BRANFORD, CONN. — Locally based brokerage firm O,R&L Commercial has negotiated the $7.2 million sale of Lockworks Square, a 35,600-square-foot shopping center in Branford, located in southern coastal Connecticut. The four-building center is located in the downtown area and is home to tenants such as SaltBrick Prime, Lockworks Tavern, Cheri’s Bakery, Digestive Disease Associates, Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine Centers and Branford Tech Team. Will Braun of O,R&L represented the seller and buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
MONROVIA, CALIF. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has arranged the sale of Paragon at Old Town, an apartment community in Monrovia, northeast of Los Angeles. Sequoia Equities sold the asset to SCS Development Co. for $87.2 million, or $535,276 per unit. Paragon at Old Town features 163 apartments in six floor plans with units ranging from 744 square feet to 1,247 square feet, a resident lounge, fitness center, game room, and elliptical swimming pool and spa with private cabanas, outdoor lounges and courtyards. The 6,077-square-foot ground-floor retail space offers four suites that are fully occupied by The UPS Store, eateries and a sporting goods store. Joseph Grabiec, Kevin Green and Gregory Harris of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
BUCKEYE, ARIZ. — MDH Partners has acquired KV Buckeye 10, a two-building industrial property located at 835 and 945 N. 215th Ave. in the Phoenix suburb of Buckeye, from Kentwood Ventures for $51 million. Situated on 18.8 acres, KV Buckeye 10 features 249,600 square feet of Class A industrial space spread across two buildings. Built in 2023, the asset feature 535 car parking spaces and 28-foot clear heights. Building A is 115,200 square feet and Building B is 134,400 square feet, with each building offering 12 truck-well doors and six grade-level doors. Currently KV Buckeye 10 is 60 percent leased to a variety of tenants, including the City of Buckeye; Hajoca, a privately held wholesale distributors of plumbing, heating and cooling, pool and industrial supplies; Safelite, a national automotive glass repair and replacement provider; and AVI, an international provider of communications and audio-visual technology. Greer Oliver and Connor Nebeker-Hay of JLL represented the seller in the deal. John Lydon, Hagen Hyatt and Kelly Royle of JLL are handling leasing for the project.
MESA, ARIZ. — SimonCRE has completed the sale of Mesa Ranch Plaza, a shopping center in Mesa. Mesa Ranch 24 LP acquired the asset for $26 million. Located at 1008, 1036, 1060 and 1142 E. Southern Ave., Mesa Ranch Plaza totals 130,000 square feet. At the time of sale, the property was 99 percent occupied. Alex Kozakov and Patrick Wade of CBRE’s South Bay Los Angeles office represented the buyer and seller in the transaction. Michael Hackett of CBRE served as the local market expert for the deal.
SAN DIEGO — Hill Properties and Westport Capital Partners have completed the disposition of 8250-8260 Camino Santa Fe in San Diego to CSF LLC for $17.1 million, or $282 per square foot. Situated on 3.6 acres, the two-building property offers 60,866 square feet of industrial space. At the time of sale, the asset was 96 percent occupied by eight tenants. The property, which was built in the late 1980s, recently underwent extensive capital improvements, including new exterior paint, suite and directional signage, monument signage, parking lot resurfacing and new landscaping. Matt Poucho, Anthony DeLorenzo, Matt Harris and Casey Sterk of CBRE’s Investment Properties represented the seller, while Chris Nelson of Matthews Real Estate and Brian Reyes of Tangram Commercial represented the buyer in the deal.
Marcus & Millichap Brokers $4.6M Sale of Retail Building Leased to Walgreens in Amityville, New York
AMITYVILLE, N.Y. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the $4.6 million sale of a 15,120-square-foot retail building leased to Walgreens in the Long Island community of Amityville. The building was constructed on 2.6 acres in 2001, and Walgreens recently extended its lease through 2035. Derrick Dougherty and Nick Geaneotes of Marcus & Millichap represented the sellers in the transaction and procured the buyer. Both parties were locally based entities that requested anonymity. John Horowitz of Marcus & Millichap assisted in closing the deal as the broker of record.
HOUSTON — Locally based investment firm Interra Capital Group has acquired the 600,000-square-foot historic Esperson complex in downtown Houston. Comprising two structures that are known as the Niels and Mellie Esperson Buildings, the complex is home to a mix of commercial users. The buildings were originally constructed in 1927 and 1941 to pay homage to real estate and oil magnate Niels Esperson and reflect the importance of those industries in the growth of the local economy during that time. Cameron Management manages the property, which Interra acquired by foreclosure through a note purchased from MetLife Investment Management earlier this year. Details on Interra’s plan to revitalize the property were not disclosed.
EL PASO, TEXAS — Los Angeles-based investment firm BH Properties has purchased a two-building, 203,499-square-foot industrial property located at 12100-12105 Esther Lama Drive in El Paso. The buildings are situated on a 17-acre site adjacent to I-10 on the city’s east side and were originally constructed in 1986 to house the manufacturing and storage operations of the Tony Lama boot company. Brett Preston and David Hingst of Cushman & Wakefield/PIRES International represented the undisclosed seller in the transaction. The sales price was also not disclosed.
FRISCO, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 9,291-square-foot retail strip center in Frisco. The property was fully leased at the time of sale to five tenants: Active Dental, Stonebrook Eyecare & Eyewear, ATI Physical Therapy, Momo’s Coffeehouse and Jamba Juice. William Kim of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, JT Arlington, in the transaction. Duke Dennis of Marcus & Millichap Capital Corp. (MMCC) arranged $2.8 million in acquisition financing through a local credit union for the deal. The nonrecourse, five-year loan carried a fixed interest rate of 7 percent.
ORLANDO, FLA. — Colliers has brokered the $68.5 million sale of Lee Vista Promenade, a 313,981-square-foot regional power retail in Orlando. Brad Peterson, Whitaker Leonhardt and Eric AmRhein of Colliers represented the seller, SITE Centers, in the transaction. Donald Jennewein, also with Colliers, arranged an undisclosed amount of acquisition financing through City National Bank on behalf of the buyer, Dundas Real Estate Investments. Situated on 74.2 acres in Orlando’s North Airport submarket, Lee Vista Promenade was 95.5 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Academy Sports + Outdoors, Epic Theaters, Ross Dress for Less, HomeGoods, Michaels, Bealls Outlet, Petco, Ulta Beauty, Five Below and Famous Footwear. The shopping center was built in 2016 and also features three development parcels totaling 18.1 acres. A little more than one-third of the shopping center’s revenue is generated from restaurant tenants, according to Colliers.