 million. Austin Groen, Matt Pesch, Asher Gunter and Sean Cunningham of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Troy Tegeler and CJ Connolly of CBRE’s Debt & Structured Finance team arranged financing for the buyer. Completed by Alliance Residential in 2024, Broadstone Uptown PHX offers 280 apartments with nine-foot ceilings, quartz countertops in the kitchen and baths, wood-style flooring, full-size washers/dryers, stainless steel kitchen appliances, five-burner gas cooktops and keyless entry. Community amenities include a swimming pool and spa area with private cabanas and a pool house featuring a community kitchen and billiards table; a resident clubhouse with a cafe with lounge seating, a complimentary coffee bar and a leasing office; and a 24-hour fitness center with weight training and cardio machines. Additional amenities include an outdoor ramada with 360-degree mister, ping-pong, fire pits, yard games, barbecue grills, a dog park, electric charging stations and parcel package lockers.
FORT LEE, N.J. — Locally based brokerage firm The Goldstein Group has negotiated the $37 million sale of Washington Bridge Plaza, a 47,000-square-foot retail center located in the Northern New Jersey community of Fort Lee. Walgreens anchors the center. Other tenants include Dollar Tree, Jersey Mike’s, Kung Fu Tea, The Gyro Project, Bon Epi, Fort Lee Vision, Binghamton Bagel & Deli, Belle Journee Bakery, Pho Today, Punta Cana, 101 Chicken and Kura Revolving Sushi. C.J. Huter, Marc Palestina and Lew Finkelstein of The Goldstein Group represented the buyer in the transaction. Baruch Herman of Booth Street Realty represented the seller. Both parties were limited liability companies.
OTAY MESA, CALIF. — CBRE has negotiated the sale of an industrial portfolio in San Diego. Otay Condo LLC acquired the asset from an undisclosed seller for $13.1 million. Matt Harris and Matt Pourcho of CBRE represented the buyer in the deal. Totaling 54,636 square feet, the portfolio includes a 19,292-square-foot property at 8662 and 8580 Avenida de la Fuente and a 13,458-square-foot facility at 1641 Pacific Rim Court, as well as 10 industrial commercial condominiums ranging in size from 533 square feet to 3,714 square feet. All condos are under 5,000 square feet and most include grade-level doors and/or shared access to a dock well. Situated in South San Diego County, Calif., the portfolio offers easy access to Interstate 805 and State Route 905.
SAN DIEGO — Northmarq has arranged the sale of The Charmer, a mixed-use community in San Diego’s Mission Hills neighborhood. Charmer LLC sold the property to Monroe Capital Real Estate Fund for $12.7 million. Built in 2011, The Charmer features 19 apartments, two live-work lofts and three commercial units. The property offers top-of-the-line interiors, abundant outdoor space with private patios and gardens, as well as amenity spaces. Tyler Sinks, Ed Rosen and John Chu of Northmarq’s San Diego Multifamily Investment Sales team represented the seller in the deal.
LAS VEGAS — Intermountain Lock & Security Supply Co. has purchased an industrial facility, located at 3670 W. Oquendo Road in Las Vegas, for $7.9 million as part of a 1031 exchange. The company will use the 28,420-square-foot property to expand its operations in the region. Jeremy Green and Mike Catt of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer in the deal. The name of the seller was not released.
FLORISSANT, MO. — First National Realty Partners (FNRP) has acquired Florissant Marketplace, a grocery-anchored shopping center in the St. Louis suburb of Florissant. The property is 98 percent leased and anchored by a 70,262-square-foot Schnucks store. The grocer, which maintains over 115 stores in the Midwest, has operated at Florissant Marketplace for more than 20 years. Additional tenants include Crunch Fitness, Pet Supplies Plus, Wing Stop and AT&T. Current inline tenants have a weighted average tenure exceeding 11 years. Chase Young of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller. FNRP now owns four grocery-anchored centers totaling over 950,000 square feet in Missouri. All are located within metro St. Louis.
AUBURN, ALA. — Tailwind Group has acquired The Beacon, a 576-bed student housing community located near the Auburn University campus in Alabama. Ryan Lang of Newmark brokered the acquisition of the property from an undisclosed seller. The sales price was not released. The garden-style community offers 180 units in two-, three- and four-bedroom configurations with bed-to-bath parity. Shared amenities include shuttle service to campus, a pet park, swimming pool, sundeck, outdoor grill station, 24-hour fitness center, outdoor fireplace, sand volleyball court, computer lab, study room, coffee bar and a package room. The new ownership plans to renovate the community this fall, with updates planned for the clubhouse as well as shared amenity spaces and the property’s exterior. The community will also be rebranded The Quarters Auburn.
NEW ORLEANS — VPG Holdings and American South Capital Partners (ASCP), which is a joint venture between SDS Capital Group and Vintage Realty Co., has acquired The Marquis, a 250-unit affordable housing community located at 2651 Poydras St. in New Orleans. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The Marquis was built in 2009 and features a mix of one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments, with most units reserved for tenants earning less than 60 percent of the area median income (AMI). VPG and ASCP plan to fund deferred maintenance and interior improvements at The Marquis, with the focus on implementing more energy and water efficient appliances including water heaters, dishwashers, refrigerators and air conditioners.