SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. — Houston-based Whitestone REIT (NYSE: WSR) has purchased Scottsdale Commons, a retail center at 7119 E. Shea Blvd. in Scottdale. Trojan Development Associates III LLC sold the asset for $22.2 million. Additional terms of the transaction were not released. Situated on 6.2 acres, the 69,482-square-foot Scottsdale Commons was 96.6 percent occupied at the time of sale. Current tenants include Rosati’s Chicago Pizza, Rusty Nail Meats, U.S. Egg, Companion Pet Partners, Prep Kitchens, BevMo, Black Rifle Coffee, Mountain View Pharmacy, H&R Block, Green Corner Mediterranean and Habanero’s Restaurant. Joseph Compagno and Benjamin Farthing of CBRE represented the seller and the buyer in the transaction.
Acquisitions
NEW YORK CITY — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $13.2 million sale of a 76-unit apartment building in the Astoria neighborhood of Queens. The six-story building at 34-50 28th St. was originally constructed in 1930, according to StreetEasy.com. Units come in studio, one- and two-bedroom floor plans. Louis Zarif, Shaun Riney and Sean Fopeano of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which were private investors that requested anonymity, in the transaction.
LOS ANGELES — Rick Raymundo and Ben Savoy of Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a six-unit apartment building, located at 6645 Farmdale Ave. in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles. The asset traded for $1.7 million, or $283,333 per unit. Raymundo and Savoy represented the undisclosed buyer and undisclosed seller in the deal.
STAMFORD, CONN. — Berkadia has arranged the sale of an 85-unit seniors housing complex in Stamford, approximately 30 miles northeast of Manhattan. The unnamed facility offers assisted living and memory care services. Mike Garbers, Cody Tremper, Dave Fasano and Ross Sanders of Berkadia represented the seller, a publicly traded REIT. The undisclosed buyer is based in New England.
PARK RIDGE, ILL. — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of Village Green, a 65,038-square-foot shopping center in the Chicago suburb of Park Ridge. The property, which is 93 percent leased, is home to BMO, Lou Malnati’s, Goldfish Swim School, Wheel & Sprocket, Midwest Orthopedics, Westside Children’s Therapy, BFT, FedEx Office and Subway. Ben Wineman and Emily Gadomski of Mid-America represented the seller, a private investment group. A Dallas-based family office was the buyer.
ELK GROVE VILLAGE, ILL. — Brown Commercial Group has arranged the $1.5 million sale of a 10,000-square-foot industrial building zoned for auto use in the Chicago suburb of Mount Prospect. The property is located at 3212 S. Nordic Road. Mason Hezner of Brown represented the seller, an owner of a Carstar autobody franchise. Matt Kotapka of Executive Realty Group LLC represented the buyer, 3212 S. Nordic LLC. The sales price was $110,500 over the asking price.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Highwoods Properties Inc. has sold Rexwoods, a medical office campus in west Raleigh spanning 380,000 square feet. The eight-building park is located across from University of North Carolina REX Hospital. Highwoods sold the campus to two separate buyers, one of which acquired seven buildings with plans to continue to operate them as clinics while the other buyer bought a building with plans to redevelop the asset. The buyers and sales price were not disclosed. The seven properties were built or acquired by Highwoods between 1982 and 1998, and three of them were recently renovated. Mindy Berman, Ryan Clutter, Daniel Flynn, Teddy Hobbs, Woody Flythe and Landon Weaver of JLL represented Highwoods and procured the buyers in the two transactions. Anthony Sardo and Ward Smith of JLL arranged acquisition financing for one of the buyers.
MIAMI — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $10 million sale of a fully approved multifamily development site at 315 N.W. 27th Ave. in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood. The buyer, an entity doing business as Astor Acquisitions LLC, plans to develop an apartment community on the 1.2-acre site called 315 Urban Flats. Eddie Toledo and Jonathan De La Rosa of Marcus & Millichap’s Miami office represented the sellers, Frank Lopez and Pedro Munilla, in the land sale. 315 Urban Flats is approved for 179 apartments across eight floors comprising studios, one-, and two-bedroom units. Amenities will include ground-floor retail spaces, a swimming pool, fitness center and a parking garage. The construction timeline was not disclosed.
HOUSTON — A partnership between Los Angeles-based Ascendant Capital Partners and Dallas-based Culver Investment Partners has acquired a portfolio of three apartment communities totaling 470 units near Texas Medical Center in Houston for $60 million. Known as the Elle Collection, the portfolio includes Elle at the Medical Center, Vie at the Medical Center and Plaza Townhomes at the Medical Center. The seller was not disclosed. The new ownership plans to implement capital improvement programs at each of the properties.
RICHARDSON, TEXAS — Newmark has brokered the sale of Spring Creek Business Park, a 52,456-square-foot industrial property in the northeastern Dallas suburb of Richardson. According to LoopNet Inc., the building at 1111 Digital Drive was constructed on 3.6 acres in 1983 and features 18-foot clear heights. Sara Fredericks of Newmark represented the seller, Adima US LLC, in the transaction. Morgan Realty Group represented the buyer, an entity doing business as BBE Phoenix Fund LP.