DES PLAINES, ILL. — JVM Realty Corp. has purchased Ellison Apartments in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines for an undisclosed price. The 113-unit luxury apartment complex, built in 2019, features a variety of floor plans averaging 894 square feet. Amenities include a spa pool, sundeck, clubroom, business center, fitness center, pet spa, bike room and indoor garage parking. John Jaeger of CBRE brokered the deal, which marks the ninth Illinois property in JVM’s portfolio. The seller was undisclosed.
ROSSFORD, OHIO — Colliers has arranged the sale of a 182,000-square-foot distribution center in Rossford near Toledo for an undisclosed price. UPS Mail Innovations Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of UPS Inc., occupies the facility on a new seven-year double net lease with two five-year renewal options. Located at 29940 Glenwood Road directly off I-75, the newly built property features a clear height of 32 feet and 32 dock doors. Alex Cantu and Alex Davenport of Colliers represented the buyer, an entity doing business as Congaree River LLC. Scannell Properties, which developed the facility in 2022, was the seller.
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. — A joint venture between Clear Height Properties and Harbert US Real Estate has acquired a 121,684-square-foot industrial property in the Minneapolis suburb of Bloomington. Located at 9201 E. Bloomington Freeway, the complex is home to 14 tenants. The facility features 20 dock-high doors and five drive-in doors. Bentley Smith and Judd Welliver of CBRE brokered the transaction. The sales price and seller were undisclosed.
SALT LAKE CITY — Dart Interest LLC has purchased a 2.32-acre development site in downtown Salt Lake City from an undisclosed seller for $19.7 million. Comprising two parcels, the site includes a vacant, 305,000-square-foot data center and a one-acre parking lot. Kip Paul, Michael King and JT Redd of Cushman & Wakefield represented the seller in the deal. The buyer plans to develop two high-rise apartment projects on the site, which will undergo environmental remediation and demolition of the current data center. The site’s D1 zoning allows for buildings no less than 100 feet in height and no more than 375 feet in height.
PHOENIX — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of a retail property located at 320 W. Bell Road in Phoenix. A limited liability company sold the asset to another limited liability company and private investor for $3.6 million. Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap’s Phoenix office represented the seller, while Matthew Jarecki, Mark Ruble and Chris Lind of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer in the transaction. At the time of sale, the 7,700-square-foot property was fully occupied by Tropical Smoothie Café, Athletico Physical Therapy and The Buffalo Spot, which are all operating under triple-net leases. The leases have terms ranging from five to eight years, featuring annual rental increases and multiple renewal options for all tenants.
ENGLEWOOD, COLO. — Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors has brokered the purchase of a multifamily property located at 3455 S. Logan St. in the Denver suburb of Englewood. The asset traded for $3 million, which equates to $157,895 per unit or $257.20 per square foot. The apartment building features 19 for-rent residences. Josh Newell and Connor Knutson of Pinnacle Real Estate Advisors represented the buyer in the transaction.
CAMBRIDGE, MASS. — Norges Bank Investment Management has signed an agreement to acquire a 45 percent interest in two life sciences properties in Cambridge’s Kendall Square neighborhood, just across the Charles River from Boston. BXP (NYSE: BXP) was the seller. The transaction includes 290 Binney Street, a 16-story, 570,000-square-foot property currently under construction. It is fully preleased to AstraZeneca, which expects to take occupancy in April 2026. The other property is 300 Binney Street, a six-story facility undergoing redevelopment. The Broad Institute has preleased the 240,000-square-foot building and plans to take occupancy in January 2025. Norges acquired the interest for an initial payment of $212.9 million and has committed to a total project cost of $746.4 million. Upon completion, the total value of the two buildings is projected to be $1.6 billion. The assets are unencumbered by debt, and no financing was involved in the transaction. BXP will retain the remaining 55 percent interest in the assets and will manage the properties on behalf of the partnership. Cambridge is among the largest hub of life sciences properties in the United States. The home of both Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the city hosts a slew of major …
ASHEVILLE, N.C. — Tanger, a publicly traded owner and operator of outlet malls, has purchased Asheville Outlets, a 382,000-square-foot retail development in Asheville. Tanger acquired the outlet mall from New England Development for $70 million in an all-cash, off-market transaction. The property represents Tanger’s 38th outlet mall and the second new addition to its holdings in fourth-quarter 2023, following the opening of Tanger Outlets Nashville last month. Asheville Outlets was 95 percent leased at the time of sale to tenants including Nike, Under Armour, RH, Bath & Body Works, Crate & Barrel and West Elm. The property includes two anchors: Sportsman’s Warehouse and a separately owned Dillard’s Clearance Center. New England Development purchased and redeveloped the former indoor regional mall into an outlet mall in 2015. Tanger will officially transition the center to become Tanger Outlets Asheville in early January 2024.
ROCK HILL, S.C. — SRS Real Estate Partners has brokered the $6.3 million sale of a freestanding, 14,550-square-foot store in Rock Hill, a southern suburb of Charlotte. Built in 2013 on two acres, the single-tenant property was fully leased at the time of sale to Walgreens. Susan Harris of SRS represented the seller, an investor based in Washington, in the 1031 transaction. Andrew Margulies of Marcus & Millichap represented the buyer, a private investor based in North Carolina. Walgreens has 15 years remaining on its corporate-guaranteed lease, according to SRS.
SANTA FE, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of a portfolio of four self-storage facilities totaling 682 units in Santa Fe, located southeast of Houston in Galveston County. The Santa Fe Storage Portfolio spans 4.3 acres and consists of 17 single-story buildings and one two-story building that house 654 non-climate-controlled units and 24 outdoor parking spaces. The portfolio also features two office spaces, a billboard and an efficiency apartment for a total of 682 rentable spaces. Dave Knobler and Charles LeClaire of Marcus & Millichap represented the Texas-based seller and procured the Delaware-based buyer in the transaction. Both parties were limited liability companies that requested anonymity.