WESTPORT, CONN. — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a 28-unit apartment complex located about 50 miles northeast of New York City in Westport. The Westporter was built in 2019 and includes both flat- and townhouse-style units, as well as four ground-floor retail spaces. Eric Pentore, Victor Nolletti, Wes Klockner and Ross Friedel of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
CHICAGO — Mid-America Real Estate Corp. has brokered the sale of a fully occupied, multi-tenant retail property in the heart of Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood for an undisclosed price. The standalone building at 227 E. Ontario St. is leased to Sweetgreen, Nando’s, CorePower Yoga, Big City Optical and Movement Physical Therapy. Joe Girardi and Emily Gadomski of Mid-America represented the undisclosed seller. The Shiner Group was the buyer.
SEATTLE — Alexandria Real Estate Equities, through an affiliate, has completed the sale of 1165 Eastlake Avenue East in Seattle’s Lake Union submarket to long-standing tenant Fred Hutch Cancer Center for $150 million. Alexandria developed and delivered the 100,086-square-foot, single-tenant, Class A life sciences building in 2021. Proceeds from the disposition of 1165 Eastlake will be reinvested into Alexandria’s leased development and redevelopment pipeline, which consists of research-and-development centers for top life sciences companies, including Bristol Myers Squibb and Novo Nordisk. As part of the transaction, Alexandria, through an affiliate, entered into a strategic joint venture partnership with Fred Hutch for nearby 1201 and 1208 Eastlake Avenue East, aggregating 206,031 rentable square feet, through a transfer of partial interests from the prior joint venture partner to Fred Hutch. Alexandria’s ownership interest in each 1201 and 1208 Eastlake remains unchanged at 30 percent. Fred Hutch executed early renewals at both properties, including a 15-year lease extension at 1201 Eastlake, where it occupies the entire building. These two life sciences facilities support the cancer center in its efforts to translate cancer and infectious disease discoveries into treatments and cures.
PHOENIX — ViaWest Group has completed the disposition of Canyon Corporate Plaza, a Class A office campus located on 11.6 acres in Phoenix, for an undisclosed price. The buyer is CaliberCos Inc., a Scottsdale, Ariz.-based financial services company in the alternative asset management space. Steve Lindley and Alexandra Loye of Cushman & Wakefield’s Capital Markets team represented the seller in the deal. Canyon Corporate Center offers 311,706 square feet of office space within a transit-oriented location in Phoenix’s I-17 Corridor and close to two stops on the newly opened light rail extension. At the time of sale, the property was nearly vacant.
SAN DIEGO — Lee & Associates has arranged the acquisition of 37.9 acres of industrial land at 5761 Airway Road in San Diego’s Otay Mesa neighborhood. Hyundai Translead purchased the asset for $58 million in an off-market transaction. The site will support Hyundai Translead’s operations in San Diego, which will allow the company to continue to utilize the location of Otay Mesa as a thoroughfare for its cross-border operations. Rusty Williams, Chris Roth, Jake Rubendall and Andrew Kenny of Lee & Associates – NSDC, as well as Eugene Kim of Lee & Associates LA North/Ventura, represented the buyer in the transaction.
OCEANSIDE, CALIF. — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of 1210 South Nevada Street, an apartment property in Oceanside. Matt Vessell sold the asset to Matt Pace for $3.3 million. The apartment building features eight two-bedroom/one-bath units and three one bedroom/one-bath units. Community amenities include 11 single-car garages and 12 offsite parking spaces. Adrian Grobelny and Conor Brennan of Marcus & Millichap’s San Diego Del Mar office represented the seller and procured the buyer in the deal.
HOUSTON — Bel Air Lighting has purchased a 112,667-square-foot industrial building in North Houston. According to showcase.com, the building at 16622 Hafer Road was constructed in 2023 and features 32-foot clear heights, 22 dock doors, two drive-in doors and 130 car parking spaces. Jeremy Lumbreras and Garret Geaccone of Stream Realty Partners represented the seller, locally based firm Alliance Industrial Co., in the transaction. The sales price was not disclosed.
SOUTHFIELD, MICH. AND JACKSONVILLE, FLA. — Southfield-based Sterling Bancorp Inc. (NASDAQ: SBT), the holding company of Sterling Bank and Trust FSB, has entered into a definitive agreement to sell all of its shares to Jacksonville-based EverBank Financial Corp. for $261 million. The sale is subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approvals and approval by Sterling’s shareholders. Sterling’s board of directors has unanimously approved the transaction, which is expected to close in the first quarter of 2025. As a condition of the sale, Sterling will sell its residential mortgage loans to Delaware-based Bayview Acquisitions LLC. The closing of the loan sale is to occur immediately prior to the closing of the sale of the bank. In December 2022, Sterling engaged Keefe Bruyette & Woods to serve as financial advisor to assist in exploring and evaluating potential opportunities for a strategic combination with another bank. As that process began, Sterling was also finalizing a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice. “Ultimately, Sterling’s board of directors determined that there was no practical way to pursue any form of standalone independent operations given the extremely high costs required and the multiple years needed to execute a new strategic vision without risking ongoing …
HERCULANEUM, MO. — The Jefferson County Port Authority (JCPA) has purchased approximately 18 acres along the Mississippi River in Herculaneum, a southern suburb of St. Louis. Riverview Commerce Park LLC (RCP), along with the operations of RCP, sold the acreage in a $20 million transaction. The site will serve as the first publicly owned terminal facility in Jefferson County. The port terminal at RCP is situated below any lock and dam system, providing a direct shot to the Gulf of Mexico. The terminal has more than 3,000 square feet of rail spur, located directly off the Union Pacific Railroad, and is less than two miles from I-55. The port facility and surrounding acreage anchors a broader 300-acre site that received Port District zoning earlier this year, making way for redevelopment as an intermodal transportation hub and industrial park. Under the terms of the deal, the port facility will continue to be operated by RCP in partnership with JCPA. Approximately 1 million tons of freight moved through the port in 2023. In 2022, JCPA received $25 million in funding from the State of Missouri to help support port development. This funding enabled JCPA to enter into this agreement and begin planning …
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has brokered the sale of a five-building, 97-unit multifamily portfolio in Chicago for $19.3 million. Joe Smazal and Mark Dykstra of Interra represented the buyer, Silver Property Group Ltd., a Chicago-based real estate investment and management company. The duo also represented the seller, an East Coast-based investment group. The portfolio consists of the following properties: 4654 N. Monticello Ave., 4718-24 N. Bernard St., 1501 N. California Ave., 4226-30 N. Whipple St. and 4057 W. Melrose St.