Acquisitions

VERNON HILLS, ILL. — The Nicholas Family of Cos. has acquired Glacier Ice Arena, a 63,000-square-foot indoor ice arena with two NHL-regulation rinks in the Chicago suburb of Vernon Hills. Nicholas will own and manage the hockey and ice skating rink and will commence large-scale renovations later this year. Nicholas Family’s portfolio of ice rink facilities includes Mount Prospect Ice Arena at Nicholas Sportsplex in Mount Prospect; Rosemont Ice Arena, which is set to open this month in Rosemont; and Elk Grove Ice Arena, which is scheduled to begin construction this month. All will be operated by the company’s internal sports and recreation firm Spectate Group. Glacier Ice Arena is affiliated with Ice Dogs Hockey Club and serves as the primary venue for the Ice Dogs Hockey Association, which is home to roughly 15 teams. There is potential for Nicholas Family’s integrated hospitality company, Big Fish Hospitality Group, to be incorporated into future phases of planning following the acquisition. Glacier currently has 10 locker rooms, study rooms, party and meeting rooms, a snack bar and video game room.

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BUCKNER, MO. — Fun Town RV has secured its second Kansas City-area location at 29906 US 24 Highway in Buckner. The company is the official RV dealer of the Dallas Cowboys. Fun Town RV will occupy a 13,037-square-foot building comprising a 3,000-square-foot office and 10,037-square-foot warehouse. The lease marks the company’s 33rd location, joining properties in Texas, Illinois, Michigan, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Bill Maas of Block & Co. Inc. Realtors represented the seller of the Buckner property.

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OVIEDO, FLA. — LRC Properties has purchased Central Florida Resource Center, a three-building shallow-bay industrial property located at 5700, 5707 and 5712 Dot Com Court in Oviedo, a suburb of Orlando. The New York-based buyer purchased the property from an undisclosed seller in partnership with an unnamed institutional investor. The sales price was also not released. Central Florida Resource Center was 80 percent leased at the time of sale. LRC Properties is planning to repair the roofs, demolish excess space and complete several other cosmetic upgrades at the property, including landscaping and signage. With this purchase, LRC Properties owns approximately 6.2 million square feet of commercial real estate in the Southeast, with assets under management approaching $550 million.

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ATLANTA — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Central Park Apartments, a 280-unit community located at 2900 Camp Creek Parkway in southwest Atlanta. Built in 1969, Central Park sits on a 23-acre lot near Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in the city’s Camp Creek neighborhood. The property comprises 143 one-bedroom and 137 two-bedroom apartments. Scott Spalding of Marcus & Millichap’s Atlanta office represented the seller in the transaction. Marco Welch, also with Marcus & Millichap, procured the value-add buyer. Both parties requested anonymity. Marcus & Millichap’s Joe Mitchell helped facilitate the transaction.

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DALLAS — Weitzman has arranged the sale of a 6.5-acre multifamily development site in southwest Dallas. The site is located at the corner of Illinois Avenue and Knoxville Street, across from the Dallas College Mountain View campus. Scott Smith and Corbin Tanenbaum of Weitzman represented the seller and occupant, the Templo De Alabanza Church, in the transaction. The buyer, Generation Housing Partners LLC, in partnership with the City of Dallas, will develop a mixed-income project on the site that will be known as HiLine Illinois.

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HOUSTON — Partners Real Estate has brokered the sale of a 64,881-square-foot industrial building that was constructed on a speculative basis in South Houston. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 510 S. Sam Houston Parkway E sits on a 4.7-acre site and was completed last year. Travis Land and A.J. Williams of Partners represented the seller in the transaction. Chase Spence and Jeff Peltier of Colliers represented the buyer. Both parties requested anonymity.

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WILTON, N.Y. — Regional brokerage firm Adirondack Capital Partners has negotiated the $30.7 million sale of McGregor Village Apartments, a 212-unit multifamily complex in Wilton, about 40 miles north of Albany. McGregor Village offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a fitness center, clubhouse and a playground. Michael Hunter Coghill and Chad Sinsheimer of Adirondack Capital Partners represented the buyer, New York-based investment firm Elar Group, in the transaction. The seller, Bruce Tanski Construction, was self-represented.

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BRIDGEVILLE, PA. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10.6 million sale of The Crossings at South Fayette, a 38,203-square-foot shopping center in Bridgeville, a southwestern suburb of Pittsburgh. The center comprises a freestanding grocery store of anchor tenant ALDI, a drive-thru strip occupied by Starbucks and Chipotle Mexican Grill and a multi-tenant strip that is home to Sola Salon Studios, Jimmy John’s, Elevation Medical Weight Loss, Brentwood Bank and Radiance at Fluhme. Dean Zang and David Crotts of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a local family, in the transaction. Zang and Crotts also procured the buyer, San Diego-based investment firm The Niki Group.

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BOSTON AND NEW YORK CITY — A joint venture between Bain Capital and 11North Partners has acquired a portfolio of 10 open-air retail centers in Florida and South Carolina for $395 million. Danny Finkle, Jorge Portela and Kim Flores of JLL represented the seller, PGIM Real Estate. The properties — which are located across the submarkets of Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa, Palm Beach and Charleston — include Sawgrass Square, Plantation Promenade, Miramar Commons, Rolling Oaks, Promenade at Poinciana, Solivita Marketplace, New Tampa Center, Lake Worth Plaza, Garden Shops at Boca and Point Hope Commons. The acquisition spans more than 1 million square feet and follows the joint venture’s recent purchase of three open-air lifestyle retail centers in Oklahoma City for $212 million. Publix anchors seven of the retail centers. The portfolio was more than 93 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Bank of America, Chipotle, Starbucks Coffee, Chick-fil-A, Jersey Mike’s and McDonald’s.

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FAIRFIELD, N.J. — Regional investment firm Ridgecut Road has purchased a 5.8-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in the Northern New Jersey community of Fairfield. The property address was not disclosed. The facility features a 35,000-square-foot warehouse and maintenance facility with 26- to 30-foot clear heights and three oversized drive-in doors, as well as a two-story, 10,000-square-foot office building. Nicholas Stefans and Jason Lundy of JLL brokered the sale of the property. Michael Klein, Max Custer and Kevin Badger, also with JLL, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing for the deal.

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