MENARD, TEXAS — Marcus & Millichap has brokered the sale of Bowie’s Truck Stop, a 4,995-square-foot retail property in Menard, about 150 miles west of Austin. Bowie’s Truck Stop sits on five acres and features a convenience store and 16 gas pumps that are operated by Valero. Sai Thakor and Jacob Luna led the Marcus & Millichap team that represented the seller and procured the buyer, both of which requested anonymity, in the transaction.
LEXINGTON, KY. — Vesper Holdings has acquired The Lex, a 649-bed student housing community located near the University of Kentucky campus in Lexington. Built in 2008, the four-story property offers a mix of one-, two- and four-bedroom units with bed-to-bath parity. Amenities include a 24-hour fitness center, resort-style swimming pool, yoga studio, study spaces, outdoor hammock garden and a newly renovated clubhouse and gaming lounge. Vesper partnered with an undisclosed institutional investor on the off-market acquisition, financing for which was placed by Gregg Wallace at AMA Financial. The new ownership plans to begin a capital improvement plan imminently that will include the addition of updated technology and upgrades to units and shared amenity spaces. Campus Life & Style, Vesper’s in-house property management platform, will operate The Lex.
CLARKSVILLE, TENN. — Institutional Property Advisors (IPA), a division of Marcus & Millichap, has brokered the sale of Solis, a 216-unit apartment community located in Clarksville, roughly 40 miles from Nashville. A private buyer based in California purchased the property from Gwaltney Communities for an undisclosed price. David Stollenwerk, Will Balthrope and Drew Garza of IPA represented the seller and procured the buyer in the transaction. Marcus & Millichap’s broker of record in Tennessee for the deal was Jody McKibben. Built in 2020, Solis features garden-style apartments averaging 1,089 square feet in size, as well as a saltwater swimming pool, 24-hour fitness center and a theater room.
UNIVERSITY PARK, ILL. — Colliers has brokered the sale of a 72-acre industrial land site in the southern Chicago suburb of University Park. A private investor sold the land to Clarius Partners for an undisclosed price. The planned development will be primed for large logistics operations and include a 970,123-square-foot warehouse. The project will feature a 40-foot ceiling height, up to 475 trailer stalls, 162 docks and convenient access to I-57. Jim Estus and David Bercu of Colliers brokered the transaction. Colliers is marketing the project for lease.
CHICAGO — Interra Realty has negotiated the $6.6 million sale of a 33-unit apartment and retail building located at 5704 S. Harper Ave. in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. The corner property includes 28 one-bedroom apartment units and five commercial spaces, which are leased to Subway, a bike shop, convenience store, barbershop and real estate office. The residential portion was also fully leased at the time of sale. Brad Feldman of Interra represented the buyer, a local private investor, and the seller, a private family partnership.
MINNEAPOLIS — Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Soleil Apartments in Minneapolis for $3 million. Located at 1425 LaSalle Ave. in the city’s Loring Park neighborhood, the property was built in 1914. Soleil Apartments features 41 apartment units and one retail unit that is leased until 2029. Michael Jacobs and Abe Roberts of Marcus & Millichap represented the seller, Soleil Properties LLC. Jon Ruzicka, broker of record in Minnesota, assisted on the transaction. The undisclosed buyer offered to purchase the property on a contract for deed.
BROOMFIELD, COLO. — Mile High Labs has completed the disposition of 2555 W. Midway Boulevard, a R&D and manufacturing property within Atlas Industrial Park in Broomfield, a suburb north of Denver. ScanlanKemperBard acquired the asset for an undisclosed price. Situated on 20 acres, the 436,534-square-foot asset features a 411,034-square-foot building and a 25,500-square-foot building. The buildings offer office, manufacturing, processing, packaging, laboratory and climate-controlled warehouse areas, as well as general engineering areas and an employee cafeteria. Additionally, the buildings collectively feature nearly 12,000 amps of power. Rick Egitto of Avison Young, along with Justin Rayburn of Fountainhead Commercial, represented the seller, while the buyer was self-represented in the deal.
HAYWARD, CALIF. — BKM Capital Partners has acquired North Cabot Industrial Park, located at 19707-19845 Cabot Blvd. in the East Bay city of Hayward. A non-profit entity sold the asset for $10.5 million, or $206 per square foot. Situated on 3.8 acres, North Cabot Industrial Park consists of two buildings offering a total of 51,038 square feet with 13 units ranging in size from 2,794 square feet to 6,936 square feet. The asset features two dock-high and 15 grade-level doors, 14-foot clear heights, sprinkler systems and ample parking. At the time of sale, the property was 91 percent occupied. BKM plans to invest about $685,000 on capital improvements to bring the asset to its brand standards. Planned improvements include upgrades and/or replacements of the roofs, HVAC systems, parking lot, paint, signage and landscaping. The company will invest $49,000 on speculative tenant improvements to modernize a 4,580-square-foot unit with new carpeting, paint, fixtures, millwork and lighting. BKM was self-represented in the transaction, while Robert Ferraro, Michael Barry and Ken Morris of CBRE represented the seller.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO. — The LeClaire-Schlosser Group of Marcus & Millichap has arranged the sale of Astrozon Self Storage, a self-storage facility in Colorado Springs. Terms of the transaction were not released. Located at 3710 Astrozon Blvd., the 53,200-square-foot facility features 668 single-story, drive-up access units. Charles LeClaire and Adam Schlosser of Marcus & Millichap’s Denver office represented the seller, a local limited liability company, and secured the buyer, a New York-based, privately held real estate investment company, in the deal.
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF. — Tinder founder Justin Mateen, his brother Tyler Mateen and their brother-in-law Pouya Abdi have acquired Wilshire Rodeo Plaza, a Class A office and retail complex located at the corner of Rodeo Drive and Wilshire Boulevard in the posh Los Angeles suburb of Beverly Hills. Nuveen sold the asset for $211 million. The 300,000-square-foot property includes three six-story office and retail buildings along Wilshire Boulevard and a three-story office building along Rodeo Drive. The buyers plan to rebrand the property as One Rodeo, as well as upgrade and re-program the buildings to cater to luxury retail and office tenants. Current tenants include Merrill Lynch/Bank of America, USB, William Morris Endeavor and Encore Recordings. The Mateen brothers and Abdi view the acquisition as a generational property, and hope to take advantage of the “flight to quality” in a struggling office sector with limited new Class A supply. “Iconic buildings such as One Rodeo will continue to benefit from increased demand as the trend toward high-quality assets continues to unfold in a post-COVID world,” says Tyler Mateen, who is CEO of Cannon TTM, a Los Angeles-based real estate investment firm. “We are grateful to be acquiring these buildings at …