BERKELEY, CALIF. — Levin Johnston, part of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the $12.7 million sale of a retail building at 2310 Telegraph Ave. in Berkeley. Raising Cane’s will occupy the 12,419-square-foot property, which is currently anchored by Walgreens, as a new flagship restaurant. Additional details of the transaction were not released.
LOUISVILLE, COLO. — Ziff Real Estate Partners (ZRP) has purchased Village Square Shopping Center, a necessity-based retail center in Louisville, for $9.2 million. ZRP plans to improve the 40,211-square-foot asset by enhancing the center’s tenant mix and physical property. Located at 535-655 E. South Boulder Road, Village Square is shadow-anchored by Centre Court Apartments and Shamrock Foods.
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. — Transwestern Real Estate Services has arranged the sale of the Bethany Global University campus in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington. Substance Church purchased the 32.7-acre campus, which features 341,036 square feet across 16 buildings, for an undisclosed price. Owner-user Substance Church is a mission-driven organization that intends to use the property for purposes similar to Bethany Global University. The land is zoned for institutional and religious purposes, and Substance Church plans to repurpose many of the existing apartment, dormitory, educational and support services buildings. The property, which had been under Bethany’s ownership since the 1940s, was made available for sale as part of a strategic restructuring initiative. The university recently shifted from an in-person learning environment to an online platform. Mike Salmen and Erik Coglianese of Transwestern represented Bethany Fellowship.
BLUE SPRINGS, MO. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors has brokered the sales of two adjacent retail buildings in the Kansas City suburb of Blue Springs. The sales price was undisclosed, but the combined transaction size exceeded $5 million with a blended cap rate in the low 6 percent range. The single-tenant, net-leased properties are occupied by Heartland Dental (4,200 square feet) and Starbucks (2,312 square feet). Both were constructed in 2024. Jeff Lefko and Bill Asher of Hanley, in association with Jay Ferguson of Ferguson Properties Inc., represented the seller and developer of both buildings, Ferguson Properties and Foresight Real Estate. Peter Winterling of Kidder Mathews represented the buyer of the Heartland Dental-occupied property, a private 1031 exchange investor from California’s Central Valley. John Martin of Lee & Associates represented the buyer of the Starbucks-occupied asset, a private 1031 exchange investor from Southern California.
DALLAS — Virginia-based multifamily REIT AvalonBay Communities (NYSE: AVB) has agreed to acquire a portfolio of six multifamily properties totaling 1,844 units in the Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) metroplex for $431.5 million. The seller is BSR REIT, and the deal is expected to close in the second quarter. The properties — Auberry at Twin Creeks, Satori Frisco, Vale Frisco, Aura Benbrook, Lakeway Castle Hills and Wimberly — were all built between 1995 and 2021 and range in size from 216 to 349 units. AvalonBay acquired the portfolio in conjunction with two Austin-area communities that sold for $187 million.
PLANO, TEXAS — California-based investment firm BH Properties, which also has two offices in Texas, has purchased Legacy R&D, a 374,085-square-foot business park in Plano that the company plans to convert to industrial use. The 40-acre property consists of seven buildings that were 58 percent leased at the time of sale. Elizabeth Malone and K.C. Scheipe of Eastdil Secured represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The new ownership has tapped Stream Realty Partners to lease the park, including to prospective life sciences users.
RALEIGH, N.C. — Highwoods Properties Inc. has agreed to purchase Advance Auto Parts Tower, a 20-story office building located in Raleigh’s North Hills district. The seller and sales price were not disclosed, but Triangle Business Journal reported that the 346,000-square-foot property was sold by Lionstone Investments, which delivered the tower in 2020 along with current property manager Kane Realty Corp. The deal is expected to close in the next 30 days, and Highwoods has contributed $20 million in earnest money deposits in advance of the closing. Advance Auto Parts Tower was fully leased as of year-end 2024, with retailer Advance Auto Parts anchoring the office building. The office tower is situated adjacent to Highwoods’ 16-story CAPTRUST Tower.
EVERETT, WASH. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Sunrise Lane, a multifamily property in Everett. Weidner Apartment Homes sold the asset to an undisclosed buyer for $35.1 million, or $268,130 per unit. Sunrise Lane offers 131 apartments, a large resident clubhouse, swimming pool, spa and barbecue areas. Units come in one-, two- and three-bedroom layouts averaging 1,020 square feet. Philip Assouad, Giovanni Napoli, Ryan Harmon, Nick Ruggiero and Anthony Palladino of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction.
AURORA, COLO. — Denver-based Kaufman Hagan Commercial Real Estate has facilitated the purchase of a retail property located at 9915 E. Colfax Ave. in Aurora. Shifted Lens Theatre Co. acquired the asset from an undisclosed seller for $1 million, or $226.78 per square foot. Located within Aurora Cultural Arts District, the property offers 4,608 square feet of retail space. Amanda Weaver of Kaufman Hagan represented the buyer in the deal.
NORWICH, CONN. — Regional brokerage firm Northeast Private Client Group (NEPCG) has negotiated the $7 million sale of Cedar Glen, a 63-unit apartment complex in Norwich, located in southern coastal Connecticut. According to Apartments.com, the property was built in 1971 and offers one- and two-bedroom units as well as a pool. Brad Balletto of NEPCG represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
