Acquisitions

ORLANDO, FLA. — Halstatt Real Estate Partners has sold UnionWest at Creative Village, a 664-bed student housing property near the University of Central Florida’s (UCF) downtown Orlando campus. Halstatt developed the 15-story tower in partnership with Development Ventures Group and Ustler Development in August 2019. Provident Resources Group purchased UnionWest for an undisclosed price using bonds underwritten by BofA Securities. Located at the corner of West Livingston Street and North Terry Avenue, the student housing tower is a component of the $1.5 billion Creative Village mixed-use campus, which includes academic space for both UCF and Valencia College’s downtown campus. In addition to student housing, UnionWest offers more than 100,000 square feet of academic space, 11,000 square feet of street-level retail space and a 600-space parking garage.

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MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has negotiated the $8.4 million sale of Blue Grotto Plaza, an 11,890-square-foot retail strip center located in Miami. Built in 1973 and renovated in 2023, the multi-tenant property features a mix of service-oriented businesses and food-and-beverage tenants, including 10 retail spaces and 68 parking spaces. Jonathan De La Rosa and Matthew Albregts of Marcus & Millichap marketed the property on behalf of the seller, Minkin Enterprises Inc., and procured the buyer, OMAC Real Estate LLC, in the transaction.

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GEORGETOWN, KY. — Home Invest has acquired Pine Tree Path, a 72-unit apartment community in Georgetown, about 70 miles east of Louisville, Ky. Longtime owner PAJ Properties Inc. sold the Class B property to Home Invest for approximately $7.8 million. Home Invest will be the property manager for Pine Tree Path, which was fully occupied at the time of sale. The firm will also replace roofs for seven buildings and make light renovations to unit interiors as the leases turn over.

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SUGAR LAND, TEXAS — San Antonio-based Headwall Investments has purchased Old Mill Retail Center, a 15,182-square-foot retail strip center located in the southwestern Houston suburb of Sugar Land. Tenants at the property include Pepperoni’s Pizza, Primera Professional Pharmacy, MTea & Coffee and Floors for Living. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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DENVER — John Propp Commercial Group has arranged the sale of an industrial property in Denver. River Rise Capital acquired the building from LG Investments for $5 million. Located at 4391 York St., the asset includes a 30,078-square-foot building situated on 1.7 acres. John Propp and Michael Honc of John Propp Commercial Group represented the seller in the deal. The new owner plans to hold the property as an investment after re-signing the tenant, United States Building Supply Co., to a new long-term lease.

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NAPERVILLE, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the nearly $7 million sale of a 59,935-square-foot retail center in the Chicago suburb of Naperville. Built in 1988, the property is anchored by Dollar Tree and Anytime Fitness. Some of the tenants have operated at the center since its construction. Sean Sharko, Austin Weisenbeck and Adrian Mendoza of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, 1550 State RTE 59 LLC, and procured the buyer, an out-of-state professional ownership group that was expanding its Illinois portfolio. Dean Giannakopoulos of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged $5.1 million in acquisition financing through a regional bank.

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NEW HAVEN, CONN. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the sale of Orange Gardens, a 175-unit apartment complex in New Haven. The property comprises 13 buildings that were constructed on a 6.2-acre site between 1963 and 1969. According to Apartments.com, units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom formats. Wes Klockner, Eric Pentore, Victor Nolletti and Ross Friedel of IPA represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.

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PARK RIDGE, N.J. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $17 million sale of Ridgemont Shopping Center, a 71,650-square-foot shopping center in Park Ridge, located near the New Jersey-New York border. German discount grocer Lidl anchors the center, which is also home to tenants such as Staples, Chase Bank and Starbucks. Alan Cafiero, David Cafiero and John Moroz of Marcus & Millichap, along with Bill Farkas of Jeffery Realty, represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Both parties requested anonymity.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. AND ALEXANDRIA, VA. — Atlanta-based Jamestown has sold its stake in The Georgetown Renaissance Portfolio, a collection of 22 boutique retail and residential buildings in Washington, D.C.’s Georgetown neighborhood and a lone property in nearby Alexandria, Va. New York-based Acadia Realty Trust, already a minor owner of the portfolio, purchased Jamestown’s stake for an undisclosed price. Eastdil Secured represented Jamestown in the transaction. Jamestown originally acquired its interest in The Georgetown Renaissance Portfolio in 2011. The firm had previously sold off a portion of its interest to EastBanc, which used acquisition funds from Acadia Realty Trust, back in 2016. The portfolio is now home to several retail and design brands such as B&B Italia, Poliform, Molteni, Lululemon, Patagonia and Design Within Reach.

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HOUSTON — California-based investment firm BKM Capital Partners has acquired West Belt Business Park, a 260,887-square-foot industrial property in southwest Houston. West Belt Business Park consists of five buildings that house 30 tenant spaces ranging in size from 770 to 23,000 square feet. Charlie Strauss, Lance Young and Clay Anderson of JLL represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. BKM, which plans to implement a value-add program, was self-represented. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to a tenant roster with a weighted average remaining lease term of just under three years.

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