MILLEDGEVILLE, GA. — Cushman & Wakefield has negotiated the sale of Arcadia on the River, a cottage-style student housing community located near the Georgia College campus in Milledgeville. Built in 2017 at 120 Pumping Station Road, the property offers 510 beds across 123 units. Shared amenities include a pool, tanning ledge, fitness center, yoga studio, sauna, volleyball court, shuttle service to campus, outdoor games and billiards, foosball and table tennis. Travis Prince, Victoria Marks, Shawn Lubic, Taylor Bird and Nelson Abels of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller, Sanctuary Cos., in the disposition of the property to Time Equities Inc. Terms of the transaction were not released.
Acquisitions
JEFFERSON, GA. — Matthews Real Estate Investment Services has brokered the $7.6 million sale of Ole Mill Village, a 27,943-square-foot retail strip center located at 914-948 Lee St. in Jefferson, about 60 miles northeast of Atlanta. Built in 2014 and expanded in 2023, the unanchored retail property was fully leased at the time of sale. Jeff Enck of Matthews represented the seller, a privately held partnership based in Georgia, in the transaction. The buyer was also an investment group based in Georgia. Both parties requested anonymity.
ABERDEEN, N.J. — JLL has brokered the $57 million sale of The Forge at Glassworks, a 170-unit apartment complex located in the Northern New Jersey community of Aberdeen, for $57 million. Built in 2017, the garden-style, market-rate property offers one- and two-bedroom apartments as well as three-bedroom townhomes. The average unit size is 1,077 square feet. Amenities include a resident clubroom, pool, fitness center with yoga studios, game room and multiple outdoor gathering spaces. Jose Cruz, Michael Oliver, Steve Simonelli, Elizabeth DeVesty and Austin Pierce of JLL represented the seller, Ingerman Group, in the transaction and procured the buyer, multifamily development and investment firm Beachwold Residential.
ALBANY, N.Y. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has negotiated the $23.8 million sale of a 65,000-square-foot grocery store in Albany. Market 32, which is part of the Price Chopper Supermarkets family of brands, occupies and recently extended its lease at the building, which was previously home to ShopRite. Jim Koury and Brad Nathanson of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
COLUMBUS, OHIO — Reynolds Asset Management, in partnership with the Slabotsky Family Office, has purchased The Commons at Water’s Edge in Columbus with plans to invest over $10 million to overhaul the property. The 432-unit multifamily community features a mix of one- and two-bedroom units. Renovations are expected to begin immediately and continue through 2026. George Skaff, Carter Stephens and Julie Mickley of Newmark brokered the sale, while Henry Stimler and Ricky Warner of Newmark procured the debt.
NEW YORK CITY AND SALT LAKE CITY — Global alternative asset manager and private equity firm Apollo (NYSE: APO) has entered into an agreement to acquire Bridge Investment Group Holdings Inc. (NYSE: BRDG) in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $1.5 billion. The deal is expected to close in the third quarter. Based in Salt Lake City, Bridge operates nearly a dozen offices nationwide and has approximately $49 billion in assets under management. In addition to some 13.5 million square feet of industrial holdings, the company’s portfolio includes nearly 65,000 residential units across the market-rate, workforce/affordable housing, seniors housing and single-family rental verticals. Bridge was ranked No. 21 on the American Seniors Housing Association’s (ASHA) 2024 list of largest seniors housing owners. Under the terms of the agreement, Bridge stockholders will receive 0.07081 shares of Apollo common stock for each share of Bridge common stock at closing. Both parties value the per-share price at $11.50, which represents a premium of about 45 percent over the company’s closing stock price of $7.92 per share on Friday, Feb. 21. Upon closing, Bridge will operate as a standalone platform within Apollo’s asset management business. Bob Morse, the current executive chairman of Bridge, will …
HOUSTON — JLL has brokered the sale of 515 Post Oak, a 274,583-square-foot office building in Houston’s Galleria neighborhood. The building was originally constructed in the 1980s on a 3.2-acre site and offers amenities such as a fitness center, tenant lounge/game room, café and technology equipped conference areas. Jeff Hollinden and Kevin McConn of JLL represented the seller, New York Life Real Estate Investors, in the transaction and procured the buyer, Dallas-based investment firm EY Ventures LLC. The building was 74 percent leased at the time of sale.
BAYTOWN, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 6.1-acre industrial outdoor storage facility (IOS) in the eastern Houston suburb of Baytown. The building at 12825 Upland Way was completed in 2021 and was fully leased at the time of sale to EquipmentShare, a provider of construction solutions. Peter Bauman and Tivon Moffitt of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, a REIT, in the deal. Nick Geaneotes and Derrick Dougherty of Marcus & Millichap procured the New York-based buyer. Both parties requested anonymity. Stephen Fillipo of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. arranged acquisition financing for the deal through a national credit union.
UNION, N.J. — Inland Acquisitions, a division of Chicago-based investment firm The Inland Real Estate Group of Cos., has purchased Summit Court, a 393-unit apartment community located in the Northern New Jersey township of Union. The sales price was $131.5 million. Built in phases between 2018 and 2023, Summit Court comprises 210 one-bedroom units and 183 two-bedroom apartments that feature stainless steel appliances and private washers and dryers. Amenities include a pool, fitness center, outdoor lounge, game room with a billiards table, pet grooming room and outdoor grilling and dining stations. Jose Cruz, Mike Oliver, Steve Simonelli, Elizabeth DeVesty and Austin Pierce of JLL represented the seller, a joint venture between Fidelco Realty Group and Diversified Properties, in the transaction. Mark Cosenza negotiated the deal for Inland on an internal basis. M&T Realty Capital provided a $65.7 million Fannie Mae acquisition loan for the deal.
BANGOR, MAINE — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $12.4 million sale of a 91,828-square-foot retail building in Bangor, Maine. BJ’s Wholesale Club occupies the building at 110 Longview Drive, which sits on a 13-acre site and was originally constructed in 2002 and renovated in 2015, according to LoopNet Inc. Adam Cohen and Brett Kilar of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.