SHERWOOD, ORE. — BMO Healthcare’s Real Estate Finance group has provided a $41 million loan for the acquisition of The Ackerly at Sherwood, a senior living community located in Sherwood, roughly 15 miles southwest of Portland. A joint venture between an institutional investor and Merrill Gardens is the borrower. Merrill Gardens will manage and operate the property. The Ackerly at Sherwood totals 130 units with independent living, assisted living and memory care residences. Based in Seattle, Merrill Gardens manages more than 60 seniors housing communities across 20 states.
Acquisitions
SAN DIEGO — Irvine, Calif.-based Bendetti has purchased an industrial building located at 9605 Airway Road in San Diego’s Otay Mesa submarket. Terms of the transaction were not released. Built in 2000 on 3.9 acres, the multi-tenant distribution building features 72,158 square feet of space. At the time of sale, the property was 50 percent leased to a diversified tenant mix. The property recently underwent an exterior renovation with new paint and landscaping and features functional divisibilities with multiple bay sizes, new interior office improvements, 24- to 26-foot clear heights, ample grade- and dock-high loading and concrete truck courts. Bryce Aberg, Louay Alsadek, Maddie Mawby, Charlie Jacobs and Ryan Demarest of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the transaction. Regan Tully, Erik Parker, Brant Aberg and Trent Smith of Cushman & Wakefield also provided local market advisory services.
MAPLE GROVE, MINN. — CBRE has brokered the sale of Arbor Lakes Medical Building, an 89,052-square-foot medical outpatient building located at 12000 Elm Creek Blvd. in Maple Grove. The property is 97 percent leased to tenants such as M Health Fairview, North Memorial Health, Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Associates, Northstar Neurological Clinic, Midwest Radiology and South Lake Pediatrics Clinic. Services offered at the building include imaging, oral surgery, dentistry, physical therapy, reproductive medicine/fertility care and ophthalmology. Chris Bodnar, Brannan Knott, Mindy Berman, Zack Holderman, Cole Reethof, Jesse Greshin and Trent Jemmett of CBRE partnered with Ryan Watts of CBRE and Steve Brown of Forte Real Estate Partners to represent the seller, Minnesota-based Olympus Ventures. The buyer and sales price were undisclosed.
HOBART, IND. — The Boulder Group has arranged the $2.1 million sale of a single-tenant retail property net leased to Dollar General Market in Hobart within southwest Indiana. The newly constructed building is the larger prototype of 12,480 square feet. There are 15 years remaining on the lease, which features 5 percent rental escalations every five years throughout the primary term and at all five of the five-year renewal options. Randy Blankstein and Jimmy Goodman of Boulder Group represented the seller, a Midwest-based developer. Jack Friskney, Aaron Kuroiwa and Austin Meeker of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, an Indiana-based individual completing a 1031 exchange.
MAGNOLIA, TEXAS — Versal, a self-storage brokerage firm with offices in Austin and Los Angeles, has arranged the sale of Carraway RV & Boat Storage, a 143-unit facility located in the northwestern Houston suburb of Magnolia. The facility spans 70,893 net rentable square feet. Bill Bellomy, Michael Johnson, Logan Foster and Hugh Horne of Versal represented the locally based seller, M&T Interests LLC, in the transaction. The team also procured the undisclosed, Houston based buyer.
WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the sale of North Grove Cetner I and II, a 20,141-square-foot office and retail complex in the southern Dallas suburb of Waxahachie. The property consists of a 15,641-square-foot retail and office property that is fully leased to 11 tenants, as well as a 4,500-square-foot, single-tenant structure that is occupied by Fish City Grill. Michael Kaplan, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the seller, a Texas-based family office, in the transaction. The buyer was also a Texas-based family office that acquired the property in an off-market deal.
CP Group Purchases 2.2 MSF Piedmont Center Office Campus in Atlanta’s Buckhead District
by John Nelson
ATLANTA — CP Group has purchased Piedmont Center, a 2.2 million-square-foot office campus located off Piedmont Road in Atlanta’s Buckhead district. The Boca Raton, Fla.-based investor and landlord acquired the 14-building campus in an all-cash transaction. The Atlanta Business Chronicle reports that CP Group purchased the 46-acre office park at a foreclosure auction in partnership with Austrian bank Bawag Group for $200 million. The news outlet reported that former owner, Ardent Cos., defaulted on its loan tied to Piedmont Center from Morgan Stanley. The previous owner announced unfulfilled plans in 2023 to develop a concentration of food-and-beverage offerings at Piedmont Center dubbed Oxton, named after the “O” and “X” shape of two of the office buildings on the campus. CP Group plans to offer more food-and-beverage options at Piedmont Center, as well as expand amenities including conference facilities, fitness centers, lobbies and outdoor common areas. The firm also plans to install its suite of high-end speculative suites branded “worCPlaces” at the campus.
HIGH POINT, N.C. — FrostPoint Capital, a privately held real estate investment and management firm based in West Palm Beach, Fla., has purchased a 33,455-square-foot retail center in High Point, a city in North Carolina’s Triad region. Berkeley Capital Advisors brokered the transaction. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. The unanchored shopping center is located at 1800 N. Main St., about a mile west of High Point University. The property’s tenant roster includes Company’s Coming, 98 Asian Bistro, Tea Time Boba Tea Lounge, Hair Kutts Salon, Still Waters Spa, TL Fitness and Q’s Corner. FrostPoint Capital is planning an extensive redevelopment that will pay tribute to the site’s former occupant, Lyles Chevrolet. This transaction marks FrostPoint Capital’s 14th acquisition in the Southeast and first in North Carolina.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers Sale of 31,000 SF Industrial Property in Woodinville, Washington
by Amy Works
WOODINVILLE, WASH. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of The Junction, an industrial facility in Woodinville. A limited liability company sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $10.5 million. Located at 19151 144th Ave. NE, the 31,000-square-foot The Junction is 93 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including fast food, auto care and tasting rooms. John Marks and RJ Vara of Marcus & Millichap’s Seattle office represented the seller in the deal.
BURLINGTON, MASS. — Newmark has brokered the sale of Burlington BioCenter, a 109,085-square-foot life sciences building located on the northwestern outskirts of Boston. Originally completed in 2019 with its interior laboratory build-outs finalized in 2022, the building features high-performance laboratory infrastructure and HVAC systems, a backup power source and dedicated loading areas, as well as a two-story lobby. Robert Griffin, Edward Maher, Matthew Pullen, James Tribble, Samantha Hallowell and William Sleeper of Newmark brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.