Acquisitions

ALBERTVILLE, MINN. — Colliers has negotiated the $11.2 million sale of Albertville Meadows, a 75-unit affordable housing community in the Twin Cities suburb of Albertville. Built in 1993, the property is located along I-94. The asset benefits from Minnesota’s new 4d(1) property tax classification, effective 2025, which implemented a major tax reduction for affordable housing properties. Mox Gunderson, Dan Linnell, Adam Haydon and Devon Dvorak of Colliers represented the seller, Dominium. The buyer was undisclosed.

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HOUSTON — Whitestone REIT has purchased Ashford Village Center, an 81,407-square-foot grocery-anchored shopping center located in Houston. Ashford Village Center was originally built in 1979, according to LoopNet Inc. Tenants include Thanjai Mess, Ramen Bar Ichi, Japan House, Dollar Tree, Giggles and Fun, Salon Village and Japanese grocer Seiwa Market, which anchors the property.  John Indelli, Ryan West, Dawson Hastings and Max Myers of JLL represented the seller in the transaction.

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HAVERTOWN, PA. — CBRE has brokered the sale of The Quarry Center, a 222,512-square-foot shopping center in Havertown, located west of Philadelphia. Grocer Giant and Lowe’s Home Improvement anchor the center, which was fully leased at the time of sale. Chris Munley, Colin Behr, Ryan Sciullo and Casey Benson Smith of CBRE represented the seller, an entity doing business as Quarry Center Limited Partnership, in the transaction. The team also procured the undisclosed buyer.

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STRATFORD, CONN. — Atlanta-based brokerage firm Hunter Hotel Advisors has arranged the sale of the 135-room Homewood Suites by Hilton Stratford. The extended-stay property sits across from Sikorsky Aircraft Corp.’s 2.5 million-square-foot headquarters in southern coastal Connecticut. An unnamed institutional investor sold the property to owner-operator Jamsan Hotel Management for an undisclosed price. Spencer Davidson of Hunter Hotel Advisors brokered the deal.

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CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — Rise48 Equity has acquired LYV Chapel Hill, a 144-unit, Class B apartment community in Chapel Hill. The investment firm has rebranded the property as Rise Chapel Hill. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Built in 1984, Rise Chapel Hill is situated near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, as well as multiple tech and research firms that have established a presence in North Carolina’s Research Triangle. Rise48 plans to renovate all unit interiors with new washers and dryers, cabinetry, stainless steel appliances, countertops, flooring and lighting and plumbing fixtures. Exterior renovations will include paint, landscaping, signage and common area improvements.

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SANDY SPRINGS, GA. — Los Angeles-based Westwood Financial has purchased the retail component of Glenridge Square, a mixed-use development located at 5610 Glenridge Drive in Sandy Springs. The live-work-play property is situated adjacent to I-285 in Atlanta’s Central Perimeter submarket. The seller and sales price were not disclosed. Glenridge Square features 20,001 square feet of ground-level retail space that was 91 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Qdoba, Firehouse Subs, Blue Moon Pizza, Sushi Nami, Taziki’s Mediterranean, DaVinci’s Donuts, Venus Nail Lounge and Beauty Enhanced. The property also includes 168 apartments and 80,000 square feet of office space leased to tenants including Go2Foods’ headquarters (roughly 800 employees) and Haverty’s (about 3,000 employees). The offices and apartments were not included in the sale.

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NEW YORK CITY — Morgan Stanley Real Estate Investing (MSREI) and Global Student Accommodation (GSA) have acquired a portfolio of eight student housing assets in Tier 1 U.S. university markets from a joint venture between a wholly owned subsidiary of Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA) and Landmark Properties. The transaction is valued at more than $1 billion. The properties are located across seven states and offer a mix of cottage-style, high-rise and mid-rise formats. The 6,200-bed portfolio is nearly fully leased. Global student housing operator Yugo will manage and rebrand the newly acquired assets. The assets in the sold portfolio include: The acquisition marks the partnership’s entrance into new markets in Virginia, Georgia and Pennsylvania, while expanding its presence in Texas, Florida, Oregon and North Carolina. Through its partnership, MSREI and GSA now own nearly 24,000 student housing beds across 50 properties in 23 states. “This acquisition is testament to the depth of our global teams, our access to unique opportunities and the strength of our institutional relationships in the United States and globally. An off-market portfolio of this size and quality is rare, and demonstrates our experience and expertise in the student housing market,” says Nicholas Porter, CEO at …

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FRISCO, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based investment firm TruAmerica Multifamily has purchased Ravello Stonebriar, a 216-unit apartment complex in Frisco. Built in 2018, the property offers one- and two-bedroom units and amenities such as a pool, game room, fitness center, lounge, outdoor theater, grilling stations and pet care facilities. Daniel Baker, Kevin O’Boyle and Chandler Sims of CBRE represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction.

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AUSTIN, TEXAS — Chicago-based Brennan Investment Group has purchased an industrial outdoor storage (IOS) facility in North Austin. The facility at 505 W. Yager Lane consists of an 18,982-square-foot building with grade-level loading doors, 20 grade-level doors with drive-thru access and 1.5 acres of outdoor storage space. The seller and sales price were not disclosed.

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BRISTOW, VA. — An affiliate of e-commerce giant Amazon, Amazon Data Services, has acquired a site in Prince William County for a future data center campus. The firm acquired the undeveloped site near Devlin Road and I-66 in Bristow for $700 million, according to Washington Business Journal. CoStar Group reports that Stanley Martin Homes, a Reston, Va.-based homebuilder, sold the 188-acre site to Amazon and that Eastdil Secured represented the land seller in the deal. Washington Business Journal reports that the Prince William Board of County Supervisors rezoned the site for data center development in November 2023 and has since been in a legal dispute, with the Court of Appeals of Virginia recently upholding the county’s original rezoning decision.

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