SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — Reliant Group has completed the sale of The Lofts, an apartment property in Sacramento’s Natomas submarket. Jackson Square Properties acquired the asset for $52.3 million. Located at 3351 Duckhorn Drive, The Lofts offers 188 one- and two-bedroom units, with more than 40 percent including loft-style floor plans. Select units feature attached direct-access garages, nine-foot vaulted ceilings, dual-pane windows and luxury flooring. Community amenities include a swimming pool, hot tub, fitness center, an outdoor barbecue and entertainment center and a playground. Marc Ross of CBRE represented the seller in the deal. Ryan Greer and Trevor Breaux of CBRE Capital Markets Debt & Structured Finance arranged financing on behalf of the buyer.
Acquisitions
TEMPE, ARIZ. — DAUM Commercial Real Estate Services has arranged the purchase of a manufacturing and distribution industrial building in Tempe. A private investor acquired the asset, located at 1326 W. Fairmont Drive, for $7.3 million from an undisclosed seller. The 39,813-square-foot property features seven dock doors and heavy power to accommodate both manufacturing and distribution uses. Parker Houston, Chris Rogers and Trevor McKendry of DAUM handled the transaction.
ANN ARBOR, MICH. — Marquette Cos. and a fund managed by DRA Advisors have sold The Haven at Ann Arbor, a 520-unit apartment community in Ann Arbor. Abacus Capital Group, a New York-based real estate investment firm, purchased the asset for an undisclosed price. Marquette purchased The Haven in 2017 when it was known as Village Green of Ann Arbor and undertook a $13 million revitalization project that included extensive exterior improvements and unit interior renovations. Marquette also renovated the amenities and improved site operations. At the time of sale, The Haven was 95 percent occupied. Located about a 15-minute drive from the University of Michigan, the property features studio, one- and two-bedroom units ranging from 650 to 1,075 square feet. Amenities include a clubhouse with resident lounge, three fitness centers, an outdoor pool with terrace, enclosed dog park, tennis courts, nature trails and an onsite car washing station.
CHICAGO — Berkadia has negotiated the sale of Midpointe Apartments in Chicago for an undisclosed price. The 423-unit, garden-style multifamily property was built in 1973 and extensively upgraded over the last 10 years. Amenities include an outdoor pool, fitness center, dog park, fire pit and outdoor gas grilling areas. Ralph DePasquale of Berkadia represented the seller, an institutional investor. An affiliate of California-based Turner Impact Capital was the buyer.
FLINT, TEXAS — The Multifamily Group (TMG), a Dallas-based brokerage firm, has negotiated the sale of two hospitality properties totaling 116 units in Flint, about 100 miles east of Dallas. Lakeside has 104 rentable units consisting of 96 two-bedroom cabins with an average size of 726 square feet and eight two-bedroom lodges with an average size of with 826 square feet. Wildlakes has 12 units, including duplexes, suites and three-bedroom units. Jon Krebbs and Paul Yazbeck of TMG brokered the deal. The buyer and seller were not disclosed.
SHORT PUMP, VA. — Wafra Inc. has sold Short Pump Station, a 91,369-square-foot shopping center in Short Pump, located roughly 10 miles northwest of Richmond. Nuveen Real Estate acquired the property for nearly $55 million, making the center the investor’s second acquisition in the Richmond metro area. Situated on 147 acres, the retail development is anchored by Trader Joe’s. Other tenants at the property include Ulta Beauty and Petco. John Owendoff of Cushman & Wakefield, along with Catharine Spangler of Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer, represented Wafra in the transaction. The New York City-based investor has owned Short Pump Station since acquiring it from a joint venture affiliate of AmCap in 2021. Nuveen has retained Cushman & Wakefield | Thalhimer to lease and manage the shopping center.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Clear Investment Group has purchased Marbury Plaza, a 681-unit apartment community located in southeast Washington, D.C. The Chicago-based investment firm plans to rebrand the property to Langston Views and upgrade the amenity package to include a new fitness center, onsite convenience store and renovated pools and locker rooms. This is the fifth investment for the buyer’s Clear Opportunities Fund I. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.
JLL Negotiates Sale of 656-Bed Student Housing Community Near Kennesaw State University
by John Nelson
KENNESAW, GA. — JLL has negotiated the sale of Bixby Kennesaw, a 656-bed student housing community located near the Kennesaw State University campus in metro Atlanta. Completed in 2020, the property offers 179 units in a mix of studio through five-bedroom configurations. Shared amenities include a rooftop sky deck overlooking the university’s football stadium, resort-style swimming pool, fitness center and multiple study spaces. Teddy Leatherman, Scott Clifton, Kevin Kazlow and Jack Goldberger of JLL represented the seller, Alden Street Capital, in the disposition. The buyer and terms of the transaction were not released.
Cronheim Hotel Capital Arranges $18.2M Acquisition Loan for Aloft Hotel in Newport, Kentucky
by John Nelson
NEWPORT, KY. — Cronheim Hotel Capital has arranged an $18.2 million acquisition loan for Aloft Newport, a hotel in the Cincinnati suburb of Newport. Built in 2017, the hotel is situated adjacent to the Newport on the Levee, a mixed-use development now owned by Atlanta-based Jamestown. The Aloft Newport is located directly across the Ohio River from downtown Cincinnati via a pedestrian bridge. Cronheim Hotel Capital arranged the loan through a regional bank on behalf of the locally based borrower, Rolling Hills Hospitality. The new owner plans to invest in capital improvements to improve hotel room interiors after the acquisition closes.
LAS VEGAS — Remington Nevada has completed the sale of Mountain’s Edge Marketplace, a neighborhood shopping center in Mountain’s Edge, a master-planned community in Las Vegas. An out-of-state investor acquired the asset for $50.3 million, or $37 per square foot. Roy Fritz and Preston Fetrow of CBRE’s National Retail Investment Partners-West represented the seller, a Las Vegas-based private investment firm. The purchase includes the assumption of a $33 million CMBS loan requiring the new borrower to engage a loan expeditor to facilitate the process. Situated on 14.7 acres at 7975 Blue Diamond Road, Mountain’s Edge Marketplace offers 115,037 square feet of retail space, which is 98 percent leased to 40 national and local retailers. Current tenants include Ross Dress for Less, Planet Fitness, Starbucks Coffee, Supercuts, The UPS Store, China A Go Go and T-Mobile. The property is shadow anchored by an Albertsons-occupied property, which was not included in the sale.