BUFORD, GA. — Marcus & Millichap’s Taylor McMinn Retail Group has brokered the sale of a newly built restaurant located at 4996 Lanier Parkway in Buford, a northeast suburb of Atlanta. Built in 2024, the 3,318-square-foot restaurant is ground-leased to Whataburger and sits on a nearly 1.5-acre site at the entrance of a 1.1 million-square-foot Amazon logistics center. The popular quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain has a 15-year ground lease in place at the restaurant with scheduled rent increases and extension options. Whataburger is based in Texas and only recently began opening restaurants in Georgia, the first of which opened in Kennesaw in 2022. Don McMinn of Taylor McMinn Retail Group represented the seller, an unnamed developer, in the 1031 transaction. The buyer and sales price were also not disclosed. “This is our third Whataburger closing in fourth-quarter 2024 and will be bring more to market in 2025,” says McMinn. “Whataburger continues to garner strong demand and attractive pricing from investors and is one of the more desirable QSR options in the market today.”
Acquisitions
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — LRT Co., a developer of traditional multifamily and seniors housing properties, has acquired 12.4 acres in Providence for the development of a $65 million seniors housing project. Known as Tiffany Laurel Reserve, the property will total 157,000 square feet upon completion and feature 127 independent living residences and 77 assisted living and memory care units. Roughly 25 percent of the units will be reserved for low-income residents. The development will also feature 56 garage parking spaces. Construction is scheduled to begin this summer.
IRVINE, CALIF. — CBRE has arranged the sale of an office building located at 9890 Irvine Center Drive in Irvine. Navigators Advisory Group acquired the property from ICD Equities for $2.6 million. Built in 2007, the two-story 4,950-square-foot building features a mix of open and private offices. Recent upgrades include a loft-style creative design that features open ceilings and exposed ducting. Jeff Carr and Jonathan Carr of CBRE represented the seller, while Blake Garrett of The Feed Group represented the buyer in the transaction.
BOSTON — Locally based brokerage firm Atlantic Capital Partners has negotiated the $15.4 million sale of The Trapelo Portfolio, a collection of four retail properties and one office building totaling roughly 70,000 square feet in Massachusetts. The retail component of the portfolio includes Duxbury Plaza, a 44,014-square-foot, grocery-anchored shopping center located south of Boston, as well as three freestanding buildings in Billerica, Burlington and Shrewsbury that are leased to the United States Postal Service. Justin Smith, Chris Peterson, Sam Koonce, Mary Powers and Matt Ericson of Atlantic Capital Partners represented the buyer and seller, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
LINDEN, N.J. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $7.4 million ground-lease sale of a 5,585-square-foot retail building in the Northern New Jersey community of Linden that is leased to convenience store operator Wawa. The building was constructed in 2023 on 1.5 acres within the 350,000-square-foot Legacy Square shopping center, and Wawa has 19 years remaining on the corporate-guaranteed lease. Kyle Fant, Britt Raymond, Matthew Mousavi and Patrick Luther of SRS represented the seller, a partnership between Dallas-based Cypress Equities and San Francisco-based Stockbridge Capital Group, in the deal. The undisclosed, New York-based buyer acquired the property via a 1031 exchange.
EDISON, N.J. — A partnership between Dallas-based investment firm Dalfen Industrial and funds advised by affiliates of Centerbridge Partners LP has purchased a 1.8-acre industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in the Central New Jersey community of Edison. The facility at 83 Gross Ave. houses a 4,500-square-foot building with a clear height of 14 feet. Mark Silverman, Liam McGregor and Elli Klapper of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the off-market transaction.
CHICAGO — Colliers has arranged the sale of a 140,310-square-foot distribution center fully leased to Whole Foods Market in Chicago for an undisclosed price. Jeff Devine, Steve Disse and Tyler Ziebel of Colliers represented the seller, Ryan Cos. US Inc. Built in 2017 by Ryan, the property at 716 E. 111th St. services Whole Foods locations in the Chicago area and throughout the Midwest and Canada. Metzler Real Estate advised the buyer, an offshore investor.
WILLOUGHBY HILLS, OHIO — MAG Capital Partners has acquired a 158,484-square-foot specialty food processing facility in Willoughby Hills in a sale-leaseback transaction with Produce Packaging Inc. (PPI). The property, located at 27853 Chardon Road in suburban Cleveland, has served as PPI’s headquarters since 2019. PPI’s $15 million investment in building infrastructure and systems supports multi-temperature/multi-humidity zones. Originally developed as a Sam’s Club, the asset features a clear height of 27 feet, 12 dock doors and four drive-in doors. Phil DiGennaro and Joe DiGennaro of STREAM Capital Partners represented PPI in the transaction.
CHAMPAIGN, ILL. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $5.1 million sale of Champaign Station, a six-suite retail strip center in Champaign. Built in 2007, the 21,152-square-foot property is fully leased to a mix of restaurant and service-oriented tenants. The asset is shadow anchored by Menards and adjacent to Market Place Shopping Center. Alex Perez and Chris Garavaglia of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a private equity group, and procured the buyer, a private equity group based out of North Carolina. The duo previously brokered the sale of the property in 2020.
ARLINGTON, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Addison Park, a 224-unit affordable housing complex in Arlington. Built in 2004, the property offers one-, two- and three-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, business center, playground and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Information on income restrictions was not disclosed. Sam Pettigrew, Wes Racht, Nick Fluellen and Bard Hoover of Marcus & Millichap represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction and procured the buyer, Brazos Residential.